The First and the Last of India

The First and the Last of India

The First and the Last of India

Anna Rajan George: First woman IAS officer (1950). 

First scientific satellite of India: Aryabhata (1975) 

The Last King of the Mughal Empire: Bahadur Sha-II.

The First and the Last of India 

First and the last Indian Governor-General of free India: C.Rajagopalachari (1948).  

First Woman Ambassador of India: C.V. Muthamma (1949). 

First Novel Prize winner for phjysics in India: C.V. Raman (1930). 

First Dada Saheb Phalke Aaward winner: Devika Rani (1969). 

First President of the Republic of  India: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950). 

First Muslim President of independent India: Dr. Zakir Hussain (1967). 

First Speaker Lok Sabha: Ganesh V. Mavalankar (1952). 

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of free India: Gen. K.M. Cariappa (1949). 

First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India: Harilal J.Kania (91947). 

First Indian wopman to go into space: Kalpana Chawla (1997).  

First century in Test Cricket: Lala Amarnath (1933-34). 

First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning  (1857). 

First Indian woman to conquer Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal  (1984)

First Indian girl to be selected ‘Miss World’: Reita Faria(1966). 

First Indian to command the Indian Navy: R.D. Katari (1958). 

First and only Nobel Prize winner of peace from India: Mother Teresa [(1979)–also received the Bharat Ratna award (1980)].

The First and the Last of India 

First Indian woman to cross the English Channel: Arrati Saha (19959). 

The first lady IPS Officer in  India and first woman to receive the Magsaysay Award : Kiran Bedi(1994).  

First Lady Prime Minister of India and the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971). 

First lady Governor of a province in free India: Sarojini Naidu (1947). 

First lady Chief Minister of an Indian State: Sucheta Kripalini (Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) (1963). 

First Indian lady President of the General Assembly of the UNO: Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953). 

First Prime Minister from South India: Narashima Rao (1991). 

First Air Force Officer to get Param Vir Chakra: Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon (Posthumously) (1967). 

The First and the Last of India

First prime Minister of India: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947). 

First Indian girl to be crowned Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994). 

First Nobel Prize winner in literature: Rabindra Nath Tagore (1913). 

First and the only Muslim lady who ever sat on the throne of Delhi: Razia Sultana (1236). 

First Filed Marshal of India: S.H.F.J. Manekshaw(1973). 

First Deputy Prime Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1947). 

First Indian to get special Oscar Award: Satyajit Ray (1992) 

The first Indian to join ICS: Satyendranath Tagore (1864). 

First Mughal ruler of India: Babur (1526-30)

First Indian member of the viceroy’s Executive Council: Sir S.P. Sinha 

First Indian to go into space: Rakesh Sharma (1984) 

The first Indian to climb Mt. Everest: Tenzing Norgay( He was also the first to conquer Mt.Everest on May 29,1953).  

First President of the Indian National Congress: W.C. Banerjee (1885). 

Last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India: Lord Mountbatten (1947). 0 0 0

The First and the Last of India

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