Nalini Ambady, the first Indian-American professor to teach in the Psychology Department at the prestigious Stanford University, California, USA.
India’s First Celebrity Chef . 1974 .
Tarla Dalal – India’s first celebrated chef and cook book author. Her first publication ‘The Treasures of Vegetarian Cooking’ was published in 1974. This was the beginning of her enormous contribution to expanding the culinary horizons of her compatriots.
Milestones: (1) Tarla Dalal has a legacy of over 17,000 recipes created by her (2)Penned over 100 cookery books which have sold over 3 million copies (3) Popular television show ‘Cook it up with Tarla Dalal’. (4) Conferred Padma Shri in 2007.
Tarla Dalal passed away at the age 77 at her residence in south Mumbai on Wednesday, November 06th, 2013.
U.S. Congress Jointly Celebrates ‘Diwali’ – the Festival of Lights for the First Time. November 2013 .
Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined to-gether for the first-ever celebration of Diwali on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. A historic Diwali moment – Festival of Lights. November 03rd, 2013.
First Indian Professional Golfer to Win on the U.S.based PGA Tour.
Arjun Singh Atwal is the first Indian professional golfer, born in India, to become a member, and later win a tournament on the U.S.based PGA Tour.
India’s First Inter-Planetary Spacecraft ‘Mangalyaan’ – Mars Orbiter Mission takes off. November 2013 .
‘Mangalyaan’ means Mars Craft in Hindi. Tuesday – November 05th, 2013
First Time Exhibit on ‘ Art of Yoga ‘ at the Smithsonian Museum. October 2013 .
Yoga moves from the studio mat to the museum gallery.
A first time exhibition about the visual history and art of yoga, its origin and evolution over time, at the Smithsonian Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States. October 19th, 2013.
First Indian iconic ‘ Guess Girl ‘. October 2013 .
Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood superstar, former Miss World has been selected as the face of Guess.
She will be featured in the brands’ Holiday 2013 advertising campaign in leading fashion magazines.
Priyanka is not only the first woman to be named a ‘Guess Girl’ but the first non-white woman in the 30 years the company has advertised.
The other famous faces, fashion icons posing for the Guess clothing line include, Claudia Schiffer (twice), Alessandria Ambrosio, Kate Upton, Adriana Lima, Paris Hilton and Drew Barrymore.
India’s First ‘Junior MasterChef ‘ . November 2013.
Dehradun based Sarthwak Bharadwaj was judged the winner of the first season of Kids’ cooking reality show ‘Junior MasterChef – Swaad Ke Ustad’. Saturday,November 02nd, 2013.
Britain’s First Indian-Origin Woman Magistrate . 1970 .
Chand Lal-Sarin moved from Punjab and landed in Coventry City, Britain in 1962. She was appointed as Magistrate in 1970 making her Britain’s first Indian-origin magistrate.
Chand Lal-Sarin expired in the city of Coventry at the age of 84, November 2013. She is survived by her husband Dr.Daman, a dentist who has his own practice in Board Street, Coventry and her daughter Renuka Kapoor.
First in India – Schoolboy scores over 500 runs in School Cricket. November 2013 .
Prithvi Shaw scored 546 runs in a little over 4 sessions of school cricket in ‘The Lord Harris Shield’ inter-school tournament making him the highest scorer ever in India’s school cricket fixtures.
14 year old, 5’1″ Prithvi Shaw, a school boy re-wrote history by scoring 546 runs (367 minutes, 330 deliveries, 85 fours and 5 sixes) for his school Rizvi Springfield at Bandra, Mumbai whilst playing aginst D’Assisi School at the Azad Maidan on Wednesday – November 20th, 2013