Study Notes for UPSC/PCS: Important facts about India Part-2

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1 Study Notes for UPSC/PCS: Important facts about Part-2 Firsts in Male First Person NAME OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS First President of n Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad, 1950 to 1962 President of the Constituent Assembly ( ) First Prime Minister of free Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru He is also called as the architect of modern. Chairman of the constituent assembly. Chairman of Union Constitution Committee, Union Powers Committee and States Committee First n to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore Also Known as Gurudev. Wrote National Anthem of. First President of n National Congress First Muslim President of n National Congress First Muslim President of First British Governor General of First British Governor General of Bengal W.C. Banerjee Badruddin Tayyabji Dr. Zakir Hussain Lord William Bentinck ( ) Lord Warren Hasting ( ) Sati system was banned during his regime. First Maratha war and second Mysore war occurred during his regime Founded Asiatic Society of Bengal. First British Viceroy of Lord Canning Revolt of 1857 happened during his regime. Established 3 universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.

2 First Governor General of free Lord Mountbatten n Independence Bill 1947 was passed during his regime. First and the last n to be Governor General of free The first man who introduced printing press in The First n to join the I.C.S First man in Space from First Prime Minister of who resigned without completing the full term First n Commander-in- Chief of First Chief of Army Staff First n to join Viceroy s executive council First President of who died while in office C. Rajgopalachari James Hicky (Bengal Gazette) Satyendra Nath Tagore Rakesh Sharma Morarji Desai General Cariappa Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji S.P.Sinha Dr. Zakir Hussain Informally called as Rajaji or C.R. Bible was the first book printed in. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna award. First Muslim President of n Republic First Prime Minister of who did not face the Parliament First Field Marshal of First person to get Nobel Prize in Physics from Dr. Zakir Hussain Charan Singh S.H.F. Manekshaw( ) C.V.Raman Serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January For the discovery of Raman Effect or Raman Scattering. First n to receive Bharat Ratna award First n to cross English Channel First Person to receive Jnanpith award Dr. Radhakrishnan Mihir Sen Sri Shankar Kurup First Vice President of

3 The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar Also known as Dadasaheb Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of First Vice-President of Dr. Radhakrishnan First Education Minister First Home Minister of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 's first Deputy Prime Minister. Started Bardoli Satyagarh. Chairman of Provincial Constitution Committee and Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas. First n Air Marshal First n Naval Chief First n Judge of International Court of Justice First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen First person to get Param Vir Chakra First Chief Election Commissioner First person to receive Magsaysay Award First person of n origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine First Chinese traveller to visit S. Mukherjee Vice Admiral R.D. Katari Dr. Nagendra Singh Sherpa Ang Dorjee Major Somnath Sharma Sukumar Sen Acharya Vinoba Bhave Hargovind Khurana Fahein First person chosen for Individual Satyagraha. Visited during the reign of Gupta emperor Chandragupta II First person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu Jalliawala Bagh gathering 1919 was held against the arrest of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal. The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Served as Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime

4 Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet Founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen For his contributions to welfare economics First Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania First n Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929) Female First n woman to become Miss World First n woman judge in Supreme Court First woman Ambassador fom First n woman Governor of a state in free Rita Faria Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi Mrs. C.B. Muthamma Mrs Sarojini Naidu She became the first n President of n National Congress Known as the 'Nightingale of ' First n woman Speaker of a State Assembly First n woman Prime Minister Shanno Devi Mrs Indira Gandhi (sworn on January 24, 1966 Full name Indira Priyadarshini Nehru. Indo Pakistan war 1971 was fought during his regime. Imposed National Emergency from 25 June 1975 to 21 March Operation Bluestar Started by her. First n woman Minister in a Government First n woman to climb Mount Everest Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Bachhendri Pal As Health minister.

5 First n woman to climb Mount Everest twice First woman President of n National Congress Santosh Yadav Mrs Annie Besant Started Home league in. Theosophical society in Idia. First n woman President of n National Congress First n woman President of United Nations General Assembly First n woman who got Graduates degree First n woman Honours Graduate First n woman Olympic medal Winner First n woman to win Gold Medal in Asian Games First n woman Lawyer First woman Chief Minister of an n State Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 Kamini Roy, 1886 Karnam Malleswari, 2000 Kamlijit Sandhu Cornelia Sorabjee Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani Head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to Part of the subcommittee that drafted the n Constitution. Like her contemporaries Aruna Asaf Ali and Usha Mehta, she came to the forefront during the Quit Movement. First n woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission First n woman Director General of Police First woman Judge of Roze Millian Bethew Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya Anna Chandy (She became the judge in a district court in 1937)

6 First n woman Chief Justice of High Court First n woman Lieutenant General First n woman Air Vice- Marshal First woman to receive Jnanpith Award from First n woman IPS officer Mrs. Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) Puneeta Arora P. Bandopadhyaya Ashapoorna Devi Mrs. Kiran Bedi For her novel Pratham Pratisruti in 1965 's First & Highest (Woman) Ranking Officer First n and last Muslim woman ruler of First n woman to receive Ashoka Chakra First woman to cross the English Channel from First n woman to receive Nobel Prize Razia Sultan Nirja Bhanot Aarti Saha Mother Teresa , Slave Dynasty Received honours, like Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize 1962 and Nobel Peace Prize Founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation for the welfare of HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis affected People and Orphanage. Born in Skopje (Macedonia) moved to in 1930 s. She was canonized (recognized by the church as a saint) on 4 September 2016, First n woman to receive Bharat Ratna First n woman pilot in n Air Force First n woman appeared on Time Magazine cover. Mrs. Indira Gandhi Harita Kaur Dayal Parveen Babi

7 's first test tube baby Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal) She was brought into life in the year 1978 by the hands of D.r Subhash Mukhopadhyay Click here for Daily UPSC Current Affairs Click here for Daily Reading List Monthly Current Affairs Compilation Important Study notes and Materials for UPSC and State PCS Exams

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Political Science Full Marks- 100 Group A Objective Type Questions I. x 1 = 50 Group A All the 50 questions are to be answered in Group A. Who was the chairman of Constitution Draft Committee? (a) Dr.