FIRST MALE IN INDIA
Name | Role | Date of Birth | Tenure |
Womesh Chandra Bannerjee | First President of Indian National Congress | 29th December 1844 | 1882 – 1887 |
Jawaharlal Nehru | First Prime Minister of India | 14th November 1889 | 1947 – 1950 |
Sardar Vallabhai Patel | First Home Minister of India | 31st October 1875 | 1875-1950 |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad | First President of India | 3rd December 1884 | 1950- 1962 |
C.V Raman | First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | 7th November 1888 | 1907-1917 |
Rakesh Sharma | First Man in Space | 13th January 1949 | 1970- 1982 |
Aryabhatta | First satellite | 476 AD | 476- 550 CE |
J.R.D. Tata | First Indian Pilot in India | 29th July 1904 | 1953 – 1978. |
Abhinav Bindra | First Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic | 28th September 1982 | 2010 -2014: Member of the ISSF Athletes Committee
2014- 2018: Chairman |
Virendra Sehwag | First Indian Cricketer to score a triple century | 20th October 1978 | 1999- 2013 |
Vishwanathan Anand | First Indian Grandmaster | 11th December 1969 | 1988: First grandmaster from India |
Ashish Kumar | First Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games | 18th July 1994 | 2010: First medals in gymnastics at Asian Games, CWG |
Baldev Singh Chokkar | First Defence Minister of India | 17th July 1900 | 1902- 1961 |
Major Somnath Sharma | First Param Vir Chakra Winner | 31st January 1923 | 1923- 1947 |
Sam Manekshaw | First Field Marshal | 3rd April 1914 | 1934- 2008 |
Subroto Mukherjee | First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force | 14th June 1946 | 1911- 1960 |
Name | Role |
Robert Clive | First Governor of Bengal |
Warren Hastings | Last Governor of Bengal |
Warren Hastings | First Governor General of Bengal |
Lord William Bentinck | First Governor General of India |
Lord Canning | Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India |
C. Rajgopalachari | First Indian Governor General of Independent India |
Surendra Nath Banerjee | First Indian to pass ICS |
Satyendra Nath Tagore | First Indian I.C.S Officer |
Lord Louis Mountbatten | First Governor General of India (after independence) |
Sachidananda Nand Sinha | First temporary president of the Constituent Assembly |
General Kodandera M. Cariappa | First Commander in chief of free India |
Rabindra Nath Tagore | First Indian Nobel Laureate |
Dr Nagendra Singh | First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice |
Dr S Radhakrishnan | First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award |
Mihir Sen | First Indian to swim across the English Channel |
G. Sankara Kurup | First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award |
Dr Zakir Hussain | First Muslim President of Indian Republic |
Baidyanath Nath | First Indian to win Palk- Strait- Ocean Swimming Contest |
G.V Mavlankar | First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
James Hicky | First person to make printing press popular in India |
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad | First Education Minister of Independent India |
Dr S Radha Krishnan | First Vice President of Independent India |
General M Rajendra Singh | First Chief of Army Staff |
Vice Admiral R.D Katari | First Chief of Naval Staff of India |
I.N.S Chakra | First Atomic Submarine of India |
INS Kalvari | First Indian Submarine |
Dr Hargovind Khurana | First Scientist of Indian origin, to get nobel prize in the field of medical science |
I.N.S Vikrant | First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship |
Saifuddin Kichlu | First Indian to win Stalin Award |
Acharya Vinoba Bhave | First Indian to win Magsaysay Award |
Shyana Prasad Mukhrjee | India’s first minister to resign from Union Cabinet |
Sukumar Sen | India’s first Election Commissioner |
Badruddin Tayab Ji | First Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
H. J. Kania | First Chief Justice of India |
Hasrat Mohani | First person to submit the proposal of Indian Independence in a Congress Session |
Sherpa Phu Dorji | First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxygen Cylinder |
Abdul Gaffar Khan | First foreign recipient Bharat Ratna |
Dr Amartya Sen | First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics |
Indira | First Test Tube Baby of India |
Lt. Ram Charan | First Indian to reach Antarctica |
Morarji Desai | First Indian prime minister to resign from office |
Dr Zakir Hussain | First President of India to die in office |
Nawang Gombu | First man to climb Mt. Everest twice |
Col. JK Bajaj | First Indian to reach the South Pole |
Bhanu Athaiya | First Indian recipient of Oscar Award |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | First American President to visit India |
Harold Mc Mitton | First British Prime Minister to visit India |
Ruskin Bond | First Indian author to get Anderson Award |
Wilson Jones | First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy |
Santosh George | First Indian Space Tourist |