First Person in India - Male by Dr. Gaurav Garg
● First Man in Space - Rakesh Sharma .
● First graduate in medicine - Surjo Kumar Chakroborty .
● First Indian to get a Nobel Prize in Physics - C V Raman (He won Nobel Prize
in 1930 for Raman Effect, its discovery was done on 28th February, National
Science Day is celebrated across India on 28th February).
● First president of India - Dr Rajendra Prasad (Bihar).
● First vice-president of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (first chairman of
Rajya Sabha, 2nd President of India, his birthday 5th September is celebrated as
Teachers Day).
● First president of Indian National Congress - Womesh Chandra Banerjee
(Bombay,1885).
● First Prime Minister of India - Jawaharlal Nehru .
● First Chief Election Commissioner of India - Sukumar Sen .
● First Chief Justice of India - H.J Kania .
● First Speaker of Lok Sabha - G. V. Mavlankar .
● First Home Minister of India - Sardar Vallabhai Patel (he was also first deputy
Prime Minister of India).
● First Chairperson of Lokpal of India - Pinaki Chandra Ghose .
● First Defence Minister of India - Baldev Singh Chhokar .
● First Commander-in-Chief of Free India - K M Cariappa .
● First Field Marshal - Sam Manekshaw .
● First Param Vir Chakra winner - Major Som Nath Sharma .
● First Individual Gold Medal Summer Olympics - Abhinav Bindra .
● First Individual Medal in Olympic games - KD Jadhav .
● First Indian to reach Antarctica - Ram Charan .
● First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress - Badruddin
Tayyabji .
● First Permanent Judge in the International Court of Justice - Sir Benegal
Narsingh Rau .
● Maharaja Sri Nagendra Singh - Indian lawyer who served as President of the
International Court of Justice from 1985 to 1988.
● India's (Independent) first Indian Governor General - Chakravarti
Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji.
● The first Education Minister - Abul Kalam Azad .
● The first Indian Naval Chief - Vice Admiral R.D. Katari .
● The first Indian to cross English Channel - Mihir Sen .
● The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services - Satyendra Nath Tagore .
● The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize - Rabindranath Tagore .
● The first Muslim President of India - Dr. Zakir Hussain .
● First Sikh President of India - Giani Zail Singh .
● The first Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay Award - Acharya Vinoba Bhave .
● The first person to receive the Stalin Prize (now known as Lenin Peace Prize) -
Saifuddin Kitchlu .
● The first President of India who died while in office - Dr. Zakir Hussain .
● The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament - Chaudhary
Charan Singh (his birthday is celebrated as Kisan Divas, 23rd December).
● The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full
term - Morarji Desai .
● The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India - Morarji Desai .
● The first prime minister to get Nishan-e-Pakistan - Morarji Desai , 1990.
● First Chief of Defence Staff (India) of India : Bipin Rawat .
● First Chief of Air Staff : Subroto Mukerjee .
● First Chief of Army Staff - Rajendrasinhji Jadeja .
● First Person to reach the South Pole - Colonel Jatinder Kumar Baja j.
● First Person to win Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - Satyajit Ray .
● First Indian filmmaker to get Bharat Ratna - Satyajit Ray .
● First Deputy Prime Minister of India - Vallabhbhai Patel .
● First Minister of Law and Justice – B R Ambedkar .
● First Finance Minister of Independent India : R K Shanmukham Chetty .
● First Chess Grandmaster - Viswanathan Anand , 1988.
● First Grand Slam title - Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the mixed doubles category of the 1997 French Open.
First Indian to summit the seven highest mountains in the world - Colonel
Ranveer Jamwal .
● The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen - Sherpa Phu Dorjee .
● First Indian to complete volcanic Seven Summit - Satyarup Siddhanta .
● First Attorney General of India – M C Setalvad .
● First Solicitor General of India – C K Daphtary .
● First Comptroller and Auditor General of Indi a – V Narahari Rao .
● First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna - Sachin Tendulkar .
● First Sikh President of India - Giani Zail Singh .
● First Sikh PM of India – Man Mohan Singh .
● First Indian to win an OSCAR Award - Bhanu Athaiya in 1983, for designing
the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (the role of Gandhiji was
played by Actor Ben Kingsley).
● First President of Indian Science Congres s - Sir Asutosh Mukherjee .
● Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director (and later first Director
General) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) , He was the
first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) .
● First Indian Member of British Parliament - Dadabhai Naoroji (he was a
member of House of Commons).
● First Indian to win the Grammy award - Pt. Ravi Shankar .
● Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first person to deliver a speech in
Hindi at the United Nations General Assembly .
● First President of National Human Rights Commission - Justice Ranganath
Misra .
● Brajesh Mishra was appointed the first National Security Advisor of India
(during Atal Bihari Vajpayee government).
● First chief economic advisor of India - JJ Anjaria (during the time of Jawahar Lal Nehru).
● First Indian Managing Director of World Bank - Gautam Kazi .
● First Chairman of the National Green Tribunal - Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta .
● First Chairman of ISRO – Vikram Sarabhai .
● First Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam .
● First Scientist elected for Lok Sabha - Dr. Meghnad Saha .
● First Chairman of Finance Commission - K. C. Niogi.
● First Captain in Tests - C. K. Nayudu (in 1932).
● First ODI captain - Ajit Wadekar .
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