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E-BOOK No Part of This Publication May Be Reproduced Stored In a Retrieval System Or Transmitted, In Any Form of By Any Means Electronic, Mechanical, Photocopying, Digital, Recording or Otherwise, Without the Prior Permission Of The Publishers. In spite Of All The Efforts, Some Errors Might Have Crept In . We Do Not Take Any Legal Responsibility for Such Errors and Omissions. If You Bring Them To Our Notice, We Shall Correct In Our Next Editions. Copyright (c) 2019 ANR TUTORIAL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This product is protected by copy right and distributed under licenses restricting Copying, distribution and recompilation. STATIC GK FIRST MEN IN INDIA Sl. No Field Person 1. First Governor of Bengal Lord Clive 2. Last Governor of Bengal Warren Hastings 3. First Governor General of Bengal Warren Hastings 4. First Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck 5. Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of Lord Canning India 6. First President of Indian Republic Dr Rajendra Prasad 7. First Field Marshal Gen SFJ Manekshaw 8. First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award G Shankar Kurup 9. First Indian to swim across Indian Channel Mihir Sen 10. First Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore 11. First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India Fa-Hien 12. First Indian Pilot JRD Tata 13. First man to climb Mt Everest twice NawangGombu 14. First Indian Governor General of Independent India C Rajgopalachari 15. First Governor General of India (After Lord Louis Mountbatten Independence) 16. First Commander in Chief of Free India Gen KM Cariappa 17. First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice Dr Nagendra Singh 18. First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award Dr S Radhakrishanan 19. First Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr Zakir Hussain 20. First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming BaidyanathNath Contest 21. First President of Indian national Congress WC Banjerjee 22. First Indian Submarine INS Cauveri 23. First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize CV Raman (Physics) 24. India’s First Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen 25. First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Dr HargovindKhurana the field of Medical Science 26. First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in VenkatramanRamakrishnan Chemistry 27. First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace Kailash Sathyarthi 28. First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar 29. First to reach South Pole Bijoy Kumar Das 30. First Chief Minister to die in Office CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu 31. First Indian Sound Film AlamAra, directed by ArdeshirIrani 32. First Indigenously made colour film KisanKanya, directed by Moti B 33. First Banned film in India Neel AkasherNeechey 34. First Post Office opened in India Kolkata (1727) 35. First Chief Justice of India Justice Hiralal J kania 36. First Indian to win Stalin Award SaiffudinKichlu 37. First Education Minister of Independent India MaulanaAbulKalam Azad 38. First Prime Minister of Independent India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 39. First Home Minister of Independent India SardarVallahbhai Patel 40. First Vice President of Independent India Dr S Radhakrishnan 41. First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst 42. First Indian Air Chief of India Air Marshal S Mukherjee 43. First Chief of Army Staff Gen M Rajendra Singh 44. First Chief of Naval Staff of India Vice Admiral RD Katari 45. First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India Apsara 46. First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship INS Vikrant 47. First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar the field of Physics 48. India’s First University Nalanda University 49. First Leader of Opposition AK Gopalan 50. First Sikh President of India GyaniZail Singh 51. First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen Sherpa PhuDorji Cylinder 52. First medium range Missile Agni 53. First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award Major Somnath Sharma 54. First Muslim President of INC BadruddinTayab Ji 55. First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election Indira Gandhi 56. First Speaker of Lok Sabha GV Mavlankar 57. First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award BhanuAthaiya 58. First Finance Minister of India RK ShanmukhanChetty 59. First Indian to win Magasaysay Award Acharya VinobaBhave 60. India’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University 61. First President of India to die in office Dr Zakir Hussain 62. First British Prime Minister to visit India Harold Mc Millan 63. First Indian Space Tourist Santosh George 64. First Indian to reach South Pole Col IK Bajaj 65. First Atomic Submarine of India INS Chakra 66. First Asian Games Organized Delhi 67. First American President to visit India Dwight David Eisenhower 68. First Indian Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma 69. First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office Morarji Desai 70. First Indian Author