Following are First in India Happenings

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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