53 - FIRST IN INDIA

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            FIRST IN INDIA

1. First in India - Men
2. First Indian to swim across the English Channel ---- Mihir Sen
3. First to Climb Mount Everest ---- Tenzing Norgay
4. First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen ---- Phy Dorjee
5. First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS) ---- Satyendra Nath Tagore
6. First Indian to get Nobel Prize ---- Rabindra Nath Tagore
7. First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) ---- Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
8. First British Governor General ---- Warren Hastings
9. First Governor General of Free India---- Lord Mountbatten
10. First and the last Governor General of free India ---- C. Rajagopalachari
11. First President of India ---- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
12. First Vice-President of India ---- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
13. First Muslim President of India ---- Dr. Zakir Hussain
14. First Sikh President of India ---- GianiZail Singh
15. First Prime Minister ---- Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
16. First Speaker of Lok Sabha ---- G.V. Mavlankar
17. First Chief Justice of India ---- Justice H.L. Kania
18. First President of Indian National Congress ---- W.C. Bannerjee
19. First Indian to become member of Viceroy's Executive Council ---- LordS.P. Sinha
20. First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice ---- Dr. Nagendra Singh
21. First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty ----Babar
22. First Field Marshal ---- S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
23. First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India ---- Gen. K.M. Cariappa
24. First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) ---- Sinhji
25. First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) ---- Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
26. First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) ---- Subroto Mukherjee
27. First Indian in British Parliament ---- Dada Bhai Nauroji
28. First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) ---- Khudada Khan
29. First Indian to circumnavigate the globe ---- Lt. Col K.S. Rao
30. First Indian to reach the South Pole ---- Col J.K. Bajaj (1989)
31. First Indian to make a solo air flight ---- JRD Tata
32. First Indian to visit England ---- Raja Rammohan Roy (1832)
33. First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) ---- Lord S.P. Sinha
34. First Bar-at-Law ---- J.M. Tagore
35. First Chairman of Rajya Sabha ---- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62)
36. First Indian Test Cricketer ---- K.S. Ranjitsingh
37. First Air Marshall ---- Arjan Singh
38. First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha ---- Justice V.Ramaswami (1993)
39. Fastest Shorthand writer ---- Dr. G.D.Bhist (250 wpm)