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Some Firsts in the world
1.First Asian to win Nobel Prize - RABINDRANATHA TAGORE India [1913]
2.The first chairman of Peoples' Republic of China - MAO. TSE-TUNG [1949]
3.First Asian to get Finix Award - Sr. P.C. SORCAR [India]
4.First Asian to cross the English Channel - AARTI SAHA[India, 1959]
5.First cricketer to have batted in all positions- [1 to 11] - WILFRED RHODES [England]
6.First Chinese pilgrim to visit India - FAHIEN
7.First President of America - GEORGE WASHINGTON
8.First Prime Minister of Britian - SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
9.First Englishman to receive Nobel Prize for Literature - RUDYARD KIPLING [1907]
10.First European invader of India - ALEXANDER [Greece, 326 BC]
11.First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN [1987]
12.First Prime Minister of Australia - SIR EDMUND BARTON
13.First Governer General of Pakistan - MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH [1947]
14.First man cosmonaut in space - YURI GAGARIN [Former U.S.S.R.,1961]
15.First man to fly over both North and South poles - RICHARD E. BYRD [US]
16.First man to walk in space - ALEXEI LEONOV [Former U.S.S.R.]
17.First man to make a solo flight around the world - WILEY POST [1933]
18.First man to climb Mt. Everest - TENZING NORGAY [India]and EDMUND HILLARY [New Zealand]1953
19.First man to set foot on moon - NEIL ARMSTRONG [USA, 1969]
20.First Muslim Invader of India - MOHAMMED-bin-QASIM [8th C.AD]
21.First person to sail round the world - FERDINAND MAGELLAN [Portuguese 1519-22]
22.First Pope to visit India - POPE PAUL VI[1964]
23.First President OF Chinese Republic - SUN YAT-sen [1921-1925]
24.First Prime Minister of Pakistan-LIAQUAT ALI KHAN [1947]
25.First Secretary General of the UN - TRYGVE LIE [Norway 1946-53]
26.First test tube Baby - LOUISE BROWN [England, 1978]


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