LIST OF FIRST IN INDIA

1.      First Atomic Submarine of India - I.N.S Chakra

2.      First British to visit India - Hawkins

3.      First election commissioner of India - Sukumar Sen.

4.      India's First nuclear centre - Tarapur

5.      First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

6.      First Post Office opened in India - Kolkata in 1727

7.      First deputy Prime Minister of India - Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

8.      First Space Tourist of India - Santosh George

9.      First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship - I.N.S. Vikrant

10.  First Indian who reached South Pole - Col. I K Bajaj

11.  First Indian who won Billiards Trophy - Wilson Jones

12.  First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office - Moraji Desai

13.  First Indian recipient of Oscar Award - Bhanu Athaiya

14.  First Indian Missile - Prithvi

15.  First Indian to win Nobel Prize - Rabindranath Tagore

16.  First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics - Dr. Amartya Sen

17.  Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma

18.  First Indian to go into space - Rakesh Sharma

19.  First speaker of Lok Sabha - G.V. Mavlankar from 1952-1957

20.  First president of Indian National Congress - W.C. Banerjee

21.  India's first woman president - Smt. Pratibha Patil

22.  First woman governor of India - Sarojini Naidu

23.  First Indian woman ruler - Razia Sultan on Delhi's throne

24.  First Indian woman to get noble prize - Mother Teresa in 1979

25.  First woman judge of Supreme Court of India - Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

26.  India's first woman IPS officer - Kiran Bedi

27.  India’s first Governor-General of Independent in India – Lord Lewis Mountbatten

28.  India’s first Governor of RBI – Sir Osborne Smith

29.  India’s first sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna – Sachin Tendulkar

30.  India’s first swimmer who crossed over the English Channel by swimming – Mihir Sen

31.  India’s first Woman Air Pilot – Durba Banerjee

32.  India’s first person who delivered the lecture in Hindi in UNO – Atal Bihari Bajpai (1977)

33.  Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 Times – Sherpa-Augarita

34.  Indian player who played the test cricket – K.S.Ranjeet Singh

35.  Actress to win Padma Shri Award – Nargis Dutt, 1958

36.  India’s first Newspaper – Hickey’s Bengal Gazette started in 1760

37.  First Indian who individually won the Gold Medal in Olympic Games – Abhinav Bindra

38.  First Indian who won the bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic Games – Vijendra Kumar

39.  Internet came to India in – August 15, 1955 (provided by BSNL)

40.  India’s first newsprint factory was set up at – Nepanagar (MP)

41.  Broadcasting started in India - 1927

42.  All India Radio established – 1936

43.  Railways started – April 16, 1853

44.  First Satellite Launched – 19 April, 1975

45.  First Indian Woman to reach in Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim