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First in India [ Female ]

First woman President of India : Pratibha Patil

First woman [ Tribal ] President of India : Droupadi Murmu

First woman Chief Minister of India : Sucheta Kriplani

First Indian woman to write an autobiography : Rassundari Devi {{Aamar Jiban {1876} }}

First Indian woman to win two Olympic medal : PV Sindhu

First woman Chief Election Commissioner : VS Ramadevi

First captain [ TEST ] of the Indian women’s cricket team : Shanta Rangaswamy

First ODI captain of the Indian women’s cricket team : Diana Edulji

First T20 captain of the Indian women’s cricket team : Mithali Raj

First woman Prime Minister of India : Indira Gandhi

Frst Woman Governor of India : Sarojini Naidu

First woman Advocate [ Lawyer ] in India : Cornelia Sorabji

First female Amputee to climb Mount Everest : Arunima Sinha

First woman chairman of State Bank of India [ SBI ] : Arundhati Bhattacharya

First Woman to receive the Arjuna Award for Hockey: Ann Lumsden

First woman speaker of Lok Sabha : Meira Kumar [ 15th Speaker of Lok Sabha ]

Frst woman ruler of India : Razia Sultan [ 1236-1240 ]

First woman IAS Officer : Anna Rajam Malhtra

First woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi

First female nominated member of the Rajya Sabha : Rukmini Arundale

First woman to represent India in Olympics : Nora Polley [ 1924 Paris Olympics ]

First Indian woman to participate in Olympics : Nilima Ghose [ 1952 Helsinki ]

First woman flag bearer of India in Olympics : Shiny Abraham Wilson [ 1992 Barcelona Olympics ]

First Health Minister of Independent India : Rajkumari Amrita Kaur

First woman President of Indian National Congress [ INC ] : Annie Besant [ 1917 Calcutta Session ]

First woman Judge of Supreme Court : Fatima Beevi

First woman recipient of Ashok Chakra Award : Neerja Banot

First Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

First Indian woman to swim across English Channel : Aarti Saha [ 1959 ]

First Indian woman to win the Grammy Award : Tanvi Shah

First Indian woman to win Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa [ 1979 ]

First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest : Bachendri Pal [ 1984 ]

First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice : Santosh Yadav

First Indian woman Awardee of Bharat Ratna : Indira Gandhi [ in 1971 ]

First Indian woman to win the Jnanpith Award : Ashapurna Devi [ in 1976 ]

First woman to win the Dronacharya Award : Hansa Sharma [ Weightlifting ]

First Indian Woman to win WTA title : Sania Mirza

First Indian Woman Pilot of Indian Airlines : Durba Banerjee

First Indian Woman to fly an aircraft : Sarla Thakral

First Woman train driver [ Loco Pilot ] : Surekha Yadav

First Indian woman to win an Olympic Medal : Karnam Malleswari [ 2000 Sydney Olympics ]

First Indian woman to win a Gold in Asian Games : Kamaljeet Singh [ 1970 Bangkok Asian Games ]

First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress : Sarojini Naidu [ 1925 Kanpur Session ]

First Indian woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ : MS Subbulakshmi [ 1998 ]

First Indian Woman to go to Space : Kalpana Chawla [ in 1997 ]

First woman commando trainer in India : Seema Rao

First woman teacher in India : Savithri Bai Phule

First female Muslim Teacher in India : Fatima Sheikh

First female Doctor in India : Anandi Gopal Joshi

First Indian woman to ski to South Pole : Reena Kaushal

First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy

First Indian to win an Academy Award [ Oscar ] : Bhanu Athaiya [ Best Costume Design ]

First Indian woman to win the ‘Miss World’ title : Miss Reita Faria [ 1966 ] , Aishwarya Rai [ 1994 ] ,Diana Hayden [ 1997 ] , Yukta Mookhey [ 1999 ] , Priyanka Chopra [ 2000 ] and Manushi Chillar [ 2017 ]

First Indian woman to win the ‘Miss Universe’ title : Sushmita Sen [ 1994 ] , Lara Dutta [ 2000 ] and Harnaaz Sandhu [ 2021 ]

First Indian woman to win the ‘Miss Asia Pacific title’ : Zeenat Aman [ 1970 ] , Tara Fonseca [ 1973 ] and Dia Mirza [ 2000 ]

First Indian woman to win the title of ‘Miss Earth’ : Nicole Faria [ 2010 ]

