First Positions

First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India	C. Rajgopalachari
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 three successive matches on debut	Mohammed Azaharuddin
First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test	Virendra Sehwag
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council	S.P.Sinha
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 Atlantic	P.S. Rao
First Indian to reach the south pole	Col. I K Bajaj
First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna	Dr. Radha Krishnan
First Indian to receive Jyan 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 Loksabha	Justice V. Ramaswami
First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussein
First Muslim President of Indian National congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen	Sherpa Arga Dorji
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.Zakhir Hussain
First Prime Minister of 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