first and last

First in India
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Following are first in India happenings

Male
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The first President of Indian Republic = Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India = Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize = Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of Indian National Congress = W.C. Banerjee

The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress =
Badruddin Tayyabji

The first Muslim President of India = Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first British Governor General of India = Lord William
Bentinck(1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal = Lord Warren
Hasting(1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India = Lord Canning

The first Governor General of free India = Lord
Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India
= C. Rajgopalachari

The first man who introduced printing press in India =
James Hicky

The first Indian to join the I.C.S = Satyendra Nath Tagore

India's first man in Space = Rakesh Sharma

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing
the full term = Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India = General
Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff = Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

The first Indian Member of the Viceroy's executive council
= S.P.Sinha

The first President of India who died while in office = Dr. Zakhir
Hussain

The first Muslim President of Indian Republic = Dr. Zakhir
Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament
= Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India = S.H.F. Manekshaw

The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics = C.V.Raman

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award = Dr.
Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel = Mihir Sen

The first Person to receive Jnanpith award = Sri Shankar
Kurup

The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha = Ganesh Vasudeva
Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India = Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister = Abdul Kalam Azad

The first Home minister of India = Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal = S. Mukherjee

The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral = R.D. Katari

The first Judge of International Court of Justice = Dr.
Nagendra Singh

The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen = Sherpa
Anga Dorjee

The first person to get Param Vir Chakra = Major Somnath
Sharma

The first Chief Election Commissioner = Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award = Acharya
Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
= Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India = Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize = Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet =
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics =
Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court = Justice Hirala J.
Kania

The first Indian Pilot = J.R.D. Tata (1929)

Female
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The first lady to become Miss World = Rita Faria

The first woman judge in Supreme Court = Mrs. Meera Sahib
Fatima Bibi

The first woman Ambassador = Miss C.B. Muthamma

The first woman Governor of a state in free India = Mrs Sarojini
Naidu

The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly = Shanno Devi

The first woman Prime Minister = Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman Minister in a Government = Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur

The first woman to climb Mount Everest = Bachhendri Pal

The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice = Santosh Yadav

The first woman President of Indian National Congress = Mrs
Annie Besant

The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force = Harita Kaur Dayal

The first woman Graduates = Kadambini Ganguly and
Chandramukhi Basu, 1883

The first woman Airline Pilot = Durba Banerjee

The first woman Honours Graduate = Kamini Roy, 1886

The first woman Olympic medal Winner = Karnam Malleswari,
2000

The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner = Kamlijit
Sandhu

The first woman Lawyer = Cornelia Sorabjee

The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly =
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State = Mrs Sucheta
Kripalani

The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission =
Roze Millian Bethew

The first woman Director General of Police = Kanchan
Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge = Anna Chandy (She became judge in a
district court in 1937)

The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court = Mrs Leela Seth
(Himachal Pradesh High Court)

The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India = Kumari
Justice M. Fathima Beevi

The first woman Lieutenant General = Puneeta Arora

The first woman Air Vice Marshal = P. Bandopadhyaya

The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines = Sushma Chawla

The first woman IPS officer = Mrs. Kiran Bedi

The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India = Razia Sultan

The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra = Nirja Bhanot

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award = Ashapurna Devi

The first woman to cross English Channel = Aarti Saha

The first woman to receive Nobel Prize = Mother Teresa

The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna = Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award = Ashpurna Devi