First optical fibre system for local junction commissioned at Pune (1979)

First mobile telephone service (1995)

Sarojini Naidu – First woman Governor of India

Kolkata Metro (1984)

Zeenat Aman, Miss Asia Pacific in 1970

Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994

Meira Kumar – First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha

Anna Rajam Malhotra – First woman IAS officer of Independent India

Harita Kaur Deol – First woman pilot to fly solo in IAF (1994)

Durba Banerjee – First pilot of Indian Airlines (1956)

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit – Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953)

Force India – India’s First Formula One Team

Viswanathan Anand – India’s First Grandmaster (1988)

India Hosts Asian Games (1951)

Narain Karthikeyan – India’s First Formula One driver 2005

Kabaddi World Championship in 2007

Indian Cricket – 1983 World Cup

Indian Hockey – Gold Medal at Tokyo Olympics 1964

Aryabhatta – India’s First Satellite