FIRST AWARDEES OF VARIOUS AWARDS :- * 1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - C Rajagopalachari * 1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan * 1st Scientist to be awarded theBharat Ratna - CV Raman * 1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - JRDTata * 1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna - Mrs. Indira Gandhi * 1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature - Rabindranath Tagore * 1st recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith award - G Sankara Kurup * 1st Indian to receive the Booker prize - Salman Rushdie * 1st Indian woman to receive theBooker prize - Arundhati Roy * 1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Viswanathan Anand * 1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Karnam Malleshwari * 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award - Aparna Ghosh * 1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award - Salim Durrani * 1st Indian scientist to be awarded the Nobel prize - CV Raman * 1st winner of Param Vir Chakra- Major Somnath Sharma * 1st and only Air Force person to receive the Param Vir Chakra - Flying Officer Nirmaljit Shekhon * 1st and only woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra - Neerja Bhanot (1987) * 1st winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Devika Rani * 1st winner of Filmfare best actor award - Dilip Kumar * 1st winner of Filmfare best actress award - Meena Kumari * 1st Hindi film to win the National film Award - Mirza Ghalib (1954)
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