First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India C. Rajgopalachari First British Governor of India Lord William Bentinck First British Viceroy of India Lord Canning First Chairman of Prasar Bharti Nikhil Chakravorty First Chairman of Rajyasabha S.V. Krishnamurthy First Chief Election Commissioner of India Sukumar Sen First Dalit President of India K. R Narayanan First Deputy Prime Minister Vallabh Bhai Patel First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Dr.Hargovind Khurana First Education Minister Abul Kalam Azad First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Chaudhury First Field Marshal of India General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan First Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel First Indian Air chief Marshal S. Mukherjee First Indian Chess Grandmaster S Vishwnathan First Indian Chief Justice Justice Hiralal J Kania First Indian Commander-in-chief General K. M. Kariappa First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three matches successive on debut Mohd. Azaharuddin First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test Virendra Sehwag First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council S.P.Sinha First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R. D. Katari First Indian Pilot JRD Tata First Indian to Cross English Channel Mihir Sen First Indian to get an Oscar Bhanu Athaiya First Indian to get Anderson Award Ruskin Bond First Indian to go in space Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma First Indian to Join the ICS Satyendra Nath Banerjee First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ran Charan First Indian to reach in British Parliament Dada Bhai Naoroji First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic P.S. Rao First Indian to reach the south pole Col. I K Bajaj First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna Dr. Radha Krishnan First Indian to receive Jyan Peeth award Sri Shankar Kurup First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award Vinoba Bhave First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Dr. Amartya Sen First Indian to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kichlu First Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindra Nath Tagore First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha Justice V. Ramaswami First Muslim President of India Dr. Jakir Hussein First Muslim President of Indian National congress Badruddin Tayyabji First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen Sherpa Arga Dorji First person to receive Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma First Person to resign from Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukharjee First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee First President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad First president to die in Office Dr. Jakir Hussain First Prime Minister of Free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru First Prime Minister to resign without full term Morar Ji Desai First Speaker of Loksabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar First Vice President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
