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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) |
