India has the second largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world. It is the largest democracy and English speaking country. India invented the number system including zero. It has made significant contributions in many fields including mathematics, chess, and medicine. The document also lists many 'firsts' in India such as the first president, prime minister, field marshal, and others. It provides details on important dates, people and events in India's history.

2. • INDIA has the
• second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• largest English speaking nation in the world.
• largest number of Post Offices in the world
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super
computer indigenously.
• One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over
a million people

3. INDIA has
• world's Largest democracy.
• invented the number system. Zero was invented by
Aryabhata.
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in
any other country,
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages .
• Chess was invented in India.
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4. INDIA The first President of Indian
Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free
India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian
National Congress
W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian
National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General
of India
Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General
of Bengal
Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free
India
Lord Mountbatten
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5. INDIA
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The National Flag of India was designed
by Pingali Venkayyaand and adopted
in its present form during the meeting of
Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July
1947, a few days before India's
independence from the British on 15
August, 1947.

6. INDIA
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• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
• The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in
1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father
of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• India exports software to 90 countries.
• Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C.
respectively.
• Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

7. INDIA
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The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra
Singhji
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen

8. INDIA
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The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

9. INDIA
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The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel
Prize in Medicine
Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

10. First lady to become Miss World Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal

11. First Hydroelectric Plant
On the Ganganachukki waterfall of
the Sivasamudram Falls,
Karnataka, built in 1902
First City to have Electricity
Banglore, in 1906 (it was in fact
the first city to have electricity)
INDIA
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12. First Man in Space
Rakesh Sharma aboard Salyut 7, on April 03,
1984. He was the 138th man in space world-
wide.
First Women in Space
Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle
Columbia flight STS-87, on November
19,1997 .She was a naturalized United States
citizen, and represented the US during the
event.
INDIA
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13. First Nuclear Reactor Tarapur, Maharashtra
First Test-tube baby Durga Agarwal, born 1978
INDIA
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14. First Satellite
Aryabhatta, launched on April 19,
1975
First Satellite dedicated
exclusively for educational services
EDUSET
INDIA
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