Firsts in India (Male)
Sl. No.
Post/Desig./Category
Name of Person
1.
Governor of Bengal
Lord Clive
2.
Governor General of Bengal
Warren Hastings
3.
Governor General of India
Lord William Bentic
4.
President of Indian national Congress
W.C.Banerjee
5.
Indian Governor General of Independent India
C. Rajgopalachari
6.
Indian to pass ICS
Surendra Nath Banerjee
7.
Indian I.C.S. Officer
Satyendra Nath Tagore
8.
Governor General of India
(after Independence)
Lord Louis Mountbatten
9.
Indian Cosmonaut
(to go into space)
Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
10.
Temporary President of the Constituent Assembly
Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha
11.
Commander in chief of Free India
General K.M. Cariappa
12.
Indian Nobel Laureate
Rabindra Nath Tagore
13.
Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
14.
Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
15.
Field Marshal
General S.F.J. Manekshaw
16.
President of Constituent Assembly
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
17.
Indian to swim across the English Channel
Mihir Sen
18.
Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award
G.Shankar Kurup
19.
Muslim President of Indian Republic
Dr. Zakir Hussain
20.
Indian to win Palk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest
Baidyanath Nath