List of First Men in India - Static GK for All Competitive Exams

List of First Men in India - Static GK for All Competitive Exams

List of all First Men in India in various fields. This is the one of the Most important Static GK topic for SSC CGL/CHSL/MTS and other related competitive exams.

1. The first President of Indian Republic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hiralal J. Kania

3. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice – Nawang Gombu

4. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore

5. The first president of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee

6. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin  Tayyabji

7. The first Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain

8. The first British Governor General of India – Lord William Bentinck

9. The first British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning

10. The first and the last Indian Governer General of free India – C. Rajgopalachari

11. The first Indian to join the I.C.S. – Satendranath Tagore

12. The first Indian man in space – Rakesh Sharma

13. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India – General Cariappa

14. The first Chief of Army Staff – Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

15. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal – S. Mukharji

16. The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

17. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C. V. Raman

18. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. Radhakrishnan, C Rajgopalachari, C. V. Raman

19. The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen

20. The first person to receive Jnanpith award (pronounced as Gyanpith Award) – Sri Shankar Kurup

21. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

22. The first Vice-President of India – Dr. Radhakrishnan

23. The first Indian judge of International Court of Justice – Sir B. N Rau

24. The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma

25. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Anga Dorjee

26. The first Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen

27. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave

28. The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana

29. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen

30. The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match – Sachin Tendulkar