First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
Last Governor of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
First Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
First President of Indian Republic | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
First Field Marshal | Gen SFJ Manekshaw |
First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award | G Shankar Kurup |
First Indian to swim across Indian Channel | Mihir Sen |
First Indian Nobel laureate | Rabindranath Tagore |
First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India | Fa-Hien |
First Indian Pilot | JRD Tata |
First man to climb Mt Everest twice | Nawang Gombu |
First Indian Governor General of Independent India | C Rajgopalachari |
First Governor General of India (After Independence) | Lord Louis Mountbatten |
First Commander in Chief of Free India | Gen KM Cariappa |
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh |
First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award | Dr S Radhakrishanan |
First Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr Zakir Hussain |
First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming Contest | Baidyanath Nath |
First President of Indian national Congress | WC Banjerjee |
First Indian Submarine | INS Cauveri |
First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize | CV Raman (Physics) |
India’s First Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science | Dr Hargovind Khurana |
First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace | Kailash Sathyarthi |
First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna | Sachin Tendulkar |
First to reach South Pole | Bijoy Kumar Das |
First Chief Minister to die in Office | CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu |
First Indian Sound Film | Alam Ara, directed by Ardeshir Irani |
First Indigenously made colour film | Kisan Kanya, directed by Moti B |
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First Banned film in India | Neel Akasher Neechey |
First Post Office opened in India | Kolkata (1727) |
First Chief Justice of India | Justice Hiralal J kania |
First Indian to win Stalin Award | Saiffudin Kichlu |
First Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
First Prime Minister of Independent India | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
First Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallahbhai Patel |
First Vice President of Independent India | Dr S Radhakrishnan |
First Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
First Indian Air Chief of India | Air Marshal S Mukherjee |
First Chief of Army Staff | Gen M Rajendra Singh |
First Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice Admiral RD Katari |
First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India | Apsara |
First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship | INS Vikrant |
First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Physics | Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar |
India’s First University | Nalanda University |
First Leader of Opposition | AK Gopalan |
First Sikh President of India | Gyani Zail Singh |
First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen Cylinder | Sherpa Phu Dorji |
First medium range Missile | Agni |
First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award | Major Somnath Sharma |
First Muslim President of INC | Badruddin Tayab Ji |
First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election | Indira Gandhi |
First Speaker of Lok Sabha | GV Mavlankar |
First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
First Finance Minister of India | RK Shanmukhan Chetty |
First Indian to win Magasaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
India’s First Open University | Andhra Pradesh Open University |
First President of India to die in office | Dr Zakir Hussain |
First British Prime Minister to visit India | Harold Mc Millan |
First Indian Space Tourist | Santosh George |
First Indian to reach South Pole | Col IK Bajaj |
First Atomic Submarine of India | INS Chakra |
First Asian Games Organized | Delhi |
First American President to visit India | Dwight David Eisenhower |
First Indian Cosmonaut | Rakesh Sharma |
First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office | Morarji Desai |
First Indian Author to win Anderson Award | Ruskin Bond |
First Indian Nuclear Center | Tarapur |
First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics | Dr Amartya Sen |
First Test tube baby of India | Indira |
First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt Ram Charan |
First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy | Wilson Jones |
First Law Minister of India | BR Ambedkar |
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