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Mr. Universe: Manohar Aich in 1952 |
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Miss World: Reita Faria in 1966. (She was also the first Asian to win the title.) |
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Miss Asia Pacific: Zeenat Aman in 1970 |
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International Teen Princess: Radha Bartake in 1974 |
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Miss Teenage Intercontinental: Elizabeth Anita Reddi in 1978 |
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World Miss University: Priyadarshini Pradhan in 1989 |
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Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen in 1994 |
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Miss India Worldwide: Karminder Kaur Virk in 1994. |
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Miss Intercontinental Pageant: Lara Dutta in 1997. |
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Mr. International: Aryan Vaid in 2000 |
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Manhunt International: Rajeev Singh in 2001 |
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Miss Tourism International: Candice Pinto in 2001 |
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Mrs. World: Aditi Gowitrikar in 2001 |
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Miss Tourism World : Payal Rohatgi in 2002 |
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Miss Tourism Queen International: Zabina Abdul Rashid Khan in 2004 |
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Miss World Tourism : Sonal Chauhan in 2005. |
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Miss Tourism: Priyanka Shah in 2007 |
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Miss Earth: Nicole Faria in 2010 |
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Miss Tourism Queen Of The Year International: Urvashi Rautela in 2011 |
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Miss Asia Pacific World: Himangini Singh Yadu in 2012 |
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Mister United Nations : Rahul Vyas in 2013 |
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First Indian to win any literary award (the Newbery Medal) in the United States, in 1927 for Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon: Dhan Gopal Mukerji |
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Nirad C. Chaudhuri, first Indian to win a major non-fiction award, the Duff Cooper Prize in the United Kingdom, in 1966 for The Continent of Circe |
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Man Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy for her novel "The God of Small Things" in the year 1997. |
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Bhaswati Bhattacharya was the first Indian to speak as Orator at the Harvard University, in the Commencement Exercises in 1993. |
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Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman in 1954 |
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Padma Vibhushan: Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menon in 1954 |
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Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters: Mrinal Sen |
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Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters: Sivaji Ganesan |
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani in 1969 |
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Ashoka Chakra Award to a civilian: D.K. Jatar (posthumous) and M.C Dixit, captain and co-captain respectively, of the sabotaged plane Kashmir Princess, for "most conspicuous bravery, daring and self-sacrifice" |
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Magsaysay Award: Vinoba Bhave, 1958 |
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Stalin Peace Prize (now known as Lenin Peace Prize) in 1952-Saifuddin Kitchlew |
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Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - Satyajit Ray |
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Nishan-e-Pakistan: Morarji Desai, 1990 |