Study Material For RRB Exam: General Knowledge (G.K.) - First in India

Study Material For RRB Exam - General Knowledge

Section : G.K

First in India

MALE

• The first President of Indian Republic : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• The first Prime Minister of free India: Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• The first Indian to win Nobel Prize : Rabindranath Tagore
• The first President of Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
• The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tayyabji
• The first Muslim President of India : Dr. Zakir Hussain
• The first British Governor General of India Lord  : William Bentinck
• The first British Viceroy of India : Lord Canning
• The first Governor General of free India : Lord Mountbatten
• The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free : C. Rajgopalachari India
• The first man who introduced printing press in India : James Hicky
• The first Indian to join the I.C.S. : Satyendra Nath Tagore
• India’s first man in space : Rakesh Sharma
• The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without : Morarji Desai completing the full term
• The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India : General Cariappa
• The first Chief of the Army Staff Gen. : Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
• The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council : S. P. Sinha
• The first President of India who died while in office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
• The first Field Marshal of India : S. H. F. Manekshaw
• The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics : C. V. Raman
• The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award : Dr. Radhakrishnan
• The first Indian to cross English channel :Mihir Sen
• The first person to receive Jnanpith award : Sri Shankar Kurup
• The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
• The first Vice-President of India : Dr. Radhakrishnan
• The first Education Minister : Abul Kalam Azad
• The first Home Minister of India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• The first Indian Air Chief Marshal : S. Mukherjee
• The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral : R. D. Katari
• The first judge of International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagendra Singh
• The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
• The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen : Sherpa Anga Dorjee
• The first Chief Election Commissioner : Sukumar Sen
• The first person to receive Magsaysay Award : Acharya Vinoba Bhave
• The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Hargovind Khurana Medicine
• The first Chinese traveller to visit India : Fahein
• The first person to receive Stalin Prize : Saifuddin Kitchlu
• The first person to resign from the central cabinet : Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
• The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
• The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen
• The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice : Hiralal J. Kania

FEMALE

• The first lady to become “Miss World” : Rita Faria
• The first woman judge in Supreme Court : Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
• The first woman Ambassador : Miss C. B. Muthamma
• The first woman Governor of a State in free India : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
• The first woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
• The first woman to climb Mount Everest : Bachhendri Pal
• The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice : Santosh Yadav
• The first woman President of the Indian National Congress : Mrs. Annie Besant
• The first woman chief justice of a High Court : Mrs. Leela Seth
• The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal
• The first woman President of the United Nations General : Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Assembly
• The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
• The first woman chairman of Union Public Service : Roze Millian Bethew Commission
• The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) : Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
• The first woman Lieutenant : General Puneeta Arora
• The first woman Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
• The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines : Sushma Chawla
• The first woman I.P.S. Officer : Mrs. Kiran Bedi
• The first woman to receive Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa
• The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna :  Mrs. Indira Gandhi
• The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashapurna Devi

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