First in India and World General Knowledge
1. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held —New Delhi
2. Who is the first person to set foot on Moon —Neil Armstrong
3. Which was the first talkie film of India —Alam Ara
4. Which was the first English ship that came to India —Red Dragon
5. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India —Bengal Gazette
6. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India —Champaran
7. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India —Greeks
8. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army —Hannibal
9. The first railway line in India was opened in which year —1853
10. Which metal was first discovered by man —Copper
11. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented —April, 1987
12. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress —Sarojini Naidu
13. During India's Freedom Struggle, which led to the first 'All India Hartal' —Protest against Rowlatt Act
14. Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time —Prithviraj III
15. Where were first Olympic Games held —776 B.C.
16. In which year was the first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence —1963
17. In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India —Srilanka
18. Who was the first Indian to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Oscar Award —Satyajit Roy
19. By whom was Gene first isolated —Hargobind Khurana
20. Which was the first woman to climb Mount Everest —Junko Tabei
21. By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised —Ramananda
22. Which first Europeans came to India —Portuguese
23. When did man first land on moon —1969
24. Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India —Mrs. Sarojini Neidu
25. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress —Dadabhai Neoroii
26. Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India —APPLE
27. Which first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882 —Vijiaraghavachari
28. What is the duration of proclamation of Financial Emergency —At the first instance two months
29. Which was the first metal used by man —Copper
30. In which Aryans first settled —Punjab
31. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in which year —1951
32. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha —Malgaonkar
33. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title —Wilson Jones
34. Who was the first asian to have received the Nobel Prize —R.N. Tagore
35. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda' —Balban
36. By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first 'made —Dadabhai Naoroji
37. During the Mughal period which trader first came to India —English
38. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period —Varuna
39. Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts —James Princep
40. Which was the first National Security Advisor of India —Brajesh Mishra
41. What is the first compound which is fixed during photosynthesis —Glucose
42. In India, which first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 —Oudh Commercial Bank
43. By whom was first women's university in India was founded —Dhondo Keshave Karve
44. Who was the member of the Rajya Sabha when first appointed as the Prime Minister of India —Indira Gandhi
45. Which is the first company-managed major port in India —Ennore
46. From-which date shall the tenure of every Panchayat be for five years —From the date of its first meeting
47. What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all- India politics —Rowlatt Satyagraha
48. Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India —Damodar Valley Corporation
49. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India —Shri V. T. Krishnamachari
50. Who was the first Defence Minister of India —N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
51. Which was the first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha —Nargis Dutt
52. Which was the first fort constructed by the British in India —Fort Sf. George
53. Which first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India —Sucheta Kripalani
54. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha —Mahakassapa
55. Who were the first to establish trade contacts with the Roman empire —Tamils
56. The first law of thermodynamics is concerned with the conservation of which thing —Energy
57. By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead —Mohammad-bin-Qasim
58. What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first thousand runs in ODls —35.83
59. Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture —Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq
60. Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857 —Mangal Pande
61. Which Act gave representation to Indians for the first time in the Legislature —Government of India Act, 1935
62. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India —Mohammad Iqbal
63. Who was the first foreigner to invade India —Darius I
64. Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established —Jemshedpur
65. In which year did the first modem Olympic Games take place —1896
66. During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India —lltutmish
67. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS —Surendranath Banerjee
68. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal —Warren Hastings
69. Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade —Portuguese
70. Which decade is celebrated as First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People —1994-2004
71. Which decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty —1997-2006
72. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel —Arati Saha
73. Who firstly predicated the existence of electromagnetic waves —Maxwell
74. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered in which year —1985
75. Who is the first Air Chief to receive the honour of "Marshal" —Arjun Singh
76. By whom was first successful vaccine against virul disease of small pox discovered —Edward Jenner
77. In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress —1896
78. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse —Satara
79. Which was the first to legalize euthanasia —Netherlands
80. In India, in which was the service tax first introduced —1994
81. Which ruler at first assumed the title of 'Hazrat-i-Ala' and afterwards 'Sultan' —Sher Shah Suri
82. In which of the years was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid —1853
