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Britain’s First Indian-Origin Woman Magistrate . 1970 .

Chand Lal-Sarin moved from Punjab and landed in Coventry City, Britain in 1962. She was appointed as Magistrate in 1970 making her Britain’s first Indian-origin magistrate.

Chand Lal-Sarin expired in the city of Coventry at the age of 84, November 2013. She is survived by her husband Dr.Daman, a dentist who has his own practice in Board Street, Coventry and her daughter Renuka Kapoor.

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First in India – Schoolboy scores over 500 runs in School Cricket. November 2013 .

Prithvi Shaw scored 546 runs in a little over 4 sessions of school cricket in ‘The Lord Harris Shield’ inter-school tournament making him the highest scorer ever in India’s school cricket fixtures.

14 year old, 5’1″ Prithvi Shaw, a school boy re-wrote history by scoring 546 runs (367 minutes, 330 deliveries, 85 fours and 5 sixes) for his school Rizvi Springfield at Bandra, Mumbai whilst playing aginst D’Assisi School at the Azad Maidan on Wednesday – November 20th, 2013.

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India’s First All-Woman Bank – ‘ Bharatiya Mahila Bank ‘ inaugrated. November 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly inaugrated ‘Bharatiya Mahila Bank’ – India’s first state-owned all-woman bank, in Mumbai on November 19th, 2013.

The event also coincided with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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