First President of India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• First Vice President of India – Dr.S. Radhakrishnan
• First Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain
• First Vice-President who died in harness – Krishna Kanth
• First Chief Justice of India – Harilal. J. Kania
• First Dalit Chief Justice of India – K.G. Balakrishnan
• First British Governor General of Bengal – Warren Hastings
• First Governor General of India – William Bentinck
• First Governor General of Free India – Lord Mount Batten
• First Viceroy of India – Lord Canning
• First Indian to become the Governor General of free India – C.

Rajagopalachari

• First Indian to join I.C.S (now IAS) – Satyendra Nath Tagore
• First Indian to become the member of Viceroy’s Executive Council – Lord

S.P.Sinha

• First Indian to become the Judge of International Court of Justice – Dr.B.N

Rao

• First Indian to become the President of ICJ – Justice Nagendra Singh
• First Indian in British Parliament – Dada Bhai Naoroji

First In Woman (INDIA)

• First woman President

Ans : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

• First woman speaker of Lok Sabha

Ans : Mirakumar

• First woman Prime Minister

Ans : Indira Gandhi

• First woman Chief Minister of a State

Ans : Sucheta Kripalani

• First woman Minister

Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman Central Minister

Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

• First woman Governor of the State

Ans : Sarojini Naidu

• First woman president of Indian National Congress

Ans : Annie Besant

• First woman Ambassador

Ans : Vijayalekshmi Pandit

• First woman President of UN General Assembly

Ans : Vijayalekshmi Pandit

• First woman IAS Officer

Ans : Anna George malhotra

• First woman IPS Officer

Ans : Kiran Bedi

• First woman Advocate

Ans : Cornelia Sorabji

• First woman Magistrate

Ans : Omana Kunjamma

• First woman legislator

Ans : Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• First woman mayor in India

Ans : Tara Cherian

• First woman Judge of High Court

Ans : Anna Chandi

• First woman Judge of Suprem Court

ANS : M. Fathima Beevi

• First woman Chief Justice of High Court

ANS : Leila Seth

• First woman Election Commissioner

ANS : V.S. Rama Devi

• First Chairperson of U.G.C

ANS : Maduri Sha

First woman Director General of Police

ANS : Kanchan Bhattacharya

• First woman Chief Engineer

ANS : Mrs.P.K. Thresia

• First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi

ANS : Razia Sultana

• First woman to swim across the English Channel

ANS : Arati Saha

• First woman to swim across the strait of Gibralter

ANS : Aarti Pradhan

• First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world)

ANS : Ujwala Rai

• First woman to go into space

ANS : Kalpana Chawla

• First woman to climb Mount Everest

ANS : Bachendri Pal

• Youngest woman to Climb Mount Everest two times

ANS : Santhosh Yadav

• First to be crowned the Miss World

ANS : Reita Faria

• First to be crowned the Miss Universe

ANS : Susmita Sen

• First woman pilot

ANS : Prem Mathur

• First woman pilot in Indian Air Force

ANS : Haritha Kaur Deol

• First woman Lt. General

ANS : Punita Arora

• First woman Air Marshal

ANS : Padma Bandhopadyay

• First Station Master

ANS : Rinku Sinha Roy

• First woman to win Nobel prize

ANS : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win Bharat Ratna

ANS : Indira Gandhi

• First woman to win Magsaysay Award

ANS : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win the Booker Prize

ANS : Arundhati Roy

• First woman to receive the Sahithya Academy Award

ANS : Amrita Pritam

• First woman to win Jnanapith Award

ANS : Asha Purna Devi

• First female child artist in Indian cinema

ANS : Kamalabai Gokhale

• First Indian woman to get an Oscar

ANS : Bhanu Athaiya

• First woman to win an Olympic medal

ANS : Karnam Malleswari

• First woman Olympic finalist

ANS : P.T. Usha

• First Indian athlete to win a Medal in world championship

ANS : Anju Bobby George

• First woman Cricketer to score double century

ANS : Mithali Raj

• First Indian woman who was honoured as human computer

ANS : Shakuntala Devi