First Indian in Different Categories

Sl No.	Category	Person
1	First British Viceroy ofIndia	Lord Canning
2	First Chairman of Prasar Bharti	Nikhil Chakravorty
3	First Chairman of Rajyasabha	S.V. Krishnamurthy
4	First Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia	Sukumar Sen
5	First Field Marshal ofIndia	General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw
6	First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan	Abdul Gaffar Khan
7	First Governor General of freeIndia	Lord Mountbatten
8	First Home Minister ofIndia	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
9	First Indian Air chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
10	First Indian Chess Grandmaster	S Vishwnathan
11	First Indian Commander-in-chief	General K. M. Kariappa
12	First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test	Virendra Sehwag
13	First Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
14	First Indian Pilot	JRD Tata
15	First Indian toCrossEnglish Channel	Mihir Sen
16	First Indian to get an Oscar	Bhanu Athaiya
17	First Indian to get Anderson Award	Ruskin Bond
18	First Indian to go in space	Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
19	First Indian to reachAntarctica	Lt. Ran Charan
20	First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic	P.S. Rao
21	First Indian to reach the south pole	Col.I K Bajaj
22	First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna	Dr. Radha Krishnan
23	First Indian to receive Jnan Peeth award	Sri Shankar Kurup
24	First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award	Vinoba Bhave
25	First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Dr. Amartya Sen
26	First Indian to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kichlu
27	First Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindra Nath Tagore
28	First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha	Justice V. Ramaswami
29	First person to reachMount Everestwithout Oxygen	Sherpa Arga Dorji
30	First person to receive Paramvir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
31	First President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee