General Knowledge -India Facts

 First in India

1. Who was the first Indian ICS officer?
Ans: Satyendra Nath Tagore
2. Who was the first British Governor of Bengal?
Ans: Warren Hastings
3. Who was the first Indian Member of Viceroys Executive Council?
Ans: Sir S P Sinha
4. Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court?
Ans: Harilal J Kania
5. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of Free India?
Ans: General Sir Roy Butcher (1948-49)
6. Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India?
Ans: General K M Cariappa
7. Who was the first chief of Air Staff?
Ans: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmhirst
8.Who was the first Indian chief of Air Staff?
Ans: Air Marshall S Mukherjee
9. Who was the first Chief of Army Staff?
Ans: General Maharaja Rajendra Sinhji
10. Who was the first Chief of Naval Staff (Indian)?
Ans: Vice Admiral R D Katari

First women in India

1.First woman judge in Supreme court
Fathima bibi
2.First woman governor of a state in free India
Sarojini Naidu
3.First woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
4.First woman Minister in a Government
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
5.First Woman climb mount Everest
Bachendripal

first nobel prize in India

 YEAR               NAME                             SUBJECT                 ORIGIN

1913             Rabindranath Tagore                Literaure                    Citizen of India

1930             C.V Raman                              Physics                      Citizen of India

1968             Har Gobind Khorana               Medicine                    Foreign citizen of Indian origin

1979             Mother Teresa                           Peace                        Citizen of India

1998             Amartyasen                                 Economics                Citizen of India

2000            Venkatraman Ramakrishnan         Chemistry                   India born American citizen








      

                         

First in INDIA

1.The first Asian to win Nobel prize                  
                                                     Rabindranath Tagore in Literature, 1913  

2.The first President of Indian Republic

                                               Dr.Rajendra Prasad
3.The First President of Indian National Congress

                                              W C Banerjee
 4.The First Chief Justice of Supreme Court

                                             Justice Hirala J Kania
5.The First Chief Election Commissioner
                   
                                            Sukumar Sen