India's First......

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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

Governor-General of Independent India—                       Lord Lewis Mountbatten

Indian Governor-General of Independent India—             Chakravarti  Rajgopalachari

Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India —                General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949

• Field Marshall—                                                          General S. H. F. J. Maneksha Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).

• President—                                                                 Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• Vice-President—                                                          Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

• Prime-Minister—                                                          Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

• Home Minister—                                                          Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

• Finance Minister of India—                                           R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

• Auditor General of India—                                            V. Narahari Rao

• Director of CBI—                                                         DP Kohli

• National Security Adviser—                                          Brijesh Mishra

• Governor of RBI—                                                       Sir Osborne Smith

• Non-Congress Prime-Minister—                                    Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79.

• British Governor-General of Bengal—                            Warren-Hastings

• Space traveller—S. Leader-                                            Rakesh Sharma

• C. S.—                                                                         Satendra Nath Tagore

• Woman IAS—                                                              Anna Ranjan George, 1950

• Swimmer who crossed over the English channel

by swimming—                                              Mihir Sen

• Woman to swim across the English Channel—              Arati Saha, 1959

• Raman-Magsaysay awardee—                                        Acharya Vinoba Bhave

• Novel prize winner—                                                    Rabindra Nath Tagore

• Nobel Prize in Physics—                                               C. V. Raman in 1930

• President of National Congress—                                  Vyomesh Chand Banerjee

• Chairman of Lok Sabha—                                             G. B. Mavlankar

• First Woman Chief Minister—                                                Sucheta Kriplani

• Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—                                   Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009

• Chief Election Commissioner—                                    Sukumar Sen

• Indian Chairman in International Court—                     Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

• Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—                                      Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

• Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—                     Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim

• Chief Justice of Supreme Court—                                 Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya

• Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—                                   Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,

                                                                   Chakravarti Rajgopalachari,
                                                                   Sir C. B. Raman

• Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—                      Indira Gandhi

• Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters—            Mrinal Sen

• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letter—                    Sivaji Ganeshan

• Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—                           Lal Bahadur Shastri

• Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—             G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)

• Woman awarded with Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—   Ashapurna Devi, 1976

• Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner—                     Amrita Pritam, 1956

• Woman Honours Graduate—                                        Kamini Roy

• Woman Director General of Police—                             Kanchan C Bhattacharya

• Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—                  Dr. P. Venugopal

• Woman to received Nobal Prize—                                 Mother Teresa

• Woman Governor—                                                     Sarojini Naidu

• Licensed Pilot—                                                           J R D Tata

• Woman Air Pilot—                                                       Durba Banerjee

• Woman Teacher—                                                       Savitribai Phule

• Successful heart transplanted person—                           Devi Ram (1994)

• President of National Human Rights Commission—         Justice Rangnath Mishra

• Hindi Literature person-awarded

Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—                              Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)

• Indian who won the World Billiard award—                  Wilson Jans

• Indian who won the Grammy award—                          Pt. Ravi Shankar

• Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.—         Atal Bihari Bajpai (1977)

• Indian member in British House of Commons—            Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)

• First President of Indian Science Congress—                 Sir Asutosh Mukherjee

• Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—         Sherpa-Augarita

• Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—                  Ramvilas Sharma

• Indian Managing Director of World Bank—                   Gautam Kazi

• Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—                               C. K. Naidu

• Actress to win Padma Shri Award—                              Nargis Dutt, 1958

• Indian players played Davis Cup—                                M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles),

                                                                   A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles)                                                                                              (1921)

• Tennis Grandslam title winner—                                   Mahesh Bhupati

• Indian player who played the test cricket—                    K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from England)

• Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—                                  Dr. Meghnad Saha

• Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—           Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)

• Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—         C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)

• Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon

• Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—          Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)

• First Indian who contested the election for

                            British Parliament—         Lal Mohan Ghose

• Woman Graduates—                                                     Kadambini Ganguly and 
                                                                                      Chandramukhi Basu, 1883

• Woman Chief Justice of High Court—                             Leila Seth, Himachal Pradesh, 1991

• An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court,

                     during the British period—         Ram Prasad Ram

• Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—             Sir. S. P. Sinha

• Leanin Peace Prize—                                                   Saifuddin Kitchlew

• Chairman of Finance Commission—                             K. C. Niogi

• Woman Doctorate of Science—                                    Asima Chatterjee (1944)

• Woman IPS—                                                             Kiran Bedi

• Woman Supreme Court judge—                                    Kumari Fathima Beevi

• Indian member of American Congress—                        Deleep Singh

• Editor of Time Magazine—                                           Bobby Ghosh

• Director of CBI becoming Governor—                           Ashwani Kumar

• Person to reach the North Pole—                                   Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar

• Person to reach the South Pole—                                  Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj

• Nishan-e-Pakistan—                                                     Morarji Desai, 1990

• Magsaysay Award—                                                     Vinoba Bhave, 1958

• Miss World—                                                               Reita Faria in 1966

• Miss Asia Pacific—                                                       Zeenat Aman in 1970

• Miss Universe—                                                           Sushmita Sen in 1994

• Miss Earth—                                                                Nicole Faria in 2010

• Place to get electricity—                                                Darjeeling in 1897

• Sound film—                                                                Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani

• Colour film—                                                               Kisan Kanya (1937), 
                                                                                                directed by Moti B. Gidvani

• Oscar winner—                                                             Bhanu Athaiya for Best 
                                                                                      Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982.

• Dadasaheb Phalke Award—                                           Devika Rani in 1969

• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters—                    Sivaji Ganesan

• Test-tube baby—                                                          Durga Agarwal, born 1978

• Newspaper—                                                                Hickey's Bengal Gazette started in 1760

• First Lady Doctor—                                                      Anandibai Joshi

• Satellite—                                                                    Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975

• Man to climb Mt Everest—                                           Tenzing Norgay

• Man to climb Mt Everest without oxygen—                     Phu Dorjee, 1984

• Woman to climb Mt everest—                                        Bachendri Pal

• District to achieve 100% literacy rate—                           Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990

• Captain in Tests—                                                         C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England

• ODI captain—                                                               Ajit Wadekar

• Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—                  Harbhajan Singh

• Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—                Virendra Sehwag

• First Marshal of Indian Air Force—                               Arjan Singh

• Individual Medal in Olympic games—                           KD Jadhav

• Grandmaster—                                                              Viswanathan Anad

• Woman Grandmaster—                                                Koneru Humpy

• First Indian who individually won

                      the Gold medal in Olympic games—           Abhinav Bindra

• First Indian who won the Bronze medal

                             in Boxing in Olympic games—            Vijendra Kumar

• Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge—                         Srinivasa Ramanujan

• Fellow of the Royal Society—                                       Ardaseer Cursetjee

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