First in India

First in India
1. British Governor General of Bengal -
Warren Hastings
2. Governor General of Independent India –
Lord Mountbatten
3. Commander-in-chief of Free India General –
Roy Bucher
4. Cosmonaut –
Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India –
Babar
6. Field Marshal –
S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union –
C. Rajagopalachari
8. Indian I.C.S. Officer –
Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council –
Sri S.P. Sinha
10. Indian to swim across English Channel –
Mihir Sen
11. Indian woman to swim across-EnglishChannel –
Miss Arati Saha
12. Man to climb Mount Everest –
Tenzing Norgay
13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen –
Phu Dorjee
14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice –
Nwang Gombu
15. Nobel Prize winner –
Rabindra Nath Tagore
16. President of Indian National Congress –
W. C. Banerjee
17. President of Indian Republic -
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Talkie Film –
Alam Ara (1931)
19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) –
Indira
20. Viceroy of India –
Lord Canning
21. Woman Minister of Indian Union –
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22. Woman Chief Minister of State –
Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23. Woman Governor –
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24. Woman President of Indian National Congress –
Dr. Annie Besant
25. Woman Prime Minister –
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly –
Mrs. Shanno Devi
27. Prime Minister of India –
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28. Muslim President of Indian Union –
Dr. Zakir Hussain
29. Speaker of Lok Sabha –
G. V. Mavlankar
30. Woman to climb mount Everest –
Bachhendri Pal
31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court –
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court –
Smt. Leela Seth
33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) –
Kalpana Chawla
34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics -
Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35. The First Indian World Chess Champion –
Vishwanathan Anand
36. India’s first paperless Newspaper –
The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37. India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer –
Sonali Banerjee
38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha –
G. M. C. Balyogi
39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness –
Krishna Kant
40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century –
Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)
41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal –
P. Bandopadhyaya
42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor –
Ms. Kiran Bedi
43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident –
Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India-
K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament –
Sania Mirza (2003)
46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship –
Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD –
Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48. The highest individual test scorer of India –
Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth africa)
49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times-
Rahul Dravid
50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. –
Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of India –
Dr. Manmohan Singh
52. The first woman Director General of Police of a State –
Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53. The first woman to be appointed as
MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime
the crime branch chief –
branch chief of Mumbai police)
54. The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army –
Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming –
Bula Chaudhury
56. The first woman to become Indian Air Force’s first woman Air Marshal –
Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57. The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years –
Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58. India’s first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title –
Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59. The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon –
Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60. The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. -
Budhia (May 2006)
61. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro –
(Chennai Metro Police) Letika Saran
62. The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole –
Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship –
Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64. The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title –
Preeti Desai (2006)
65. The first woman President of the Republic of India –
Pratibha Patil