First in Indian Defense

October 29, 2023

First Commander-in-Chief of Free India:- General Sir Roy Bucher

First Indian Commnder-in-Chief of Free India : General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949.

First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst

First Indian Chief of Staff: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, 1954.

First Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First Field Marshal of India: S.H.P. Manekshaw

First Person to receive Paramvir Chakra: Major Somnath Sharma

First Cosmonaut: Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, 1984

First Atomic Submarine of India: INS Chakra

First Medium Range Missile: Agni

First Indian Missile: Prithvi (Striking range-250 km)

India’s First Nuclear Centre: Tarapur. 0 0 0

First in Indian Defense