GK Question: List of First in India
1. First British to Visit India: Thomas Roe
2. First Chairperson of Lokpal of India: Pinaki Chandra Ghose
3. First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen
4. First Chief Justice of India: H.J Kania
5. First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India: Fa-Hien/Faxian
6. First church in India: St. Thomas Church, Palayoor
7. First Commander-in-Chief of Free India: Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
8. First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force: Subroto Mukherjee
9. First cosmonaut: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
10. First dam in India: Kallanai Dam
11. First Defence Minister of India: Baldev Singh Chokkar
12. First female Jawan in the Army: Shanti Tigga
13. First female to represent India at the
Summer Olympics: Nora
Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics
14. First Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw
15. First genetically modified food product in
India: Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned]
16. First Governor-General of India: Lord William Bentinck
17. First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
18. First hydroelectric plant: Sidrapong (Darjeeling)
19. First Indian temple with many
interconnected structures: Brihadeeswarar
Temple, Tamil Nadu
20. First Indian to be appointed as the deputy
director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO): Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
21. First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics: C.V Raman
22. First Indian to reach Antarctica: Lt. Ram Charan
23. First Indian woman badminton player to win
an Asian Games medal: Saina
Nehwal
24. First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft
without co-pilot: IAF Officer
Avani Chaturvedi
25. First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian
Games: Santhi Soundarajan
26. First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian
gold medal: Navjot Kaur
27. First Individual Gold Medal won by: Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
28. First Judge in International Court of
Justice: Dr.
Nagender Singh
29. First Man in Space: Rakesh Sharma
30. First mosque in India: Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala
31. First Muslim President of the Indian
National Congress: Badruddin
Tayyabji
32. First Nuclear Reactor: Apsara (Maharashtra)
33. First Olympics Team Medal: Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics)
34. First Param Vir Chakra Winner: Major Somnath Sharma
35. First person to win the international
bronze medal in skiing: Aanchal
Thakur
36. First Post Office Opened in India: Kolkata(1727)
37. First President of India: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
38. First President of Indian National Congress: Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
39. First Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru
40. First satellite: Aryabhatta
41. First satellite earth station for domestic
communications: Secunderabad
42. First Speaker of Lok Sabha: G. V. Mavlankar
43. First successfully indigenous launch
vehicle: SLV-3
44. First temple constructed from a single
rock: Kailasa temple at Ellora
45. First to pass the examination of the Indian
Medical Service (IMS): Surjo Kumar
Chakroborty
46. First Vice-President of India: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
47. First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
48. First Wax statue of a Living Indian: Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
49. First woman in the Indian Army awarded the
coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize: Divya Ajith
Kumar
50. First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling: Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer
Olympics
51. First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal: P. V. Sindhu in Badminton
52. India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be
elected with a record maximum number of votes: P.V.Narasimha
Rao
53. India’s first man in Space: Rakesh Sharma
54. India’s First Open University: Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University
55. India’s First University: Nalanda University
56. The first and last Muslim woman ruler of
India: Razia Sultan
57. The first and the last Indian to be
Governor-General of free India: C.
Rajgopalachari
58. The first British Governor-General of
Bengal: Lord Warren
Hastings(1774-1885)
59. The first British Governor-General of
India: Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
60. The first British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
61. The first Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen
62. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Justice Hirala J. Kania
63. The first Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
64. The first Education Minister: Abdul Kalam Azad
65. The first Field Marshal of India: S.H.F. Manekshaw
66. The first Governor-General of free India: Lord Mountbatten
67. The first Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
68. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal: S. Mukherjee
69. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of
India: General Cariappa
70. The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s
executive council: S.P.Sinha
71. The first Indian Naval Chief: Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
72. The first Indian Pilot: J.R.D. Tata (1929)
73. The first Indian to cross English Channel: Mihir Sen
74. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in
Physics: C.V.Raman
75. The first Indian to join the Indian Civil
Services: Satyendra
Nath Tagore
76. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna
award: Dr. Radhakrishnan
77. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore
78. The first Judge of International Court of
Justice: Dr.
Nagendra Singh
79. The first lady to become Miss World: Rita Faria
80. The first man who introduced printing press
in India: James Hicky
81. The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain
82. The first Muslim President of Indian
National Congress: Badruddin
Tayyabji
83. The first Muslim President of Indian Republic: Dr. Zakhir Hussain
84. The first person of Indian origin to
receive Nobel Prize in Medicine: Hargovind
Khurana
85. The first person to get Param Vir Chakra: Major Somnath Sharma
86. The first person to reach Mt. Everest
without oxygen: Sherpa Anga
Dorjee
87. The first Person to receive Jnanpith award: Sri Shankar Kurup
88. The first person to receive Magsaysay
Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
89. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in
Economics: Amartya Sen
90. The first person to receive Stalin Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlu
91. The first person to resign from the Central
Cabinet: Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee
92. The first President of India who died while
in office: Dr. Zakhir
Hussain
93. The first President of Indian National
Congress: W.C.
Banerjee
94. The first President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
95. The first Prime Minister of free India: Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
96. The first Prime Minister of India who did
not face the Parliament: Charan
Singh
97. The first Prime Minister of India who
resigned without completing the full term: Morarji
Desai
98. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
99. The first Vice-President of India: Dr. Radhakrishnan
100. The first woman Air Vice Marshal: P. Bandopadhyaya
101. The first woman Airline Pilot: Durba Banerjee
102. The first woman Ambassador: Miss C.B. Muthamma
103. The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal
Winner: Kamlijit
Sandhu
104. The first woman Chairman of Union Public
Service Commission: Roze
Millian Bethew
105. The first woman chairperson of Indian
Airlines: Sushma
Chawla
106. The first woman Cheif Justice of High
Court: Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
107. The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian
State: Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
108. The first woman Director General of Police: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
109. The first woman Governor of a state in free
India: Mrs Sarojini Naidu
110. The first woman Graduates: Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
111. The first woman Honours Graduate: Kamini Roy, 1886
112. The first woman IPS officer: Mrs. Kiran Bedi
113. The first woman Judge: Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district
court in 1937)
114. The first woman judge in Supreme Court: Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
115. The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of
India: Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
116. The first woman Lawyer: Cornelia Sorabjee
117. The first woman Lieutenant General: Puneeta Arora
118. The first woman Minister in a Government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
119. The first woman Olympic medal Winner: Karnam Malleswari, 2000
120. The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force: Harita Kaur Dayal
121. The first woman President of Indian
National Congress: Mrs Annie
Besant
122. The first woman President of United Nations
General Assembly: Mrs Vijaya
Laxmi Pandit
123. The first woman Prime Minister: Mrs Indira Gandhi
124. The first woman Speaker of a State
Assembly: Shanno Devi
125. The first woman to climb Mount Everest: Bachhendri Pal
126. The first woman to climb Mount Everest
twice: Santosh Yadav
127. The first woman to cross English Channel: Aarti Saha
128. The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra: Nirja Bhanot
129. The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna: Mrs. Indira Gandhi
130. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award: Ashapurna Devi
131. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award: Ashpurna Devi
132. The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa