| Government & Politics | ||
| 1 | First President of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | First Vice-President of India | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 3 | First President of Indian National Congress | Womesh Chandra Bannerjee |
| 4 | First Prime Minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 5 | First Chief Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| 6 | First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| 7 | First Governor-General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| 8 | First Chief Justice of India | H.J Kania |
| 9 | First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| 10 | First Chairperson of Lokpal of India | Pinaki Chandra Ghose |
| 11 | First Dalit President of India | K.R. Narayana |
| 12 | First General Election in India | 1951-1952 |
| 13 | First and last Indian Governor General of Independent India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| 14 | First Indian Prime Minister who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| 15 | First British Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| 16 | First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Justice Hirala J. Kania |
| 17 | First Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council | S.P.S Sinha |
| 18 | First person to resign from the Central Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| 19 | First President of India who died during his tenure | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 20 | First Indian Prime Minister who resigned without completing the full term | Morarji Desai |
| 21 | First Female President of India | Pratibha Patil |
| 22 | First Female Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi |
| 23 | First Female Chief Justice of India | Leila Seth |
| 24 | First Chairman of National Human Rights Commission | Ranganath Misra |
| 25 | First Female Minister of External Affairs | Sushma Swaraj |
| 26 | First Female Governor of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| 27 | First Lok Sabha Member with a record highest number of Votes | P.V. Narasimha Rao |
| 28 | First and last Muslim woman ruler of India (Before Independence) | Razia Sultan |
| 29 | First woman President of the United Nations General Assembly | Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| 30 | First woman President of the Indian National Congress | Mrs. Annie Besant |
| 31 | First woman Speaker of a State Assembly | Shanno Devi |
| 32 | First Chief Justice of India | H. J. Kania |
| 33 | First Education Minister of India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| 34 | First Transgender Mayor of India | Madhu Bai Kinnar |
| 35 | First Muslim President of India | Zakir Hussain |
| 36 | First Finance Minister of India | R.K. Shanmukham Chetty |
| 37 | First Cabinet Secretary of India | N.P. Pillai |
| Science | ||
| 1 | First Foreign Secretary of India | K.P.S Menon |
| 2 | First Hydroelectric Plant | Sidrapong (Darjeeling) |
| 3 | First Indian in Space | Rakesh Sharma |
| 4 | First Nuclear Reactor in India | Apsara (Located in Maharashtra) |
| 5 | First Satellite of India | Aryabhatta |
| 6 | First successful indigenous launch vehicle | SLV-3 |
| 7 | First Genetically Modified (GM) food product in India | Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned] |
| 8 | First to pass the Indian Medical Service (IMS) Examination | Surjo Kumar Chakroborty |
| 9 | First Indian appointed in the World Health Organization (WHO) as the Deputy Director-general of Programmes (DDP) | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
| 10 | First satellite earth station in India for domestic communications | Secunderabad |
| 11 | First Computer developed in India | TIFRAC |
| 12 | First Female Doctor in India | Rukhmabai Bhimrao Raut |
| 13 | First moon mission of India | Chandrayan-1 (2008-2009) |
| 14 | First Indian to develop an Airplane | Shivkar Bapuji Talpade |
| 15 | First Nuclear Plant in India | Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 |
| 16 | First female mining engineer in India | Chandrani Prasad Verma |
| 17 | First successful nuclear test in India | Operation Smiling Buddha, 18th May 1974 |
| 18 | First Space Shuttle launched in India | RLV-TD, 2016 |
| 19 | First Indian Pilot in India | J.R.D. Tata |
| 20 | First woman to go to space from India | Kalpana Chawla |
| 21 | First hydroelectric plant | Sidrapong (Darjeeling) |
| 22 | First Man in Space | Rakesh Sharma |
| 23 | First Nuclear Reactor | Apsara (Maharashtra) |
| 24 | First satellite | Aryabhatta |
| 25 | First successfully indigenous launch vehicle | SLV-3 |
| 26 | First genetically modified food product in India | Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned] |
| 27 | First to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) | Surjo Kumar Chakroborty |
| 28 | First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
| 29 | First satellite earth station for domestic communications | Secunderabad |
| 30 | First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V Raman |
| 31 | First Satellite Launched by India | Aryabhata |
| 32 | First Computer developed in India | TIFRAC |
| 33 | First Newspaper in India | The Bengal Gazette, 1780 |
| 34 | First Indian to be in Space | Rakesh Sharma |
| 35 | First Female Doctor in India | Rukhmabai Bhimrao Raut |
| 36 | First moon mission of India | Chandrayan-1 (2008-2009) |
| 37 | First Indian to develop an Airplane | Shivkar Bapuji Talpade |
| 38 | First Nuclear Plant in India | Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 |
