List of first in India
The list of first in India contains the achievements of first male persons in India, first female persons in India, acheivements in the fields of sports, science and technology, polity, etc. This list will be beneficial for all those students who are preparing for SSC, Railways, Banking, Defence exams, etc.
S.No |
Category |
Names |
Polity and Governance |
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1 |
First Governor of Bengal |
Lord Clive |
2 |
First Governor General of Bengal |
Warren Hastings |
3 |
First Governor General of India |
Lord William Bentinck |
4 |
Last Governor General of India |
Lord Canning |
5 |
First Indian Governor General of Independent India |
C. Rajgopalachari |
6 |
First Governor General of Independent India (after independence) |
Lord Louis Mountbatten |
7 |
First President of India |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962) |
8 |
The President of Constituent Assembly |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
9 |
First President of Indian National Congress |
W.C Banerjee |
10 |
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
Badruddin Tayab |
11 |
First Vice President of Independent India |
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1952- 1962) |
12 |
First Prime Minister of India |
Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) |
13 |
First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (1952-1956) |
14 |
First Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha |
S.V. Krishnamoorthy Rao (1952-1962) |
15 |
First Indian to pass ICS |
Surendra Nath Banerjee |
16 |
First Indian ICS officer |
Satyendra Nath Tagore |
17 |
First Chief Election Commissioner of India |
Sukumar Sen (1950-1958) |
18 |
First Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India |
V. Narahari Rao (1948-1954) |
19 |
First Chairman of Union Public Service Commission |
Sir Ross Barker |
20 |
First Attorney General for India |
Motilal C. Setalvad (1950-1963) |
21 |
First Minister of Home Affairs |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
22 |
First Minister of Finance |
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty |
23 |
First Education Minister of Independent India |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
24 |
First Minister of Defence |
Baldev Singh Chokkar (1947-1952) |
25 |
First Women Minister of External Affairs |
Sushma Swaraj |
26 |
First Minister of Agriculture |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1946-1948) |
27 |
First Minister of Human Resources Development |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
28 |
First Minister of Railways |
John Mathai (1947-1948) |
29 |
First Minister of Law and Justice |
B.R. Ambedkar |
30 |
First Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
31 |
First National security Advisor |
Brajesh Mishra |
32 |
First Cabinet Secretary of India |
N.R.Pillai (1950-1953) |
33 |
First Foreign Secretary of India |
K.P.S Menon |
34 |
First Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India |
A.P.J Abdul Kalam (1999-2001) |
35 |
First Chief Economic Advisor of India |
JJ Anjaria |
36 |
First Solicitor General of India |
C K Daphtary |
37 |
First National Human Rights Commissioner of India |
Ranganath Misra |
38 |
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
39 |
First Chief Justice of India |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
Defence |
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1 |
First Army Chief of India |
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
2 |
First Chief of Air Staff |
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
3 |
First Indian Air Chief of India |
Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee |
4 |
First Chief Army Staff |
General Maharaja Sri Rajendra Singh Ji Jadeja |
5 |
First Chief of Naval Staff of India |
Vice-Admiral R.D Katari |
6 |
First Field Marshal of India |
General S.F.J Manekshaw |
7 |
First Nuclear Submarine of India |
I.N.S. Chakra |
8 |
First large scale Atomic Reactor of India |
Apsara |
9 |
First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship |
I.N.S. Vikrant |
10 |
First Indian Submarine |
I.N.S. Kalvari |
11 |
First Nuclear Centre |
Tarapur |
12 |
First Medium-Range Missile |
Agni |
Sports |
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1 |
First Badminton player of India |
Prakash Padukone |
2 |
First Female player of Badminton |
Saina Nehwal |
3 |
First Female boxer to win 6 gold medals at World Championships |
Mary Kom |
4 |
First Archery player of India |
Satyadev Prasad |
5 |
First Indian Athlete |
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav |
6 |
First Batsman of India |
Lala Amarnath Bhardwaj |
7 |
First Car Racer of India |
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan |
8 |
First Asian Games Organised |
New Delhi |
9 |
First Squash player of India |
Ritwik Bhattacharya |
10 |
First Table Tennis player of India |
Achanta Sharath Kamal |
11 |
First Indian Swimmer to cross English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
12 |
First Indian to Win Palk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest |
Baidyanath Nath |
13 |
First Female Swimmer of India |
Arati Saha |
14 |
First Golf player of India |
Jeev Milkha Singh |
15 |
First Billiards and Snooker player of India |
Pankaj Arjan Advani |
16 |
First Indian to win Billiard Trophy |
Wilson Jones |
17 |
First Hockey player of India |
Major Dhyan Chand |
18 |
First Chess player of India |
Viswanathan Anand |
19 |
First Lawn Tennis player of India |
Sardar Nihal Singh |
20 |
First Female Weightlifter player of India |
Karnam Malleswari |
21 |
First Female wrestling player of India |
Geeta Phogat |
Awards and Prizes |
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1 |
First Indian Nobel Laureate |
Rabindranath Tagore |
2 |
First Indian to get Bharat Ratana Award |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
3 |
First Indian to get Jnanpith Award |
G. Shankar Kurup |
3 |
First Person to get Paramvir Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
4 |
First Scientist to get Nobal Prize |
C.V. Raman |
5 |
First Indian to get Stalin Award |
Saifuddin Kitchlew |
6 |
First Indian to win Magsaysay Award |
Acharya Vinoba Bhava |
7 |
First Women to get Ashok chakra |
Nirja Bhanot |
8 |
First Indian author to get Anderson Award |
Ruskin Bond |
First Women in India |
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1 |
First Woman Chief Minister of a State |
Sucheta Kripalani (UP) |
2 |
First Woman Governor of free India |
Sarojini Naidu |
3 |
First woman Judge in India |
Anna Chandy |
4 |
First woman judge in Supreme Court of India |
Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi |
5 |
First Women IPS officer |
Kiran Bedi |
6 |
First Indian Woman to become Miss World |
Sushmita Sen |
7 |
First Women to get Jnanpith |
Ashapurna Devi |
8 |
First Indian Woman go to Space |
Kalpana Chawla |
9 |
First Women President of India |
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (2007-2012) |
10 |
First woman to win the Booker Prize |
Arundhati Roy |
Miscellaneous |
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1 |
First Indian person to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen cylinder |
Shepra Phu Dorji |
2 |
First Man to climb Mount Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu Sherpa |
3 |
First person to reach Antarctica |
Lt.Ram Charan |
4 |
First Person to make Printing Press Popular in India |
James Hickey |
5 |
First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space) |
Sqn.Ldr.Rakesh Sharma |
6 |
First Space Shuttle Launched |
Columbia |
7 |
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India |
Fa-hien |
8 |
First e-business Newspaper of India |
Financial Express |
9 |
First temple constructed from a single rock |
Kailasa temple at Ellora |
10 |
First satellite |
Aryabhatta |
11 |
First Genetically modified food product in India |
Bt. Brinjal |
12 |
First genetically modified crop that is under cultivation in India |
Bt. Cotton |