General Awareness 3 : First in India Part 1

First in India Part 1

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First in India : Movies :--

First Indian movie – Raja Harischandra by Dadasaheb Falke (1913) (silent movie)

First Indian movie with sound – Alam Ara by Ardshir Irani (1931 )

First colour movie – Kisan Kanya by Ardshir Irani  (1937)

First Cabinet Ministers:--

First Health Minister of Independent India – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First woman Cabinet minister of Independent India – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First Defense Minister of Independent India – Baldev Singh

First Education minister of Independent India – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

First Home minister of Independent India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Finance Minister of Independent India – R K Shanmukhan Chetty

First Law minister of Independent India – B R Ambedkar

First Commerce minister of Independent India – C H Bhabha

First in India : Science & Technology:--

First Indian Cosmonaut to go in space – Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India – Apsara

First person to make Printing Press popular in India – James Hicky

India’s First Nuclear centre – Tarapur

First test tube baby of India – Indira (Baby Harsha)

First Indian Pilot – JRD Tata (in 1929)

First Indian space Tourist – Santosh George

First In India : Administration & Govt. Service :--

First President of India – Dr Rajendra Prasad

First Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

First Governor of Bengal – Lord Clive

First Vice President of India – Dr S Radhakrishnan

First Muslim President of Indian Republic – Dr Zakir Hussain

Last Governor of Bengal – Warren Hastings

First Governor General of Bengal – Warren Hastings

First Governor General of India – Lord William Bentic

Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India – Lord Caning

First President of Indian National Congress – W C Banerjee

First Governor General of Independent India – C Rajgopalachari

First Indian to pass ICS – Surendra Nath Banerjee

First Indian ICS Officer – Satyendra Nath Tagore

First Governor General of India (after Independence) – Lord Louis Mountbatten

First temporary President of Constituent Assembly – Dr Sachchida Nand

First Indian Judge to International court of Justice – Dr Nagendra Singh

First Vice President of Free India – Dr S Radhakrishnan

First speaker of Lok Sabha – G V Mavlankar

India’s first Lok Sabha member to win from record no of votes – PV Narsimha Rao

India’s first minister to resign from Union Cabinet – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

India’s first Election commissioner – Sukumar Sen

First Muslim president of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayab ji

First Chief Justice of India – Justice Hiralal J Kania

First Deputy Prime Minister of India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office – Morarji Desai

First Indian Prime Minister to loose an election – Indira Gandhi

First President of India to die in office – Dr Zakir Hussain

First in India : Sports:--

India at Olympics:--

First in India to win individual Olympic medal – K D Jadhav (won bronze medal in 1952 at Helsinki Olympics)

First India athlete (British Origin) to participate and win Olympic medal-Norman Pritchard (represented India and Asia for first time in 1900  Paris Olympics and won 2 silver medals)

First in India to win Gold in team event – Field Hockey Team in 1928 won gold for first time. Hockey team won gold for total 8 times

First in India to win medal in shooting at Olympics – Rajyawardhan Singh Rathod, at 2004 Athens Olympic

First in India to win individual Gold medal at Olympics – Abhinav Bindra, in shooting in 2008 Beijing Olympics

First in India to win medal in Tennis at Olympics – Leander Paes, Bronze in 1996 at Atlanta Olympics

First Indian woman to win Olympic medal – Karnam Malleswari, Bronze in Weightlifting in 2000 Sydney Olympic

First Indian to win medal in Boxing – Vijender Singh, Bronze in 2008 Beijing Olympic

First Indian to win medal in wrestling at Olympics – Sushil Kumar, in 2008 Beijing Olympics

India at Chess:--

First Grandmaster of India and also the winner of FIDE world Chess championship – Vishwanathan Anand

Youngest Indian to become Grandmaster – Parimarjan Negi

India’s first woman to become Grandmaster – Koneru Humpy

India’s youngest woman to become Grandmaster – Koenru Humpy (at age 15 years of Age)

India at Tennis:--

First Indian to win Grand Slam Title – Mahesh Bhupati (in mixed doubles partnering with
Rika Hiraki) in 1997 French Open

First Indian woman to win Grand Slam – Sania Mirza (in Mixed Doubles partnering Mahesh
Bhupati) in 2009 Australian Open

