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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was India's first Deputy Prime Minister, serving from 1947-1950 under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He was also India's first Home Minister and played a key role in integrating princely states.

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was India's first woman Cabinet Minister, serving as Health Minister from 1947-1957. She was a princess of Kapurthala and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi in the freedom movement.

Sir Archibald Nye was the last British Governor-General who continued briefly after independence (August 15, 1947 to June 21, 1948) until C. Rajagopalachari took over as the first Indian Governor-General.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (sister of Jawaharlal Nehru) became the first woman and first Indian to serve as President of the UN General Assembly in 1953. She was also India's first woman Ambassador to the USSR, USA, and Mexico.

V.T. Krishnamachari was the first Vice-Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, serving from 1950-1951. The Planning Commission was established in 1950 to oversee India's five-year plans for economic development.

Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become a Governor, serving as Governor of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) from 1947-1949. She was also known as the Nightingale of India for her poetry.

General K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, taking over from General Sir Roy Bucher in 1949. He led the Indian forces during the 1947-48 Kashmir war and later retired as Field Marshal.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad served as India's first President from 1950 to 1962 after independence. C. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, not President. Nehru was the first Prime Minister, and Mountbatten was the last Viceroy.

Indira Gandhi received Bharat Ratna in 1971, making her the first Indian woman to receive this honor. Mother Teresa received it in 1980, Aruna Asaf Ali in 1997, and M. S. Subbulakshmi in 1998.

The Planck length (10^-35 cm) represents the smallest possible length scale in physics, which corresponds to the theoretical size of the universe at the singularity before the Big Bang. This is far smaller than any macroscopic measurement.