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By Victor S. Fischer
  ✍️ CRR Cash Reserve Ratio is the minimum fraction of total deposits of a bank’s customers that banks have to hold as reserves with the central bank. ✍️ SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio is the ratio of liquid assets to the net demand and time liabilities. ✍️ LAF Liquid Adjustment Facility is a tool to allow banks to borrow money through repurchase agreements. It consists of repo and reverse repo operations. ✍️ MSF Marginal Standing Facility allows scheduled banks to borrow funds overnight from RBI against approved government securities. ✍️ MSS Market Stabilization Scheme is a monetary policy intervention by RBI to withdraw excess liquidity by selling government securities in the economy. ✍️ OMO Open Market Operations refers to the buying and selling of government securities in the open market so as to expand or contract the amount of money in the banking system. ✍️ REPO Repo stands for Repurchase agreement where a seller of a security agrees to buy it back from a buyer at a
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 First In The World And First In India

First In The World

  • The first person to reach Mount Everest
Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
  • The first person to reach North Pole
Robert Peary
  • The first person to reach South Pole
Amundsen
  • The first religion of the world
Hinduism
  • The first country to print book
China
  • The first country to print book
China
  • The first country to commence competitive examination
China in civil services
  • The first President of the U.S.A.
George Washington
  • The first Prime Minister of Britain
Robert Walpole
  • The first Governor General of the United Nations
Trigveli (Norway)
  • The first country to win football World cup
Uruguay
  • The first country to prepare a constitution
U.S.A.
  • The first Governor General of Pakistan
Mohd. Ali Jinnah
  • The first country to host NAM summit
Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
  • The first European to attack India
Alexander, The Great
  • The first European to reach China
Marco Polo
  • The first person to fly aeroplane
Wright Brothers
  • The first person to sail round the world
Magellan
  • The first country to send man to the moon
U.S.A.
  • The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space
Russia
  • The first country to host the modern Olympics
Greece
  • The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped
Hiroshima (Japan)
  • The first person to land on the moon
Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
  • The first shuttle to go in space
Columbia
  • The first spacecraft to reach on Mars
Viking-I
  • The first woman Prime Minister of England
Margaret Thatcher
  • The first muslim Prime Minister of a country
Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
  • The first woman Prime Minister of a country
Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)
  • The first woman to climb Mount Everest
Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
  • The first woman cosmonaut of the world
Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)
  • The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • The first man to fly into space
Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
  • The first batsman to score, three test century in three
Mohd. Azharuddin successive tests on debut
  • The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice
Nawang Gombu
  • The first U.S. President to resign Presidency
Richard Nixon

First In IndiaMale

  • The first President of Indian Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • The first Prime Minister of free India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • The first Indian to win Nobel Prize
Rabindranath Tagore
  • The first President of Indian National Congress
W. C. Banerjee
  • The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
  • The first Muslim President of India
Dr. Zakir Hussain
  • The first British Governor General of India
Lord William Bentinck
  • The first British Viceroy of India
Lord Canning
  • The first Governor General of free India
Lord Mountbatten
  • The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free
C. Rajgopalachari India
  • The first man who introduced printing press in India
James Hicky
  • The first Indian to join the I.C.S.
Satyendra Nath Tagore
  • India’s first man in space
Rakesh Sharma
  • The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
  • The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India
General Cariappa
  • The first Chief of the Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
  • The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council
S. P. Sinha
  • The first President of India who died while in office
Dr. Zakir Hussain
  • The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the
Charan Singh Parliament
  • The first Field Marshal of India
S. H. F. Manekshaw
  • The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics
C. V. Raman
  • The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award
Dr. Radhakrishnan
  • The first Indian to cross English channel
Mihir Sen
  • The first person to receive Jnanpith award
Sri Shankar Kurup
  • The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
  • The first Vice-President of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
  • The first Education Minister
Abul Kalam Azad
  • The first Home Minister of India
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  • The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
S. Mukherjee
  • The first Indian Naval Chief
Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
  • The first judge of International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
  • The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
  • The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
Sherpa Anga Dorjee
  • The first Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
  • The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  • The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in
Hargovind Khurana Medicine
  • The first Chinese traveller to visit India
Fahein
  • The first person to receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
  • The first person to resign from the central cabinet
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
  • The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Amartya Sen
  • The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Justice Hiralal J. Kania

