First in India (Must You know) For Railway and SSC Exam 2016-17

1. The first President of Indian Republic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. The first Prime Minister of free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore
4. The first President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Banerjee
5. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji
6. The first Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain
7. The first British Governor General of India – Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
8. The first British Governor General of Bengal – Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
9. The first British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning
10. The first Governor General of free India – Lord Mountbatten
11. The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India – C. Rajgopalachari
12. The first man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky
13. The first Indian to join the I.C.S – Satyendra Nath Tagore
14. India’s first man in Space – Rakesh Sharma
15. The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai
16. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India – General Cariappa
17. The first Chief of Army Staff – Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
18. The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council – S.P.Sinha
19. The first President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakhir Hussain
20. The first Muslim President of Indian Republic – Dr. Zakhir Hussain
21. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Charan Singh
22. The first Field Marshal of India – S.H.F. Manekshaw
23. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V.Raman
24. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
25. The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen
26. The first Person to receive Jnanpith award – Sri Shankar Kurup
27. The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
28. The first Vice-President of India – Dr. Radhakrishnan
29. The first Education Minister – Abdul Kalam Azad
30. The first Home minister of India –  Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
31. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal – S. Mukherjee
32. The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
33. The first Judge of International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagendra Singh
34. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen –  Sherpa Anga Dorjee
35. The first person to get Param Vir Chakra –  Major Somnath Sharma
36. The first Chief Election Commissioner –  Sukumar Sen
37. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award –  Acharya Vinoba Bhave
38. The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana
39. The first Chinese traveller to visit India – Fahein
40. The first person to receive Stalin Prize – Saifuddin Kitchlu
41. The first person to resign from the Central Cabine – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
42. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen
43. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hirala J. Kania
44. The first Indian Pilot – J.R.D. Tata (1929)
45. The first lady to become Miss World – Rita Faria
46. The first woman judge in Supreme Court – Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
47. The first woman Ambassador – Miss C.B. Muthamma
48. The first woman Governor of a state in free India – Mrs Sarojini Naidu
49. The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly – Shanno Devi
50. The first woman Prime Minister – Mrs Indira Gandhi
51. The first woman Minister in a Government – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
52. The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal
53. The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice – Santosh Yadav
54. The first woman President of Indian National Congress – Mrs Annie Besant
55. The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force – Harita Kaur Dayal
56. The first woman Graduates – Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
57. The first woman Airline Pilot – Durba Banerjee
58. The first woman Honours Graduate – Kamini Roy, 1886
59. The first woman Olympic medal Winner – Karnam Malleswari, 2000
60. The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner – Kamlijit Sandhu
61. The first woman Lawyer – Cornelia Sorabjee
62. The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly – Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
63. The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
64. The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission – Roze Millian Bethew
65. The first woman Director General of Police – Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
66. The first woman Judge – Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
67. The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court – Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
68. The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India – Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
69. The first woman Lieutenant General – Puneeta Arora
70. The first woman Air Vice Marshal – P. Bandopadhyaya
71. The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines – Sushma Chawla
72. The first woman IPS officer – Mrs. Kiran Bedi
73. The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India – Razia Sultan
74. The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra – Nirja Bhanot
75. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award – Ashapurna Devi
76. The first woman to cross English Channel – Aarti Saha
77. The first woman to receive Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa
78. The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna – Mrs Indira Gandhi
79. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award – Ashpurna Devi
80. First Wax statue of a Living Indian – Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
81. First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India – Fa-hien
82. First Exclusive internet magazine – Bharat Samachar
83. First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe – Indrani Rehman
84. First President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
85. First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress –  Badruddin Tayyabji
86. First Judge in International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagender Singh
87. First Graduate in Medicine – Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
88. India’s First University – Nalanda University
89. India’s First Open University – Andhra Pradesh Open University
90. India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes – P.V.Narasimha Rao
91. First Indian to reach Antarctica – Lt. Ram Charan
92. First British to Visit India – Hawkins
93. First Test tube baby of India – Indira (Baby Harsha)
94. First Post Office Opened in India – Kolkata(1727)