First In India - Men

First In India (Men)

1. The first President of Indian Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. The first Prime Minister of free India
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. The first Muslim President of India
Dr. Zakir Hussain
4. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament
Charan Singh
5. The first President of India who died while in office
Dr. Zakir Hussain
6. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India
General Cariappa
7. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize
Rabindranath Tagore
8. The first Governor General of free India
Lord Mountbatten
9. The first British Viceroy of India
Lord Canning
10. The first and the last Indian Governer General of free India
C. Rajgopalachari
11. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
12. The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term
Morarji Desai
13. The first British Governor General of India
Lord William Bentinck
14. The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut
Mohd. Azharuddin
15. The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match
Sachin Tendulkar
16. The first president of Indian National Congress
W.C. Banerjee
17. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice
Nawang Gombu
18. The first man who introduce printing press in India
James Hicky
19. The first Indian to join the I.C.S.
Satendranath Tagore
20. The first Indian man in space
Rakesh Sharma
21. The first Cheif of Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
22. The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive council
S.P. Sinha

23. The first Field Marshal of India
S.H.F. Manekshaw
24. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics
C.V. Raman
25. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award
Dr. Radhakrishnan
26. The first Indian to cross English Channel
Mihir Sen
27. The first person to receive Gyanpith award
Sri Shankar Kurup
28. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
29. The first Vice-President of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
30. The first Education Minister
Abul Kalam Azad
31. The first Home Minister of India
Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel
32. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
S. Mukharji
33. The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral
R.D. Katari
34. The first judge of International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
35. The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
36. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
Sherpa Anga Dorjee
37. The first Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
38. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
Achrya Vinoba Bhave
39. The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
Hargovind Khurana
40. The first Chinese traveller to visit India
Fahein
41. The first person to receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
42. The first person to resign from the central cabinate
Shyama Prasad Mukharji
43. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
44. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Amartya Sen
45. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court

Justice Hiralal J. Kania

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