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Actress of the TalkiesZubeida,
Alam Ara(1931)

Actress to win Padma Shri Award
Nargis Dutt(1958)

Architect Maha Govinda(5th C.BC)

Aryabhatta Medal WinnerK.R. Ramanathan(1977)

Bharat Ratna Award WinnerC.Rajgopalachari(1954)

British Governor General of Indian UnionLord Louis Mountbatten(Aug. 15, 1947-June 20, 1948)

Captain of Test Cricket C.K.Nayudu(1932)

Century in Test CricketLala Amarnath(1933-1934)

Chairman of Rajaya SabhaS.V.Krishnamoorthy(1952)

Chevalier Award WinnerSivaji GanesanChief Election CommissionerSukumar Sen(1950-1958)

Chief Justice of IndiaHiralal J.Kania(1950-1951)

Chief of Air StaffSir Thomas Elmhirst(1947-1950)

Chief of Army Staff to die in harnessB.C.Joshi(1994)

Chief of Coast GuardV.A.Kamath(1978-1980)

Chief of Naval StaffR.D.Katari(1958-1962)

Commander-in-ChiefK.M.Cariappa(1949-1953)

CosmonautRakesh Sharma(1984)

Cricketer to have battled in all positions(1 to 11)

Vinoo MankadDada Saheb Phalke Award WinnerDevika Rani Roerich(1969)

Dancer to perform abroadUday ShankarDeputy Prime MinisterVallabhbhai Patel(1947-1950)

Deputy Prime Minister to die in harnessVallabhbhai Patel(1950)

Elected PresidentS.Radhakrishnan(1962-1967)

Emperor of Mughal DynastyBabar(1526-1530)

Field MarshalS.H.F.J.Manekshaw(1973)

Film Star Chief MinisterM.G.Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu, 1977)

Financial Minister to present the Budget three times in a rowManmohan Singh (1933, 1994, 1995)

Finix Award WinnerSr.P.C.SorcarGeometerBaudhayana, Sulva Sutras(800 BC)

Governor General of British IndiaWarren Hastings(1774-1785)

GrammarianPanini, Ashtadhyaayi(6th C. BC)

Helms Award WinnerKunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)

Home MinisterVallabhbhai Patel(1946)

ICS OfficerSatyendranath TagoreIndian Chief of Air StaffS.Mukherjee(1954-1960)

Indian Governor General of Indian UnionM.Rajendra Singh(April 1, 1955-May 14, 1955)

Indian Woman President of Indian National CongressSarojini Naidu(1925)

J.C.Bose Medal WinnerV.Ramalingaswami(1977)

Jain TithankaraRishabha DevJananpith Award WinnerG.Sankara Kurup, Odakuzhal(1965)

Lady of the Indian FilmDevika Rani RoerichLata Mangeshkar Award WinnerNaushad(1984)LawgiverManu, Manu Smirti(3100 BC)

Man to climb Mount Everest without oxygenPhu Dorjee(1984)

Man to climb Mount EverestTanzing Norgay(with Edumund Hillary, 1953)

Man to make solo Flight(from US to India)Satish Soman(1994)

Man to swim across English Channel Mihir Sen(1966)

Man to swim several Straits in one calender yearMihir Sen(1966)

Managing Director of World BankGautam Kaji(1995)

Member of British ParliamentDadabhai Naoroji(1862)

Member of Viceroy's Executive CouncilSir S.P.Sinha(1909)

Miss UniverseSushmita Sen(1994)

Miss WorldReita Faria(1966)

Musician to get Padma Bhushan and Padma VibhushanaM.S.Subbulakshmi(1954,1975)

Musician to get Ramon Magsaysay AwardM.S.Subbulakshami(1974)

Naval PilotY.N.Singh(1941)

Nishan-Eey-Pakistan Award WinnerMorarji Desai(1991)

Nobel Prize WinnerRabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali(1913)

Olympic Medal WinnerNorman Pritchard, Silver(1900)

Oscar WinnerBhanu AthaiyaPatricideAjatshatru's killing of Bimbisara(494 BC)

Physically handicapped mountaineerBaba Manindra PalPilotJ.R.D.Tata, Tata Airlines(1929)

Presentation of BudgetR.K.Shanmugham Chetty, Finance Minister(1947)

Presentation of General BudgetC.D.Deshmukh, Finance Minister(1952)

PresidentRajendra Prasad(1950-1962)

President of Indian National CongressW.C.Bannerjee(1885)

President of International Court of JusticeNagendra Singh(1970)

President to die in harnessZakir Hussain(1967-1969)

Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)

Prime Minister to be assassinatedIndira Gandhi(1984)

Prime Minister to die in harnessJawaharlal Nerhru(1964)

Prime Minister to head a minority governmentChoudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan,14, 1980)

Prime Minister to resign from officeMorarji Desai(1979)

Prime Minister who did not face ParliamentChaudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan 14, 1980)

Raman Medal WinnerSalim Moinuddin Ahmed Ali(1979)

Raman Magsaysay Award WinnerVinoba Bhave(1958)

Recipient of Stalin Peace PrizeSaifuddin Kitchlew(1954)

Recipient of World Food PrizeM.S.Swaminathan(1987)

S.Ramanujan Medal WinnerS.Chandrashekhar(1962)

S.S.Bhatnagar Medal WinnerAtma Ram(1959)

ScientistUddalaka Aruni(560 BC)Slave Ruler of IndiaQutb-ud-din Aibak(1206-1210)

Speaker in Hindi at the UNAtal Bihari Vajpayee(1977)

Speaker of Lok SabhaGanesh Vasudeo Mavalankar(1952-1957)

Test-tube babyBaby Harsha or Indira(1986)

Vice-PresidentS.Radhakrishnan(1952-1962)

Viceroy of IndiaLord Canning (1858-1862)

Woman (Muslim) Ruler of IndiaRazia Sultana(1236-1240)

Woman AdvocateCornelia Sorabji(1894)

Woman AmbassadorVijayalakshmi Pandit(U.S.S.R., 1947-1949)

Woman at AntarcticaMeher Moos(1976)

Woman Central MinisterRajkumari Amrit Kaur(Health)

Woman Chief Justice(of High Court)

Leila Seth(Himachal Pradesh, 1991)

Woman Chief MinisterSucheta Kriplani(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman Foreign MinisterLakshmi N. Menon(1957-1966)

Woman Secretary General of Rajya SabhaV.S.Rama Devi(1993)

Woman Governor Sarojini Naidu(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman IAS OfficerAnna Rajam George(1950)

Woman IPS OfficerKiran Bedi(1974)

Woman Jet CommanderSaudamini DeshmukhWoman Jnanpithpith Award WinnerAshapurna Devi, Prathama Pratishruti(1976)

Woman Judge of Supreme CourtMeera Sahib Fatima Beevi(1989)

Woman Minister of StateVijayalakshmi Pandit(Uttar Pradesh, 1937)

Woman MissionarySanghamitra, daughter of King Ashoka (Sri Lanka, 3rd C.BC)

Woman Pilot (Commercial)Prem Mathur(Deccan Airways, 1951)

Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines)Durga Banerjee(1966-1988)

Woman President of Indian National CongressAnnie Besant(1917)

Woman President of UN General AssemblyVijayalakshmi Pandit(1953)

Woman Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi(1966-1977, 1980-1984)

Woman Sahitya Akademi Award WinnerAmrita Pritam, Sunehre(1956)

Woman to climb Mount EverestBachendri Pal(1984)

Woman to perform a solo FlightHarita Kaur Deol(1944)

Woman to swim across English ChannelArati Saha(1959)

Woman to swim across the Strait of GibraltarArti PradhanWoman to win an Asian GoldKamaljit Sandhu(1970)

Woman to go in SpaceDr.Kalpana Chawla(November 1997)