Important Notes on List of First in India First Person (Male) Name Other Important Facts First President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad, • President of the Constituent 1950 to 1962 Assembly (1948-1950) First Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru • He is also known as the architect of modern India. • Chairman of the constituent assembly. • Chairman of Union Constitution Committee, Union Powers Committee and States Committee First Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore • Also Known as Gurudev. • Wrote National Anthem of India. First President of Indian National W.C. Banerjee Congress First Muslim President of Indian Badruddin Tayyabji National Congress First Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain First British Governor General of Lord William Bentinck • Sati system was banned during his India (1833-1835) regime. First British Governor General of Lord Warren Hasting • First Maratha war and second Bengal (1773-1785) Mysore war occured during his regime • Founded Asiatic Society of Bengal. First British Viceroy of India Lord Canning • Revolt of 1857 happened during his regime. • Established 3 universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. First Governor General of free Lord Mountbatten • Indian Independence Bill 1947 was India passed during his regime. First and the last Indian to be C. Rajgopalachari • Informally called as Rajaji or C.R. Governor General of free India The first man who introduced James Hickey (Bengal • Bible was the first book printed in printing press in India Gazette) India. The First Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore First man in Space from India Rakesh Sharma First Prime Minister of India who Morarji Desai resigned without completing the full term First Indian Commander-in-Chief General Cariappa of India First Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji First Indian to join Viceroy’s S.P.Sinha executive council First President of India who died Dr. Zakir Hussain • He was awarded Bharat Ratna while in office award. First Muslim President of Indian Dr. Zakir Hussain Republic First Prime Minister of India who Charan Singh • Serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 did not face the Parliament January 1980. First Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw(1914- 2008) First person to get Nobel Prize in C.V.Raman • For the discovery of Raman Effect or Physics from India Raman Scattering. First Indian to receive Bharat C. Rajgopalachari, Dr. • First and the last Indian to be Ratna award Radhakrishnan & Governor General of free India • First Vice President of India: Dr. CV Raman Radhakrishnan • Nobel Prize Winner: CV Raman First Indian to cross English Mihir Sen Channel First Person to receive Jnanpith Sri Shankar Kurup award The first Speaker of the Lok Ganesh Vasudeva • Also known as Dadasaheb Sabha Mavalankar • Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India First Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai • India's first Deputy Prime Minister. Patel • Started Bardoli Satyagarh. • Chairman of Provincial Constitution Committee and Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas. First Indian Air Marshal S. Mukherjee First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari First Indian Judge of Dr. Nagendra Singh International Court of Justice First person to reach Mt. Everest Sherpa Dorjee without oxygen First person to get Param Vir Major Somnath Chakra Sharma First Chief Election Sukumar Sen Commissioner First person to receive Acharya Vinoba Bhave • First person chosen for Individual Magsaysay Award Satyagraha. First person of Indian origin to Hargovind Khurana receive Nobel Prize in Medicine First Chinese traveller to visit Fahein • Visited India during the reign of India Gupta emperor Chandragupta II First person to receive Stalin Saifuddin Kitchlu • Jalliawala Bagh gathering 1919 was Prize held against the arrest of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal. The first person to resign from Shyama Prasad • Served as Minister for Industry and the Central Cabinet Mukherjee Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet • Founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in 1951. First person to receive Nobel Amartya Sen • For his contributions to welfare Prize in Economics economics First Chief Justice of Supreme Justice Hirala J. Kania Court First Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929) Science & Technology The below-mentioned table states the list of important achievements in the field of Science & Technology (India): First in India – Science First hydroelectric plant Sidrapong (Darjeeling) First Man in Space Rakesh Sharma First Nuclear Reactor Apsara (Maharashtra) First satellite Aryabhatta First successfully indigenous launch vehicle SLV-3 First genetically modified food product in India Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned] First to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) Surjo Kumar Chakroborty First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of Dr. Soumya Swaminathan programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) First satellite earth station for domestic communications Secunderabad First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V Raman Governance The table listed below highlights the list of Important People in the field of Legislature and Judiciary Arm of Governance First in India – Governance First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad First Vice-President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan First President of Indian National Congress Womesh Chandra Bannerjee First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen First Viceroy of India Lord Canning First Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck First Chief Justice of India H.J Kania First Speaker of Lok Sabha G. V. Mavlankar First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel First Chairperson of Lokpal of India Pinaki Chandra Ghose Defence The below-mentioned table gives the list of people who held important positions in the Indian Defense Sector: First in India – Defense First Defense Minister of India Baldev Singh Chokkar First Commander-in-Chief of Free India Kodandera Madappa Cariappa First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force Subroto Mukherjee First Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw First Param Vir Chakra Winner Major Somnath Sharma First female Jawan in the Army Shanti Tigga First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi First cosmonaut Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize Divya Ajith Kumar Sports The table enumerates the list of important achievements in the field of sports, predominantly at the Olympics First in India – Sports First Olympics Team Medal Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics) First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal Navjot Kaur First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian Games Saina Nehwal medal First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games Santhi Soundarajan First person to win the international bronze medal in skiing Aanchal Thakur First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal P. V. Sindhu in Badminton First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics First Individual Gold Medal won by Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics Architecture The below table gives information on Indian Architecture First in India – Architecture First temple constructed from a single rock Kailasa temple at Ellora First church in India St. Thomas Church, Palayoor First mosque in India Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala First dam in India Kallanai Dam First Indian temple with many interconnected structures Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu FIRST RECIPIENTS OF IMPORTANT AWARDS IN INDIA BHARAT RATNA is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. • 1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna: C Rajagopalachari who was the last Governor- General of India. • 1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously: Lal Bahadur Shastri who was the Second Prime Minister of the Republic of India. • 1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi who was the fourth Prime Minister of India. • 1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who was the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. • 1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna: CV Raman who won the Nobel Prize in Physics. FIRST RECIPIENTS OF GALLANTRY AWARDS • 1st winner of Param Vir Chakra- Major Somnath Sharma: Major Som Nath Sharma, (1923– 1947) was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. the highest Indian gallantry award. He was awarded the medal posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. • 1st and only Air Force person to receive the Param Vir Chakra- Flying Officer Nirmaljit Shekhon was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. • 1st and only woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra- Neerja Bhanot (1987) who was murdered while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am, Flight 73 on 5 September 1986. Posthumously, she became the youngest recipient of India's highest peacetime military award for bravery, the Ashok Chakra. FIRST RECIPIENTS OF IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE • 1st person to receive Nobel prize for Physics: William K Roentgen who, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röentgen rays in 1895. • 1st woman to receive the Nobel prize: Madame Curie (1903) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win twice in multiple sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.