First in India

• 21. Name of the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award ?

  Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958

• 22. Name of first Indian to win Nobel Prize ?

  Rabindranath Tagore

• 23. First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics ?

  Dr. Amartya Sen

• 24. Name of the First Indian Submarine ?

  I.N.S. Cauveri

• 25. Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra

  Major Somnath Sharma

• 26. First Indian to go into space ?

  Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

• 27. Name of first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award ?

  Dr. S Radhakrishnan

• 28. Name of first speaker of Lok Sabha ?

  G.V. Mavlankar from 1952-1957

• 29. Name of first president of Indian National Congress ?

  W.C. Banerjee

• 30. First President of India ?

  Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• 31. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ?

  G. Shankar Kurup

• 32. India's first woman president ?

  Smt. Pratibha Patil

• 33. Name of first woman governor of India ?

  Sarojini Naidu

• 34. Name of the first Indian woman ruler ?

  Razia Sultan on Delhi's throne

• 35. Name of the first woman musician of India to get Bharat Ratna ?

  M.S. Subbulakshmi

• 36. Name of the first woman of India to win WTA title ?

  Sania Mirza

• 37. Name of the first Indian woman to get noble prize ?

  Mother Teresa in 1979

• 38. Name of the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India ?

  Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

• 39. Name of the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India ?

  Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

• 40. Name of first woman of India to get Ashok Chakra ?

  Nirja Mishra