Top 100 Questions with Answer on First in India
| Sl No | First In India | Answer |
| 1 | First Economic Census In India | 1977 |
| 2 | First Train In India | Red Hill Railway (1837) |
| 3 | First Passenger Train In India | Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan (16 April 1853) |
| 4 | First Election In India | The Indian General Election of 1951–1952 |
| 5 | First Newspaper In India | Hicky’s Bengal Gazette (1780) |
| 6 | First Person to Discover Zero | Aryabhatta (AD 458) |
| 7 | First President of India | Rajendra Prasad (1950) |
| 8 | First Prime Minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru (1947) |
| 9 | First Bank In India | Bank of Hindustan (1770) |
| 10 | First National Park In India | Jim Corbett National Park (1936) |
| 11 | First General Election In India | 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952 |
| 12 | First Indian Movie | Raja Harishchandra (1913) (Silent Movie) |
| 13 | First Indian Sound Movie | Alam Ara (1931) |
| 14 | First Indian Playback Song | Dhoop Chhaon (1935) |
| 15 | First Colour Movie in India | Kisan Kanya (1937) |
| 16 | First Movie Shot Abroad | Sangam (1964) |
| 17 | First Movie On-Screen Kiss | Marthanda Varma (1933) |
| 18 | First Proposal for Railways | Madras (1832) |
| 19 | First Metro In India | Kolkata Metro (1984) |
| 20 | First Test Tube Baby | Durga (A.K.A Kanupriya Agarwal) |
| 21 | India’s First Nuclear Test | Smiling Buddha (18 May 1974) |
| 22 | First Indian language | Sanskrit |
| 23 | First ATM in India | HSBC (1987) |
| 24 | First Computer in India | HEC-2M |
| 25 | First Computer Developed in India | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator (TIFRAC) |
| 26 | India’s First Supercomputer | PARAM 8000 |
| 27 | First Airport in India | Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai (1928) |
| 28 | First DSLR in India | QV-1000C (Nikon) |
| 29 | First Railway Line in India | Red Hills to Chintadripet bridge (1837) |
| 30 | First English Newspaper | Hickey’s Bengal Gazette (1780) |
| 31 | First Woman to Present Union Budget of India | Indira Gandhi (1970-1971) |
| 32 | First Mosque in India | Cheraman Juma Masjid |
| 33 | First Biosphere Reserves of India | Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (1986) |
| 34 | First Cotton Mill in India | Fort Gloaster in 1818 (Kolkata) |
| 35 | First Publicly Available Internet Service in India | 15 August 1995 |
| 36 | First Email used in India | 1995 |
| 37 | First Company to launch Internet Service in India | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) |
| 38 | First All-India stamps Issued | 1 October 1854 |
| 39 | First Adhesive postage stamps in India | District of Scinde (1852) |
| 40 | First City to have Post Office | Calcutta (1727) |
| 41 | First Private Train in India | Tejas Express |
| 42 | First Nobel Prize Winner in India | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 43 | First School in India | St. George’s School, Chennai (1715) |
| 44 | First University in India | University of Calcutta |
| 45 | First Institute to be Granted Deemed University Status | Indian Institute of Science (IISc) |
| 46 | First Nuclear Plant in India | Tarapur Atomic power plant |
| 47 | First Electric Train in India | ex-GIP Railway (1500 Volt DC) |
| 48 | India’s First Railway Bridge | Thane Creek Bridge (Mumbai) |
| 49 | First Printing Press in India | Goa (1556) |
| 50 | First Cabinet Minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Sl. No | First In India | Answer |
| 1 | First Mega Food Park | Telangana |
| 2 | First IIT | IIT Kharagpur (1951) |
| 3 | First NIT | NIT Allahabad (2001) |
| 4 | First Railway Station | Bori Bunder and Thane |
| 5 | First Indian Film | Raja Harishchandra (1913) |
| 6 | First Open University in India | Dr. B.R Ambedkar Open University |
| 7 | First Nuclear Reactor | Apsara |
| 8 | First Mobile Phone in India | Nokia RinGo (1955) |
| 9 | First Indian Company to make mobile Phones | V.K. Munoth |
| 10 | First Sunrise State in India | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 11 | First Sunset in India | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 12 | First Supreme Court in India | Fort William (1773) |
| 13 | First Insurance Company in India | Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society (1870) |
| 14 | First Municipal Corporation in India | Madras (1687) |
| 15 | First Android Smartphone in India | HTC Dream |
