first Indian males in various fields:
First Indian Male Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Nehru served as the first Prime Minister of India from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964.
First Indian Male President: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- He was the first President of India, serving from January 26, 1950, to May 13, 1962.
First Indian Male to win a Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore
- He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
First Indian Male to climb Mount Everest: Tenzing Norgay
- Along with Sir Edmund Hillary, he reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
First Indian Male to win an Olympic medal: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
- He won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
First Indian Male to receive the Bharat Ratna: C. Rajagopalachari
- He was the first recipient of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1954.
First Indian Male astronaut: Rakesh Sharma
- He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 2, 1984, becoming the first Indian in space.
First Indian Male to become Chief Justice of India: Harilal Jekisundas Kania
- He served as the first Chief Justice of India from January 26, 1950, to November 6, 1951.
First Indian Male to win an Oscar: Bhanu Athaiya
- He was part of the team that won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Gandhi in 1982.
First Indian Male to receive a Grammy Award: Pandit Ravi Shankar
- He won a Grammy Award in 1967 for his album West Meets East.
First Indian Male to become the Governor of Reserve Bank of India: Sir Osborne Smith
- He was the first Governor of RBI, though not Indian, but the first Indian to serve was Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh from 1943 to 1949.
First Indian Male to win the Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy (Although not male, she was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things).
First Indian Male to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize: Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
- He won this prestigious architecture award in 2018.
First Indian Male to win the Sahitya Akademi Award: R. K. Narayan
- He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his novel The Guide.
First Indian Male to win the Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani (Though she was female, the first recipient, the male equivalent could be Prithviraj Kapoor, who received it in 1971).
First Indian Male Surgeon General: Dr. Amarjeet Sinha
- He was the first Indian Surgeon General in the Indian Medical Service during British rule.
First Indian Male to become President of the United Nations General Assembly: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Though she was female, the male equivalent could be Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, who became the first Indian to chair the General Assembly.
First Indian Male to win the Jnanpith Award: G. Sankara Kurup
- He won the first Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his Malayalam poetry collection Odakkuzhal.
First Indian Male to become the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth: Kamalesh Sharma
- He served as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth from 2008 to 2016.
First Indian Male to become a Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw
- He was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in the Indian Army in 1973.
First Indian Male to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award: Vinoba Bhave
- He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1958.
First Indian Male to cross the English Channel: Mihir Sen
- He was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel on September 27, 1958.
First Indian Male to win the Chess Grandmaster title: Vishwanathan Anand
- He became India's first Chess Grandmaster in 1988.
First Indian Male to become the Director-General of UNESCO: Dr. K. K. S. Dadzie
- He was the first Indian to hold this position.
First Indian Male to win the Miss World title: (The male equivalent could be Rohit Khandelwal, who became the first Asian to win the Mr. World title in 2016.)
First Indian Male to become the Attorney General of India: M. C. Setalvad
- He was the first Attorney General of India, serving from 1950 to 1963.
First Indian Male to win the All England Badminton Championship: Prakash Padukone
- He won the championship in 1980.
First Indian Male to win a gold medal in the Asian Games: Sachin Nag
- He won India's first gold medal in swimming at the Asian Games in 1951.
First Indian Male to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha: G. V. Mavalankar
- He served as the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1956.
First Indian Male to win the Padma Vibhushan: Satyendra Nath Bose
- He was among the first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in 1954.
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