PART 2
Architecture
- First Islamic (tomb) in India: Sultan Ghari ,built in 1231 CE for Prince Nasir ud din Mahmud, eldest son of Iltumish.
- First true dome: Alai Darwaza, Qutb complex, Delhi, built in 1311 CE, by first Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji.
- First true arch : Balban's tomb, Mohali Archeological Park, Delhi, built c. 1287 CE, by Ghiyas ud din Balban of Mamluk dynasty.
- First garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, also the first with Persian double-dome : Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, built 1562-1571 CE.
- First Mosque in India : Cheraman Juma Masjid Kodungallur (Kerala), built 629-630 A.D by Malik ibn Deenar, an Arab trader on the order of Chera ruler Cheraman Perumal (Tajjudin after conversion to Islam)
Awards and Titles
- Miss World : Reita Faria in 1966
- Miss Asia Pacific : Zeenat Aman in 1970
- Miss Universe : Sushmita Sen in 1994
- Miss Earth : Nicole Faria in 2010
- Miss Asia Pacific World : Himangini Singh Yadu in 2012
- World Miss University : Priyadarshini Pradhan in 1989
- Manhunt International : Rajeev Singh in 2001
- Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - Satyajit Ray
- Nishan-e-Pakistan : Morarji Desai, 1990
Nobel Prize
- Nobel Prize winner : Rabindranath Tagore in Literature, 1913. He was also the first Asian to win the prize.
- Nobel Prize in Physics : C. V. Raman in 1930.
- Nobel Prize in Medicine : Har Gobind Khorana in 1968. (US citizen of Indian origin )
- Nobel Peace Prize : Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1979 (Indian citizen of Albanian origin)
- Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen in 1998
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry : Venkatraman Ramakrishnan in 2009 (UK citizen of Indian origin)
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