ListoffirstsinIndia

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Contents
1 Architecture
2 Awardsandtitles
2.1 NobelPrize
2.2 Oscar
3 Defence(intheRepublicofIndia)
4 Economy
5 Exploration
6 Film,TVandentertainment
7 Governanceinmen
8 Science
8.1 Medicalscience
9 Sport
9.1 Olympics
9.2 Chess
9.3 Football
9.4 Tennis
9.5 Cricket
10 Women
10.1 Governanceinwomen
11 States
12 Places
13 Transport
14 Literatureandmedia
15 Others
16 References

Architecture
FirstDamintheIndia:KallanaiDam,oneoftheworldsoldest,stillinuse.Originallyconstructedbythe
CholakingKarikalaCholanaroundthe2ndCenturyAD
FirstStepwellstillexisting:MataBhavani'sStepwellbuiltin11thcenturyinGujrath.
Firsttempleconstructedfromasinglerock,stillstanding:Kailasatemple,Ellorabuiltin744CEbuiltby
RashtrakutakingKrishnaI
FirsttempleinKalingaarchitecturestillstanding:KonarkSunTemplebuiltin1255AD.
Firsttemplewithmanyinterconnectedstructuresstillstanding:BrihadeeswararTemple,Tanjore,Tamil
Nadubuiltin1002AD.
FirstIslamic(tomb)inIndia:(http://Sultan%20Ghari)SultanGhariSultanGhari(Hindi:
,
Urdu:),builtin1231CEforPrinceNasirud,eldestsonofIltumish.
Firsttruedome:AlaiDarwaza,Qutbcomplex,Delhi,builtin1311CE,byfirstKhiljiSultanofDelhi,

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AlauddinKhilji.
Firsttruearch:Balban'stomb,MehrauliArcheologicalPark,Delhi,builtc.1287CE,byGhiyasuddin
BalbanofMamlukdynasty.
FirstgardentombontheIndiansubcontinent,alsothefirstwithPersiandoubledome:Humayun'sTomb,
Delhi,built15621571CE.
FirstMosqueinIndia:CheramanJumaMasjid,Methala,Kodungallur,Keralabuilt629A.DbyMalikBin
Dinar.

Awardsandtitles
Mr.Universe:ManoharAichin1952
MissWorld:ReitaFariain1966.(ShewasalsothefirstAsiantowinthetitle.)
MissAsiaPacific:ZeenatAmanin1970
InternationalTeenPrincess:RadhaBartakein1974
MissTeenageIntercontinental:ElizabethAnitaReddiin1978
MissWorldAmber:MalaRaiSinganiin1978.
WorldMissUniversity:PriyadarshiniPradhanin1989
MissUniverse:SushmitaSenin1994
MissIndiaWorldwide:KarminderKaurVirkin1994.
MissIntercontinental:LaraDuttain1997.
Mr.International:AryanVaidin2000
ManhuntInternational:RajeevSinghin2001
MissTourismInternational:CandicePintoin2001
Mrs.World:AditiGowitrikarin2001
MissTourismQueenInternational:ZabinaAbdulRashidKhanin2004
MissWorldTourism:SonalChauhanin2005.
BestModeloftheWorld:SiddharthShuklain2005
MissTourism:PriyankaShahin2007
MissEarth:NicoleFariain2010
MissTourismQueenoftheYearInternational:UrvashiRautelain2011
MissAsiaPacificWorld:HimanginiSinghYaduin2012
MisterUnitedNations:RahulVyasin2013
MissSupranational:AshaBhatin2014
MissUniversalPeaceandHumanity:RuhiSinghin2014
MissTourismInternational(ChinaVersion):ParulBindalin2014
FirstIndiantowinanyliteraryaward(theNewberyMedal)intheUnitedStates,in1927forGayNeck,
theStoryofaPigeon:DhanGopalMukerji
NiradC.Chaudhuri,firstIndiantowinamajornonfictionaward,theDuffCooperPrizeintheUnited
Kingdom,in1966forTheContinentofCirce
ManBookerPrize:ArundhatiRoyforhernovel"TheGodofSmallThings"intheyear1997.
BhaswatiBhattacharyawasthefirstIndiantospeakasOratorattheHarvardUniversity,inthe
CommencementExercisesin1993.[1]
BharatRatna:Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan,C.Rajagopalachari,andC.V.Ramanin1954
PadmaVibhushan:SatyendraNathBose,NandLalBose,ZakirHussain,BalasahebGangadharKher,
JigmeDorjiWangchuk,V.K.KrishnaMenonin1954
ParamVirChakra:MajorSomnathSharma
CommandeuroftheOrderofArtsandLetters:MrinalSen[2]
ChevalieroftheOrderofArtsandLetters:SivajiGanesan
DadasahebPhalkeAward:DevikaRaniin1969
AshokaChakraAwardtoacivilian:D.K.Jatar(posthumous)andM.CDixit,captainandcocaptain

