First in The World and India: know who did what

Who was the first in the world to do something like riding a cycle, writing a book, climbing the highest peak of the mountain etc. ever wondered? If yes then you might be curious to know and even if you don’t it’s a good time you should know. I will be listing these categorizing them first in the world than in India. Let’s dive in –

First In The World

The list of the persons who did what no one had done earlier is given below, no doubt it has to be the greatest achievements of mankind. Although the list is not this short but it’s almost everything you need to know. Let’s take a look at the pioneers of humankind-

The first person to reach Mount Everest	Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
The first person to reach North Pole	Robert Peary
The first person to reach South Pole	Amundsen
The first religion of the world	Hinduism
The first country to print book	China
The first country to commence competitive examination	China in civil services
The first President of the U.S.A.	George Washington
The first Prime Minister of Britain	Robert Walpole
The first Governor General of the United Nations	Trigveli (Norway)
The first country to win football World cup	Uruguay
The first country to prepare a constitution	U.S.A.
The first Governor General of Pakistan	Mohd. Ali Jinnah
The first country to host NAM summit	Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
The first European to attack India	Alexander, The Great
The first European to reach China	Marco Polo
The first person to fly aeroplane	Wright Brothers
The first person to sail round the world	Magellan
The first country to send man to the moon	U.S.A.
The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space	Russia
The first country to host the modern Olympics	Greece
The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped	Hiroshima (Japan)
The first person to land on the moon	Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
The first shuttle to go in space	Columbia
The first spacecraft to reach on Mars	Viking-I
The first woman Prime Minister of England	Margaret Thatcher
The first muslim Prime Minister of a country	Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
The first woman Prime Minister of a country	Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
The first woman cosmonaut of the world	Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)
The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The first man to fly into space	Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
The first batsman to score, three test century in three	Mohd. Azharuddin successive tests on debut
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice	Nawang Gombu
The first U.S. President to resign Presidency	Richard Nixon

First In India

Above we see the achievements of the first in the world, let’s take a look at India. Almost all of us keep reading this since childhood in the book of our General knowledge. Even some exams ask these questions too, here the list is categories based on gender, field etc.

Male –

The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free	C. Rajgopalachari India
The first man who introduced printing press in India	James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S.	Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without	The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
The first Chief of the Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh ji
The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council	S. P. Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the	Charan Singh Parliament
The first Field Marshal of India	S. H. F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics	C. V. Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English channel	Mihir Sen
The first person to receive Jnanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister	Abul Kalam Azad
The first Home Minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
The first judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in	Hargovind Khurana Medicine
The first Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the central cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hiralal J. Kania
The first Governor of Bengal	Lord Clive
The first Governor-General of Bengal	Warren Hastings
The first Governor-General of India	Lord William Bentinck
The first Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayab Ji
The first Governor General of Independent India	Lord Louis Mountbatten
The first Indian Governor General of Independent India	C. Rajagopalachari
The first Indian to pass ICS Exam	Satyendra Nath Tagore
The first Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space)	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
The first Commander-in-Chief of Free India	General K. M. Cariappa
The first Indian Noble Laureate	Rabindra Nath Tagore
The first Indian Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Nath
The first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award	C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman
The first Field Marshal General	S. F. J. Manekshaw
The first Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award	G. Shankar Kurup
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Speaker of Lok sabha	G. V. Mavlankar
The first President of Independent India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Vice-President of Independent India	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
The first Prime Minister of Independent India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Home Minister of Independent India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Education Minister of Independent India	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
The first Chief of Air Staff	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
The first Indian Air Chief	S. Mukherjee
The first Chief of Army Staff General	M. Rajendra Singh
The first Chief of Naval Staff of India	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
The first person to get Paramvir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first Indian Scientist to get Nobel price	C. V. Raman
The first Chinese pilgrim to visit India	Fa – Hien
The first Indian to win Magasysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first Minister to resign from Indian Union Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first British to visit India	John Mildenhall
The first Election Commissioner of India	Sukumar Sen
The first Chief Justice of India	Hiralal J Kania

Female –

The first lady to become “Miss World”	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C. B. Muthamma
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C. B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a State in free India	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Prime Minister	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress	Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman chief justice of a High Court	Mrs. Leela Seth
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the United Nations General	Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Assembly
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman chairman of Union Public Service	Roze Millian Bethew Commission
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman I.P.S. Officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first Woman President of India	Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
The first Woman Prime Minister of India	Indira Gandhi
The first Woman Governor of Indian State	Sarojani Naidu
The first Woman ruler of Delhi Throne	Razia Sultan
The first Woman IPS Office	Kiran Bedi
The first Woman Chief minister of Indian State	Sucheta Kripalani (UP)
The first Woman Union Minister	Rajkumari Amrit kaur
The first Woman President of Indian national Congress	Annie Besant
The first Woman Judge of Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first Woman to get Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Mishra
The first Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations	Vijayalakshmi Pandit
The first Indian Woman to swim across English Channel	Arati Saha Gupta
The first Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize	Mother Teresa
The first Indian Woman to climb the Mount Everest	Bachendri Pal
The first Indian Woman to become Miss World	Reita Faria
The first Indian Woman to become Miss Universe	Sushmita Sen
The first Indian Woman to climb Mt. Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
The first Indian Woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza
The first Indian Woman Airline Pilot	Durga Banerjee
The first Indian Woman president of INC	Sarojani Naidu
The first Indian Woman to win Booker Prize	Arudhanti Roy
The first Indian Woman to go into Space	Kalpana Chawla
The first Woman to get Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna	M.S. Subbulakshmi
The first Woman Chief Justice of High Court	Leela Seth
The first Woman Pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita kaur Dayal
The first Indian woman to win Olympic Medal	Karnam Malleswari
The first Woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora

A little bit more –

India has been a land of great eminent personality, there is hardly any field where there is not any contribution by the people of India. Let’s take a look at all the contributions and achievements first in India categorized by the field and areas-

In Science & Technology-

The first hydroelectric plant	Sidrapong (Darjeeling)
The first Man in Space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Nuclear Reactor	Apsara (Maharashtra)
The first satellite	Aryabhatta
The first successfully indigenous launch vehicle	SLV-3
The first Genetically modified food product in India	Bt. Eggplant Hybrid
The first graduate in medicine	Surjo Kumar Chakroborty
The first Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO)	Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
The first satellite earth station for domestic communications	Secunderabad
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V Raman

In Governance-

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

In Defence-

The first Defence Minister of India	Baldev Singh
The first Commander-in-Chief of Free India	Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
The first Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force	Subroto Mukherjee
The first Field Marshal	Sam Manekshaw
The first Param Vir Chakra winner	Major Som Nath Sharma
The first female Jawan in the Army	Sapper Shanti Tigga
The first Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot	IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi
The first cosmonaut	Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
The first woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize	Divya Ajith Kumar

In Sports-

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

In Architecture-

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