First Indian woman to win the ‘Mrs World title’ : Aditi Govitrikar [ 2001 ] and Sargam Koushal [ 2022 ]

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First in the World

First woman President in the world : Marma Estela [ Argentina ]

First Female Prime Minister in the world : Srimavo Bhandarnaike [ Sri Lanka ]

First Female British Prime Minister : Margaret Thatcher

First Female Prime Minister of any Muslim country : Benazir Bhutto

First woman to climb Mount Everest : Junko Tabei [ Japan ]

First female Amputee to scale Mount Everest : Arunima Sinha

First woman Secretary General of SAARC : Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed [ Maldives ]

First Woman President of United Nations General Assembly : Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

First woman to travel to space : Valentina Tereshkova

First person to swim across English Channel : Matthew Webb

First woman to swim across English Channel : Gertrude Ederle

First Radio Telescope Satellite launched into Space : HALCA [ Japan ]

First country to make Constitution : America

First Artificial Satellite : Sputnik 1 [ October , 1957 ]

First actor to win the Oscar Award : Emil Jannings

First country to grant women the right to vote : New Zealand

First country to appoint Lokpal : Sweden

First country to introduce GST [ Goods and Services Tax ] : France

First country to impose Carbon Tax : New Zealand

First persons to climb Mount Everest : Sir Edmund Hillary [ New Zealand ] and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay [ 1953 ]

First man to reach South Pole : Ronald Amundsen

First man to reach North Pole : Robert Peary

First President of USA : George Washington

First Prime Minister of the Great Britain : Robert Walpole

First Secretary General of the United Nations : Trygve Lee

First person to sail around the world  : Ferdinand Magellan

First country to make education compulsory : Prussia

First country to host the FIFA World Cup : Uruguay [ 1930 ]

First country to host the Asian Games : India [ 1951 ]

First Commonwealth Games were held in : Hamilton , Canada [ 1930 ]

First country to win the FIFA World Cup : Uruguay

First country to win the Men’s FIH World Cup : Pakistan [ 1971 ]

First country to win the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup : West indies [ 1975 ]

First country to win the Rugby World Cup : New Zealand [ 1987 ]

First country to host the modern Olympics games : Greece [ 1896 ]

First Asian country to host the Summer Olympics : Tokyo [ 1964 ]

First Winter Olympic Games were held in : Chamonix , France [ 1924 ]

First Paralympic Games were held in : Rome , Italy [ 1960 ]

First Winter Paralympic Games were held in : Örnsköldsvik , Sweden [ 1976 ]

First city to be attacked with Atom bomb : Hiroshima

First President of the Republic of China : Yuan Shikai

First Russian [ Soviet ] Prime Minister to visit India : Nikolai Bulganin

First man who palced his foot on the moon : Neil Armstrong [ 1969 ]

First man to go into space : Yuri Gagarin

First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature : Sully Prudhomme

First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace : Jean Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy

First man to win Nobel Prize for Physics : WC Rontgen

First man to win Nobel Prize for Chemistry : Jacobus Henricus Van’t Hoff

First man to win Nobel Prize for Medicine : Emil Adolf Von Behrig

First man to win Nobel Prize for Economics : Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen

First Space Tourist [ Male] : Dennis Tito

First Space Tourist [ Female ] : Mrs Anousheh Ansari

First man to climb the Seven Summits : Patrick Morrow [ 1986 ]

First woman to win the ‘Miss Universe’ title : Ami Kuusela [ 1952 ]

First batsman to score century in Test Cricket : Charles Bannerman

First batsman to score double century in Test Cricket : Bill Murdock

First batsman to score triple century in Test Cricket : Andy Sandham

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Martial Arts in India

Chebi Gad-Ga [ Manipur ] , Silambam [ Tamil Nadu ] , Kalaripayattu [ Kerala ] , Gatka [ Punjab ] , Thang-ta [ Manipur ] , Mardani Khel [ Maharashtra ] , Thoda [ Himachal Pradesh ] , Pari Khanda [ Bihar ] , Mallakhamb [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Bagga [ Punjab ] , Kathi Samu [ Andhra Pradesh ] , Sqay [ Jammu and Kashmir ] , Paika Akhada [ Odisha ] , Musti Yudhha [ Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh ] , Imbuan Wrestling [ Mizoram ] , Kuttu Varisai [ Tamil Nadu ] , Hekko [ Nagaland ]

Q ‘Kalaripayattu’ is the martial art form prevalent in which state ?

