lucent gk miscellany Flashcards
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 bentinck 1833-35
last governor general and first viceroy of india
lord canning 1856-62
first president of indian national congress
w c banerjee
first governor general of independent india
c rajgopalachari 21.06.1948-25.01.1950
first indian to pass ics
surendranath banerjee
first indian ics officer
satyandranath tagore
first governor general of india after independence
lord louis mountbatten 15 aug. 1947 to 20 june 1948
1st indian cosmonaut to go to space
sqn. ldr. rakesh sharma
first temporary president of constituent assembly
dr. sachchida nanda singha
first commander in chief of free india
general k m carippa
first indian noble laurate
rabindranath 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 marshall
general sfg manekshaw
president of constituent assembly
dr rajendra prasad
first indian to swim across the english channel
mihir sen
first indian to win jnanpeeth award
g. shankar kurup
first muslim president of indian republic
dr zakir hussain
first indian to win palk strait ocean swimming contest
baidyanath nath
first speaker of lok sabha
g v mavlankar
first person to make printing press popular in india
james hicky
first education minister of independent india
maulana abul kalam azad
first president of indian republic
dr rajendra prasad
first prime minister of independent india
pt. jawaharlal nehru
first home minister of independent india
sardar vallabh bhai patel
first vice president of independent india
dr s radhakrishnan
first chief of air staff
air marshall sir thomas elmhirst
first indian air chief of india
air marshal subroto mukherjee
first chief of army staff
general maharaja sri rajendra singh ji jadeja
first chief of naval staff of india
vice admiral r d katari
first large scale atomic reactor of india
apsara
first person to get param vir chakra
major somnath sharma
first nuclear submarine of india
ins chakra
first indian scientist to get nobel prize
c v raman physics
first indian submarine
ins kalvari
first scientist of indian origin to get nobel prize in the field of medical science
dr hargobind khorana
first aircraft carrier indian ship
ins vikrant
first chinese pilgrim to visit india
fa- hien
first medium range missile
agni
first e business news paper of india
financial express
first scientist of indian origin to win noble rpize in physics
subramanyam chandrasekhar
first indian missile
prithvi
first indian to win stalin award
saifuddin kitchlew
india first nuclear centre
tarapur
first indian to win magsaysay award
acharya vinoba bhave 1958
india first open university
dr b r ambedkar open university or telengana open university
india first minister to resign from union cabinet
shyama prasad mukherjee 1950
first british to visit mughal court- court of jahangir
william hawkins - 1609
first asian games organised
new delhi 1951
india first election commissioner
sukumar sen
first muslim president of indian national congress
badruddin tayab ji
first chief justice of india
justice hiralal j kania
first person to submit the proposal of indian independence in a congress session
maulana hasrat mohani
india first organised university
nalanda university
first indian to climb mount everest without oxygen cylinder
sherpa phu dorji
first foreign recipent of bharat ratna
khan abdul ghaffar khan
first indian recipent of nobel prize in economics
dr amartya sen
first army institute of i nformation technology founded
hyderabad
first tes tube baby of india
harsha chawda
first indian pilot
j r d tata 1929
first in dian to win antartica
lt ram charan 1960
first post office opened in india
kolkata
first deputy prime minister of india
sardar vallabh bhai patel
first indian prime minister to resign form office
moraji desai
first indian prime minister to lose an election
indira gandhi
first indian prime minister to die in office
dr zakir hussain
first man to climb mt everest twice
nawang gombu sherpa
first inidan to reach south pole
col j k bajaj
first indian recipent of oscar award
bhanu athaiya
first americam president to visit india
dwight david eisenhower
first british prime miniser to visit india
harold mcmillian
first indian author to get anderson award
ruskin bond
first indian to win world billiards trophy
wilson jones
first indian space tourist
santhosh george kulangara
india first woman presdent
smt pratibha patel
india first woman prime minister
indira gandhi
india first woman governor
sarojini naidu
india first woman ruler on delhi throne
razia sultan
india first woman ips officer
kiran bedi
first woman chief minister of state
sucheta kriplani
first wi=oman union minister first union health minister
rajkumari amrita kaur
first woman president of inc
annie besant
first woman judge of the supreme court
mera sahib fatima bibi
first woman to get ashoka chakra
nirja bhanot
first indian woamn ambassador to united nation
vijayalakshmi pandit
first indian woman to swim across english channel
arati saha gupta
first indian woman to get the nobel prize
mother teresa
first indian woman to climb mount everest
bachendri pal
first indian wome=an to win miss world
miss reita faria
first woman to climb mount everest twice
santosh yadav
first indian women to become miss universe
sushmita sem
first indian woman to get bharat ratna
smt. indira gandhi
first indian woman to get jnanpith award
ashapurna devi
first india woman to win wta title
sania mirza
first india woman pilot of indian airlines
durba banerjee
first indian woman to fly an aircraft
sarla thakral
first indian woman to win a gold in asian games
kamaljeet sadhu
first india woman president of in congress
sarojini naidu
first indian woman to win the booker prize
arundhati roy
first woman musician to win bharat ratna
ms subbulakshmi
first indian woman to go into space
kalpana chawla
first men to climb mount everest
sherpa tenzing norgay sir edmund hillary 29 may 1953
first man to reach north pole
robert edwin peary
first man to reach south pole
roald amundsen
first religion of the world
sanatan dharma
first country to print books
china
first country to issue paper currency
china
first country to start civil service competition
china
first president of united states of america
george washington
first prime minister of great britain
robert walpole
first secretary general of united nation
trygve lie
first country to make education compulsory
prussia germany
first country to win the world cup football
uruguay
first country to make a constitution
united states of america
pakistan first governor general
mohammad ali jinnah
first summit of nam organised in
belgrade former yugoslavia
first europr=ean to visit china
maffeo polo
first man to fly an aeroplane
wright brothers wilbur and orville right
first person to sail around the world
ferdinand magellan