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 Many important achievements have changed the world. This post highlights significant "firsts" from around the globe and India, celebrating those who made them possible.

First in World

Achievement	Person/Country
First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice	Nawang Gombu
First country to host the modern Olympics	Greece
First woman cosmonaut of the world	Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
First person to sail around the world	Ferdinand Magellan
First country to launch an artificial satellite	Russia (Sputnik)
First woman Prime Minister of England	Margaret Thatcher
First European to reach China	Marco Polo
First woman Prime Minister of a country	Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
First European to attack India	Alexander the Great
First U.N. Governor General	Trygve Lie (Norway)
First religion	Hinduism
First woman President of the U.N. General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First country to print a book	China
First Governor-General of Pakistan	Mohammad Ali Jinnah
First city on which the atom bomb was dropped	Hiroshima, Japan
First country to issue paper currency	China
First U.S. President	George Washington
First person to fly an airplane	Wright Brothers
First person to reach the South Pole	Roald Amundsen
First shuttle to go into space	Columbia
First Muslim woman Prime Minister of a country	Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
First man to fly into space	Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
First batsman to score three Test centuries in three successive Tests on debut	Mohammad Azharuddin
First woman to climb Mount Everest	Junko Tabei (Japan)
First U.S. President to resign from Presidency	Richard Nixon
First person to land on the moon	Neil Armstrong, followed by Buzz Aldrin
First country to start civil service exams	China
First to reach Mount Everest	Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
First country to send a man to the moon	U.S.A.
First spacecraft to reach Mars	Viking-1
First country to win the football World Cup	Uruguay
First country to host a NAM summit	Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
First country to prepare a constitution	U.S.A.

First in India - Male

Achievement	Person
First person of Indian origin to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine	Har Gobind Khorana
First Indian to join the I.C.S. (Indian Civil Services)	Satyendra Nath Tagore
First and last Indian Governor-General of free India	C. Rajagopalachari
First Chinese traveler to visit India	Fa-Hien
First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
First President of the Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
First Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
First British Governor-General of India	Lord William Bentinck
First Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
First Chief of the Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
First Indian to win the Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
First person to receive the Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
First British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
First Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V. Raman
First person to introduce the printing press in India	James Hicky
First Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tyabji
First Education Minister of India	Abul Kalam Azad
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
First person to receive the Jnanpith Award	Shri Shankar Kurup
First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Prime Minister of India to resign without completing a full term	Morarji Desai
First Home Minister of India	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First President of India to die while in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
First person to receive the Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
First person to receive the Param Vir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
First Field Marshal of India	S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
First U.N. Governor-General from India	S.P. Sinha
First Governor-General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
First person to cross the English Channel	Mihir Sen
First Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council	S.P. Sinha
First Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
First foreigner to receive the Bharat Ratna	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
First person to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India	Justice Hiralal J. Kania

First in India - Female

Achievement	Person
First woman to cross the English Channel	Arati Saha
First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state	Sucheta Kripalani
First woman Ambassador	C.B. Muthamma
First woman President of the Indian National Congress	Annie Besant
First woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
First woman Governor of a state in free India	Sarojini Naidu
First woman IPS officer	Kiran Bedi
First female fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force	Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawna Kanth, and Mohana Singh
First woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
First woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
First woman to receive the Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
First woman judge in the Supreme Court	Justice Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First woman chairman of the Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
First woman to receive the Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
First woman President of the United Nations General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First woman Chief Justice of a High Court	Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
First woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
First woman to receive the Jnanpith Award	Ashapoorna Devi
First woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
First woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachendri Pal
First woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra	Neerja Bhanot
First and only Muslim woman ruler of Delhi	Razia Sultan
First woman pilot in the Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
First lady to become "Miss World"	Rita Faria
First woman Managing Director of the State Bank of India	Arundhati Bhattacharya