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List of First in India - Male

  1. First Sikh President of India → Giani Zail Singh
  2. First Medium Range Missile → Agni
  3. First Indian PM to lose an election → Indira Gandhi
  4. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award → Bhanu Athaiya
  5. First Finance Minister of Indian → RK Shanmukham Chetty
  6. First Indian to win Magsaysay Award → Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  7. India's first Open University → Andhra Pradesh Open University
  8. First British PM to visit India → Harold McMillan
  9. First Indian space tourist → Santosh George
  10. First Atomic Submarine of India → INS Chakra
  11. First sportsperson to get Bharat Ratna → Sachin Tendulkar
  12. First to reach South pole → Col J.K. Bajaj
  13. First Chief Minister to die in office → CN Annadurai (TN)
  14. The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of Free India → C. Rajagopalachari
  15. The first man who introduced the printing press in free India → James Hickey
  16. First Indian to Join → I.C.S. → Satyendranath Tagore
  17. India's first man in Space → Rakesh Sharma
  18. The first PM in India who resigned without completing the full term → Morarji Desai
  19. The first Indian to receive Jnanpith Award → Sri Sankara Kurup
  20. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha → Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
  21. The First Vice-president of India → Dr. Radhakrishnan
  22. The first Education Minister → Abul Kalam Azad
  23. The first Home Minister of India → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  24. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal → S. Mukherjee
  25. The first Indian Naval Chief → Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
  26. The first Judge of ICJ → Sir B.N. Rau
  27. The first person to resign from the central cabinet → Shyam Prasad Mukherjee
  28. The first Chief of the Army Staff → General Cariappa
  29. The first chief of the Army Staff → General Maharaj Rajendra Singh ji
  30. The first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council → S.P. Sinha
  31. The first President of India who died while in office → Dr. Zakir Hussain
  32. The first PM of India who did not face the parliament → Charan Singh
  33. The first Field Marshal of India → S.H.F. Manekshaw
  34. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics → C.V. Raman
  35. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award → Dr. Radhakrishnan
  36. The first Indian to cross the English Channel → Mihir Sen
  37. First Muslim President of INC → Badruddin Tayyabji
  38. First Muslim President of India → Dr. Zakir Hussain
  39. First British Governor-General of India → Lord William Bentinck
  40. The first British Viceroy of India → Lord Canning 
  41. The first Governor-General of free India → Lord Mountbat
  42. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  43. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics → Amartya Sen
  44. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court → Justice Hiralal J. Kania
  45. First Indian Pilot → JRD Tata 
  46. First Indian scientist to receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  47. First Indian born to get Nobel prize in peace → Kailash Satyarthi
  48. The first person to receive Param Vir Chakra → Major Somnath Sharma
  49. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen → Sherpa Phu Dorjee
  50. The first chief Election Commissioner → Sukumar sen
  51. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award → Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  52. The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine → Hargobind Khurana
  53. The first Chinese traveler to visit India → Fa Hien
  54. The first person to receive Stalin Prize → Saifuddin Kitchlu
  55. The first president of the Indian Republic → Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  56. The first PM of Free India → Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
  57. First Indian to win Nobel Prize → Rabindranath Tagore
  58. The first president of INC → W.C. Banerjee ten
  59. First Atomic Submarine of India → INS Chakra
  60. The first Asian games organized → Delhi
  61. First American president to visit India → Dwight David Eisenhower 
  62. First Indian Cosmonaut → Rakesh Sharma
  63. First Indian Nuclear Center → Tarapur
  64. First test-tube baby of India → Indira (Baby Harsha)
  65. First Indian to reach Antarctica → Lt. Ram Charan
  66. First Deputy PM of Indian → Sardar Vallabhai Patel
  67. First Indian to win world Billiards Trophy → Wilson Jones
  68. First Law Minister of India → B.R. Ambedkar
  69. First Indian to win Mr. World Title (Mr. Universe) → Rohit Khandelwal (Monotosh Roy in 1951) 
  70. The first president of the Constituent Assembly → Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  71. First temporary President of the Constituent Assembly → Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
  72. The first person to submit the proposal of Indian independence in a congress session → Hasrat Mohani
  73. First Indian author to get Anderson Award → Ruskin Bond
  74. First Indian to complete the Ironman triathlon → Nishit Biniwale
  75. Winner of first Indian Olympic Individual Medal → K.D. Jadhav
  76. First Pro-boxing bout → Vijender Singh
  77. First male cricketer to score double hundred in ODIs → Sachin Tendulkar
  78. Triple century in Test cricket → Virender Sehwag
  79. First Indian Sound film → Alam Ara directed by Ardeshir Irani
  80. The First Indigenously made color film →Kisan Kanya directed by Modi B
  81. First Banned file in India → Neel Akasher Neechey
  82. First Post Office opened in India → Kolkata (1727) 
  83. India's first University → Nalanda University 
