FIRSTS IN INDIA First Atomic Submarine of India - I.N.S Chakra First British to visit India - Hawkins First election commissioner of India - Sukumar Sen. Indias First nuclear centre - Tarapur First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan First Post Office opened in India - Kolkata in 1727 First deputy Prime Minister of India - Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel First Space Tourist of India - Santosh George First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship - I.N.S. Vikrant First Indian who reached South Pole - Col. I K Bajaj First Indian who won Billiards Trophy - Wilson Jones First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office - Moraji Desai First Indian recipient of Oscar Award - Bhanu Athaiya First Indian Missile - Prithvi First Indian to win Nobel Prize - Rabindranath Tagore First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics - Dr. Amartya Sen Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma First Indian to go into space - Rakesh Sharma First speaker of Lok Sabha - G.V. Mavlankar from 1952-1957 First president of Indian National Congress - W.C. Banerjee Indias first woman president - Smt. Pratibha Patil First woman governor of India - Sarojini Naidu First Indian woman ruler - Razia Sultan on Delhis throne First Indian woman to get noble prize - Mother Teresa in 1979 First woman judge of Supreme Court of India - Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi Indias first woman IPS officer - Kiran Bedi India’s first Governor-General of Independent in India – Lord Lewis Mountbatten India’s first Governor of RBI – Sir Osborne Smith India’s first sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna – Sachin Tendulkar India’s first swimmer who crossed over the English Channel by swimming – Mihir Sen India’s first Woman Air Pilot – Durba Banerjee India’s first person who delivered the lecture in Hindi in UNO – Atal Bihari Bajpai (1977) Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 Times – Sherpa-Augarita Indian player who played the test cricket – K.S.Ranjeet Singh Actress to win Padma Shri Award – Nargis Dutt, 1958 India’s first Newspaper – Hickey’s Bengal Gazette started in 1760 First Indian who individually won the Gold Medal in Olympic Games – Abhinav Bindra First Indian who won the bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic Games – Vijendra Kumar Internet came to India in – August 15, 1955 (provided by BSNL) India’s first newsprint factory was set up at – Nepanagar (MP) Broadcasting started in India - 1927 All India Radio established – 1936 Railways started – April 16, 1853 First Satellite Launched – 19 April, 1975 First Indian Woman to reach in Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim
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