FIRST IN INDIA (FEMALE)

1. First Indian Woman To Receive Lenin Peace Award
Aruna Asaf Ali

2. First Woman Vice-Chairperson Of Rajyasabha
Violet Alva In 1962

3. First Woman Session Judge In India
Anna Chandi

4. First Woman President Of Students Union
Anju Sachdeva Of Delhi University

5. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award
Dr. Amrita Patel

6. First Indian Woman To Get International Grandmaster Award In Chess
Bhagyasri Thipse

7. First Indian Woman Ias Officer
Anna George

8. First Indian Woman T Reach In Olympic Games
Sini Abraham

9. First Woman President Of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil

10. First Woman Governor Of State In India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

11. First Woman Prime Minister Of India
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

12. First Indian Woman To Swim Across English Channel
Mrs. Aarti Saha

13. First Indian Woman To Swim Across Strait Of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan

14. First Muslim Woman To Sit On Throne Of Delhi
Razia Sultan

15. First Woman President Of Indian National Congress
Annie Besant

16. The First Woman Chief Minister Of An Indian State
Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani ( Uttar Pradesh)

17. First Woman Central Minister Of India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

18. First Indian Woman To Climb The Mount Everest
Bachhendri Pal

19. First Woman Airline Pilot
Cap Durba Bannerjee

20. First Woman Ambassador
Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

21. First Woman To Climb Mount Everest Twice
Santosh Yadav

22. First Woman Judge Of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

23. First Woman Chief Justice Of High Court
Mrs. Leela Seth

24. First Indian Woman Pilot In Indian Air Force
Haritakaur Dayal

25. First Woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandhopadhyaya

26. First Woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora

27. First Woman Chairman Of Upsc
Rose Millian Mathew

28. First Woman Chairperson Of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla

29. First Woman To Receive Jnanpeeth Award
Asha Purna Devi

30. First Woman To Receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

31. First Indian Woman To Receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa

32. First Woman To Receive Ashok Chakra
Niraja Bhanot

33. First Woman IPS Officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi

34. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader
Pratima Puri

35. First Woman Finger Print Experts In India
Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal ( Both Were Sisters)

36. First Indian Woman To Go In Space
Kalpana Chawla

37. First Actress In The Indian Cinema
Devika Rani

38. First Indian Woman To Become Miss World
Reita Faria

39. First Woman Speaker Of The State Assembly
Mrs. Shano Devi

40. First Indian Woman To Receive An Asiad Gold Medal
Kamalji Sandhu

41. First Indian Test Tube Baby
Harsha (1986)

42. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission
Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

43. First Woman Chairman Of Exim Bank
Tarzani Vakil

44. First Woman To Get Arjun Award
N. Lumsden (1961)

45. First Woman To Win Miss Universe Title
Sushmita Sen

46. First Indian Woman President Of Uno General Assembly ?
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

47. First Woman Surgeon
Dr. Prema Mukherjee

48. First Indian Woman Barrister
Cornotia Sorabji

49. First Indian Woman Advocate
Regina Guha

50. First Chief Justce Of Mumbai High Court
Justice Sujaata B Manohar

51. First Woman To Win Wta Tennis Tournament
Sania Mirza

52. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress
Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

53. First Deputy Governor Of Reserve Bank Of India?
K. J. Udesi

54. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner
Amrita Pritam

55. First Woman Commercial Pilot
Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways

56. First Woman Foreign Minister
Lakshmi N Menon

57. First Indian Woman At Antarctica
Meher Moos In 1976

58. First Woman Chief Engineer
P. K. Tresia Nanguli

59. First Indian Woman To Complete Her Mbbs
Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

60. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force
Nita Ghose

61. First Woman Indian Railway Driver
Surekha Shankar Yadav

62. The First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets
Diana Eduljee

63. First Indian Woman To Get Magsaysay Award
Kiran Bedi

64. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha
V. S. Rama Devi

FIRST IN INDIA (MALE)

First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India--- C. Rajgopalachari
First British Governor of India--- Lord William Bentinck
First British Viceroy of India--- Lord Canning
First Chairman of Prasar Bharti--- Nikhil Chakravorty
First Chairman of Rajyasabha--- S.V. Krishnamurthy
First Chief Election Commissioner of India--- Sukumar Sen
First Dalit President of India--- K. R Narayanan
First Deputy Prime Minister--- Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine--- Dr.Hargovind Khurana
First Education Minister--- Abul Kalam Azad
First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji--- Mahendra Chaudhury
First Field Marshal of India--- General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw
First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan--- Abdul Gaffar Khan
First Governor General of free India--- Lord Mountbatten
First Home Minister of India--- Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Indian Air chief Marshal--- S. Mukherjee
First Indian Chess Grandmaster--- S Vishwnathan
First Indian Chief Justice--- Justice Hiralal J Kania
First Indian Commander-in-chief--- General K. M. Kariappa
First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three matches successive on debut--- Mohd. Azaharuddin

First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test--- Virendra Sehwag
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice--- Dr. Nagendra Singh
First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council--- S.P.Sinha
First Indian Naval Chief--- Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
First Indian Pilot--- JRD Tata
First Indian to Cross English Channel--- Mihir Sen
First Indian to get an Oscar--- Bhanu Athaiya
First Indian to get Anderson Award--- Ruskin Bond
First Indian to go in space--- Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First Indian to Join the ICS--- Satyendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian to reach Antarctica--- Lt. Ran Charan
First Indian to reach in British Parliament--- Dada Bhai Naoroji
First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic--- P.S. Rao
First Indian to reach the south pole--- Col. I K Bajaj
First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna--- Dr. Radha Krishnan
First Indian to receive Jnan Peeth award--- Sri Shankar Kurup
First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award--- Vinoba Bhave
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics--- Dr. Amartya Sen
First Indian to receive Stalin Prize--- Saifuddin Kichlu
First Indian to win Nobel Prize--- Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha--- Justice V. Ramaswami
First Muslim President of India--- Dr. Jakir Hussein
First Muslim President of Indian National congress--- Badruddin Tayyabji
First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen--- Sherpa Arga Dorji
First person to receive Paramvir Chakra--- Major Somnath Sharma
First Person to resign from Central Cabinet--- Shyama Prasad Mukharjee
First President of Indian National Congress--- W.C. Banerjee
First President of Indian Republic--- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First president to die in Office--- Dr. Jakir Hussain
First Prime Minister of Free India--- Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Prime Minister to resign without full term--- Morar Ji Desai
First Speaker of Loksabha--- Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
First Vice President of India--- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

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