Top GK questions everyone should know ( First in Sports in India) - V 5.23

 Top GK questions everyone should know ( First in Sports in India) - V 5.23

First in Sports in India:

First in Sports	Details
The first Indian woman Chess Grandmaster	S Vijaylakshmi
First Olympic team medal	Gold in Hockey at 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands.
The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic in British India	Norman Pritchard in 1900
Youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title	Parimarjan Negi (13 years 3 months and 22 days)
Youngest Captain of Indian Test Cricket team	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
The first Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Arti Saha
The first woman in the world to swim across the seven seas	Bula Chaudhary
The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games	Kamaljit Sandhu
The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title	Sania Mirza
The first Indian woman to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award	Karnam Malleswari
The first cricketer to be awarded the Arjuna Award	Salim Durrani
The first Indian woman to win the World Junior Badminton Championships	Saina Nehwal
The first Indian to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award	Vishwanathan Anand
The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic	Karnam Malleswari
The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title	Mahesh Bhupathi (French Open mixed doubles in 1997)
The first Indian to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games	Sushil Kumar
The first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at Olympic Games	Mary Kom
The first Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at Olympic Games	Saina Nehwal
The first Indian to be a five time world boxing champion	Mary Kom
The first Indian woman shooter to win gold medal in World Shooting Championship	Tejaswani Sawant
The first Indian man to win medal in Boxing at Olympic Games	Vijender Singh
The first Indian Cricket Captain in ODI	Ajit Wadekar