First in India

Planet Past Team July 06, 2021

 First in India (Male)

  1. First governor-general of India
  • William Bentinck (1833-35)
  1. Governor-General of Independent if India
  • Lord Lewis Mountbatten
  1. First and Last Indian Governor-General of free India
  • C Rajagopalachari (1948-1956)
  1. The first Muslim president of India
  • Dr. Zakir Hussain
  1. The first Prime Minister of India who resigns before the full term
  • Morarji Desai
  1. First-person to stay in Rashtrapati Bhawan
  • Lord Irwin 
  1. President of National Congress
  • Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  1. The first Home Minister of India
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  1. The first Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice
  • Dr. Nagendra Singh
  1. Indian Managing Director of World Bank
  • Gautam Kazi
  1. Governor of Reserve Bank of India
  • Sir Osborne Smith
  1. The first Indian to join the ICS
  • Satyendra Nath Tagore
  1. The first Field Marshal of India
  • SHFJ Manekshaw
  1. The first Indian Commander in Chief of India
  • General KM Karippa
  1. The first Indian Naval Chief
  • Vice Admiral RD Katari
  1. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
  1. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics
  • CV Raman
  1. The first Indian person of Indian origin to get Nobel Prize in Medicine
  • Hargobind Khurana
  1. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award
  • Dr. Radhakrishnan
  1. Sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  1. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
  • Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  1. First cricketer to get Padma Bhushan
  • CK Nayudu
  1. First Indian to get the Grammy Award
  • Pandit Ravishankar
  1. The first person to receive Stalin Peace Prize
  • Saifuddin Kitchlew
  1. The first person to receive Jnanpith Award
  • Sri Shankar Kurup
  1. The first Indian Pilot
  • JRD Tata (1929)
  1. First Indian to score a triple century in Test Cricket
  • Virender Sehwag
  1. First Viceroy of India
  • Lord Canning (1858-62)
  1. First Minister of Education in India
  • Dr. Abul Kalam Azad
  1. The first speaker of Lok Sabha
  • G.V. Mavalankar
  1. First Indian Cricketer to score a Test Century
  • Lala Amarnath (1933)
  1. First Chief Election Commissioner of India
  • Sukumar Sen

 

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