List of The first in India:
The list of first in India (Male & Female) in various fields – Science & Technology, Architecture, Awards, Sports, Defense, and Governance etc. Persons who accomplish any achievement for the first time set a special benchmark for others to follow and as such make the whole world to feel proud of them. Since these individuals achieve what had not been previously achieved by anyone before them, it becomes indispensable to be aware of them. The list of first in India (Male & Female) in various fields – Science & Technology, Architecture, Awards, Sports, Defense, Governance The first in India’ was important category in the Static GK section for various competitive examinations like UPSC, SSC, RAIL, Bank-Clark, Bank-PO, Insurance, Defence, etc.
List of First in India (Male) | ||
| Achievement | Who Achieved | When Achieved |
| First Indian to climb Mt. Everest | Avtar Singh Cheema | May 20, 1965 |
| First Indian to climb the Mt Everest without oxygen | Phu Dorjee | 1984 |
| First Indian to go into space | Rakesh Sharma | April 2, 1984 |
| First Person to reach the North Pole | Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan | |
| First Person to reach the South Pole | Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj | April 23, 1985 |
| First Person to fly in a balloon and land in a parachute | Ram Chandra Chatterjee | 1889 |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Ramcharan | 1960 |
| First Indian Space Tourist | Santosh George | 2008 |
| First Indian Pilot | JRD Tata | 1929 |
| First Indian to cross the English Channel | Mihir Sen | 1958 |
| First President of the Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 1950 – 1962 |
| First Vice President of Indian Republic | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1952-1962 |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 1967– 1969 |
| First Indian President to die in Office | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 3 May 1969 |
| First Temporary President of Constituent Assembly | Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha | 1946 |
| First Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1947–1964. India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected. |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Vallabhbhai Patel | 1947– 1950 |
| First Prime minister of India, who resigned before the full term | Morarji Desai | 1979 |
| First Law Minister of India | B. R. Ambedkar | 1947-1952 |
| First Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen | 21 March 1950 to 19 December 195 |
| First Education Minister | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 1947-1958 |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 02 September 1946 – 15 December 1950 |
| First Defense Minister of India | Baldev Singh | Aug 15, 1947 – May 15, 1952 |
| First Commander-in-Chief of Free India | General Sir Roy Bucher | 1948–1949 |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India | General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa | 1949 |
| First Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst | 26 January 1950 |
| First Indian Chief of Staff | Maharaja Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, | 1 April 1955 |
| First Commander-in-Chief, IAF | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee | 1954–1960 |
| First Chief of Naval Staff | Vice Admiral R D Katari | February 1958 |
| First Person to get Param Vir Chakra | Major Som Nath Sharma | |
| First Indian member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council | SP Sinha | 1909 |
| First Indian to join the (Indian Civil Service) ICS | Satyendranath Tagore | 1863 |
| First Judge of the International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh | 1988 |
| First Chief Justice of India | Harilal Jekisundas Kania | 26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951 |
| First Person to resign from the Central Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | 6 April 1950 |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar | 15 May 1952 – 27 February 1956 |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badr-ur-din Tyabji | 1896 |
| First Governor-General of India | Warren Hastings | 1773 – 85 |
| The first man to introduce Printing Press in India | James Hicky | 29 January 1780 |
| First Chinese pilgrim to visit India | Fa-Hein | between 399-413 AD |
| First American President to visit India | Dwight David Eisenhower | Dec 1959 |
| First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister to visit India | Nikolai Bulganin | 1955 |
| First Indian to get Bharat Ratna | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman | 1954 |
| First Indian to get Padma Vibhushan | Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menon | 1954 |
| First Indian to get Nishan-e-Pakistan | Morarji Desai | 1990 |
| First Indian to win the Noble prize | Rabindranath Tagore | 1913 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Literature | Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. He was also the first Asian to win the prize. | 1913 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | C. V. Raman | 1930 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Medicine | Har Gobind Khorana in 1968 (US citizen of Indian origin) | 1968 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen | 1998 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (USA citizen of Indian origin) | 2009 |
| First Indian to win Oscar for Lifetime Achievement | Satyajit Ray | 1992 |
| First Person to receive Jnanpith Award | G. Sankara Kurup | 1965 |
| First Person to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave | 1958 |
| First Person to receive Stalin Prize | Saif-ud-din Kitchew | 1952 |
| First Indian Mr. Universe | Manohar Aich | 1952 |
