Tuesday, November 15, 2011

First Indian in Different Categories

Sl No.
Category
Person
1
First British Viceroy ofIndia
 Lord Canning
2
First Chairman of Prasar Bharti
 Nikhil Chakravorty
3
First Chairman of Rajyasabha
 S.V. Krishnamurthy
4
First Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia
 Sukumar Sen
5
First Field Marshal ofIndia
 General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw
6
First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan
 Abdul Gaffar Khan
7
First Governor General of freeIndia
 Lord Mountbatten
8
First Home Minister ofIndia
 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
9
First Indian Air chief Marshal
 S. Mukherjee
10
First Indian Chess Grandmaster
 S Vishwnathan
11
First Indian Commander-in-chief
 General K. M. Kariappa
12
First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test
 Virendra Sehwag
13
First Indian Naval Chief
 Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
14
First Indian Pilot
 JRD Tata
15
First Indian toCrossEnglish Channel
 Mihir Sen
16
First Indian to get an Oscar
 Bhanu Athaiya
17
First Indian to get Anderson Award
 Ruskin Bond
18
First Indian to go in space
 Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
19
First Indian to reachAntarctica
 Lt. Ran Charan
20
First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic
 P.S. Rao
21
First Indian to reach the south pole
 Col.I K Bajaj
22
First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna
 Dr. Radha Krishnan
23
First Indian to receive Jnan Peeth award
 Sri Shankar Kurup
24
First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award
 Vinoba Bhave
25
First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
 Dr. Amartya Sen
26
First Indian to receive Stalin Prize
 Saifuddin Kichlu
27
First Indian to win Nobel Prize
 Rabindra Nath Tagore
28
First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha
 Justice V. Ramaswami
29
First person to reachMount Everestwithout Oxygen
 Sherpa Arga Dorji
30
First person to receive Paramvir Chakra
 Major Somnath Sharma
31
First President of Indian National Congress
 W.C. Banerjee

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