Monday, March 24, 2014

First in India



First in India 



Male

The first President of Indian Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize
Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress
W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India
Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India
Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal
Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India
Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India
Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India
C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India
James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S
Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space
Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term
Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India
General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council
S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office
Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic
Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament
Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India
S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics
C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award
Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel
Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award
Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister
Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India
Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot
J.R.D. Tata (1929)



Female 

The first lady to become Miss World
Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador
Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India
Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly
Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister
Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest
Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress
Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force
Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot
Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate
Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner
Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner
Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer
Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge
Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court
Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India
Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India
Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra
Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel
Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashpurna Devi

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