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List of First in India

Field of Achievement     -   Name of Personality

The first President of Indian Republic   - Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India - Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize      -   Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of INC (Indian National Congress) -  W.C. Banerjee

The first British Governor General of India    -Lord William Bentinck (1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal  -  Lord Warren Hastings (1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India -  Lord Canning

The first Governor General of Independent India  -   Lord Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India   --  C. Rajagopalachari

The first man who introduced Printing Press in India  -   James Hickey

The first Indian to join the I.C.S (Indian Civil Services)    -   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  -  General Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff -  Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh

The first President of India who died while in office  - Dr. Zakhir Hussain

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 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 India receive Nobel Prize in Medicine  -   Hargovind Khurana

The first person to receive Stalin Prize     -  Saifuddin Kichlu

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics  -   Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice  -  Hiralal J. Kania

The first Indian Pilot                      -      J.R.D. Tata (1929)

Fist woman in India is also very important GK for Competitive exams.

List of First Woman in India (Female):

Field of Achievement                                                 Name of Personality

The first lady to become Miss World                                           Rita Faria

The first woman judge in Supreme Court                                   Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

The first woman Governor of a state in free India                       Sarojini Naidu

The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly                            Shanno Devi

The first woman Prime Minister                                                 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                Annie Besant

The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force                                    Harita Kaur Dayal

The first woman Airline Pilot                                                     Durba Banerjee

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                              Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State                      Sucheta Kripalani

The first woman Director General of Police                                Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge                                                            Anna Chandy (1937)

The first woman Chief Justice of High Court                              Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)

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                                                    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 receive Nobel (Peace)                               Prize   Mother Teresa

The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna                                Mrs. Indira Gandhi

First Wax statue of a Living Indian                                         Mahatma Gandhi (1939)

India’s First University                                                          Nalanda University

India’s First Open University                                                  Andhra Pradesh Open University

First Indian to reach Antarctica                                              Lt. Ram Charan

First Post Office Opened in India                                            Kolkata (1727)

First in India (Sports):

Field of Achievement                                                     Name of Personality

First Olympic team medal                                                               Gold for Hockey at the 1928

First Olympic individual medal                                                      Bronze by K.D. Jadhav for                                                                                                                         wrestling in 1952

First Formula I race driver                                                              Narain Karthikeyan

First Asian Games organized                                                        Delhi (1951)

First Chess Grandmaster                                                               Viswanathan Anand in 1988

First Tennis Grand Slam title                                                         Mahesh Bhupati (with Japanese                                                                                                                Rika Hiraki) in the Mixed Doubles

                                                                                                        category of the 1997 French Open

First Tennis Grand Slam win by a woman                                   Nirupama Vaidyanathan

Grand Slam event                                                                            Sania Mirza in the 1Singles Category of the 2005 US Open

First Tennis Grand Slam Junior title                                             Leander Paes in the Singles    category of the 1990

First Tennis Grand Slam Junior title by a woman                      Sania Mirza

First Cricket Test Match                                                                  Against England at Lord’s June, 25, 1932

First Cricket Captain                                                                       CK Nayudu

First Cricketer to score a century                                                  Lala Amarnath in 1933 against England

First Cricketer to score a triple century                                        Vijay Hazare

First Test Cricket hat-trick                                                              Harbhajan Singh against Australia in March 2001

First Cricketer World Cup Championship Win                            1983 Cricket World Cup

First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test Cricket            Sunil Gavaskar (he was the first in the world to achieve this feat.)

First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket             Sachin Tendulkar (he was the first in the world to achieve this feat.)

First Cricketer to score 100 Test and ODI centuries                 Sachin Tendulkar

Test your knowledge from first in India

1. The first university of India ………
2. India’s First nuclear Centre ………
3. The first Post Office opened in India………
4. The first deputy Prime Minister of India………
5. The first Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship ………….
6. First Indian who reached South Pole ……….
7. The First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ………
8. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ……..
9. The first Indian President to Die in office ………
10. The First Indian Missile ……….
11. The first Indian Pilot ………..
12. The first Chief of Naval staff of India ……
13. The first Indian to win Magsaysay Award………
14. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize……..
15. The First Indian Submarine…….
16. The first person to get Paramvir Chakra………
17. The first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award…..
18. The first president of Indian National Congress …..
19. India’s first woman president ……….
20. The first Indian woman ruler ……..
21. The first woman musician of India to get Bharat Ratna …….
22. The first woman judge of Supreme Court of India …….
23. The first woman governor of India ……..
24. The first woman of India to won Miss World Title ………
25. The first Indian Reserve Bank Governor……

Answers

1. Nalanda
2. Tarapur
3. Kolkata in 1727
4. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
5. N.S. Vikrant
6. I K Bajaj
7. Moraji Desai
8. Bhanu Athaiya
9. Zakir Hussain
10. Prithvi
11. R.D. Tata in 1929
12. Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
13. Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958
14. Rabindranath Tagore
15. N.S. Cauveri
16. Major Somnath Sharma
17. S Radhakrishnan
18. C. Banerjee
19. Pratibha Patil
20. Razia Sultan on Delhi’s throne
21. S. Subbulakshmi
22. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
23. Sarojini Naidu
24. Reita Faria
25. C D Deshmukh