First In India

First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India
C. Rajgopalachari

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