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PRESIDENTS OF INDIA

Name Tenure Important Facts From To Dr  Rajendra  Prasad 26.01.1950 13.05.1962 First  President and also had the longest tenure(12 years) Dr  S Radhakrishnan 13.05.1962 13.05.1967 Was also first Vice-President of India Dr  Zakir hussain 13.05.1967 03.05.1969 Shortest  tenure ; First Muslim President ; First President to die in harness V V  Giri (Vice-President) 03.05.1969 20.07.1969 First acting President of India Justice M Hidayattuilah 20.07.1969 24.08.1969 Was also the Chief Justice of India (acting President) V V Giri 24.08.1969 24.08.1974 - F  Ali Ahmed 24.08.1974 11.02.1977 Died in office BD Jatti 11.02.1977 25.07.1977 Acting President  N Sanjeeva Reddy 25.07.1977 25.07.1982 Youngest President(64 Years) Giani   Zail S

LANGUAGES OF INDIA

The number of languages recognized by the Indian Constitution is 22 At the inception of Indian constitution in 1950, number of recognized languages was 14 The languages which were added to the Eighth Schedule are Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri, Maithili, Dogri, Bodo and Santhali Number of identifiable mother tongues as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation report of 2011 234 The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical Language Tamil The official language of Nagaland is English The official language of Jammu and Kashmir Urdu The official language of Goa Konkani The official language of the Supreme Court and High Court as prescribed by the Constitution of India is English The principal language of Lakshwadeep are Jeseri ( Dweep Bhasha ) and Mahal Foreign language commonly spoken in Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) is French The Indian language known as the ‘Italian of the East’ is Telugu The principa

FIRST IN WORLD (MALE)

First eldest man to climb Mt Everest Richard Wass First man to climb Mt Everest Sherpa Tenzing  Norgay and sir Edmund Hillary (29th may, 1953) First man to climb Mount Everest twice Nawang Gombu First Asian to win Wimbledon trophy Arthur Ashe (USA) First man to Nobel Prize for Literature Rene F A and Sulli Pradhan (France) First man to Win Nobel  Peace Jin F Dunant (Switzerland) And Frederic  Peiry (France) First man to win Nobel Prize for Physics W K Roentgen (Germany) First man to Win Nobel Prize for Chemistry J H Wenthoff  (Holland) First man to Win Nobel prize for Medicine A E Wonn Behrig (Germany) First  man to win Nobel prize for Economics Rangar Fish (Norway) And John Tinbergen (Holland) Pakistan’s first Governor General Mohammed Ali  Jinnah First President of United States of America George Washington First President of  the Republic of China Dr Sun Yat-Sen First prime Minister of Great Britain Robert Walpole