Sports First In India
First Olympic team medal Gold for Hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics Amsterdam, beating the Nethherlands. First Olympic individual medal (in British India) Norman Pritchard, 1900 First Olympic individual medal Bronze by K.D. Jadhav for wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympic Helsinki. First Person to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen, First Women to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen, 1958 First Formula I race driver Narain Karthikeyan First Formula I team Force India F1 First A1 GP race victory Narain Karthikeyan, Zhuhai, China, 2007 First Asian Games organised Delhi (1951) First in CHESS First Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand in 1988, at the age of 18 First FIDE World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand in December 2000 First Undisputed World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand …