List of Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in INDIA

Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in India
Biggest Hotel	Oberai-Sheraton on the Shore of the Arabian Sea in South Bombay.
Highest Mountain Peak	K2(8,611 meters)
Largest Populated City	Mumbai
Longest River (Flow in India)	Ganga (2510 Kilometers)
Highest Waterfall	Gersoppa Waterfall, Karnataka, (830 feet)
Largest Lake	Wular Lake, Kashmir
Longest Electric Railway Line	Kolkata to Delhi
Longest State (area)	Rajasthan (4,43,446 sq. kilometers)
Largest State (population)	Uttar Pradesh (166,17, 921)-2001 census
Longest River Bridge	Mahatama Gandhi Setu, Patna (5.75 kilometer Long)
Highest Gateway	Buland Darwaja 54 meters (Fatehpur sikari, Agra)
Wettest place or heaviest rainfall	Masinram (Meghalaya)
Tallest Statue	Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka (47 meters high)
Largest Tunnel	Jawahar Tunnel (J & K State), 1½ kilometer., Banihal Pass)
Largest Museum	Indian Museum, Kolkata
Densest population	West Bengal (904 persons per sq. kilometers)
Largest Zoo	Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Largest Forest State	Asom
Largest Road	Grand Trunk Road (2,400 kilometers)
Largest Delta	Sunderban Delta (12,872 sq. kilometers)
Largest Cave Temple	Ellora (Kailash Temples, Maharashtra)
Largest Cantilever Span Bridge	Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
Highest Tower	Qutub Minar, Delhi
Largest Mosque	Jama Masjid, Delhi
Highest Straight Gravity Dam	Bhakra Dam
Smallest State (area)	Goa
Smallest State (population)	Sikkim
Largest Desert	Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest man-made lake	Govind Sagar (Bhakra)
Largest Corridor	Rameshwaram Temple Corridor
Largest Animal Fair	Sonepur Fair, Bihar

List of Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in INDIA

Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in India
Biggest Hotel	Oberai-Sheraton on the Shore of the Arabian Sea in South Bombay.
Highest Mountain Peak	K2(8,611 meters)
Largest Populated City	Mumbai
Longest River (Flow in India)	Ganga (2510 Kilometers)
Highest Waterfall	Gersoppa Waterfall, Karnataka, (830 feet)
Largest Lake	Wular Lake, Kashmir
Longest Electric Railway Line	Kolkata to Delhi
Longest State (area)	Rajasthan (4,43,446 sq. kilometers)
Largest State (population)	Uttar Pradesh (166,17, 921)-2001 census
Longest River Bridge	Mahatama Gandhi Setu, Patna (5.75 kilometer Long)
Highest Gateway	Buland Darwaja 54 meters (Fatehpur sikari, Agra)
Wettest place or heaviest rainfall	Masinram (Meghalaya)
Tallest Statue	Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka (47 meters high)
Largest Tunnel	Jawahar Tunnel (J & K State), 1½ kilometer., Banihal Pass)
Largest Museum	Indian Museum, Kolkata
Densest population	West Bengal (904 persons per sq. kilometers)
Largest Zoo	Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Largest Forest State	Asom
Largest Road	Grand Trunk Road (2,400 kilometers)
Largest Delta	Sunderban Delta (12,872 sq. kilometers)
Largest Cave Temple	Ellora (Kailash Temples, Maharashtra)
Largest Cantilever Span Bridge	Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
Highest Tower	Qutub Minar, Delhi
Largest Mosque	Jama Masjid, Delhi
Highest Straight Gravity Dam	Bhakra Dam
Smallest State (area)	Goa
Smallest State (population)	Sikkim
Largest Desert	Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest man-made lake	Govind Sagar (Bhakra)
Largest Corridor	Rameshwaram Temple Corridor
Largest Animal Fair	Sonepur Fair, Bihar

Important Dates in Indian History

BC

3000-1500 Indus Valley Civilisation
576 Birth of Gautam Buddha
527 Birth of Mahavir
327-326 Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
313 Accession of Chandragupta Maurya according to Jain traditions
305 Defeat of Seleucus at the hands of Chandragupta Maurya
273-232 Ashoka’s reign
261 Conquest of Kalinga
145-101 Region of Elara, the Chola King of Sri Lanka
58 Beginning of Vikrami era

