First in Awards
The table below consists a list of prestigious awards won by Indian individuals for the first time.
Position |
Name |
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First Bharat Ratna Award | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
First Indian Nobel Laureate | Rabindranath Tagore |
First Indian to get Ashok Chakra | Rakesh Sharma (Astronaut) |
First Indian to get Jnanpith Award | G. Shankar Kurup |
First Indian to receive an Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V Raman |
First Indian to receive Paramvir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
First Indian to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
First Scientist to get Nobel Prize | C.V. Raman |
First Sportsperson to get Padma Shri | Balbir Singh Dosanjh |
First Transgender to get Padma Shri | Narthaki Nataraj |
First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
First Woman to get Bharat Ratna Award | Indira Gandhi |
First woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashapoorna Devi |
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
List of First in India: First in Governance, Awards and Sports
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