First in India

Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950)

Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms. Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India, serving from 1947 to 1964.

The first woman Prime Minister of India was Indira Gandhi. She served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984.

Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian astronaut to travel to space. He flew on the Soyuz T-11 mission, which launched on April 2, 1984, and spent eight days on board the Salyut 7 space station.

Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut and the first woman of Indian origin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.

Tenzing Norgay (1953): Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, was one of the first two people to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Norgay was born in Nepal and grew up in the Solu-Khumbu region, which is home to many of the world's highest mountains, including Mount Everest. He became a professional mountaineer and worked as a guide on several expeditions to Mount Everest before finally reaching the summit in 1953 with Hillary. Norgay's climb of Mount Everest is considered one of the greatest achievements in mountaineering history.

Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Everest. She achieved this feat on May 23, 1984.

Santosh Yadav (1992, 93) Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer who is known for being the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice, and also for being the first woman to climb three of the world's eight highest peaks. She was born on December 16, 1964, in a small village called Gadh in the Haryana state of India. Yadav began her career as a mountaineer in 1988, and she has since gone on to achieve several notable feats, including becoming the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in 1992 and the first woman to climb both the north and south sides of the mountain. In addition, she has also climbed several other major peaks, including K2 and Makalu, and has received numerous awards and accolades for her achievements in the field of mountaineering.

Rabindranath Tagore (1913): Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, philosopher, and polymath from the Indian subcontinent. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913, for his collection of poems Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

Mother Teresa (1979) : Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor, sick, and disadvantaged. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1910 and joined the Sister of Loreto in Dublin, Ireland in 1928. She was sent to India in 1929 and spent most of her life working in Calcutta, helping the poor and sick. She became a naturalized Indian citizen in 1951. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in helping the poor and sick. She was also beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, which is a step towards sainthood. Mother Teresa passed away in 1997 and is remembered for her selfless dedication to helping those in need.

Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1937): Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first woman to hold a high-level position in the Indian government. She was the first woman to be appointed as the President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Sucheta Kripalani (1963):

Sarojini Naidu:

M. Fatima Beevi (1989):

Anna George Malhotra (1950):

Kiran Bedi (1972):

Durba Banerji:

First woman to win Miss World title: Reita Faria

Sushmita Sen (1994):

Mihir Sen (1958):

Mihir Sen was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel. He completed the feat in 1958.

Arati Saha (1959): The first woman to swim across the English Channel from India was Arati Saha, who completed the feat in 1959.

Bhanu Athaiya (1982):

J.R.D. Tata (1932):

Babar (1526):

Razia Sultana (1236):

Lord Canning:

Warren Hastings (1772):

Lord Mountbatten (1947):

C. Rajagopalachari (1948):

W.C. Bonerjee (1885):

Abhinav Bindra (2008):

Raja Harishchandra (1913):

Alam Ara (1931):

Bengal Gazette (1780):

Aryabhatta (1975):