Category Name
Indian to swim across English Channel Mihir Sen
Indian woman to swim across-English Channel Miss Arati Saha
Man to climb Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay
Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen Phu Dorjee
Man to climb Mount Everest twice Nwang Gombu
Woman to climb mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
First Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
First Indian World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand
First Indian woman cricketer to score double century Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)
First Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament Sania Mirza (2003)
First Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
The highest individual test scorer of India Virendra Sehwag ( 309 runs in First test in Multan against Pakistan)
First Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times Rahul Dravid (playing test against Pakistan in Pakistan in. April 2004)
First Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming Bula Chaudhury
India’s First woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
First Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
First wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. Budhia (May 2006)
First sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
First Indian to cross English channel Mihir Sen
Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming Mihir Sen
Woman to swim across the English Channel Arati Saha, 1959
Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times Sherpa-Augarita
Player awarded ˜Padam Bhusan’ C. K. Naidu
Indian players played Davis Cup M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
Tennis Grandslam title winner Mahesh Bhupati
Indian player who played the test cricket K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from England)
Captain in Tests C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
ODI captain Ajit Wadekar
Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket Harbhajan Singh
Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket Virendra Sehwag
Individual Medal in Olympic games KD Jadhav
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anad
Woman Grandmaster Koneru Humpy
First Indian who individually won the Gold medal in Olympic games Abhinav Bindra
First Indian who won the Bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic games Vijendra Kumar
First Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen
First woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000
First woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu