First in India Men Women | Complete Bilingual GK Notes

First in India – Men and Women / भारत में प्रथम – पुरुष एवं महिला

The source provides an extensive list of personalities who achieved important 'firsts' in India. These facts are highly useful for SSC, Railway, Banking, Defense and other competitive examinations because they are frequently asked as direct one-liners and match-the-following questions.

Source में India के important 'First' achievements से जुड़े पुरुषों और महिलाओं की विस्तृत list दी गई है। SSC, Railway, Banking, Defense तथा other competitive examinations में इनसे direct one-liner और match-the-following questions frequently पूछे जाते हैं।

First in India – Male / भारत में प्रथम पुरुष

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 K.M. Cariappa
First Field Marshal of India: General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw – 1971
First Indian to go into Space: Rakesh Sharma
First Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen: Sherpa Ang Dorje
First Indian Managing Director of World Bank: Gautam Kaji
First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice: Dr Nagendra Singh
First Indian Nobel Prize winner in Physics: C.V. Raman – 1930
First Indian Nobel Prize winner in Literature: Rabindranath Tagore – 1913
First Indian Nobel Prize winner in Economics: Dr Amartya Sen – 1998
First Indian Nobel Prize winner in Medicine/Physiology: Dr Har Govind Khorana – 1968
First Bharat Ratna awardees: Dr S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari and Dr C.V. Raman – 1954
First Jnanpith Award winner: G. Sankara Kurup – Malayalam
First Bharat Ratna awarded posthumously: Lal Bahadur Shastri
First Cricketer to receive Padma Bhushan: C.K. Naidu
First Indian to qualify through ICS: Satyendra Nath Tagore – 1869
First Indian to swim across English Channel: Mihir Sen – 1958
First Chief of Defence Staff: Bipin Rawat

First in India – Female / भारत में प्रथम महिला

First Indian Female Chairperson of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu – 1925
First Indian Woman to climb Everest: Bachendri Pal – 1984
First Woman Cabinet Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur – 1947
First Woman Chairman of UN General Assembly: Vijaya Lakshmi 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 Indian Woman to reach Antarctica: Meher Moos – 1977
First Woman IAS Officer: Anna Rajam George – 1950
First Female Chief Justice listed in source: Leela Seth – 1991
First Woman Defence Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi
First Female Nobel Prize Winner listed for India: Mother Teresa – 1979
First Indian Woman to score a century in World Cup Cricket: Thirush Kamini
First Indian Woman to win Olympic Silver in Badminton: P.V. Sindhu
First Indian Woman member of International Olympic Committee: Nita Ambani
First Indian Woman Olympic Bronze medalist in Wrestling: Sakshi Malik
First Indian Woman Fighter Pilot to fly a fighter jet: Avani Chaturvedi – 2018
First Indian Naval Woman Pilot: Shubhangi Swaroop – 2018
First Female ICC Match Referee: G.S. Lakshmi