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First in India

First Appointees of India


1st President 1st Vice-President 1st Prime Minister 1st Home Minister 1st Railway Minister 1st Defence Minister 1st Finance Minister 1st External Affairs Minister 1st Governor General (Indian) 1st Governor General 1st Chief Justice of India 1st Chief Election Commissioner 1st Speaker of Lok Sabha 1st Chief of Army Staff 1st Chief of Air Staff 1st Chief of Naval Staff Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dr. S Radhakrishnan Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Vallabhbhai Patel John Mathai Sardar Baldev Singh RK Shanmugam Chetty Jawaharlal Nehru C Rajagopalachari Lord Mountbatten Harilal J Kania Sukumar Sen G.V. Mavalankar Gen Rajendra Singhji Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst Vice Admiral RD Katari

Technological Firsts in India


Event Broadcasting started in India All India Radio established Television started Colour Television started Railways started 1st electric train First issue of Postal Stamp First Telegraph line 1927 1936 1959 1982 1853, April 16 1925, Feb 23 1825 (in Sind) 1851 (Calcutta & Diamond Harbour) Newspaper 1781, Jan 29 Hicky Calcutta Gazette 1969 1974, 18 May 1975, 19 Apr 1995, Aug 15 (provided by BSNL) 1911 Year

First Atomic Power Station commissioned at Tarapur First nuclear test carried out First satellite launched Internet came to India

First air mail in India & World Bumraulli to Allahabad (6 miles) First indigenously built submarine of India Indias first newsprint factory was set up at

Shalki Nepanagar (MP)

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