General Knowledge - First in India Awards (India and World)

1. First Indian to won booker Prize - Arundhati roy in 1997 for 'The God of Small Things'
2. First Indian woman to won a Pulizer Prize - Jhumpa Lahiri in 2000
3. First Indian to won Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Devika Rani in 1970
4. First Indian Oscar winner - Bhanu Athaiya, for best costume design for the film 'Gandhi' in 1982
5. First Indians to won Bharat Ratna - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. C. V. Raman in 1954
6. First Indian to won Nobel Prize in Literature - Rabindranath Tagore
7. First Indian to won two Oscar Awards is - A. R. Rahman
8. First woman to receive Bharat Ratna - Indira Gandhi in 1971
9. First recipient of Jnanpith award - G Sankara Kurup, for Odakkuzhal (Flute) in Malayalam
10. First woman to won the Jnanpith award - Asha Purna Devi 1976 for her work Pratham Pratisruti in Bengali
11. First Indian Olympic team medal gold for Hockey, at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands in 1928
12. First Indian Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film - Mother India, 1957First women from India to win a Nobel prize - Mother Teresa, peace prize in 1979