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First in India (Man)

The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lai 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
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 the 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. Zakir 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 first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice - President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister Abul 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 receive Paramveer Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee
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 Fa-Hein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the central cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hiralal J. Kania