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Indian Beauty Crowned ‘Miss World’ at Sun City, South Africa – brings home India’s 2nd Miss World title : 1994

Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai (aka… Aishwariya Rai), the 21-year old Indian beauty was acknowledged as the most beautiful girl in the world and crowned ‘Miss World’ at the 44th edition of the beauty pageant in Sun City, South Africa. November 19th, 1994.

The 1st Runner-up was 20-year old Miss.South Africa – Basetsan Makgalemele, accompanied by the 2nd Runner-up, the 18-year old Miss.Venezuela – Irene Ferreira Izquierdo.

Aishwariya Rai won the title participating and competing with 84 other beautiful contestants from around the world.

The Mangalore(Karnataka) girl, daughter of Vrinda Rai was born on November 01st, 1973. She was educated in Bombay (now Mumbai).

Aishwariya won the 2nd place at the Femina Miss. World title in 1994.

She is one of Bollywood’s favourite actresses. A leading Brand Ambassador for India at International Events.

Aishwariya Rai married one of Bollywood’s leading actor Abhishek Bacchan on April 20th, 2007 to become Aishwariya Rai Bacchan. They have a daughter Aaradhya and live in Mumbai.

 

2nd Miss World Crown for India 

Aishwariya Rai became the 2nd Indian girl to be crowned Miss.World. The 1st Indian to bag the crown 24 years ago was Miss.Reita Faria in 1966 (see Post of March 06th, 2016).

Double Crown Internationally for India : Same Year 1994:

In the same year another Indian beauty Miss.Sushmita Sen won the ‘Miss. Universe ‘ 1994 in Manila – giving India for the 1st time 2 World Beauty Crowns.

For the First Time – Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar commemorated at the United Nations(UN) , New York : April 2016

Dr.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (popularly Dr.B.R.Ambedkar aka..Babasaheb Ambedkar) was an Indian jurist, social reformer, politician and economist. He was the First Minister of Law and Justice in Independent India amongst many other positions and accompolishments.

Dr.Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary was commemorated and celebrated at the UN in New York on April 13th, 2016, a day before his actual birthdate.

At the keynote speech delivered by Helen Clark, Chair of UN Development Group and Adminstrator of UN Development Program, she said ” Ambedkar’s work on the empowerment and inclusion of excluded groups, reform of labour laws and promotion of education for all, made him an icon for marginalised people in India and in other countries as well”.

A documentary film titled ‘Dr.Babasahed Ambedkar… A Man of the Century’ was screened for 10 minutes at the UN Conference. The full length documentary of 28 minutes was made by Marathi Film maker Sandeep Manohar Navre.

The event was organised by the ‘Permanent Mission of India to the UN’  in association with ‘Kalpana Saroj Foundation’ and ‘Foundation for Human Horizon’.  The UN Event was titled ‘Landmark 2030 : Agenda for Sustainable Development’.

Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar was born on April 14th,1891 in Mhow, Central Province(now Madhya Pradesh) and died on December 06th, 1956 in New Delhi. He was the youngest of 14 children.

Dr. Ambedkar was educated in University of Bombay(now Mumbai), Columbia University (USA), University of London (UK) and London School of Economics.

Babasaheb was the Chairman of the ‘Constitution Drafting Committee’, the first Minister of Law and Justice. He inspired the Dalit Movement and campaigned against Social Discrimination. He was posthumously awarded the highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1990.

 

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INDIA IN THE WORLD : (India’s Global position/ranking ) excluding Asia

NOBEL 

1913

First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Also the 1st Asian and simultaneously First Non-European to be awarded the Nobel. December 1913. Rabindranath Tagore (posted March 18th, 2016)

UNITED NATIONS

2016

First time the Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar celebrated at the UN, New York to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary. April 13th, 2016 . Dr.Bhimram Ramji Ambedkar (aka..Balasaheb Ambedkar). (posted April 14th, 2016)

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Arts, Culture & Entertainment 

1913

LITERATURE 

1.First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Also the 1st Asian and simultaneously First Non-European to be awarded the Nobel. December 1913. Rabindranath Tagore (posted March 18th, 2016)

BEAUTY

1966

  1. India’s first “Miss World”. 1966. First Asian to win the “Miss World” title. Reita Faria. (posted March 06th, 2016)

1994

  1. Indian Beauty wins India’s 2nd “Miss World” title – Crowned  “Miss World ” 1994 at Sun City, South Africa. November 19th, 1994. Aishwariya Rai. (posted April 15th, 2016)

Business & Economy

  1. Diamler India Commercial Vehilces (DICV) exported first-batch of Fuso Trucks from Chennai. June 2013. (posted March 08th, 2016)

Science & Technology

  1. India – World’s first country to launch ‘Phonesat’ smartphone in space – February 2013 (posted March 01st, 2016)

Sports

1954

  1. First Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon’s Boys Singles title.  1954. Ramanathan Krishnan (posted March 02nd, 2016)

1996

1.India’s First Individual Olympic Medal in Tennis. 1996. Atlanta Olympics.  Leander Adrian Paes     (posted March 29th, 2016)

