Article Detail Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma Similar Questions : 1. Name of the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award ? Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958 2. First Indian to go into space ? Answer: Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma 3. Where is India's First nuclear centre ? Answer: Tarapur 4. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ? Answer: Bhanu Athaiya 5. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 6. Name of the First Indian Submarine ? Answer: I.N.S. Cauveri 7. Name of the first woman of India to won Miss Universe title ? Answer: Sushmita Sen Read more from - First in India