Field Person

First Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi
First Chief Minister of State Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Minister Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First Central Minister Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Speaker of Lok Sabha Mrs. Shanno Devi
First Governor of a State Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
First President of Indian National Congress Dr. Annie Besant
First Indian President of Indian National Congress Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu
First President of UN General Assembly Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi Razia Sultan
First to swim across the English Channel Mrs. Arti Shah
First to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
First to circumnavigate (sail round the world) Ujwala Rai
First IAS Officer Anna George Malhotra
First IPS Officer Kiran Bedi
First Advocate Cornelia Sorabji
First Judge of a High Court Anna Chandi
First Judge of Supreme Court Ms M. Fathima Beevi
First Chief Justice of a High Court Ms. Leila Seth
First Doctor Kadambini Ganguli
First editor of English newspaper Dina Vakil
First Chief Engineer Mrs. P.K. Thresia
First to receive a Sena Medal Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) - 1990
       Youngest to Climb Mount Everest Dicky Doima (19) from Manali - 1993
First to climb Mount Everest two times Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) - 1993
First Magistrate Mrs. Omana Kunjamma
First to win Nobel Prize Mother Theresa
First to be crowned Miss India Reita Fariq
First to be crowned Miss Universe Sushmita Sen
First to be crowned Miss World Reita Faria
First DGP Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya

SNo Name Year

1 U.Thant (former Secretary General of the UNO) 1965
2 Dr.Martin Luther King (Posthumous) 1966
3 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi) 1967
4 Yehudi Menuhin (Violinist) 1968
5 Mother Teresa (Nun) 1969
6 Kenneth Kaunda (President of Zambia) 1970
7 Marshal Tito (Ex-President of Yugoslavia) 1971
8 Andre Malraux 1972
9 Julius Nyrere (Ex-President of Tanzania) 1973
10 Paul Prebisch 1974
11 Jonal Salk 1975
12 Giuseppe Tucci 1976
13 Tulsi Mehrji Shrestha 1977
14 Nichidatsu Fuji 1978
15 Nelson R.Mandela 1979
16 Mrs.Barbara Ward 1980
17 Gunnar Myrdal and Alva Myrdal 1981
18 Dr.Leopold Sedar Senghor 1982
19 Dr.Bruno Kreisky 1983
20 Mrs.Indira Gandhi (Posthumous) 1985
21 Olaf Palme (Ex.Prime Minister of Sweden) 1986
22 Perez de Cuellar (former Secretary General of the UNO) 1987
23 Yasser Arafat (PLO Leader) 1988
24 Robert Mugabe (President of Zimbabwe) 1989
25 Helmut Kohi (Chancellor of Germany) 1990
26 Aruna Asaf All (Social Worker, India) 1991
27 Maurice F.Strong (Canada) 1992
28 Ms.Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) 1993
29 Dr.Mahathir-bin-Mohammed (P.M.,Malaysia) 1994
30 Mr.Md.Hosini Mubarak (Egypt) 1995
31 Gok Chong Tong (P.M., Singapore) 2001