Firsts in India

First Census: 1872

First Regular Decadal Census: Since 1881

First Warship Aircraft Carrier: I. N. S. Vikrant

First National Nuclear Power Submarine:  I.N.S. Chakra

First Football Club: Mohan Bagan-1889

First Hydro-electric Project: Shiv Samudram (1902)

First Newspaper: Bengal Gazette (James Hikki)

First Vernacular Daily: Samachar Darpan

First Hindi Newspaper: Udant-Martand

First Telegraph Line: Diamond Harbour to Kolkata (1853)

First International Telephone Service: Mumbai to London (1851)

First Television Centre: New Delhi (1959)

First Colour Programme from T.V.: 15th August -  1982

First Silent Film:  Raja Harish Chandra

First Talky Film: Alamara

First Satellite: Aryabhatta-19th April -  1975

First Atomic underground test: Pokhran (18th May -  1974)

First Test tube baby: 1986 born baby Harsha

First Country made missile: Prithvi (1988)

First Antarctica mission: 1982 under the leadership Dr. S. Z. Quasim