Miscellany: Important facts about India (First in Male ) Part-2

FIRST PERSON

NAME

OTHER IMP. FACTS

First Governor General of free India

Lord Mountbatten

Indian Independence Bill 1947 was passed

First and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India

C. Rajagopalachari

called as Rajaji or C.R.

The first man who introduced printing press in India

James Hicky (Bengal Gazette)

Bible was the first book printed in India.

The First Indian to join the I.C.S

Satyendra Nath Tagore

First President of India who died while in office

Dr. Zakir Hussain

He was awarded with Bharat Ratana award.

First Muslim President of Indian Republic

Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament

Charan Singh

First man in Space from India

Rakesh Sharma

First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term

Morarji Desai

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India

General Cariappa

First Chief of Army Staff

Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

First Field Marshal of India

S.H.F. Manekshaw

First person to get Nobel Prize in Physics from India

C.V.Raman

For the discovery of Raman Effect or Raman Scattering.

First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award

Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Vice President of India.

First Indian to cross English Channel

Mihir Sen

First Person to receive Jnanpith award

Sri Shankar Kurup

First Vice-President of India

Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

Also known as Dadasaheb

First Education Minister

Maulana Abul KalamAzad

First Home Minister of India

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

*India's first Deputy Prime Minister

*Started Bardoli Satyagarh.

First Indian Air Marshal

First Indian Air Marshal

First Indian Naval Chief

Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice

Dr. Nagendra Singh

First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen

Sherpa Ang Dorjee

First person to get Param Vir Chakra

Major Somnath Sharma

First Chief Election Commissioner

Sukumar Sen

First Chinese traveller to visit India

Fahein

Visited India during the reign of Gupta emperor Chandragupta II

First person to receive Stalin Prize

Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics

Amartya Sen

For his contributions to welfare economics

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court

Justice Hirala J. Kania

First Indian Pilot

First person to receive Magsaysay Award

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

First person chosen for Individual Satyagraha.

First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine

Hargovind Khurana