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respectively,ofthesabotagedplaneKashmirPrincess,for"mostconspicuousbravery,daringandself
sacrifice"
MagsaysayAward:VinobaBhave,1958
StalinPeacePrize(nowknownasLeninPeacePrize)in1952SaifuddinKitchlew
OscarforLifetimeAchievementSatyajitRay
NishanePakistan:MorarjiDesai,1990

NobelPrize
1913:Literature:RabindranathTagorewasalsothefirstAsiantowintheprize
1930:Physics:C.V.RamanfirstAsianandfirstnonwhitepersontowinSciencenobelprize.
1968:medicine:HarGobindKhoranaUScitizenofIndianorigin
1979:Peace:MotherTeresaIndiancitizenofAlbanianorigin
1998:Economics:AmartyaSen
2009:Chemistry:VenkatramanRamakrishnanUScitizenofIndianorigin
2014:Peace:KailashSathyarthi(firstIndianborn)

Oscar
1982BhanuAthaiyaforCostumeDesign
1992SatyajitRay,HonoraryOscar
2009A.R.RahmanforBestOriginalSong,BestOriginalScore
2009ResulPookuttyforSoundMixing
2009GulzarforBestOriginalSong

Defence(intheRepublicofIndia)
PresidentofIndianRepublic:Dr.RajendraPrasad
PrimeMinisterofIndianRepublic:PanditJawaharlalNehru
VicePresidentofIndianRepublic:Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan
DefenceMinisterofIndia:BaldevSingh
CommanderinChiefofFreeIndia:KodanderaMadappaCariappa
IndianCommanderinChiefofFreeIndia:GeneralKodanderaMadappaCariappa,1949
ChiefofAirStaff:SubrotoMukerjee
IndianChiefofStaffIndianArmy:MaharajShriRajendrasinhjiJadeja
CommanderinChief,IAF:SubrotoMukerjee
ChiefofNavalStaff:SirCharlesThomasMarkPizey
FirstIndian(preIndependence)flyingace:IndraLalRoy
India'sfirstmilitaryhelicopterpilot:AirCommodoreSudhindraKumarMajumdar
Cosmonaut:SqnLdrRakeshSharma,1984
FieldMarshal:SamManekshaw(S.H.FManekshaw),1973
FirstfemalejawanintheArmy:SapperShantiTigga[3]lp
FirstParamVirChakraWinner:MajorSomNathSharma

Economy
FirstpowerinIndiawithSovietCollaboration:NeyveliLigniteCorporationin1962.[4]
FirstcentralPSUtobeprivatized:ModernFoodIndustriesinJanuary2000

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Exploration
PersontoridealonearoundtheworldonmotorcycleBharadwajDayala
Persontoflyinaballoonandlandinaparachute:ShibnathMajumdar
PersontoreachtheSouthPole:ColonelJatinderKumarBajaj
WomantoscaleMountEverest:BachendriPalon23May1984.Shewasthe5thwomanintheworldto
scalethepeak.
PersontoreachMountEverestwithoutoxygen:SherpaAngaDorjee
WomantoreachSouthPole:ReenaKaushalDharmshaktu
PersontoreachtheNorthPole:JagannathanSrinivasaraghavanon23April1985.
PersontohavewalkedacrossGobidesert:SuchetaKadethankar
YoungestoneintheworldtoclimbEverest:MalavathPurnaon25May2014attheageof13.

