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) |
