LIST OF FIRST RECIPIENTS OF VARIOUS AWARDS

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BHARAT RATNA

>>1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna---

C Rajagopalachari

>>1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of Indi

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

>>1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously

Lal Bahadur Shastri

>>1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna

CV Raman

>>1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna

JRD Tata

LITERARY AWARDS

>>1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature

Rabindranath Tagore

>>1st recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith award
G Sankara Kurup

SPORTS AWARDS

>>1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Viswanathan Anand

>>1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Karnam Malleshwari

>>1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award

Aparna Ghosh