GENERAL KNOWLEDGE(FIRST IN THE WORLD)

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                              GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

First in the world 

                                         

 

• Spacecraft to reach on Mars -- Viking-1
• first country to issue paper currency -- China
• first country to use glass -- Egypt and Mesopotamia
• first country to make map -- Mesopotamia (Greece)
• shuttle to go in space -- Columbia
• first country to print book -- China
• country to send man to the man -- USA 

                                                     First in the world(male)

• to fly into space -- Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
• to sail round the world -- Magellan
• to land on the moon -- Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin Aldrin
• European to reach China -- Marco Polo
• to reach South Pole -- Amundsen
• to reach North Pole -- Robert Peary

                                                           First in the world(female)

• to fly into space -- Valentina Tereshkova (USSR)
• to swim across the English Channel -- Gertrude Ederle
• to win the Novel Prize in literature -- Selma Lagerloff (Sweden)
• to reach Antarctica -- Caroline Mikkelsen
• prime minster -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
• to cross the Strait of Gibraltar -- Mercedes Gleitze
• to cross the English Channel -- Gertrude Ederle

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    FIRST IN INDIA

 

 First in India(male)

• president of India -- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• prime minister of India -- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
• vice-president of India -- Dr. Radhakrishnan
• British Viceroy of India -- Lord Canning
• British Governor General of India -- Lord William Bentinck
• president of Indian National Congress -- W.C.Banerjee

• first man in Space -- Rakesh Sharma
• to cross the English Channel -- Mihir Sen 
• to receive novel prize in economics -- Amartya Sen

  First in the world(female)

• prime minister of India -- Mrs. Indira Gandhi
• chief minister of  an Indian state -- Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
• governor of a state in free India -- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

 

• to cross English Channel -- Aarti Saha
• to receive Novel prize -- Mother Teresa