First in the world

First Asian to win Nobel Prize - RABINDRANATHA TAGORE India [1913]



The first chairman of Peoples' Republic of China - MAO. TSE-TUNG [1949]


First Asian to get Finix Award - Sr. P.C. SORCAR [India]


First Asian to cross the English Channel - AARTI SAHA[India, 1959]


First cricketer to have batted in all positions- [1 to 11] - WILFRED RHODES [England]


First Chinese pilgrim to visit India - FAHIEN


First President of America - GEORGE WASHINGTON


First Prime Minister of Britian - SIR ROBERT WALPOLE


First Englishman to receive Nobel Prize for Literature - RUDYARD KIPLING [1907]


First European invader of India - ALEXANDER [Greece, 326 BC]


First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN [1987]


First Prime Minister of Australia - SIR EDMUND BARTON


First Governer General of Pakistan - MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH [1947]


First man cosmonaut in space - YURI GAGARIN [Former U.S.S.R.,1961]


First man to fly over both North and South poles - RICHARD E. BYRD [US]


First man to walk in space - ALEXEI LEONOV [Former U.S.S.R.]


First man to make a solo flight around the world - WILEY POST [1933]


First man to climb Mt. Everest - TENZING NORGAY [India]and EDMUND HILLARY [New Zealand]1953


First man to set foot on moon - NEIL ARMSTRONG [USA, 1969]


First Muslim Invader of India - MOHAMMED-bin-QASIM [8th C.AD]


First person to sail round the world - FERDINAND MAGELLAN [Portuguese 1519-22]


First Pope to visit India - POPE PAUL VI[1964]


First President OF Chinese Republic - SUN YAT-sen [1921-1925]


First Prime Minister of Pakistan-LIAQUAT ALI KHAN [1947]


First Secretary General of the UN - TRYGVE LIE [Norway 1946-53]


First test tube Baby - LOUISE BROWN [England, 1978]