The first in world (women) General knowledge

First Lady to Climb Mt. Everest Junko Taibei
First Woman Cosmonaut in Space Valentina Tereshkova
First Woman Prime Minister of a Country Srimavo Bhandarnaike
First Woman President of a Country Maria Estela Peron
First Woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
The First Woman Prime Minister Of South Korea  Ms. Chang Sang
The First Mislim Woman to Recieve Nobel Prize Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
The First Woman Of The world to climb Mt. Everest four times Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
The First Woman to Cross seven important seas of the World by swimming Bula Chaudhury (India)
The woman to be appointed as Governor of the province in Afghanistan Habiba Sorabhi
The first woman of the world to swim across five continents Bula Chaudhury (India)
The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meters park in pole vault Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva
First woman foreign secretary of England Margaret Backett
16 First woman Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller (Feb. 2006)
First Woman President of Chile Dr. Michelle Bachelet
First Woman Chancellor of Germany Angela Markel (took over in Nov. 2005)
First Woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Shanshad Akhtar (Dec. 2005)
The First Duly Elected Woman President of an African Country Allen Johnson Sirleaf
First Woman to Reach Antarctica Caroline Michaelson
First Woman President Of UN General Assembly Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
The First Woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher
First person to discover radioactivity Marie Curie of Poland
First woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle of the USA
First woman to reach the North Pole Ann Bancroft of USA
First woman Prime Minister of the UK Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 1979
First woman to win Magsasay award M. S. Subbulakshmi, 1974
First woman to win the Templeton award Mother Teresa
First woman to reach South Pole Shirley M. Metz (USA)
First woman to win Nobel Prize in literature Pearl S. Buck
First woman Prime Minister of European country Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 1979
First youngest Asian to swim across English Channel Arti Pradhan at the age of 16
First camerawoman Tamara Lobova
First lady composer Jaddan Bai
First lady Director Lois Weber (USA)
First lady Producer Countess Bubha (UK)
First woman Bishop in Anglicicanism Barbara Harris (USA)
First democratically elected female head of a Country Vigdis Finnbogadottir
First woman airplane pilot in the World Prem Mathur (India)
First woman Doctor in the World Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman pilot to fly an airbus 300 Capt. Durba Bannerjee, 1987

The first in world (Man) General knowledge

The first in world (Man) General knowledge


The first person to reach Mount Everest Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary (May 29, 1953)
The first person to reach North Pole Robert Peary (1988-89)
The first person to reach South Pole Amundsen (14 December 1911)
The first religion of the world Hinduism ( Egypt around 4000 BCE)
The first country to print book China [ during the Tang Dynasty (618–907)]
The first country to issue paper currency China  (1023)
The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services China (581–604)
The first President of the U.S.A George Washington ( April 30, 1789)
The first Prime Minister of Britain Robert Walpole (1721–1742)
The first Governor General of the United Nations Trigveli (Norway)
The first country to win football World cup Uruguay (1930)
The first country to prepare a constitution U.S.A
The first Governor General of Pakistan Mohd. Ali Jinnah
The first European to attack India Alexander, The Great
The first European to reach China Marco Polo
The first person to fly aeroplane Wright Brothers
The first person to sail round the world Magellan
The first country to send human to the moon U.S.A
The first country to launch satellite in the space Russia
The first country to host the modern Olympics Greece
The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped Hiroshima (Japan)
The first person to land on the moon Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
The first shuttle to go in space Columbia
The first spacecraft to reach on Mars Viking-I
The first woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher
The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
The first woman Prime Minister of a country Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
The first woman cosmonaut of the world Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)
The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The first man to fly into space Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut Mohd. Azharuddin
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice Nawang Gombu
The first U.S. President to resign Presidency Richard Nixon
The first country made education compulsory Prussia
The first country make a constitution U.S.A
The first country organisation NAM summit  Balgrade
Man to draw map of earth  Anexemander
Man to complete Encyclopaedia  Aspheosis
Man to tourist in space  Dennis tito
Man to Oscar Winner for best Actor Emil jannings , 1928
The first University of the world  Taxila University 
Man to swim across The English Channel Mattew webb, 1875