| 16 | First iPhone in India | iPhone 4 |
| 17 | First Telegraph Line in India | Calcutta and Diamond Harbour (1850) |
| 18 | India’s First Live Payment Bank | Bharti Airtel |
| 19 | First Woman Chief Minister | Sucheta Kripalani (1963) |
| 20 | First 3D Movie in India | My Dear Kuttichathan |
| 21 | First Jute Mill in India | Acland Mill (West Bengal) |
| 22 | First Election in British India | 1920 Indian General Election |
| 23 | First Talkie Film in India | Alam Ara (1931) |
| 24 | First Day of the Week in India | Sunday |
| 25 | First Church in India | St. Thomas Church (Kochi) |
| 26 | First Colour Film in India | Kisan Kanya (1937) |
| 27 | First Woman Doctor of India | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi |
| 28 | First Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Used in India | Goa (2017) |
| 29 | First High Court in India | Calcutta High Court |
| 30 | First Linguistic State in India | Andhra Pradesh (1956) |
| 31 | First Union Territory in India | Andaman and Nicobar Island |
| 32 | First EVMs Used in India | Kerala (1982) |
| 33 | First Male Doctor in India | Charaka (Ayurveda) |
| 34 | First Medical College in India | Calcutta Medical College (1835) |
| 35 | First Electricity in India | Kolkata (1879) |
| 36 | First Hindi Newspaper in India | Udant Martand |
| 37 | First Dam in India | Kallanai Dam |
| 38 | First Car Ran on Road in India | 1897 |
| 39 | First Car Assembled in India | Morris Minor (1950) |
| 40 | First Generation Maruti 800 | 1984 |
| 41 | First Tata Indica | 1998 |
| 42 | First Mahindra Scorpio | 2002 |
| 43 | First Muslim Invader in India | Muhammad Bin Qasim |
| 44 | First Stepwell still Existing | Mata Bhavani’s Stepwell (Gujarat) |
| 45 | First King of India | Chandragupta |
| 46 | First Private Bank in India | Karur Vysya Bank (1916) |
| 47 | First Digital state in India | Kerala (2016) |
| 48 | First Tiger Reserve in India | Jim Corbett National Park |
| 49 | First Silent Movie in India | Raja Harishchandra (1913) |
| 50 | First Cement Factory in India | Chennai (1904) |
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Sl. No |
First In India | Answer |
| 1 | First Indian to win the Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore: Literature (1913) |
| 2 | First Indian to Win Science Nobel Prize | Sir C. V. Raman: Physics (1930) |
| 3 | First Indian to Win Nobel Prize for Peace | Mother Teresa (1979) |
| 4 | First Indian to Win Oscar | Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design-1982) |
| 5 | First Indian to Win Nobel Prize for Economics | Amartya Sen (1998) |
| 6 | First Flight in India | 1911 (Between Allahabad and Naini) |
| 7 | First Demonetisation in India | January 1946 |
| 8 | First Heart Transplant in India | 3 August 1994 |
| 9 | First Hydroelectric Power Plant in India | Sidrapong Hydroelectric Power Station |
| 10 | First Cricket Match in India | 1721 |
| 11 | First Cricket Club | 1792 |
| 12 | First Cricket Test Match in India | 25 June 1932 |
| 13 | First Indian Woman to Climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| 14 | First Stock Exchange in India | Bombay Stock Exchange |
| 15 | First Hindi Newspaper After Independence of India | Amar Ujala (1948) |
| 16 | First Bengali Newspaper | Samachar Darpan (1818) |
| 17 | First English Newspaper After Independence of India | Deccan Herald (1948) |
| 18 | First Muslim Ruler of India | Qutub-Ud-Din Aibak |
| 19 | First Hindu Ruler of India | Chandragupta |
| 20 | First Woman Pilot in India | Sarla Thakral |
| 21 | First Indian Military Helicopter Pilot | Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar |
| 22 | First Defense Minister of India | Baldev Singh |
| 23 | First Paper Currency Issued by RBI | 5 Rupee note (1938) |
| 24 | First Carbon-Free State in India | Himachal Pradesh |
| 25 | First Mutual Fund in India | Unit Trust of India (1963) |
| 26 | First Registered Trade-Union | Madras Labour Union |
| 27 | First Engineering College in India | Thomason College of Civil Engineering (1847) Later IIT-R |
| 28 | First Trade Union Federation | All India Trade Union Congress (1920) |
| 29 | First Female Graduate from Bombay University | Cornelia Sorabjee (1892) |
| 30 | First State of Emergency in India | 26 Oct 1962 to 10 Jan 1968 |
| 31 | First Masjid | Cheraman Juma Mosque (Kerala) |
| 32 | First Credit Card in India | Central Bank of India |
| 33 | First Cashless District in India | Akodara (Gujarat) |
