FIRST IN INDIA - General Knowledge
College
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Fort
William College ,Calcutta
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Commander
in Chief
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K M
Cariappa(1949-1953)
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Cosmonaut
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Rakesh
Sharma(1984)
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Cricketer
to have batted in all positions
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VInoo
Mankad(1 to 11)
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Dada
Saheb Palke Award winner
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Devika
Rani Roerich(1969)
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Dancer
to perform abroad
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Uday
Shankar
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Deputy
Prime Minister
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Sardar
Vallabhai Patel(1947-1950)
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Emperor
of Mughal Dynasty
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Babar(1526-1530)
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English
Song
|
My
Heart is Beating from Julie(1974)
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Electric
Train
|
In
Mumbai Between Mumbai V T and Kurla(in 1925)
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Engineering
College
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Thompson
College ,Roorkee
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Eye
Hospital
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Chennai
Eye Hospital
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Field
Marshal
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S H F J
Maneshaw(1973)
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First
Colour Film
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“Can-Can
Dance”
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First
indigenous Film
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“Pundalik”
made by R G Torney and N G Chitre
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First
Talkie Film
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“Alam
Ara” by Ardeshir Irani(1931)
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First
Animated Film
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“On A
Moon Lit Night” by R C Bora
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First
Hollywood film dubbed in Hindi
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“Jurassic
Park”
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First
Sanskrit Film
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Shankaracharya
|
First
Child Star
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Bhalachandar(Son
of Dada saheb Pahalke)
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First
Female Child Star
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Mandakini
(Daughter of Dada sahib Phalke)
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Film
Star Chief Minister
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M
G Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu,1977)
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Finance
Minister of Free India
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R
K Shanmughan Cetty(1947)
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Finance
Minister to present the Budget 3 times in a row
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Man
Mohan Singh(1993,94,95)
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Foreign
Bank in India
|
Chartered
Bank
|
Finix
Award winner
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Sr. P C
Sorcar
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Geometer
|
Baudhyana
,sulva sutras(800 B C)
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General
Elections
|
In
1952
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Governer
General Of British India
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Wareen
Hastings(1773-1785)
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Governer-general
of Free India
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C
Rajagopalachari(June 1948-Jan 1950)
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Grammarian
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Panini,Ashtadhyaayi
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Helms
Award winner
|
Kunwar
Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)
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Home
Minister
|
Vallabhai
Patel(1946)
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ICS
Officer
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Satyendranath
Tagore
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Indian
Woman President of Indian National Congress
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Sarojini
Naidu(1952
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J C
Bose Medal Winner
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V
Ramalingaswami
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Jain
Tirthankara
|
Rishabha
Dev
|
Jana
pith Award winner
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G
Sankara Kurup(Odakuzhal),1965
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Lady of
the Indian Film
|
Devika
Rani Roerich
|
Lata
Mangeshkar Award Winner
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Naushad
,1984
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Library
|
William
Carey Library at Serampore in 1800
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Law
University
|
National
Law school of India, Bangalore
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Law
giver
|
Manu
smriti(3100 B C )
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Man to
Climb Mount Everest
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Tenzing
Norgay(with Edmund Hillary,1953)
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Man to
Reach across English Channel
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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)
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Man to
win individual Olympic Medal
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K D
Jadhav(Bronze on Wrestling-Helsinki Olympics,1952)
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Managing
Director of World bank
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Gautam
Kaji(1995)
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Member
of British Parliament
|
Dadabhai
Naoroji(1862)
|
Member
of Viceroy’s Executive Council
|
Sir S P
Sinha(1909)
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Missiles-First
tactical surface to surface missile
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Prithvi
|
Short
range surface to air missile
|
Trishul
|
Intermidiate
range ballistic missile
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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
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INS
Vinash
|
First
Frigate
|
INS
Khukri
|
Tanker
|
INS
Shakti
|
Indigenous
Ship
|
INS
Magar
|
First
frigate with modern guided missiles
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INS
Godavari
|
Aircraft
Carrier
|
INS
Vikrant
|
National
Anthem(First Sung)
|
First
sung on Dec 27,1911 at Kolkatta session of Indian National Congress
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National
Flag(First Hoisted)
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At
Green Park,Kolkatta,on Aug 7,1906 by Surendranath Bannerji
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Newspaper
|
The
Bengal Gazatte
|
First
Vernacular Paper
|
“Samachar
Darpan”(in Bengali from Serampore on May 31,1818)
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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
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Mahatma
Gandhi on August 15,1948
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Postoffice-first
Airmail
|
Allahabad
to Naini on Feb 18,1911
|
Presentation
of Budget
|
R K
Shanmugham cettty,Finance Minister(1947)
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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
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Chaudary
charan singh(July28,1979-Jan 14,1980)
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Raman
Magsaysay Award Winner
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Vinoba
Bhave(1958)
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Recipient
of World Food Prize
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M S
Swaminathan
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Satellite
|
Aryabhatta
|
Experimental
Geostationary Satellite
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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)
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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
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In
Mumbai by Oriental Telephone Co. on Jan 30,1882
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Automatic
telephone Exchange
|
At
Shimla in 1914
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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)
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