First in Film, TV and entertainment


  • First Film to be exhibited in India on 7 July 1896, with the Lumiere Brothers' Cinematography, unveiling six silent short films at the Watson's Hotel in Bombay, viz., Entry of Cinematography, The Sea Bath, Arrival of a Train, A Demolition, Ladies & Soldiers on Wheels and Leaving the Factory.
  • First silent film to be made in India: Raja Harishchandra, 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke.
  • First Tamil silent film: Keechaka Vadham (1918), produced and directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar.
  • First actress of Indian cinema: Durgabai Kamat in Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), second movie of Phalke
  • First Bengali film maker: Hiralal Sen
  • First Bengali talkie: Dena Paona (1931)
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani (1969)
  • First Government award for films: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards(1937)
  • First Punjabi film made in the city: Kolkata
  • First Indian filmmaker to get Bharat Ratna: Satyajit Ray (1992)
  • Sound film: Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani, 1931, First Talkie actress: Zubeida
  • Colour film: Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani.
  • Film to be banned: Neel Akasher Neechey, (1959) (Directed by-Mrinal Sen) .
  • Cinemascope film: Kaagaz Ke Phool(Directed by -Gurudutt) (1959)
  • Oscar for Lifetime Achievement: Satyajit Ray (1992)
  • Film to attract International critical attention: Pather Panchali, (1955) won eleven awards.
  • Oscar winner: Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982
  • Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film: Mother India, 1957
  • Music director to win an Oscar and first double Oscar winner-Mr. A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire, 22 February 2009.
  • Sound engineer to win an Oscar: Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire, 22 February 2009
  • Palme d'Or at 1946 Cannes Film Festival: Neecha Nagar, directed by Chetan Anand
  • National Film Award for cinema: Shyamchi Aai, 1954
  • Colorized film: Mughal-e-Azam in 2004 (the original black-and-white version was released in 1960)
  • Sponsored TV serial: Hum Log, started on 7 July 1984, was also the first soap opera of India, ran for 156 episodes
  • Guinness Book of World Records in the category, Fewest actors in a narrative film: Yaadein (1964) directed and acted by Sunil Dutt
  • Actor to enact 10 roles: Kamal Haasan
  • Actress to enact 10 roles = Priyanka Chopra plays 12 different characters in Bollywood film-"What's Your Raashee?"
  • 3-D film: My Dear Kuttichathan, a Malayalam film, produced in 1984, dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan.
  • 70 mm film: Around the World, a Hindi film, starring Raj Kapoor and Rajshree in 1967
  • Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) - Director: Mrinal Sen (1985); Actor: Sivaji Ganesan (1995); Actress: Sharmila Tagore(2004)
  • Hindi film screened at the United Nations: Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 10 November 2006,directed by Rajkumar Hirani
  • First Bhojpuri feature film to be featured in the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India: Deswa (2011)
  • First music record was recorded by Gauhar Jaan singing a khayal in Raag Jogiya, recorded on 2 November 1902, by Fred Gaisberg, assistant to Emile Berliner, the father of Gramophone record.

First in India (Women)



The first woman president of India Smt. Pratibha Patil
The first lady to become "Miss World" Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a State in free India Mrs. Sarojini Naidu(1925)
The first woman Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman chief justice of a High Court Mrs. Leela Seth
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Lieutenent General Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
The first woman I.P.S. Officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The First woman to get Ashok Chakra Nirja Mishra
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel Miss Arati Saha
(now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
First Indian woman to win WTA Title Sania Mirza
First Indian woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee
First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize Arundhati Roy
First Indian woman to go into space Kalpana Chawla
First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways Mamata Banerjee