  84. First Leader of Opposition → AK Gopalan 
  85. Indian MD of World Bank → Gautam Kazi
  86. Governor of RBI → Sir Osborne Smith
  87. First Indian to get Grammy Award → Pandit Ravishankar
  88. Posthumously Bharat Ratna Award → L.B. Shastri

List of First in India - Female

  1. The first Indian woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna → Smt. Indira Gandhi
  2. The first lady Governor of an Indian state → Smt. Sarojini Naidu
  3. The first lady Chief Minister of State → Smt. Sucheta Kripalani
  4. The first lady Central minister of the country → Smt. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
  5. The first woman president of the Indian National Congress  → Annie Besant
  6. The first Indian woman to swim the English Channel → Aarti Saha
  7. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal → Karnam Malleswari
  8. The first Indian woman to win an Asiad medal → Kamaljit Sandhu
  9. The first Indian woman to receive a gallantry award in the Indian Army (Sena Medal for her acts of bravery in Afghanistan)  → Major Mitali Madhumita
  10. The first Indian woman to win the Miss Asia →Pacific title → Zeenat Aman
  11. The first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner  → Mrs Rama Devi
  12. The first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of a state High Court  → Justice Leila Seth
  13. The first woman to be appointed judge of the Supreme Court  → Justice M Fatima Beevi
  14. The first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title → Sushmita Sen
  15. The first Indian woman to win the Miss World title → Reita Faria
  16. The first Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title → Nicol Faria
  17. First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize → Mother Teresa (1979)
  18. First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest →Bachendri Pal (1984)
  19. First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize → Arundhati Roy (1997)
  20. First Woman President  →Pratibha Patil (2007)
  21. First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha →Meira Kumar (2009)
  22. The first Indian woman to join the Territorial Army as a jawan  → Shanti Tigga
  23. The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner  → Deepak Sandhu
  24. The first woman to be appointed the Speaker of Lok Sabha is  → Mrs Meira Kumar
  25. The first woman president of UN General Assembly  → Mrs Vijayalaxmi Pandit
  26. The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Minister of External Affairs of India  → Sushma Swaraj. (Note: Mrs. Indira Gandhi held the additional charge as Minister of External Affairs while being the Prime Minister of India.)
  27. The first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole  → Reena Kaushal DharmaShaktu
  28. First Women's University →Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
  29. First Indian woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim. → Aarti Pradhan
  30. The first woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize → Aashima Chatarjee
  31. First Indian Women To Play English Football → Aditi Chauhan
  32. First female celebrity wax statue in European Museum → Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
  33. The first woman to win ‘Sahitya Academic Prize → Amruta Preetam
  34. First Woman Prime Minister of India →Indira Gandhi (1966)
  35. First Woman IPS Officer of India →Kiran Bedi (1972)
  36. First Woman Ambassador → Miss C.B. Muthamma
  37. First Woman Air Vice Marshal  → P. Bandyopadhyay
  38. First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi  →Razia Sultana
  39. First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra  →Neerja Bhanot
  40. First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna  →Indira Gandhi
  41. First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award  →Ashapurna Devi
  42. First Woman to Climb Mount Everest twice →Santosh Yadav
  43. First Woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission →Roze Millian Bethew
  44. First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) →Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
  45. First Woman Lieutenant General → Puneeta Arora
  46. First Indian woman who reached Antarctica → Mahel Musa
  47. First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee → Nita Ambani (2016)
  48. First Indian Woman to win WTA Title → Sania Mirza
  49. First Indian Woman Airline Pilot → Durba Banerjee
  50. First Indian Woman President of INC →Sarojini Naidu
  51. First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna → MS Subbulakshmi
  52. First Indian Woman to go to space → Kalpana Chawla
  53. First Indian woman athlete to bag a medal at the Paralympics → Deepa Malik
  54. First Indian woman to be honoured with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) life membership  →Anjum Chopra
  55. First Indian woman to win an Olympic Silver Medal in Badminton → P.V. Sindhu
  56. A first female judge in India of the district court in the year 1937 and also the First woman in India to become a high court judge in 1959 →Anna Chandi
  57. First female Indian Administrative Service officer of India →Anna Rajam George (Malhotra)
  58. First woman head paramilitary force →Archana Ramasundaram
  59. The first woman to win Lenin Peace Prize →Aruna Aasif Ali
  60. First woman chair of State Bank of India (206 Year Old Bank) →Arundhati Bhattacharya
  61. First Indian women chess player holding the title of Woman International Master →Bhagyashree Thipsay
  62. The first woman to join the INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE in 1949, the First Indian female Ambassador/ High Commissioner  → C. B. Muthamma
  63. First woman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India’s leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange → Chitra Ramakrishna
