First in India - General Knowledge
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ЁЯУ░ Firsts in Media & Communication
- Newspaper: Bengal Gazette (James Hickey, 1780)
- Vernacular Daily: Samachar Darpan (1818)
- Hindi Newspaper: Udant Martand (1826)
- Telegraph Line: Diamond Harbour to Kolkata
- International Telephone Service: Mumbai to London (1851)
- First FM Radio Channel: Radio City, Bengaluru (1999)
- First Private News Channel: Zee News (1992)
ЁЯОм Firsts in Cinema & Culture
- Silent Movie: Raja Harish Chandra (Dadasaheb Phalke, 1913)
- Talkie Movie: Alam Ara (Ardeshir Irani, 1931)
- First Indian 3D Movie: My Dear Kuttichathan (1984)
- First Oscar-Winning Indian: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Design, Gandhi, 1983)
- First Indian Film Submitted for Oscars: Mother India (1957)
ЁЯЫ░️ Firsts in Technology & Space
- Aircraft Carrier Warship: INS Vikrant
- Satellite: Aryabhatta (April 19, 1975)
- Education Satellite: EDUSAT (2004)
- Indigenous Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 (1980)
- Nuclear Reactor: Apsara (1956)
- Lunar Mission: Chandrayaan-I (2008)
- Mars Mission: Mangalyaan (2013)
- First Private Satellite: INS-1C by TeamIndus (2017)
- First Indigenous Supercomputer: PARAM 8000 (1991)
⚡ Infrastructure & Governance
- Hydroelectric Project: Sivasamudram (1902)
- Asian Games: Delhi (1951)
- Census: 1872
- Regular Decadal Census: 1881 onwards
- Biosphere Reserve: Nilgiri (1986)
- National Park: Haley National Park (Jim Corbett, 1936)
- Chairman of UPSC: Ross Barker
- First E-Court: Ahmedabad (2009)
- Court for Women: Malda (West Bengal)
- Technology Park: Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
- First Smart City: Bhubaneswar (2016)
- First Digital Village: Akodara, Gujarat
ЁЯСи✈️ First in India (Male)
- Governor-General: William Bentinck (1828)
- Last Governor-General: Lord Mountbatten
- First & Last Indian Governor-General: C. Rajgopalachari
- Commander-in-Chief (Free India): General KM Kariappa
- Field Marshal: General SHFJ Manekshaw (1971)
- Indian in Space: Rakesh Sharma (1984)
- Everest Climber without Oxygen: Sherpa Ang Dorje
- Managing Director of World Bank: Gautam Kaji
- Chairman of NHRC: Rangnath Mishra
- Nobel in Physics: CV Raman (1930)
- Nobel in Literature: Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
- Nobel in Economics: Dr. Amartya Sen (1998)
- Nobel in Medicine: Dr. Har Gobind Khorana
- Bharat Ratna Awardees: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajgopalachari, Dr. CV Raman
- Posthumous Bharat Ratna: Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Jnanpith Award: G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam)
- Padma Bhushan (Cricketer): CK Naidu
- ICS Officer: Satyendra Nath Tagore (1869)
- Swam English Channel: Mihir Sen (1958)
- Bharat Ratna (Cricketer): Sachin Tendulkar
- First Chief of Defence Staff (CDS): General Bipin Rawat (2020)
ЁЯСй First in India (Female)
- INC Chairperson: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
- Cabinet Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947)
- UNGA Chair: Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
- President of India: Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
- Lok Sabha Speaker: Meira Kumar (2009)
- Rajya Sabha Deputy Chair: Margaret Alva (1962)
- Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi
- To reach Antarctica: Meher Moos (1976)
- IAS Officer: Anna Rajam George (1950)
- Chief Justice (HC): Leela Seth (1991)
- Jnanpith Award Winner: Asha Poorna Devi (1976)
- Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi
- Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa (1979)
- World Cup Century: Thirush Kamini
- Actress in Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt
- Chairperson of UPSC: Rose Millian Bathew (Kharbuli)
- Foreign Minister: Sushma Swaraj
- Olympic Finalist: P.T. Usha
- Navy Pilot: Shivangi Singh
- Excavation Engineer: Shivani Meena
- First Female Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
- First Woman DGP: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
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