Know the 'Firsts' of India

With the perspective of many examinations, here goes the list of ‘Firsts’ of India:

First President of India:  Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Prime Minister of India:  Jawaharlal Nehru

First Woman Prime Minister of India:  Indira Gandhi

First Chief Justice of India:  Hiralal J. Kania

First Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature: Rabindranath Tagore (1913)

First Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics:  C. V. Raman (1930)

 First Indian to win the No bel Prize in Medicine:  Har Gobind Khorana (1968)

 First Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen (1998)

First Indian to climb Mount Everest:  Tenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary, 1953)

First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest:  Bachendri Pal (1984)

First Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal:  Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, 2008)

First Indian woman to win an Olympic medal:  Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting, 2000)

First Indian to go into space:  Rakesh Sharma (1984)

 First Indian to win the Booker Prize:  Arundhati Roy (1997)

First Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar): Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design, 1983, for the film "Gandhi")