INDIA - FIRSTS

President of Indian Republic	-	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Governor-General of free India (first and last)	-	C. Rajagopalachari
Prime Minister	-	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Women Prime Minister	-	Smt. Indira Gandhi
Women Governor of State	-	Smt. Sarojini Naidu
Women Chief Minister of State	-	Smt. Sucheta Kripalani
Women Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet	-	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Oldest Prime Minister	-	Morarji Desai, assumed office at age of 81 years*
Youngest Prime Minister	-	Rajiv Gandhi at the age of 40 years
Session of Parliament	-	May 13, 1952
Chief of Army Staff	-	General K.M. Cariappa
Woman President of UN General Assembly	-	Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
President of International Court of Justice	-	Dr. Nagendra Singh
Fingerprint Bureau	-	at Kolkata in June 1897
Man to swim across English Channel	-	Mihir Sen
Field Marshal	-	S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
Cosmonaut	-	Rakesh Sharma
Woman to climb Mt. Everest	-	Bachendri Pai
Indian ICS	-	Satyendranath Tagore
Newspaper	-	Bengal Gazette (January 27, 1780)
Vernacular Paper	-	Samachar Darpan (May 31, 1818)
Railway Run	-	Mumbai - Thane (April 16, 1853)
Railway Terminus	-	Bori Bunder (VT), Mumbai (1853)
Railway Electric Lighting	-	Jodhpur Railway (1857)
Electric Train Run	-	Mumbai - Kurla (1925)
Metro Railway	-	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Scientist	-	Uddalaka Aruni, he is mentioned in 'Upanishads'*
Satellite	-	Aryabhatta (1975)
Rocket	-	Rohini (1967)
Regular Census	-	1881
Movie	-	Raja Harishchandra
Talkies	-	Alam Ara
Oscar Awardee	-	Bhanu Athaiya
Special Oscar Awardee	-	Satyajit Rav
Pilot	-	J.R.D. Tata (1929)
International Air Service	-	Tata Airlines (1936)
Flight without Passengers	-	Air India, Mumbai to London, 9th Dec. 1988
Totally Indigenous Car	-	Tata Sierra and Tata Estate by TELCO
Hotel Chain	-	Woodlands in 1938
		Note : * - World Record