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⬥ First President of IOC ( International Olympic Committee ) – Demetrius Vikelas
⬥ The first World Weightlifting Championship was organized by the World Weightlifting Federation in London ( UK ) - In March 1891
⬥ The first Indian woman to win a Grammy Award is - Tanvi Shah
⬥ The first radio show in India was broadcasted in - In 1923
⬥ It is India's first airport to be fully powered by solar energy , Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Kerala
⬥ India's first all-women - managed railway station is - Gandhinagar Railway Station , Jaipur
⬥ She is the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi , Shantishree Pandit
⬥ In India , the first census was started in -In 1872
⬥ He was the first Indian to cross the English Channel in 1958 – Mihir Sen
⬥ The first woman chief of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was – Madhabi Puri Butch
⬥ India's first artificial satellite in space , which was launched in 1975 - Aryabhatta is
The first woman to be appointed Inspector General in CRPF was – Annie Abraham
⬥ He is the first BCCI President – RE Grant Gowan
⬥ First Vande Bharat Express train ran in South India - On Mysore - Chennai route
⬥ India's first SAI Centre of Excellence for hill biking and cycle motocross established - In Shimla
⬥ The first Indian tribal President is - Draupadi Murmu
⬥ India's first moss garden has been developed – In Uttarakhand
⬥ The chairman of the first Finance Commission of India was - Of . C. Neogi
⬥ It is the first product to get GI tag in India - Darjeeling tea
⬥ The first summit of the International Solar Alliance was held in – In New Delhi
⬥ The first woman President of Sri Lanka was , Chandrika Kumaratunga
⬥ India's first smart and green highway - Eastern (KGP) Peripheral Expressway
⬥ It is the world's largest PV ( photovoltaic ) solar park - Bhadla Solar Park ( Rajasthan )
⬥ This is the first private train in India , Lucknow - New Delhi Tejas Express
When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India -1952
⬥ When was the second National Forest Policy issued by the Government of India -1988
⬥ The world's first disabled woman to climb Mount Everest was - Arunima Sinha
⬥ She is the first Indian American woman to become the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund - Geeta Gopinath
⬥ The first Indian woman to climb Mount Annapurna is - Priyanka Mohite
⬥ She was the first Indian to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London - Lata Mangeshkar
⬥ He was the first Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1969 - G Parthasarathy
⬥ First female graduate of Calcutta University were - Kadambini Ganguly
⬥ The first Health Minister of independent India was - Amrit Kaur
⬥ The first Chief Justice of India was , Harilal Jekisundas Kania
⬥ He was the first Indian to complete a solo , non-stop circumnavigation of the world - Abhilash Tomy
⬥ He is the first Chief Minister of Manipur belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party – N Biren Singh
⬥ He was the first President of All India Kisan Sabha - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
⬥ First naval user satellite 'GSAT-7' launched - on August 30, 2013
⬥ The first Indian satellite " Aryabhatta " was launched - On April 19 , 1975
⬥ It is the first experimental remote sensing satellite built in India - Bhaskar -I
⬥ India's first telecom network link based on quantum computing was launched – In New Delhi
⬥ India's first floating missile testing area – INS Anvesh
⬥ The technique of making silk was first invented in China - 7000 years ago
⬥ The first underground bunker museum is located in - Raj Bhavan , Mumbai
⬥ First woman President of India - Pratibha Patil
⬥ India's first digital garden is located in Kanakakunnu Palace – In Thiruvananthapuram
⬥ India's first female Muslim teacher is - Fatima Sheikh
⬥ India's first woman Supreme Court judge Fatima Beevi belonged to - From Kerala
⬥ First woman Prime Minister of Italy , Georgia Meloni
⬥ It is the first state in India to provide 100 percent tap water connection in rural areas in 2020 - Goa
⬥ The first newspaper was published in India Was – by James Augustus Hickey
⬥ The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal is - Karnam Malleswari
The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was - Sukumar Sen
