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Static GK: First in India
Male
First Person NAME OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS
First President of the Indian Dr Rajendra • President of the Constituent
Republic Prasad, 1950 to Assembly (1948-1950)
1962
• He is also called as the
architect of modern India.
• Chairman of the constituent
Pt. Jawahar Lal assembly.
First Prime Minister of free India Nehru • Chairman of Union
Constitution Committee,
Union Powers Committee
and States Committee
• Also Known as Gurudev.
First Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath • Wrote National Anthem of
Tagore India.
First President of Indian National W.C. Banerjee
Congress
First Muslim President of Indian Badruddin
National Congress Tayyabji
First Muslim President of India Dr Zakir Hussain
First British Governor General of Lord William • Sati system was banned
India Bentinck (1833- during his regime.
1835)
Lord Warren • First Maratha war and
First British Governor General of Hasting (1774- second Mysore war
Bengal 1885) occurred during his regime
• Revolt of 1857 happened
during his regime.
First British Viceroy of India Lord Canning • Established 3 universities at
Calcutta, Madras and
Bombay.
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• Indian Independence Bill
First Governor General of free Lord Mountbatten 1947 was passed during his
India regime.
First and the last Indian to be • Informally called as Rajaji
Governor General of free India C. Rajgopalachari or C.R.
• Conclusiones Philosophicas
The first man who introduced James Hicky was the first book printed in
printing press in India (Bengal Gazette) India.
The First Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath
Tagore
First man in Space from India Rakesh Sharma
First Prime Minister of India who
resigned without completing the Morarji Desai
full term
First Indian Commander-in- General Cariappa
Chief of India
First Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj
Rajendra Singhji
First Indian to join Viceroy’s S.P.Sinha
executive council
• He was awarded the Bharat
First President of India who died Dr Zakir Hussain Ratna.
while in office
First Muslim President of Indian Dr Zakir Hussain
Republic
First Prime Minister of India who • Serving from 28 July 1979
did not face the Parliament Charan Singh until 14 January 1980.
S.H.F.
First Field Marshal of India Manekshaw(1914-
2008)
First person to get Nobel Prize in • For the discovery of Raman
Physics from India C.V.Raman Effect or Raman Scattering.
First Indian to receive Bharat Dr Radhakrishnan • First Vice President of India
Ratna award
First Indian to cross the English Mihir Sen
Channel
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First Person to receive Jnanpith Sri Shankar Kurup
award
• Also known as Dadasaheb
The first Speaker of the Lok Ganesh Vasudeva • Speaker of the Constituent
Sabha Mavalankar Assembly of India
First Vice-President of India Dr Radhakrishnan
First Education Minister Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad
• India's first Deputy Prime
Minister.
• Started Bardoli Satyagarh.
• Chairman of Provincial
First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Constitution Committee and
Bhai Patel Advisory Committee on
Fundamental Rights,
Minorities and Tribal and
Excluded Areas.
First Indian Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral
R.D. Katari
First Indian Judge of Dr Nagendra
International Court of Justice Singh
First person to reach Mt. Everest Sherpa Ang
without oxygen Dorjee
First person to get Param Vir Major Somnath
Chakra Sharma
First Chief Election Sukumar Sen
Commissioner
First person to receive Magsaysay Acharya Vinoba • First person chosen for
Award Bhave Individual Satyagraha.
First person of Indian origin to Hargovind
receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Khurana
• Visited India during the
First Chinese traveller to visit Fahein reign of Gupta emperor
India Chandragupta II
First person to receive Stalin Saifuddin Kitchlu • Jalliawala Bagh gathering
Prize 1919 was held against the
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arrest of Dr Saifuddin
Kitchlu and Dr Satyapal.
• Served as Minister for
Industry and Supply in
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
The first person to resign from Shyama Prasad Nehru's cabinet
the Central Cabinet Mukherjee • Founded the Bharatiya Jana
Sangh, a predecessor to the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), in 1951.
First person to receive Nobel • For his contributions to
Prize in Economics Amartya Sen welfare economics
First Chief Justice of Supreme Justice Hirala J.
Court Kania
First Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)
Female
First Indian woman to become Rita Faria
Miss World
First Indian woman judge in Mrs Meera
Supreme Court Sahib Fatima
Bibi
First woman Ambassador from Mrs C.B.
India Muthamma
• She became the first Indian
President of Indian National
First Indian woman Governor of Mrs Sarojini Congress
a state in free India Naidu • Known as the 'Nightingale of
India'
First Indian woman Speaker of a Shanno Devi
State Assembly
• Full name Indira
Mrs Indira Priyadarshini Nehru.
First Indian woman Prime Gandhi (sworn • Indo Pakistan war 1971 was
Minister on January 24, fought during his regime.
1966 • Imposed National Emergency
from 25 June 1975 to 21
March 1977.
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