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| First in India |
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| Newspaper : Bengal Gazette (James Hickey) |
| Vernacular Daily : Samachar Darpan (Bengali) |
| Hindi Newspaper : Udant Martand (Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla) |
| Telegraph Line : Diamond Harbour to Kolkata |
| International Telephone Service : Mumbai to London (1851) |
| Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra (Dadasaheb Phalke 1913) |
| Talking Movie : Alam Ara (Ardeshir Irani-1931) |
| Aircraft Carriage Warship : INS Vikrant Satellite Aryabhatta (19th April, 1975) |
| Satellite dedicated exclusively for Education purposes : EDUSAT |
| Dedicated multi wavelength space observatory : Astrosat |
| Successful indigenous launch vehicle : SLV-3 |
| Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956) |
| Lunar Mission : Chandrayaan-I (October, 2008) |
| Mars Mission : Mars Orbiter Mission (5th November, 2013) |
| Hydroelectric Project : Sidrapong (1897) |
| Asian Games : Delhi (1951) |
| Biosphere Reserve : Nilgiri National Park, Hailey National Park (Jim Corbett)1936 |
| Technology Park : Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram |
| First in India (Male) |
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| First Governor-General of India : William Bentinck (1828) |
| First and last Indian Governor-General of Free India : C Rajagopalachari |
| First Commander-in-Chief of Free India : General KM Kariappa |
| First Field Marshal of India : General SHFJ Manekshaw (1971) |
| First Indian to go in Space : Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian to climb the Mount Everest without Oxygen : Sherpa Ang Dorje |
| First Indian to become the Managing Director of World Bank : Gautam Kaji |
| First Indian Judge in the International Court of Justice : Dr Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics : CV Raman (1930) |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Literature : Rabindranath Tagore (1913) |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Economics Dr Amartya Sen (1998) |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Medicines (Physiology) : Dr Har Govind Khorana (1968) |
| First Indian to get Bharat Ratna : Dr S Radhakrishnan, C Rajgopalachari and Dr CV Raman (1954) |
| First Person to be Honoured with the Jnanpith Award : G Sankara Kurup (Malayalam) |
| First Person to get Bharat Ratna (Posthumously) : Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| First Cricketer to get Padma Bhushan : CK Naidu |
| First Indian to get through ICS : Satyendra Nath Tagore (1869) |
| First Indian to swim across the English Channel : Mihir Sen (1958) |
| First Judge of International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Chief of Defence Staff : Bipin Rawat |
| First in India (Female) |
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| First Indian Female Chairperson of Indian National Congress : Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| First Woman to climb the Everest : Bachendri Pal (1984) |
| First Woman Cabinet Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947) |
| First Woman Chairman of the UN General Assembly : Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| First Woman President of India : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil |
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha : Meira Kumar (2009) |
| First Woman Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha : Margaret Alva (1983-85) |
| First Woman Prime Minister of India : Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman to reach Antarctica : Meher Moos (1977) |
| First Woman IAS Officer : Anna Rajam George (1950) |
| First Female Chief Justice : Leela Seth (1991) |
| First Women Defence Minister : Nirmala Sitharaman |
| First Woman to get the Bharat Ratna : Indira Gandhi |
| First Female Nobel Prize Winner : Mother Teresa (1979) |
| First Woman to complete Century in World Cup Cricket : Thirush Kamini |
| First to win Silver in Olympics (Badminton) : PV Sindhu |
| First Indian Woman to become member of International Olympic Committee : Nita Ambani |
| First to win Bronze in Olympics (Wrestler) : Sakshi Malik |
| First Indian Woman Fighter Pilot to fly a fighter jet : Avani Chaturvedi (2018) |
| First Indian Naval Woman Pilot : Shubhangi Swaroop (2018) |
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