⬥ The first modern Olympic Games were held in - In 1896
⬥ Hosted the first Women's Cricket World Cup (1973) – England
⬥ India won the first World Cup title in Hockey -in 1975
⬥ She is the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association - PT Usha
⬥ The first Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations was - Lewis Fechet
⬥ India's first petrochemical company was - National Organic Chemical Industry Limited
⬥ The first woman governor of independent India was - Sarojini Naidu ( Uttar Pradesh )
⬥ He was the first Indian to be invited to perform at Lincoln Center Hall in the United States - Bismillah Khan
⬥ The chief guest of India's first Republic Day celebration was - President of Indonesia
⬥ The first Chief Justice of India was , Hiralal Jekisundas Kania
⬥ India's first human spaceflight program is - Gaganyaan
⬥ The first garden - tomb in the Indian subcontinent is - Humayun's Tomb
⬥ The first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award was - Nargis Dutt
⬥ According to the first National Multidimensional Poverty Index of NITI Aayog , the highest percentage of poor people is in – In Bihar
⬥ The first Olympic Games were held in (1896) - In Greece
⬥ India's first elephant mortality audit framework was introduced in - By Tamil Nadu
⬥ India participated in the Olympic Games for the first time - In 1900
⬥ The first underground railway started in India – In Kolkata
⬥ He is the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal - Sam Manekshaw
⬥ The first Indian to be born in independent India The president is - Draupadi Murmu
⬥ The first woman of Indian origin to go into space was - Kalpana Chawla
⬥ The first Indian woman to be appointed Chief Justice of a State High Court was – Leela Seth
⬥ He was the first Indian to receive the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 - Satyajit Ray
⬥ She is the first woman to qualify for combat operations on a fighter jet - Bhavna Kanth
⬥ The first female fighter pilot of the Indian Army is - Abhilasha Barack
⬥ Oldest High Court of India , which was established on 1 July 1862 , Calcutta High Court
⬥ It is the first state in India to get L - root server - Rajasthan
India's first indigenously developed have a COVID-19 vaccine – Covaxin
⬥ She is the first female fighter pilot of IAF from Jammu - Kashmir – Mavya Sudan
⬥ The first regional rural bank established in India was - Prathama Gramin Bank
⬥ The first train was inaugurated in 1853 - Between Mumbai and Thane
⬥ The first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India was - C.D. Deshmukh
⬥ This is the world's first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste - Flipfloppy
⬥ The first jute mill was established in 1859 at Rishra ( near Kolkata ) -In 1859
⬥ First Indian to receive Oscar Award - BhanuAthaiya
⬥ India won its first gold medal in men's hockey after independence , in the London Olympics (1948)
⬥ It is the first language to receive the status of classical language in India - Tamil (2004)
⬥ In 2016, the first state to adopt completely organic farming is - Sikkim
⬥ The first Finance Minister of independent India was , R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
⬥ The first woman election commissioner of Maharashtra was - Neela Satyanarayan
⬥ The first Bharat Ratna award was given to C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and CV Raman - In 1954
⬥ USSR launched the first artificial Earth satellite in 1957 - Sputnik I
⬥ The first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri award was - Balbir Dosanjh
⬥ The first Indian to win the Under -18 title in the Orange Bowl tournament in 2008 is - Yuki Bhambri
⬥ India's first female commando trainer was - Dr . Seema Rao
⬥ The name of the first artificial satellite launched by India in 1975 is - Aryabhata
⬥ First Indian to win a seat in the House of Commons - Dadabhai Naoroji was
⬥ First female fighter pilot to participate in Republic Day parade - Bhavna is throat
⬥ The first Commonwealth Games were held in Canada - In 1930
⬥ First Director General of Archaeological Survey of India - Alexander Cunningham was
⬥ First Indian badminton player to compete in mixed doubles and women's doubles at the Olympics , Jwala Gutta was
⬥ The first Hockey Association was formed , in the United Kingdom
