Achievement
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Sportsperson
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The
first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games
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KD
Jadhav
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The
first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games
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Abhinav
Bindra
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The
first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games
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Karnam
Malleswari
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The
first Indian (also the first Asian) to win the Wimbledon junior Singles title
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Ramanathan
Krishnan (in 1954)
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The
first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles title in
1997)
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Mahesh
Bhupathi
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The
first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles
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Mahesh
Bhupathi (2006)
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The
first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in doubles
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Leander
Paes (2012)
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The
first Indian to become a world champion in billiards
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Wilson
Jones
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India's
first Grandmaster and also the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess
Championship
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Vishwanathan
Anand
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The
first Indian to win the under 10 World Chess Championship
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P.
Harikrishna
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The
first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship
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Prakash
Padukone
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The
first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games
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Ashish
Kumar
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The
first Indian woman to receive the Grandmaster's title
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Koneru
Humpy
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The
youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title
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Parimarjan
Negi (13 years 3 months and 22 days)
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The
youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team
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Mansoor
Ali Khan Pataudi
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The
first Indian to swim across the English Channel
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Mihir
Sen (1958)
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The
first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the English Channel
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Aarti
Saha (1959)
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The
first woman in the world to swim the seven seas
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Bula
Chaudhary
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The
first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games
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Kamaljit
Sandhu
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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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Anju
Bobby George
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The
first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title
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Sania
Mirza
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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)
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Saina
Nehwal
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1st
recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Viswanathan
Anand
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1st
woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Karnam
Malleswari
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1st
recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award
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Aparna
Ghosh
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1st
cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award
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Salim
Durrani
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1st
Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic Games
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Sushil
Kumar
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