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INDIA IN THE WORLD : (India’s Global position/ranking ) excluding Asia

NOBEL 

1913

First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Also the 1st Asian and simultaneously First Non-European to be awarded the Nobel. December 1913. Rabindranath Tagore (posted March 18th, 2016)

UNITED NATIONS

2016

First time the Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar celebrated at the UN, New York to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary. April 13th, 2016 . Dr.Bhimram Ramji Ambedkar (aka..Balasaheb Ambedkar). (posted April 14th, 2016)

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Arts, Culture & Entertainment 

1913

LITERATURE 

1.First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Also the 1st Asian and simultaneously First Non-European to be awarded the Nobel. December 1913. Rabindranath Tagore (posted March 18th, 2016)

BEAUTY

1966

1. India’s first “Miss World”. 1966. First Asian to win the “Miss World” title. Reita Faria. (posted March 06th, 2016)

1994

1. Indian Beauty wins India’s 2nd “Miss World” title – Crowned  “Miss World ” 1994 at Sun City, South Africa. November 19th, 1994. Aishwariya Rai. (posted April 15th, 2016)

Business & Economy

1. Diamler India Commercial Vehilces (DICV) exported first-batch of Fuso Trucks from Chennai. June 2013. (posted March 08th, 2016)

Science & Technology

1. India – World’s first country to launch ‘Phonesat’ smartphone in space – February 2013 (posted March 01st, 2016)

Sports

1954

1. First Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon’s Boys Singles title.  1954. Ramanathan Krishnan (posted March 02nd, 2016)

1996

1.India’s First Individual Olympic Medal in Tennis. 1996. Atlanta Olympics.  Leander Adrian Paes     (posted March 29th, 2016)

2013

1. Indian sisters are the ‘first twins’ in the world to scale Mount Everest. May 2013. Twin sisters: Nunshi Malik and Tashi Malik (posted March 04th, 2016)
2. First Indian to participate in the ‘Lamborghini Super Trofeo International Motor Racing Series’. May 2013. Amir Beg (posted March 10th, 2016)
3. First Indian Cueist to Win Gold at Snooker – “The World Games 2013” held in Cali, Columbia. July 30th, 2013. Aditya Mehta (posted March 17th, 2016)
4. Indian Girls Win First-Ever Medal in Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup. Bronze medal, Monchengladbach, Germany. August 04th, 2013 (posted March 13th, 2016)

2014

1. First differently-abled Indian athlete to win Gold at IPC Athletics World Championship,          Venissieux,France.  July 22nd, 2014. Devendra Jhajhaira (posted March 14th, 2016)

2. Indian Girl – World’s Youngest Girl to scale Mount Everest. May 2014 . Malavath Poorna            (posted March 21st, 2016)

3. First Indian Woman Jockey wins Ladies World Championship, Poland. August 24th, 2014. Rupa Narpat Singh. (posted April 16th, 2016)

2016

1. First Captain in the World to create a ‘World T20’ Captaincy Record. The only Captain to have lead a side in all 6-editions of the ‘World T20’. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (M S Dhoni). March 15th, 2016 (posted March 19th, 2016)

Transport

1. India’s Airline. Air India’s First long-haul air service to London from Bombay (now Mumbai). June 1948.  Air India. (posted March 11th, 2016)

 

Travel

1. India’s Airline. Air India’s First long-haul air service to London from Bombay (now Mumbai). June 1948.  Air India. (posted March 11th, 2016)

 

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INDIA IN ASIA      : (India’s position/records in Asia)

Business & Economy

1. Diamler India Commercial Vehilces (DICV) exported first-batch of Fuso Trucks from Chennai to Sri Lanka. June 2013. (posted March 08th, 2016)

 

Sports

1. First Indian Secretary General of Asian Wresting body – ” Asian Associated Wrestling Council ” (AAWC). April 2013. Raj Singh. (posted March 07th, 2016)

 

 

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INTERNATIONAL / OVERSEAS INDIANs :

PERSON OF INDIAN ORIGIN (PIO’s)/ NRI’s:

ITALY

Food & Beverages :

1. First Indian to be appointed Global CEO of Worlwide Italian Confectionery Giant – Perfetti van Melle Spa (PVM). The Holding Company is based in the Netherlands. August 2013.  Sameer Suneja. (posted on March 12th, 2016 and duplicate entry in Netherlands)

 

NEW ZEALAND

Sports :

1. Indian-Origin Spinner plays for New Zealand National Cricket Team. October 2013 . Inderbir Singh Sodhi (aka. Ish Sodhi). (posted March 30th, 2016)

 

NETHERLANDS

Food & Beverages :

1. First Indian to be appointed Global CEO of Worlwide Italian Confectionery Giant – Perfetti van Melle Spa (PVM). The Holding Company is based in the Netherlands. August 2013.  Sameer Suneja.(posted on March 12th, 2016 and duplicate entry in Italy)

 

UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.)

Politics :

1. British Mission in India, gets its First Indian-Origin Diplomat. British Deputy High Commissioner for Western Region & Director General for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). July 2013. Kumar Iyer (posted March 16th, 2016)

 

Media :

1. First non-white journalist appointed Editorial Head of a UK National newspaper – ‘The Independent’. June 2013.  Anmol Rajan . First ethnic-minority Editor. First British-Asian editor of a National newspaper.(posted March 09th, 2016)

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (U.S.A) :

Arts, Culture & Enterainment:

1. ‘Miss New York 2013 ‘. First Indian American Crowned ‘Miss New York 2013’ at Staten Island, New York. July 2013.  Nina Davuluri (posted March 15th, 2016)

Banking & Finance:

1.  Indian-American appointed President and CEO of ‘Bank of the West, California. April 2016. Nandita Bakshi .(posted March 28th, 2016)

Business:

1. U.S.Headquartered – Google’s, First India-born CEO. August 10th, 2015 . Pichai Sundararajan (aka.Sundar Pichai). (posted March 31st, 2016)

Legal :

1. First South Asian Judge (Indian-American Lawyer) confirmed as U.S.Court Judge. May 2013 . Srikanth Srinivasan (aka..Sri). (posted March 03rd, 2016)

Politics :

1. NBA’s (National Basketball Association) first India-born majority owner. Vivek Ranadive. (posted March 01st, 2016)