First in India - 15 Mints Seminar Notes

FIRST IN INDIA

Persons who accomplish any achievement for the first time set a benchmark for others to follow and as such make the whole nation to feel proud on them. Since these individuals achieve what had not been previously achieved by anyone before them, it becomes indispensable to be aware of them

 

First Prime minister of India    Jawaharlal Nehru

First batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match    Sachin Tendulkar

First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice    Nawang Gombu

First President of Indian Republic    Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Indian Pilot    J.R.D. Tata

First Indian to win Nobel Prize    Rabindranath Tagore

First president of Indian National Congress    W.C. Banerjee

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress    Badruddin Tayyabji

First Muslim President of India    Dr. Zakir Hussain

First British Governor General of India    Lord William Bentinck

First British Viceroy of India    Lord Canning

First Governor General of free India    Lord Mountbatten

First and the last Indian Governer General of free India    C. Rajgopalachari

First man who introduce printing press in India    James Hicky

First Indian to join the I.C.S.    Satendranath Tagore

First Indian man in space    Rakesh Sharma

First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term    Morarji Desai

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India    General Cariappa

First Cheif of Army Staff    Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council    S.P. Sinha

First President of India who died while in office    Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament    Charan Singh

First Field Marshal of India    S.H.F. Manekshaw

First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics    C.V. Raman

First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award    Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Indian to cross English Channel    Mihir Sen

First person to receive Gyanpith award    Sri Shankar Kurup

First Speaker of the Lok Sabha    Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

First Vice-President of India    Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Education Minister    Abul Kalam Azad

First Home Minister of India    Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel

First Indian Air Chief Marshal    S. Mukharji

First Indian Naval Chief    Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First judge of International Court of Justice    Dr. Nagendra Singh

First person to receive Paramveer Chakra    Major Somnath Sharma

First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen    Sherpa Anga Dorjee

First Chief Election Commissioner    Sukumar Sen

First person to receive Magsaysay Award    Achrya Vinoba Bhave

First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine    Hargovind Khurana

First Chinese traveller to visit India    Fahein

First person to receive Stalin Prize    Saifuddin Kitchlu

First person to resign from the central cabinate    Shyama Prasad Mukharji

First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna    Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics    Amartya Sen

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court    Justice Hiralal J. Kania

First President of Indian National Congress    W.C. Banerjee

First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut    Mohd. Azharuddin

First Woman

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha    Meira Kumar (2009)

India’s First Woman President    Pratiba Patil

India’s First Woman Prime Minister    Indira Gandhi

India’s First Woman Governor    Sarojini Naidu

India’s First Woman IPS Officer    Kiran Bedi

First Woman Chief Minister of State    Sucheta Kripalani

First Woman Union Minister    Rajkumari Amrita Kaur

First Woman President of INC    Annie Besant

First Woman Judge of Supreme Court    Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman to get Ashok Chakra    Nirja Bhanot

First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN    Vijalakshmi Pandit

First Indian woman who reached Antarctica    Mahel Musa

First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize    Mother Teresa

First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel    Arati Saha

First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest    Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to become Miss World    Miss Reita Faria

First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice    Santhosh Yadhav

First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe    Susmita Sen

First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna    Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award    Ashapurna Devi

First Indian Woman to win WTA Title    Sania Mirza

First Indian Woman Airline Pilot    Durga Banerjee

First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games    Kamaljeet Sandhu

First Indian Woman President of INC    Sarojini Naidu

First Indian Woman to Booker Prize    Arundhati Roy

First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna    MS Subbalakshmi

First Indian Woman to go to space    Kalpana Chawla

 

 

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Gayathri

TNPSC Student

Magme School of Banking