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 List of First in India Government and Politics

List of First in India Government and Politics

S.No. First in India Name

1. First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2. First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru

3. First Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck

4. First Vice-President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

5. First Female President of India Pratibha Patil

6. First Female Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi

7. First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen

8. First Viceroy of India Lord Canning

9. First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel

10. First Chief Justice of India H.J Kania

11. First Female Chief Justice of India Leila Seth

12. First Education Minister of India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

13. First Dalit President of India K.R. Narayana

14. First Transgender Mayor of India Madhu Bai Kinnar

15. First Muslim President of India Zakir Hussian

16. First Female Governor of India Sarojini Naidu

17. First Finance Minister of India R.K. Shanmukham Chetty

18. First woman Chief Minister of a State Sucheta kripalani

19. First NHRC of India Ranganath Misra

20. First Cabinet Secretary of India N.P.Pillai

21. First Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sadar Vallabhbhai Patel

22. First women Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj

23. First Speaker of Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

24. First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee

25. First Foreign Secretary of India K.P.S Menon

26. First General Election in India 1951-1952

27. First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji

28. First Lok Sabha Member with a record highest number of Votes P.V.Narasimha Rao

29. First and last Muslim woman ruler of India (Before Independence) Razia Sultan

30. First and last Indian Governor General of Independent India C. Rajgopalachari

31. First British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hastings(1774-1

32. First Indian Prime Minister who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh

33. First woman President of the United Nations General Assembly Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

34. First woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi

List of First in India Science and Technology

The table provided below showcases significant milestones of Science and Technology in India.

List of First in India Science and Technology

Sno. First in India Name

1. First hydroelectric plant Sidrapong (Darjee

2. First Man in Space Rakesh Sharma

3. First Nuclear Reactor Apsara (Maharash

4. First satellite Aryabhatta

5. First successfully indigenous launch vehicle SLV-3

Bt. Eggplant Hybrid

6. First genetically modified food product in India
[Banned]

Surjo Kumar
7. First to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS)
Chakroborty
 First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes Dr. Soumya
8.
(DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Swaminathan

9. First satellite earth station for domestic communications Secunderabad

10. First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V Raman

List of First in India Defence

The table below provides a list of individuals who occupied significant roles in the Indian Defense
Sector.

List of First in India Defence

Sno. First in India Defence Names

1. First Defence Minister of India Baldev Singh Chokkar

Kodandera Madappa
2. First Commander-in-Chief of Free India
Cariappa

3. First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force Subroto Mukherjee

4. First Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

5. First Param Vir Chakra Winner Major Somnath Sharma

6. First female Jawan in the Army Shanti Tigga

7. First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot IAF Officer Avani Chaturv

8. First cosmonaut Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma

First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’
9. Divya Ajith Kumar
prize

List of First in India Sports

The table below presents a list of significant accomplishments in the world of sports, with a primary
focus on achievements at the Olympic Games.

List of First in India Sports

Sno. First in India Name

Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer

1. First Olympics Team Medal
Olympics)
2. First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal Navjot Kaur

First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian

3. Saina Nehwal
Games medal

4. First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games Santhi Soundarajan

First person to win the international bronze medal in

5. Aanchal Thakur
skiing

6. First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal P. V. Sindhu in Badminton

7. First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics

Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics i

8. First Individual Gold Medal won by
Beijing

Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Sum

9. First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling
Olympics

10. First Win in Cricket World Cup for India 1983

33. First Woman to be awarded the Padma Shri Arati Saha

32. First Chess Grandmaster of India Viswanathan Anand

List of First in India Architecture

The table below presents a list of significant accomplishments in the architecture,

List of First in India Architecture

Sno. First in India Name

1. First temple constructed from a single rock Kailasa temple at Ellora

2. First church in India St. Thomas Church, Palayoor

3. First mosque in India Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala

4. First dam in India Kallanai Dam

5. First Indian temple with many interconnected structures Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu
 List of First in India Frequently Asked

Sno. First in India Name

1. First British to Visit India Thomas Roe

2. First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-Hien/Faxian

3. First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan

4. First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh

5. First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji

6. First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)

Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussau

7. First Wax statue of a Living Indian
in 1939

India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record

8. P.V.Narasimha Rao
maximum number of votes

9. India’s First Open University Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University

10. India’s First University Nalanda University

11. India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma

12. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

13. The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan

The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of free

14. C. Rajgopalachari
India

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

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

17. The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning

18. The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

19. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania

20. The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

21. The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad

22. The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw

23. The first Governor-General of free India Lord Mountbatten

24. The first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

25. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee

26. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa

27. The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.Sinha

28. The first Indian Naval Chief Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari

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

30. The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen

31. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman

32. The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services Satyendra Nath Tagore

33. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan

34. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

35. The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

36. The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria

37. The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky

38. The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain

39. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji

40. The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in

41. Hargovind Khurana
Medicine

42. The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

43. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee

44. The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup

45. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave

46. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen

47. The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu

48. The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
49. The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain

50. The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee

51. The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad

52. The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the
53. Charan Singh
Parliament

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without

54. Morarji Desai
completing the full term

55. The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan

56. The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya

57. The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee

58. The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma

59. The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu

The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service

60. Roze Millian Bethew
Commission

61. The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla

Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh H

62. The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court
Court)

63. The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

64. The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

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

Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramuk

66. The first woman Graduates
Basu, 1883

67. The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886

68. The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi

Anna Chandy (She became judge in a

69. The first woman Judge
district court in 1937)

70. The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

71. The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
72. The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee

73. The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora

74. The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

75. The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000

76. The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal

77. The first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie Besant

The first woman President of United Nations General

78. Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
Assembly

79. The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi

80. The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi

81. The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal

82. The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav

83. The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha

84. The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot

85. The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs. Indira Gandhi

86. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

87. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

88. The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize Mother Teresa