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India's first man in space |
Rakesh Sharma |
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The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term |
Morarji Desai |
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The first Indian Commander - in - Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
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The first Chief of the Army Staff |
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
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The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive council |
S. P. Sinha |
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The first President of India who died while in office |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
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The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament |
Charan Singh |
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The first Field Marshal of India |
S.H.F. Manekshaw |
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The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics |
C.V. Raman |
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The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
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The first Indian to cross English channel |
Mihir Sen |
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The first person to receive Jnanpith award |
Sri Shankar Kurup |
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The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
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The first Vice - President of India |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
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The first Education Minister |
Abul Kalam Azad |
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The first Home Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
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The first Indian Air Chief Marshal |
S. Mukherjee |
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The first Indian Naval Chief |
Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
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The first judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
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The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
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The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen |
Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
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The first Chief Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
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The first person to receive Magsaysay Award |
Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine |
Hargovind Khurana |
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The first Chinese traveller to visit India |
Fahein |
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The first person to receive Stalin Prize |
Saifuddin Kitchlu |
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The first person to resign from the central cabinet |
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
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The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
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The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics |
Amartya Sen |
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The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
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