| 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 |
