First In India (Male) : General Knowledge Facts about First in India

Here is the list of First in India (Male) personalities.

Who was the first President of Indian Republic?

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Who was the first Prime Minister of free India?

Answer: Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?

Answer: W.C. Banerjee

Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?

Answer: Badruddin Tayyabji

Who was the first Muslim President of India?

Answer: Dr. Zakir Hussain

Who was the first British Governor General of India?

Answer: Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

Who was the first British Governor General of Bengal?

Answer: Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)

Who was the first British Viceroy of India?

Answer: Lord Canning

Who was the first Governor General of free India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

Who was the first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India?

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

Who was the first man Who introduced printing press in India?

Answer: James Hicky

Who was the first Indian to join Indian Civil Services (ICS)?

Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore

Who was India’s first man in Space?

Answer: Rakesh Sharma

Who was the first Prime Minister of India Who resigned without completing the full term?

Answer: Morarji Desai

Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India?

Answer: Field Marshal Cariappa

Who was the first Chief of Army Staff?

Answer: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

Who was the first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council?

Answer: S.P.Sinha

Who was the first President of India Who died while in office?

Answer: Dr. Zakhir Hussain

Who was the first Muslim President of Indian Republic?

Answer: Dr. Zakhir Hussain

Who was the first Prime Minister of India Who did not face the Parliament?

Answer: Charan Singh

Who was the first Field Marshal of India?

Answer: Field Marshal S.H.F. Manekshaw

Who was the first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics?

Answer: C.V.Raman

Who was the first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award?

Answer: Dr. Radhakrishnan

Who was the first Indian to cross English Channel?

Answer: Mihir Sen

Who was the first Person to receive Jnanpith award?

Answer: Sri Shankar Kurup

Who was the first Speaker of Who was the Lok Sabha?

Answer: Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

Who was the first Vice-President of India?

Answer: Dr. Radhakrishnan

Who was the first Education Minister of India?

Answer: Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad

Who was the first Home minister of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Who was the first Indian Air Chief Marshal?

Answer: Air Marshal S. Mukherjee

Who was the first Indian Naval Chief?

Answer: Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

Who was the first Judge of International Court of Justice?

Answer: Dr. Nagendra Singh

Who was the first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen?

Answer: Sherpa Anga Dorjee

Who was the first person to get Param Vir Chakra?

Answer: Major Somnath Sharma

Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner?

Answer: Sukumar Sen

Who was the first person to receive Magsaysay Award?

Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Who was the first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine?

Answer: Hargobind Khurana

Who was the first Chinese traveller to visit India?

Answer: Fahein

Who was the first person to receive Stalin Prize?

Answer: Saifuddin Kitchlu

Who was the first person to resign from the Central Cabinet?

Answer: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Who was the first person from India to receive Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer: Amartya Sen

Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court?

Answer: Justice Hiralal J. Kania

Who was the first Indian Pilot?

Answer: J.R.D. Tata (1929)
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  1. khyati

    May 30, 2009 at 7:05 am

    very informative…!!thx..!!

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