1 Kerala

2 Karnataka

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Odisha

Q ‘Silambam’ is the martial art form prevalent in which state ?

1 Manipur

2 Kerala

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Madhya Pradesh

Q Which of the following forms of martial arts is from Bihar?

1 Gatka

2 Paika Akhada

3 Pari Khanda

4 Silambam

Q ‘Thoda’ a sport dance belongs to which of the following states ?

1 Sikkim

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Andhra Pradesh

4 Haryana

Q Gatka, a traditional fighting style of the Nihang Sikh warriors, used both for selfdefence as well as a sport, has originated from which of the following states of India?

1 Punjab

2 Rajasthan

3 Gujarat

4 Bihar

Q Which of the following is an Indian martial art that originated in modern-day Kerala?

1 Gatka

2 Karate

3 Kalaripayattu

4 Muay Thai

Q Which of the following martial art forms is practiced in the state of Punjab and West
Bengal?

1 Kalaripayattu

2 Mardaani khel

3. Lathi

4 Thang-ta

Q ____ is a traditional Indian sport, whereby athletes perform various types of gymnastics
moves and hold various poses on a vertical wooden pole.

1 Kalaripayattu

2 Nadan Panthu Kali

3 Mallakhamb

4 Yubi Lakpi

Q ‘Paika Akhada‘ is also known as sword fighting . This martial art is predominantly practised in which state of India ?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Kerala

3 Odisha

4 Tamil Nadu

Q ‘Bagga’ is the martial art form of which state ?

1 Punjab

2 Gujarat

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Rajasthan

Q Which of the following options is a martial art form associated with Tamil Nadu ?

1 Kalari Payattu

2 Thoda

3 Thang-ta

4 Silambam

Q ‘Thang ta’ , a martial art form is associated with which of the following states of India ?

1 Sikkim

2 Odisha

3 Manipur

4 Assam

Q In which year did Madhya Pradesh declare Mallakhamb as its state sport ?

1 2013

2 2018

3 2011

4 2005

Q ‘Dambe‘ is the martial art form of which continent ?

1 Africa

2 Australia

3 Asia

4 Europe

Q ‘Kathi Sumu’ is the martial art form of which state ?

1 Sikkim

2 Assam

3 Manipur

4 Andhra Pradesh

Q Which of the following traditional dances is NOT a martial art form?

1 Thang-ta

2 Silambam

3 Bhavai

4 Kalaripayattu

Q The ____ dance form originated in a tribal dance in the forests of Odisha in the 18th century and attained the status of a martial art-based dance form in the 19th century.

1 Kalaripayattu

2 Bawai

3 Chhobia

4 Chhau

Chhau is a semi classical Indian dance with martial and folk traditions. It is found in three styles named after the location where they are performed , i.e the Purulia Chhau of West Bengal , the Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand and the Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha

Q Which of the following is a sword dance meant to depict the martial art tradition of the
Kumaoni tribe?

1. Kachchhi

2 GhodiGair

3 Chholiya

4 Chari

Q Which one of the following is a martial dance performed with swords in the state of
Himachal Pradesh?

1. Parasa

2 Namagen

3 Chhanak Chham

4 Kharaiti

Q ‘Sqay’ the famous martial art of India belongs to which of the following states / union territories of India ?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Manipur

3 Jammu and Kashmir

4 Punjab

Q Mukna is an Indian Martial art that originated in :

1 Manipur

2 West Bengal

3 Tamil Nadu

4 Kerala

Q ____ is a martial art form of Manipur.

1 Bagurumba

2 Rouf

3 Thang Ta

4 Bihu

Q Mardani Khel is one of the famous martial art forms in India belongs to which of the following states of India ?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Manipur

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Maharashtra

Q ‘Pari Khanda’ the famous martial art of India belongs to which of the following states of India ?

1 Bihar

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Kerala

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q Which country is renowned for the traditional martial art form called “Kendo”?

1 Mexico

2 France

3 Japan

4 Russia

Q Which of the following traditional sports-State pair is INCORRECT?

1 Mukna – Manipur

2 Gatka – Punjab

3 Silambam – Kerala

4 Thang ta – Manipur

Mukna Manipur
GatkaPunjab
SilambamTamil Nadu
Thang Ta Manipur