Film,TVandentertainment
1896:FilmtobeexhibitedinIndia:On7July,withtheLumiereBrothers'Cinematography,unveilingsix
silentshortfilmsattheWatson'sHotelinBombay,viz.,EntryofCinematographe,TheSeaBath,Arrival
ofaTrain,ADemolition,Ladies&SoldiersonWheelsandLeavingtheFactory.
1902:MusicrecordwasrecordedbyGauharJaan[5]singingakhayalinRaagJogiya,[6]recordedon2
November,byFredGaisberg,assistanttoEmileBerliner,thefatherofGramophonerecord.[7]
1913:SilentfilmtobemadeinIndia:RajaHarishchandra,byDadasahebPhalkeandreleasedon3May.
1913:ActressofIndiancinema:DurgabaiKamatinMohiniBhasmasur,releasedinNovember,second
movieofPhalke[8][9]
1931:Soundfilm:AlamAradirectedbyArdeshirIrani[10]
1937:Governmentawardforfilms:BengalFilmJournalists'AssociationAwards
1937:Colourfilm:KisanKanya,directedbyMotiB.Gidvani
1946:Palmed'Orat1946CannesFilmFestival:NeechaNagar,directedbyChetanAnand
1954:NationalFilmAwardforcinema:ShyamchiAai
1955:FilmtoattractInternationalcriticalattention:PatherPanchali
1957:OscarnominationforBestForeignLanguageFilm:MotherIndia
1959:Filmtobebanned:NeelAkasherNeechey,directedbyMrinalSen[11]
1959:Cinemascopefilm:KaagazKePhool,directedbyGurudutt[12][13]
1964:GuinnessBookofWorldRecordsinthecategory,Fewestactorsinanarrativefilm:Yaadein
directedandactedbySunilDutt[14]
1967:70mmfilm:HindifilmAroundtheWorld
1969:DadasahebPhalkeAwardrecipient:DevikaRani
1982:Oscarwinner:BhanuAthaiyaforBestCostumeDesignforthefilmGandhi
1984:3Dfilm:MyDearKuttichathan,aMalayalamfilm,producedin1984,dubbedinHindiasChhota
Chetan
1984:SponsoredTVserial:HumLog,startedon7July,wasalsothefirstsoapoperaofIndia,ranfor156
episodes
1985:OrdredesArtsetdesLettres(OrderofArtsandLetters)Director:MrinalSen
1987:FirstfilmtoshootunderwaterKannadamovieOnduMuttinaKathe,wasthefirstIndianmovieto
beshotunderwaterinMaldives
1992:OscarforLifetimeAchievement:SatyajitRay
1992:IndianfilmmakertogetBharatRatna:SatyajitRay
1995:OrdredesArtsetdesLettres(OrderofArtsandLetters)Actor:SivajiGanesan
2004:Colorizedfilm:MughaleAzamin2004(theoriginalblackandwhiteversionwasreleasedin
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2004:OrdredesArtsetdesLettres(OrderofArtsandLetters)Actress:SharmilaTagore
2006:FilmscreenedattheUnitedNations:LageRahoMunnaBhai,on10November,directedby
RajkumarHirani
2008:Actortoenactmostroles(10):KamalHaasaninDasavathaaram
2009:MusicdirectortowinanOscarandfirstdoubleOscarwinner:A.R.RahmanforSlumdog
Millionaire
2009:Actresstoenactmostroles(12):PriyankaChoprainWhat'sYourRaashee?

Governanceinmen
PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress:WomeshChandraBannerjee,1885
PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongressofindependentIndia:AcharyaKripalani,tillNovember1947
President:RajendraPrasad(19501962)
ThefirstChiefElectionCommissioner:SukumarSen
IndustriesandSuppliesMinister:ShyamaPrasadMukherjee
ThefirstpersontoresignfromtheCentralCabinet:ShyamaPrasadMukherjee
VicePresident:SarvepalliRadhakrishnan
PrimeMinister:JawaharlalNehru(194764).Indiahelditsfirstconstitutionalelectionsin1952after
whichhewasreelected.
DeputyPrimeMinister:VallabhbhaiPatel(19471950)
LawMinisterofIndia:B.R.Ambedkar
LeaderofOpposition:A.K.Gopalan
PrimeMinistertobevotedoutofoffice:IndiraGandhi(1977),whentheIndianNationalCongresslostto
theJanataParty
NonCongressgovernment:JanataParty,withMorarjiDesaiasthePrimeMinister(19771980)
NonCongressStategovernmentwithMajoritybyasingleparty:E.M.S.NamboodiripadofCPI,Kerala
1957
PrimeMinistertoleadaminoritygovernmentforafullterm(fiveyears):P.V.NarasimhaRao,21June
199116May1996
PersonoutsidetheNehruGandhifamilytoserveasPrimeMinisterforafullterm(fiveyears):P.V.
NarasimhaRao,21June199116May1996
NonCongressPrimeMinistertoserveafullterm:AtalBihariVajpayee
PrimeMinisterfromSouthIndia:P.V.NarasimhaRao,1991,H.D.DeveGowda
ThefirstViceroyofIndia:LordCanning,1858
GovernorGeneralofIndia:WarrenHastings,1773
GovernorGeneralofIndependentIndia:LordMountbatten,1947
IndianGovernorGeneralofIndianUnion:CRajagopalachari,1948
ChiefJusticeofIndia:H.J.Kania(19471951)
FirstSikhPrimeMinister:ManmohanSingh(20042014)
FirstMuslimPresident:ZakirHussain(19671969)
FirstSikhPresident:GianiZailSingh
IndianICSOfficer:SatyendranathTagore,1863
SpeakerofLokSabha:G.V.Mavlankar(19521956)
FinanceMinisterofIndependentIndia:R.K.ShanmukhanChetty(19471949),forothersseeFirst
IndianCabinet
PresentationofFirstBudgetafterIndia'sIndependence:R.K.ShanmukhanChettyon26November1947
FirstHomeMinisterofIndia:SardarVallabhBhaiPatel[15]
FirstIndianPresidenttodieinOffice:ZakirHussain,3May1969
FirstChiefMinistertodieinOffice:C.N.Annadurai,TamilNadu
FirstIndianPrimeMinistertoresignfromoffice:MorarjiDesai,1979

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FirstPrimeMinistertobebornafterIndia'sindependence:NarendraModi,17September1950(birth)

