First in India Men

First Indian to swim across the English Channel

Mihir Sen

First to Climb Mount Everest

Tenzing Norgay

First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen

Phy Dorjee

First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS)

Satyendra Nath Tagore

First Indian to get Nobel Prize

Rabindra Nath Tagore

First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut)

Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

First British Governor General

Warren Hastings

First Governor General of Free India

Lord Mountbatten

First and the last Governor General of free India

C. Rajagopalachari

First President of India

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Vice-President of India

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

First Muslim President of India

Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Sikh President of India

Giani Zail Singh

First Prime Minister

Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

First Speaker of Lok Sabha

G.V. Mavlankar

First Chief Justice of India

Justice H.L. Kania

First President of Indian National Congress

W.C. Bannerjee

First Indian to become member of Viceroy's Executive Council

Lord S.P. Sinha

First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice

Dr. Nagendra Singh

First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty

Babar

First Field Marshal

S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India

Gen. K.M. Cariappa

First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian)

Sinhji

First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian)

Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India)

Subroto Mukherjee

First Indian in British Parliament

Dada Bhai Nauroji

First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence)

Khudada Khan

First Indian to circumnavigate the globe

Lt. Col K.S. Rao

First Indian to reach the South Pole

Col J.K. Bajaj (1989)

First Indian to make a solo air flight

JRD Tata

First Indian to visit England

Raja Rammohan Roy (1832)

First Indian Member of House of Lords (British)

Lord S.P. Sinha

First Bar-at-Law

J.M. Tagore

First Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62)

First Indian Test Cricketer

K.S. Ranjitsingh

First Air Marshall

Arjan Singh

First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha

Justice V.Ramaswami (1993)

Fastest Shorthand writer

Dr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm)