(General Knowledge) First in India : (Male,female & Other)
(General Knowledge) First in India : (Male,female & Other)
Male :
- The first President of Indian Republic : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- The first Prime Minister of free India : Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- The first Indian to win Nobel Prize : Rabindranath Tagore
- The first President of Indian National Congress : W.C. Banerjee
- The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tayyabji
- The first Muslim President of India : Dr. Zakir Hussain
- The first British Governor General of India : Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
- The first British Governor General of Bengal : Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
- The first British Viceroy of India : Lord Canning
- The first Governor General of free India : Lord Mountbatten
- The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India : C. Rajgopalachari
- The first man who introduced printing press in India : James Hicky
- The first Indian to join the I.C.S : Satyendra Nath Tagore
- India’s first man in Space : Rakesh Sharma
- The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term : Morarji Desai
- The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India : Field Marshal Cariappa
- The first Chief of Army Staff : Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
- The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council : S.P.Sinha
- The first President of India who died while in office : Dr. Zakhir Hussain
- The first Muslim President of Indian Republic : Dr. Zakhir Hussain
- The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament : Charan Singh
- The first Field Marshal of India : Field Marshal S.H.F. Manekshaw
- The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics : C.V.Raman
- The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award : Dr. Radhakrishnan
- The first Indian to cross English Channel : Mihir Sen
- The first Person to receive Jnanpith award : Sri Shankar Kurup
- The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
- The first Vice-President of India : Dr. Radhakrishnan
- The first Education Minister : Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad
- The first Home minister of India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- The first Indian Air Chief Marshal : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
- The first Indian Naval Chief : Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
- The first Judge of International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagendra Singh
- The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen : Sherpa Anga Dorjee
- The first person to get Param Vir Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
- The first Chief Election Commissioner : Sukumar Sen
- The first person to receive Magsaysay Award : Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine : Har gobind Khurana
- The first Chinese traveller to visit India : Fahein
- The first person to receive Stalin Prize : Saifuddin Kitchlu
- The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet : Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen
- The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court : Justice Hirala J. Kania
- The first Indian Pilot : J.R.D. Tata (1929)
Female :
- The first lady to become Miss World : Rita Faria
- The first woman judge in Supreme Court : Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
- The first woman Ambassador : Miss C.B. Muthamma
- The first woman Governor of a state in free India : Mrs Sarojini Naidu
- The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Shanno Devi
- The first woman Prime Minister : Mrs Indira Gandhi
- The first woman Minister in a Government : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- The first woman to climb Mount Everest : Bachhendri Pal
- The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice : Santosh Yadav
- The first woman President of Indian National Congress : Mrs Annie Besant
- The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal
- The first woman Graduates : Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
- The first woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
- The first woman Honours Graduate : Kamini Roy, 1886
- The first woman Olympic medal Winner : Karnam Malleswari, 2000
- The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner : Kamlijit Sandhu
- The first woman Lawyer : Cornelia Sorabjee
- The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly : Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
- The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State : Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
- The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission : Roze Millian Bethew
- The first woman Director General of Police : Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
- The first woman Judge : Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
- The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court : Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
- The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India : Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
- The first woman Lieutenant General : Lieutenant General Punita Arora
- The first woman Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
- The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines : Sushma Chawla
- The first woman IPS officer :Mrs. Kiran Bedi
- The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India : Razia Sultan
- The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra : Nirja Bhanot
- The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashapurna Devi
- The first woman to cross English Channel : Aarti Saha
- The first woman to receive Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa
- The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna : Mrs Indira Gandhi
- The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashpurna Devi
Others :
- First Wax statue of a Living : Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
- First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India : Fa-hien
- First Exclusive internet magazine : Bharat Samachar
- First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe : Indrani Rehman
- First President of Indian National Congress : W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
- First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tayyabji
- First Judge in International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagender Singh
- First Graduate in Medicine : Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
- India’s First University : Nalanda University
- India’s First Open University : Andhra Pradesh Open University
- India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes : P.V.Narasimha Rao
- First Indian to reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan
- First British to Visit India : Hawkins
- First Test tube baby of India : Indira (Baby Harsha)
- First Post Office Opened in India : Kolkata(1727)