First Appointees of India
1st President
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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1st Vice-President
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Dr. S Radhakrishnan
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1st Prime Minister
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Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
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1st Home Minister
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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1st Railway Minister
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John Mathai
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1st Defence Minister
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Sardar Baldev Singh
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1st Finance Minister
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RK Shanmugam Chetty
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1st External Affairs Minister
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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1st Governor General (Indian)
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C Rajagopalachari
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1st Governor General (Independent
India)
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Lord Mountbatten
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1st Chief Justice of India
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Harilal J Kania
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1st Chief Election Commissioner
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Sukumar Sen
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1st Speaker of Lok Sabha
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G.V. Mavalankar
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1st Cabinet Secretary
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N.R. Pillai
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1st Chief of Army Staff
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Gen Rajendra Singhji
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1st Chief of Air Staff
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Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst
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1st Chief of Naval Staff
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Vice Admiral RD Katari
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First
in India Quiz
Technological Firsts in India
Event
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Year
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Broadcasting started in India
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1927
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All India Radio established
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1936
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Television started
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1959
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Colour Television started
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1982
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Railways started
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1853, April 16
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1st electric train
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1925, Feb 23
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First issue of Postal Stamp
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1825 (in Sind)
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First Telegraph line
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1851 (Calcutta & Diamond
Harbour)
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Newspaper
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1781, Jan 29 Hicky Calcutta
Gazette
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First Atomic Power Station
commissioned at Tarapur
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1969
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First nuclear test carried out
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1974, 18 May
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First satellite launched
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1975, 19 Apr
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Internet came to India
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1995, Aug 15 (provided by BSNL)
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First air mail in India &
World Bumraulli to Allahabad (6 miles)
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1911
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First indigenously built submarine
of India
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Shalki
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India’s first newsprint factory
was set up at
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Nepanagar (MP)
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First Chief Ministers of States of Independent India.
State
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First
Chief Ministers
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Andhra (State)
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Tanguturi Prakasham Pantulu (1953
- 1954)
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Hyderabad (State)
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M.K. Vellodi (1950 - 1952)
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Andhra Pradesh (United)
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1956 - 1960)
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Andhra Pradesh (Separated)
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N Chandrababu Naidu (2014 - )
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Telangana
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K Chandrashekhar Rao (2014 - )
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Prem Khandu Thungan (1975 - 1979)
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Assam
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Gopinath Bordoloi* (1947 - 1950)
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Bihar
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Sri Krishna Sinha** (1947 - 1961)
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Chhattisgarh
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Ajit Jogi (2000 - 2003)
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Delhi
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Chaudhary Brahm Prakash# (1952 -
1955)
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Goa, Daman and Diu (UT)
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Dayanand Bandodkar (1963 - 1966)
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Goa
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Pratap Singh Rane (1987 - 1990)
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Gujarat
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Jivraj Narayan Mehta (1960 - 1963)
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Haryana
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Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1966
- 1977)
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Himachal Pradesh
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Yashwant Singh Parmar (1952 -
1956)
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Jammu and Kashmir##
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Gulam Mohammed Sadiq (1965 - 1971)
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Jharkhand
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Babu Lal Marandi (2000 - 2003)
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Karnataka
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K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1947 -
1952) (State of Mysore)
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Kerala
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E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957 -
1959)
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Madhya Pradesh
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Ravishankar Shukla (Nov 1956 - Dec
1956)
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Bombay State
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B.G. Kher (1947 - 1952)
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Maharashtra
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Yashwantrao Chavan (1960 - 1962)
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Manipur
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Mairembam Koireng Singh (1963 -
1967)
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Meghalaya
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Williamson A. Sangma (1970 - 1972)
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Mizoram
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Ch. Chhunga (1972 - 1977)
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Nagaland
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P. Shilu Ao (1963 - 1966)
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Odisha
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Harekrushna Mahatab (1946 - 1950)
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Punjab (United)
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Gopi Chand Bhargava (1947 - 1949)
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Punjab (after division of Haryana)
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Giani Gurmukh Singh Musaffir (1966
- 1977)
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Rajasthan
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Heera Lal Shastri (1949 - 1951)
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Sikkim
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Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (1975 - 1979)
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Madras State
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O.P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar % (1947 -
1949)
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Madras State
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C. Rajagopalachari @(1952 - 1954)
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Tamil Nadu
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C.N. Annadurai @@(Jan 1969 - Feb
1969)
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Tripura
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Sachindra Lal Singh (1963 - 1971)
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Uttar Pradesh
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Govind Ballabh Pant (1950 - 1954)
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Uttarakhand
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Nityanand Swami (2000 - 2001)
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West Bengal
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Prafulla Chandra Gosh (1947 -
1948)
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First in India - Women
The first Indian woman to be
awarded the Bharat Ratna - Smt Indira Gandhi.
