First in India
Questions & Answers on First in India, Events,Inventions, human achievements, discoveries .Here is a complete list of important "First in India" events. It will be very helpful for enhancing the General Knowledge for Competitive Exam (like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways,Kerala PSC etc.), Bank Exam and Entrance Exam.
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The First President Of Indian Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
: 2
The First Prime Minister Of Free India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
: 3
The First Indian To Win Nobel Prize
Rabindranath Tagore
: 4
The First President Of Indian National Congress
W. C. Banerjee
: 5
The First Muslim President Of Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
: 6
The First Muslim President Of India
Dr. Zakir Hussain
: 7
The First British Governer General Of India
Lord William Bentinck
: 8
The First British Viceroy Of India
Lord Canning
: 9
The First Governor General Of Free India
Lord Mountbatten
: 10
The First And The Last Indian To Be Governor General Of Free India
C. Rajagopalachari
: 11
The First Man Who Introduced Printing Press In Free India
James Hicky
: 12
The First Indian To Join I.C.S.
Satyengra Nath Tagore
: 13
India's First Man In Space
Rakesh Sharma
: 14
The First Prime Minister In India Who Resigned Without Completing The Full Term
Morarji Desai
: 15
The First Indian Commander-in-Chief Of India
General Cariappa
: 16
The First Chief Of The Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh Ji
: 17
The First Indian Member Of The Viceroy's Executive Council
S. P. Sinha
: 18
The First President Of India Who Died While In Office
Dr. Zakir Hussain
: 19
The First Prime Minister Of India Who Did Not Face The Parliament
Charan Singh
: 20
The First Field Marshal Of India
S. H. F. Manekshaw
: 21
The First Indian To Get Nobel Prize In Physics
C. V. Raman
: 22
The First Indian To Recieve Bharat Ratna Award
Dr. Radhakrishnan
: 23
The First Indian To Cross English Channel
Mihir Sen
: 24
The First Indian To Receive Jnanpith Award
Sri Shankar Kurup
: 25
The First Speaker Of The Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
: 26
The first Vice-President of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
: 27
The first Education Minister
Abul Kalam Azad
: 28
The first Home Minister of India
Sardar Vailabh Bhai Patel
: 29
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
S. Mukherjee
: 30
The first Indian Naval Chief
Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
: 31
The first judge of International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
: 32
The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
: 33
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
Sherpa Phu Dorjee
: 34
The first Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
: 35
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
: 36
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
Hargovind Khurana
: 37
The first Chinese traveler to visit India
Fahein
: 38
The first person to receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
: 39
The first person to resign from the central cabinet
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
: 40
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
Khan Abdul Ghaftar Khan
: 41
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Amartya Sen
: 42
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Justice Hiralal J. Kania
: 43
The First Vice President Of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
: 44
The First Education Minister Of India
Abdul Kalam Azad
: 45
The First Home Minister Of India
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
: 46
The First Indian Judge Of International Court Of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
: 47
The First Person To Recieve Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
: 48
The First Person To Reach Mt. Everest Without Oxygen
Sherpa Anga Dorjee
: 49
The First Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
: 50
The First Person To Receive Magasasay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
: 51
The First Chinese Traveller To Visit India
Fa Hein
: 52
The First Indian Person To Receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
: 53
The First Foreigner To Receive Bharat Ratna
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
: 54
First Governor Of Bengal
Lord Clive
: 55
First Governor General Of Bengal
Warren Hastings
: 56
First Indian To Pass I.C.S.
Surendra Nath Bannerjee
: 57
First Indian Cosmonaut
Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
: 58
First Temporary President Of Constituent Assembly
Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha
: 59
The First Indian To Get Jnanpeeth Award
G. Shankar Kurup
: 60
The First Indian Pilot
J. R. D. Tata
: 61
First Chairman Of Prasad Bharti
Nikhil Chakravorty
: 62
The First lady to become Miss World
Reita Faria
: 63
First Woman Judge in Supreme Court
Mrs Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
: 64
The First Indian Woman Ambassador
Ms C B Muthamma
: 65
The First Woman Governor Of a State In free India
Mrs Sarojini Naidu
: 66
The First Indian Woman Prime Minister
Mrs Indira Gandhi
: 67
The First Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest
Bachhendri Pal
: 68
The First Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest Twice
Santosh Yadav
: 69
The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress
Mrs Annie Besant
: 70
The First Woman Chief Justice of a High Court
Mrs Leela Seth
: 71
The First Woman Pilot in Indian Air Force
Harita Kaur Dayal
: 72
The First Indian Woman president of the United Nations General Assembly
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
: 73
The First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian state
Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
: 74
The First Woman Chairman of union Public service commission
Roze Millian Bethew
: 75
The First Woman Director General of Police (D.G.P.)
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
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The First Indian Women Lieutnant General
Puneeta Arora
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First Indian Woman Air Vice Marshal
P Bandhopadhyaya
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First Indian Woman Chairperson of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla
: 79
First Indian Woman I.P.S. Officer
Mrs Kiran Bedi
: 80
The First & last Muslim Women ruler of Delhi
Razia Sultan
: 81
The First Woman to Recieve Ashoka Chakra
Neerja Bhanot
: 82
The First Indian Woman to cross English Channel
Aarti Saha
: 83
The First Woman to Recieve Nobel Prize from India
Mother Teresa
: 84
The First Woman to Recieve Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
: 85
The First Woman to Recieve Jnanpith Award
Asha Purna Devi
: 86
The First Woman President of India
Pratibha Patil
: 87
Delhi's First Women Mayor
Aruna Asaf Ali
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Delhi's First Woman Chief Secretary
Shailja Chandra
: 89
Fastest Asian Women to swim across the English Channel
Anita Sood
: 90
First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter
Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF
: 91
First Indian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom
Kantha Talwar
: 92
First India woman mayor in United Kingdom
Lata Patel
: 93
First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress
Sarojini Naidu
: 94
First Indian woman producer and director
Fatima Begum
: 95
First Indian woman to become Miss Universe
Sushmita Sen
: 96
First Indian Woman to go in space
Kalpana Chawla
: 97
First woman to head any Wakf Board in India
Bader Sayeed
: 98
First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event
P.T.Usha
: 99
First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event
Karnam Malleshwari
: 100
First Indian woman boxer to win an international event
M.C.Merykom
: 101
First Indian woman to Swim across the English Channel
Arati Saha
: 102
First Indian Miss Universe of the new millennium
Lara Dutta
: 103
First woman Ambassador from India
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
: 104
First woman Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
: 105
First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha
Nargis Dutt
: 106
First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu
Justice M. Fatima Beevi
: 107
First Indian woman judicial officer
Anna Chandy
: 108
First woman Minister of an Indian state
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
: 109
First woman Speaker of an Indian state
Shano Devi
: 110
Grandma Madonna from India
Asha Bhonsle
: 111
India's first Test-Tube Baby
Kruti Parekh
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