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List of First in India

First in India	Names
First Governor of Bengal	Lord Clive
First Governor General of Bengal	Warren Hastings
First Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
First President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayab Ji
First Governor General of Independent India	Lord Louis mountbatten
First Indian Governor General of Independent India	C. Rajagopalachari
First Indian ICS officer	Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian to pass ICS Exam	Surendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space)	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First Commander in chief of Free India	General K. M. Cariappa
First Indian Noble Laureate	Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Nath
First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Field Marshal	General S. F. J. Manekshaw
First Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award	G. Shankar Kurup
First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Speaker of Lok sabha	G. V. Mavlankar
First President of Independent India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of Independent India	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Prime Minister of Independent India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Home Minister of Independent India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai patel
First Education Minister of Independent India	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
First Chief of Air Staff	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
First Indian Sir Chief of India	Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
First Chief of Army Staff	General M. Rajendra Singh
First Chief of Naval Staff of India	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
First person to get Paramvir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
First Indian Scientist to get Nobel price	C. V. Raman
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India	Fa – Hien