First men in India

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• First Indian to swim across the English Channel .............................. Mihir Sen (1966)
• First to climb Mount Everest ......................................... Tenzing Norgay(1953)
• First to climb Mount Everest without oxygen .............................. Phu Dorjee(1984)
• First India to join I.C.S. (ICS now is IAS) .................................Satyendra Nath Tagore (1864)
• First Indian to get Nobel Prize ...............................Rabindra Nath Tagore(1913)
• First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) ..............................Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma (1984)
• First British Governor General ..................................... William Bentinck (1828)
• First Governor General of Free India ........................................ Lord Mountbatten (1947)
• First Viceroy of India ...................................... Lord Canning (1956)
• First and the last Governor General of free India .................. C. Rajagopalachari (1948 - 1950)
• First President of India ............................................ Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950)
• First Vice-President of India ............................. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952)
• First Muslim President of India ........................................... Dr. Zakir Hussain (1967)
• First Sikh President of India .................................................. Giani Zail Singh (1982)
• First Speaker of Lok Sabha ...................................................G.V. Mavlankar (1952)
• First Dalit Speaker of Lok Sabha .............................................G.M.C. Balayogi (1998)
• First Chief Justice of India ........................................... Justice H.L. Kania (1950)
• First President of Indian National Congress ..........................................W.C. Bannerjee (1885)
• First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive Council ...................... Lord S.P. Sinha (1909)
• First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty: .......................................................... Babur (1526)
• First Field Marshal ........................................ S.H.F.J. Manekshaw(1973)
• First Indian Commander in chief of India ..................... Gen. K.M. Kariappa (1949)
• First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) ................. Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji(1955)
• First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) ............................... Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari (1958)
• First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) .................................... Subroto Mukherjee(1954)
• First Indian in British Parliament .................................................. Dadabhai Naoroji (1862)
• 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 High Court Judge (1878) ................................ Justice Syed Mehamood (1878)
• First Indian to make a solo air flight .......................................... JRD Tata (1931)
• First Indian to visit England ....................................... Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1832)
• First Indian Member of Houseof Lords (British) ..................................... Lord S.P. Sinha (1909)
• First Chairman of Rajya Sabha (1952-62) ................................... Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62)
• First Indian Test Cricketer ................................................. K.S. Ranjit Singhji ( )
• First Air Chief Marshal ........................................ Arjan Singh (1964)
• First Judge to face impeachment in the Lok Sabha (1993) .................... Justice V. Ramaswami (1993)
• First Governor General of Indian Union ............................... C. Raja Gopalachari (1948)
• First Indian to get an Oscar ..................................... Bhanu Athaiya (1982)
• First Magsaysay Award winner ........................................... Acharya Vinobha Bhave (1958)
• Man to reach south pole........................................ J.K. Bajaj (1989)
• Man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen ........................ Phu Dorjee (1984)
• Man to climb Mount Everest ........................ Tenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary, 1953)
• First Man to make solo flight (from US to India) ...................................... Satish Soman (1994)
• First Man to reach South Pole ....................................................... J.K. Bajaj (1989)
• First Man to swim across English Channel ................................... Mihir Sen (1966)
• First Man to swim several Straits in one calendar year ........................... Mihir Sen (1966)
• Man to win individual Olympic Medal ............... K.D. Jadhav (Bronze in Wrestling - Helsinki Olympics, 1952)

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