Article Detail Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma Similar Questions : 1. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 2. What is the name of first British to visit India ? Answer: Hawkins 3. Name of first Indian Pilot ? Answer: J.R.D. Tata in 1929 4. Name of first woman of India to get Ashok Chakra ? Answer: Nirja Mishra 5. Who was first Indian Reserve Bank Governor Answer: C D Deshmukh 6. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ? Answer: Bhanu Athaiya 7. Name of the first Indian woman to get noble prize ? Answer: Mother Teresa in 1979 Read more from - First in India