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First in India Men - General Knowlege

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First Indian to swim across the English ChannelMihir Sen
First to Climb Mount EverestTenzing Norgay
First to climb Mount Everest without OxygenPhy Dorjee
First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS)Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian to get Nobel PrizeRabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut)Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First British Governor GeneralWarren Hastings
First Governor General of Free IndiaLord Mountbatten
First and the last Governor General of free IndiaC. Rajagopalachari
First President of IndiaDr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of IndiaDr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Muslim President of IndiaDr. Zakir Hussain
First Sikh President of IndiaGiani Zail Singh
First Prime MinisterPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Speaker of Lok SabhaG.V. Mavlankar
First Chief Justice of IndiaJustice H.L. Kania
First President of Indian National CongressW.C. Bannerjee
First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive CouncilLord S.P. Sinha
First Indian to become President of International Court of JusticeDr. Nagendra Singh
First Emperor of Moghul DynastyBabar
First Field MarshalS.H.F.J. Manekshaw
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of IndiaGen. K.M. Cariappa
First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian)Sinhji
First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian)Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India)Subroto Mukherjee
First Indian in British ParliamentDada Bhai Nauroji
First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence)Khudada Khan
First Indian to circumnavigate the globeLt. Col K.S. Rao
First Indian to reach the South PoleCol J.K. Bajaj (1989)
First Indian to make a solo air flightJRD Tata
First Indian to visit EnglandRaja Rammohan Roy (1832)
First Indian Member of House of Lords (British)Lord S.P. Sinha
First Bar-at-LawJ.M. Tagore
First Chairman of Rajya SabhaDr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 – 62)
First Indian Test CricketerK.S. Ranjitsingh
First Air MarshallArjan Singh
First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock SabhaJustice V.Ramaswami (1993)
Fastest Shorthand writerDr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm)