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First in Indian Governance

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First in Awards

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First in Defence

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First in Sports

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First in Science & Technology

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First in Architecture

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List of First in India in Other Fields

Position Name First British to Visit India Thomas Roe First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-Hien/Faxian First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727) First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes P.V.Narasimha Rao India’s First Open University Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University India’s First University Nalanda University India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of free India C. Rajgopalachari The first British Governor-General of Bengal Lord Warren Hastings(1774-1885) The first British Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw The first Governor-General of free India Lord Mountbatten The first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P. Sinha The first Indian Naval Chief Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929) The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services Satyendra Nath Tagore The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind Khurana The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886 The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937) The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000 The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal The first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie Besant The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs. Indira Gandhi The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize Mother Teresa...

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