MISCELLANY - FIRSTS IN INDIA (MALE)

Firsts in India (Male) : 

• First Governor of Bengal  -  Lord Clive (1757-60)


• Last Governor of Bengal  -  Warren Hastings (1772-74)


• First Governor General of Bengal  -  Warren Hastings (1774-85)


• First Governor General of India  -  Lord William Bentic (1833-35)


• Last Governor General of India  -  Lord Canning (1856-62)


• First Viceroy of India  -  Lord Canning (1856-62)


• First President of Indian National Congress  -  W.C. Banerjee


• First Indian Governor General of Independent India  -  C.Rajgopalachari (21.06.1948 - 25.01.1950)


• First Indian to pass ICS  -  Surendra Nath Banerjee


• First Indian I.C.S. Officer  -  Satyendra Nath Tagore


• First Governor General of India (after independence)  -  Lord Louis Mountbatten (15 Aug, 1947 - 20 June, 1948)


• First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space)  -  Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma


• First temporary President of the Constituent Assembly  -  Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha


• First Commander-in-Chief of Free India  -  General K.M. Cariappa


• First Indian Nobel Laureate  -  Rabindra Nath Tagore


• First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice  -  Dr. Nagendra Singh


• First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award  -  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan


• First Field Marshal  -  General S.F.J. Manekshaw


• First President of Constituent Assembly  -  Dr. Rajendra Prasad


• First Indian to swim across English Channel  -  Mihir Sen