First Person in India: This is a static General Knowledge topic. The reason behind calling it static is, the information given in the below article is never going to change. The names and their achievements will forever be etched in the history of India. The below article covers information on the list of achievements in the fields of governance and sports, which is very useful for the preparation of competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways etc.
- First Governor-General of Independent IndiaโLord Lewis Mountbatten
- Indian Governor-Generalย ofย Independentย IndiaโChakravarti Rajgopalachari
- Chief of the Indian Armed ForcesโGeneral K. M. Carriappa
- Field MarshallโGeneral S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
- PresidentโDr. Rajendra Prasad
- Vice-PresidentโDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime MinisterโPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Non-Congress Prime MinisterโMorarji Desai
- British Governor-General of BengalโWarren- Hastings
- Space travellerโSqL.- Rakesh Sharma
- I. C. SโSatyendra Nath Tagore
- Swimmer who crossed over the English Channel by swimmingโMihir Sen
- Ramon Magsaysay awardeeโ Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- Nobel Prize winnerโRabindra Nath Tagore
- President of National CongressโVyomesh Chand Banerjee
- Chairman of Lok SabhaโG. B. Mavlankar
- Chief Election CommissionerโSukumar Sen
- Indian Chairman in International CourtโJustice Dr. Nagendra Singh
- Foreigner awardee of Bharat RatnaโKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Leader of the Indian Antarctica MissionโDr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
- Chief Justice of Supreme CourtโJustice Hiralal J. Kaniya
- Awardedย ย ย ย ย ย withย ย ย ย ย ย โBharatย ย ย ย ย ย RatnasโโDr.ย ย ย ย ย ย Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
- Posthumously Bharat Ratna AwardeeโLal Bahadur Shastri
- Person awarded Bhartiya – Gyan – Peeth PuraskarโG. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam-1965)
- Successfulย ย ย ย Surgeonย ย ย ย ย whoย ย ย ย ย transplantedย ย ย ย ย heartโDr. P.Venugopal
- Successful heart transplanted personโDevi Ram (1994)
- President of National Human Rights CommissionโJustice Rangnath Mishra
- Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth PuraskarโSumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
- Indian who won the World Billiard awardโWilson Jans
- Indian who won the Grammy awardโPt. Ravi Shankar
- Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.โAtal Bihari Vajpayee (1977)
- Indian member in British House of CommonsโDada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
- First President of Indian Science CongressโHon. Justice Sir Asutosh Mookherjee
- Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 timesโSherpa- Augarita
- Writer who was awarded โVyas SammanโโRamvilas Sharma
- Indian Managing Director of World BankโGautam Kazi
- Player awarded โPadam BhusanโโC. K. Naidu
- Indian players played Davis CupโM. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
- Indian player who played the test cricketโK. S.Ranjeet Single (from England)
- Scientist elected for Lok SabhaโDr. Meghnad Saha
- Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla awardโProf. Ashish Dutta (1991)
- Literature who was awarded Murti Devi PuraskarโC. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
- Person, who became High Commission in Great BritainโV. K. Krishna-Menon
- Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace PrizeโDr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
- First Indian who contested the election for British ParliamentโLal Mohan Ghose
- An Indian, appointed the Judge of High Court, during the British periodโRam Prasad Ram
- Indian member of Viceroy Executive CouncilโSir S. P. Sinha
- Chairman of Finance Commissionโ K. C. Niogi
- Indian member of American CongressโDeleep Singh
- Bowler who made hat-trick in Test CricketโHarbhajan Singh
- Batsman who made 300 runs in an inning of Test CricketโVirendra Sehwag
- First Marshal of Indian Air ForceโArjun Singh
- First Indian who individually won the Gold Medal in Olympic gamesโAbhinav Bindra
- First Indian who won the Bronze Medal in Boxing in Olympic gamesโVijendra Singh
- First Indian batsman who scored Double Century in One Day International CricketโSachin Tendulkar
