Article Detail Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma Similar Questions : 1. Name of the first Chief of Naval staff of India ? Answer: Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari 2. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ? Answer: G. Shankar Kurup 3. Name of first Indian Pilot ? Answer: J.R.D. Tata in 1929 4. First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics ? Answer: Dr. Amartya Sen 5. Name of the first Atomic Submarine of India ? Answer: I.N.S Chakra 6. Name of First Indian who reached south pole ? Answer: Col. I K Bajaj 7. Name of first woman of India to get Ashok Chakra ? Answer: Nirja Mishra Read more from - First in India