First Indian in Various Field – Record List - 3
Politics and
Government:
- First Bengali to become President of India – Pranab
Mukarji (2012 July 25).
- First Indian Finance Minister to present the budget
6 times in the row – Manmohan Singh (1991-91916).
- First Indian to become PM after having been the
Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha – Atal Behari Vajpayee (1996 May 16).
- First Indian origin woman to become the Governer of
State in USA – Nikki Haley, South Carolina (2011).
- First woman Chief Minister of West Bengal – Mamta
Benarji, Trinamool Congress (2011).
- First woman speaker of Lok Sabha in India – Meira
Kumar (2009).
- First Indian PM to be voted out of office – Indirs
Gandhi (1977).
- First Non-congress Government in India – Janata
Party Government with Morarji Desai as Prime Minister (1977-1979).
- 1st woman ruler of India – Razia Suthana.
She is the first woman ruler in south Asia (1236).
- First woman minister in India Vijalakshmi Pandit,
Uttra Pradesh (1937).
- First woman foreign secretary of India – Chokila
Iyar (2001).
- First woman Air Marshal in India – Padma
Bandobadhyaya (2002).
- First woman Director General of Police (DGP) in
India – Kanchan Bhattacharya, Uttaranchal (2004).
- First woman Union Minister in India – Raj Kumari
Amrit Kaur, Cabinet Minister, Health Portfolio (1947).
- First woman Prime Minister in India – Indira Gandhi
(1966).
- First woman to become president of United Nation General
Assembly – Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953).
- First woman President of Indian National Congresss
party – Annie Besant (19170.
- First woman Chief Minister of State in India –
Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pardesh (1963-67).
- First woman Governor of State in India – Sarojini
Naidu, United provinces (UP) (1947-49).
- First Indian Ambassador – Vijalakshmi Pandit, USSR
(1947-49).
First in Film:
- First film
screened in India – French cameraman Marius Sestier screened the first motion
picture at Bombay’s Watson’s Hotel. The entry fee was one rupee per person
(1896 July 07).
- First indigenous full length future film produced by
an Indian – Raja Harish Chandra, by Dadasheb Phalke. It was released at
Coronation Cinematograph, Bombay (1913 May 03).
- First fully indigenous color movie Kisan Kaya, by
Moti B Gidwani. It was made in India by using indigenously developed color
technics (1937).
- First woman cinematographer to win national film award – Anjali Shukla,
Camerawoman of the film Kutty Srank by Shaji.N.Karun (2010 Sep).
- First cinematographer to win the Dadasaheb Phalke
award – V.K.Murthy, Mysore (2010 Jan).
- First 70mm animation film in India – Lava Kusa the warrior
Twins (2010).
- First Indian to win an Oscar in Technical Category –
Resul Pookuty, Sound mixing (2009 Feb).
- First Indian Lyricist to win an Oscar – Gulzar (2009
Feb).
- First India to win Dada Sahep Paalke award – Devika Rani
(1970).
- 1st Indian ‘’Oscar winner’’ – Baanu Aathaiya,
for best costume design for the film ‘Gandhi’ (1982).
- First Indian Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign-Language
film – Mother India (1957).
- First Actress of Indian Talkies – Rani Zubeida, Alam
Aara. She acted in 36 silent films (1931).
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