List of First in India (Banking, SSC, UPSC, Railways)

Male

• 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 free India : 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 without completing the full term : Morarji Desai
• The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India : Field Marshal Cariappa
• The first Chief of Army Staff : Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
• The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council : S.P.Sinha
• The first President of India who died while in office : Dr task management. Zakhir Hussain
• The first Muslim President of Indian Republic : Dr. Zakhir Hussain
• The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament : Charan Singh
• The first Field Marshal of India : Field Marshal 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 : Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad
• The first Home minister of India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• The first Indian Air Chief Marshal : Air 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 Prize in Medicine : Har gobind 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)

Female

• 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 Congress : Mrs Annie Besant
• The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal
• The first woman Graduates : Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
• 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 Assembly : Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
• The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State : Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
• The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission : 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 : Lieutenant General Punita 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

First in Others

• 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 Congress : 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 record maximum number of votes : 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)

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