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List Of First In India

List Of First In India: Persons who accomplish any achievement for the first time set a benchmark for others to follow and as such make the whole nation feel proud of them. This is because these individuals achieve what was not achieved by anyone before them. A question on this would find a place in Static GK part of the General Awareness section of various Bank and SSC exams such as SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, SBI Clerk & other IBPS exams. We have come up with a free PDF to help you memorize these facts. Let’s have a look in the below blog.

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List of Firsts 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 Congress	W. C. Banerjee
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayab Ji
First Governor General of Independent India	Lord Louis Mountbatten
First Indian Governor General of Independent India	C. Rajagopalachari
First Indian to pass ICS Exam	Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space)	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First Commander-in-Chief of Free India	General K. M. Cariappa
First Indian Noble Laureate	Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Nath
First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award	C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman
First Field Marshal General	S. F. J. Manekshaw
First Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
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 India	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Prime Minister of Independent India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Home Minister of Independent India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Education Minister of Independent India	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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 price	C. V. Raman
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India	Fa – Hien
First Indian to win Magasysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
First Minister to resign from Indian Union Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First British to visit India	John Mildenhall
First Election Commissioner of India	Sukumar Sen
First Chief Justice of India	Hiralal J Kania

List of Firsts in India (Female)

First Woman President of India	Patibha Devi Singh Patil
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

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