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List of First in India GK PDF Notes – Download PDF! examscloud.in/list-of-first-in-india/ List of First in India PDF: First in India are the 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 of them. Knowing about the names in the list is very important as this topic can be asked in different competitive exams like SBI Clerk, SBI PO, IBPS PO, IBPS SO, LIC, Delhi Police, SSC, etc. This is a very important topic to be read as questions can come in the General Awareness or General Knowledge sections of the paper and here you can download the list of First in India gk notes pdf. List of First in India GK PDF List of First in India (Male) First Governor of Bengal Lord Clive First Governor-General of Bengal Warren Hastings First Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck First Viceroy of India Lord Canning First President of Indian National W. C. Banerjee Congress First Muslim President of Indian Badruddin Tayab Ji National Congress First Governor General of Lord Louis Mountbatten Independent India First Indian Governor General of C. Rajagopalachari Independent India First Indian to pass ICS Exam Satyendra Nath Tagore First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma space) First Commander-in-Chief of Free General K. M. Cariappa India First Indian Noble Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore First Indian Judge of International Dr. Nagendra Nath Court of Justice First Indian to get Bharat Ratna C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Award & C. V. Raman 1/10 First Field Marshal General S. F. J. Manekshaw First Indian to swim across the Mihir Sen English Channel First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award G. Shankar Kurup First Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain First Speaker of Lok sabha G. V. Mavlankar First President of Independent India Dr. Rajendra Prasad First Vice-President of Independent Dr. S. Radhakrishnan India First Prime Minister of Independent Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru India First Home Minister of Independent Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel India First Education Minister of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Independent India First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst First Indian Air Chief S. Mukherjee First Chief of Army Staff General M. Rajendra Singh First Chief of Naval Staff of India Vice Admiral R. D. Katari First person to get Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma First Indian Scientist to get Nobel C. V. Raman price First Chinese pilgrim to visit India Fa – Hien First Indian to win Magasysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave First Minister to resign from Indian Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Union Cabinet First British to visit India John Mildenhall First Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen First Chief Justice of India Hiralal J Kania List of First in India (Female) First Woman President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil 2/10 First Woman Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi First Woman Governor of Indian State Sarojani Naidu First Woman ruler of Delhi Throne Razia Sultan First Woman IPS Office Kiran Bedi First Woman Chief minister of Indian State Sucheta Kripalani (UP) First Woman Union Minister Rajkumari Amrit kaur First Woman President of Indian national Congress Annie Besant First Woman Judge of Supreme Court Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi First Woman to get Ashoka Chakra Nirja Mishra First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations Vijayalakshmi Pandit First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel Arati Saha Gupta First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize Mother Teresa First Indian Woman to climb the Mount Everest Bachendri Pal First Indian Woman to become Miss World Reita Faria First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe Sushmita Sen First Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest twice Santosh Yadav First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi First Indian Woman to win WTA Title Sania Mirza First Indian Woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee First Indian Woman president of INC Sarojani Naidu First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize Arudhanti Roy First Indian Woman to go into Space Kalpana Chawla First Woman to get Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi First Woman Chief Justice of High Court Leela Seth First Woman Pilot in Indian Air Force Harita kaur Dayal First Indian woman to win Olympic Medal Karnam Malleswari First Woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora 3/10 Science & Technology The Below Table gives the list of important achievements in the field of Science & Technology First in India – Science First hydroelectric plant Sidrapong (Darjeeling) First Man in Space Rakesh Sharma First Nuclear Reactor Apsara (Maharashtra) First satellite Aryabhatta First successfully indigenous launch vehicle SLV-3 First Genetically modified food product in India Bt. Eggplant Hybrid First graduate in medicine Surjo Kumar Chakroborty First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of Dr. Soumya programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Swaminathan First satellite earth station for domestic communications Secunderabad First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V Raman Governance The below table gives the list of Important People in the field of Legislature and Judiciary Arm of Governance First in India – Governance First president of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad First vice-president of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan First president of Indian National Congress Womesh Chandra Bannerjee First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen First Viceroy of India Lord Canning 4/10 First Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck First Chief Justice of India H.J Kania First Speaker of Lok Sabha G. V. Mavlankar First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel First Chairperson of Lokpal of India Pinaki Chandra Ghose Defence The below Table gives the list of People who held Important Positions in the Indian Defense Sector First in India – Defence First Defence Minister of India Baldev Singh First Commander-in-Chief of Free India Kodandera Madappa Cariappa First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force Subroto Mukherjee First Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw First Param Vir Chakra winner Major Som Nath Sharma First female Jawan in the Army Sapper Shanti Tigga First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi First cosmonaut Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword Divya Ajith Kumar of Honour’ prize Sports The Below Table gives the list of important achievements in the field of sports, predominantly at the Olympics First in India – Sports First Olympics Team Medal Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) 5/10 First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Navjot Kaur gold medal First Indian woman badminton player to win an Saina Nehwal Asian Games medal First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Santhi Soundarajan Games First person to win international bronze medal in Aanchal Thakur skiing First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal P. V. Sindhu in Badminton First female to represent India at the Summer Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics Olympics First Individual Gold Medal won by Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling Sakshi Malik Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics Architecture The below table gives information on Indian Architecture First in India – Architecture First temple constructed from a single rock Kailasa temple at Ellora First church in India St. Thomas Church, Palayoor First mosque in India Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala First dam in India Kallanai Dam First Indian temple with many interconnected Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil structures Nadu List of First in India – Frequently Asked First British to Visit India Hawkins First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hien First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh 6/10 First Muslim President of the Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji Congress First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727) First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha) First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with P.V.Narasimha Rao a record maximum number of votes India’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University India’s First University Nalanda University India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan The first and the last Indian to be Governor C. Rajgopalachari General of free India The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885) The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive S.P.Sinha council The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929) 7/10 The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services Satyendra Nath Tagore The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr.