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Awards and Honours
List of different Awards and Honours. The list contains awards and honours, some of which are awarded by Indian Government and some by international organisations.
| Bharat Ratna | Padma Vibhushan | Param Vir Chakra |
| Arjuna Award | Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award |
| Dronacharya Award | Dhyan Chand Award | Jnanpith Award |
List of First Recipient of different Awards
| First Indian to be awarded Bharat Ratna | C Rajagopalachari |
| First Vice-President of India to be awarded Bharat Ratna He later became President of India. Thus, he was the first Bharat Ratna awardee to be become President of India. | Dr. S Radhakrishnan |
| First Non-Indian to be awarded Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| First Sportsperson and youngest recipient of Bharat Ratna | Sachin Tendulkar |
| First Scientist to be awarded Bharat Ratna | C V Raman |
| First person to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| First Indian women to be awarded Bharat Ratna She received this award while she was Prime Minister of India. | Indira Gandhi |
| First recipient of Bharat Ratna who was not an Indian citizen | Mother Teresa |
| First Prime Minister of India to be awarded Bharat Ratna He received this award while in office. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First Industrialist to be awarded Bharat Ratna | JRD Tata |
| First recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award | Viswanathan Anand |
| First woman to receive Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award | Karnam Malleshwari |
| First Indian to be awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award He won the award in Community Leadership category. | Acharya Vinobha Bhave |
| First Indian to win Nobel Prize He won the prize in Literature category. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First Indian to win Man Booker Prize He won the prize for his book - The White Tiger. | Aravind Adiga |
| First Indian Women to win the Booker Prize She won the prize for her novel - The God of Small Things. | Arundhati Roy |
| First women from India to win a Nobel prize She won Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1979. | Mother Teresa |
| First man to recieve Jnanpith award | G Sankara Kurup |
| First woman to win the Jnanpith award | Asha Purna Devi |
| First Indian to win two Oscar Awards | A R Rahman |
| First Indian woman to win a Pulizer Prize | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| First Indian to win Olympic Individual medal | K D Jadhav |
| First Indian Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film | Mother India |
| First Indian to win Oscar award He won the award for best costume design for the film 'Gandhi' in 1982. | Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Devika Rani |
| First recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award (English) He got the award for his book - Guide in the year 1960. | R. K. Narayan |
| First recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award (Hindi) He got the award for his poetry - Him Tarangini in the year 1955. | Makhanlal Chaturvedi |
| First Indian scientist to receive Nobel Prize | C V Raman |
| First person to receive Param Vir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First woman to receive Ashok Chakra | Neerja Bhanot |