2013

  1. Indian sisters are the ‘first twins’ in the world to scale Mount Everest. May 2013. Twin sisters: Nunshi Malik and Tashi Malik (posted March 04th, 2016)
  2. First Indian to participate in the ‘Lamborghini Super Trofeo International Motor Racing Series’. May 2013. Amir Beg (posted March 10th, 2016)
  3. First Indian Cueist to Win Gold at Snooker – “The World Games 2013” held in Cali, Columbia. July 30th, 2013. Aditya Mehta (posted March 17th, 2016)
  4. Indian Girls Win First-Ever Medal in Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup. Bronze medal, Monchengladbach, Germany. August 04th, 2013 (posted March 13th, 2016)

2014

1. First differently-abled Indian athlete to win Gold at IPC Athletics World Championship,          Venissieux,France.  July 22nd, 2014. Devendra Jhajhaira (posted March 14th, 2016)

2. Indian Girl – World’s Youngest Girl to scale Mount Everest. May 2014 . Malavath Poorna            (posted March 21st, 2016)

3. First Indian Woman Jockey wins Ladies World Championship, Poland. August 24th, 2014. Rupa Narpat Singh. (posted April 16th, 2016)

2016

1. First Captain in the World to create a ‘World T20’ Captaincy Record. The only Captain to have lead a side in all 6-editions of the ‘World T20’. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (M S Dhoni). March 15th, 2016 (posted March 19th, 2016)

2. Indian Shooter, World’s No.1 at ISSF World Cup(Bangkok) in Men’s 50-m Pistol. April 01st, 2016. Jitu Rai. (posted April 02nd, 2016)

 

Transport

  1. India’s Airline. Air India’s First long-haul air service to London from Bombay (now Mumbai). June 1948.  Air India. (posted March 11th, 2016)

 

Travel

  1. India’s Airline. Air India’s First long-haul air service to London from Bombay (now Mumbai). June 1948.  Air India. (posted March 11th, 2016)

 

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INDIA IN ASIA      : (India’s position/records in Asia)

Business & Economy

  1. Diamler India Commercial Vehilces (DICV) exported first-batch of Fuso Trucks from Chennai to Sri Lanka. June 2013. (posted March 08th, 2016)

 

Sports

  1. First Indian Secretary General of Asian Wresting body – ” Asian Associated Wrestling Council ” (AAWC). April 2013. Raj Singh. (posted March 07th, 2016)

 

 

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INTERNATIONAL / OVERSEAS INDIANs :

PERSON OF INDIAN ORIGIN (PIO’s)/ NRI’s:

ITALY

Food & Beverages :

  1. First Indian to be appointed Global CEO of Worlwide Italian Confectionery Giant – Perfetti van Melle Spa (PVM). The Holding Company is based in the Netherlands. August 2013.  Sameer Suneja. (posted on March 12th, 2016 and duplicate entry in Netherlands)

 

NEW ZEALAND

Sports :

  1. Indian-Origin Spinner plays for New Zealand National Cricket Team. October 2013 . Inderbir Singh Sodhi (aka. Ish Sodhi). (posted March 30th, 2016)

 

NETHERLANDS

Food & Beverages :

  1. First Indian to be appointed Global CEO of Worlwide Italian Confectionery Giant – Perfetti van Melle Spa (PVM). The Holding Company is based in the Netherlands. August 2013.  Sameer Suneja.(posted on March 12th, 2016 and duplicate entry in Italy)

 

UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.)

Politics :

  1. British Mission in India, gets its First Indian-Origin Diplomat. British Deputy High Commissioner for Western Region & Director General for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). July 2013. Kumar Iyer (posted March 16th, 2016)

 

Media :

  1. First non-white journalist appointed Editorial Head of a UK National newspaper – ‘The Independent’. June 2013.  Anmol Rajan . First ethnic-minority Editor. First British-Asian editor of a National newspaper.(posted March 09th, 2016)

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (U.S.A) :

Arts, Culture & Enterainment:

  1. ‘Miss New York 2013 ‘. First Indian American Crowned ‘Miss New York 2013’ at Staten Island, New York. July 2013.  Nina Davuluri (posted March 15th, 2016)

Banking & Finance:

  1.  Indian-American appointed President and CEO of ‘Bank of the West, California. April 2016. Nandita Bakshi .(posted March 28th, 2016)

Business:

  1. U.S.Headquartered – Google’s, First India-born CEO. August 10th, 2015 . Pichai Sundararajan (aka.Sundar Pichai). (posted March 31st, 2016)

Legal :

  1. First South Asian Judge (Indian-American Lawyer) confirmed as U.S.Court Judge. May 2013 . Srikanth Srinivasan (aka..Sri). (posted March 03rd, 2016)

Politics :

  1. First Indian American and First South Asian American elected to U.S.Congress . 1957. Dr. Dalip Singh Saund. (posted March 05th, 2016)

Sports :

  1. NBA’s (National Basketball Association) first India-born majority owner. Vivek Ranadive. (posted March 01st, 2016)