S.No Who Achievement 1 Dr. Rajendra Prasad :The first President of Indian Republic 2 Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru :The first Prime Minister of free India 3 Rabindranath Tagore :The first Indian to win Nobel Prize 4 W. C. Banerjee :The first President of Indian National Congress 5 Badruddin Tayyabji :The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress 6 Dr. Zakir Hussain :The first Muslim President of India 7 Lord William Bentinck :The first British Governor General of India 8 Lord Canning :The first British Viceroy of India 9 Lord Mountbatten :The first Governor General of free India 10 C. Rajgopalachari :The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India 11 James Hicky :The first man who introduced printing press in India 12 Satyendra Nath Tagore :The first Indian to join the I.C.S. 13 Rakesh Sharma :Indias first man in space 14 Morarji Desai :The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term 15 General Cariappa :The first Indian Commander - in - Chief of India 16 Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji :The first Chief of the Army Staff 17 S. P. Sinha :The first Indian member of the Viceroys executive council 18 Dr. Zakir Hussain :The first President of India who died while in office 19 Charan Singh :The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament 20 S.H.F. Manekshaw :The first Field Marshal of India 21 C.V. Raman :The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics 22 Dr. Radhakrishnan :The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award 23 Mihir Sen :The first Indian to cross English channel 24 Sri Shankar Kurup :The first person to receive Jnanpith award 25 Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar :The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha 26 Dr. Radhakrishnan :The first Vice - President of India 27 Abul Kalam Azad :The first Home Minister of India 28 The First Indian Air Chief Marshal :The first Indian Air Chief Marshal 29 Vice Admiral R. D. Katari :The first Indian Naval Chief 30 Dr. Nagendra Singh :The first judge of International Court of Justice 31 Major Somnath Sharma :The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra 32 Sherpa Anga Dorjee :The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen 33 Sukumar Sen :The first Chief Election Commissioner 34 Acharya Vinoba Bhave :The first person to receive Magsaysay Award 35 Hargovind Khurana :The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine 36 Fahein :The first Chinese traveller to visit India 37 Saifuddin Kitchlu :The first person to receive Stalin Prize 38 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee :The first person to resign from the central cabinet 39 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan :The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna 40 Amartya Sen :The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics 41 Justice Hiralal J. Kania :The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
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