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Importance of ”List of First in India” for UPSC CSE

List of First in India is a static General Knowledge topic for UPSC. This is informative in nature which helps in solving portions of Multiple Choice Questions for the UPSC Prelims Examination. Here, in the List of First in India, we presented important personalities who have achieved in the fields of science & technology, governance, defense, sports, and architecture, etc.

List of First in India in the Field of Governance

First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
First President of Indian National Congress Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru
First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen
First Viceroy of India Lord Canning
First Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck
First Chief Justice of India H.J Kania
First Speaker of Lok Sabha G. V. Mavlankar
First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel
First Chairperson of Lokpal of India Pinaki Chandra Ghose

List of First in India in the Field of Defence

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 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
First Param Vir Chakra Winner Major Somnath Sharma
First female Jawan in the Army Shanti Tigga
First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without a co-pilot IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi
First cosmonaut Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
The first woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour prize Divya Ajith Kumar

 

List of First in India in the Field of Sports

First Olympics Team Medal Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics)
First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal Navjot Kaur
First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian Games medal Saina Nehwal
First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games Santhi Soundarajan
First person to win the international bronze medal in skiing Aanchal Thakur
First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal P. V. Sindhu in Badminton
First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics
First Individual Gold Medal won by Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics

 

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List of First in India in the field of Architecture

First temple constructed from a single rock Kailasa temple at Ellora
First church in India St. Thomas Church, Palayoor
First mosque in India Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala
First dam in India Kallanai Dam
First Indian temple with many interconnected structures Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu

List of First in India – Miscellaneous

First British to Visit India Thomas Roe
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-Hien/Faxian
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji
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 Lok Sabha Member to be Elected with a record maximum number of Votes P.V.Narasimha Rao
India’s First Open University Dr. B.R Ambedkar Open University
India’s First University Nalanda University
India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan
The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of Free India C. Rajgopalachari
The first British Governor-General of Bengal Lord Warren Hastings(1774-1885)
The first British Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Governor-General of Free India Lord Mountbatten
The first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.Sinha
The first Indian Naval Chief Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)
The first Indian to cross the English Channel Mihir Sen
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services Satyendra Nath Tagore
The first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first Judge of the International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria
The first man who introduced the printing press in India James Hickey
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of the Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind Khurana
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to receive the Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first President of the Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
The first President of the Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai
The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee
The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs. Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became a judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Judge in the Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman to cross the English Channel Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize Mother Teresa

Some Previous Year’s FAQs in UPSC

  1. In the “Individual Satyagraha”, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
    (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    (c) C. Rajagopalachari
    (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Ans: B
  2. Consider the following statements :
    1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.
    2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    (a) 1 only
    (b) 2 only
    (c) Both 1 and 2
    (d) Neither 1 nor 2
    Ans: B
  3. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements:
    1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
    2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
    3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    (a) 1 only
    (b) 2 and 3 only
    (c) 3 only
    (d) 1, 2 and 3
    Ans: A
  4. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
    (a) Akbar
    (b) Jahangir
    (c) Shahjahan
    (d) Aurangzeb
    Ans: B
  5. Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?
    (a) Ahmadabad
    (b) Bombay
    (c) Calcutta
    (d) Delhi
    Ans: B

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