Person who accomplish any achievement for the first time set a benchmark for others to follow and as such make the whole nation to feel proud on them .
List of first Indians have been always an important category in the static gk section of various competitive examinations.
So Here is a list of First Person in India which is segregated into first male in India & first female in India for which link will be given below the table .
| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
|---|---|
| First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| 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 to pass ICS Exam | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| 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 | C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman |
| 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 Air Chief | 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 |
| First Indian to win Magasysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| First Minister to resign from Indian Union Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| First British to visit India | John Mildenhall |
| First Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| First Chief Justice of India | Hiralal J Kania |
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