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Kerala PSC GK | List of First in India
- Governor-General of Independent India — Lord Lewis Mountbatten
- Indian Governor-General of Independent India — Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
- Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India — General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
- Field Marshall — General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
- Speaker of loksabha— Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
- President— Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Vice-President— Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime-Minister— Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Home Minister— Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Finance Minister of India— R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
- Auditor General of India— V. Narahari Rao
- Director of CBI— DP Kohli
- National Security Adviser— Brijesh Mishra
- Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne Smith
- Non-Congress Prime-Minister— Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79.
- British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
- Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
- C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
- Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George, 1950
- Sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna—Sachin Tendulkar
- Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
- Woman to swim across the English Channel—Arati Saha, 1959
- Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- Nobel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Nobel Prize in Physics—C. V. Raman in 1930
- President of National Congress—Wyomesh Chand Banerjee
- Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
- First Woman Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
- Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009
- Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
- Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
- Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
- Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
- Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
- Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratna’— Indira Gandhi
- Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters— Mrinal Sen
- Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letter—Sivaji Ganeshan
- Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
- Woman awarded with Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—Ashapurna Devi, 1976
- Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner—Amrita Pritam, 1956
- Woman Honours Graduate—Kamini Roy
- Woman Director General of Police—Kanchan C Bhattacharya
- Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
- Woman to received Nobal Prize— Mother Teresa
- Woman Governor—Sarojini Naidu
- Licensed Pilot— J R D Tata
- Woman Air Pilot—Durba Banerjee
- Woman Teacher—Savitribai Phule
- Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
- President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
- Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
- Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
- Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
- Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Bihari Bajpai (1977)
- Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
- First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
- Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
- Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
- Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
- Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
- Actress to win Padma Shri Award—Nargis Dutt, 1958
- Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
- Tennis Grandslam title winner—Mahesh Bhupati
- Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from England)
- Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
- Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
- Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
- Person, who became High Commissioner in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
- Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
- First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
- Woman Graduates—Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
- Woman Chief Justice of High Court—Leila Seth, Himachal Pradesh, 1991
- An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
- Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
- Leanin Peace Prize— Saifuddin Kitchlew
- Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
- Woman Doctorate of Science—Asima Chatterjee (1944)
- Woman IPS—Kiran Bedi
- Woman Supreme Court judge—Kumari Fathima Beevi
- Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
- Editor of Time Magazine—Bobby Ghosh
- Director of CBI becoming Governor—Ashwani Kumar
- Person to reach the North Pole—Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
- Person to reach the South Pole—Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
- Nishan-e-Pakistan—Morarji Desai, 1990
- Magsaysay Award—Vinoba Bhave, 1958
- Miss World—Reita Faria in 1966
- Miss Asia Pacific—Zeenat Aman in 1970
- Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen in 1994
- Miss Earth—Nicole Faria in 2010
- Place to get electricity—Darjeeling in 1897
- Sound film—Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani
- Colour film—Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani
- Oscar winner—Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982.
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award—Devika Rani in 1969
- Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters—Sivaji Ganesan
- Test-tube baby—Durga Agarwal, born 1978
- Newspaper—Hickey's Bengal Gazette started in 1760
- First Lady Doctor—Anandibai Joshi
- Satellite—Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975
- Man to climb Mt Everest—Tenzing Norgay
- Man to climb Mt Everest without oxygen—Phu Dorjee, 1984
- Woman to climb Mt everest—Bachendri Pal
- District to achieve 100% literacy rate—Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990
- Captain in Tests—C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
- ODI captain—Ajit Wadekar
- Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
- Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
- First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
- Individual Medal in Olympic games—KD Jadhav
- Grandmaster— Viswanathan Anad
- Woman Grandmaster—Koneru Humpy
- First Indian who individually won the Gold medal in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
- First Indian who won the Bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar
- Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge—Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Fellow of the Royal Society—Ardaseer Cursetjee
- Woman External Affairs Minister—Sushma Swaraj
First Women
- President of India - Pratibha Patil, 2007
- Prime Minister of India - Indira Gandhi, 1966
- Central Minister in a government - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- Railway Minister of India - Mamata Banerjee
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha - Meira Kumar
- Chairperson of Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva
- Governor - Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949)
- Chief Minister - Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967)
- Speaker of State Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi
- Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha - Rukmini Devi Arundale
- Nobel Prize - Mother Teresa
- Bharat Ratna - Indira Gandhi
- Chief Justice of a High Court - Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh)
- Supreme Court judge -Kumari Fathima Beevi
- High Court Judge - Anna Chandy
- Lawyer - Cornelia Sorabji, 1892
- Honours Graduate - Kamini Roy, 1886
- Graduates - Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
- Doctorate of Science - Asima Chatterjee, 1944
- Director General of Police - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
- IPS Officer - Kiran Bedi
- IAS officer - Anna Rajan George, 1950
- Indian National Congress President - Annie Besant
- Chairperson of State Bank of India - Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Chairman of UPSC - Roze Millian Bethew
- Chairperson of Indian Airlines - Sushma Chawla
- President of Indian Science Congress - Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
- Woman Ambassador - C.B. Muthamma
- Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal, 1984
- In space - Kalpana Chawla
- Airline Pilot - Durba Banerjee
- Gold Medal in Asian Games - Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970
- Magasasay Award - Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
- Miss Universe - Sushmita Sen
- Miss World - Rita Faria
- To Climb Mount Everest twice - Santosh Yadav
- Jnanpith Award - Ashapurna Devi
- Booker Prize - Arundhati Roy
- Sahitya Akademi Award - Amrita Pritam
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Karnam Malleswari
- Olympic Medal - Karnam Malleswari
- WTA Title - Sania Mirza
- Lieutenent General - Puneeta Arora
- Vice admiral of Indian Navy - Puneeta Arora
- Ashoka Chakra - Nirja Bhanot
- Commercial Pilot - Prem Mathur
- Woman to qualify for Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim
- Cross Gobi Desert - Sucheta Kadethankar
- Pilot in Indian Air Force - Harita Kaur Deol
- Grand Slam junior title - Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships
- Chess Grandmaster - Koneru Humpy, 2002
- Member of Legion of Honour - Asha Pande
- Monarch of Delhi Sultanate - Razia Sultan
- To cross English Channel - Aarti Saha
- Physician - Kadambini Ganguly
- President of the UN General Assembly - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953
- Air Vice Marshal - Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
- Head a Navratna PSU company - Nishi Vasudeva
- External Affairs Minister - Sushma Swaraj
- Women's Doubles Grand Slam trophy - Sania Mirza
- Gymnast to qualify for Olympics - Dipa Karmakar
- Boxer to win an Olympic Medal - MC Mary Kom
- Shuttler to win an Olympic Medal - Saina Nehwal
- Wrestler to win an Olympic Medal - Sakshi Malik
- Athlete to reach the final of a track event at the Olympics - Lalita Babar
- Gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championship - Navjot Kaur
Awards
- Ashoka Chakra Award to a civilian - D.K. Jatar (posthumous) and M.C Dixit
- Bharat Ratna - Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman, 1954
- Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters - Mrinal Sen
- Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters - Sivaji Ganesan
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Devika Rani, 1969
- Duff Cooper - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, 1966
- Dronacharya Award - O.M. Nambiar , Om Prakash Bhardwaj , Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat , 1985
- Dr. B. C. Roy Award - Dr. J. G. Jolly, 1981
- Golden Globe Award - A R Rahman, 2009
- Grammy Award - Pandit Ravishankar, 1967
- Jamnalal Bajaj Award - Jugatram Dave, Satish Chandra Das Gupta, 1978
- Jnanpith Award - G. Sankara Kurup, 1965
- Kamal Kumari National Award - Sobha Brahma, 1991
- Man Booker Prize - Arundhati Roy, 1997
- Miss World - Reita Faria, 1966
- Miss Asia Pacific - Zeenat Aman, 1970
- Miss Universe - Sushmita Sen, 1994
- Mrs. World - Aditi Gowitrikar, 2001
- Miss Earth - Nicole Faria, 2010
- Miss Asia Pacific World - Himangini Singh Yadu, 2012
- Nishan-e-Pakistan - Morarji Desai, 1990
- Nobel Prize Winner - Rabindranath Tagore, 1913
- Newbery Medal - Dhan Gopal Mukerji, 1927
- Magsaysay Award - Vinoba Bhave, 1958
- Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - Satyajit Ray
- Oscar Award - Bhanu Authaia , 1982
- Olympic Medal - Khashaba Jadav, 1952
- Param Vir Chakra - Major Som Nath Sharma, 1947
- Padma Vibhushan - Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menon in 1954
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Viswanathan Anand, 1991-92
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award - Dr Pushkarnath, 1968
- Rabindra Puraskar - Satinath Bhaduri and Niharranjan Ray, 1950
- Stalin Peace Prize - Saifuddin Kitchlew, 1952
- Woman to win Gold Medal in Sports - Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970
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