Uttarakhand's Aditya Kumar became the first contestant to win ₹1 crore on KBC 17. Aditya was asked, "Which element is named after the scientist who isolated Plutonium, the element that was used to make the first atomic bomb?" Aditya took 50:50 lifeline and won ₹1 crore after giving the correct answer, which was Seaborgium.