Female

  • The first lady to become “Miss World”
Rita Faria
  • The first woman judge in Supreme Court
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
  • The first woman Ambassador
Miss C. B. Muthamma
  • The first woman Ambassador
Miss C. B. Muthamma
  • The first woman Governor of a State in free India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
  • The first woman Prime Minister
Bachhendri Pal
  • The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
Santosh Yadav
  • The first woman President of the Indian National Congress
Mrs. Annie Besant
  • The first woman chief justice of a High Court
Mrs. Leela Seth
  • The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force
Harita Kaur Dayal
  • The first woman President of the United Nations General
Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Assembly
  • The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
  • The first woman chairman of Union Public Service
Roze Millian Bethew Commission
  • The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
  • The first woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora
  • The first woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandopadhyaya
  • The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla
  • The first woman I.P.S. Officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi
  • The first woman to receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa
  • The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
  • The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashapurna Devi

Popular Names Of Eminent Persons (Sobriquets)

  • Nickname

Person

  • Father of the Nation
Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bapu
Mahatma Gandhi
  • Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Grand Old Man of India
Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Strong (Iron) Man
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Man of Peace
Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Punjab Kesari
Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Bengal Kesari
Ashutosh Mukherjee
  • Sher-e-Kashmir
Sheikh Abdullah
  • Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Deshbandhu
Chittaranjan Das
  • Deshbandhu
C.F. Andrews
  • Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Jana Nayak
Karpuri Thakur
  • Rajashree
Purushottam Das Tandon
  • Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Guruji
M.S. Golvalkar
  • Desh Ratna
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Mahamana
Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  • Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Chacha
Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Rajaji/C.R.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
  • Sparrow
Major General Rajinder Singh
  • Young Turk
Chandra Shekhar
  • Tau
Chaudhury Devi Lal
  • Sahid-e-Azam
Bhagat Singh
  • Nightinagle of India
Sarojini Naidu
  • Lady with the lamp
Florence Nightingale
  • Swar Kokila
Lata Mangeshkar
  • Udanpari
P.T. Usha
  • Mother
Mother Teresa
  • Vishwa Kavi
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Kaviguru
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Tota-e-Hind
Amir Khushro
  • Lal, Bal, Pal
Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Bihar Vibhuti
Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh
  • Bapuji
Jagjeevan Ram
  • Napoleon of India
Samudra Gupta
  • Shakespeare of India
Mahakavi Kalidas
  • Akbar of Kashmir
Jainul Abdin
  • Father of Gujarat
Ravi Shankar Maharaj
  • Grandfather of Indian Films
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
  • Morning Star of India Renaissance
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • King maker of Indian History
Sayyed Bandhu
  • Anna
C.N. Annadurai
  • G.B.S.
George Bernard Shaw
  • Haryana Hurricane
Kapil Dev
  • Little Master
Sunil Gavaskar
  • Magician of Hockey
Dhyanchand
  • Deshpriya
Yatindra Mohan Sengupta
  • Kuvempu
K.V. Puttappa
  • Little Corporal
Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Man of Destiny
Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
  • King Maker
Earl of Warwick
  • Uncle Ho
Ho Chi Minh
  • Bard of Avon
William Shakespeare
  • Father of English Poetry
Geoffery Chaucer
  • Grand Old Man of Britain
Willium E. Gladstone
  • Maiden Queen
Queen Elizabeth I
  • Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc
  • Man of Blood and Iron
Otto Van Bismark
  • II Duce
Benito Mussolini
  • Desert Fox
Gen. Ervin Rommel
  • Quaid-i-Azam
Md. Ali Jinnah's

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