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FIRST IN INDIA:

First Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke award
Devika Rani(1970)

First Indian Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign language  film
Mother India(1970)

First Non congress government in India
JanataParty(1977-79)

First Indian Olympic team medal
Gold for Hockey (at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands(1928)

First Indian Olympic Invidual medal winner
K.D.Jadav, Bronz in Wrestling at  Helsinki 

First women to win a medal in Olympics
Karanam Malleswari In 2000(Sydney)

First Indian  Cricket testmatch            
Against  England  at Lord’s(1932)   

First Indian cricket Captain
CK Naidu (1932)

First Indian cricketer to score a century
Lala Amarnath

First Indian writer to win the Booker prize
Arundhati Rai

First Indian Attorney General belongs to muslim community
Gulam E Vahanavati

First Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna
M.S.Subbalakshmi(in 2001)

The first CNG(compressed natural gas)run bus was started in
Delhi

The first solar city is developed at
Anandpur  Sahib

The first network based Indian language electronic mail
GSIT-mail

The first central jail of women was set-up at
New Delhi

First air Marshal
Arjun singh

First woman to circumnavigate(sail round the world)
Ujwala Rai

First woman IAS officer
Anna George Malhotra

First woman Advocate
Cornelia Sorabji

First woman Judge
Anna  Chandi

First woman judge of aHigh Court
Anna Chandi

First woman Chief Justice of a High court
Lelia Seth

First woman doctor
Kadambani Ganguly

First woman to pass MA
Chandra Mukhi Bose

Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest
Dicky Dolma (19 years)

First lady Magistrate
Omana Kunjamma

First Indian to become President of Inteernational court of Justice
Dr.Nagendra Singh

First Indian recipient of Victoria cross
(highest award before Independence) -----KhudadaKhan

First Indian High court Judge
Justice Syed Mehamood (1878)

First Indian to visit England
RajaRammohan Roy(1832)

First Bar-at-Law
J.M.Tagore

First chairman of Rajya Sabha
Dr.S.Radhakrishnan (1952-62)

First deputy Speaker
Anantasayanam Ayyangar

First Woman who secured place in top 50 in W.T.A. Rankings
Sania Mirza

First Indian Heart Transplantation
Dr.Venu Gopal

First Chair person of the National Commission for women
Jayanti Patnaik

First Indian Acting Prime Minister
Guljarilal Nanda

First acting President of India
V.V.Giri

First Woman secretary general in Rajya Sabha
V.S.Ramadevi

First Youngest woman cabinet minister
Selja Kumari(29 yrs)

First woman to swim seven straits
Bula Choudary(w.Bengal)

First Woman DGP
Kanchan Choudary Battacharya (Uttarakhand)

First woman Deputy Governor of RBI
K.J.Udesi

First Indian to win Ramon Magasaysay
Vinobha Bhave(1958)

First woman member in the Railway Board
Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan

First Woman Lieutenant general (Army)
Punita Arora

First woman Vice Admiral (Navy)
Punita Arora

First woman Air Vice Marshal
Padma Bandhopadyaya

First Indian to win Bharat Ratna
Dr.S.Radhakrishnan,C.Rajagopalachari and
Sir C.V. Raman(1954)

Longest  served President of India
Dr.Babu Rajendra Prasad
(12 yrs 3 months 18 days)

Shortest Served President of India
Dr.Zakhir Hussain
(1yr 11months 20days)

Longest  served Central Minister
Babu Jagajeevan Ram(28 yrs)

Longest served Chief Minister
Jyoti Basu(23 yrs W.Bengal)

Shortest served Chief Minister
Jagadambica Pal (U.P. 1day)

Shartest served High court Chief Justice
B.P.Jha

First Indian cricketer to score a triple century (in Test Cricket)
Virender Sehwag

First Indian hat-trick in Test cricket
Harbhajan singh

First Indian Batsman tocomplete 10,000 runs (in Test Cricket)
Sunil Gavaskar

First Indian Tennis Grand Slam title
Mahesh Bhupathi

First city in India to have electricity
Banglore

First American President to Visit India
Dwight David Eisenhower

First British Prime Minister to Visit India
Harold Macmillan

First Russian Prime Minister to visit India
Nikolai A Bulaganin

First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India
Fahien (in Gupta Period)

First European Invander of India
Alexander the Great

First India`s Telecommunication service
1870

First Radio broadcasting in India
Between Bombay & kolkata (1927 )

India`s First Doordarshan kendra was established
Delhi (1959 )

India`s first regular Oil well was unearthed
Digboi (Asom-1890 )

First woman Ambassador of India
Vijayalaxmi Pandit (1947-49,USSR )

First Woman President of a National Stock exchange
Omana Abraham (Kottayam )
  (she was the President of Cochin stock exchange)

First Indian woman (by citizenship ) to win the Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa( She won it for peace in 1979 )

First Indian woman appointed as Civilian Police adviser at UN
Kiran Bedi

First woman foreign secretary of India
Chokila Iyer

The First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy
Wilson Jones

First Indian Grand Master in chess
Vishwanathan Anand

First batsman to score three test centuries in three successive Tests on
 debut   ……………………Mohd. Azharuddin

First Indian (among women) to have won a grand slam
Sania Mirza (wimbledon)

First Indian to win medal World Athletics
Anju George

First Home minister
Sardar Vallabhai Patel

First woman Home minister for a State
Sabita Indrareddy (A.P.)

First Modal e-court
Gujarat

India’s first sea bridge
Bandrea worli(Maharastra)5.6kms

First e-parliament in the Central
Gujarat

First Education Minister
Abdul Kalam Azad

First person to receive Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath sharma

First Indian woman pilot in Indian Airlines
Haritakaaur Dayal

First woman Airline Pilot
Captain durgaBenerjee

First womanChairman of UPPS
Rose Millian Mathew

First actress of Indian cinema
Smt.Devika Rani Rorik

First Indian woman Barrister
Cornotia Sorabji

First Indian woman Advocate
Regina Guha

First woman Foreign Minister
Lakhmi N.Menon(1957-66)

First woman MBBS
Kadambini Ganguli(1888)

First woman Secretery general of Rajya Sabha
V.S. Ramadevi(1993)

First woman chief election  commissioner
V.S.Ramadevi

First Youngest M.P.
Dharmeendra Yadav(UP)

First finance commission chairman
K.C.Niyogi

First chief election  commissioner
Sukumar Sen

First Youngest Governor
Swaraj Koul(37 yrs. Mizoram)