FIRST IN INDIA

● British Governor-General : Warren Hastings

● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
● Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
● Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
● Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
● Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
● Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
● Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
● Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
● Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
● Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
● Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
● Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
● Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
● Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
● Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
● Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
● Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan
● Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing
● Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
● Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
● Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
● Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
● Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
● President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
● Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
● Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
● Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
● Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)
● Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
● Viceroy : Lord Canning
● Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
● Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
● Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
● Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
● Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
● Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
● Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
● Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
● Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
● Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
● Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
● Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
● Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
● Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria
● Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
● Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
● Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)
● Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
● To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
● Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)
● Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
● Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
● Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
● Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
● Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
● Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
● Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
● Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
● Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
● DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
● Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
● Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
● Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
● Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
● Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
● Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
● Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
● Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
● Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
● Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
● Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
● Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
● Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
● Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
● Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
● Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
● European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
● Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
● Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
● Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
● First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
● Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
● Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
● Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
● Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)
● Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament,
Grand slam
tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza
● Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
● Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
● Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)
● Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
● To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
● First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
● First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
● First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)
● First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
● First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
● First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
● World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)
● Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
● Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
● Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)
● Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

● First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948)
● First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
● First Census in India: 1901
● First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
● First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
● First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
● First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71
● First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in
Calcutta.
● First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985.
● First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
● First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
● First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
● First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
● First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh
● First international co-production: Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy.
● First Marine National Park: Jamnagar
● First Moonlit Animal House in Asia: Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
● First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
● First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
● First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese.
● First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
● First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
● First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948.
● First silent feature film in India: Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It was
half
British in its make.
● First solar crematorium: It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat.
● First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
● First song-less film: JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
● First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
● First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
● First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
● First Telegraph Line: It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280 km
long. It was
extended up to Lahore in 1857.
● First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta.
● First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra
● First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885. It is still in existence and is the
oldest
veterinary college in Asia.
● First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
● Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh
● Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass
● India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982
● India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
● India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in
1933.
● India's first fully indigenous silent feature film: Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada Saheb
Phalke on
May 3, 1913.
● India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15,
1997 at
Mumbai).
● India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992)
● India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937.
● India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta
(1933)
● India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890)
● India's first radio programme: This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the
Madras
Presidency Club Radio in 1924.
● India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa
● Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277 copies in
1997).
● Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies)
● Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi (5,40,919
copies in
1997).
● Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh
● Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
● Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era
● Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong
● Only Place in the world where a Brahmat Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan
● Shortest era in the world: Christian Era
● State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population: Punjab (28.31% - 1991
Census)
● State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991
Census)
● State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million - 1991
Census)
● State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704)
● State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census)
● State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7)
● State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census)
● State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000)
● State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census)
● World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.)
● World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997)
● World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori
School in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as the world's largest school with 23,000 students on its rolls.
● Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)

List of First in India (Woman)

First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil
● Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
● Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
● Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
● First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and
Simran Sodhi
of IAF (December, 1995).
● First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
● First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
● First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
● First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-
Parastan
in 1926.
● First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)
● First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
● First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
● First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla
● First woman to head any Wakf board in India : Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf Board)
● First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha
● First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal,
Sydney
Olympics)
● First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom
● First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha
● First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta
● First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
● First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)
● First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-
1967)
● First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
● First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)
● First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)
● First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi
● First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)
● First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state
in 1937.
● First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)
● First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore:
55-year
old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in 1968.
● First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)
● First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)
● First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
● First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi
● First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati
● First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)
● Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle
● India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee (1966, Indian Airlines)
● India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh
● India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao
● India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry
● India's officially recognized billionth citizen: Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New
Delhi).
● World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee
● Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan

List of First in India (Man)

