| sr. no. | Questions | Answers |
| 1. | First women from India to win a Nobel prize | Mother Teresa, peace prize in 1979 |
| 2. | First woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi in 1971 |
| 3. | First recipient of Jnanpith award | G Sankara Kurup, for Odakkuzhal (Flute) in Malayalam |
| 4. | First woman to win the Jnanpith award | Asha Purna Devi 1976 for her work Pratham Pratisruti in Bengali |
| 5. | First Indians to win Bharat Ratna | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. C. V. Raman in 1954 |
| 6. | First Indian to win Nobel Prize in Literature | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 7. | First Indian to win two Oscar Awards is | A. R. Rahman |
| 8. | First Indian to win an Oscar in the technical category is | Resul Pookutty |
| 9. | First Indian to win booker Prize | Arundhati roy in 1997 for 'The God of Small Things' |
| 10. | First Indian woman to win a Pulizer Prize | Jhumpa Lahiri in 2000 |
| 11. | First Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Devika Rani in 1970 |
| 12. | First Indian Oscar winner | Bhanu Athaiya, for best costume design for the film 'Gandhi' in 1982 |
| 13. | First Indian Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film | Mother India, 1957 |
| 14. | First Indian Olympic team medal | gold for Hockey, at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands in 1928 |
| 15. | Winner of first Indian Olympic Individual medal | K. D. Jadhav, Bronze in wrestling at Helsinki in 1952 |
Saturday, May 17, 2014
First Award/Prize Winners in India
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