FIRST IN INDIA PART-02

26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Mrs. Shanno Devi
27. Prime Minister of India –	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28. Muslim President of Indian Union –	Dr. Zakir Hussain
29. Speaker of Lok Sabha –	G. V. Mavlankar
30. Woman to climb mount Everest –	Bachhendri Pal
31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court –	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court	Smt. Leela Seth
33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen)	Kalpana Chawla
34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics -	Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35. The First Indian World Chess Champion –	Vishwanathan Anand
36. India’s first paperless Newspaper –	The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37. India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer –	Sonali Banerjee
38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha –	G. M. C. Balyogi
39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness –	Krishna Kant
40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century –	Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)
41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal –	P. Bandopadhyaya
42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor –	Ms. Kiran Bedi
43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident –	Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India-	K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament –	Sania Mirza (2003)
46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship –	Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD –	Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48. The highest individual test scorer of India –	Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth africa)
49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times-	Rahul Dravid
50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. –	Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)