First Men in India-General Knowledge
First Men in India-General Knowledge
| S.n. | Achievement | Man |
| 1 | The first President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | The first Prime Minister of free India | Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 3 | The first Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 4 | The first President of Indian National Congress | W. C. Banerjee |
| 5 | The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| 6 | The first Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 7 | The first British Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| 8 | The first British Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| 9 | The first Governor General of free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| 10 | The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| 11 | The first man who introduced printing press in India | James Hicky |
| 12 | The first Indian to join the I.C.S. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| 13 | India’s first man in space | Rakesh Sharma |
| 14 | The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term | Morarji Desai |
| 15 | The first Indian Commander – in – Chief of India | General Cariappa |
| 16 | The first Chief of the Army Staff | Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| 17 | The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council | S. P. Sinha |
| 18 | The first President of India who died while in office | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 19 | The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| 20 | The first Field Marshal of India | S.H.F. Manekshaw |
| 21 | The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics | C.V. Raman |
| 22 | The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| 23 | The first Indian to cross English channel | Mihir Sen |
| 24 | The first person to receive Jnanpith award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| 25 | The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
| 26 | The first Vice – President of India | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| 27 | The first Education Minister | Abul Kalam Azad |
| 28 | The first Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| 29 | The first Indian Air Chief Marshal | S. Mukherjee |
| 30 | The first Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
| 31 | The first judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| 32 | The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| 33 | The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| 34 | The first Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
| 35 | The first person to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| 36 | The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| 37 | The first Chinese traveller to visit India | Fa-Hein |
| 38 | The first person to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| 39 | The first person to resign from the central cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| 40 | The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| 41 | The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| 42 | The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Justice Hiralal J. Kania |