| Field | Person |
| First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First to Climb Mount Everest | Tenzing Norgay |
| First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen | Phy Dorjee |
| First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS) | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
| First British Governor General | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| First and the last Governor General of free India | C. Rajagopalachari |
| First President of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Vice-President of India | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Sikh President of India | Giani Zail Singh |
| First Prime Minister | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G.V. Mavlankar |
| First Chief Justice of India | Justice H.L. Kania |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Bannerjee |
| First Indian to become member of Viceroy's Executive Council | Lord S.P. Sinha |
| First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty | Babar |
| First Field Marshal | S.H.F.J. Manekshaw |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India | Gen. K.M. Cariappa |
| First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) | Sinhji |
| First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) | Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) | Subroto Mukherjee |
| First Indian in British Parliament | Dada Bhai Nauroji |
| First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) | Khudada Khan |
| First Indian to circumnavigate the globe | Lt. Col K.S. Rao |
| First Indian to reach the South Pole | Col J.K. Bajaj (1989) |
| First Indian to make a solo air flight | JRD Tata |
| First Indian to visit England | Raja Rammohan Roy (1832) |
| First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) | Lord S.P. Sinha |
| First Bar-at-Law | J.M. Tagore |
| First Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62) |
| First Indian Test Cricketer | K.S. Ranjitsingh |
| First Air Marshall | Arjan Singh |
| First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha | Justice V.Ramaswami (1993) |
| Fastest Shorthand writer | Dr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm) |
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
First in India - Men
Women in India – the first
| Field | Person |
| First Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| First Chief Minister of State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| First Minister | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Central Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | Mrs. Shanno Devi |
| First Governor of a State | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| First President of Indian National Congress | Dr. Annie Besant |
| First Indian President of Indian National Congress | Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu |
| First President of UN General Assembly | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi | Razia Sultan |
| First to swim across the English Channel | Mrs. Arti Shah |
| First to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
| First to circumnavigate (sail round the world) | Ujwala Rai |
| First IAS Officer | Anna George Malhotra |
| First IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First Advocate | Cornelia Sorabji |
| First Judge of a High Court | Anna Chandi |
| First Judge of Supreme Court | Ms M. Fathima Beevi |
| First Chief Justice of a High Court | Ms. Leila Seth |
| First Doctor | Kadambini Ganguli |
| First editor of English newspaper | Dina Vakil |
| First Chief Engineer | Mrs. P.K. Thresia |
| First to receive a Sena Medal | Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) - 1990 |
| Youngest to Climb Mount Everest | Dicky Doima (19) from Manali - 1993 |
| First to climb Mount Everest two times | Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) - 1993 |
| First Magistrate | Mrs. Omana Kunjamma |
| First to win Nobel Prize | Mother Theresa |
| First to be crowned Miss India | Reita Fariq |
| First to be crowned Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
| First to be crowned Miss World | Reita Faria |
| First DGP | Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya |
Nick Names of Important Indian Places
| SNo | Nick name | Place |
| 1 | Golden City | Amritsar |
| 2 | Manchester of India | Ahmedabad |
| 3 | City of Seven islands | Mumbai |
| 4 | Queen of Arabian Sea | Cochin |
| 5 | Space City | Bangalore |
| 6 | Garden City of India | Bangalore |
| 7 | Silicon Valley of India | Bangalore |
| 8 | Electronic city of India | Bangalore |
| 9 | Pink city | Jaipur |
| 10 | Gateway of India | Mumbai |
| 11 | Twin city | Hyderabad - Sikandarabad |
| 12 | City of festivals | Madurai |
| 13 | Deccan Queen | Pune |
| 14 | City of Buildings | Kolkata |
| 15 | Dakshin Ganga | Godavari |
| 16 | Old Ganga | Godavari |
| 17 | Egg bowls of Asia | Andhra Pradesh |
| 18 | Soya region | Madhya Pradesh |
| 19 | Manchester of the South | Coimbatore |
| 20 | City of Nawabs | Lucknow |
| 21 | Venice of the east | Cochin |
| 22 | Sorrow of Bengal | Damodar river |
| 23 | Sorrow of Bihar | Kosi river |
| 24 | Blue Mountains | Nilgiri |
| 25 | Queen of the Mountains | Mussoorie (Uttaranchal) |
| 26 | Sacred river | Ganga |
| 27 | Hollywood of India | Mumbai |
| 28 | City of Castles | Kolkata |
| 29 | State of five rivers | Punjab |
| 30 | City of weavers | Panipat |
| 31 | City of lakes | Srinagar |
| 32 | Steel city of India | Jamshedpur (Called Tatanagar) |
| 33 | City of temples | Varanasi |
| 34 | Manchester of the north | Kanpur |
| 35 | City of Rallies | New Delhi |
| 36 | Heaven of India | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 37 | Boston of India | Ahmedabad |
| 38 | Garden of spices of India | Kerala |
| 39 | Switzerland of India | Kashmir |
| 40 | Abode of the God | Prayag (Allahabad) |
| 41 | Pittsburg of India | Jamshedpur |
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