100 Important First in India GK (One Liner PDF Available)

100 First in India One Liner Questions and Answers

General & Government

1. First President of India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. First Vice President of India – Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
3. First Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
4. First Deputy Prime Minister of India – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
5. First Indian Governor-General of Independent India – C. Rajagopalachari
6. First Chief Justice of India – Justice Harilal J. Kania
7. First Indian to become the President of the UN General Assembly – Vijayalakshmi Pandit
8. First Chief Election Commissioner of India – Sukumar Sen
9. First Lok Sabha Speaker – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
10. First Woman Governor of India – Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh)
11. First Woman Chief Minister in India – Sucheta Kriplani (Uttar Pradesh)
12. First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha – Meira Kumar
13. First President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Bonnerjee
14. First Woman Foreign Minister of India – Sushma Swaraj
15. First Indian Woman to become Minister – Vijayalakshmi Pandit
16. First Chief Minister of an Indian State – Gopinath Bordoloi (Assam)
17. First President of India to Die in Office – Zakir Husain
18. First Non-Congress Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai
19. First Woman President of India – Pratibha Patil
20. First Female Lok Sabha Member – Radhabai Subbarayan

Science & Technology

21. First Indian in Space – Rakesh Sharma
22. First Satellite Launched by India – Aryabhata
23. First Indian to receive Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore
24. First Test Tube Baby in India – Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal)
25. First Nuclear Reactor in India – Apsara
26. First Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) – SLV-3
27. First Successful Indigenous Dhanush Missile Test – 2004
28. First Mission to Mars (Mangalyaan) – Launched by ISRO
29. First Atomic Energy Establishment in India – Trombay, Mumbai
30. First Weather Satellite by India – INSAT-1B
31. First Mobile Telephone Service – Delhi (1995)
32. First 3D Printing Rocket – Agnibaan (2022)
33. First Solar Mission of India – Aditya-L1
34. First Supercomputer in India – PARAM 8000
35. First Digital Village in India – Akodara, Gujarat
36. First Large-Scale Digital Census – 2021 (Ongoing)
37. First Biometric Identification System – Aadhaar
38. First COVID-19 Vaccine Developed in India – Covaxin
39. First Private Space Launch Facility – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
40. First Indian to Win a Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V. Raman

Politics & Law

41. First Law Minister of India – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
42. First Chief Justice of India from Scheduled Caste – K.G. Balakrishnan
43. First Woman Judge of the Supreme Court of India – Justice M. Fathima Beevi
44. First Woman IPS Officer in India – Kiran Bedi
45. First Scheduled Tribe Chief Minister – Mohan Kumaramangalam
46. First Woman High Court Judge – Anna Chandy
47. First State in India to Implement Panchayati Raj – Rajasthan
48. First Woman Defence Minister – Indira Gandhi
49. First Anti-Corruption Law in India – 1947
50. First Female Attorney General – None (No woman appointed till date)
51. First Woman Chief Justice of High Court – Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
52. First Woman Advocate in India – Cornelia Sorabji
53. First Indian Penal Code Passed – 1860
54. First Woman Speaker of State Assembly – Shano Devi (Punjab)
55. First Lokayukta Act Enacted in State – Maharashtra
56. First Chief Justice of Supreme Court to be Impeached – None (No impeachment till date)
57. First Woman to Become District Magistrate – Anna George Malhotra
58. First Woman Foreign Secretary of India – Chokila Iyer
59. First State to Use EVMs in Elections – Kerala
60. First Woman Cabinet Minister of Independent India – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Education & Literature

61. First University in India – University of Calcutta
62. First Medical College in India – Calcutta Medical College
63. First Indian Nobel Laureate in Literature – Rabindranath Tagore
64. First Woman President of the Indian National Congress – Annie Besant
65. First Woman to Win the Man Booker Prize – Arundhati Roy
66. First Indian Author to Win Jnanpith Award – G. Sankara Kurup
67. First Woman to Get Bharat Ratna – Indira Gandhi
68. First Woman Author to Publish a Book in India – Toru Dutt
69. First Woman to Win Sahitya Akademi Award – Amrita Pritam
70. First Woman Editor of a Magazine – Pandita Ramabai (Stree Dhan)
71. First Female to Translate the Bhagavad Gita in English – Swami Swarupananda
72. First Book Published in India – Biblia Sacra
73. First University to be Established as Residential University – Banaras Hindu University
74. First Indian Woman Author of a Novel in English – Kamala Das
75. First Indian Author to Win Sahitya Akademi Award – R.K. Narayan
76. First Hindi Author to Receive Jnanpith Award – Sumitranandan Pant
77. First Woman Sanskrit Scholar – Bhagini Nivedita
78. First Woman Science Writer – Janaki Ammal
79. First Female University in India – SNDT Women’s University
80. First Female Editor of a Newspaper – Swarnakumari Devi

Sports

81. First Indian to Win an Olympic Medal – Norman Pritchard (1900)
82. First Woman to Climb Mount Everest – Bachendri Pal
83. First Indian to Win All England Badminton Championship – Prakash Padukone
84. First Indian Woman to Win Asian Games Gold – Kamaljeet Sandhu
85. First Indian to Play Davis Cup Tennis – Leander Paes
86. First Indian to Score a Double Century in Test Cricket – Polly Umrigar
87. First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling at Olympics – Sakshi Malik
88. First Woman to Reach Wimbledon Singles Finals – Sania Mirza
89. First Indian Woman to Win Commonwealth Gold – Kunjarani Devi
90. First Indian to Climb Mount Everest – Tenzing Norgay
91. First Indian Cricketer to Hit Six Sixes in an Over – Yuvraj Singh
92. First Indian Paralympian Gold Medalist – Murlikant Petkar
93. First Indian to Reach World Chess Championship Finals – Viswanathan Anand
94. First Woman Weightlifter to Win Olympic Medal – Karnam Malleswari
95. First Indian Woman Grandmaster in Chess – Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
96. First Indian Female Archer to Win Asian Games Medal – Deepika Kumari
97. First Indian Woman Boxer to Win Olympic Medal – Mary Kom
98. First Indian to Become World No. 1 in Badminton – Saina Nehwal
99. First Indian Athlete to Win a Gold Medal at IAAF – Hima Das
100. First Indian F1 Driver – Narain Karthikeyan