FIRST PERSON IN INDIA



  • FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDEPENDENT INDIA  = LORD LEWIS MOUNT-BATTEN
  • FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDEPENDENT INDIA= CHAKRAVARTI RAJGOPALACHARI 
  • FIRST CHIEF OF THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES  = GENERAL K.M. CARRIAPPA
  • FIRST FIELD MARSHALL = GENERAL S.H.F.J MANEKSHAW
  • FIRST PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC INDIA = Dr. RAJENDRA PRASAD
  • FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC INDIA=Dr. SARVAPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN
  • FIRST PRIME-MINISTER = Pt.JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU 
  • FIRST NON-CONGRESS PRIME-MINISTER = ATAL BEHARI BAJPAI
  • FIRST BRITISH GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL = WARREN-HASTINGS 
  • FIRST SPACE TRAVELLER = S.LEADER-RAKESH SHARMA 
  • FIRST I.C.S = SATYENDRA NATH TAGORE
  • FIRST SWIMMER WHO CROSSED OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY SWIMMING  = MIHIR SEN 
  • FIRST RAMAN-MAGSAYSAY AWARDED = ACHARYA VINOBA BHAVE
  • FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER RABINDRA NATH TAGORE 
  • FIRST CHAIRMAN OF LOK SABHA = G.B. MAVLANKAR
  • FIRST CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER = SUKUMAR SEN
  • FIRST INDIAN CHAIRMAN IN INTERNATIONAL COURTJUSTICE Dr.NAGENDRA SINGH
  • FIRST PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CONGRESS = VYOMESH CHAND BANERJEE
  • FIRST FOREIGNER AWARDEE OF BHARAT RATNA = KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN
  • FIRST LEADER OF THE INDIAN ANTARCTICA MISSION = Dr. SYED ZAHUV QUASIM
  • FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT = JUSTICE HIRALAL J. KANIYA
  • FIRST PERSON AWARDED WITH BHARAT RATNAS = Dr. SARVAPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN, CHAKRAVARTI RAJAGOPALCHARI, SIR C.B. RAMAN
  • FIRST POSTHUMOUSLY BHARAT RATNA AWARD = LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI
  • FIRST PERSON AWARDED WITH BHARTIYA-GYAN-PEETH PURSKAR = G.SHANKAR KURUP (MALAYALAM-1965)
  • FIRST SUCESSFUL SURGEON WHO TRANSPLANTED HEART = Dr. P. VENUGOPAL
  • FIRST SUCESSFUL HEART TRANSPLANTED PERSON = DEVI RAM (1994)
  • FIRST PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION = JUSTICE RANGNATH MISHRA
  • FIRST HINDI LITERATURE PERSON-AWARDED BHARTIYA GYAN PEETH PURSKAR = SUMITRA NANDAN PANT (1968)
  • FIRST INDIAN WHO WON THE WORLD BILLIARD AWARD = WILSON JANS
  • FIRST PERSON DELIVERED THE LECTURE IN HINDI IN U.N.O. ATAL BEHARI BAJPAI (1977)
  • FIRST INDIAN WHO WON THE GRAMMY AWARD = Pt. RAVI SHANKAR
  • FIRST INDIAN MEMBER IN BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS = DADA BHAI NAOROJI (1892)
  • FIRST PRESIDENT OF INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS = SIR ASUTOSH MUKHERJEE
  • FIRST MOUNTAINEER WHO SCALED MOUNT EVEREST 8 TIMES = SHERPA-AUGARITA
  • FIRST WRITER WHO WAS AWARDED VYAS SAMMAN = RAMVILAS SHARMA
  • FIRST INDIAN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WORLD BANK = GAUTAM KAZI
  • FIRST CHAIRMAN OF FINANCE COMMISSION = K.C. NIOGI
  • FIRST INDIAN MEMBER OF AMERICAN CONGRESS = DELEEP SINGH
  • FIRST MARSHAL OF INDIAN AIR FORCE = ARJUN SINGH
  • FIRST SCIENTIST ELECTED FOR LOK SABHA = Dr. MEGHNAD SAHA
  • FIRST SCIENTIST AWARDED GHANSHYAM DAS BIRLA AWARD = Prof. ASHISH DUTTA(1991)
  • FIRST LITERATURE AWARDED MURTI DEVI PURSKAR = C.K. NAGRAJ RAO(1993)
  • FIRST PERSON BECAME HIGH COMMISSION IN GREAT BRITAIN V.K. KRISHNA-MENON
  • FIRST INDIAN AWARDED WITH THE LENIN PEACE PRIZE =  SAFUDDIN KICHLU(1952)
  • FIRST INDIAN CONTESTED THE ELECTION FOR BRITISH PARLIAMENT = LAL MOHAN GHOSE
  • FIRST INDIAN APPOINTED THE JUDGE OF HIGH COURT DURING BRITISH PERIOD = RAM PRASAD RAM
  • FIRST INDIAN MEMBER OF VICEROY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL  = Sir. S.P. SINHA
  • FIRST PLAYER AWARDED WITH PADAM BHUSAN = C.K. NAIDU
  • FIRST INDIAN PLAYERS PLAYED DAVIS CUP = M. SALIM & S.M. JACOB(SINGLES) A.A. FAIYAZ & L.S. DARE(DOUBLES)(1921)
  • FIRST INDIAN PLAYER WHO PLAYED THE TEST CRICKET = K.S. RANJEET SINGH(FROM ENGLAND)
  • FIRST INDIAN BOWLER WHO MADE HAT-TRICK IN TEST CRICKET HARBHAJAN SINGH
  • FIRST INDIAN BATSMAN WHO MADE 300 RUNS IN TEST CRICKET  =             VIRENDRA SEHWAG
  • FIRST INDIAN BATSMAN WHO MADE 200 RUNS IN ODI CRICKET =                SACHIN TENDULKAR
  • FIRST INDIAN WHO INDIVIDUALLY WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN OLYMPIC GAMES = ABHINAV BINDRA