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The first Indian to cross English Channel: Mihir Sen |
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The first Indian Air Chief Marshal: S. Mukherjee |
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First Post Office Opened in India: Kolkata (1727) |
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First telegraph message: On November 5, 1850, between Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Diamond Harbour, a distance of about 50 km. |
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Wax statue of a living Indian: Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939. |
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Newspaper: Hicky's Bengal Gazette started in 1780. |
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Hindi Newspaper: Udant Martand on May 30, 1826; published and edited by Jugal Kishore Shukla from Calcutta. |
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Exclusive Internet magazine: Bharat Samachar |
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Miss India to participate in Miss Universe: Indrani Rahman in the Miss Universe 1952 Pageant at Long Beach, California |
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India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer: Sonali Banerjee |
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First Lady Teacher: Savitribai Phule |
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First Lady Doctor: Anandibai Joshi |
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First lady tennis sports: Saniya mirza |
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The first record holder in the field of development of eco-innovation: Shripad Vaidya |
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13 Jun 2010 – Vaidya is the first Nagpurian to get two Limca records within a year in ... as the first record holder in the field of development of eco-innovation. |
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World's first hand written needle book: Madhushala |
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Writer of world's first hand written needle book (Madhushala): Piyush Goel |
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First Disabled Friendly Bank ATM by Union Bank of India |