FIRST MALE IN INDIA

FIRST MEN IN INDIA

1.     The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India -           C. Rajgopalachari

2.     The first Captain of Test Cricket (India)               -           C.K. Naidu (1932)

3.     The first Century in Test Cricket (Indian)              -           Lala Amarnath (1933-34)

4.     The first Chief Election Commissioner                -           Sukumar Sen

5.     The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court            -           Justice Hirala J. Kania

6.     The first Chief of Army Staff                              -           Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

7.     The first Education Minister                                -           Abdul Kalam Azad

8.     The first Field Marshal of India                           -           S.H.F. Manekshaw

9.     The first Graduate in Medicine                            -           Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty

10.  The first Home minister of India                          -           Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

11.  The first Indian Air Chief Marshal                        -           S. Mukherjee

12.  The first Indian Commander-in-Chief                   -           General Cariappa

13.  The first Indian in Space                                   -           Rakes Sharma

14.  The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council -        S.P. Sinha

15.  The first Indian Naval Chief                                -           Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

16.  The first Indian Olympic Medal Winner                -           Norman Pritchard (Silver – 1900)

17.  The first Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine -            Hargovind Khurana

18.  The first Indian Pilot                                           -           J.R.D. Tata (1929)

19.  The first Indian to be President of International Court of Justice   -           Dr. Nagendra Singh

20.  The first Indian to cross English Channel            -           Mihir Sen

21.  The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics      -           C.V. Raman

22.  The first Indian to get Param Vir Chakra              -           Major Somnath Sharma

23.  The first Indian to join the I.C.S.                         -           Satyendra Nath Tagore

24.  The first Indian to reach Antarctica                      -           Lt. Ram Charan

25.  The first Indian to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen-       Sherpa Anga Dorjee

26.  The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award     -           Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

27.  The first Indian to receive Jnanpith award            -           Sri Shankar Kurup

28.  The first Indian to receive Magsaysay Award       -           Acharya Vinoba Bhave

29.  The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics -      Amartya Sen

30.  The first Indian to receive Stalin Prize                 -           Saifuddin Kitchlu

31.  The first Indian to resign from the Central Cabinet-          Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

32.  The first Indian to win Nobel Prize                       -           Rabindranath Tagore

33.  The first Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes - P.V.Narasimha Rao

34.  The first man who introduced printing press in India -      James Hicky

35.  The first Member of British Parliament                -           Dadabhai Nauroji (1862)

36.  The first President of India who died while in office-        Dr. Zakhir Hussain

37.  The first President of Indian National Congress   -           W.C. Bannerjee, 1885

38.  The first President of Indian Republic                 -           Dr. Rajendra Prasad

39.  The first Prime Minister of free India                   -           Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

40.  The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament  -           Charan Singh

41.  The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term -    Morarji Desai

42.  The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha                     -           Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

43.  The first Test tube baby of India                         -           Indira (Baby Harsha)

44.  The first Vice-President of India                         -           Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

MEN in INDIA

The first President of Indian Republic                     -              Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India                      -              Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize                         -              Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of Indian National Congress      -              W.C. Banerjee

The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress -              Badruddin Tayyabji

The first Muslim President of India                        -              Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first British Governor General of India            -              Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal         -              Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India                           -              Lord Canning

The first Governor General of free                        -              India Lord Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India -           C. Rajgopalachari

The first man who introduced printing press in India James          -              Hicky

The first Indian to join the I.C.S                                                  -              Satyendra Nath Tagore

India’s first man in Space                                     -              Rakesh Sharma

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term -              Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India     -              General Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff                              -              Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council          -              S.P.Sinha

The first President of India who died while in office                      -              Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament -           Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India                           -              S.H.F. Manekshaw

The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics       -              C.V.Raman

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award    -              Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel             -              Mihir Sen

The first Person to receive Jnanpith award          -              Sri Shankar Kurup

The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha                     -              Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India                         -              Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister                               -              Abdul Kalam Azad

The first Home minister of India                         -              Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal                      -              S. Mukherjee

The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral          -              R.D. Katari

The first Judge of International Court of Justice  -              Dr. Nagendra Singh

The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen -  Sherpa Anga Dorjee

The first person to get Param Vir Chakra          -              Major Somnath Sharma

The first Chief Election Commissioner              -              Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award  -              Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine -        Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India                   -              Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize                    -              Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet -       Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics -     Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court                   -              Justice Hirala J. Kania

The first Indian Pilot                                                 -              J.R.D. Tata (1929)