First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil
Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
Delhi’s First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).
First Asian woman magistrate appointed in [...]

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First American President to visit India: Dwight David Eisenhower
First Asian to be elected president of Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord Navnit Dholakia
First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected Chancellor of the Wolverhampton University on May 9, 2000)
First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan
First Chairman [...]

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