Article Detail Name of the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award ? Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958 Similar Questions : 1. Name of the first Indian woman ruler ? Answer: Razia Sultan on Delhi's throne 2. Name of first woman governor of India ? Answer: Sarojini Naidu 3. Name of the first university of India ? Answer: Nalanda University. 4. Name of the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India ? Answer: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 5. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 6. Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma 7. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ? Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Read more from - First in India