FIRST IN INDIA
First in India – Science |
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First hydroelectric plant |
Sidrapong (Darjeeling) |
First Man in Space |
Rakesh Sharma |
First Nuclear Reactor |
Apsara (Maharashtra) |
First satellite |
Aryabhatta |
First successfully indigenous launch vehicle |
SLV-3 |
First genetically modified food product in
India |
Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned] |
First to pass the examination of the Indian
Medical Service (IMS) |
Surjo Kumar Chakroborty |
First Indian to be appointed as the deputy
director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) |
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
First satellite earth station for domestic
communications |
Secunderabad |
First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics |
C.V Raman |
First in India – Governance |
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First President of India |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
First Vice-President of India |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
First President of Indian National Congress |
Womesh Chandra Bannerjee |
First Prime Minister of India |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
First Chief Election Commissioner of India |
Sukumar Sen |
First Viceroy of India |
Lord Canning |
First Governor-General of India |
Lord William Bentinck |
First Chief Justice of India |
H.J Kania |
First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
G. V. Mavlankar |
First Home Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
First Chairperson of Lokpal of India |
Pinaki Chandra Ghose |
First in India – Defence |
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First Defence Minister of India |
Baldev Singh Chokkar |
First Commander-in-Chief of Free India |
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force |
Subroto Mukherjee |
First Field Marshal |
Sam Manekshaw |
First Param Vir Chakra Winner |
Major Somnath Sharma |
First female Jawan in the Army |
Shanti Tigga |
First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft
without co-pilot |
IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi |
First cosmonaut |
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma |
First woman in the Indian Army awarded the
coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize |
Divya Ajith Kumar |
First in India – Sports |
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First Olympics Team Medal |
Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) |
First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian
gold medal |
Navjot Kaur |
First Indian woman badminton player to win
an Asian Games medal |
Saina Nehwal |
First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian
Games |
Santhi Soundarajan |
First person to win the international bronze
medal in skiing |
Aanchal Thakur |
First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal |
P. V. Sindhu in Badminton |
First female to represent India at the
Summer Olympics |
Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics |
First Individual Gold Medal won by |
Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing |
First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling |
Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer
Olympics |
First in India – Architecture |
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First temple constructed from a single rock |
Kailasa temple at Ellora |
First church in India |
St. Thomas Church, Palayoor |
First mosque in India |
Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala |
First dam in India |
Kallanai Dam |
First Indian temple with many interconnected
structures |
Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu |
List of First in India – Frequently Asked
First British to Visit India |
Thomas Roe |
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India |
Fa-Hien/Faxian |
First Indian to reach Antarctica |
Lt. Ram Charan |
First Judge in International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagender Singh |
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress |
Badruddin Tayyabji |
First Post Office Opened in India |
Kolkata(1727) |
First Wax statue of a Living Indian |
Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 |
India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record
maximum number of votes |
P.V.Narasimha Rao |
India’s First Open University |
Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University |
India’s First University |
Nalanda University |
India’s first man in Space |
Rakesh Sharma |
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India |
Razia Sultan |
The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of
free India |
C. Rajgopalachari |
The first British Governor-General of Bengal |
Lord Warren Hastings(1774-1885) |
The first British Governor-General of India |
Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) |
The first British Viceroy of India |
Lord Canning |
The first Chief Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
Justice Hirala J. Kania |
The first Chief of Army Staff |
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
The first Education Minister |
Abdul Kalam Azad |
The first Field Marshal of India |
S.H.F. Manekshaw |
The first Governor-General of free India |
Lord Mountbatten |
The first Home Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal |
S. Mukherjee |
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council |
S.P.Sinha |
The first Indian Naval Chief |
Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari |
The first Indian Pilot |
J.R.D. Tata (1929) |
The first Indian to cross English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics |
C.V.Raman |
The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services |
Satyendra Nath Tagore |
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize |
Rabindranath Tagore |
The first Judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
The first lady to become Miss World |
Rita Faria |
The first man who introduced printing press in India |
James Hicky |
The first Muslim President of India |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
Badruddin Tayyabji |
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic |
Dr. Zakhir Hussain |
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize
in Medicine |
Hargovind Khurana |
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen |
Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award |
Sri Shankar Kurup |
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award |
Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics |
Amartya Sen |
The first person to receive Stalin Prize |
Saifuddin Kitchlu |
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet |
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
The first President of India who died while in office |
Dr. Zakhir Hussain |
The first President of Indian National Congress |
W.C. Banerjee |
The first President of Indian Republic |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
The first Prime Minister of free India |
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the
Parliament |
Charan Singh |
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
completing the full term |
Morarji Desai |
The first Vice-President of India |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
The first woman Air Vice Marshal |
P. Bandopadhyaya |
The first woman Airline Pilot |
Durba Banerjee |
The first woman Ambassador |
Miss C.B. Muthamma |
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner |
Kamlijit Sandhu |
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service
Commission |
Roze Millian Bethew |
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines |
Sushma Chawla |
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court |
Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) |
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State |
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani |
The first woman Director General of Police |
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
The first woman Governor of a state in free India |
Mrs Sarojini Naidu |
The first woman Graduates |
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
The first woman Honours Graduate |
Kamini Roy, 1886 |
The first woman IPS officer |
Mrs. Kiran Bedi |
The first woman Judge |
Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937) |
The first woman judge in Supreme Court |
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India |
Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
The first woman Lawyer |
Cornelia Sorabjee |
The first woman Lieutenant General |
Puneeta Arora |
The first woman Minister in a Government |
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
The first woman Olympic medal Winner |
Karnam Malleswari, 2000 |
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force |
Harita Kaur Dayal |
The first woman President of Indian National Congress |
Mrs Annie Besant |
The first woman President of United Nations General
Assembly |
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
The first woman Prime Minister |
Mrs Indira Gandhi |
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly |
Shanno Devi |
The first woman to climb Mount Everest |
Bachhendri Pal |
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice |
Santosh Yadav |
The first woman to cross English Channel |
Aarti Saha |
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra |
Nirja Bhanot |
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna |
Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award |
Ashapurna Devi |
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award |
Ashpurna Devi |
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize |
Mother Teresa |
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