First American President to visit India
Dwight David Eisenhower
● First Asian to be elected president of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord Navnit
Dholakia
● First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected Chancellor of
the
Wolverhampton University on May 9, 2000)
● First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan
● First Chairman of the University Grants Commission: S.S.Bhatnagar
● First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen (21.3.1950 to 19.12.1958)
● First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J.Kania (26.1.1950-6.11.1951)
● First Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency: B.G.Kher
● First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmherst (1947-1950)
● First Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji (1.4.1955 to 14.5.1955)
● First Commander-in-Chief: Gen.Sir Roy Bucher (1.1.1948 - 14.1.1949)
● First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker: G M C Balayogi
● First Defence Minister of Independent India: Sardar Baldev Singh
● First Deputy Prime Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
● First Director General of ICAR: B.P.Pal
● First Eunuch to be elected as a Mayor of an Indian city: Kamla Jaan, who elected Mayor of
Katni city in
Madhya Pradesh in January 2000.
● First Eunuch to get elected to a state legislature: Shabnam Mausi, won the Sohagpur Assembly
constituency in Madhya Pradesh in the February 2000 elections.
● First European to invade India: Alexander
● First Field Marshal: Gen. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
● First fighter pilot to win the Param Vir Chakra: Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon
(posthumous) for
IAF in 1971 Indo-Pak conflict.
● First Foreign Secretary of Free India: K.P.S.Menon
● First Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten
● First Indian bowler to get a hattrick in Test cricket: Harbhajan Singh
● First Indian Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (April 1, 1954).
● First Indian Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R.D.Katari (1958-1962).
● First Indian Governor-General of India: C.Rajagopalachari
● First Indian to be awarded with the 'Victoria Cross': Khuda Dad Khan (for Gallantry in Belgium
during the
first World War)
● First Indian to be elected a member of British Parliament: Dadabhoi Naoroji
● First Indian to be elected to the US House of Representatives: Dilip Singh Saund
● First Indian to go in space: Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma. He went in the Soyuz 7-II
Spacecraft on
April 3, 1984 and returned on April 11, 1984.
● First Indian to hoist the National Flag over the North Pole: Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar.
● First Indian to record a song on a gramophone disc: Sashi Mukhi of Classic Theatres, Calcutta
(1902)
● First Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen
● First Indian to win an Olympic Bronze: Khashaba Jadhav (wresting; 1952, Helsinki Olympics)
● First Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Tournament: Pullela Gopi Chand (March
11,2001)
● First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship: Wison Jones
● First Jnanpith Award Winner: G.Sankara Kurup (1965), for his work ‘Ottakkuzhal’ in Malyalam.
● First Minister without Portfolio: N.Gopalswami Ayengar in Jawaharlal Nehru's Cabinet. He,
however,
went on to become the Minister of Defence.
● First Photographer in India: Raja Deendayal
● First President of India: Dr Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
● First President of the Indian Union of Civil Liberties: Rabindranath Tagore (1930s).
● First Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
● First Prime Minister to win a popular entertainment award: Atal Behari Vajpayee (when he won
the
Screen-Videocon "Best Lyricist" prize in the non-film music category for his collection of poems
titled "Nayi
Disha" in February 2000).
● First Secretary-General of South-South Commission: Dr Manmohan Singh
● First Surveyor General of India: Sir George Everest
● First Vice-President of India: Dr S.Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)
● First Winner of Param Vir Chakra: Maj.Somnath Sharma (posthumously) in November, 1947
● India's first Test-tube baby: Harsha (born on August 6, 1986).
● Indian Johann Sebastian Bach: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
● India's longest serving Chief Minister : Jyoti Basu
● Only Army Chief to be awarded with Maha Vir Chakra twice: Late Gen. A.S.Vaidya

First Woman in India

● Prime-Minister —Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor —Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S. —Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress —Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission —Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize —Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe —Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister —Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian —Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court —Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court —Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting —Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ —Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar —Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’ —Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world —Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer —P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot —Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot —Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S. —Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.— M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games —Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games —Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games —Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games —Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh
(woman
Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket —Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar —N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football —Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra —Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal —Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata
University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree —Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee —Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon —Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank —K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD —Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police) —Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines —Shushma Chawla
● Barrister —Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador —Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming —Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting —Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)— Shrin Khushro
Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world —Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee —Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize —Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary —Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country —Nirmla Buch
● First Space traveller —Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I. —Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize —Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O. —Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing —Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space —Sunita William

First in India
● Census —1872
● Regular Decadal Census —Since 1881
● Warship Aircraft Carrier —I. N. S. Vikrant
● National Nuclear Power Submarines —I. N. S. Chakra
● Football Club— Mohan Bagan–1889
● Hydro-electric Project —Shiv Samudram (1902)
● Newspaper —Bengal Gazette (James Hikki)
● Vernacular Daily —Samachar Darpan
● Hindi Newspaper —Udant-Martand
● Telegraph Line—Diamond Harbour to Kolkata (1853)
● International Telephone Service —Mumbai to London (1851)
● Television Centre —New Delhi (1959)
● Colour Programme from T.V.— 15th August, 1982
● Silent Film —Raja Harish Chandra
● Talky Film —Alam-ara
● Satellite —Aryabhatta-19th April, 1975
● Atomic underground test —Pokhran (18th May, 1974)
● Test tube baby—1986 born baby Harsha
● Country made missile —Prithvi (1988)
● Antarctica mission —1982 under the leadership Dr. S. Z. Quasim

First Person in India

Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● First Governor-General of Independent India —Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● Indian Governor-General of Independent India —Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces —General K. M. Carriappa
● Field Marshall —General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
● President —Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Vice-President —Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
● Prime-Minister —Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
● Non-Congress Prime-Minister —Atal Behari Bajpai
● British Governor-General of Bengal —Warren-Hastings
● Space traveller —S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
● I. C. S. —Satendra Nath Tagore
● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
● Raman-Magsaysay awardee —Acharya Vinoba Bhave
● Novel prize winner —Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of National Congress —Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
● Chief Election Commissioner —Sukumar Sen
● Indian Chairman in International Court —Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
● Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
● Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission —Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
● Chief Justice of Supreme Court —Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
● Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’ —Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir
C. B.
Raman
● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee —Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar —G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart —Dr. P. Venugopal
● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar —Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
● Indian who won the World Billiard award —Wilson Jans
● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
● First President of Indian Science Congress —Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’ —Ramvilas Sharma
● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S.
Dare
(Doubles) (1921)
● Indian player who played the test cricket —K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar —C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize —Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament —Lal Mohan Ghose
● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council —Sir. S. P. Sinha
● Chairman of Finance Commission —K. C. Niogi
● Indian member of American Congress —Deleep Singh
● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket —Harbhajan Singh
● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket —Virendra Sehwag
● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games —Abhinav Bindra
● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games —Vijendra Kumar