List of First in India

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List of First in India

List of First in India
List of First in India

List of First in India

  • First Man in Space – Rakesh Sharma.
  • First graduate in medicine – Surjo Kumar Chakroborty.
  • First Indian to get a Nobel Prize in Physics – C V Raman (He won Nobel Prize in 1930 for Raman Effect, its discovery was done on 28th February, National Science Day is celebrated across India on 28th February).
  • First president of India – Dr Rajendra Prasad (Bihar).
  • First vice-president of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (first chairman of Rajya Sabha, 2nd President of India, his birthday 5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day).
  • First president of Indian National Congress – Womesh Chandra Banerjee (Bombay, 1885).
  • First Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • First Chief Election Commissioner of India – Sukumar Sen.
  • First Chief Justice of India – H.J Kania.
  • First Speaker of Lok Sabha – G. V. Mavlankar.
  • First Home Minister of India – Sardar Vallabhai Patel (he was also first deputy Prime Minister of India).
  • First Chairperson of Lokpal of India – Pinaki Chandra Ghose.
  • First Defence Minister of India – Baldev Singh Chhokar.
  • First Commander-in-Chief of Free India – K M Cariappa.
  • First Field Marshal – Sam Manekshaw.
  • First Param Vir Chakra winner – Major Som Nath Sharma.
  • First Individual Gold Medal Summer Olympics – Abhinav Bindra.

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  • First Individual Medal in Olympic games – KD Jadhav.
  • First Indian to reach Antarctica – Ram Charan.
  • First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji.
  • First Permanent Judge in the International Court of Justice – Sir Benegal Narsingh Rau.
  • Maharaja Sri Nagendra Singh – Indian lawyer who served as President of the International Court of Justice from 1985 to 1988.
  • India’s (Independent) first Indian Governor General – Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji.
  • The first Education Minister – Abul Kalam Azad.
  • The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari.
  • The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen.
  • The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services – Satyendra Nath Tagore.
  • The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore.
  • The first Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain.
  • First Sikh President of India – Giani Zail Singh.
  • The first Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay Award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
  • The first person to receive the Stalin Prize (now known as Lenin Peace Prize) – Saifuddin Kitchlu.
  • 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 – Chaudhary Charan Singh (his birthday is celebrated as Kisan Divas, 23rd December).
  • The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai.
  • The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai.
  • The first prime minister to get Nishan-e-Pakistan – Morarji Desai, 1990.
  • First Chief of Defence Staff (India) of India: Bipin Rawat.
  • First Chief of Air Staff: Subroto Mukerjee.
  • First Chief of Army Staff – Rajendrasinhji Jadeja.
  • First Person to reach the South Pole – Colonel Jatinder Kumar Bajaj.
  • First Person to win Oscar for Lifetime Achievement – Satyajit Ray.
  • First Indian filmmaker to get Bharat Ratna – Satyajit Ray.
  • First Deputy Prime Minister of India – Vallabhbhai Patel.
  • First Minister of Law and Justice – B R Ambedkar.
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  • First Finance Minister of Independent India: R K Shanmukham Chetty.
  • First Chess Grandmaster – Viswanathan Anand, 1988.
  • First Grand Slam title – Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the mixed doubles category of the 1997 French Open.
  • First Indian to summit the seven highest mountains in the world – Colonel Ranveer Jamwal.
  • The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Phu Dorjee.
  • First Indian to complete volcanic Seven Summit – Satyarup Siddhanta.
  • First Attorney General of India – M C Setalvad.
  • First Solicitor General of India – C K Daphtary.
  • First Comptroller and Auditor General of Indi a – V Narahari Rao.
  • First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna – Sachin Tendulkar.
  • First Sikh President of India – Giani Zail Singh.
  • First Sikh PM of India – Man Mohan Singh.
  • First Indian to win an OSCAR Award – Bhanu Athaiya in 1983, for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (the role of Gandhiji was played by Actor Ben Kingsley).
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  • First President of Indian Science Congres s – Sir Asutosh Mukherjee.
  • Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director (and later first Director General) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), He was the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
  • First Indian Member of British Parliament – Dadabhai Naoroji (he was a member of House of Commons).
  • First Indian to win the Grammy award – Pt. Ravi Shankar.
  • Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first person to deliver a speech in Hindi at the United Nations General Assembly.
  • First President of National Human Rights Commission – Justice Ranganath Misra.
  • Brajesh Mishra was appointed the first National Security Advisor of India (during Atal Bihari Vajpayee government).
  • First chief economic advisor of India – JJ Anjaria (during the time of Jawahar Lal Nehru).
  • First Indian Managing Director of World Bank – Gautam Kazi.
  • First Chairman of the National Green Tribunal – Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta.
  • First Chairman of ISRO – Vikram Sarabhai.
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  • First Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
  • First Scientist elected for Lok Sabha – Dr. Meghnad Saha.
  • First Chairman of Finance Commission – K. C. Niogi.
  • First Captain in Tests – C. K. Nayudu (in 1932).
  • First ODI captain – Ajit Wadekar.
  • First Indian to win a Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore (1913, Literature)
  • First Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. C.V. Raman (1954, jointly awarded)
  • First Indian to go to space – Rakesh Sharma (1984)
  • First Indian scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics – Dr. C.V. Raman (1930)
  • First Indian to become Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (1963)
  • First Indian to head the Atomic Energy Commission – Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (1948)
  • First Indian to conduct nuclear tests – Dr. Raja Ramanna (1974, Pokhran I).
  • First Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army – General K.M. Cariappa (1949)
  • First Indian Air Chief Marshal – Arjan Singh (1966)
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  • First Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India – General Bipin Rawat (2020)
  • First Field Marshal of India – Sam Manekshaw (1973)
  • First Indian to receive the Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma (posthumously, 1947)
  • First Indian to win an Olympic medal – Norman Pritchard (1900, Athletics, two silver medals)
  • First Indian to win an Olympic gold medal – Abhinav Bindra (2008, Shooting)
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  • First Indian to become World Chess Champion – Vishwanathan Anand (2000)
  • First Indian to win a Grand Slam title – Mahesh Bhupathi (1997, Mixed Doubles, French Open)
  • First Indian cricketer to score a Test triple century – Virender Sehwag (2004)
  • First Indian to win the Booker Prize – Arundhati Roy (1997, “The God of Small Things”)
  • First Indian to win the Jnanpith Award – G. Sankara Kurup (1965)
  • First Indian to receive the Oscar – Bhanu Athaiya (1982, Best Costume Design for Gandhi)
  • First Indian film actor to be awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Devika Rani (1969, posthumously given to a male actor, Prithviraj Kapoor, in 1971)
  • First Indian Ambassador to the United States – Asaf Ali (1947)
  • First Indian Representative at the United Nations – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1946, UN General Assembly)
  • First Indian to launch a social reform movement – Raja Ram Mohan Roy (Brahmo Samaj, 1828)
  • First Indian to establish an educational institution for girls – Jyotirao Phule (with wife Savitribai Phule, 1848)

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