First in India

The first Indian to win the Noble Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first Muslim President of India	Dr Zakir Hussain
The first man to introduce Printing Press in India	James Hicky
The first India to join the ICS	Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned before the full term	Morarji Desai
The first India Commander-in-Chief	General Cariappa
The first Chief of Air Staff	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Aelmhirst
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council	SP Sinha
The first Field Marshal of India	SHF Manekshaw
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna	Dr Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith Award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Education Minister	Abul Kalam Azad
The first Home Minister of India	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R D Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr Nagendra Singh
The first lady to become Miss World	Rita Faria
The first woman Judge in supreme Court	Mrs Fatima Bibi
The first woman Chief Justice of High Court	Leela Seth
The first woman Governor of a state in free India	Mrs sarojini Naidu
The first woman Prime Minister	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman Pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman IPS officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first Bank of India	Bank of Hindustan (1770)
India’s first test tube baby	Indira (Baby harsha)
First Talkie Film of India	Alam Ara (1931)
First Battle Tank of India	Arjun
First Satellite of India	Aryabhatta