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First Men in India
This is a static General Knowledge topic. The reason behind calling it static is, the information given in the below article is never going to change. The names and their achievements will forever be etched in the history of India. The below article covers information on the list of First Men in India achievements in the fields of science & technology, governance, defense, sports, and architecture.
List of First Men in India
| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
| Last Governor of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| First Field Marshal | Gen SFJ Manekshaw |
| First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award | G Shankar Kurup |
| First Indian to swim across Indian Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian Nobel laureate | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India | Fa-Hien |
| First Indian Pilot | JRD Tata |
| First man to climb Mt Everest twice | Nawang Gombu |
| First Indian Governor General of Independent India | C Rajgopalachari |
| First Governor General of India (After Independence) | Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| First Commander in Chief of Free India | Gen KM Cariappa |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award | Dr S Radhakrishanan |
| First Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming Contest | Baidyanath Nath |
| First President of Indian national Congress | WC Banjerjee |
| First Indian Submarine | INS Cauveri |
| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize | CV Raman (Physics) |
| India’s First Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science | Dr Hargovind Khurana |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace | Kailash Sathyarthi |
| First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna | Sachin Tendulkar |
| First to reach South Pole | Bijoy Kumar Das |
| First Chief Minister to die in Office | CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu |
| First Indian Sound Film | Alam Ara, directed by Ardeshir Irani |
| First Indigenously made colour film | Kisan Kanya, directed by Moti B |
| First Banned film in India | Neel Akasher Neechey |
| First Post Office opened in India | Kolkata (1727) |
| First Chief Justice of India | Justice Hiralal J kania |
| First Indian to win Stalin Award | Saiffudin Kichlu |
| First Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Prime Minister of Independent India | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallahbhai Patel |
| First Vice President of Independent India | Dr S Radhakrishnan |
| First Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
| First Indian Air Chief of India | Air Marshal S Mukherjee |
| First Chief of Army Staff | Gen M Rajendra Singh |
| First Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice Admiral RD Katari |
| First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India | Apsara |
| First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship | INS Vikrant |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Physics | Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar |
| India’s First University | Nalanda University |
| First Leader of Opposition | AK Gopalan |
| First Sikh President of India | Gyani Zail Singh |
| First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen Cylinder | Sherpa Phu Dorji |
| First medium range Missile | Agni |
| First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Muslim President of INC | Badruddin Tayab Ji |
| First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election | Indira Gandhi |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | GV Mavlankar |
| First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Finance Minister of India | RK Shanmukhan Chetty |
| First Indian to win Magasaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| India’s First Open University | Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| First President of India to die in office | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First British Prime Minister to visit India | Harold Mc Millan |
| First Indian Space Tourist | Santosh George |
| First Indian to reach South Pole | Col IK Bajaj |
| First Atomic Submarine of India | INS Chakra |
| First Asian Games Organized | Delhi |
| First American President to visit India | Dwight David Eisenhower |
| First Indian Cosmonaut | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office | Morarji Desai |
| First Indian Author to win Anderson Award | Ruskin Bond |
| First Indian Nuclear Center | Tarapur |
| First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics | Dr Amartya Sen |
| First Test tube baby of India | Indira |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt Ram Charan |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy | Wilson Jones |
| First Law Minister of India | BR Ambedkar |
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FAQ on First Men in India
Q. Who was appointed the first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council?
Ans: The first Indian male of the Viceroys executive council was S.P Sinha.
Q. Who is the first male doctor in India?
Ans: The first male doctor in India was Pandit Madhusudan Gupta.
Q. Who was the first India Male Education Minister of India?
Ans: The first in India male and first minister of India was Dr Abdul Kalam Azad.
