First in India

 First in India (Male)

1. First governor-general of India

• William Bentinck (1833-35)

2. Governor-General of Independent if India

• Lord Lewis Mountbatten

3. First and Last Indian Governor-General of free India

• C Rajagopalachari (1948-1956)

4. The first Muslim president of India

• Dr. Zakir Hussain

5. The first Prime Minister of India who resigns before the full term

• Morarji Desai

6. First-person to stay in Rashtrapati Bhawan

• Lord Irwin 

7. President of National Congress

• Womesh Chandra Banerjee

8. The first Home Minister of India

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

9. The first Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice

• Dr. Nagendra Singh

10. Indian Managing Director of World Bank

• Gautam Kazi

11. Governor of Reserve Bank of India

• Sir Osborne Smith

12. The first Indian to join the ICS

• Satyendra Nath Tagore

13. The first Field Marshal of India

• SHFJ Manekshaw

14. The first Indian Commander in Chief of India

• General KM Karippa

15. The first Indian Naval Chief

• Vice Admiral RD Katari

16. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize

• Rabindranath Tagore (1913)

17. The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics

• CV Raman

18. The first Indian person of Indian origin to get Nobel Prize in Medicine

• Hargobind Khurana

19. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award

• Dr. Radhakrishnan

20. Sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna

• Sachin Tendulkar

21. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award

• Acharya Vinoba Bhave

22. First cricketer to get Padma Bhushan

• CK Nayudu

23. First Indian to get the Grammy Award

• Pandit Ravishankar

24. The first person to receive Stalin Peace Prize

• Saifuddin Kitchlew

25. The first person to receive Jnanpith Award

• Sri Shankar Kurup

26. The first Indian Pilot

• JRD Tata (1929)

27. First Indian to score a triple century in Test Cricket

• Virender Sehwag

28. First Viceroy of India

• Lord Canning (1858-62)

29. First Minister of Education in India

• Dr. Abul Kalam Azad

30. The first speaker of Lok Sabha

• G.V. Mavalankar

31. First Indian Cricketer to score a Test Century

• Lala Amarnath (1933)

32. First Chief Election Commissioner of India

• Sukumar Sen