Science
ThefirstpresidentoftheinauguralsessionoftheIndianScienceCongress:SirAshutoshMukherjeein
1914
Hydroelectricplant:SidrapongnearDarjeeling,commissionedin1897,[16]followedbythe
GaganachukkiwaterfalloftheSivasamudramFalls,MysoreKingdom,builtin1902.[17]
Placetogetelectricity:Darjeelingin1897,followedbyCalcutta(nowKolkata)[18][19]in1898andKolar
GoldFieldsin1902.
Maninspace:RakeshSharmaaboardSoyuzT11,on3April1984.Hewasthe138thmaninspace
worldwide.
Womaninspace:KalpanaChawlaaboardSpaceShuttleColumbiaflightSTS87,on19November1997.
ShewasanaturalizedUnitedStatescitizen,andrepresentedtheUSduringtheevent.
Testtubebaby:DurgaAgarwal,born1978
ScientificExpeditiontoAntarctica:1981
NuclearReactor:Apsara,Mumbai,Maharashtra
FirstGeneticallyModifiedFoodProductinIndia:Bt.EggplantHybrid(Bt.Baciliusthuringiensis)
Satellite:Aryabhata,launchedon19April1975
Satellitededicatedexclusivelyforeducationalservices:EDUSAT
Successfullyindigenouslaunchvehicle:SLV3
Prospectivespacetourist:SanthoshGeorgeKulangara,proposedin2009aboardVirginGalactic
ClonedAnimal:Bhass,sampura
In1850,thefirstexperimentalelectrictelegraphlinewasstartedbetweenKolkataandDiamondHarbor.
In1851,itwasopenedfortheuseoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
1854:TelegraphserviceopenedtothePublic
Firsttelephoneexchange:On28January1882,MajorE.Baring,MemberoftheGovernorGeneralof
India'sCouncildeclaredopentheTelephoneExchangesinCalcutta,BombayandMadras.Theexchange
inCalcuttanamedthe"CentralExchange",wasopenedatthirdfloorofthebuildingat7,CouncilHouse
Street,withatotalof93subscribers.Laterthatyear,Bombayalsowitnessedtheopeningofatelephone
exchange.
1902FirstwirelesstelegraphstationestablishedbetweenSagarIslandsandSandheads.
1907FirstCentralBatteryoftelephonesintroducedinKanpur.
19131914FirstAutomaticExchangeinstalledinShimla.
1927RadiotelegraphsystembetweentheUKandIndia,withImperialWirelessChainbeamstationsat
KhadkiandDaund.InauguratedbyLordIrwinon23JulybyexchanginggreetingswithKingGeorgeV.
1933RadiotelephonesysteminauguratedbetweentheUKandIndia.
195312channelcarriersystemintroduced.
1960FirstsubscribertrunkdialingroutecommissionedbetweenLucknowandKanpur.
1975FirstPCMsystemcommissionedbetweenMumbaiCityandAndheritelephoneexchanges.
1976Firstdigitalmicrowavejunctionintroduced.
1979FirstopticalfibresystemforlocaljunctioncommissionedatPune.
1980FirstsatelliteearthstationfordomesticcommunicationsestablishedatSecunderabad,A.P.
1983FirstanalogStoredProgramControlexchangefortrunklinescommissionedatMumbai.
1984FirstUndergroundMetroRailwaysSystematCalcutta.
1984CDOTestablishedforindigenousdevelopmentandproductionofdigitalexchanges.
1990FirsttechnologyparkinIndia,Technopark,Trivandrumwaslaunched
1995Firstmobiletelephoneservicestartedonnoncommercialbasison15August1995inDelhi.
2014FirstcountrytoenterMars'orbitontheirfirstattemptwithsuccessfullaunchofMarsOrbiter
Mission(Mangalyaan)[20]

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2015First3DprintedhumanoidrobotinIndiaatASETTraining&ResearchInstitutesManav
(robot)

Medicalscience
FirstGraduateinMedicine:SurjoKumarChakraborty
FirstEverRhinoplastynotedinworld/India:OverKsatjiaBritishsoldierbyaKumharVaidya.
FirstphysicianinIndiaandsecondintheworldtoperformtheInvitrofertilization:Subhash
Mukhopadhyay.
FirstinIndiatoreceiveafellowshipoftheInternationalFederationforEmergencyMedicineDr.K.
HariPrasad[21]

Sport
IndiantoswimacrosstheEnglishChannel:MihirSen,1958.
WomantoswimacrosstheEnglishChannel:AratiSaha,1959
FormulaOnedriver:NarainKarthikeyan
FormulaOneteam:ForceIndiaF1
A1GPracevictory:NarainKarthikeyan,Zhuhai,China,2007
PersontoequalworldrecordinArchery:LimbaRam,1992
PersontowalkacrosstheMongolianGobiDesert:SuchetaKadethankarwhoachievedthefeatin51
days,11hoursand40minutesin2011.
AshishKumar,firstIndiantowinamedalinbothAsiangames(12to27NovemberNovember2010,
Guangzhou(China))andCommonwealthgames(Delhi,India,from3to14October2010).Hewon
Bronzemedalinbothgames.
ShivaKeshavan,firstIndiantowin2GoldMedalsforIndiainWintersportsattheAsiaCupinJapanin
2011and2012.TheAsianChampionisalsoa4timeOlympianandhassetthenewAsianspeedrecord
oniceat134.3km/handtrackrecorda49.590seconds.
SushilKumar(wrestler)isthefirstIndiantowinbacktobackOlympicmedals(BronzeandSilverinthe
2008and2012SummerOlympicsrespectively)
SanthiSoundarajanfirstWorldPeaceSportsFestivalAmbassadorfromIndiaandfirstTamilwomanto
winmedalatAsianGames.

Olympics
Olympicteammedal:GoldinFieldHockey,Amsterdam,beatingtheNetherlandsintheFinals.
Individualmedal(inBritishIndia):TwoSilvermedalsbyNormanPritchardin200metresand200
metreshurdlesatthe1900SummerOlympics,Paris.(Thisisdisputedhowever.TheIOCclaimshe
participatedforIndia.TheIAAFrecordshimasparticipantforGreatBritain.)
Individualmedal:BronzebyK.D.JadhavforWrestlingatthe1952SummerOlympicsinHelsinki.
MedalinTennis:LeanderPaesatthe1996SummerOlympicsinAtlanta.
Individualmedalbyawoman:BronzebyKarnamMalleswariforweightlifting54kgclass,atthe2000
SummerOlympicsSydney.
IndividualGoldmedal:AbhinavBindrainthe10mAirRifleeventatthe2008SummerOlympicsin
Beijing.
IndividualSilvermedal(IndependentIndia):RajyavardhanSinghRathoreintheMen'sDoubleTrap
eventatthe2004SummerOlympicsinAthens.
Medalinboxing:VijenderKumarintheBeijingOlympics2008.
MedalinBadminton:SainaNehwal,winningbronzeintheLondonOlympics2012
Medalinwrestling:SushilKumar,winningaBronzeintheBeijingOlympics2008andaSilverinthe

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LondonOlympics2012
Medalinboxing:MCMaryKom,winningbronzeintheLondonOlympics2012
Medalinwrestling:YogeshwarDutt,winningabronzeintheLondonOlympics2012

Chess
ChessGrandmaster:MaleViswanathanAnand,1988.
FemaleKoneruHumpy2002Shewasalsotheyoungestwomantobecomeagrandmasterat15
yearsold.(HouYifanofChinaistheyoungestwomantobecomeagrandmaster,at14yearsand6
months.)

Football
FirstIndianFootballertoplayoverseas:MohammedSalim
FirstIndianfootballgoalkeepertoplayoverseas:SubrataPaul
FirstfootballertobenamedtheIndianfootballerofthecentury(20thcentury):PradipKumarBanerjee
FirstIndianaswellasanAsiantobedeclaredbestcaptainsintheworldbyEnglishFA:ShailenManna
FirstIndiantomanageaBundesligafootballclub:RobinDutt
FirstIndiantobeinductedintheAFCHallofFame:BaichungBhutia
FirstIndiantoscorethefastestgoals(3rdfastestintheworld):I.M.Vijayan

Tennis
GrandSlamtitle:MaheshBhupathi(partneringwithJapaneseRikaHiraki)intheMixedDoubles
categoryofthe1997FrenchOpen.
WomantowinamatchinaGrandSlamevent:NirupamaVaidyanathanbeatItalianGloriaPizzichiniin
thefirstroundofthe1998AustralianOpen
Womantoreach4thround(highestasof2009)ofaGrandSlamsinglesevent:SaniaMirzaintheSingles
categoryofthe2005USOpen.
WomantowinaGrandSlamtitle:SaniaMirza(partneringwithMaheshBhupathi)intheMixedDoubles
categoryofthe2009AustralianOpen.
GrandSlamjuniortitle:RamanathanKrishnanintheSinglescategoryofthe1954Wimbledon
Championship.
GrandSlamjuniortitlebyawoman:SaniaMirza(partneringwithRussianAlisaKleybanova)inthe
Doublescategoryofthe2003WimbledonChampionships.
YukiBhambribecamethefirstIndiantowintheSinglesintheJuniorAustralianOpen,whenhedefeated
theGreekAlexandrosFerdinandosGeorgoudasinthefinal63,61intheFinalsin2009.
SaniaMirzabecamethefirstIndiantoreachNo.1doublesWTAranking[22]

Cricket
FirstCricketClubinIndia:CalcuttanowKolkata(1792)Calcuttacricketclub
FirsttestmatchplayedinIndia:Indiav/sEnglandinEdenGardens,(Calcutta)(resultdraw)(58Jan
1934)
FirstIndianCaptainandthethirdinhistorytohaveledhisteamtovictoryafterbeingenforcedtofollow
onagainstSteveWaugh'sAustraliain200102:SouravGanguly
FirstCricketStadium:EdenGardensinKolkata
FirstTestVictory:AgainstEnglandAtMadras
Crickettournament:TheBombayTriangular(19051911)whichlaterbecametheBombayQuadrangular
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FirstIndianCaptaintowinmorethan21testmatchesasacaptain:MahendraSinghDhoni
Testmatch:AgainstEnglandatLord's,25June1932
CaptaininTests:C.K.Nayuduforthe1932tourofEngland.
ODIcaptain:AjitWadekar.
CricketertoscoreacenturyinaTestmatch:LalaAmarnath,118againstEnglandinDecember1933at
BombayGymkhanagrounds.
FirstIndiantoscorethehighestrunsinaWorldCup:SouravGanguly183runsV/SSriLankain1999
WorldCupCricket.
CricketertoscoreadoublecenturyinaTestmatch:PollyUmrigar,223againstNewZealandat
Hyderabadin195556
CricketertoscoreatriplecenturyinaTestmatch:VirenderSehwag,309againstPakistaninMultanin
2004.
IndiantoscoreanODIcentury:KapilDev,175*againstZimbabweinthe1983CricketWorldCup.
IndiantoscoreanODIdoublecenturyisSachinTendulkar,200*againstSouthAfricaatGwalior,24
February2010(hewasthefirstintheWorldtoachievethisfeat).
IndiantoscoretwoODIdoublecenturiesandthehighestindividualrunsinODIisRohitSharma,264
againstSriLankain2014.
HattrickinanODI:ChetanSharmaagainstNewZealandin1987.
FirstWorldCupRunnersupcaptain:SouravGanguly(2003)
WorldCup:Atthe1983WorldCupwhenIndiabeatWestIndiesintheFinalsUnderthecaptaincyof
KapilDev
Batsmantocomplete10,000runsinTests:SunilGavaskar(hewasthefirstintheWorldtoachievethis
feat)
Batsmantocomplete10,000runsinODIs:SachinTendulkar(hewasthefirstintheWorldtoachievethis
feat)
WinnerofthefirstT20WorldCup:India(in2007)againstPakistan.
Cricketertoscore100centuriesinTestandODIscombined:SachinTendulkar(hewasthefirstinthe
Worldtoachievethisfeat)
Firstbowlertotakeall10wicketsinaninnings:AnilKumble(againstPakistan)
Firstbatsmantoscore50centuriesinTestCricket:SachinTendulkar
FirstwomantoscoreadoublehundredinTestcricket:MithaliRaj[214*againstNewZealandat
Wellington,2004](shewasfirstintheworldtoachievethisfeat)
FirstIndiantoscoreaT20century:atSureshRainavsSouthAfrica.
SixsixesinanOver:YuvrajSinghinaT20matchvsEngland.
FirstNationtowinaWorldCupFinaleonitshomeground:India(ICC2011CricketWorldCup)Final
heldatWankhedeStadium,Mumbai.
FastestFiftyinaT20I:50runsof12ballsbyYuvrajSingh(vsEnglandintheInauguralWorldT20
ChampionshipheldinSouthAfrica,2007)

Women
Firstwomen'scourtinIndia:Malda,WestBengal[23]
Graduates:KadambiniGangulyandChandramukhiBasu,1883
ThefirstwomanHonoursGraduate:KaminiRoy,1886
HeadofanUndergraduateAcademicInstitution:ChandramukhiBasu,1888
HonoursGraduate:KaminiRoy(1886)
Pilotalocomotiveengine(traindriver):SurekhaYadav
ChairpersonofStateBankofIndia:ArundhatiBhattacharya
Courtmartialled:AnjaliGuptain2005
Lawyer:CorneliaSorabjee(1892)alsothefirstfemalegraduatefromBombayUniversity,andthefirst

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womanintheworldtoreadlawatOxford.
Photojournalist:HomaiVyarawalla(1913)[9]
DoctorateofScience:AsimaChatterjee(1944)
ChiefJusticeofaHighCourt(HimachalPradesh):LeilaSeth,1991
AirViceMarshal:PadmavathyBandopadhyay
SupremeCourtjudge:JusticeM.FathimaBeevi
HighCourtJudge:AnnaChandy
WomanPresidentoftheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly:VijayaLakshmiPandit,1953
Physician:KadambiniGanguly,1886
AirlinePilot:DurbaBanerjee
space:KalpanaChawlaaboardSpaceShuttleColumbiaflightSTS87,on19November1997.Shewasa
naturalizedUnitedStatescitizen,andrepresentedtheUSduringtheevent.
NobelPrizewinner:MotherTeresaofcalcuttain1979(AlbanianbornIndiancitizen)
TocrossEnglishChannel:AartiSaha
MonarchofDelhiSultanate:RaziaSultana(12051240)ofMamlukSultanate(Delhi)
Ministerinagovernment:RajkumariAmritKaurintheMinistryofHealth
SpeakeroftheLokSabha:MeiraKumar
AshaPande,firstIndianwomantobethememberofLegionofHonour
AnjaliGopalan,firstTamilwomanmemberoftheroyalFrenchLegionofHonour.
AsianGamesgoldmedalwinner:KamlijitSandhu
ClimbMountEverest:BachendriPal,1984
ChessGrandmaster:KoneruHumpy,2002.Shewasalsotheyoungestwomanintheworldtobecomea
grandmasterat15yearsold.
Towin1stroundmatchinaGrandSlamevent:NirupamaVaidyanathanbeatItalianGloriaPizzichiniin
thefirstroundofthe1998AustralianOpen
Toreach4thround(highestasof2008)ofaGrandSlamevent:SaniaMirzaintheSinglescategoryofthe
2005USOpen.
GrandSlamjuniortitle:SaniaMirza(partneringwithRussianAlisaKleybanova)intheDoublescategory
ofthe2003WimbledonChampionships.
ParisBrestParisCyclingEvent:DivyaTate(44):August2011[24]
Pilot:HaritaKaurDeol.
ToCrossGobiDesert:SuchetaKadethankar(33):2011[25]
ReachthefinalofanOlympicevent:P.T.Usha
IASofficer:IshaBasantJoshi
YoungestUltramarathonertoruna100MileRace(Himalayas):priyadarshini.com(http://www.priyadarsh
ini.com/thewindchasers)
MagasasayAward:KamladeviChattopadhyay
BusdriveratDelhiTransportCorporation:Sarita[26]