⬥ He was the first player from the Indian subcontinent to play for a European football club - Mohammed Salim
⬥ The first rocket was launched in India - In 1963
First woman president of BCCC appointed by IBF - Justice Geeta Mittal
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⬥ The first Law Commission was established in independent India - In 1955
⬥ India's first earth imaging satellite in geostationary orbit - GISAT is 1
⬥ Became the first Lokpal of India – Pinaki Chandra Ghosh
⬥ India hosted the Commonwealth Games - in 2010
⬥ First Indian film to win ' Palmedie ' Or ' at Cannes Film Festival - It was a low town
⬥ First Indian to win the Miss World (1966) beauty pageant - It was Rita Faria
⬥ Sunrise is seen first in India – In Arunachal Pradesh
⬥ First Education Minister of Independent India , Abul Kalam was free
⬥ Naharkatia - Noonmati - Barauni pipeline is the first pipeline built by India - Crude oil pipeline
⬥ The only Indian to win the UN Award in the field of Human Rights - Baba Amte
⬥ First Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon Boys Singles title - Ramanathan Krishnan was
⬥ India's smallest union territory ( in terms of area ) - Lakshadweep
⬥ India's first place in UNESCO's World Heritage List ' Mixed World Heritage Site ' , Kanchenjunga National Park is
⬥ India's first Chief of Defence Staff - General Bipin Rawat was
⬥ First research station established by India in Antarctica - South is Gangotri
⬥ Chairman of the first Backward Classes Commission of India - Kaka was a Kalelkar
⬥ Asia's largest wholesale spice market is located in - In Delhi
⬥ Sucheta Kriplani became the first woman Chief Minister – Of Uttar Pradesh
⬥ First Governor of Madhya Pradesh - Dr . Sitaramayya was
⬥ The first disabled woman to climb Mount Everest This is Arunima Sinha
Railway Exams
India's first para - badminton academy launched – In Uttar Pradesh
⬥ The first nuclear test was conducted in Pokhran - In 1974
⬥ CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute developed the first indigenous RT-PCR kit for Neomicron testing , named -INDICoV-Om
⬥ Nestle India Limited established its first factory (1961) – In Punjab
⬥ In 2021 , the first green hydrogen microgrid project has started – In Andhra Pradesh
⬥ The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) was - Rabindranath Tagore
⬥ The first oil field was discovered in India – In Assam
⬥ India's first e - waste clinic was established in – In Bhopal
⬥ India's first Graphene Innovation Centre was established in – In Kerala
⬥ India's first indigenous aircraft carrier is - INS Vikrant
⬥ India's first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine - Dhawan -1
It is the first mosque in India , Cheraman Juma Mosque ( Kerala )
⬥ India has won the Thomas Cup for the first time - In 2022
⬥ Which institute has developed the first alternative form of cornea transplant in India – IIT Hyderabad
⬥ The first Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University was - Professor Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri
⬥ India's first handicapped clinic has been started - In Chandigarh
⬥ India's first open rock museum is located in – In Hyderabad
⬥ India's first building made of bio - bricks from agricultural waste was inaugurated – IIT Hyderabad
⬥ The capacity of the first green solar energy harnessing plant is – 56KVA
⬥ It is the first government in the world to be 100 percent paperless - Dubai , UAE )
⬥ The first Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad Gita was done in – By Dnyaneshwar
⬥ She is the first transgender athlete to participate in the 2020 Olympics -Laurel Hubbard ( New Zealand )
⬥ The first country in the world to accept bitcoin as a legal currency is - El Salvador
India's first ' Vande Bharat Express ' train runs - Between New Delhi and Varanasi Junction
⬥ It is India's first superfast train - Deccan Queen
⬥ India participated in the Olympic Games for the first time - In 1900
⬥ It is the first island in India to operate seaplane service - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
⬥ Artificial fertilizers were made for the first time - During the 19th century
⬥ The first corridor of Delhi Metro was inaugurated – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
⬥ The first woman to swim the English Channel was - Gertrude Ederle ( America )
