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1. The first Olympic Games were held in 776B.C. The Modern OG were started in 1896.Next OG will be held in Bejing (China) & 2012 Olympic Games will held in London. OG symbols – five rings. OG flag created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914.
2. World cup Cricket final held at Mumbai . India won the cup by beating Srilanka in final.
3. Largest delta: - Suderbans – 8000sq. miles
4. Highest rainfall- Mawsynram near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya
5. Busiest Bridge:- Howarh Bridge across the river Hoogly.
6. Largest Employer:- Indian railways.
7. Longest railway platform:- Kharagpur, West Bengal.
8. First Woman minister in state:- Vijaylakshmi Pandit.
9. Oldest living language:- Tamil
10. India’s first post office was opened in 1727 KolKata by East India Company.
11. First telegraphic line b/w Kolkata and Diamond Harbour in 1851.
12. India’s telecommunication services started in 1870.
13. Radio broadcasting in India started from Bombay and Kolkatta in the year 1927.
14. The first railway service in India between Bombay and Thana in 1853.
15. India’s first Doordarshan Kendra was established in Delhi on 1959.
16. India’s first silent film is Raja Harish Chandra. It was made by Dada Saheb Phalke in 1913.
17. India’s first talkie is Alam Ara. It was made by Adhesir Irani in 1931.
18. India’s first cinemascope film is ‘Kagaz Ke Phool’. It was made by Guru Dutt in 1959.
19. India’s first regular oilwell was unearthed in Digboi – Assam in 1890.
20. R.N.Tagore became the first noble laureate of India when he won the internationally coveted prize in 1913.
21. Annie Besant became the first woman Pr. Of INC in 1917.
22. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman Ambassador of India in 1947-49- U.S.S.R.
23. Omana Abraham of Kottyam is the first women Pr. Of a national Stock Exchange. She was the Pr. Of Cochin stock exchange.
24. Kiran Bedi is the first woman I.P.S. officer of India – 1972.
25. Mother Terasa became the first Indian woman to win Nobel Prize in 1979.
26. First Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest is Bachendri Pal- 1984.
27. Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest twice.
28. Rakesh Sharma became the first man to go to the space in 1984.
29. Kalpana Chawala became the first woman and only the third Indian to go to the space. Now Sunita William also joins the list as fourth Indian.
30. First Field Marshall of India:- S.F.F.J. Manek Shah – 1971.
31. First Commander in chief;- General Cariappa.
32. First Indian woman foreign secretary of India: - Chokila Iyer.