|
First | Persons |
|
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 |
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 |
Morarji
Desai |
|
The first
Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
|
The first
Chief of Army Staff |
Gen.
Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
|
The first
Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive |
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 |
Charan
Singh |
|
The first
Field Marshal of India |
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 |
Abdul
Kalam Azad |
|
The first
Home minister of India |
Sardar
Vallabh Bhai Patel |
|
The first
Indian Air Chief 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 |
Hargovind
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) |
|
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 |
Mrs Annie Besant |
|
The first woman pilot in Indian
Air Force |
Harita Kaur Dayal |
|
The first woman Graduates |
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi |
|
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 |
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
|
The first woman Chief Minister of
an Indian State |
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani |
|
The first woman Chairman of Union
Public Service |
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 |
Puneeta 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 |
|
The first women head of Indian
Cost Accounting |
Aruna Sethi |
|
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 |
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 |
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) |
|
First uterus transplant |
Pune Doctors |
|
First state to send postal
ballots via electronic mode |
Goa |
|
First cashless island |
Karang, Manipur |
|
First cashless Township |
GNFC township |
|
First smart tribal village |
Habbi, J & K |
|
First 24×7 helpline for forests |
Maharashtra |
|
First ship to go green |
INS Sarvekshak |
|
First floating elementary school |
Manipur |
|
First state to establishes
cashless system for PDS |
Gujarat |
|
First Smart Police |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
First privately-run railway
station |
Bhopal |
