First In India (Men) (Part 2)

19 Feb 2015

The first President of India who died while in office
/Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament
/Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India
/S.H.F. Manekshaw

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

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award
/Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel
/Mihir Sen

The first person to receive Gyanpith award
/Sri Shankar Kurup

The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha
/Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India
/Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister
/Abul Kalam Azad

The first Home Minister of India
/Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
/S. Mukharji

The first Indian Naval Chief
/Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

The first judge of International Court of Justice
/Dr. Nagendra Singh

The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
/Major Somnath Sharma

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

The first Chief Election Commissioner
/Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
/Achrya Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
/Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India
/Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize
/Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the central cabinate
/Shyama Prasad Mukharji

The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
/Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
/Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
/Justice Hiralal J. Kania

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