83. When the first metal tool came into being why was it used for —Clearing jungles
84. Which was the first State to become bifurcated after independence —Madras
85. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning in India made —By M. Visvesvaraya
86. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress —Badruddin Tyyabji
87. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session —George Yule
88. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India —1980
89. Which first movement was launched against the British in India —Swadeshi Movement
90. By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali —Lichhavi
91. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award —Ashapurna Devi
92. Who among the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award —Vinoba Bhave
93. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha —Kamlapati Tripathi
94. Who was the first 'Indian to swim across English Channel —Mihir Sen
95. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel —Arati Saha
96. In which State was the Panchayatl Raj first introduced —Rajasthan
97. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India —Outubuddin Aibak
98. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English —Charles Wilkins
99. Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil administration —Iltutmish
100. Which country ranks first in producing teak —Thailand
101. Who has become the first Indian to score a-triple century in Tests —Virender Sehwag
102. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Madras —First Mysore war
103. Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in India —Calcutta
104. What is the first large research reactor of India that uses U-233 as fuel —KAMINI
105. Who is considered as the first national ruler of India —Chandragupta Maurya
106. Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna —Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
107. Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi —Razia Sultan
108. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920 —Lala Lajpat Rai
109. Journalist's day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on which date —Oct 1, 1984
110. Who set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century —Ram Mohan Roy
111. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming —Buljl Chaudhary
112. By whom was Artificial gene synthesis first done in laboratory —Hargovind Khurana
113. Which Act formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time —Indian Councils Act, 1909
114. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest —Bachhendri Pal
115. What is the first month of the 'Saka era' —Chaitra
116. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award —Mother Teresa
117. Which was the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest —Bachendri Pal
118. Which is the scientist who explained about blood circulation for the first time —William Harvey
119. Who is the world's first woman cosmonaut —Valentina Tereshkova
120. In which was Indian Constitution amended for the first time —1951
121. When was the Constituent Assembly for undivided India first met —9th December, 1946
122. Who was the first Indian woman who owns the gold medal in Asian Games —Kamaljit Sandhu
123. 'Holding a Bandh' was declared illegal for the first time in India by which High Courts —Kerala High Court
124. The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of which king —Rudradaman
125. Who produced the first film in India 'Raja Harishchandra' in 1913 —Dada Saheb Phalke
126. Who among the issued the coin rupee for the first time —Shershah Suri
127. In what commodity the English first conducted trade from India —Indigo
128. By whom was the calculation of electronegativities first done —Pauling
129. What was the first major inscription in classical —Sanskrit of Rudradaman
130. When was the first 'International Non-Smoking Day' observed all over the world —04.07.1988
131. Which was the first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom —Sangama
132. The first Commonwealth Games were held in the year 1930 at which place —Hamilton (Canada)
133. Which Scientist first explained about circulatory system —William Harvey
134. Which is the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events —P.T. Usha
135. The Ninth Schedule was added by which Amendment —First
136. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections —1967
137. Which is the first National Park established in India —Corbett National Park
138. In which year did India first take part in the Olympic Games —1920
139. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court —Leila Seth
140. Who was the first woman minister of a state —Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
141. In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held —Ajatashatru
142. Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit —Aryabhatta
143. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made —Dadabhai Naoroji
144. By whom was word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people —Thakkar Bappa
145. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400 m run —Kamaljit Sandhu
First in India General Knowledge
Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda
● First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948)
● First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
● First Census in India: 1901
● First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
● First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
● First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
● First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71
● First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta.
● First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985.
● First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
● First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
● First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
● First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
● First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh
● First international co-production: Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy.
● First Marine National Park: Jamnagar
● First Moonlit Animal House in Asia: Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
● First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
● First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
● First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese.
