First In Sports In India:
S. No
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First In Sports
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Sports Name / Year
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Player Name
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1
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The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games
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Westling - 1952
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KD Jadhav
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2
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The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games
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Weightlifting- 2000
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Karnam Malleswari
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3
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The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games
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Shooting- 2008
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Abhinav Bindra
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4
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The first Indian (also the first Asian) to win the Wimbledon junior Singles title
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Tennis -1954
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Ramanathan Krishnan
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5
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The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles title in 1997)
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Tennis -1997
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Mahesh Bhupathi
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6
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The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles
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Tennis -2006
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Mahesh Bhupathi (2006)
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7
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The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in doubles
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Tennis 2012
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Leander Paes (2012)
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8
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The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards
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Billiard 1958 & 1964
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Wilson Jones
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9
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India's first Grandmaster and also the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship
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Chess- 1988, 2000 & 2002
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Vishwanathan Anand
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10
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The first Indian to win the under 10 World Chess Championship
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Chess=- 1996
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P. Harikrishna
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11
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The first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship
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Badminton -1980
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Prakash Padukone
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12
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The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games
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Gymnastic -2010
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Ashish Kumar
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13
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The first Indian woman to receive the Grandmaster's title
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Chess -2002
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Koneru Humpy
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14
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The youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title
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Chess -2006
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Parimarjan Negi (13 years 3 months and 22 days)
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15
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The youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team
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Cricket- 1962
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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
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16
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The first Indian to swim across the English Channel
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Swimming -1958
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Mihir Sen
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17
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The first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the English Channel
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Swimming- 1959
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Aarti Saha
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18
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The first woman in the world to swim the seven seas
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Swimming
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Bula Chaudhary
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19
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The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games
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Athlete- 1970
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Kamaljit Sandhu
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20
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The first Indian women athlete to win a medal at a world event (Bronze at World Athletics Championship, 2003)
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Athlete -2003
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Anju Bobby George
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21
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The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title
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Tennis- 2005
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Sania Mirza
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22
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The first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and also to win a Super Series tournament, (by clinching the Indonesia Open). First Indian woman to be ranked World No. 1
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Badminton- 2008
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Saina Nehwal
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23
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1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Chess -1992
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Viswanathan Anand
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24
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1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Weight lifting - 1995
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Karnam Malleswari
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25
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1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award
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Basketball -2002
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Aparna Ghosh
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26
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1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award
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Cricket - 1961
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Salim Durrani
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27
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1st Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games
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Wrestling 2008 & 2012
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Sushil Kumar
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28
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1st Indian recipient of International Cricket Council's Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (also the first in the world)
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Cricket -2004
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Rahul Dravid
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29
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1st Indian recipient of Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
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Cricket -2009
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Virender Sehwag
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30
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First Indian woman to win a silver medal in Olympic in Badminton
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Badminton - 2016
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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
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