first in ind *. Miss Asia Pacific World: Himangini Singh Yaduin 2012 *.Mister United Nations : Rahul Vyas in 2013 *.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 *. Nirad C. Chaudhuri, first Indian to win a major non-fiction award, the Duff Cooper Prizein the United Kingdom, in 1966 for The Continent of Circe *. Man Booker Prize: Arundhati Royfor her novel The God of Small Things in the year 1997. *.Bhaswati Bhattacharya was the first Indian to speak as Orator at the Harvard University, in the Commencement Exercises in 1993. [ 3 ] *. Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Ramanin 1954 *. Padma Vibhushan: Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menonin 1954 *. Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters: Mrinal Sen [ 4 ] *. Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters: Sivaji Ganesan
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