⬥ India's first para - athlete to win a medal in the Paralympics is - Deepa Malik
⬥ India's first radio program was broadcast in - In 1923
⬥ She is the world's first robot to become a full citizen of a country ( Saudi Arabia ) - Sofia
⬥ The first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha was - Meera Kumar
⬥ India's first metro train was started in Kolkata - On 24 October 1984
⬥ The world's first fully solar powered airport is - Cochin International Airport
⬥ The first Indian cricket club ( Calcutta Cricket Club ) was established - In 1792
⬥ India's first pressurized heavy water reactor was a collaboration between NPCIL and whom ? - Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
⬥ The first Secretary General of the United Nations was - Trigveli
⬥ India's first biofuel-powered flight was completed from Dehradun to IGI Airport in New Delhi - In 2018
⬥ The first and oldest intergovernmental organization is - Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
⬥ India's first bio - refinery plant has been inaugurated – In Pune
⬥ India's first river dam after independence is - Tilaiya Dam on Damodar River
⬥ 2nd century AD . Built around this, it is the oldest dam in India - Kallanai Dam
⬥ India's first floating primary school has been inaugurated , Loktak Lake ( Manipur )
⬥ She is the first woman soldier of the army to join the 969 Railway Engineer Regiment of the Territorial Army - Sapper Shanti Tigga
The world's first official air mail was sent - Allahabad Senani
⬥ It is the first state in India to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for elections - Kerala
⬥ The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service was - Satyendranath Tagore
⬥ He was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award - G Shankar Kurup
⬥ She has become the first woman Indian Police Service officer to reach the South Pole - Aparna Kumar
⬥ It is the first stock exchange of Asia , Bombay Stock Exchange
⬥ The first World Happiness Report was published - in 2012
⬥ The first Indian astronaut was - Rakesh Sharma
⬥ The first person to go into space was - Yuri Gagarin
⬥ The first Indian Governor of RBI was - C. D. Deshmukh
⬥ Asia's first beach to receive Blue Flag certification is - Chandrabhaga Beach ( Odisha )
The world's first malaria vaccine was developed for WHO . , By GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
⬥ The first successful cotton mill was established in - In Mumbai
⬥ India's first solar powered train was launched in At Delhi Railway Station
⬥ India's first indigenously built warship was - INS Godavari
⬥ India's first railway university is , National Rail and Transportation Institute
⬥ The world's first handwritten needle book - Tavern
⬥ He is the first Indian to win two gold medals in the Paralympic Games - Devendra Jhajharia
⬥ The first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India is - Fatima Biwi
⬥ M. Karunanidhi was the first Indian Chief Minister who hoisted the national flag - On 15 August 1974
⬥ The first Indian Institute of Technology was established in - At IIT, Kharagpur ( West Bengal )
⬥ She has been elected the first woman president of the Astronomical Society of India , To Dr. G. C. Anupama
⬥ She was the first Indian to win a medal at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2003 , AnjuBobby George
⬥ The first person to fly solo from Mumbai to Karachi was in 1932 – JRD Tata
The Bhagavad Gita was first translated into English by - By Charles Wilkins
⬥ India's first costume museum is located in , In Goa
⬥ The first Secretary General of the United Nations from the African continent was - Boutros Boutros - Ghali
⬥ First Indian poet who was invited to record poems at the Library of Congress in Washington DC - Abhay K. To
⬥ The first Indian product to be tagged under GI tag through TRIPS Agreement was - Darjeeling tea
⬥ India's first genetic bank for wildlife conservation is located in – In Hyderabad
⬥ India's first full-time woman Defence Minister was - Nirmala Sitharaman
In 1931 , the first talking film produced in India was - Alam Ara
⬥ The world's first TV channel dedicated to human rights was launched - in the United Kingdom
⬥ The first Indian newspaper which was available on the internet - The Hindu
⬥ Owns India's first CNG tractor - Nitin Gadkari
⬥ The first Indian actress to receive an International Film Award was – Suchitra Sen
