First in India Flashcards

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First hydroelectric plant in India

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Sidrapong (Darjeeling)

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First man in Space

A

Rakesh Sharma

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1st satellite

A

Aryabhatta

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1st successful indigenous launch vehicle of India

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SLV 3

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1st Nuclear reactor in India

A

Apsara (Maharashtra)

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1st genetically modified food in India

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Bt.Eggplant hybrid (banned)

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1st to pass Indian medical services examination

A

Surjo Kumar Chakroborty

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1st Indian to become the Deputy Director-general of programmes at WHO

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Dr. Soumya Swanithan

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1st satellite earth station for domestic communications

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Secunderabad

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10
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1st Indian to win Nobel Prize in Physics

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CV Raman

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1st President of India

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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1st Vice President of India

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Servapalli Radhakrishnan

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1st President of Indian National Congress

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Womesh Chandra Banerjee

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14
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1st Prime Minister of India

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J L Nehru

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1st Chief Election Commissioner of India

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Sukumar Sen

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1st Viceroy of India

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Lord Canning

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1st Governer General of India

A

Lord William Bentinck

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1st Chief Justice of India

A

H G Kania

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1st speaker of Lok Sabha

A

G L Mavlankar

20
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1st Home Minister of India

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Sardar Vallabhai Patel

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1st Chairperson of Lokpal of India

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Pinaki Chandra Ghose