First Indian - Pt III

 

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First Indian to Win Palk-Strait Ocean

Swimming Contest

Baidyanath Nath

First Female Swimmer of India

Arati Saha

First Golf player of India

Jeev Milkha Singh

First Billiards and Snooker player of India

Pankaj Arjan Advani

First Indian to win Billiard Trophy

Wilson Jones

First Hockey player of India

Major Dhyan Chand

First Chess player of India

Viswanathan Anand

First Lawn Tennis player of India

Sardar Nihal Singh

First Female Weightlifter player of India

Karnam Malleswari

First Female wrestling player of India

Geeta Phogat

First Indian Nobel Laureate

Rabindranath Tagore

First Indian to get Bharat Ratana Award

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

First Indian to get Jnanpith Award

G. Shankar Kurup

First Person to get Paramvir Chakra

Major Somnath Sharma

First Scientist to get Nobel Prize

C.V. Raman

First Indian to get Stalin Award

Saifuddin Kitchlew

First Indian to win Magsaysay Award

Acharya Vinoba Bhava

First Women to get Ashok chakra

Nirja Bhanot

First Indian author to get Anderson Award

Ruskin Bond

First Woman Chief Minister of a State

Sucheta Kripalani (UP)

First Woman Governor of free India

Sarojini Naidu

First woman Judge in India

Anna Chandy

First woman judge in Supreme Court of India

Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

First Women IPS officer

Kiran Bedi

First Indian Woman to become Miss World

Sushmita Sen

First Women to get Jnanpith

Ashapurna Devi

First Indian Woman go to Space

Kalpana Chawla
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