The first President of Indian Republic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad The first Prime Minister of free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru The first Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore The first President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Banerjee The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji The first Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain The first British Governor General of India – Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) The first British Governor General of Bengal – Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885) The first British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning The first Governor General of free India – Lord Mountbatten The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India – C. Rajgopalachari The first man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky The first Indian to join the I.C.S – Satyendra Nath Tagore India’s first man in Space – Rakesh Sharma The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India – General Cariappa The first Chief of Army Staff – Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council – S.P.Sinha The first President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakhir Hussain The first Muslim President of Indian Republic – Dr. Zakhir Hussain The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Charan Singh The first Field Marshal of India – S.H.F. Manekshaw The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V.Raman The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. Radhakrishnan The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen The first Person to receive Jnanpith award – Sri Shankar Kurup The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar The first Vice-President of India – Dr. Radhakrishnan The first Education Minister – Abdul Kalam Azad The first Home minister of India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel The first Indian Air Chief Marshal – S. Mukherjee The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari The first Judge of International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagendra Singh The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Anga Dorjee The first person to get Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma The first Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen The first person to receive Magsaysay Award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana The first Chinese traveller to visit India – Fahein The first person to receive Stalin Prize – Saifuddin Kitchlu The first person to resign from the Central Cabine – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hirala J. Kania The first Indian Pilot – J.R.D. Tata (1929) The first lady to become Miss World – Rita Faria The first woman judge in Supreme Court – Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi The first woman Ambassador – Miss C.B. Muthamma The first woman Governor of a state in free India – Mrs Sarojini Naidu The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly – Shanno Devi The first woman Prime Minister – Mrs Indira Gandhi The first woman Minister in a Government – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice – Santosh Yadav The first woman President of Indian National Congress – Mrs Annie Besant The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force – Harita Kaur Dayal The first woman Graduates – Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 The first woman Airline Pilot – Durba Banerjee The first woman Honours Graduate – Kamini Roy, 1886 The first woman Olympic medal Winner – Karnam Malleswari, 2000 The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner – Kamlijit Sandhu The first woman Lawyer – Cornelia Sorabjee The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly – Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Mrs Sucheta Kripalani The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission – Roze Millian Bethew The first wom
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