● First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
● First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
● First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948.
● First silent feature film in India: Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It was half British in its make.
● First solar crematorium: It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat.
● First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
● First song-less film: JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
● First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
● First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
● First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
● First Telegraph Line: It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280 km long. It was extended up to Lahore in 1857.
● First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta.
● First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra
● First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885. It is still in existence and is the oldest veterinary college in Asia.
● First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
● Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh
● Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass
● India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982
● India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
● India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in 1933.
● India's first fully indigenous silent feature film: Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada Saheb Phalke on May 3, 1913.
● India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15, 1997 at Mumbai).
● India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992)
● India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937.
● India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta (1933)
● India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890)
● India's first radio programme: This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the Madras Presidency Club Radio in 1924.
● India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa
● Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277 copies in 1997).
● Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies)
● Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi (5,40,919 copies in 1997).
● Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh
● Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
● Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era
● Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong
● Only Place in the world where a Brahmat Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan
● Shortest era in the world: Christian Era
● State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population: Punjab (28.31% - 1991 Census)
● State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991 Census)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million - 1991 Census)
● State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704)
● State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census)
● State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7)
● State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000)
● State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census)
● World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.)
● World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997)
● World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori School in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as the world's largest school with 23,000 students on its rolls.
● Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)
First woman of Indian
First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil
● Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
● Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
● Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
● First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).
● First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
● First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
● First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926.
● First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)
● First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
● First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla
● First woman to head any Wakf board in India : Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf Board)
● First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha
● First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal, Sydney Olympics)
● First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom
● First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha
● First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta
● First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
● First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
● First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967)
● First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
● First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)
● First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)
● First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi
● First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)
● First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937.
● First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)
● First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore: 55-year old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in 1968.
● First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)
● First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)
● First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
● First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi
● First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati
● First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)
● Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle
● India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee (1966, Indian Airlines)
● India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh
● India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao
● India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry
● India's officially recognized billionth citizen: Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New Delhi).
● World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee
● Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan
● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William
1. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held —New Delhi
2. Who is the first person to set foot on Moon —Neil Armstrong
3. Which was the first talkie film of India —Alam Ara
4. Which was the first English ship that came to India —Red Dragon
5. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India —Bengal Gazette
6. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India —Champaran
7. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India —Greeks
8. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army —Hannibal
9. The first railway line in India was opened in which year —1853
10. Which metal was first discovered by man —Copper
11. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented —April, 1987
12. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress —Sarojini Naidu
13. During India's Freedom Struggle, which led to the first 'All India Hartal' —Protest against Rowlatt Act
14. Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time —Prithviraj III
15. Where were first Olympic Games held —776 B.C.
16. In which year was the first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence —1963
17. In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India —Srilanka
18. Who was the first Indian to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Oscar Award —Satyajit Roy
19. By whom was Gene first isolated —Hargobind Khurana
20. Which was the first woman to climb Mount Everest —Junko Tabei
21. By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised —Ramananda
22. Which first Europeans came to India —Portuguese
23. When did man first land on moon —1969
24. Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India —Mrs. Sarojini Neidu
25. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress —Dadabhai Neoroii
26. Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India —APPLE
27. Which first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882 —Vijiaraghavachari
28. What is the duration of proclamation of Financial Emergency —At the first instance two months
29. Which was the first metal used by man —Copper
30. In which Aryans first settled —Punjab
31. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in which year —1951
32. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha —Malgaonkar
33. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title —Wilson Jones
34. Who was the first asian to have received the Nobel Prize —R.N. Tagore
35. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda' —Balban
36. By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first 'made —Dadabhai Naoroji
37. During the Mughal period which trader first came to India —English
38. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period —Varuna
39. Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts —James Princep
40. Which was the first National Security Advisor of India —Brajesh Mishra
41. What is the first compound which is fixed during photosynthesis —Glucose
42. In India, which first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 —Oudh Commercial Bank
43. By whom was first women's university in India was founded —Dhondo Keshave Karve
44. Who was the member of the Rajya Sabha when first appointed as the Prime Minister of India —Indira Gandhi
45. Which is the first company-managed major port in India —Ennore
46. From-which date shall the tenure of every Panchayat be for five years —From the date of its first meeting
47. What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all- India politics —Rowlatt Satyagraha
48. Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India —Damodar Valley Corporation
49. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India —Shri V. T. Krishnamachari
50. Who was the first Defence Minister of India —N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
51. Which was the first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha —Nargis Dutt
52. Which was the first fort constructed by the British in India —Fort Sf. George
53. Which first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India —Sucheta Kripalani
54. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha —Mahakassapa
55. Who were the first to establish trade contacts with the Roman empire —Tamils
56. The first law of thermodynamics is concerned with the conservation of which thing —Energy
57. By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead —Mohammad-bin-Qasim
58. What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first thousand runs in ODls —35.83
59. Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture —Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq
60. Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857 —Mangal Pande
61. Which Act gave representation to Indians for the first time in the Legislature —Government of India Act, 1935
62. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India —Mohammad Iqbal
63. Who was the first foreigner to invade India —Darius I
64. Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established —Jemshedpur
65. In which year did the first modem Olympic Games take place —1896
66. During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India —lltutmish
67. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS —Surendranath Banerjee
68. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal —Warren Hastings
69. Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade —Portuguese
70. Which decade is celebrated as First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People —1994-2004
71. Which decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty —1997-2006
72. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel —Arati Saha
73. Who firstly predicated the existence of electromagnetic waves —Maxwell
74. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered in which year —1985
75. Who is the first Air Chief to receive the honour of "Marshal" —Arjun Singh
76. By whom was first successful vaccine against virul disease of small pox discovered —Edward Jenner
77. In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress —1896
78. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse —Satara
79. Which was the first to legalize euthanasia —Netherlands
80. In India, in which was the service tax first introduced —1994
81. Which ruler at first assumed the title of 'Hazrat-i-Ala' and afterwards 'Sultan' —Sher Shah Suri
82. In which of the years was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid —1853
83. When the first metal tool came into being why was it used for —Clearing jungles
84. Which was the first State to become bifurcated after independence —Madras
85. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning in India made —By M. Visvesvaraya
86. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress —Badruddin Tyyabji
87. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session —George Yule
88. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India —1980
89. Which first movement was launched against the British in India —Swadeshi Movement
90. By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali —Lichhavi
91. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award —Ashapurna Devi
92. Who among the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award —Vinoba Bhave
93. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha —Kamlapati Tripathi
94. Who was the first 'Indian to swim across English Channel —Mihir Sen
95. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel —Arati Saha
96. In which State was the Panchayatl Raj first introduced —Rajasthan
97. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India —Outubuddin Aibak
98. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English —Charles Wilkins
99. Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil administration —Iltutmish
100. Which country ranks first in producing teak —Thailand
101. Who has become the first Indian to score a-triple century in Tests —Virender Sehwag
102. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Madras —First Mysore war
103. Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in India —Calcutta
104. What is the first large research reactor of India that uses U-233 as fuel —KAMINI
105. Who is considered as the first national ruler of India —Chandragupta Maurya
106. Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna —Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
107. Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi —Razia Sultan
108. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920 —Lala Lajpat Rai
109. Journalist's day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on which date —Oct 1, 1984
110. Who set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century —Ram Mohan Roy
111. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming —Buljl Chaudhary
112. By whom was Artificial gene synthesis first done in laboratory —Hargovind Khurana
113. Which Act formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time —Indian Councils Act, 1909
114. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest —Bachhendri Pal
115. What is the first month of the 'Saka era' —Chaitra
116. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award —Mother Teresa
117. Which was the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest —Bachendri Pal
118. Which is the scientist who explained about blood circulation for the first time —William Harvey
119. Who is the world's first woman cosmonaut —Valentina Tereshkova
120. In which was Indian Constitution amended for the first time —1951
121. When was the Constituent Assembly for undivided India first met —9th December, 1946
122. Who was the first Indian woman who owns the gold medal in Asian Games —Kamaljit Sandhu
123. 'Holding a Bandh' was declared illegal for the first time in India by which High Courts —Kerala High Court
124. The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of which king —Rudradaman
125. Who produced the first film in India 'Raja Harishchandra' in 1913 —Dada Saheb Phalke
126. Who among the issued the coin rupee for the first time —Shershah Suri
127. In what commodity the English first conducted trade from India —Indigo
128. By whom was the calculation of electronegativities first done —Pauling
129. What was the first major inscription in classical —Sanskrit of Rudradaman
130. When was the first 'International Non-Smoking Day' observed all over the world —04.07.1988
131. Which was the first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom —Sangama
132. The first Commonwealth Games were held in the year 1930 at which place —Hamilton (Canada)
133. Which Scientist first explained about circulatory system —William Harvey
134. Which is the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events —P.T. Usha
135. The Ninth Schedule was added by which Amendment —First
136. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections —1967
137. Which is the first National Park established in India —Corbett National Park
138. In which year did India first take part in the Olympic Games —1920
139. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court —Leila Seth
140. Who was the first woman minister of a state —Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
141. In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held —Ajatashatru
142. Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit —Aryabhatta
143. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made —Dadabhai Naoroji
144. By whom was word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people —Thakkar Bappa
145. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400 m run —Kamaljit Sandhu
First in India General Knowledge
Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda
● First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948)
● First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
● First Census in India: 1901
● First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
● First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
● First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
● First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71
● First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta.
● First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985.
● First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
● First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
● First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
● First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
● First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh
● First international co-production: Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy.
● First Marine National Park: Jamnagar
● First Moonlit Animal House in Asia: Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
● First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
● First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
● First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese.
● First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
● First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
● First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948.
● First silent feature film in India: Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It was half British in its make.
● First solar crematorium: It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat.
● First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
● First song-less film: JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
● First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
● First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
● First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
● First Telegraph Line: It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280 km long. It was extended up to Lahore in 1857.
● First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta.
● First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra
● First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885. It is still in existence and is the oldest veterinary college in Asia.
● First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
● Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh
● Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass
● India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982
● India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
● India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in 1933.
● India's first fully indigenous silent feature film: Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada Saheb Phalke on May 3, 1913.
● India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15, 1997 at Mumbai).
● India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992)
● India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937.
● India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta (1933)
● India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890)
● India's first radio programme: This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the Madras Presidency Club Radio in 1924.
● India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa
● Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277 copies in 1997).
● Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies)
● Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi (5,40,919 copies in 1997).
● Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh
● Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
● Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era
● Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong
● Only Place in the world where a Brahmat Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan
● Shortest era in the world: Christian Era
● State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population: Punjab (28.31% - 1991 Census)
● State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991 Census)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million - 1991 Census)
● State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704)
● State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census)
● State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7)
● State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000)
● State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census)
● World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.)
● World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997)
● World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori School in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as the world's largest school with 23,000 students on its rolls.
● Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)
First woman of Indian
First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil
● Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
● Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
● Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
● First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).
● First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
● First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
● First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926.
● First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)
● First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
● First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla
● First woman to head any Wakf board in India : Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf Board)
● First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha
● First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal, Sydney Olympics)
● First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom
● First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha
● First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta
● First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
● First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
● First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967)
● First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
● First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)
● First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)
● First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi
● First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)
● First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937.
● First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)
● First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore: 55-year old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in 1968.
● First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)
● First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)
● First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
● First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi
● First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati
● First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)
● Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle
● India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee (1966, Indian Airlines)
● India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh
● India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao
● India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry
● India's officially recognized billionth citizen: Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New Delhi).
● World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee
● Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan
● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William