| First Mr. Internationa | Aryan Vaid | 2000 |
| First Indian Formula One racer | Narain Karthikeyan | |
| First Indian Chess Grandmaster | Viswanathan Anand | 1988 |
| First Indian to get Grand Slam title | Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the Mixed Doubles category of the French Open | 1997 |
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List of the first in India (Female) | ||
| Achievement | Who Achieved | When Achieved |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal | 23 May 1984 |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav | May 1992 and May 1993 |
| The first woman to reach the South Pole | Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu | 29 December 2009 |
| The first woman to go into Space | Kalpana Chawla | 2003 |
| The first woman to swim across the English Channel | Arati Saha | 1959 |
| First woman President | Pratibha Patil | 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012 |
| First woman President of INC | Annie Besant | 1917 |
| First woman Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi | 1966 – 1977 |
| First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh) | 1963 – 1967 |
| First woman cabinet minister in Government | Rajkumari Amrit Kau
| 15 Aug. 1947 to 2 Mar. 1949 |
| First woman Governor of a state in free India | Miss CB Muthhamma For UP | 15 Aug. 1947 to 2 Mar. 1949 |
| First woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bathew | 23 Sep. 1992 to 23 Aug. 1996 |
| First woman President of United Nations General Assembly | Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit | 1953 |
| First woman Director General of Police | Kanchan C BhattacharyaDGP of Uttarakhand | 2004 |
| First woman jawan in the Indian Army | Sapper Shanti Tigga | |
| First woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora | |
| First woman Air Vice Marshal | P Bandopadhyaya | 2002 |
| First woman Chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla | June 2005 |
| First woman Pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Dayal | |
| First Indian woman to earn a pilot license | Sarla Thakral (1936) | 1936 |
| First woman Speaker of a State Assembly | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu | |
| First woman Ambassador | Cornelia Sorabjee | |
| First woman Judge in Supreme Court | Mrs. Fatima Beevi | |
| First woman Chief Justice of High Court (Himachal Pradesh) | Mrs. Leela Seth | 1991 |
| First woman Lawyer | Anna Chandy | |
| First woman IPS officer | Kiran Bedi | 1972 |
| First Indian woman to join the Indian Army | Priya Jhingan | 1993 |
| First Indian female physician (doctor) | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi | 1886 |
| First Indian to get Nobel Peace Prize | Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1979 (Indian citizen of Albanian origin) | 1979 |
| The first woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi | 1972 |
| First woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | MS Subbulaxm | 1998 |
| The first woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi | 1976 |
| The first woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy | 1997 |
| First Indian Women to win Magsaysay Award | Kamladevi Chattopadhyay | 1966 |
| The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Nirja Bhanot | 2004 |
| First lady to become Miss World | Reita Faria | 1966 |
| First Miss Asia Pacific | Zeenat Aman | 1970 |
| First Miss Intercontinental Pageant Elizabeth | Anita Reddi | 1978 |
| First Mrs. World | Aditi Gowitrikar | 2001 |
| First woman Honors Graduate | Kamini Roy | 1886 |
| First woman Olympic Medal Winner | Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifter) (1998) | 1998 |
| First woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner | Kamaljit Sandhu | 1970 in 400 m race |
| First Indian woman Chess Grandmaster | Koneru Humpy | 2002 |
| First Indian Woman to win a Grand Slam title | Sania Mirza (partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi) in the Mixed Doubles category of the Australian Open. | 2009 |
| First Indian woman to be ranked no. 1 in Women’s Tennis Association’s double rankings | Sania Mirza | 2015 |
| First Indian woman to become no. 1 in World ranking in Badminton | Saina Nehwal | 2015 |
| First Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal in Asian Games | Mary Kom | 2015 |
| First Indian Test-tube Baby (World’s 2nd) | ‘Durga’ alias Kanupriya Agarwal [Doctor: Subhash Mukhopadhyay] | born on Oct 3, 1978 |
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List of The First in India (Miscellaneous) | |
| First nuclear submarine | INS Arihant in 2016 |
| First Islamic (tomb) in India | Sultan Ghari Sultan Ghari, built-in 1231 CE for Prince Nasiruddin, eldest son of Iltumish |
| First true dome | Alai Darwaza, Qutb complex, Delhi, built-in 1311 CE, by first Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin Khilji |
| First Mosque in India | Cheraman Juma Masjid Kodungallur (Kerala), built 629-630 A.D by Malik ibn Deenar |
| First Post Office Opened in India | Kolkata (1727) |
| First Cricket Club in India | Kolkata (1792), Calcutta cricket club |
| First test match played in India | India v/s England in Eden Gardens,(Calcutta) (result draw) (5-8 Jan 1934) |
| First Cricket Stadium | Eden Gardens in Kolkata |
| First Test Victory | Against England At Madras |
| The first partition of the Indian state | Bengal |
| First (Metro) rail to become Zone of Indian Railways | Kolkata Metro as the (17Th Zonal Headquarter) (30-12- 2010) |
| First and the only Indian (Metro) rail under Indian Railways | Kolkata Metro |
| First District to achieve 100% literacy rate | Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990 |
| First District to be polio-free | Pathanamthitta district, Kerala |