Records & Achievements

First Indian Chess Grandmaster (Viswanathan Anand)

First Indian woman to win two Olympic medals (PV Sindhu)

Medal Tally

Medal Tally

Medal Tally - India

Most 100s

Most 200s

Most 300s

Most runs

Most runs

Most runs

Most runs in a calendar year

Most runs in a match

Most runs in a series

Most runs in an Innings

Highest motorable road in the world (Umling La Pass - 19,024 ft)

Highest Railway Bridge in the World (Chenab Bridge)

Longest highway single-tube tunnel above 10,000 feet (Atal Tunnel - 9.02km)

Tallest Statue in the World (Statue of Unity - 182m)

104 satellites in a single flight (PSLV-C37)

First Asian nation to reach Mars orbit (Mangalyaan)

First Indian citizen in space (Rakesh Sharma)

First to land on Lunar South Pole (Chandrayaan-3)

Wettest place on Earth (Mawsynram)

First Indian Film Song to win an Oscar (Naatu Naatu)

First Indian to win an Oscar (Bhanu Athaiya)

First Asian/Indian Nobel Laureate (Rabindranath Tagore)

First Indian Nobel Laureate in Science (C.V. Raman)

First female amputee to summit Everest (Arunima Sinha)

First Indian woman to summit Everest (Bachendri Pal)

Largest democratic election in history

First commercial pilot license in India (J.R.D. Tata)

Largest forest planted by a single individual (Jadav Payeng)

First Indian company to cross $100 billion valuation (Reliance Industries)

Most bank accounts opened in one week (Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana)

Most gallstones removed from a single patient (11,950 stones)