| 39 | First silent movie in India | Raja Harishchandra |
| 40 | First female mining engineer in India | Chandrani Prasad Verma |
| 41 | First female entrepreneur in India | Kalpana Saroj |
| 42 | First IAS officer of India | Satyendranath Tagore |
| 43 | First successful nuclear test in India | Operation Smiling Buddha, 18th May 1974 |
| 44 | First General Election in India | 1951-1952 |
| 45 | First woman IPS officer in India | Kiran Bedi |
| 46 | First Hindi newspaper in India | Udant Martand (30 May 1826) |
| 47 | First woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
| 48 | First Asian Games in India | New Delhi, 1951 |
| 49 | First Nuclear Reactor in India | Apsara |
| 50 | First successfully indigenous launch vehicle | SLV-3 |
| 51 | First Temple constructed from a single rock | Kailasa Temple at Ellora |
| 52 | First Dam in India | Kallanai Dam |
| 53 | First Space Shuttle launched in India | RLV-TD, 2016 |
| 54 | First Indian Pilot in India | J.R.D. Tata |
| 55 | First woman to go to space from India | Kalpana Chawla |
| 56 | First Space Shuttle launched in India | RLV-TD |
| 57 | First Indian Pilot in India | J.R.D. Tata |
| 58 | First woman to go to space from India | Kalpana Chawla |
| Defence | ||
| 1 | First Defence Minister of India | Baldev Singh Chokkar |
| 2 | First Commander-in-Chief of Free India | Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
| 3 | First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force | Subroto Mukherjee |
| 4 | First Field Marshal of India | Sam Manekshaw |
| 5 | First Param Vir Chakra Winner | Major Somnath Sharma |
| 6 | First female Jawan in the Army | Shanti Tigga |
| 7 | First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot | IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi |
| 8 | First Cosmonaut of India | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma |
| 9 | First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize | Divya Ajith Kumar |
| 10 | First woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
| 11 | First woman Airline Pilot | Durba Banerjee |
| 12 | First woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| 13 | First woman pilot in the Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Dayal |
| 14 | First Defence Minister of India | Baldev Singh Chokkar |
| 15 | First Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army of Independent India | Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
| 16 | First Indian Chief of the Air Force of Independent India | Subroto Mukherjee |
| 17 | First Field Marshal of India | Sam Manekshaw |
| 18 | First Recipient of the Param Vir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| 19 | First Female Jawan in the Indian Army | Shanti Tigga |
| 20 | First Indian Woman to Fly a Fighter Aircraft Solo | IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi |
| 21 | First Cosmonaut of India | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma |
| 22 | First woman in the Indian Army Conferred with the Sword of Honour Prize | Divya Ajith Kumar |
| 23 | First Chief of Army Staff | Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| 24 | First Indian Naval Chief | Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari |
| Sports | ||
| 1 | First Olympics Team Medal | Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) |
| 2 | First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal | Navjot Kaur |
| 3 | First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games | Santhi Soundarajan |
| 4 | First person to win the international bronze medal in skiing | Aanchal Thakur |
| 5 | First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal | P. V. Sindhu in Badminton |
| 6 | First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics | Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics |
| 7 | First Individual Gold Medal won by | Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing |
| 8 | First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling | Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 9 | First Indian to receive Gold Medal at Olympics | Abhinav Bindra |
| 10 | First Team Medal at Olympics | Field Hockey, Gold Medal |
| 11 | First Indian Woman to win in Olympics | Karnam Malleswari (2000) |
| 12 | First Indian Woman to win Silver in Olympics | P.V. Sindhu |
| 13 | First Indian Woman to win a medal in Wrestling | Sakshi Malik |
| 14 | First Indian Woman Badminton Player to win a medal in Olympics | Saina Nehwal |
| 15 | First Indian Chess Grandmaster | Viswanathan Anand |
| 16 | First Woman to be awarded the Padma Shri | Arati Saha |
| 17 | First time Indians win Cricket World Cup | 1983 |
| 18 | First Paralympics Gold Medal | Murlikant Petkar (Swimming) in 1974 |
| 19 | First Asian Games in India | New Delhi, 1951 |
| 20 | First woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner | Kamlijit Sandhu |
| Awards | ||
| 1 | First Indian Nobel Laureate | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 2 | First Bharat Ratna Award | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| 3 | First Scientist to get Nobel Prize | C.V. Raman |
| 4 | First Woman to get Bharat Ratna Award | Indira Gandhi |
| 5 | First Indian to get Ashok Chakra | Rakesh Sharma (Astronaut) |
| 6 | First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| 7 | First Indian to get Jnanpith Award | G. Shankar Kurup |
| 8 | First Transgender to get Padma Shri | Narthaki Nataraj |
| 9 | First Sportsperson to get Padma Shri | Balbir Singh Dosanjh |
