Important, Longest, largest and First in India

Static GK (Master) First in India

SOME IMPORTANT EPITAPHS

OF INDIANS

Nightingale of India	Sarojini Naidu
Iron man of India	Vallabhabhai Patel
Lokmanya	Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Kaviguru	Rabindranath Tagore
Sahid-e-Azam	Bhagat Singh
Birdman of India	Salim Ali
Grand Old Man of India	Dadabhai Naroji
Missile man of India	Abdul Kalam
Gurudev	Rabindranath Tagore
Father of Indian Nuclear Programme	Homi J. Bhabha
Father of Indian Space Programme	Vikram Sarabhai
Father of Indian Cinema	Dadasaheb Falke
Father of Indian Constitution	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Father of Green Revolution in India	MS Swaminathan
Lion of Punjab	Ranjit Singh
Napoleon of India	Samudra Gupta
Hockey Wizard	Dyan Chand
Flying Sikh	Milkha Singh
Metro Man of India	E. Sreedharan

IMPORTANT LONGEST AND LARGEST

Longest river (India)	Ganges
The longest tributary river of India	Yamuna
The longest river of the south India	Godavari
Longest Electric railway line in India	From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Road in India	Grand Trunk Road
State with longest coastline in India	Gujarat
Longest railway route in India	Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu
Longest tunnel in India	Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest national highway in India	NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Longest Dam in India	Hirakund Dam (Orissa)
Longest River Bridge in India	Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Most Populated City in India	Mumbai (1.60 crore)
Longest Railway Platform	Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Longest river which forms estuary in India	Narmada
State with longest coastline of South India	Andhra Pradesh
Longest Beach in India	Marina Beach, Chennai
Largest Church in India	Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Largest Museum in India	National Museum, Kolkata
Largest Delta	Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal
Largest Dome in India	Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
Largest Zoo (India)	Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Largest man-made Lake in India	Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Desert in India	Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest lake (Fresh water) in India	Wular lake (Kashmir)
Largest Mosque in India	Jama Masjid, Delhi
Largest State (Area) in India	Rajasthan
Largest cave temple in India	Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
Largest animal Fair in India	Sonepur (Bihar)
Largest State (Population) in India	Uttar Pradesh
Largest corridor in India	Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
Largest cantilever span bridge	Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
Largest forest state in India	M.P.
Largest Stadium in India	Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata
Largest Port in India	Mumbai
Largest Gurudwara in India	Golden Temple, Amritsar
Largest river island	Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam)
Largest Planetarium in India	Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
Largest Lake (Saline water) in India	Chilka lake, Orissa
Highest Tower (India)	Pitampura Tower, Delhi
Highest Waterfall in India	Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)
Highest mountain peak in India	Godwin Austin (K2)
Highest Dam in India	Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River
Highest Gateway in India	Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
Highest straight gravity Dam	Bhakra Dam
Highest Lake in India	Devatal (Garhwal)
Highest Award in India	Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award in India	Paramveer Chakra
Highest Battle field in India	Siachin Glacier
Highest Airport in India	Leh (Laddakh)
Densest populated State in India	West Bengal
Smallest State (Population) in India	Sikkim
Biggest Hotel in India	Oberal - Sharaton (Mumbai)
Deepest river valley in India	Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Smallest State (Area) in India	Goa

FIRST IN INDIA (MALE)

The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck (1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal	Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1785)
The first British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India	James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S	Satyendra Nath Tagore
Indians first man in Space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term	Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroys executive council	S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V.Raman
The first Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister	Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine	Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot	J.R.D. Tata (1929)

FIRST IN INDIA (FEMALE)

The first lady to become Miss World	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India	Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress	Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates	Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot	Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate	Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner	Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner	Kamaljit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer	Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly	Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge	Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court	Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India	Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel	Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs Indira Gandhi

FIRST IN INDIA (MISC.)

First Wax statue of a Living Indian	Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India	Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine	Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe	Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine	Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India's First University	Nalanda University
India's First Open University	Andhra Pradesh Open University
First Lok Sabha MP elected with highest number of votes - over 5 lakh	P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica	Lt. Ram Charan
First Britisher to Visit India	Sie William Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India	Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India	Kolkata(1727)