General Knowledge

First President of BCCI : R E Grant Govan

First secretary of BCCI : Anthony De Mello

 First Head Coach of Indian Cricket Team : Keki Tarapore

First President of the All-India Trade Union Congress : Lala Lajpat Rai

First author writing in English to be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award : RK Narayan

First Chairman of National Human Rights Commission : Justice Ranganath Mishra

First Sportsperson to win the Bharat Ratna Award : Sachin Tendulkar

First Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket : Chetan Sharma

First Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket : Harbhajan Singh

First winner of Saraswati Samman : Harivansh Rai Bachchan

First Governor of Bengal : Lord Robert Clive

First Governor General of Bengal : Warren Hastings [ Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of India in 1773

First Governor General of India : Lord William Bentick

Last Governor and First Viceroy of India : Lord Canning

First President of Indian National Congress [ INC ] : WC Banerjee [ 1885 , Bombay ]

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress [ INC ] : Badruddin Tyabji [ 1887 , Madras ]

First English President of Indian National Congress [ INC ] : George Yule [ 1888 , Allahabad ]

First Indian Elected to be elected a member of British Parliament : Dadabhai Naoroji

First Indian Governor General of Independent India : C Rajgopalachari

First Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service :Satyendranath Tagore

First Indian to be selected in the Indian Civil Services [ ICS ] : Satyendra Nath Tagore

First Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha : SV Krishnnamoorthy

First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award : Dr S Radhakrishnan

First Indian Cosmonaut [ to go into space] : Rakesh Sharma

First Indian to summit the seven highest peak of seven continents: Ranveer singh Jamwal

First Indian Nobel Laureate : Rabindra Nath Tagore [ 1913 ]

First T20 cricket captain of India : Virender Sehwag

First ODI cricket captain of India : Ajit Wadekar

First Test cricket captain of India : CK Nayudu

First Dalit Cricketer : Palwankar Baloo

First Indian bowler to scalp all the 10 wickets in an innings : Anil Kumble

First Indian judge President of the International Court of Justice : Dr Nagendra Singh

First Indian to win an Individual medal in Olympics : KD Jadhav

First Indian to win an Individual Gold Medal in Olympics : Abhinav Bindra [ 2008 Beijing Olympics ]

First Field Marshal of India : General Sam Manekshaw

First President of Constituent Assembly : Dr Rajendra Prasad

First Defence Minister of Independent India : Baldev Singh

First Indian to swim across English Channel : Mihir Sen [ 1958 ]

First Muslim President of India : Zakir Hussain

First Dalit President of India : KR Narayanna

First Indian to win Palk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest : Baidyanath Nath

First Speaker of Lok Sabha : GV Mavlankar

First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha : MA Ayyangar

First Dalit Speaker of Lok Sabha : Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi

First Tribal Speaker of Lok Sabha : PA Sangma

First person to make Printing Press popular in India : James Hickey

First Education Minister of Independent India : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

First President of India : Dr Rajendra Prasad

First Prime Minister of Independent India : Jawaharlal Nehru

First Home Minister of Independent India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Finance Minister of Independent India : RK Shanmukham Chetty

First Law Minister of Independent India : Dr BR Ambedkar

First Vice-President of Independent India : Dr S Radhakrishnan

First Chairman of Disinvestment Commission : GV Ramakrishna

First Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force : Sir Thomas Elmhirst

First Indian Air Chief to command the Indian Air Force : Subroto Mukherjee

First Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army : Rajendra Singh Jadeja

First Indian Chief of Naval Staff : Ram Dass Katari

First Person to get Paramvir Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma

First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize : CV Raman

First Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fa hien

First Scientist of Indian origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science : Dr Hargovind Khorana

First National Security Advisor of India : Brajesh Mishra

First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics : S Chandrasekhar

First Indian to win Stalin Award : Saifuddin Kichlu

First recipient of Jnanpith Award : G Sankara Kurup [ 1965 ]

First Hindi writer writer to receive Jnanpith Award : Sumitranandan Pant

First Indian to win Magsayasay Award : Vinoba Bhave [ 1958 ]

First Minister to RESIGN from Union Cabinet : Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

First Chief Election Commissioner of India : Sukumar Sen

First Chief Justice of India : HJ Kania

First Person to submit the proposal of Indian Independence in a Congress Session : Maulana Hasrat Mohani

First Chairman of Finance Commission : KC Neogy

First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen cyclinder : Sherpa Phu Dorji

First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen

First Indian Pilot : JRD Tata

First Indian to reach Antarctica : Ram Charan

First Deputy Prime Minister of India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Indian Prime Minister to RESIGN from office : Morarji Desai

First Indian Prime Minister to lose an Election : Indira Gandhi

First President to DIE in office : Zakir Hussain

First Indian to climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu Sherpa

First Indian to reach the South Pole : JK Bajaj [ Jatinder Kumar Bajaj ]

First Indian to ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj

 First flag bearer for India in the Olympics : Purma Banerjee

First American President to visit India : Dwight David Eisenhower

First British Prime Minister to visit India : Harold Macmillan

First Indian author to get Anderson Award : Ruskin bond

First Indian to win Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones

First Temporary President of Constituent Assembly : Dr Sachchidanand Sinha

First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan [ Frontier Gandhi ]

First Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army : General KM Cariappa