First in World – Male & Female

A close examination of human history reveals that humans have an innate desire to evolve,
explore, & adventure. Many people have retained this innate human tendency, which also
confirms the veracity of this idea.
Here is a comprehensive list of 'First in the World,' which includes all human explorations and
adventures, discoveries, expeditions, and inventions that occurred for the first time in human
history.

First in World – Male & Female List:

S. No. Description Name
1 Chairman of Peoples Republic of China Mao-Tse-Tung
2 President of the Chinese Republic Dr. Sun Yat Sen
3 President of U.S.A (United States of America) George
Washington
4 Chinese Traveller to India Fahein
5 Foreign Invader to India Alexander the
Great
6 Person to reach the South Pole Amundsen
7 Person to reach the North Pole Robert Pearey
8 Person in Space Yuri Gagarin
9 Person on Moon Neil Armstrong
10 Lady to climb Mount Everest Junko Taibei
11 European to visit China Marco Polo
12 Place where the atom bomb was dropped Hiroshima
13 Man to walk in Space Alexei Leonov
14 Woman cosmonaut in Space Valentina
Tereshkova
15 Woman Prime Minister of a country Mrs. Srimavo
Bhandarnaike
16 Woman President of a country Maria Estela
Peron
17 Woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel Eileen
Collins (United
States of America)
18 The first residents of the International Space Bill Shepherd
station (United States),
Yuri Gidzanko,
and Sergei
Krikalev (Russia)
19 The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest Erik
Weihenmayer
(United States,
th
25 May 2001)
20 The first Muslim woman to become the lrine Zubeida
Secretary-General of Amnesty International Khan
21 The first space astronaut to go into space seven Jerry Ross (United
times to date States of America)
22 The first South African to become the second Mark
space tourist Shuttleworth
23 The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea Ms. Chang Sang
24 The first youngest grandmaster of the world in Sergey Karjakin
chess (Ukraine)
25 The first adventurer flying successfully across the Felix Baumgartner
English Channel without aircraft (July 2003)
26 China's first man in space Yang Liwei
27 The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize Shirin Ebadi
(Nobel Peace
Prize 2003)
28 The first woman in the world to climb Mt. Everest Lakpa Sherpa
four times (Nepali)
29 The first woman to cross seven important seas of Bula Chaudhury
the world by swimming (India)
30 The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world Steve Fossett (in
non-stop by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours March 2005)
31 The first woman to be appointed as a Governor Habiba Sorabhi
of a province in Afghanistan
32 The first woman in the world to swim across five Bula Chaudhury
continents (India) (in April
2005)
33 The first woman athlete to touch the 5.0-meter Ms. Yelena
mark in the pole vault Isinbayeva
(Russian, July
2005)
34 The first Hindu Chief Justice of the Pakistani Justice Rana
Supreme Court Bhagwan Das
(Took over on 2nd
September 2005
as Acting Chief
Justice)
35 The first duly elected woman President of an Allen Johnson
African country Sirleaf (elected
President of
Liberia in
November 2005)
36 The first woman Governor of the State Bank of Shanshad Akhtar
Pakistan (Appointed in
December 2005)
37 The first woman Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
 (Took over in
November 2005)
38 The first woman President of Chile Dr. Michelle
Bachelet
39 The first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson
Miller (February
2006)
40 The first woman foreign Secretary of England Margaret Backett
(May 2006)
41 The first double amputee to scale Mt. Everest Mark Inglis (15th
May 2006)

‘First in India’ list:

1 First British to Visit India Thomas Roe
2 First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-Hien or Faxian
3 First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
4 First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender
Singh
5 First Muslim President of the Indian National Badruddin
Congress Tayyabji
6 First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(in 1727)
7 First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi
at Madame
Tussaud’s in the
year 1939
8 India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected P.V.Narasimha
with a record maximum number of votes Rao
9 India’s First Open University Dr B.R Ambedkar
Open University
10 India’s First University Nalanda
University
11 India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
12 The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva
Mavalankar
13 The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan
14 The first and the last Indian to be Governor- C. Rajgopalachari
General of free India
15 The first British Governor-General of Bengal Lord Warren
Hastings(1774 to
1885)
16 The first British Governor-General of India Lord William
Bentinck(1833 to
1835)
17 The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
18 The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
19 The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Hirala J.
Kania
20 The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj
Rajendra Singhji
21 The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
22 The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F.
Manekshaw
23 The first Governor-General of free India Lord
Mountbatten
24 The first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh
Bhai Patel
25 The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
26 The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
27 The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s S.P.Sinha
executive council
28 The first Indian Naval Chief Vice-Admiral R.D.
Katari
29 The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (in
1929)
30 The first Indian to cross the English Channel Mihir Sen
31 The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
32 The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services Satyendra Nath
Tagore
33 The first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna Dr.
award Radhakrishnan
34 The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath
Tagore
35 The first Judge of the International Court of Dr. Nagendra
Justice Singh
36 The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria
37 The first man who introduced the printing press James Hicky
in India
38 The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
39 The first Muslim President of Indian National Badruddin
Congress Tayyabji
40 The first Muslim President of the Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain
41 The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Hargovind
Prize in Medicine Khurana
42 The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath
Sharma
43 The first person to reach Mt. Everest without Sherpa Anga
oxygen Dorjee
44 The first Person to receive the Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
45 The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba
Bhave
46 The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Amartya Sen
Economics
47 The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
48 The first person to resign from the Central Shyama Prasad
Cabinet Mukherjee
49 The first President of India who died while in Dr. Zakhir Hussain
office
50 The first President of the Indian National W.C. Banerjee
Congress
51 The first President of the Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
52 The first Prime Minister of free India Pandit Jawahar
Lal Nehru
53 The first Prime Minister of India who did not face Charan Singh
the Parliament
54 The first Prime Minister of India who resigned Morarji Desai
without completing the full term
55 The first Vice-President of India Dr.
Radhakrishnan
56 The first woman Air Vice Marshal P.
Bandopadhyaya
57 The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee
58 The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B.
Muthamma
59 The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Kamlijit Sandhu
Winner
60 The first woman Chairman of Union Public Roze Millian
Service Commission Bethew
61 The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
62 The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth
(Himachal
Pradesh High
Court)
63 The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta
Kripalani
64 The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan
Chaudhary
Bhattacharya
65 The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini
Naidu
66 The first woman Graduates Kadambini
Ganguly and
Chandramukhi
Basu, 1883
67 The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886
68 The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi
69 The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She
became a judge in
a district court in
the year 1937)
70 The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib
Fatima Bibi
71 The first woman Judge in the Supreme Court of Kumari Justice M.
India Fathima Beevi
72 The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee
73 The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
74 The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur
75 The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam
Malleswari, 2000
76 The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
77 The first woman President of Indian National Mrs Annie Besant
Congress
78 The first woman President of United Nations Mrs Vijaya Laxmi
General Assembly Pandit
79 The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
80 The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
81 The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
82 The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
83 The first woman to cross the English Channel Aarti Saha
84 The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot
85 The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs. Indira
Gandhi
86 The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
87 The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi
88 The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize Mother Teresa