Zakir Husain, (born Feb. 8, 1897, Hyderabad, India—died May 3, 1969, New Delhi), Indian statesman, the first Muslim to hold the largely ceremonial position 

Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England—died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British gover...

A muscle with the opposite action of the prime mover is called an antagonist. Antagonists play two important roles in muscle function: They maintain body or limb position, such...

After the party's foundation in December 1885, Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, was independent India's first Indian Governor General.

Initially, the ICS was an allwhite affair, but the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, Satyendranath Tagore, became the first Indian to qualify the ICS in 1863. Satyendranath...

Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE (28 January 1899;– 15 May 1993) was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army. He led Indian forces on t...

Charan Singh was to prove his majority in Lok Sabha, Indira Gandhi withdrew support to his government, and he resigned on 20 August 1979, after just 23 days, the only PM who has...

The first receiver of this award was politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C.V. Raman. Since 1954, Bharat Ratna Award has been prese...