Field | Person |
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First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen |
First to Climb Mount Everest | Tenzing Norgay |
First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen | Phy Dorjee |
First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS) | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
First Indian to get Nobel Prize | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
First British Governor General | Warren Hastings |
First Governor General of Free India | Lord Mountbatten |
First and the last Governor General of free India | C. Rajagopalachari |
First President of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
First Vice-President of India | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
First Sikh President of India | Giani Zail Singh |
First Prime Minister | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G.V. Mavlankar |
First Chief Justice of India | Justice H.L. Kania |
First President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Bannerjee |
First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive Council | Lord S.P. Sinha |
First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty | Babar |
First Field Marshal | S.H.F.J. Manekshaw |
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India | Gen. 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 Parliament | Dada Bhai Nauroji |
First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) | Khudada Khan |
First Indian to circumnavigate the globe | Lt. Col K.S. Rao |
First Indian to reach the South Pole | Col J.K. Bajaj (1989) |
First Indian to make a solo air flight | JRD Tata |
First Indian to visit England | Raja Rammohan Roy (1832) |
First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) | Lord S.P. Sinha |
First Bar-at-Law | J.M. Tagore |
First Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 – 62) |
First Indian Test Cricketer | K.S. Ranjitsingh |
First Air Marshall | Arjan Singh |
First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha | Justice V.Ramaswami (1993) |
Fastest Shorthand writer | Dr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm) |