First Person's In India

First president :Dr. Rajendraprasad

First Muslim president :Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Prime Minister :Jawahar Lal Nehru

First Indian to Win Nobel Prize :Rabindranatha Tagore

First president of Indian National Congress(INC) :W. C Banerjee

First Muslim President of INC:Badaruddin  Tayyabji

First British Governor General of India :Lord William Bentinck

First British Governor General of Bengal :Lord Warren Hasting

First British Viceroy of India :Lord Canning

First Governor General of Independent India : Mount Batten

First Indian Governor General of Independent India : C Rajagopalachari

First man who introduced printing press in India : James Hickey

First Indian to Join I.C.S( Indian Civil Service ): Sathyendra Natha Tagore

First Indian man in Space :Rakesh Sharma

First Prime Minister who resigned without completing the full term :Morarji Desai

First Indian Commander in Chief of India : General cariappa

First Chief of Army Staff: General Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

First Indian member of the Viceroys executive council :S. P Sinha

First president of India who died while on duty : Dr. Zakhir Hussain

First Prime Minister of India who did not face the parliament: Charn Singh

First Field Marshal of India : Sam Manekshaw

First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics : C V Raman

First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna award :
1  Dr. Radhakrishnan
2  C V Raman
3  C. Rajagopalachari

First Indian to Cross English Channel :Mihir Sen

First Person to receive Jnanpith Award : G Shankara kuruppu

First Speaker of Loksabha : G V Mavalankar

First Vice -President : Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Education Minister :Abul kalam Azad

First Home Minister : Sardar vallabh bhai Pattel

First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice:Benegal Rau

First Indian President of International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagendra Singh

First person to get param vir Chakra :Major Somnath Sharma

First Chief Election Commissioner : Sukumar Sen

First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award : Acharya Vinobha Bhave

First person of India origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine : Hargovind Khurana

First Indian to Receive Stalin Prize : Saifuddin Kitchlu

First person to resign from central Cabinet :Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics : Amarthya Sen

First Chief Justice of Suprem Court : Justice Harilal J Kania

First Indian Pilot : J R D Tata

First winner of Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna : Viswanathan Anand

First Indian in Mount Everest: Avatar Singh Cheema