Miscellaneous Flashcards by Roshann KN

first Governor of Bengal (male)

Lord Clive (1757-60)

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Last Governor of Bengal (Male)

Warren Hastings (1772-74)

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First Governor General of Bengal (male)

Warren Hastings (1774-85)

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First Governor General of India (male)

Lord William Dentinck (1833 - 35)

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Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India(Male)

Lord Canning (1856-62

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First President of Indian National Congress (male)

W.C. Banerjee

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First and Last Indian Governor General of Independent India (male)

C. Rajgopalachari (21.06.194B -25.01.1950)

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First Indian to pass ICS (male)

Satyendra Nath Tagore (1863)

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First male Indian ICS Oficer

Satyendra Nath Tagore (DOJ :1864)

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First Governer General of India (after independence and last British Governor General of India) (male)

Lord Louis Mountbatten (15 aug, 1947 - 20 June 1948)

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First Inidan cosmonaut (to go into space)

Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

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First Temporary president of the constitutent assembly (male)

Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha

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First Commander-in - Chief of Free India (male)

General K.M. Cariappa

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First indian Nobel Laureate (Male)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

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First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice

Dr. Nagendra Singh

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First indian to get Bharat Ratna Award (male)

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

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First Field Marshal (Male)

General S.F.J. Manekshaw

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The President of Constitutent Assembly

Dr. Rajendra Pradad

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First Indian to swim across the English Channel (male)

Mihir Sen

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First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award (Male)

G. Shankar Kurup

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First (Male ) muslim president of Indian Republic

Dr. Zasir Hussain

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First (Male) Indian to win Palk - Strait Ocean Swimming Conest

Baidyanath Nath

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First (male) Speaker of Lok Sabha

G.V. Mavlankar (1952 - 57 )

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First (male) person to make Printing press popular in India

James Hicky

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First (male) education Minsiter of Independent India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

First male president of Indian Republic

Dr. Rajendra Pradad

First prime minister (Male) of independent

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

First male Home Minister of Independent India

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First male vice president of indipendent India

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

First Chief of air staff (Male)

Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst

First Indian Air Chief of India (Male)

Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee

First Chief of Army staff (male)

General Maharaja Sri Rajendra Singh Ji Jadeja

First Chief of Naval Staff of India (male)

Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) of India (Male)

Gen. Bipin Rawat

First person to get paramvir chakra (male)

Major Somnath Sharma

First Indian scientist to get nobel prize (Male)

C.V. Raman (Physics)

First Scientist of Inidan Origin, to get Nobel Prize in the field of medical science (Male)

Dr. Hargobind Khorana

First Chinese pilgrim to visit india (Male)

Fa-hien

First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

First NSA (National Security Advisor) of India

Bajesh Mishra

First Indian to win Stalin Award

Saifuddin Kitchleve

First Indian to win Magsaysay Award

Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1938)

hodia's first minister to resign from Union Cabinet

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)

India's 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

First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxygen cylinder

Sherpa Phu Dorji (Climbed on 9th May, 1984)

First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economies

Dr. Amartya Sen

First Indian Pilot

J.R.D. Tata (1929)

First Indian to reach Antarctica

Lt. Ram Charan (1960)

First Deputy Prime Minister of India

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office

Morarji Desai

First President of India to die in office

Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Man to climb Mt. Everest twice

Nawang Gombu Sherpa

First Indian to reach the South Pole

Col. J.K. Bajaj

First American President to visit India

Dwight David Eisenhower

First British Prime Minister to visit India

Harold Me Millan

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

First Chief Justice of India (Born in Independent India)

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia (September 29, 1947)

First Indian to win Golden Globe Award

A.R. Rahman

First Russian Prime Minister to visit India

Nikolai A. Bulganin

first individual Gold Medalist at Olympics

Abhinav Bindra

First Indian member of British Parliament

Dadabhai Naoroji

First Indian to win a medal at World Badminton Championship

Prakash Padukone

First Atomic Reactor

Apsara (1956)

First Atomic Submarine

INS Chakra

First submarine

INS Kalvari

First indigenous aircraft carrier Indian Ship

INS Vikrant

First Intermediate range Ballistic Missile

Agni

First indigenously developed ballistic missile [produced by the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP)] known as first Indian Missile

Prithvi

First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election

Indira Gandhi

First Army Institute of Information Technology founded

Hyderabad

First Test Tube Baby of India

Harsha Chawda

First Post-Office opened in India

Kolkata (1727)

First Indian recipient of 'Oscar Award"

Bhanu Athaiya

First Atomic Power station

Tarapur

First Asian Games

New Delhi (1951)

First Organised University

Nalanda University

First Doordarshan Centre

New Delhi (1951)

First Colour Television Broadcast

15th august 1982

First Silent Movie

Raja Harishchandra, 1913 (Director and producer Dadasaheb Phalke)

First Indian Talkie Talking or Sound Film

Alam Ara, 1931 (Director-Ardeshir Iran

First Technicolor Film

Jhansi Ki Rani (Director-Sohrab Modi

First 3D Film

My dear Kuttichathan (Malayalam)

First Sponsored TV Serial (Drama Series)/Soap Opera

Hum Log (1984)

First News paper

Hicky's Bengal Gazette (1779)

The first Woman Employment Exchange Office

Jaipur (Rajasthan)

First high speed rural Broadband Network

Idukki (Kerala)

First Woman President

Smt. Pratibha Patil

First Woman Prime Minister

Smt. Indira Gandhi

First Woman Governor

Sarojini Naidu

First Woman ruler (on Delhi's throne)

Razia Sultan

First Woman I.P.S. officer

Kiran Bedi

First Woman Chief Minister of a state

Sucheta Kriplani (UP)

First Woman Union Minister/First Union Health Minister

Rajkumari Amrita Kaur

First Woman President of INC

Annie Besant

First Woman Judge of the Suprime Court

Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman to get Ashok Chakra

Nirja Bhanot

First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel

Arati Saha (Gupta)

First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize

Mother Teresa (1979)

First Indian Woman to climb the Mt. Everest

Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to become 'Miss World'

Miss Reita Faria

First Indian Woman to climb the 'Mt. Everest' twice

Santosh Yadav

First Indian Woman to become 'Miss Universe'

Sushmita Sen

First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna

Smt. Indira Gandhi

First Woman to get Jnanpith Award

Ashapurna Devi

First Indian Woman to win WTA Title

Sania Mirza

First Indian 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 Sandhu

First Indian Woman President of I. N. Congress

Sarojini Naidu (1925)

First Indian Woman to win the Booker Prize

Arundhati Roy

First Woman Musician to get 'Bharat Ratna

MS Subbulakshmi

First Indian Woman to go into space

Kalpana Chawla

First Female Speaker of Loksabha

Meira Kumar

First Female Secretary General of India

Shehlata Shrivastav

First Female Deputy Chairperson of Rajyasabha

Violet Alva

First Female Member of Parliament

Radhabai Subbarayan

First Female Chairperson of UPSC

Rose Millian Bathew

First Female IAS Officer

Anna George