Article Detail What is the name of first British to visit India ? Answer: Hawkins Similar Questions : 1. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ? Answer: G. Shankar Kurup 2. Name of the first Indian President to Die in office ? Answer: Dr. Zakir Hussain 3. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 4. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ? Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 5. Name of India's first woman IPS officer ? Answer: Kiran Bedi 6. Name of the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India ? Answer: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 7. Where was the first Post Office opened in India ? Answer: Kolkata in 1727 Read more from - First in India