Article Detail First Indian to go into space ? Answer: Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma Similar Questions : 1. Name of First Indian Missile ? Answer: Prithvi 2. Name of the first deputy Prime Minister of India ? Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 3. Name of the first election commissioner of India ? Answer: Sukumar Sen. 4. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ? Answer: Bhanu Athaiya 5. Name of first Indian woman to win a Gold in Asian Games ? Answer: Kamaljeet Sandhu 6. Name of the First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ? Answer: Moraji Desai 7. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 Read more from - First in India