First Indian to win Junior Grand Slam Title – Ramanathan Krishnan, won Wimbledon in year 1954

First Indian to win Junior French Open – Ramesh Krishnan, won both French and
Wimbledon in 1979

First Indian to win Junior Australian Open – Yuki Bhambri in year 2009

First Indian woman to win Junior Grand Slam Title – Sania Mirza (in doubles partnering
Alisa Kleybanova) in 2003 Wimbledon

First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean swimming contest – Baidyanath Nath

First Indian to swim across English Channel – Mihir Sen

First Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen cylinder – Sherpa Phu Dorji

First Asian games organised at – Delhi (in 1951)

First Indian to reach Antarctica – Lt Ram Charan (in 1960)

First man to climb Mount Everest twice – Nawang Gombu

First in India to reach North Pole – Sq Ldr Sanjay Thapar

First Indian to reach South Pole – Col. J K Baja

First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy – Wilson Jones

First in India : Prestigious Awards:--

First in India to get Bharat Ratna – Dr S RadhaKrishnan, C Rajgopalachari, C V Raman

First in India to nominate himself for Bharat Ratna Award – Jawaharlal Nehru

First in India to win Stalin award – Saifffudin Kichlu

First in India to win Magsaysay award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave

 First foreigner recipient of Bharat Ratna – Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

First in India to get Jnanpeeth Award – G Shankar Kurup

First in India to get Paramvir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma

First Indian author to get Anderson Award – Ruskin Bond

First Recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Devika Rani in 1969

First and only Indian to win Nishan-e-Pakistan (highest civilian award of Pakistan) – Morarji Desai in 1990

Noble Awards:--

First in India(was first Asian also) to get Nobel Prize – Rabindra Nath Tagore in year 1913 for literature.

First Indian Scientist to get Noble Prize- C V Raman

First scientist of Indian origin to win Noble prize in Physics – S. Chandrashekhar

First Scientist of Indian origin to get Noble prize in field of Medical Science – Dr Hargovind Khurana

First Indian to win Noble Peace Prize – Mother Teresa in 1979 (Indian citizen but of Albanian origin)

First Indian born to win Noble Peace Prize – Kailash Satyarthi in 2014

First and only Indian to win Noble in Economics – Amartya Sen

Oscar Awards:--

First in India ever to be nominated at Oscars – Mehboob Khan for film Mother India in 1958.

First Indian recipient of Oscar Awards – Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume design for Film Gandhi in 1983) 

First Indian to win Oscar for lifetime achievement – Satyajit Ray

First in India to win Oscar for Sound Mixing – Resul Pookutty for film Slumdog Millionaire in year 2009

First in India to win Oscar for Best original music score – A R Rahman for Slumdog
Millionaire

First in India to win Oscar for Best original Song – A R Rahman and Gulzar shared
for Slumdog Millionaire

First in India : Beauty Contests (Male) :--

First Mr. Universe of India – Manohar Aich in year 1952

First Mr. International – Aryan Vaid in year 2000

First in India : Visitors & Travelers :--

First foreign visitor to India – Megasthenses (Greek who visited Chandragupta Maurya
Court in 305 BC)

First Chinese pilgrim to visit India – Fa-hein in year 399 AD

First Muslim visitor/traveler to India – Al Beruni in year 1000 AD

First European to visit India – Morcopolo (Italian) in 1288 AD

First Italian to visit India – Morcopolo in 1288 AD

First Moroccan to visit India – Ibn Batuta in 1333 AD

First Russian to visit India – Afanasy Nikitin in 1469 AD

First Portuguese to visit India – Domingo Paes in 1520 AD

First British to visit India – William Hawkins in 1609 AD

First American President to visit India – Dwight David Eisenhower

First British Prime Minister to visit India – Harold McMillan

First in India : Places:--

First district with 100 % literacy – Ernakulam district in Kerala, in 1990

First city with 100 % literacy – Kottayam, Kerala in 1989

First district to be Polio free – Pathanamthitta, Kerala

First district to become “total electrified” – Palakkad, Kerala in 2011

First in India : Others :--

First e-business newspaper of India – Financial Express

India’s first open University: Andhra Pradesh Open University

India’s first University – Nalanda University

First post office in India – Kolkata (in 1727)

First central PSU to be privatized – Modern Food Industries in year 2000

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