Article Detail Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma Similar Questions : 1. Where was the first Post Office opened in India ? Answer: Kolkata in 1727 2. Name of First Indian Missile ? Answer: Prithvi 3. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ? Answer: Bhanu Athaiya 4. Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ? Answer: Wilson Jones 5. India's first woman president ? Answer: Smt. Pratibha Patil 6. Name of first Indian Pilot ? Answer: J.R.D. Tata in 1929 7. Name of the first Indian woman to get noble prize ? Answer: Mother Teresa in 1979 Read more from - First in India