FIRST IN INDIA

FIRST IN INDIA

1.      First British Governor General of Bengal            -           Lord Warren Hasting (1774-1885)

2.      First British Governor General of India               -           Lord William Bentinck (1833-1835)

3.      First British to Visit India                                   -           Hawkins

4.      First British Viceroy of India                              -           Lord Canning

5.      First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India                     -           Fa-hien

6.      First European invader on Indian soil                 -           Alexander the Great

7.      First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna              -           Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)

8.      First Governor General of free India                  -           Lord Mountbatten

9.      First Indian Miss Universe                                 -           Sushmita Sen (1994)

10.  First Indian Miss World                                    -           Reita Faria (1966)

11.  First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe  -           Indrani Rehman

12.  India’s First Atomic Reactor                             -           Trombay (Maharashtra)

13.  India’s First Exclusive internet magazine            -           Bharat Samachar

14.  India’s First Fast Breeder Reactor                    -           Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)

15.  India’s First Post Office Opened in                   -           Kolkata (1727)

16.  India's First Open University                             -           Andhra Pradesh Open University

17.  India's First University                                       -           Nalanda University

18.  Last Mughal Emperor of India                           -           Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’