Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?

Q. Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?
Answer: A.C. Wadia
Notes: Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia FRS (6 October 1808 – 16 November 1877) born Parsi, an Indian shipbuilder and engineer belonging to the Wadia ship building family. He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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