First In India

 

 

 

First In India 

 

 

 

First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India

      

 

C. Rajagopalachari

 

First British Governor of India

      

 

Lord William Bentinck

 

First British Viceroy of India

      

 

Lord Canning

 

First Chairman of Prasar Bharti

      

 

Nikhil Chakravorty

 

First Chairman of Rajyasabha

      

 

S.V. Krishnamurthy

 

First Chief Election Commissioner of India

      

 

Sukumar Sen

 

First Dalit President of India

      

 

K. R Narayanan

 

First Deputy Prime Minister

      

 

Vallabh Bhai Patel

 

First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine

      

 

Dr.Hargovind Khurana

 

First Education Minister

      

 

Abul Kalam Azad

 

First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji

      

 

Mahendra Chaudhury

 

First Field Marshal of India

      

 

General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw

 

First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna

      

 

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

 

First Governor General of free India

      

 

Lord Mountbatten

 

First Home Minister of India

      

 

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

 

First Indian Air chief Marshal

      

 

S. Mukherjee

 

First Indian Chess Grandmaster

      

 

S Vishwnathan

 

First Indian Chief Justice

      

 

Justice Hiralal J Kania

 

First Indian Commander-in-chief

      

 

General K. M. Kariappa

 

First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three matches successive on debut

      

 

Mohd. Azaharuddin

 

First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test

      

 

Virendra Sehwag

 

First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice

      

 

Dr. Nagendra Singh

 

First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council

      

 

S.P.Sinha

 

First Indian Naval Chief

      

 

Vice Admiral R. D. Katari

 

First Indian Pilot

      

 

JRD Tata

 

First Indian to Cross English Channel

      

 

Mihir Sen

 

First Indian to get an Oscar

      

 

Bhanu Athaiya

 

First Indian to get Anderson Award

      

 

Ruskin Bond

 

First Indian to go in space

      

 

Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

 

First Indian to Join the ICS

      

 

Satyendra Nath Banerjee

 

First Indian to reach Antarctica

      

 

Lt. Ran Charan

 

First Indian to reach in British Parliament

      

 

Dada Bhai Naoroji

 

First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic

      

 

P.S. Rao

 

First Indian to reach the south pole

      

 

Col. I K Bajaj

 

First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna

      

 

Dr. Radha Krishnan

 

First Indian to receive Jyan Peeth award

      

 

Sri Shankar Kurup

 

First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award

      

 

Vinoba Bhave

 

First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics

      

 

Dr. Amartya Sen

 

First Indian to receive Stalin Prize

      

 

Saifuddin Kichlu

 

First Indian to win Nobel Prize

      

 

Rabindra Nath Tagore

 

First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha

      

 

Justice V. Ramaswami

 

First Muslim President of India

      

 

Dr. Jakir Hussein

 

First Muslim President of Indian National congress

      

 

Badruddin Tayyabji

 

First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen

      

 

Sherpa Arga Dorji

 

First person to receive Paramvir Chakra

      

 

Major Somnath Sharma

 

First Person to resign from Central Cabinet

      

 

Shyama Prasad Mukharjee

 

First President of Indian National Congress

      

 

W.C. Banerjee

 

First President of Indian Republic

      

 

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

 

First president to die in Office

      

 

Dr. Jakir Hussain

 

First Prime Minister of Free India

      

 

Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

 

First Prime Minister to resign without full term

      

 

Morar Ji Desai

 

First Speaker of Loksabha

      

 

Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

 

First Vice President of India

      

 

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan