Mother India

first Indian Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film-1957

Bhanu Athaiya

first Indian Oscar winner for Best Costume Design for the film "Gandhi"-1982

Sidney Poitier

first Black actor to win an Oscar-1964

Emil Jannings

first Oscar winner for Best Actor-1928

The Jazz Singer

first talkie movie in the world-1927

Devika Rani

first Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award-1970

Cornelia Sorabji

first Indian woman to be a law graduate-1894