Firsts in India

First British Governor General

Warren Hastings

First Chief Justice of India

HJ Kania

First Indian Chief of Staff

General K.M.Cariappa

1947

First Chief of Air Staff

Air Marshal Sir Thomos Elmhirst

First Chief of Naval Staff

Vice Admiral R D Katari

First Female Graduates

Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu

1883

First Female Honours Graduate

Kamini Roy

First Woman Supreme Court Judge in the world

Anna Chandy

First Indian Governor-General of Indian Union

C Rajagopalachari

1948

First Indian to win a major literary award in the United States

Dhan Gopal Mukerji

First President of the Indian National Congress

W C Bonnerjee

1885

First Prime Minister of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

1947

First Woman President of the Indian National Congress

Annie Besant

First Woman Minister

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First Woman Governor

Sarojini Naidu

First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly

Mrs Shanno Devi

First Woman to Win Asiad Gold

Kamlijit Sandhu

First Woman Judge of Supreme Court

Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi

First Woman to Win Miss Universe Title

Sushmita Sen

1994

First Woman to Win Nobel Prize

Mother Teresa

First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe

Indrani Rehman

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