Firsts in India

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First Appointees of India

1st Governor General of Independent India	Lord Mountbatten (15.08.47 to 21.06.48)
1st Indian Governor General	C Rajagopalachari (21.06.48 to 26.01.50)
1st President	Dr. Rajendra Prasad (from 26.01.1950)
1st Vice-President	Dr. S Radhakrishnan (from 13.05.1952)

First Cabinet (from 15.08.1947)

1st Prime Minister	Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Home Minister	Vallabhbhai Patel
1st Railway Minister	John Mathai
1st Defence Minister	Sardar Baldev Singh
1st Finance Minister	RK Shanmugam Chetty
1st External Affairs Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Law Minister	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
1st Education Minister	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

First Judicial Appointments

1st Chief Justice of India	Hiralal Jekisundas Kania (from 15.08.1947)
1st Attorney General	M.C. Setalvad (from 28.01.1950)
1st Solicitor General	C.K. Daphtary (from 28.01.1950)
1st Lokpal	Pinaki Chandra Ghose (from 23.03.2019)

Defence Related Appointments after Independence

1st Commander in Chief of Indian Army	General Sir Robert MM Lockhart (15.08.1947)
1st Indian Commander in Chief of Indian Army	Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa (15.01.1949)
1st Chief of Army Staff	Gen Rajendra Singhji (01.04.1955)
1st Air Marshall Commanding of the Royal Indian Air Force	Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst (from 15.08.1947)
1st Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force	Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst (from 21.06.1948)
1st Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force	Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst (from 26.01.1950)
1st Indian Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force	Air Marshall Subroto Mukherjee (from 01.04.1954)
1st Commander in Chief of Royal Indian Navy	Rear Admiral John Talbot Savignac Hall (from 15.08.1947)
1st Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy	Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey (from 01.04.1955)
1st Indian Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy	Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari (from 22.04.1958)
1st Chief of Defence Staff	General Bipin Rawat (from 01.01.2020)

Other Appointments

1st Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen (from 21.03.1950)
1st Chief Information Commissioner	Wajahat Habibullah (26.10.2005)
1st Central Vigilance Commissioner	N Srinivasa Rau (19.02.1964)
1st Speaker of Lok Sabha	G.V. Mavalankar (from 15.05.1952)
1st Cabinet Secretary	N.R. Pillai (from 06.02.1950)

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1. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan become the first Vice-President of India?

2. Shri M.C. Setalvad was India's first -

3. In which year was India's first Chief Information Commissioner appointed?

4. Which service of the Indian armed forces had its first Indian Chief of Staff?

5. Who was independent India's first Defence Minister?

6. In which year did General Bipin Rawat take over as the Chief of Defence Staff?

7. Who was India's first Solicitor General?

8. Who was India's first Railway Minister?

9. Who was India's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner?

10. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?