General Awareness Notes on First in India Part - I
1. First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics –C.V. Raman
2. First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award –Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
3. First Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen
4. First Person to receive Jananpith/Gyanpeeth award – G. Shanker Kurup
5. First Speaker of the Lok Sabha – G V Mavalankar
6. First Vice – President of India – Dr. S. Radhakrsihnan
7. First Home Minister Of India – Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel
8. First Person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Ang Dorjee
9. First person to reach the South Pole – Col J K Bajaj
10. First Person to get Param Vir Chakra –Major Somnath Sharma
11. First Chief Election Commissioner –Sukumar Sen
12. First Person to receive Magsaysay Award –Vinoba Bhave
13. First Indian Origin person to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargobind Khurana
14. First Person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen
15. First Chief Justice of Supreme Court –Justice H. J. Kania
16. First Indian to win back to back medals in Olympics – Sushil Kumar ( 2008, 2012)
17. First Man to climb Mount Everest Twice –Nwang Gombu
18. First Man to Climb Mt. Everest 19 times –Apa Sherpa
19. First Indian Chess Grandmaster –Vishwanathan Anand ( 1988)
20. First Indian Pilot – J.R. D. Tata ( 1929)
