FIRST IN INDIA

 

List of First in India (Male)

	First Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
	First batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match	Sachin Tendulkar
	First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice	Nawang Gombu
	First President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
	First Indian Pilot	J.R.D. Tata
	First Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
	First president of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee
	First Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
	First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
	First British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck
	First British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
	First Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
	First and the last Indian Governer General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari
	First man who introduce printing press in India	James Hicky
	First Indian to join the I.C.S.	Satendranath Tagore
	First Indian man in space	Rakesh Sharma
	First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term	Morarji Desai
	First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
	First Cheif of Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
	First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council	S.P. Sinha
	First President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
	First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
	First Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
	First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V. Raman
	First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
	First Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
	First person to receive Gyanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
	First Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
	First Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
	First Education Minister	Abul Kalam Azad
	First Home Minister of India	Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel
	First Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukharji
	First Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
	First judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
	First person to receive Paramveer Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
	First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
	First Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
	First person to receive Magsaysay Award	Achrya Vinoba Bhave
	First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine	Hargovind Khurana
	First Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
	First person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
	First person to resign from the central cabinate	Shyama Prasad Mukharji
	First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna	Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
	First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
	First Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hiralal J. Kania
	First President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee
	First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut	Mohd. Azharuddin

List of First in India (Female)

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha	Meira Kumar (2009)
India’s First Woman President	Pratiba Patil
India’s First Woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
India’s First Woman Governor	Sarojini Naidu
India’s First Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi
First Woman Chief Minister of State	Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman Union Minister	Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
First Woman President of INC	Annie Besant
First Woman Judge of Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman to get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN	Vijalakshmi Pandit
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica	Mahel Musa
First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel	Arati Saha
First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest	Bachendri Pal
First Indian Woman to become Miss World	Miss Reita Faria
First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice	Santhosh Yadhav
First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe	Susmita Sen
First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Indian Woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza
First Indian Woman Airline Pilot	Durga Banerjee
First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games	Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian Woman President of INC	Sarojini Naidu
First Indian Woman to Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy
First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna	MS Subbalakshmi
First Indian Woman to go to space	Kalpana Chawla