List of First in India PDF Download (Male & Female)

List of First in India PDF (Male & Female) - This list will be very important for those students who mainly prepare for competitive exams like SSC, CGL, CHSL, UPSC, IAS, Railways, Banking CDS IBPS, SBI, State PCS, and other competitive exams. And if you are a citizen of India, then this list of firsts in India is very important for you, because we should have complete information about India. Let's see the list of first in India (Male and Female). You can download the list of first in India as a PDF.

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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