- Name of the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award? Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958.
- Name of first Indian to win Nobel Prize? Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.
- First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics? Dr. Amartya Sen in 1998
- First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Physics? C. V. Raman in 1930
- First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Medicine? Har Gobind Khorana in 1968
- Name of the First Indian Submarine? I.N.S. Cauveri
- Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra? Major Somnath Sharma
- First Indian to go into space? Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
- Name of first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award? Dr. S Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman in 1954
- Name of first speaker of Lok Sabha? G.V. Mavlankar from 1952-1957
- Name of first president of Indian National Congress? W.C. Banerjee
- First President of India? Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award? G. Shankar Kurup
- India’s first woman president? Smt. Pratibha Patil
- Name of first woman governor of India? Sarojini Naidu
- Name of the first Indian woman ruler? Razia Sultan on Delhi’s throne
- Name of the first woman musician of India to get Bharat Ratna? M.S. Subbulakshmi
- Name of the first woman of India to win WTA title? Sania Mirza
- Name of the first Indian woman to get noble prize? Mother Teresa in 1979
- Name of the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India? Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
- Name of first woman of India to get Ashok Chakra? Nirja Mishr
- Name of first woman of India to won Miss World Title? Reita Faria in 1966.
- Name of first woman of India to climb the Mount Everest? Bachendri Pal
- Name of the first woman of India to won Miss Universe title? Sushmita Sen
- Name of India’s first woman IPS officer? Kiran Bedi
- Name of first woman of India to get Jnanpith Award? Ashapurna Devi
- Name of first Indian woman to win a Gold in Asian Games? Kamaljeet Sandhu
- Name of first woman of India to won Miss Asia Pacific? Zeenat Aman in 1970
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