First Appointees of India

1st President	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
1st Vice-President	Dr. S Radhakrishnan
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 Governor General (Indian)	C Rajagopalachari
1st Governor General (Independent India)	Lord Mountbatten
1st Chief Justice of India	Harilal J Kania
1st Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
1st Chief Information Commissioner	Wajahat Habibullah
1st Central Vigilance Commissioner	N Srinivasa Rau
1st Attorney General	M.C. Setalvad
1st Speaker of Lok Sabha	G.V. Mavalankar
1st Cabinet Secretary	N.R. Pillai
1st Chief of Army Staff	Gen Rajendra Singhji
1st Chief of Air Staff	Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst
1st Chief of Naval Staff	Vice Admiral RD Katari