⬥ India's first digital university has been inaugurated – In Kerala
⬥ He was the first Indian Director of the Indian Institute of Science ( Bangalore ) - C V Raman
⬥ India's first electric train was introduced in - In 1925
⬥ On which cricket ground was the first test match organized in India ? - BombayGymkhana
⬥ She was the only Indian to preside over the United Nations General Assembly - Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
⬥ Raksha Blue , the first vaccine for bluetongue was launched by , Indian Immunologicals Ltd
⬥ He was the first foreign coach of the Indian men's cricket team – John Wright
⬥ India's first spice museum has been established - In Kochi
⬥ The first Commonwealth Games were held in - In 1930
⬥ He was the first Indian footballer to receive the Arjuna Award - P.K. Banerjee
⬥ He was the first cricketer to score a century for India in a Test match - Lala Amarnath
The first Indian male athlete to reach the finals of an Olympic athletic event was - Milkha Singh
⬥ He was the first captain of the Indian Test team , C. K. Naidu
⬥ Who is considered the first botanist ? — To Theophrastus
⬥ The first Indian to win a gold medal in the Paralympics was - Mariyappan Thangavelu
⬥ The first World Parliament of Religions was held in - In 1893
⬥ The first country to implement GST in its system was - France (1954)
⬥ India's first energy - efficient 'A1 category ' railway station is - Kacheguda Railway Station ( Telangana )
Police Exams
⬥ The first cement plant was established in India , in Chennai (1904)
⬥ He was the first Indian to be elected to the leadership of the Communist International – Manvendra Nath Roy
⬥ Indian Railways started its first computerized reservation in New Delhi - In 1986
⬥ Mihir Sen creates history as the only person to swim five oceans in a calendar year - In 1966
⬥ The first electric train in India ran in 1925 - In the state of Maharashtra
⬥ He was the first Home Minister of India , Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
⬥ The first woman lieutenant general of the Indian Army is – Punita Arora
⬥ He was the first Governor of Goa to take oath in Konkani language – Bhagat Singh Koshyari
⬥ The first Indian woman to go into space is - Kalpana Chawla
⬥ Vivekananda Yoga University , was started - Los Angeles (USA)
⬥ It is the world's first yoga university outside India - Vivekananda Yoga University
⬥ The first woman governor of Goa was , Mridula Sinha
⬥ She was the first Indian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal
⬥ The first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was - Kiran Bedi
⬥ The first map of India was made in 1782 – by James Rennell
⬥ The first cooperative society was formed in India – In Karnataka
The world's first hospital train Jeevan Rekha started its journey on 16 July 1991 - From Mumbai
⬥ India's first 3D planetarium is located in - In Mangalore
⬥ He is the first Indian board member of the World Editors Forum - Baby girl Karkaria
⬥ India's oldest operational refinery is - In Digboi ( Assam )
⬥ The first recipient of the Jnanpith Award was - G Shankar Kurup
⬥ Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used all over India - in 2004
⬥ Kalighat painting is related to , from West Bengal
⬥ The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel was - Aarti Saha
⬥ The first Chief Justice of India was , H. J. kaniya
⬥ The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was - Sukumar Sen
⬥ He was the first Law Minister of India , B. R. Ambedkar
⬥ The first woman lawyer to take oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of India is - Indumalhotra
⬥ The first woman cadet to join the Indian Army was - Priya Jhingan
Defence Exams
⬥ India's first trade union in the proper sense the name was - Madras Labour Union
⬥ Where is India's first liquid mirror telescope located ? – In Uttarakhand
In 2007 , India became the first country to deploy a women's contingent for ' United Nations Peacekeeping Mission ' - In Liberia
State PCS Exams
⬥ First Indian female military skydiver - Manju ( Lance Naik in Indian Army )
⬥ India's first underwater train project has been launched – In Kolkata
⬥ The first Defence Minister of independent India was , Sardar Baldev Singh
⬥ The first President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was - Sir Dorabji Tata
