First in India

First in India (Male)

• First to win the Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore is the first Indian, first Asian and even first Non European to win the Nobel Prize. He achieved this position in literature in 1913.
• First man to introduce Printing press in India: James Augustus Hicky an Irishman in 1780.
• First Indian to join the ICS: Satyendra Nath Tagore, elder brother of Rabindra Nath Tagore is the first person to join ICS in 1863.
• India’s first person in space: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma was the first person of India to enter space in 1984.
• First Indian member of Viceroy’s Executive Council: SP Sinha was the first Indian member of Viceroy’s Executive Council. According to Indian Council Act 1909 Governor was empowered to nominate one Indian member to his Executive Council. This leads to nomination of SP Sinha as the first Indian member in the Viceroy’s Executive Council.
• The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award: Bharat Ratan is the Highest Civilian Award. Its provision was made in 1954. Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan received Bharat Ratan Award in 1954. In 1954 , C Rajagopalachari and C.V. Raman were also awarded.
• The first Indian to cross English Channel: Mihir Sen occupies this position after crossing English Channel. English channel is an arm of Atlantic Ocean and it Seperates Southern England from Northern france. It is about 560 km long. It occupies the position of being the busiest shipping area in the world.
• The first to receive Jnanpith Award: Sri Shankar Kurup. Jnanpith Award is a Indian Literary Award given by Bharatiya Jnanpith annually. It is instituted in 1961 and awarded to only Indian writers who writes in Indian languages mentioned in Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and in English. Bharatiya Jnanpith is a research organization in literary.
• The first Education Minister: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad occupies this position after becoming the first education minister of India.
• The first person to become the Home Minister of Independent India: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
• The first Indian Judge of International Court of Justice: Dr Nagendra Singh. International Court of Justice is one of the organ among the six principal organ of the UN. Hence it’s origin found in the second world war. It settled the international issue between different states by giving advisory opinion. It gives opinion about the issues which is referred to it by the UN.
• The first person to receive Param Vir Chakra Award: Major Somnath Sharma.
• The first person to receive Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinobha Bhave. Magsaysay Award is the Asia’s highest award named after Phillipines third president Ramon Del Fierro Magsaysay. It celebrates the memory and leadership example of the former President Ramon magsaysay
• The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel prize in medicine: Hargovind Khorana.
• The first person to receive Stalin peace prize: Saifuddin Kitchlew.
• The first among the member of the central cabinet who resigns from the Central cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
• The first Indian Nobel Prize winner in Physics: CV Raman. He got his Nobel prize in Physics in 1929 for a discovery in the scattering of light and also for discovering a effect in the light called CV Raman effect.
• The first Indian Nobel prize winner in Economics: Amartya Sen. He receives Nobel Prize for his contribution in welfare economics.
• The first Indian Pilot: JRD Tata was the first Indian pilot after getting his license in 1929.
• The first to become the Lok Sabha speaker: GV Mavlankar.
• First Chinese Piligrim to visit India: Fa-Hien is the first Chinese pilgrim who visited India in AD 400 during the reign of Chandragupta II also known as Vikramaditya.
• The first President of Constituent assembly: Dr Sachidanand Sinha. The idea of Constituent assembly was first given by MN Roy. It was constituted to write the Constitution of India. Dr Sachidanand Sinha was appointed on as its President on its first meeting and later on Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Constituent Assembly.
• The first Governor of India: William Bentick.
• First Indian Space tourist: Santosh George.
• First Chief Justice of India: Heeralal J Kania.
• First Indian to reach Antarctica: Ramcharan.

 First in India (Female)

• First Indian woman to be the winner of Miss World: Reita Faria.
• The first woman Judge in Supreme Court: Mrs Fatima Beevi.
• First woman Chief Justice of High Court: Mrs Leela Seth (8^th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court).
• First woman Judge: Anna Chandy (Kerala High Court)
• First woman lawer: Cornelia Sorabjee
• First woman Ambassador : Miss CB Muthamma.
• The first woman who becomes Governor of a state in free India: Mrs Sarojini Naidu.
• The first women to become the Prime Minister of India: Mrs Indira Gandhi.
• The first women minister in Government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.
• The first Indian woman who climb the Mount Everest: Bachhendri Pal.
• The first woman who win medal in Olympic: Karnam Malleswari.
• The first women President of United National General Assembly: Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit.
• First women who became the President of India: Smt Pratibha Patil.
• India’s first women ruler: Razia Sultan.
• First women President of INC: Annie Besant. It should be noted that she was the first women President of INC of Irish origin i.e., foreign origin. However the first Indian woman to be the President of INC was Sarojini Naidu
• First woman to swim across English Channel: Arti Saha.
• First Indian woman winner of the prestigious Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa. She receives this prize for his humanitarian work in 1979.
• First women to get Bharat Ratan: Indira Gandhi
• First Indian women to win Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy. Booker prize is a literary prize which is awarded annually for the best original novel which is written in English and published in England.
• First woman musician to get Bharat Ratan Award: MS Subbulaxmi.
• First Indian woman to go into space: Kalpana Chawla.
• First women Chief Minister of an Indian State: Mrs Sucheta Kriplani. She occupies this position after becoming CM of Uttar Pradesh.
• The first woman IPS officer: Kiran Bedi
• The first woman to receive Ashok Chakra: Nirja Bhanot. Ashok Chakra is the India’s highest peacetime military decoration. Nirja Bhanot was the youngest recipient of Ashok Chakra posthumously. He received the award while saving the life of passanger of flight Pan Am Flight 73 which had been hijacked by terrorist during a stopover of flight in Karachi.