Governanceinwomen
IndianNationalCongressPresident:AnnieBesant
PrimeMinister:IndiraGandhi,1966
President:PratibhaPatil,2007
IPSOfficerKiranBedi
CabinetMinisterinIndia:RajkumariAmritKaur
MinisterinIndia:VijayaLakshmiPandit
ChiefMinister:SuchetaKriplaniUttarPradesh
Governor:SarojiniNaidu(GovernorofUttarPradesh,194749)
HomeMinisterofaState:SabithaIndraReddy,AndhraPradesh.

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SpeakeroftheLokSabha:MeiraKumar
FinanceMinisterofStateGovernmentinIndia:DrUpinderjitKaur,inPunjabGovt.
President:PratibhaPatil(20072012)
DirectorGeneralofPolice:KanchanChaudharyBhattacharya
RailwayMinisterofIndia:MamataBanerjee
FullyblindIFSofficer:BenoZephineNL[27]
TojoinIFS,tobeadiplomat,tobecometheambassador/Highcommissioner(ShealsotosuetheIndian
governmentforgenderbias):C.B.Muthamma.
IPSofficer,Assam:YaminHazarika[28]
IPSofficer,Sikkim:AparajitaRai

States
FirstStateto
achieve100%primaryeducation[29]Kerala2016
becomeFullyOrganicState[30]Sikkim2016
Unveilretailpolicy[31]AndhraPradesh2016
completes100%onlineelectoralenrollment[32]Kerala
eauctionlimestoneblocks[33]Jharkhand2016
buildfirstGenderpark[34]Kerala2016
becomes'completedigitalstate'[35]Kerala2016

Places
FirstpartitionofIndianstate:Bengal
FirstroadwhichisaconnectedtoaWiFiZone:Rajarhat(connectingRajarhatMainArterialRoadtothe
airporttoSectorVinthecityofKolkatawith10.5km)[36]
Districttoachieve100%literacyrate:Ernakulamdistrict,Kerala,1990
City/towntoachieve100%literacyrate:Kottayam,Kerala,1989
Districttoachieve100%literacyrateandlowestpopulationgrowthrate:Pathanamthittadistrict,Kerala
Districttobepoliofree:Pathanamthittadistrict,Kerala
Districttoachievetobaccofree:Kottayamdistrict,Kerala,27September2008
DistricttobecomeIndia's'totalelectrifieddistrict':Palakkad,Kerala,2011
Citytohaveanecourt:Ahmedabad,8February2009
CitytorankedastheNo.1IndianCityforQualityofLife[37]Trivandrum,Kerala
India'sfirstWiFicity:Kolkata

Transport
First(Metro)railtobecomeZoneofIndianRailways:KolkataMetroasthe(17ThZonalHeadquarter)
(30December2010)[38]
FirstandtheonlyIndian(Metro)railunderIndianRailways:KolkataMetro
FirstPassengerTrain:betweenMumbaiandThaneon16April1853
Firstsuburbanrailwayline:MumbaiSuburbanRailwayin1857
Firstrapidtransit(Metro)rail:KolkataMetroin1984
FirstMotorcar:in1897,MrForsterofCromptonGreaves

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FirstMotorcarinregularuse:FrancisSpring,Chennaiin1901.
FirstIndianstoownamotorcar:JamshedjiTataandRustomCama,aParsiLawyerin1901.
Firstcompetitiveevent:DelhiBombaytrialsin1905atthebehestofLordCurzonandMotorUnionof
WesternIndiatotestthesuitabilityoftheAutomobileforIndianroadsandtofacilitateinteraction
betweenthefledgingAutomobileIndustryandprospectiveIndianclients[39][40][41][42][43]
OldestsurvivingandrunningcarsinIndia:DeDionBouton1904,Rover1905
FirstwomantodriveacarinIndia:[44]RDTata1905
FirstwomantodrivearailwaytraininIndia:SurekhaYadav
FirstfemaleautorickshawdriverShilaDawrePune,1988[45]
FirstMotorTaxi:Mumbai,1911
Firstlargescaleimportofmotorcars:RelativelylargecontingentofmotorcarsimportedfortheDelhi
Darbarheldin1911tomarkthearrivalofKingGeorgeV[46]
FirstregistrationschemeformotorvehiclesinIndia:1912
ArrivalofmassproductiontechnologymakestheAutomobileapracticalmeansoftransportbythe1920s
andmostBritishofficershadcars
FirstAssemblyofmotorcars:GeneralMotorssetsupthefirstassemblyunittoassemblecarsfrom
importedpartsin1928.TheNationalSeriesABsedanisproduced.
Firstmanufactureofmotorcars:HindustanMotorsbeginsproductionofcarsin1942.Premier
automobilesandStandardMotorssetup.TechnologystagnatesasaresultofeconomicautarkyasIndiais
isolatedfromtherestoftheworld
FirstactleadingtoliberalizationoftheAutosector:Maruti800launchedin1983andtheautomotive
industryisprogressivelyliberalized
FirstfullyindigenouspassengercardevelopedinIndia:TataIndica,launchedin1998
Firstexpressway:MumbaiPuneExpresswayin2000,
FirstmajoracquisitionofaforeigncompanybyanIndiancompany:TataMotorsacquiresJaguarand
LandRoverin2007.MahindraAutomotiveemergesasthetopbidderforSsangYongMotorCompanyin
2010.
FirstaeroplaneinIndia:MaharajaofPatiala,1910[47]
DomesticcommercialaviationisborninIndiain1911whenon18February,HenriPiquet,flyinga
Humberbiplane,carriesmallfromAllahabadtoNainiJunction,somesixmilesaway.
1927:India'sfirstairline,ImperialAirways,extendsitsEmpireRoutestoIndia,connectingIndiawiththe
outsideworldforthefirsttimethroughanairnetwork.AdeHavillandHerculesfliestheCairoBasra
KarachiJodhpurDelhiroute.ItisalsothefirstdomesticpassengerflighttobeoperatedinIndia.
PassengerscouldbeforthefirsttimeflyfromKarachitoJodhpurandtoDelhionImperialAirways.
On10February1929,J.R.D.TataisawardedIndia'sfirstpilotlicence,PilotLicenceNo.1byFederation
AeronotiqueInternationalsignedbySirVictorSasoononbehalfoftheAeroClubofIndiaandBurma.
1932:UrmilaKParikhbecomesthefirstwomantogetapilotlicencewhensheisgivenalicencebythe
AeroClubofIndiaandBurma.
1932:J.R.D.TatalaunchesIndia'sfirstscheduledairline,TataAirlines,bypilotingthefirstflight
himselffromKarachitoBombayviaAhmedabadonasingleenginePussMothwithaloadofairmail.
2009:India'sfirstelectricmotorcyclewww.torkmotorcycles.com

Literatureandmedia
Newspaper:Hicky'sBengalGazettestartedin1780.
HindiNewspaper:UdantMartandon30May1826publishedandeditedbyJugalKishoreShuklafrom
Calcutta.[48]
Hindimonthlymagazine:Saraswation1January1900,startedbyChintamaniGhoshinAllahabad[49]
ExclusiveInternetmagazine:BharatSamachar

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Others
ThefirstIndiantocrossEnglishChannel:MihirSen[50]
FirstpracticingbarristerofIndianorigin:MonomohunGhose
FirstIndianaswellasanAsiantobecalledtothebarinEngland:GnanendramohanTagore
FirstPostOfficeOpenedinIndia:Kolkata(1727)
Firsttelegraphmessage:On5November1850,betweenCalcutta(nowKolkata)andDiamondHarbour,a
distanceofabout50km.[51]
WaxstatueofalivingIndian:MahatmaGandhiatMadameTussaud'sin1939.
MissIndiatoparticipateinMissUniverse:IndraniRahmanintheMissUniverse1952PageantatLong
Beach,California
India'sFirstwomanMerchantNavyOfficer:SonaliBanerjee
FirstLadyTeacher:SavitribaiPhule
FirstLadyDoctor:AnandibaiJoshi
FirstIndianWorldNo.1women'stennissportsperson(doubles):SaniaMirza
FirstIndianNo.1women'sbadmintonplayer:SainaNehwal
Thefirstrecordholderinthefieldofdevelopmentofecoinnovation:ShripadVaidya[52]13June2010
VaidyaisthefirstNagpuriantogettwoLimcarecordswithinayearin...asthefirstrecordholderinthe
fieldofdevelopmentofecoinnovation.
World'sfirsthandwrittenneedlebook:Madhushala[53]
Writerofworld'sfirsthandwrittenneedlebook(Madhushala):PiyushGoel[54]
FirstDisabledFriendlyBankATMbyUnionBankofIndia[55]

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