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List of First in India
The first President of Republic of India : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first prime minister of independent India: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India: Hiralal J. Kania
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India : General Cariappa
The first Vice-President of Republic of India : Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Muslim President of Republic of India : Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first President of India who died while in office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Education Minister independent India: Abul Kalam Azad
The first Home Minister of independent India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
First chairman of Rajya sabha: Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Chief Election Commissioner of India : Sukumar Sen
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term: Morarji Desai
First Industries and Supplies Minister of Independent India: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First Finance Minister of Independent India: R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
First person to resign from the Central Cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first President of Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
First President of the Indian National Congress of independent India: Acharya Kripalani
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tayyabji
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 British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of India : Lord Canning
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The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament : Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India : S. H. F. Manekshaw
The first Chief of the Army Staff Gen. : General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal : S. Mukherjee
First chief defence staff of India: General Bipin Rawat
First Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao
First Prime Minister born after India's independence: Shri. Narendra Modi
First Chairperson of Lokpal of India: Pinaki Chandra Ghose
First Sikh Prime Minister of India: Manmohan Singh
First Sikh President of India: Giani Zail Singh
First Non Congress Prime Minister to serve a full term: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The first defence minister of independent India : Baldev Singh Chokkar
The first Indian to join the I.C.S. : Satyendra Nath Tagore
The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council: Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
First Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI,
Kerala
The first man who introduced printing press in India : James Hicky
India’s first man in space : Rakesh Sharma
The first Indian to cross English channel :Mihir Sen
First post office opened in India: Kolkata
First disabled friendly bank ATM: Union Bank of India
First expressway of India: Mumbai - Pune Expressway
First state to achieve 100 percent primary education: Kerala
India's first fully organic state: Sikkim
First state to unveil retail policy: Andhra Pradesh
India’s first complete digital state: Kerala
First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health
Organization (WHO): Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
India’s first satellite: Aryabhata
India’s first nuclear reactor: Apsara
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First dam in India: Kallanai Dam
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen : Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first newspaper in India: The Bengal Gazette
First City to get India's first underwater Metro which is below the flowing Hooghly River: Kolkata Metro at
Kolkata
The first Indian Pilot: J.R.D. Tata
First test tube baby of India: Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Indian to climb mount Everest: Avtar Singh Cheema
First 100% visually challenged Indian Foreign Service Officer: Beno Zephine
India's first Wi-Fi city: Kolkata
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India: Fa-Hien
The first judge of International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagendra Singh
Female
The first woman Governor of a State in independent India : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Prime Minister of India : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman chief justice of a High Court : Mrs. Leela Seth
The first woman judge in Supreme Court of India : Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador of India : Miss C. B. Muthamma
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman President of the United Nations General : Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Assembly
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress : Mrs. Annie Besant
First Indian woman president of Indian national congress: Sarojini Naidu
First women President of India: Pratibha Patil
The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly : Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman I.P.S. Officer : Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP):Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi
The first Indian woman to receive Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa
First Indian woman to cross English channel: Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashpurna Devi
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The first woman Lieutenant General: General Puneeta Arora
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav
The first woman union minister of India: Smt Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.( First Health Minister of India)
First Indian Woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria Powell
First Indian woman to become miss universe: Sushmita Sen
First Indian Woman to go to space: Kalpana Chawla
First women's court in India: Malda, West Bengal
First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
First Indian woman who won Ramon Magsaysay award: Mother Teresa
First woman to drive a railway train in India: Surekha Yadav
First woman appointed as the United Nations Civilian Police adviser: Kiran Bedi
First woman Indian Navy pilot: Sub-lieutenant Shivangi
First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft solo: Avani Chaturvedi
First female Jawan in the Indian Army: Shanti Tigga
India’s first woman external affairs minister: Sushma Swaraj
India’s first woman Defence minister: Indira Gandhi
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly: Shanno Devi
Awards and Honours
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize : Rabindranath Tagore(also the first Asian to win the prize)
The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics : C. V. Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award : Dr. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, C. V. Raman
The first person to receive Jnanpith award : Sri Shankar Kurup
The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
The first Indian to receive Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine :Hargovind Khurana
The first Indian to receive Stalin Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen
First Indian to win an Oscar Award: Bhanu Athaiya
The first Indian to won Man Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy
First Indian Woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria Powell
First Indian woman to become miss universe: Sushmita Sen
The First recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is: Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand
Sport
The first Indian to swim across the English channel :Mihir Sen
The first Indian Woman to swim across the English channel :Arati Saha
First batsman to score 50 centuries in Test cricket: Sachin Tendulkar
First cricketer to score 100 centuries in Test and ODI combined: Sachin Tendulkar
First Indian to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket: Ravi Shastri
First Indian woman to score a double hundred in Test cricket: Mithali Raj
First Indian bowler to take hat-trick in ODI: Chetan Sharma
First Indian bowler to take hat-trick in test Cricket: Harbhajan Singh
First Indian to score a T20 century: Suresh Raina
First Captain for Indian ODI cricket team: Ajit Wadekar
First Captain for Indian Test cricket team : CK Nayudu
First chess grandmaster of India: Mr. Viswanathan Anand
First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold medal: Vinesh Phogat
First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian Games medal: Saina Nehwal
The first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games: Abhinav Bindra
India won first gold medal in hockey in 1928 at Amsterdam
First Indian woman to win Olympic medal: Karnam Malleswari
First Indian woman to win Olympic silver medal: P.V. Sindhu
First Indian Woman to Win a Olympic Medal in Wrestling: Sakshi Malik
First bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings: Anil Kumble
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