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First hydroelectric plant

Sidrapong (Darjeeling)

First Nuclear Reactor

Apsara (Maharashtra)

First satellite

Aryabhatta

First successfully indigenous launch vehicle

SLV-3

First genetically modified food product in India

Bt. Eggplant Hybrid

First satellite earth station for domestic communications

Secunderabad

First Olympics Team Medal

Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer

Olympics)

First temple constructed from a single rock

Kailasa temple at Ellora

First church in India

St. Thomas Church, Palayoor

First mosque in India

Cheraman Juma Mosque in

Methala

First dam in India

Kallanai Dam

First Indian temple with many interconnected

structures

Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil

Nadu

First Post Office Opened in India

Kolkata(1727)

India’s First Open University

Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University

India’s First University

Nalanda University

First Nuclear Submarine of India

I.N.S. Chakra

First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship

I.N.S. Vikrant

First Indian Submarine

I.N.S. Kalvari

First Nuclear Centre

Tarapur

First Medium Range Missile

Agni

First Asian Games Organised

New Delhi

First Space Shuttle Launched

Columbia

First e-business Newspaper of India

Financial Express

First Genetically modified food product in

India

Bt. Brinjal

First genetically modified crop that is under

cultivation in India

Bt. Cotton

First Army Institute of Information

Hyderabad

First Indian missile

Prithvi