● British Governor-General
: Warren Hastings
● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
● Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
● Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
● Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
● Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
● Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
● Consmonaut : Sqn.
Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
● Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
● Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
● Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
● Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
● Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
● Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
● Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
● Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
● Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
● Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan
● Man
to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing
● Man
to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
● Man
to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
● Muslim
Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
● Nobel
Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President
of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
● Woman
President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
● President
to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
● Prime
Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
● Prime
Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
● Deputy
Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
● Talkie
Film : Alam Ara (1931)
● Test-tube
Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
● Viceroy
: Lord Canning
● Woman
Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Woman
Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
● Woman
Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
● Woman
Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
● Woman
to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● Woman
Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
● Woman
Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
● Woman
Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
● Woman
to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
● Woman
Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
● Woman
IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
● Indian
in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
● Indian
to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
● Indian
Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● Woman
President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
● Woman
to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
● Woman
to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria
● Speaker,
Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
● Chairman
Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
● Indian
to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)
● Indian
Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
● To
Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
● Vernacular
Daily : Kolkata (1727)
● Telegraph
Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
● Silent
Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
● Coloured
Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
● Satellite
launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
● Indigenously
built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
● Atomic
device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
● Large-scale
Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
● Indigenously
designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
● Member
of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R.
Narayanan
● DNA
typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
● Electric
Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
● Science
City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
● Actress
of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
● Woman
Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
● Solar
Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania
(Rajasthan)
● Indian
writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
● Musician
to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
● Indian
Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
● Chairman
of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
● Indian
Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
● Solar
city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
● Woman
to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
● Woman
Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
● Indian
to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
● Indian
Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
● Chinese
pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
● European
invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
● Indian
to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
● Women
Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
● Lady
Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
● First
Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B.
George (2003)
● Triple
Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
● Hitter
of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
● Woman
DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
● Medal
winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)
● Asian
Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament,
Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of
Padamshree :Sania Mirza
● Formula-1
Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
● Indian
to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
● Woman
Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)
● Five
hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
● To
the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
● First
Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
● First
Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
● First
President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam (2006)
● First
Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
● First
Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav
Bindra (2008)
● First
Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
● World
Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal
(2009)
● Woman
Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
● Two
Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
● Khel
Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)
● Indian
Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)
