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First in

We always remember those, who stood first. It is human tendency no doubt on it. Anything happen or was done first time, it becomes a history.

You can consider anything that is done or happened first time, it includes first President or the first Man to walk on the Moon.

So why we should bother about it, what is the hell use of to remember these people name? This kind of knowledge is essential when you want to crack government exams.

This type of question can be asked in any entrance exams, these types of question fall under current affairs section.

So here we are going to list, First in India. What does it actually mean, in simple it is meant that what is happened/ occurred/ who became first / and all this kind of information is listed below

Happened/Occurred Done by British Governor General of Bengal Warren Hastings Governor General of Independent India Lord Mountbatten Commander-in-chief of Free India General Roy Bucher Cosmonaut Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India Babar Field Marshal S. H. F. J. Manekshaw Indian Governor General of Indian Union C. Rajagopalachari Indian I.C.S. Officer Satyendra Nath Tagore Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council Sri S.P. Sinha Indian to swim across English Channel Indian woman to swim across English Channel Miss Man to climb Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen Man to climb Mount Everest twice Nwang Gombu Nobel Prize winner Rabindra Nath Tagore President of Indian National Congress W. C, Baneijee President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad Talkie Film Alam Ara (1931) Test Tube Baby (Documented) Indira Viceroy of India Lord Canning Woman Minister of Indian Union Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Woman Chief Minister of State Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani Woman Governor Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Woman President of Indian National Congress Dr. Annie Besant Woman Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi Woman Speaker of a State Assembly Mrs. Shanno Devi Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Muslim President of Indian Union Dr. Zakir Hussain Speaker of Lok Sabha G. V. Mavlankar Woman to climb mount Everest Bachhendri Pal Woman Judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi Woman Chief Justice of a High Court Smt. Leela Seth Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) Kalpana Chawla The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal Kamam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000) in Olympics The First Indian World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand India’s first paperless Newspaper The News Today India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer Sonali Baneijee The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha G. M. C. Balyogi The first Vice-President of India to die in harness Krishna Kant The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century The first woman Air Vice-Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Ms. Kiran Bedi Civilian Police Advisor The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard Dr. Kalpana Chawla U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident First woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve K. J. Udeshi Bank of India The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon (2003) tournament The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic (Aug. 2003) Championship The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of Mrs. Ranjana Kumar NABARD The highest individual test scorer of India Virendra Sehwag The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian The first Odisha woman to top I.A.S. Civil Services Exam., 2003). The first Sikh Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh Kanchan C. The first woman Director General of Police of a State Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal) Meera Borwankar (took over as crime The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief branch chief of Mumbai police) The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in fire Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Indian army Forces Medical College. ) The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming Bula Chaudhury

The first woman to become Indian Air Force’s first woman Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay Air Marshal The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years Yadav India’s first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title Sania Mirza The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26. 2005. the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon. 69852 ft.) The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half Budhia (May 2006) of age completes a race of 65 km. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro Letika Saran (Chennai Metro Police) The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole Ajeet Baja (April 26. 2006) The first woman President of the Republic of India Pratibha Patil