India’s First Person In Every Field

India’s First Person In Every Field

Many of you have been appeared for IBPS Clerk exams and might be realized that few questions were asked on the First Persons in India. So here we are posting a short note on India’s First Persons in every field which is very much important for upcoming competitive exams.

A compilation of First Person in India:

First Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

First Indian Justice (President) at the International Court of Justice : Nagendra Singh

First Commander-in Chief of Independent India : Generaal Kariappa

First Field marshal of India :General Manekshaw

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tyabji

First Indian to be successful in ICS (Indian Civil Service) : Satyendranath Tagore

First Indian who became the member of the British Parliament : Dadabhai Naoroji

First Indian Pilot : J R D Tata

First Indian Scientist who received Nobel Prize : C V Raman

First Indian who was honoured with Bharat Ratna : Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

First Person who received Gyanpeeth Award : G Shankara Kurup

First Indian who went to the space : Rakesh Sharma

First Indian who crossed English Channel : Mihir Sen

First President – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Prime-Minister – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

First Governor-General of Independent India – Lord Lewis Mountbatten

First Indian Governor-General of Independent India – Chakravarti  Rajgopalachari

First Speaker of Loksabha – Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).

First Vice-President – Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

First Home Minister – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Finance Minister of India – R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

First Governor of RBI – Sir Osborne Smith

First Woman Chief Minister – Sucheta Kriplani

First Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya

First Woman Governor – Sarojini Naidu

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha – Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009

First President of National Congress – Womesh Chandra Banerjee

First President of Indian Science Congress – Sir Asutosh Mukherjee

First Foreigner Awardees’ Of Bharat Ratna – Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

First Nobel Prize Winner – Rabindra Nath Tagore

First Lady Doctor – Anandibai Joshi

First Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratna’ – Indira Gandhi

First Indian Who Won the Grammy Award – Pt. Ravi Shankar

First Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner – Amrita Pritam, 1956

First Woman to Receive Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa

First person who Won the Booker Prize – Arundhati Roy for her novel “The God of Small Things” 

First Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu

First Literature Who Was Awarded Murti Devi Purskar – C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)

First Writer Who Was Awarded ‘Vyas Samman’ – Ramvilas Sharma

First Raman-Magsaysay Awardee – Acharya Vinoba Bhave

First Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Devika Rani (1969)

First Magsaysay Award – Vinoba Bhave, 1958

First Miss World – Reita Faria in 1966

First Miss Asia Pacific – Zeenat Aman in 1970

First Miss Universe – Sushmita Sen in 1994

First Miss Earth – Nicole Faria in 2010

First Sound Film – Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani

First Colour Film – Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani

First Viceroy of India : Lord Canning

First The first and the last Governor-general of Independent India : C Rajagopalachari

First Education minister of India : Abul Kalam Azad