| 10 | First Indian to receive Paramvir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| 11 | First Indian to receive an Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
| 12 | First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| 13 | First Indian to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| 14 | First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| 15 | First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| 16 | First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V Raman |
| 17 | First woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashapoorna Devi |
| 18 | The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| Entertainment & Miscellaneous | ||
| 1 | First Newspaper in India | The Bengal Gazette, 1780 |
| 2 | First silent movie in India | Raja Harishchandra |
| 3 | First female entrepreneur in India | Kalpana Saroj |
| 4 | First IAS officer of India | Satyendranath Tagore |
| 5 | First woman IPS officer in India | Kiran Bedi |
| 6 | First Hindi newspaper in India | Udant Martand (30 May 1826) |
| 7 | First woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
| 8 | First Temple built with Single Rock | Kailasa Temple at Ellora |
| 9 | First Dam in India | Kallanai Dam |
| 10 | First Church in India | St. Thomas Church, Palayoor |
| 11 | First Mosque in India | Cheraman Juma Mosque, Methala |
| 12 | First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt. Ram Charan |
| 13 | First Indian temple with Interconnected Structures | Brihadeeswarar Temple (Tamil Nadu) |
| 14 | First British to Visit India | Thomas Roe |
| 15 | First Chinese Pilgrim to Visit India | Fa-Hien |
| 16 | First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagender Singh |
| 17 | First Post Office Opened in India | Kolkata(1727) |
| 18 | First Wax statue of a Living Indian | Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 |
| 19 | India’s First Open University | Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University |
| 20 | India’s First University | Nalanda University |
| 21 | First Indian to cross the English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| 22 | First Judge of the International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| 23 | First lady to become Miss World | Rita Faria |
| 24 | First man who introduced the printing press in India | James Hicky |
| 25 | First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| 26 | First woman Ambassador | Miss C.B. Muthamma |
| 27 | First woman Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| 28 | First woman chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla |
| 29 | First woman Chief Justice of the High Court | Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) |
| 30 | First woman Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| 31 | First woman Graduates | Kadambini Ganguly & Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
| 32 | First woman Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy, 1886 |
| 33 | First woman Judge | Anna Chandy (District Court Judge in 1937) |
| 34 | First woman judge in Supreme Court | Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| 35 | First woman Lawyer | Cornelia Sorabjee |
| 36 | First woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| 37 | First woman to cross the English Channel | Aarti Saha |
| 38 | First RBI Governor of India | Sir Osborne Smith |
First in India MCQ
Q1. Who among the following was the first Indian Governor of Reserve Bank of India? SSC CGL 2022
a) CD Deshmukh
b) HVR Lengar
c) PC Bhattacharya
d) LK Jha
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: a. CD Deshmukh[/expand]
Q2. Which of the following was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India? SSC MTS 2021
a) Kannada
b) Sansrit
c) Tamil
d) Malayalam
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. Tamil[/expand]
Q3. What was the name of the first artificial satellite of India?
a) Panini
b) Sushruta
c) Aryabhatta
d) Charaka
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. Aryabhatta[/expand]
Q4. In which of the following years was the first rocket launched in India?
a) 1948
b) 1973
c) 1963
d) 1977
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. 1963[/expand]
Q5. Which of the following satellites is India’s first Earth imaging satelite in a geostationary orbit?
a) RISAT-1A
b) RISAT-2BR2
c) GISAT-1
d) Oceansat-3
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. GISAT-1[/expand]
Q6. Launch vehicle of Mars Orbiter Mission was?
a) PSLV C-42
b) PSLV C-25
c) PSLV C-45
d) PSLV C-46
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: b. PSLV C-25[/expand]
Q7. Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
a) G. Sankara Kurup
b) Mahadevi Verma
c) Amitav Ghosh
d) Krishna Sobti
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: a. G. Sankara Kurup[/expand]
Q8. Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?
a) Pattom A Thanu Pillai
b) R Shankar
c) C Achutha Menon
d) EMS Namboodiripad
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: d. EMS Namboodiripad[/expand]
Q9. Who among the following was appointed as India’s first Lokpal?
a) Justice A K Sikri
b) Justice N V Ramana
c) Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
d) Justice S A Bobde
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose[/expand]
Q10. Who was the first woman Chief ‘Minister of an Indian state?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sucheta Kriplani
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Mamta Banerjee
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: b. Sucheta Kriplani[/expand]
