1.
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British Governor General of Bengal
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Warren Hastings
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2.
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Governor General of Independent India
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Lord Mountbatten
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3.
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Commander-in-chief of Free India
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General Roy Bucher
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4.
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Cosmonaut
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Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
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5.
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Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India
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Babar
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6.
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Field Marshal
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S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
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7.
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Indian Governor General of Indian Union
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C. Rajagopalachari
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8.
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Indian I.C.S. Officer
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Satyendra Nath Tagore
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9.
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Indian Member of Viceroy's Executive Council
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Sri S. P. Sinha
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10.
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Indian to swim across English Channel
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Mihir Sen
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11.
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Indian woman to swim across-English Channel
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Miss Arati Saha
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12.
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Man to climb Mount Everest
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Tenzing Norgay
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13.
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Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen
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Phu Dorjee
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14.
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Man to climb Mount Everest twice
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Nwang Gombu
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15.
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Nobel Prize winner
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Rabindra Nath Tagore
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16.
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President of Indian National Congress
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W. C. Banerjee
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17.
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President of Indian Republic
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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18.
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Talkie Film
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Alam Ara (1931)
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19.
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Test Tube Baby (Documented)
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Indira
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20.
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Viceroy of India
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Lord Canning
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21.
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Woman Minister of Indian Union
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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22.
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Woman Chief Minister of State
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Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
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23.
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Woman Governor
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Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
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24.
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Woman President of Indian National Congress
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Dr. Annie Besant
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25.
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Woman Prime Minister
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Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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26.
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Woman Speaker of a State Assembly
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Mrs. Shanno Devi
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27.
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Prime Minister of India
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Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
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28.
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Muslim President of Indian Union
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Dr. Zakir Hussain
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29.
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Speaker of Lok Sabha
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G. V. Mavlankar
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30.
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Woman to climb mount Everest
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Bachhendri Pal
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31.
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Woman Judge in Supreme Court
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Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
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32.
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Woman Chief Justice of a High Court
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Smt. Leela Seth
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33.
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Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen)
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Kalpana Chawla
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34.
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The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics
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Karnam Malleshwari
(Sydney, in 2000)
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35.
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The First Indian World Chess Champion
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Vishwanathan Anand
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36.
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India's first paperless Newspaper
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The News Today
(Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
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37.
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India's First woman Merchant Navy Officer
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Sonali Banerjee
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38.
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The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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G. M. C. Balyogi
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39.
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The first Vice-President of India to die in harness
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Krishna Kant
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40.
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The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century
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Mithali Raj
(August 2002 playing against England)
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41.
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The first woman Air Vice-Marshal
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P. Bandopadhyaya
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42.
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The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police
Advisor
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Ms. Kiran Bedi
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43.
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The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space
shuttle in a tragic accident
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Dr. Kalpana Chawla
(Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
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44.
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The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of
India
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K. J. Udeshi
(appointed on June 10, 2003)
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45.
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The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament
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Sania Mirza (2003)
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46.
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The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship
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Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
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47.
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The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD
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Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
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48.
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The highest individual test scorer of India
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Virendra Sehwag ( 309 runs in the first
test in Multan against Pakistan)
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49.
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The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times
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Rahul Drgvid (playing test against
Pakistan in Pakistan in. April 2004)
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50.
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The first Odisha woman to top I.A.S.
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Smt. Roopa Misra
(Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
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51.
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The first Sikh Prime Minister of India
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
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52.
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The first woman Director General of Police of a State
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Kanchan C. Bhattacharya
(DGP Uttarakhand)
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53.
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The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief
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MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief
of Mumbai police)
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54.
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The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army
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Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical
College, Pune)
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55.
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The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming
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Bula Chaudhury
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56.
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The first woman to become Indian Air Force's first woman Air Marshal
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Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
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57.
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The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years
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Dharmendra Yadav
(Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
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58.
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India's first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title
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Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
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59.
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The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the
highest
of heights yet in a hot balloon
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Vijaypath Singhania
(Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
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60.
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The first wonder child of Odisha only about 4 years and a half of
age completes a race of 65 km.
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Budhia (May 2006)
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61.
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The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro (Chennai
Metro Police)
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Letika Saran
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62.
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The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole
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Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
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63.
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The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World
Shooting Championship
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Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
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64.
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The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain
title
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Preeti Desai (2006)
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65.
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The first woman President of the Republic of India
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Pratibha Patil
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Padma Vibhushan