First in India

History
1. First National Income calculation • By Dadabhai Naoroji
(Unofficial) • In 1867-1868
• Estimated per capita income to be Rs. 20
2. First National Income calculation • National Income Committee headed by Professor PC
(Official) Mahalanobis in 1949
• National Income of India was Rs. 8710 crore and Per Capita
Income was Rs. 225 in 1948-49
3. First Census (Unofficial) In 1872
• Lord Mayo
4. First Census (Official) In 1881
• By W.C. Plowden (Census Commissioner of India).
• Censuses undertaken uninterruptedly every ten years.

ISRO
5. First satellite (India + Russia) Aryabhata
• Launch date : 19th April, 1975
• Launch vehicle : C-1 Intercosmos
• Launch Site : Volgograd Launch Station (Russia)
6. First Lunar Mission Chandrayaan 1
• Launch date : 22 October 2008
• Launch vehicle : PSLV - C11
• Launch Site : Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
7. First Solar Mission Aditya-L1
• To be launched in 2022 by ISRO
• on September 2, 2023
8. First Multipurpose satellite built by INSAT-2A
India • Launch date : July 10, 1992
• Launch vehicle : Ariane 4
• Launch Site : French Guyana
9. First Educational Satellite EDUSAT / GSAT-3
• Launch date : September 20, 2004
• Launch vehicle : GSLV-F01
• Launch Site : SHAR, Sriharikota

INSAT: Indian National Satellite

GSAT: Geostationary Satellite

Movies
10. First Silent Movie Raja Harishchandra
• In 1913
• Directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke
11. First Talkie Movie Alam Ara
• In 1931
• Directed by Ardeshir Irani
12. India’s First Coloured Movie Kisan Kanya
• In 1937
• Directed by Ardeshir Irani
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13. First 3D Film My Dear Kuttichathan (Malayalam)

• In 1984
• Directed by Jijo Punnoose
• Later dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan

National Park-Wildlife Sanctuary-Biosphere Reserve

14. First National Park Hailey National Park
• Established in : 1936
• Location : Uttarakhand
• Renamed as Jim Corbett National Park
15. First Marine Wildlife Sanctuary Established in : 1980
Location : Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat
16. First Marine National Park Established in : 1982
Location : Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat
17. First Biosphere Reserve Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Established in : 1986
Location : Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka

Expressways & Railways

18. First passenger Train Bombay’s Bori Bunder station to Thane
• 34 km
• In 1853
19. Hospital on Wheels Jeevanrekha Express / Lifeline Express
(Initiative by : Indian Railways + • Started running in 1991
Health Ministry + Impact India
Foundation)
20. India's First 6-lane wide expressway Mumbai to Pune
21. India's first 8-lane wide expressway Delhi–Noida Direct Flyway

Miscellaneous
22. First Indigenous Submarine INS Kalvari (1967)
23. First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant (2013)
Indian Ship • The name ”Vikrant” means "Courageous“
• Builder : Cochin Shipyard Limited
24. First UNESCO World Heritage Site Agra Fort (1983) in Uttar Pradesh
Taj Mahal (1983) in Uttar Pradesh
Ajanta Caves (1983) in Maharashtra
Ellora Caves (1983) in Maharashtra
25. First Post Office Opened Calcutta General Post Office (1774)
26. First High Court Calcutta High Court (1862) The High Court of Judicature at
27. First Panchayat Nagaur, Rajasthan (2nd Oct, 1959) Fort William was formally opened
28. First Lokayukta Office Maharashtra (1972) on 1st July, 1862, with Sir Barnes
29. First Atomic Reactor Apsara (1956) Peacock as its first Chief Justice.
By Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)
30. First Atomic Power Station Tarapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra (1969)
31. First dam Kallanai Dam
• Also known as the Grand Anicut
• On Kaveri river in Tamil Nadu
32. First News Paper Hicky's Bengal Gazette
33. First Classical Language Tamil (declared in 2004)
34. First Asian Games New Delhi in 1951

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35. First Woman Court In Malda, West Bengal

• India's first special court to deal with crimes against
women
• All the staff and government lawyers are women
36. First State to implement MGNREGA Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
(on 2nd February 2006)
37. Jana Gana Mana first time sung Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress (1911)
38. Vande Matram first time sung Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress (1896)
39. First Bank Bank of Hindustan (1770)
40. First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University (1982 in Hyderabad)
(Renamed as B.R. Ambedkar Open University or Telangana Open
University)

Six languages in India - Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given the status of classical
language
MGNREGA: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
NREGA Act passed in 2005

Railway Stations

S.No. Old Name New Name Location

1. Jhansi Railway Station Virangana Lakshmibai Railway Station Uttar Pradesh
2. Mughalsarai railway station Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Station Uttar Pradesh
3. Dandupur ailway station Maa Barahi Devi Dham Uttar Pradesh
4. Manduadih Railway Station Banaras Railway Station Uttar Pradesh
5. Faizabad Railway Junction Ayodhya Cantt Railway Station Uttar Pradesh
6. Robertsganj Railway Station Sonbhadra Railway Station Uttar Pradesh
7. Allahabad Junction Prayagraj Junction Uttar Pradesh
8. Dandupur Railway Station Maa Barahi Devi Dham Railway Station Uttar Pradesh
9. Churchgate railway station Sir CD Deshmukh Mumbai, Maharashtra
10. Itwari Railway Station Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari (Just Maharashtra
Announced)
11. Udhampur Railway Station Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Railway Jammu & Kashmir
Station
12. Miyon ka Bara railway Mahesh Nagar Railway Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan
station
13. Patalpani Railway Station Tantya Mama railway station Madhya Pradesh
14. Habibganj Railway station Rani Kamlapati Railway Station Madhya Pradesh
15. Kevadiya Station Ekta Nagar Railway Station Gujarat
16. Haveri Railway station Mahadevappa Mailara Railway Station Karnataka

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