I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that most Indians are cricket fans by default. And as fans, it only makes sense…
Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen, 1958 Woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha, 1959 Anju Bobby George: First Indian Athlete ever to win…
Olympic Team Medal: Gold in Field Hockey at 1928 Summer Olympics, Amsterdam, beating Netherlands Individual Medal (in British India): Two Silver Medals by Norman Pritchard in 200 metres and…
First cricket club in India: Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (1792) in Calcutta (now Kolkata) First test match played in India: India vs England in Eden Gardens, Calcutta (result draw) (5–8 Jan 1934)…
Chess Grandmaster: Male – Viswanathan Anand, 1988 Chess Women Grandmaster: Female – Bhagyashree Thipsay, 1986 Female – Koneru Humpy – 2002; also the youngest woman to become a grandmaster, at 15…
Grand Slam title: Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the mixed doubles category of the 1997 French Open Woman to win a match in a Grand Slam…
First Indian footballer to play overseas: Mohammed Salim First Indian football goalkeeper to play overseas: Subrata Paul First footballer to be named the Indian footballer of the…