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Complete List of First Person in India (Male)
| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
| First Governor-General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor-General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W. C. Banerjee |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayab Ji |
| First Governor-General of Independent India | Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| First Indian Governor-General of Independent India | C. Rajagopalachari |
| First Indian to pass ICS Exam | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space) | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
| First Commander-in-Chief of Free India | General K. M. Cariappa |
| First Indian Noble Laureate | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Nath |
| First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award | C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman |
| First Field Marshal General | S. F. J. Manekshaw |
| First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award | G. Shankar Kurup |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Speaker of Lok sabha | G. V. Mavlankar |
| First President of Independent India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Vice-President of Independent India | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| First Prime Minister of Independent India | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Chief of the Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
| First Indian Air Chief | S. Mukherjee |
| First Chief of Army Staff General | M. Rajendra Singh |
| First Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
| First-person to get Paramvir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel prize | C. V. Raman |
| First Chinese pilgrim to visit India | Fa – Hien |
| First Indian to win Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| First Minister to resign from Indian Union Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| First British to visit India | John Mildenhall |
| First Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| First Chief Justice of India | Hiralal J Kania |
| First Indian Pilot | J.R.D. Tata (1929) |
| First Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
| First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| First person to receive Stalin Prize |
Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| First person to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| First person to get Param Vir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Ang Dorjee |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Education Minister | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Vice-President of India | Dr Radhakrishnan |
| The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
| First Person to receive Jnanpith award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| First President of the Indian Republic | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| First Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
| The first man who introduced the printing press in India | James Hicky (Bengal Gazette) |
| The First Indian to join the I.C.S | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| First man in Space from India | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian Commander-in Chief of India | General Cariappa |
| First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term | Morarji Desai |
| First Chief of Army Staff Gen. | Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| First President of India who died while in office | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First Field Marshal of India | S.H.F.Manekshaw |
| First person to get Nobel Prize in Physics from India | C.V.Raman |
Complete List of First Person in India (Female)
| First Woman President of India | Pratibha Devi Singh Patil |
| First Woman Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman Governor of Indian State | Sarojani Naidu |
| First Woman ruler of Delhi Throne | Razia Sultan |
| First Woman IPS Office | Kiran Bedi |
| First Woman Chief Minister of Indian State | Sucheta Kripalani (UP) |
| First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First Woman President of Indian National Congress | Annie Besant |
| First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman to get Ashoka Chakra | Nirja Mishra |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel | Arati Saha Gupta |
| First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize | Mother Teresa |
| First Indian Woman to climb the Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian Woman president of INC | Sarojani Naidu |
| First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Indian Woman to go into Space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| First Woman Chief Justice of High Court | Leela Seth |
| First Woman Pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Dayal |
| First Indian woman to win the Olympic Medal | Karnam Malleswari |
| First Woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| First Indian woman appeared on Time Magazine cover | Parveen Babi |
| First Indian woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Neerja Bhanot |
| First Indian and last Muslim woman ruler of India | Razia Sultan |
| First Indian woman IPS officer | Mrs. Kiran Bedi |
| First Indian woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| First Indian woman Chief Justice of High Court | Mrs. Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) |
| First woman Judge of India | Anna Chandy (She became the judge in a district court in 1937) |
| First Indian woman Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| First Indian woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| First Indian woman Lawyer | Cornelia Sorabjee |
| First Indian woman to win Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamlijit Sandhu |
| First Indian woman Olympic Medal Winner | Karnam Malleswari, 2000 |
| First Indian woman Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy, 1886 |
| First Indian woman who got Graduates degree | Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
| First Indian woman President of United Nations General Assembly | Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit |
| First Indian woman Minister in a Government | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First Indian woman Speaker of a State Assembly | Shanno Devi |
| First woman Ambassador from India | Mrs. C.B. Muthamma |
| First Indian woman judge in Supreme Court | Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
India’s first test-tube baby “Durga”(Kanupriya Agarwal). She was brought into life in the year 1978 by the hands of Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Complete list of First Person in India (Male & Female) – General Knowledge
- First-ever Indian Institute of Skills of the country at Kanpur in – Uttar Pradesh
- Maharashtra is the first state in the country to have a cyber police station in each district simultaneously.
- Maharashtra became the first Indian state to adopt Fly Ash Utilisation Policy
- First Children’s Court inaugurated in Hyderabad
- Haryana – first state to implement the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission
- Gujarat becomes the first state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs under Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme.
- First Happiness Junction of India – Sonepur (Bihar)
- Punjab government has launched country’s first amphibious bus project at the Harike wetland near – Amritsar.
- In Himachal Pradesh, the first Cyber Crime Police Station has been opened at – Shimla.
- Hailakandi has become the first district in Assam to pay wages to tea garden workers through individual bank accounts.
- Chhattisgarh has become the first state to adopt a resolution welcoming the demonetization of high-value currency notes
- Palampur Assembly Constituency of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh became the first e-assembly constituency of the country
- Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene
- First underwater restaurant – Ahmadabad
- First railway university – Vadodara
- First rail auto transportation and logistics hub – Chennai
- First defense park – Ottapalam, Kerala
- First LCD panel plant – Maharashtra
- First civil aviation park – Gujarat
- First-ever gender park – Kerala
- First space park – Bengaluru
- First digital state – Kerala
- First cash giving app – CASHe
- First online interactive heritage portal – Sahapedia
- First textile university – Surat
- First tiger cell of India – Dehradun
- World’s tallest girder rail bridge – Manipur
- India’s first underground museum – New Delhi
- India’s first design yatra – Kerala
- Nagpur – first digital district of India
- Asia’s biggest Jungle Safari – Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh
- Asia’s first longest cycle highway – Uttar Pradesh
- Akodara village (Gujarat) – the first digital village in India
- India’s first liquefied natural gas-driven bus – Kerala
- First island district – Majuli, Assam
- First children’s court – Hyderabad
- First water metro project – Kochi
- The first state to approve sewage and water policy – Rajasthan
- The first state to adopt the Street Lighting National program – Rajasthan
- The first state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene – Jharkhand
Complete list of First Person in India (Male & Female) – Question and Answers
- Who is the first woman most recently participated in WWE?
Ans: Kavita Devi - Who is the first female officer in the Indian army?
Ans: Priya Jhingan - Who is the first Defence Minister of India?
Answer: Baldev Singh - Who is the first Indian ever to go to space?
Ans: Rakesh Sharma in 1984 - Who is the first Nobel Prize winner ever in India?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore 1913 - Who is the first Oscar Awards winner ever in India?
Ans: Satyajit Ray - Who is the first Indian to win the Miss Earth title?
Ans: Nicole Faria in 2010 - Who is the most recent Indian to win first Miss Universal Peace and Humanity Title?
Ans: Ruhi Singh in 2014 - What is the first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile in India most recently launched?
Ans: Agni V launched successfully in 2017(Range – 5500 to 8000 km) - Who is the first Prime Minister of India?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru - What is the first silent film in India?
Ans: Raja Harishchandra made by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913 - Who is the first lady judge of the Supreme Court in India?
Ans: Mirasahib Fathima Beevi - Who is the first female railway driver ever in India?
Ans: Surekha Yadav - Who is the first female Indian to go to space?
Ans: Kalpana Chawla - Who is the first Indian female ever to win an Olympic medal?
Ans: Karnam Malleswari from Andhra Pradesh
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