Aspirants preparing for the various competitive exams must note that the Static GK part of the General Awareness section is the most scoring section. The reason behind calling it static is, the information given in the below article is never going to change. The names and their achievements will forever be etched in the history of India.
There are three different tables for the list of First in India :
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Given below is the List of First in India [ MALE ] :
| First in India (Male) | Name |
|---|---|
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Vice-President of India | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First President of Indian National Congress | Womesh Chandra Bannerjee |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| First Prime Minister of free India | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First British Governor-General of Bengal | Lord Warren Hasting |
| First Governor-General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| First Governor-General of free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| First and the last Indian Governor General of free India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| First Chief Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| First Chief Justice of India | H. J. Kania |
| First judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G. V. Mavlankar |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| First Education Minister | Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Chairperson of Lokpal of India | Pinaki Chandra Ghose |
| First Indian to join the I.C.S. | Satyendranath Tagore |
| First Chief of Army Staff | General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
| First Field Marshal of India | Sam Manekshaw |
| First Defence Minister of India | Baldev Singh Chokkar |
| First Commander-in-Chief of Free India | Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
| First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force | Subroto Mukherjee |
| First Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council | Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
| First Indian Pilot | J.R.D. Tata |
| First Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First man who introduce printing press in India | James Hicky |
| First Indian man in space | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V. Raman |
| First person to get Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna award | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First person to receive Gyanpith award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| First person to receive Paramveer Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First person to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| First Indian to cross English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt. Ram Charan |
| First Chinese traveller to visit India | Fahein |
| First British to Visit India | Thomas Roe |
| First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term | Morarji Desai |
| First President of India who died while in office | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| First person to resign from the Central Cabinet | Shyam Prasad Mukherjee |
| First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| First to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) | Surjo Kumar Chakroborty |
Given below is the List of First in India [ FEMALE ] :
| First in India (Female) | Name |
|---|---|
| First and last Muslim woman ruler of India | Razia Sultan |
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar |
| India’s First Woman President | Pratiba Patil |
| First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant |
| First Indian Woman President of INC | Sarojini Naidu |
| India’s First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| India’s First Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| India’s First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First Woman Chief Minister of State | Sucheta Kripalani |
| First woman Chief Justice of High Court | Mrs. Leela Seth |
| First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at UNGA | Vijalakshmi Pandit |
| First female Jawan in the Army | Shanti Tigga |
| First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Indian Woman to Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | MS Subbalakshmi |
| First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Arati Saha |
| First Indian woman who reached Antarctica | Mahel Musa |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santhosh Yadhav |
| First woman Olympic medal Winner | Karnam Malleswari |
| First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| The first woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
| First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Durba Banerjee |
| First woman pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Dayal |
| First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot | IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi |
| First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize | Divya Ajith Kumar |
| First Indian Woman to go to space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe | Susmita Sen |
| First woman Graduates | Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
| First woman Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy, 1886 |
| First woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| First woman chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla |
| First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
Given below is the List of First in India [ OTHERS ] :
| First in India (Others) | Name |
|---|---|
| First hydroelectric plant | Sidrapong (Darjeeling) |
| First Nuclear Reactor | Apsara (Maharashtra) |
| First satellite | Aryabhatta |
| First successfully indigenous launch vehicle | SLV-3 |
| First genetically modified food product in India | Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned] |
| First satellite earth station for domestic communications | Secunderabad |
| First Olympics Team Medal | Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) |
| First Olympics Individual Gold Medal | Abhinav Bindra (2008, Summer Olympics in Beijing) |
| First temple constructed from a single rock | Kailasa temple at Ellora |
| First Indian temple with many interconnected structures | Brihadeshwara Temple, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu |
| First church in India | St. Thomas Church, Palayoor |
| First mosque in India | Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala |
| First dam in India | Kallanai Dam |
| First Post Office Opened in India | Kolkata(1727) |
| First Wax statue of a Living Indian | Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 |
| India’s First University | Nalanda University |
| India’s First Open University | Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University |
| First Test tube baby of India | Indira (Baby Harsha) |
| First Newspaper in India | The Bengal Gazette |
| First Exclusive internet magazine | Bharat Samachar |
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