1).First President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2).First Prime Minister of free India: Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 3).First Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore 4).First President of Indian National Congress: W.C. Banerjee 5).First Muslim President of Indian National Congress: Badruddin Tayyabji 6).The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain 7).First British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck (1833-1835) 8).First British Governor General of Bengal: Lord Warren Hasting (1774-1885) 9).First British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning 10).First Governor General of free India: Lord Mountbatten 11).First and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India: C. Rajgopalachari 12).First man who introduced printing press in India: James Hicky 13).First Indian to join the I.C.S: Satyendra Nath Tagore 14). India’s first man in Space: Rakesh Sharma 15).First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term: Morarji Desai 16).First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India: General Cariappa 17).First Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji 18).First Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council: S.P.Sinha 19).First President of India who died while in office: Dr. Zakhir Hussain 20).First Muslim President of Indian Republic: Dr. Zakhir Hussain 21).First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament: Charan Singh 22).First Field Marshal of India: S.H.F. Manekshaw 23).First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics: C.V.Raman 24).First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award: Dr. Radhakrishnan 25).The first Indian to cross English Channel: Mihir Sen 26).First Person to receive Jnanpith award: Sri Shankar Kurup 27).First Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar 28).First Vice-President of India: Dr. Radhakrishnan 29).First Education Minister: Abdul Kalam Azad 30).First Home minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 31).First Indian Air Chief Marshal: S. Mukherjee 32).First Indian Naval Chief: Vice Admiral R.D. Katari 33).First Judge of International Court of Justice: Dr. Nagendra Singh 34).First to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen: Sherpa Anga Dorjee 35).First person to get Param Vir Chakra: Major Somnath Sharma 36).First Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen 37).First to receive Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave 38).First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine: Hargovind Khurana 39).First Chinese traveller to visit India: Fahein 40).First person to receive Stalin Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlu
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