Firsts and Oldest..

• First Indian to head Global Solar Council: Pranav R Mehta

• First Indian/Asian to swim across the Ocean Seven: Rohan More

• First Indian in Space: Rakesh Sharma (April 3, 1984)

• First Indian-American in Space: Kalpana Chawla 

• First ODI match in India was held at: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad (1981)

• First Web Browser: World Wide Web

• India's First Paralympic Gold Medalist: Murlikant Petkar (in 50m freestyle swimming event in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Heidelberg, Germany)

• India's First Luxury Cruise Ship: Angriya (from Mumbai to Goa)

• Oldest Golf Club in India: Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) estd. 1829

• Some Important Black Nobel Laureates:

1. First black person to win a Nobel Prize : Ralph Bunche 

• First Terrorist to be killed in the first encounter in J&K since Article 370 revocation: Momin Gojri

• First Nobel Laureates 1901:

1. Wilhelm Rontgen (Physics)

2. Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (Chemistry)

3. Emil Adolf von Behring (Physiology/Medicine)

4. Sully Prudhomme (Literature)

5. Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy (Peace)