List of First in India is a very important topic for competitive exams.
→ First newspaper published in India - The Bengal Gazette (29th Jan' 1780)
→ First silent feature film made in India - Raja Harischandra (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke
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First Indian sound film - Alam Ara (1931) by Ardeshir Irani
→ First colour movie in
Hindi - Kisan Kanya (1937) by Ardeshir Irani
→ First Indian Nobel
Laureate - Rabindra Nath Tagore
→ First Indian woman to
receive Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa
→ First Chief Justice of
Supreme Court – Justice Hiralal J. Kania
→ First Indian receive
Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen
→ First Indian receive
Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V. Raman
→ First Indian man in Space
– Rakesh Sharma
→ First Indian to receive
Bharat Ratna Award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
→ Man of Indian origin to
receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana
→ First Indian to cross the
English Channel – Mihir Sen
→ First Indian to receive
Magsaysay Award – Achrya Vinoba Bhave
→ First Indian to receive
Gyanpith Award – Sri Shankar Kurup
→ First Indian Woman to go to Space – Kalpana Chawla
→ First Indian Woman Judge of Supreme Court – Meera Sahib Fatima
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→ First Indian Woman Olympic medal Winner – Karnam Malleswari
→ First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe – Susmita Sen
→ First Indian Woman to become Miss World – Miss Reita Faria
→ First Indian Woman to receive Booker Prize – Arundhati Roy
→ First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games – Kamaljeet Sandhu
→ First Woman Chief Minister of State – Sucheta Kriplani
→ First Woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachendri Pal
→ First Indian Woman to cross the English Channel – Arati Saha