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First Indian recipients of international & national awards

 

India is a country known for its rich cultural heritage, diversity, and talented individuals. Over the years, numerous Indians have made their mark on the global stage, earning recognition and accolades for their exceptional achievements. In this blog post, we celebrate the trailblazing individuals who became the first Indian recipients of prestigious international and national awards, leaving an indelible mark on their respective fields and inspiring generations to come

 

1) Who is the first Indian to win the Nobel prize?

  Rabindranath Tagore. He was also the first Asian to be awarded by Nobel Prize. He received the prize for Literature in 1913.

2) Who is the first Indian to win the Nobel prize for science?

Sir C. V. Raman. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect" in 1930.

3) Who is the first Indian to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award?

  Vinoba Bhave. He is the first recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay award for Community. He received it in 1958. 

4) Which Indian was first awarded the Bharat Ratna?

   C Rajagopalachari. He received the Bharat Ratna award in 1954.

5) Who is the first Indian to win the Nishan-e-Pakistan Award?

  Morarji Desai. He received this prize in 1990.

6) Who is the first Indian to win an Academy Award(Oscars)?

   Bhanu Athaiya. She wins an Academy Award, for costume design for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1983.

   7) Who is the first Indian to win the Pulitzer prize?

    Gobind Behari Lal. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished reporting in 1937.

  8) Who is the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

Salman Rushdie. He won the Booker prize, for his second novel, 
“Midnight's Children” in 1981.

9) Who is the first Indian to win the Academy Award(Oscars) for lifetime achievement?

   Satyajit Ray. He received the award in 1992.

10)Who is the first Indian to win the UNESCO's Kalinga Prize?
   
   Jagjit Singh. He received the award in 1963.

11) Who is the first Indian to win the Stalin Peace prize?

   Saifuddin Kitchlu. He won the prize in 1952. Now the prize is known as Lenin Peace Prize.

12) Which Indian won the first World Food prize instituted by Norman Borlaug?

      MS Swaminathan. He won the prize in 1987. He is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India.

13) Who is the first Indian to win the Nobel prize for Economics?

     Amartya Sen. He won the prize in 1998 for his contribution to welfare economics.

14) Who is the first Param Vir Chakra winner?

Major Som Nath Sharma. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra on 21 June 1950.

15) Who won the first Jnanpith award?
 
 G. Sankara Kurup. He won the award in 1965.

16) Who is the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner?

    R. K. Narayan. He won the award for his novel "The Guide", in 1960.

17) Who is the first Indian to win the Grammy Award?

   Pandit Ravi Shankar. He won the award for best chamber music performance for “West Meets       East”, in 1968.

  18) Who is the first recipient of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award?

     Shri Chandrashekhar. He won the award in 1995.

19) Who is the first Tagore Award winner?

   Pandit Ravi Shankar. He received the award in 2012.

20) Who is the first cricketer to win the Arjuna Award?

    Salim Durrani. He received the award in 1961.

21) Who was the first Indian player to receive the Bharat Ratna?

     Sachin Tendulkar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014.

22) Who won the first Ashoka Chakra?

   Flt. Lt. Suhas Biswas. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra in 1952.

23) Who is the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner?

    Devika Rani Roerich. She received the award in 1969.

24) Who is the first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award winner?

    Viswanathan Anand. He received the award in 1992.

25) Who is the first Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy?

  Rahul Dravid. He was awarded the trophy in 2004.


 

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