to win Anderson Award Ruskin Bond 71. First Indian Nuclear Center Tarapur 72. First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 73. First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics Dr Amartya Sen 74. First Test tube baby of India Indira 75. First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt Ram Charan 76. First Deputy Prime Minister of India SardarVallabhai Patel 77. First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones 78. First Law Minister of India BR Ambedkar FIRST WOMEN IN INDIA Sl. No Field Person 1. India’s First Woman President PratibaPatil 2. India’s First Woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 3. India’s First Woman Governor Sarojini Naidu 4. India’s First Woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi 5. First Woman Chief Minister of State SuchetaKripalani 6. First Woman Union Minister Rajkumari Amrita Kaur 7. First Woman President of INC Annie Besant 8. First Woman Judge of Supreme Court Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 9. First Woman to get Ashok Chakra NirjaBhanot 10. First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN VijalakshmiPandit 11. First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize Mother Terasa 12. First Indian Woman to swim across English AratiSaha Channel 13. First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest Bachendri Pal 14. First Indian Woman to become Miss World Miss ReitaFaria 15. First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice Santhosh Yadhav 16. First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe Susmita Sen 17. First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi 18. First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi 19. First Indian Woman to win WTA Title Sania Mirza 20. First Indian Woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee 21. First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games Kamaljeet Sandhu 22. First Indian Woman President of INC Sarojini Naidu 23. First Indian Woman to Booker Prize Arundhati Roy 24. First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna MS Subbalakshmi 25. First Indian Woman to go to space Kalpana Chawla NATIONAL EMBLEMS - COUNTRY Sl. No Country Emblem 1. India Lion Capital of Ashoka 2. Pakistan Crescent and Star 3. Bangladesh Water Lilly 4. Netherlands Lion 5. UK Rose 6. USA Golden Rod 7. Italy White Lilly 8. Australia Kangaroo 9. NewZealand Kiwi 10. Germany Corn Flower 11. Norway Lion 12. France Lily 13. Iran Rose 14. Spain Eagle 15. Japan Chrysanthemum 16. Canada Maple Leaf, Lily 17. SriLanka Lion 18. HongKong Bauhinia 19. Iran Rose 20. Israel Candelabrum 21. Turkey Crescent and Star RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN INDIA Sl. No Research Institutes Place/Location 1. Central Forest Research Institute Dehradun (Uttarakhand) 2. Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun 3. Haffkine Institute Mumbai 4. Indian Cancer Research Institute Mumbai 5. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai 6. Cattle breeding Institute Hissar (Haryana) 7. National Dairy Research Institute Karnal (Haryana) 8. National Tuberculosis Institute Bengaluru 9. Raman Research centre Bengaluru 10. National Aeronautical Laboratory Bengaluru 11. Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute Delhi 12. National Institute of Communicable Delhi Diseases 13. Central Road Research Institute New Delhi 14. Indian Meteorological Observatory Pune and Delhi 15. All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi (AIIMS) 16. All India Malaria Research Institute New Delhi 17. Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi 18. Central Coconut Research Institute Kerala 19. National Environmental Engineering Nagpur Research Institute 20. Central Fuel Research Institute Dhanbad 21. Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology Hyderabad 22. National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow 23. Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow 24. Industrial Toxicology Research Institute Lucknow 25. Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow 26. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Mukteshwar (Himachal Pradesh) Izzatnagar (Uttar Pradesh) 27. Textile Research Institute Ahmedabad 28. National Institution of Occupation Health Ahmedabad 29. Central Potato Research Institute Shimla 30. Central Mechanical Engineering Research Durgapur Institute 31. Central Leprosy Training and Research Chingelpet Institute 32. King Institute of Preventive Medicine Guindy (Chennai) 33. Central Sugarcane Research Institute Coimbatore 34. Central Leather Research Institute Chennai 35. Central Electro-Chemical Research Karaikudi Institute 36. Central Food Technological Research Mysore (Karnataka) Institute 37. Central Institute of Virology Pune (Maharashtra) 38. Indian Lac Research Institute Ranchi (Jharkhand) 39. PGI Medical Education and Research Chandigarh 40. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata 41. Central Jute Technological Research Kolkata Institute 42. Archaeological Survey of India Kolkata 43. School of Tropical Medicine Kolkata 44. All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Kolkata Health 45. Central Glass and Ceramic Research Kolkata Institute 46. National Geophysics Research