  64. First female Foreign Secretary  → CHOKILA IYER
  65. A first female advocate from India and the First woman to study law at Oxford  → Cornelia Sorabji
  66. First female cyclist from the country to reach the heights of fourth place in the UCI individual world ranking → Deborah Herold
  67. First woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian armed forces to be promoted to a three-star rank → Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
  68. First woman president of India’s apex chamber of commerce, ASSOCHAM → Dr. Swati Piramal
  69. First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress  → Dr. Asima Chatterjee
  70. The first woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize (1992)  → Dr. Amruta Patel
  71. First actress of Indian Cinema → Durgabai Kamat
  72. First female film director of Indian cinema  → Fatima Begum
  73. First woman Major General in Indian Army  → G. M. Ram
  74. First test-tube baby →Harsha
  75. First Indian Pistol shooter to be ranked World No.1 by ISSF →Heena Sidhu
  76. First Indian woman IPS officer and First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service →Kiran Bedi
  77. First Indian woman to win the gold medal at 1970 Asian games in 400 meter race. → Kamaljeet Sandhu
  78. First woman editor of First woman’s magazine (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901) → Kamla Swaminathan
  79. First woman Barrister in India of Allahabad High Court →Cornelia Sorabji
  80. The first female commanding officer of Netaji Subhas Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) →Lakshmi Sahgal
  81. First female army captain →Lakshmi Sehgal
  82. First woman boxer to win a gold medal at the Olympics and First woman World Boxing Champion for five times →M C Mary Kom
  83. First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ and First woman to perform in United Nations Organization →M.S. Subbulakshmi
  84. The first and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball) → Shirine Khusaro Kiyash
  85. First woman chairperson of the planning commission and First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna  → Smt. Indira Gandhi
  86. First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission  → Smt. Jayanti Patnaik
  87. First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly  → Smt. Shanno Devi
  88. First female editor on The Hindu newspaper → Malini Parthasarathy
  89. First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways → Mamata Banerjee
  90. First Female Olympian and Double International → Mary Dsouza
  91. The first woman became permanent Judge of the High Court → Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
  92. First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’ → Miss Reita Faria
  93. First female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry  → Mitali Madhumita
  94. First female cricketer to win Wisden India Cricketers of the Year recognition  → Mithali Raj
  95. The first woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ for Hockey game  → N. Lamsaden
  96. First Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School  → Naina Lal Kidwai
  97. First Indian woman to join the Indian Army  → Priya Jhingan
  98. First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C.  → Rose Million Bethews
  99. First Indian woman to win WTA Title  → Sania Mirza
  100. First woman minister of Independent India and First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress  → Sarojini Naidu
  101. First female teachers for girls in India  → Savitribai Phule
  102. First female winner of the popular music reality show Indian Idol  → Sourabhee Debbarma
  103. First Woman commissioned Officer in IAF  → Squadron Leader Urmila Bheeman
  104. The first woman to cross the Gobi desert  → Sucheta Kriplani
  105. First Woman Fighter Pilot of India!, First civilian woman to fly the F-16IN Super-Viper, First woman in the world to fly the MiG-35  → Suman Sharma
  106. The first woman to make world record in Powerlifting →Sumita Laha
  107. First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award →Sunil Dabas
  108. First woman cricket coach → Sunita Sharma
  109. The first female train driver for the Indian Railways in India and in Asia also. →Surekha Shankar Yadav
  110. First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ → Sushmita Sen
  111. The first girl to win 5 silver medals in a pre-junior Chess competition, London →Taniya Sachdev
  112. First woman mayor of Madras city. The Government of India awarded her the civilian
  113. The honor of the Padma Bhushan in 1967. →Tara Cherian
  114. First woman Chairperson of Import →Export Bank →Tarajani Vakeel
  115. First woman English writer in India →Toaru Dutt
  116. The first woman to complete the round of the world by boat in 1988. →Ujjavala Patil
  117. First woman M.B.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical College) →Vadhu Mukhi Bose, Virginia Mitter
  118. First Indian President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953 and Ambassador at
  119. United Nations in 1947 → Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  120. The first woman to get Military Medal  → Vimla Devi
  121. First Indian film actress acted in the First Indian talkie movie Alam Ara  → Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir
  122. The first woman and the first author to write a book on Autism in India  → Sumita Bose
  123. India’s first female national racing champion  → Alisha Abdullah
  124. India’s First Female Bronze Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympics  → Karnam Malleswari
  125. India’s First Female Commando Trainer  → Dr. Seema Rao

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