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First and Last Indian Governor General of Free C. Rajgopalachari


India
First British Governor of India Lord William
Bentinck
First British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
First Chairman of Prasar Bharti Nikhil Chakravorty
First Chairman of Rajyasabha S.V. Krishnamurthy
First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen
First Dalit President of India K. R Narayanan
First Deputy Prime Minister Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Dr.Hargovind Khurana
First Education Minister Abul Kalam Azad
First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Chaudhury
First Field Marshal of India General S.P.F.J.
Manekshaw
First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Gaffar
Khan
First Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten
First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai
Patel
First Indian Air chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
First Indian Chess Grandmaster S Vishwnathan
First Indian Chief Justice Justice Hiralal J Kania
First Indian Commander-in-chief General K. M.
Kariappa
First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in Mohd. Azaharuddin
three matches successive on debut
First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Virendra Sehwag
Test
First Indian Judge of International Court of Dr. Nagendra Singh
Justice
First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive S.P.Sinha
council
First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R. D.
Katari
First Indian Pilot JRD Tata
First Indian to Cross English Channel Mihir Sen
First Indian to get an Oscar Bhanu Athaiya
First Indian to get Anderson Award Ruskin Bond
First Indian to go in space Squadron Ldr. Rakesh
Sharma
First Indian to Join the ICS Satyendra Nath
Banerjee
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ran Charan
First Indian to reach in British Parliament Dada Bhai Naoroji
First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid P.S. Rao
Atlantic
First Indian to reach the south pole Col. I K Bajaj
First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna Dr. Radha Krishnan
First Indian to receive Jnan Peeth award Sri Shankar Kurup
First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award Vinoba Bhave
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Dr. Amartya Sen
First Indian to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kichlu
First Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Justice V. Ramaswami
Loksabha
First Muslim President of India Dr. Jakir Hussein
First Muslim President of Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji
congress
First person to reach Mount Everest without Sherpa Arga Dorji
Oxygen
First person to receive Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath
Sharma
First Person to resign from Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad
Mukharjee
First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
First President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First president to die in Office Dr. Jakir Hussain
First Prime Minister of Free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Prime Minister to resign without full term Morar Ji Desai
First Speaker of Loksabha Ganesh Vasudeva
Mavalankar
First Vice President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

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