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Actress to win Padma Shri Award	Nargis Dutt(1958)
Architect	Maha Govinda (5 th B.C)
Atomic Station	Tarapore Power Staion Near Mumbai
Aryabatta medal Winner	K R Ramanathan(1977)
Bank in India	Bank of Hindustan
Bharat Rathna Winner	C.Rajagopalachari
British Governor General of Free India	Lord Mountbatten(Aug15, 1947-June 20,1948)
Captain of Test Cricket	C K Nayudu(1932)
Century in Test cricket	Lala Amarnath(1933-1934
Chairman of Rajya Sabah	S V Krishnamurty
Chevalier Award Winner	Shivaji Ganesan
Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
Chief Justice Of India	Hiralal J Kania(1950-1951)
Chief of Air Staff	Sir Thomas Elmhirst(1947-1950)
Chief of Army Staff	M Rajendra Sinhji(April1,1955-May 14,1955)
Chief of Army Staff to die in harness	B C Joshi
Chief of Coast Guard	V A Kamath(1978-1980)
Chief of Naval Staff	R D Katari(1958-1962)

College	Fort William College ,Calcutta
Commander in Chief	K M Cariappa(1949-1953)
Cosmonaut	Rakesh Sharma(1984)
Cricketer to have batted in all positions	VInoo Mankad(1 to 11)
Dada Saheb Palke Award winner	Devika Rani Roerich(1969)
Dancer  to perform abroad	Uday Shankar
Deputy Prime Minister	Sardar Vallabhai Patel(1947-1950)
Emperor of Mughal Dynasty	Babar(1526-1530)
English Song	My Heart is Beating from Julie(1974)
Electric Train	In Mumbai Between Mumbai V T and Kurla(in 1925)
Engineering College	Thompson College ,Roorkee
Eye Hospital	Chennai Eye Hospital
Field Marshal	S H F J Maneshaw(1973)
First Colour Film	“Can-Can Dance”
First indigenous Film	“Pundalik” made by R G Torney and N G Chitre
First Talkie Film	“Alam Ara” by Ardeshir Irani(1931)
First Animated Film	“On A Moon Lit Night” by R C Bora
First Hollywood film dubbed in Hindi	“Jurassic Park”
First Sanskrit Film	Shankaracharya
First Child Star	Bhalachandar(Son of Dada saheb Pahalke)
First Female Child Star	Mandakini (Daughter of Dada sahib Phalke)
Film Star Chief Minister	M G Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu,1977)
Finance Minister of Free India	R K Shanmughan Cetty(1947)
Finance Minister to present the Budget 3 times in a row	Man Mohan Singh(1993,94,95)
Foreign Bank in India	Chartered Bank
Finix Award winner	Sr. P C Sorcar
Geometer	Baudhyana ,sulva sutras(800 B C)
General Elections	In 1952
Governer General Of British India	Wareen Hastings(1773-1785)
Governer-general of Free India	C Rajagopalachari(June 1948-Jan 1950)
Grammarian	Panini,Ashtadhyaayi
Helms Award winner	Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)
Home Minister	Vallabhai Patel(1946)
ICS Officer	Satyendranath Tagore
Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress	Sarojini Naidu(1952
J C Bose Medal Winner	V Ramalingaswami
Jain Tirthankara	Rishabha Dev
Jana pith Award winner	G Sankara Kurup(Odakuzhal),1965
Lady of the Indian Film	Devika Rani Roerich
Lata Mangeshkar Award Winner	Naushad ,1984
Library	William Carey Library at Serampore in 1800
Law University	National Law school of India, Bangalore
Law giver	Manu smriti(3100 B C )
Man to Climb Mount Everest	Tenzing Norgay(with Edmund Hillary,1953)
Man to Reach across English Channel	Mihir Sen(1966)
Male Child Star	Bhalachandra (Son of Dadasaheb Phalke)
Medical College	Medical College, Bengal(Now Calcutta Medical College) (By Lord William Bentinck jan28,1935)
Man to win individual Olympic Medal	K D Jadhav(Bronze on Wrestling-Helsinki Olympics,1952)
Managing Director of World bank	Gautam Kaji(1995)
Member of British Parliament	Dadabhai Naoroji(1862)
Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council	Sir S P Sinha(1909)
Missiles-First tactical surface to surface missile	Prithvi
Short range surface to air missile	Trishul
Intermidiate range ballistic missile	Agni
Long Range multiple target missile	Akash
Missile firing Submarine	INS Sindhushastra(July 19,2000)
Miss Universe	Sushmita Sen(1994)
Miss World	Riet Faria
Musician to get Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan	M S Subbulakshmi(1954-1975)
Musician to get Raman Magsaysay Award	M S Subbulakshmi(1974)
Naval Ships-First Missile Boat	INS Vinash
First Frigate	INS Khukri
Tanker	INS Shakti
Indigenous Ship	INS Magar
First frigate with modern guided missiles	INS Godavari
Aircraft Carrier	INS Vikrant
National Anthem(First Sung)	First sung on Dec 27,1911 at Kolkatta session of Indian National Congress
National Flag(First Hoisted)	At Green Park,Kolkatta,on Aug 7,1906 by Surendranath Bannerji
Newspaper	The Bengal Gazatte
First Vernacular Paper	“Samachar Darpan”(in Bengali from Serampore on May 31,1818)
Nobel Prize winner	Rabindranath Tagore,Gitanjali(1913)
Open University	Andhra Open University
Oscar Winner	Bhanu Athaiya
Pilot	J R D Tata ,Tata Airlines(1929)
Post Office(First GPO)	At Fort St.George Square,Chennai
Post office outside the country	At Dakshin Gangotri on Antarctica
Post office Stamp Designer	Captain H L  Thuillier ,Deputy surveyor of General,Kolkatta
State to Issue Stamp	Kathiawar in saurashtra(now Gujarat state)
Stamp Honouring a National Leader	Mahatma Gandhi on August 15,1948
Postoffice-first Airmail	Allahabad to Naini on Feb 18,1911
Presentation of Budget	R K Shanmugham cettty,Finance Minister(1947)
President	Rajendra  Prasad(1950-1962)
President of Indian National Congress	W C Banerjee(1885)
President of International Court of Justice	Nagendra Singh(1970)
President to die in Harness	Zakir Hussain
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)
Prime Minister to die in Harness	Jawaharlal Nehru(1964)
Prime Minister to resign from office	Morarji Desai(1979)
Prime Minister who did not face parliament	Chaudary charan singh(July28,1979-Jan 14,1980)
Raman Magsaysay Award Winner	Vinoba Bhave(1958)
Recipient of World Food Prize	M S Swaminathan
Satellite	Aryabhatta
Experimental Geostationary Satellite	APPLE(Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment)
Satellite Launch Vehicle	SLV-3
Earth-cum-communication Satellite	INSAT-1A
Solar-Powered Station	Yedakumeri(on Hasan-mangal Section)
Slave Ruler of India	Qutub-ud-din Aibak(1206-1210)
Speaker in Hindi at the UN	Atal Bihari Vajpayee(1977)
Speaker of Lok Sabah	Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar(1952-1957)
Subscriber Telephone Dialling (STD)	Between Lukcnow and Kanpur(Nov 26 ,1960)
First Telephone exchange	In Mumbai by Oriental Telephone Co. on Jan 30,1882
Automatic telephone Exchange	At Shimla in 1914
International subscribers Dialling(ISD)	Between Mumbai and London in 1976
Telegraphs and telephones(first telegraph line)	From kolkatta to Diamond Harbour, a distance of 33.8 km in 1838 by William B.O’shaughnessy,an Irish Professor at Calcutta Medical College
Telex Exchange	Mumbai and Ahmedabad in 1953
Test-Tube Baby	Baby Harsha or Indira(1986)
Train Journey(First)	Mumbai to Thane(a distance of 34 km)on April 16,1853
First Electric Train	In Mumbai between Mumbai And Kurla(in 1925)
First Metro train	At Kolkatta
First Super Fast Train	“Rajdhani Express” between New Delhi And Howrah
First Railway Company	East Indian Railway Company and Great Indian Peninsular railway Company
Use of Indelible Ink	Third Lok sabha Elections in 1962
Vice-President	S Radhakrishnan
Viceroy of India	Lord Canning(1858-1862)
Woman(Muslim)Ruler of India	Razia Sulthan(1236-1240)
Woman Ambassador	Vijayalakshmi Pandit(U S S R, 1947-1949)
Woman central Minister	Raj Kumari Amrit(health)
Woman chairperson of NFDC	Hema Malini
Woman Chief justice of high court	Leila Seth(Himachal Pradesh,1991)
Woman Chief Minister	Sucheta Kripalani(Uttar Pradesh)
Woman to Win Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
Woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha	V S Ramadevi(1993)
Woman IAS Officer	Anna Rajan Goeorge(1950)
Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi(1974)
Woman Jana pith Award winner	Ashapurna Devi, Prathama Pratishruti(1976)
Woman Judge of Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima beevi(1989)
Woman Minister of State	Vijayalakshmi Pandit(Uttar Pradesh 1937)
Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines)	Durba Banerjee(1966-1988)
Woman President of Indian National Congress	Annie Besant(1917)
Woman President of UN General Assembly	Vijayalakshmi Pandit(1953)
Woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi(1966-1977,1980-1984)
Woman to Climb Mount Everest	Bachendri Pal(1984)
Woman to Perform a solo flight	Harita Kaur Doel(1994)
Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner	Amrita Pritam,Sunehre(1956)
Woman Shehnai Player	Bageswari Gamar
Woman to Swim across English Channel	Arati saha(1959)
Woman to swim across the strait of Gibraltar	Arti Pradhan
Woman to Win an Asian Gold	Kamaljit Sandhu(1970)
Woman to win individual Olympic Medal	Karanam Malleshwari (Bronze in Weightlifting –sydney Olympics 2000)
Woman to win a Grand Slam	Sania mirja(wimbledon 2003)
Woman to go in space	Dr.Kalpana Chawla(Nov 1997)
Women University	Indian Women’s University,Pune
Women’s  Hospital	Muslim Maternity and Zenana Hospital,Hyderabad
Women’s College	Bethune College,Kolkatta
Woman Doctor	Dr.Kandambani Ganguli
Woman Advocate and Barrister	Cornelia sorabjee
Women’s University	Indian Women’s University,Pune(founded by D K Karve)