AD

78 Beginning of Saka era
120 Accession of Kanishka
320 Commencement of Gupta era. the golden age of Hindu India
380 Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411 Visit of Chinese traveller Fa-hien
415 Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455 Accession of Skando Gupta
606-647 Harshavardhan’s reign
712 First invasion in Sind by Arabs
836 Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985 Accession of Rajaraja,the Chola ruler
998 Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001 First invasion of India by Mahmud Chazni who defeated jaipal, ruler of Punjab
1025 Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghzni
1191 First Battle of Tarain
1192 Second Battle of Tarain
1206 Accession of Qutab-ud-din Aibak to the throne of Delhi
1210 Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak
1221 Changes Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236 Accession of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi
1240 Razia Sultan dies
1296 Accession of Ala–ud-din Khilji
1316 Ala-ud-din Khilji dies
1325 Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
1327 Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad to Deccan by the Tughlaqs
1336 Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in the South
1351 Accession of Feroze Shah
1398 Invasion of India by Timur Lang
1469 Birth of Gurunanak
1494 Accession of Babar in Farghana
1497-98 First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India( discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope
1526 First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babar
1527 Battle of Khanya’Babar defeated Rana Sanga
1530 Death of Babar and accession of Humayun
1539 Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayan and became India’s emperor
1540 Battle of Kannauj
1555 Humayan recaptured the throne of Delhi
1556 Second Battle of Panipat
1565 Battle of Talikota
1576 Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar
1582 Din-e-Illahi founded by Akbar
1597 Death of Rana Pratap
1600 East India Company established
1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir
1606 Execution of Guru Arjun Dev
1611 Jehangir marries Nur jahan.
1616 Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir
1627 Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir
1628 Shahjahan becomes emperor of India
1631 Death of Mumtaj Mahal
1634 The British permitted to trade in india in Bengal
1659 Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned
1665 Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb
1666 Death of Shahjahan
1675 Execution of Teg Bahadur,the ninth Guru of Sikhs
1680 Death of Shivaji
1707 Death of Aurangzeb
1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1739 Nadir Shah invades India
1757 Battle of Plassey, establishment of Britishn political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive.
1761 Third Battle of Panipat;Shah Alam II becomes India’s emperor
1764 Battle of Buxar
1765 Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India
1767-69 First Mysore war
1770 The great Bangal Famine
1780 Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84 Second Mysore War
1784 Pitt’s Omdoa Act
1790-92 Third Mysore War
1793 The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799 Fourth Mysore War- Death of Tipu Sultan
1802 Treaty of Bassein
1809 Treaty of Amritsar
1829 Practice of Sati Prohibited
1830 Raja-Ram Mohun Roy, founder of Brahmo Samaj,visits England.
1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohun Roy.
1839 Death of Maharaj Ranjit Singh
1839-42 First Afghan War
1845-46 First Anglo-Sikh War
1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War
1853 First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta
1857 The sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence
1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress
1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1904 Tibet Expedition
1905 First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1906 Foundation of Muslim League
1911 Delhi Darbar;King and Queen visit India;Delhi becomes the capital of India
1916 World War 1 begins
1916 Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918 World War 1 ends
1919 Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced,Jallianwala Bagh massacreat Amritsar
1920 Khilafar Movement launched
1927 Boycott of Simon Commission,broadcasting started in India
1928 Death of lal Lajpat Rai ( Sher-e-Punjab)
1929 Lord Orwaom’s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1930 Civil Disobedience Movement launched;Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi(April 6, 1970 )
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact
1935 Government of India Act enacted
1937 Provincial Autonomy,Congress forms ministers
1939 World War II begins (September i )
1941 Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
1942 Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ‘Quit India’ movement launched (Aug.8)
1943-44 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provincial Azad Hindu Hukumat and Indian National Army, Bengal famine
1945 Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort;Shimla Conference World War II ends
1946 British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre,
1947 Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions
1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jan.30); integration of princely states.
1949 Cease-fire in Kashmir,indian Constitution signed and adopted(Nov.26)
1950 India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic (Jan.26)and Constitution of India comes into force
1951 First Five-year Plan.First Asian Games held in Delhi
1952 First General Elections of the Lok Sabha
1953 Conquest of Mt.Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
1956 Second Five-Year Plan launched
1957 Second General Elkections;decimal coinage introduced,
Liberation of Goa.
1962 Third General Elections in India; Chinese attack on India (Dec 20 )
1963 Nagaland becomes the 16th indian State
1964 Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
1965 Pakistan attacks India
1966 Tashkent Pact;Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi elected Prime Minister of India.
1967 Fourth General Elections;Dr Zakir Hussain elected the third president of India
1969 V.V.Giri elected President of India, Nationalisation of the leading banks by Presidential ordinance.
1970 Meghalaya designated as autonomous state.
