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    This document lists various "firsts" in different fields achieved by individuals from around the world. It includes details such as the first person in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first person on the moon (Neil Armstrong), the first woman to climb Mount Everest (Junko Taibei), and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (Shirin Ebadi in 2003). The document covers a wide range of achievements and "firsts" across different domains like space exploration, mountaineering, politics and more.

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    This document lists various "firsts" in different fields achieved by individuals from around the world. It includes details such as the first person in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first person on the moon (Neil Armstrong), the first woman to climb Mount Everest (Junko Taibei), and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (Shirin Ebadi in 2003). The document covers a wide range of achievements and "firsts" across different domains like space exploration, mountaineering, politics and more.

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    This document lists various "firsts" in different fields achieved by individuals from around the world. It includes details such as the first person in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first person on the moon (Neil Armstrong), the first woman to climb Mount Everest (Junko Taibei), and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (Shirin Ebadi in 2003). The document covers a wide range of achievements and "firsts" across different domains like space exploration, mountaineering, politics and more.

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    GK First in The World

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    This document lists various "firsts" in different fields achieved by individuals from around the world. It includes details such as the first person in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first person on the moon (Neil Armstrong), the first woman to climb Mount Everest (Junko Taibei), and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (Shirin Ebadi in 2003). The document covers a wide range of achievements and "firsts" across different domains like space exploration, mountaineering, politics and more.

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    General Knowledge : First in the World

    1. Chairman of Peoples Republic of China Mao-Tse-Tung

    2. President of the Chinese Republic Dr. Sun Yat Sen

    3. President of U.S.A George Washington

    4. Chinese Traveller to India Fahein

    5. Foreign Invader to India Alexander the Great

    6. Person to reach South Pole Amundsen

    7. Person to reach North Pole Robert Pearey

    8. Person in Space Yuri Gagarin

    9. Person on Moon Neil Armstrong

    10. Lady to climb Mount Everest Junko Taibei

    11. European to visit China Marco Polo

    12. Place where atom bomb was dropped Hiroshima

    13. Man to walk in Space Alexei Leonov

    14. Woman cosmonaut in Space Valentina Tereshkova

    15. Woman Prime Minister of a country Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike

    16. Woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron

    17. Woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)

    Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and


    18. The first residents of International Space station
    Sergei Krikalev (Russia)

    19. The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25, 2001)

    20. The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty International lrine Zubeida Khan

    21. The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)

    22. The first South African to become the second space tourist Mark Shuttleworth

    23. The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea Ms. Chang Sang

    24. The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

    25. The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)

    26. China's first man in space Yang Liwei

    27. The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)

    Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer,


    scoring 242 runs playing women's
    28. The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record
    cricket test against West Indies in
    Karachi in March, 2004)

    29. The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)

    30. The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming Bula Chaudhury (India)
    31. The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours Steve Fossett (March 2005)

    32. The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province in Afghanistan Habiba Sorabhi

    33. The first woman of the world to swim across five continents Bula Chaudhury (India) (April 2005)

    Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva


    34. The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault
    (Russian, July 2005)

    Justice Rana Bhagwan Das


    35. The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Took over on Sept. 2, 2005 as
    Acting Chief Justice

    Allen Johnson Sirleaf (elected


    36. The first duly elected woman President of an African country
    President of Liberia in Nov. 2005)

    Shanshad Akhtar
    37. The first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
    (Appointed in Dec. 2005)

    Angela Merkel
    38. The first woman Chancellor of Germany
    (Took over in Nov. 2005)

    39. The first woman President of Chile Dr. Michelle Bachelet

    40. The first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller (Feb. 2006)

    41. The first woman foreign Secretary of England Margaret Backett (May 2006)

    42. The first double amputee to scale Mt. Everest Mark Inglis (May 15, 2006)

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