Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (W.C. Banerjee) was the first President of the Indian National Congress (INC), serving at its inaugural session in 1885. Read More
Dr. Zakir Husain was the first President of India to die while in office. He passed away on May 3, 1969, during his term Read More
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was the first person to resign from the Central Cabinet of independent India. He served as a Union Read More
Saifuddin Kitchlu was the first person of Indian origin to receive the Stalin Prize, which was awarded to him in 1952. The Stalin Read More
Amartya Sen was the first person from India to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. The Nobel Prize in Read More
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first person to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is one of Asia’Read More
Sri (G) Shankar Kurup was the **first person to receive the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honor, in 1965. The Jnanpith Award Read More
Sherpa Ang Dorjee is often credited as the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, although there Read More
Major Somnath Sharma was the first person to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military honor, for his bravery Read More
Hargobind Khorana (1922–2011) was the first person of Indian origin to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was awarded the Read More