| 34 | First Indian Man to Construct an Airplane | Shivkar Bapuji Talpade |
| 35 | First Portuguese Factory in India | Calicut |
| 36 | First Paper Mill in India | Serampore, West Bengal (1812) |
| 37 | Xiaomi’s First Manufacturing Plant in India | Andhra Pradesh (2015) |
| 38 | First Atomic Power Station in India | Tarapur Atomic Power Station |
| 39 | First Foreign Bank in India | Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris, Calcutta (1860) |
| 40 | First Woman Entrepreneur | Kalpana Saroj |
| 41 | First Fort Constructed by British in India | Fort St Georg (1644) |
| 42 | First Cashless City in India | Chandigarh |
| 43 | First National Institute Of Technology (NIT) | NIT Allahabad (Founded 1961 and Established 2001) |
| 44 | First Engineer Graduate | Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya |
| 45 | First Woman Engineer Graduate | Lalitha |
| 46 | First Integrated Steel Plant in India | Rourkela Steel Plant (1955) |
| 47 | First Bank to Introduce Cheque System | Bengal Bank (1833) |
| 48 | First Indian Bank to Get ISO | Canara Bank |
| 49 | First Bank to Introduce Internet Banking | ICICI bank |
| 50 | First Indian bank to open a branch outside India | Bank of India (1946-London) |
| Sl. No. | First In India | Answer |
| 1 | First State to Adopt Panchayati Raj System | Rajasthan |
| 2 | First Civilization in India | Indus Valley Civilization |
| 3 | First Woman University in India | SNDT Women’s University (1916) |
| 4 | First Lok Adalat in India | Junagarh, Gujarat (1982) |
| 5 | First Oil Well in India | Digboi (Assam) |
| 6 | First Indian State to ratify GST | Assam |
| 7 | First Fertilizer Plant in India | Ranipet, Tamil Nadu (1906) |
| 8 | First Digital State in India | Kerala (2016) |
| 9 | First Largest Community Kitchen | Golden Temple (Punjab) |
| 10 | First 100% Primary Education | Kerala (2016) |
| 11 | First Fully Organic State | Sikkim (2016) |
| 12 | First Water Atm in India | Connaught Place (Delhi) |
| 13 | First Olympic Gold in Hockey | 1928 |
| 14 | First Partition of Indian State | Bengal |
| 15 | First Kidney Transplant in India | King Edward Memorial Hospital (1965) |
| 16 | First Dutch Factory in India | Masulipatnam |
| 17 | First Bank to Introduce Credit Card | Central Bank of India |
| 18 | First Smart City in India | Delhi |
| 19 | First Zoo in India | Thiruvananthapuram Zoological Park |
| 20 | First Telephone Exchange in India | 28th January 1882 |
| 21 | First Motorcar | Mr Forster of Crompton Greaves (1897) |
| 22 | First Motorcar in Regular Use | Francis Spring, Chennai (1901) |
| 23 | First Indian to own a Motorcar | Jamsetji Tata |
| 24 | First Manufacture of Motor cars | Hindustan Motors (1942) |
| 25 | First Radiotelephone system between UK and India | 1933 |
| 26 | First Credit Rating Agency in India | CRISIL |
| 27 | First Woman President | Pratibha Patil |
| 28 | First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| 29 | First Presidency of British East India Company | Surat |
| 30 | First Post Office Opened in India | Kolkata (1727) |
| 31 | First Woman Firefighter In IndiaHarshini Kanhekar | Harshini Kanhekar |
| 32 | First Mughal Emperor In India | Babar |
| 33 | First NOTA (None Of The Above) Used In Election | Chhattisgarh |
| 34 | First Passenger Train in India Ran Between | Bori Bunder station and Thane |
| 35 | First Agriculture University In India | G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (1960) |
| 36 | First Woman Governor In India | Sarojini Naidu |
| 37 | First Open Defecation Free State In India | Sikkim (2008) |
| 38 | First Postal Stamp In India | 1 July 1852 in Scinde District |
| 39 | First Communist Government In India | Kerala (1957) |
| 40 | First Communist Leader in India | E. M. S. Namboodiripad |
| 41 | Name of the First Train | Sahib, Sindh and Sultan |
| 42 | First TV Channel in India | Doordarshan (1959) |
| 43 | First Television Used in India | Calcutta |
| 44 | First Coalition Government In India | 24 March 1977 to 15 July 1979 |
| 45 | First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning (1858) |
| 46 | First Central PSU to be Privatized | Modern Food Industries (2000) |
| 47 | First Prime Minister born after India’s Independence | Narendra Modi (17 September 1950) |
| 48 | First Indian Bank to set up a branch in China | AXIS Bank |
| 49 | First Bank to launch EMI facility on Debit Cards | ICICI Bank |
| 50 | First Multi-Currency international Debit Cards | SBI |
