First:
Newspaper: Bengal Gazette (by James A. Hickey)
Vernacular Daily: Samachar Darpan (Bengali)
Hindi Newspaper: Udant Martand (Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla)
1st Telegraph Line: Diamond Harbour to Kolkata
1st Silent Movie: Raja Harish Chandra (Dadasaheb Phalke 1913)
1st Talkie Movie: Alam Ara (Ardeshir Irani - 1931)
1st Aircraft Carrier Warship: INS Vikrant
1st Satellite: Aryabhatta ( 19th April, 1975)
1st Nuclear Reactor: Apsara (1956)
1st Lunar Mission: Chandrayaan-1 (2008)
1st Mars Mission: MOM (2013)
1st Census: 1872
Regular Decadal Census: 1881 onwards
1st Biosphere Reserve: Nigiri
1st National Park: Hailey National Park (Jim Corbett) (1936)
1st Governor-General of India: William Bentinck (1828)
1st & Last Indian Gov. General of Free India: C. Rajagopalchari
1st Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
Part 2 to be uploaded soon....
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