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The first lady Governor of an
Indian state was Smt Sarojini Naidu.
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The first lady Chief Minister of
State was Smt Sucheta Kripalani.
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The first lady Central minister of
the country was Smt Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.
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The first woman president of the
Indian National Congress was Annie Besant.
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The first woman to become the
Chief Election Commissioner was Mrs Rama Devi.
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The first woman to be appointed
Chief Justice of a state High Court was Justice Leila Seth.
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The first woman to be appointed
judge of the Supreme Court was Justice M Fatima Beevi.
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The first woman to be appointed
the Speaker of Lok Sabha is Mrs Meira Kumar.
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The first woman president of UN
General Assembly - Mrs Vijayalaxmi Pandit.
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The first Indian woman to swim the
English Channel was Aarti Saha.
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The first Indian woman to win an
Olympic medal was Karnam Malleswari.
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The first Indian woman to win an
Asiad medal - Kamaljit Sandhu.
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The first Indian woman to climb Mt
Everest - Bachendri Pal.
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The first Indian woman to receive
a gallantry award in the Indian Army (Sena Medal for her acts of bravery in
Afghanistan) - Major Mitali Madhumita.
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The first Indian woman to win the
Miss Asia-Pacific title - Zeenat Aman.
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The first Indian woman to win the
Miss Universe title - Sushmita Sen.
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The first Indian woman to win the
Miss World title - Reita Faria.
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The first Indian woman to win the
Miss Earth title - Nicol Faria.
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The first Indian woman to join the
Territorial Army as a jawan - Shanti Tigga.
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The first Indian woman to be
appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner - Deepak Sandhu.
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The first Indian woman to be
appointed as the Minister of External Affairs of India - Sushma Swaraj.
(Note: Mrs. Indira Gandhi held the additional charge as Minister of External
Affairs while being the Prime Minister of India.)
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First Woman Chief Ministers of Indian States
State
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Chief
Minister
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Assam
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Syeda Anwara Taimur
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Bihar
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Rabri Devi
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Delhi
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Sushma Swaraj
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Gujarat
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Anandiben Patel
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Goa, Daman & Diu
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Shashikala Kakodkar
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Madhya Pradesh
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Uma Bharti
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Odisha
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Nandini Satpathy
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Punjab
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Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
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Rajasthan
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Vasundhara Raje
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Tamilnadu
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Janaki Ramachandran
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Uttar Pradesh
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Sucheta Kriplani
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West Bengal
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Mamta Banerjee
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First Woman Governors of Indian States
State
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Governor
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Andhra Pradesh
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Sharda Mukherjee
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Gujarat
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Sharda Mukherjee
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Himachal Pradesh
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Sheila Kaul
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Kerala
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Jyoti Venkatachalam
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Madhya Pradesh
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Sarla Grewal
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Maharashtra
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Vijayalakshmi Pandit
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Rajasthan
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Pratibha Patil
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Tamil Nadu
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Fathima Beevi
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Uttar Pradesh
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Sarojini Naidu
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West Bengal
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Padmaja Naidu
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First in the World
First Heads of State
First Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Liaqat Ali
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First Prime Minister of England
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Robert Walpole
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First President of United States
of America
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George Washington
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First Prime Minister of
Bangladesh
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Sheikh Mujibar Rehman
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First President of Chinese
Republic
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Sun Yat Sen
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First Prime Minister of Australia
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Sir Edmunton Barton
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First Prime Minister of Israel
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David Ben-Gurion
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First State President of South
Africa
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Charles Robberts Swart
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First in the World - Men
First man in space
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Yuri Gagarin
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USSR
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First person of African descent
in space
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
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Cuba
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First man to reach the North Pole
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Robert Peary
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USA
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First man to scale Mt Everest
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Edmund Hillary
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New Zealand
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First man to reach the South Pole
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Roald Amundsen
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Norway
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First man to circumnavigate the
world
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Enrique, Magellan's slave
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Malay
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First man to land on the moon
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Neil Armstrong
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USA
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First Secretary General of the
United Nations
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Trygve Lie
