Friday, 22 April 2016

First in India

Following are first in India happenings :

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