1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes a State;Indo-Pak War, Bangladesh is born
1972 Shimla agreement;Death of C.Rajagopalachari
1973 Mysore State renamed Karnataka
1974 India explodes a nuclear device; Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed elected as fifth President Sikkim becomes on associate State of India
1975 India launches ‘Aryabhata’; Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union; State of Emergency is declared
1976 India and China establish diplomatic relations
1977 Sixth General Elections; Janata Party gets majority in Lok Sabha; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected sixth President of India
1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister,Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister;Charan Singh resigns ( Aug 20 ) Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved
1980 Seventh General Elections;Congress I comes to power;Mrs Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister; Sanjay Gandhi dies in an air crash, India Launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini Satellite
1982 Longest bridge in Asia opened ( March 2 ); Acharya J.B. Kripalani dies ( March 19) INSAT.1A launched; Giani Zail Singh elected President of India (July 15) Over 500 persons killed in Gujarat Cyclone ( Nov.5); Acharua Vinobha dies (Nov 15) IX Asian Games inaugurated (Nov 19)
1983 CHOGM held in New Delhi
1984 Operation Blue Star in Punjab; Rakesh Sharma goes into space; Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM
1985 Rajiv-Longowal accord signed; Sant H.S. Longowal killed elections in Punjab; Assam accord; VII Five-Year Plan launched 1986 Mizoram accord.
1987 R.Venkataraman elected President; Shankar Dayal Sharma elected Vice-President of India, Bofors gun and Fairfax controversies
1989 Ram Shilanyas Puja at Ayodhyat; India’s first IRBM ‘ Agni’ successfully launched from Orissa (May 22); Trishul Missile test fised (June 5); Second successful launch of Prithvi (Sept 27); Rajiv Government loses poll and resigns (Nov.29); Jawahar Rozgar Yojna launched (Nov.29);National front leader V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh PM, New cabinet sworn in (Dec.2), Ninth Lok Sabha constituted
1990 Last of IPKF return home (March 25); Indian Airlines A-320 Airbus Crash (Feb. 14); Janata Dal splits; BJP withdraws support to the Government;Advani takes out Rath Yatra and is arrested, Mandal Report implemented announced by V.P. Singh Violence in Ayodhya due to Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute
1991 Gulf War breaks out (Jan. 17); Rajiv Gandhi assassinated (May 21); X Lok Sabha constituted (June 20); P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister
1992 India establishes full diplomatic ties with Israel (Jan. 29); Bharat Ratna and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray dies (April 23); S.D.Sharma elected President (July 25); INS Shakti-first indigeneously built submarine was launched on Feb. 7
1993 Ordinance to acquire 67.33 acres in Ayodhya (Jan 7); Massive security falls in BJP rally; Wave of bombing leaves 300 dead in Bombay; Insat-2B becomes fully operational; Earthquake in Maharashtra
1994 Government monopoly over civil aviation ends; Storm over GATT treaty;Plague outbreak; Sushmita Sen-Miss Universe; Aishwarya Rai-Miss World
1995 Mayawati First Dalit Chief Minister of UP; BJP comes to power in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Janata Dal in Karnataka and Congress in Orissa; Indian National Congress (T) formed; President’s Rule in UP after fall of Mayawati; INSAT 2C and IRSI-C launched
1996 Hawala takes toll of several Union Ministers ans opposition leaders; PSLV D3 launched on March 21 with IRSP-3 ushering new era in India space programme; Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections held on April 127-BJP emerges as the single largest party
1997 On August 15, India celebrated its 50th year of Independence
1998 Death of Mother Teressa; Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Indian Prime Minister; India explodes its second nuclear device (Pokhran II)
1999 India Airlines plane IC-814 hijacked by terrorists and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec 24, 1999. Three militants released by Indian govt.for the freedom of hostages kept as passengers. In June 1999, Flt. Lt. K. Nachiketa, the captured Indian pilot, released by Pakistan after eight days of captivity. ‘Operation Vijay’ launched by Indian Army to flush out Pakistani infiltrators inside LoC in the Kargil sector of J&K, India wins battle.
2000Â US President Bill Clinton visits India during March 2000. Three new states Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand created.India’s population crossed one billion mark.
2001 ‘Agra Summit’ between India and Pakistan in July 2001; Worst natural calamity of India: Gujarat Earthquake in Jan 2001; ‘Tehelka.Com’ screened video tapes which opened the murky world of arms deal and its kickbacks to Indian Army officials, ministers and politicians in March 2001; VI th census of India (since Independence) concluded in March 2001. Enron bids farewall to Indian energy sector in August 2001; GSLV
launched successfully in April 2001 and PSLC-C3 launch conducted in October 2001.
2002 Â 71-year old missile scientist, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, is elected President of India; One of the most harrific communal roits in recent history, the Godhra Incident, happens on Feb 27, 2002 in Gujarat;National Water Policy announced in April, which aims at integrating water resources develpment and management for optimal and sustainable utilisation.
2003 Â Formation of Strategic Forces Command (SFO) and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) by India; Air Marshal Teja Mohan Asthana named first commander in chief of the SFC; Advanced multi purpose satellite, INSAT-3A is successfully launched into space from Kourou of French Guyana; CBI forms an Economic Intelligence Wing to tackle white-collar crime in June; India’s adnaced communication satellite INSAT-3E is launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou of French Guyana in December
2004 NDA government ousted by the Congress and its allies in the General Election; Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi opts against becoming Prime Minister of India despite being in a strong position; Congress and its allies forms government at the centre under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh.

