- > First
newspaper published in India - The Bengal Gazette, The Bengal Gazette
was published on January 29,1780.
- > Raja
Harishchandra (1913) is the first silent feature film made in India directed
by Dadasaheb Phalke
- > Alam Ara is
the the first Indian sound film which is directed by Ardeshir Irani.
- > First colour
film in Hindi - Kisan Kanya (1937) directed by Ardeshir Irani.
- > The first
Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindra Nath Tagore
- > The first
woman to receive Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa
- > The first
person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics -Amartya Sen
- > The first
person to receive Nobel Prize in Physics –C.V. Raman
- > The first
Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
- > India’s first
person in space – Rakesh Sharma
- > The first
woman Olympic medal Winner – Karnam Malleswari (2000)
- > The first
woman Asian Games Gold medal Winner – Kamalijit Sandhu
- > The first
woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Sucheta Kriplani
- > The first
woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachendri Pal