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Norway
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First in the World - Women
First woman in space
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Valentina Tereshkova
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USSR
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First woman to cross the Atlantic
in a solo flight
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Amelia Earhart
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USA
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First woman to scale Mt Everest
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Junko Tabei
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Japan
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First woman to win an Olympic
gold
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Charlotte Cooper
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England
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First woman Prime Minister in the
world
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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Sri Lanka
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First American woman in space
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Sally Ride
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USA
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First Woman Prime
Ministers/Presidents in the World
Name
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Country
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Post
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Srimavo Bandaranaike
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Sri Lanka
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Prime Minister
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Golda Meir
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Israel
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Prime Minister
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Indira Gandhi
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India
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Prime Minister
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Margaret Thatcher
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United Kingdom
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Prime Minister
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Benazir Bhutto
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Pakistan
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Prime Minister
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Khaleda Zia
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Bangladesh
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Prime Minister
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Edith Cresson
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France
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Prime Minister
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Kim Campbell
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Canada
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Prime Minister
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Julia Gillard
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Australia
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Prime Minister
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Yingluck Shinawatra
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Thailand
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Prime Minister
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Angela Merkel
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Germany
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Chancellor
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Corazon Aquino
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Philippines
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President
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Chandrika Kumaratunga
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Sri Lanka
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President
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Megawati Sukarnoputri
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Indonesia
|
President
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Liberia
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President
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Pratibha Patil
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India
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President
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Dilma Rousseff
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Brazil
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President
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Park Geun-hye
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South Korea
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President
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First in Space - Human Beings/Animals
Event
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Name
of the Person
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Vehicle
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Date
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First animal in space
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Laika, the dog
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Sputnik-2
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03 Nov 1957
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First man in space
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Maj Yuri Gagarin
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Vostok 1
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12 Apr 1961
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First woman in space
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Vostok 6
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16 Jun 1963
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First person to walk in space
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Alexei Leonov
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Voskhod 2
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18 Mar 1965
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First woman to walk in space
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Svetlana Savitskaya
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Salyut 7
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25 Jul 1984
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First American in space
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Allan Shepard
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MR-3 (Freedom 7)
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05 May 1961
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First man on moon
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Neil Armstrong
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Apollo 11
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20 Jul 1969
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First Indian in space
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Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
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Soyuz T-11
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02 Apr 1984
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First US woman in space
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Sally Ride
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STS-7 (Challenger)
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18 Jun 1983
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First space tourist
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Dennis Tito
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Soyuz TM32/31
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28 Apr 2001
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First woman space tourist
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Anousheh Ansari
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Soyuz TMA9
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18 Sep 2006
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First Indian (American) Woman in
space
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Kalpana Chawla
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Spaceship Columbia
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19 Nov 1997
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First Chinese in space
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Lt Col Yang Liwei
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Shenzou V
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15 Oct 2003
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First Chinese woman in space
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Liu Yang
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Shenzou 9
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16 Jun 2012
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