First in World

1. Chairman of Peoples Republic of China - Mao-Tse-Tung

2. President of the Chinese Republic – Dr. Sun Yat Sen

3. President of U.S.A – George Washington

4. Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein

5. Foreign Invader to India – Alexander the Great

6. Person to reach South Pole – Amundsen

7. Person to reach North Pole – Robert Pearey

8. Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin

9. Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong

10. Lady to climb Mount Everest – Junko Taibei

11. European to visit China – Marco Polo

12. Place where atom bomb was dropped – Hiroshima

13. Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov

14. Woman cosmonaut in Space – Valentina Tereshkova

15. Woman Prime Minister of a country - Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike

16. Woman President of a country - Maria Estela Peron

17. Woman to Command a Space Mission - Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)

18. The first residents of International Space station - Bill Shepherd (USA),Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)

19. The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest - Erik Weihenmayer(USA, May 25, 2001)

20. The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty International lrine – Zubeida Khan

21. The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date - Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)

22. The first South African to become the second space tourist - Mark Shuttleworth

23. The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea - Ms. Chang Sang

24. The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess - Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

25. The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft - Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)

26. China’s first man in space - Yang Liwei

27. The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize - Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)

28. The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record - Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer, scoring 242 runs playing women’s cricket test against West Indies in Karachi in March, 2004)

29. The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times - Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)

30. The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming - Bula Chaudhury (India)

31. The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours - Steve Fossett (March 2005)

32. The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province in Afghanistan - Habiba Sorabhi

33. The first woman of the world to swim across five continents – Bula Chaudhury (India) (April 2005)

34. The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault - Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian, July 2005)

35. The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Justice – Rana Bhagwan Das

Took over on Sept. 2, 2005 as Acting Chief Justice

First in India

First in India
1. British Governor General of Bengal -	Warren Hastings
2. Governor General of Independent India –	Lord Mountbatten
3. Commander-in-chief of Free India General –	Roy Bucher
4. Cosmonaut –	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India –	Babar
6. Field Marshal –	S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union –	C. Rajagopalachari
8. Indian I.C.S. Officer –	Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council –	Sri S.P. Sinha
10. Indian to swim across English Channel –	Mihir Sen
11. Indian woman to swim across-English Channel –	Miss Arati Saha
12. Man to climb Mount Everest –	Tenzing Norgay
13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen –	Phu Dorjee
14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice –	Nwang Gombu
15. Nobel Prize winner –	Rabindra Nath Tagore
16. President of Indian National Congress –	W. C. Banerjee
17. President of Indian Republic -	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Talkie Film –	Alam Ara (1931)
19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) –	Indira
20. Viceroy of India –	Lord Canning
21. Woman Minister of Indian Union –	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22. Woman Chief Minister of State –	Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23. Woman Governor –	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24. Woman President of Indian National Congress –	Dr. Annie Besant
25. Woman Prime Minister –	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly –	Mrs. Shanno Devi
27. Prime Minister of India –	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28. Muslim President of Indian Union –	Dr. Zakir Hussain
29. Speaker of Lok Sabha –	G. V. Mavlankar
30. Woman to climb mount Everest –	Bachhendri Pal
31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court –	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court –	Smt. Leela Seth
33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) –	Kalpana Chawla
34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics -	Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35. The First Indian World Chess Champion –	Vishwanathan Anand
36. India’s first paperless Newspaper –	The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37. India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer –	Sonali Banerjee
38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha –	G. M. C. Balyogi
39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness –	Krishna Kant
40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century –	Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against  England)
41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal –	P. Bandopadhyaya
42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor –	Ms. Kiran Bedi
43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident –	Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India-	K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament –	Sania Mirza (2003)
46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship –	Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD –	Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48. The highest individual test scorer of India –	Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth  africa)
49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times-	Rahul Dravid
50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. –	Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of India –	Dr. Manmohan Singh
52. The first woman Director General of Police of a State –	Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53. The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief –	MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
54. The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army –	Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming –	Bula Chaudhury
56. The first woman to become Indian Air Force’s first woman Air Marshal –	Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57. The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years –	Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58. India’s first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title –	Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59. The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon –	Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60. The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. -	Budhia (May 2006)
61. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro –	(Chennai Metro Police) Letika Saran
62. The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole –	Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship –	Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64. The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title –	Preeti Desai (2006)
65. The first woman President of the Republic of India –	Pratibha Patil