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●●BHARAT RATNA
1) 1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna----C Rajagopalachari
2) 1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India----Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
3) 1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ----Lal Bahadur Shastri
4) 1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----CV Raman
5) 1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----JRD Tata
6) 1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----Mrs. Indira Gandhi
●●LITERARY AWARDS
1) 1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature ---- Rabindranath Tagore
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