First in india 3
Film, TV and entertainment
- 1896: Film to be exhibited in India: On 7 July, with the Lumiere Brothers' Cinematography, unveiling six silent short films at the Watson's Hotel in Bombay, viz., Entry of Cinematographe, The Sea Bath, Arrival of a Train, A Demolition, Ladies & Soldiers on Wheels and Leaving the Factory.
- 1902: Music record was recorded by Gauhar Jaan singing a khayal in Raag Jogiya, recorded on 2 November, by Fred Gaisberg, assistant to Emile Berliner, the father ofGramophone record.
- 1913: Silent film to be made in India: Raja Harishchandra, by Dadasaheb Phalke and released on 3 May.
- 1913: Actress of Indian cinema: Durgabai Kamat in Mohini Bhasmasur, released in November, second movie of Phalke
- 1931: Sound film: Alam Ara directed by Ardeshir Irani
- 1937: Government award for films: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
- 1937: Colour film: Kisan Kanya, directed by Moti B. Gidvani
- 1946: Palme d'Or at 1946 Cannes Film Festival: Neecha Nagar, directed by Chetan Anand
- 1954: National Film Award for cinema: Shyamchi Aai
- 1955: Film to attract International critical attention: Pather Panchali
- 1957: Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film: Mother India
- 1959: Film to be banned: Neel Akasher Neechey, directed by Mrinal Sen
- 1959: Cinemascope film: Kaagaz Ke Phool, directed by Gurudutt
- 1964: Guinness Book of World Records in the category, Fewest actors in a narrative film: Yaadein directed and acted by Sunil Dutt
- 1967: 70 mm film: Hindi film Around the World
- 1969: Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient: Devika Rani
- 1982: Oscar winner: Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for the film Gandhi
- 1984: 3-D film: My Dear Kuttichathan, a Malayalam film, produced in 1984, dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan
- 1984: Sponsored TV serial: Hum Log, started on 7 July, was also the first soap opera of India, ran for 156 episodes
- 1985: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) - Director: Mrinal Sen
- 1992: Oscar for Lifetime Achievement: Satyajit Ray
- 1992: Indian filmmaker to get Bharat Ratna: Satyajit Ray
- 1995: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) - Actor: Sivaji Ganesan
- 2004: Colorized film: Mughal-e-Azam in 2004 (the original black-and-white version was released in 1960)
- 2004: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) - Actress: Sharmila Tagore
- 2006: Film screened at the United Nations: Lage Raho Munna Bhai, on 10 November, directed by Rajkumar Hirani
- 2008: Actor to enact most roles (10): Kamal Haasan in Dasavathaaram
- 2009: Music director to win an Oscar and first double Oscar winner: A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
- 2009: Actress to enact most roles (12): Priyanka Chopra in What's Your Raashee?
- President of the Indian National Congress: Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885
- President of the Indian National Congress of independent India: Acharya Kripalani, till November 1947
- President: Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
- First Woman President: Pratibha Patil (2007–2012)
- The first Chief Election Commissioner : Sukumar Sen
- Industries and Supplies Minister: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- Vice-President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected.
- Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950)
- Law Minister of India: B. R. Ambedkar
- Leader of Opposition: A. K. Gopalan
- Prime Minister to be voted out of office: Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party
- Non-Congress government: Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)
- Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957
- Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
- Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
- Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991, H.D.Deve Gowda
- Women Railway Minister of India: Mamata Banerjee
- The first Viceroy of India: Lord Canning, 1858
- Governor-General of India: Warren Hastings, 1773
- Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten, 1947
- Indian Governor-General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari, 1948
- Chief Justice of India: H. J. Kania (1947–1951)
- First Sikh Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh (2004–2014)
- First Muslim President: Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)
- First Sikh President: Giani Zail Singh
- First Chief Minister of West Bengal: Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
- Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
- Speaker of Lok Sabha: G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)
- Finance Minister of Independent India: R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet
- Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence: R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on 26 November 1947
- First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- First Indian President to die in Office: Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969
- First Chief Minister to die in Office: C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu
- First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office: Morarji Desai, 1979
- First woman Cabinet Minister in India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- First woman Minister in India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- First woman Chief Minister: Sucheta Kriplani
- First woman Governor of a State: Sarojini Naidu (Governor of Uttar Pradesh, 1947–49)
- First woman Home Minister: Sabitha Indra Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Govt.
- First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
- First woman Finance Minister of State Government in India: Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.
- First Prime Minister to be born after India's independence: Narendra Modi , 17 September 1950(birth)
Science
- The first president of the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress: Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1914
- Hydroelectric plant: Sidrapong near Darjeeling, commissioned in 1897, followed by the Gaganachukki waterfall of the Sivasamudram Falls, Mysore Kingdom, built in 1902.
- Place to get electricity: Darjeeling in 1897, followed by Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1898 and Kolar Gold Fields in 1902.
- Man in space: Rakesh Sharma aboard Soyuz T-11, on 3 April 1984. He was the 138th man in space worldwide.
- Woman in space: Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87, on 19 November 1997. She was a naturalized United States citizen, and represented the US during the event.
- Test-tube baby: Durga Agarwal, born 1978
- Scientific Expedition to Antarctica: 1981
- Nuclear Reactor: Apsara, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- First Genetically Modified Food Product in India: Bt. Egg plant Hybrid (Bt. -- Bacilius thuringiensis)
- Satellite: Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975
- Satellite dedicated exclusively for educational services: EDUSAT
- Successfully indigenous launch vehicle: SLV-3
- Prospective space tourist: Santhosh George Kulangara, proposed in 2009 aboard Virgin Galactic
- Cloned Animal: Bhass, sampura
- In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbor. In 1851, it was opened for the use of the British East India Company
- 1854: Telegraph service opened to the Public
- First telephone exchange: On 28 January 1882, Major E. Baring, Member of the Governor General of India's Council declared open the Telephone Exchanges in Calcutta,Bombay and Madras. The exchange in Calcutta named the "Central Exchange", was opened at third floor of the building at 7, Council House Street, with a total of 93 subscribers. Later that year, Bombay also witnessed the opening of a telephone exchange.
- 1902 - First wireless telegraph station established between Sagar Islands and Sandheads.
- 1907 - First Central Battery of telephones introduced in Kanpur.
- 1913-1914 - First Automatic Exchange installed in Shimla.
- 1927 - Radio-telegraph system between the UK and India, with Imperial Wireless Chain beam stations at Khadki and Daund. Inaugurated by Lord Irwin on 23 July by exchanging greetings with King George V.
- 1933 - Radiotelephone system inaugurated between the UK and India.
- 1953 - 12 channel carrier system introduced.
- 1960 - First subscriber trunk dialing route commissioned between Lucknow and Kanpur.
- 1975 - First PCM system commissioned between Mumbai City and Andheri telephone exchanges.
- 1976 - First digital microwave junction introduced.
- 1979 - First optical fibre system for local junction commissioned at Pune.
- 1980 - First satellite earth station for domestic communications established at Secunderabad, A.P.
- 1983 - First analog Stored Program Control exchange for trunk lines commissioned at Mumbai.
- 1984 - First Underground Metro Railways System at Calcutta.
- 1984 - C-DOT established for indigenous development and production of digital exchanges.
- 1990 - First technology park in India, Technopark, Trivandrum was launched
- 1995 - First mobile telephone service started on non-commercial basis on 15 August 1995 in Delhi.
- 2014 - First country to enter Mars’ orbit on their first attempt with successful launch of Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)
Medical science
Sport
- Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen, 1958.
- Woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha, 1959
- Formula One racer: Narain Karthikeyan
- Formula One team: Force India F1
- A1 GP race victory: Narain Karthikeyan, Zhuhai, China, 2007
- Person to equal world record in Archery: Limba Ram, 1992
- Person to walk across the Mongolian Gobi Desert: Sucheta Kadethankar who achieved the feat in 51 days, 11 hours and 40 minutes in 2011.
- Ashish Kumar, first Indian to win a medal in both Asian games(November 12 to 27 November 2010, Guangzhou(China)) and Commonwealth games (Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010). He won Bronze medal in both games.
- Shiva Keshavan, first Indian to win 2 Gold Medals for India in Winter sports at the Asia Cup in Japan in 2011 and 2012. The Asian Champion is also a 4 time Olympian and has set the new Asian speed record on ice at 134.3 kmph and track record a 49.590 seconds.
- Sushil Kumar (wrestler) is the first Indian to win back to back Olympic medals (Bronze and Silver in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics respectively)
- Santhi Soundarajan first World Peace Sports Festival Ambassador from India and first Tamil woman to win medal at Asian Games.
Olympics
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