Who is the first ruler in India?

Answer 1

"The Madigas believe that they were the first rulers of Indian."
http://enpsychlopedia.org/psypsych/Madiga

Answer 2

The British ruled over India for a few centuries. During this time, British had great contribution in fields of architecture and transportation. They greatly improved transportation by building railroads throughout India. This made areas that were previously inaccessible more accessible. It also increased the export of raw goods, which was the main reason for the British presence in India. So in a way all their efforts were not meant to help Indians but to exploit them more.They also advanced the architectural aspects of India. Many of the buildings in India were based on British ideas. The British suppressed Indian culture. There were no real great achievements. The British made a majority of the Indians labourers and servants. Good education was hard to come by in India at this time. The only way to get a good education was to go to London. None of the Indian universities were good enough for the British. Indians could still go to Indian universities, but the degrees they received from these colleges wouldn't allow them to pursue any good jobs. This did, however, change with time. The University of Calcutta was the first university that met the standards of the British. The British didn't really affect many of the cultural aspects of India. There were no great achievements; however, Indians did retain all the previous cultural achievements. The British affected neither religion nor customs.

Answer 3

I could be wrong, but india was never a fully unified country until the British conquest, and that took almost a century to do. My best guess is that the first ruler of all of india was Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Answer 4

Jawaharlal Nehru served as the first Prime Minister of the unified and independent state of India, with approximately the same boundaries as India of today. I think this might qualify him as the first ruler of India.

M. K. Gandhi made the conscious move of allowing Nehru, a Muslim, to take the lead in government in order to foster unity.

Answer 5

India: Rulers

* Maurya, ancient Indian dynasty (c.325–c.183 B.C.)
* Asoka, Indian emperor (c.273–c.232 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty
* Harsha, Indian emperor (606–47)
* Prithvi Raj, ruler of the Chauan dynasty of N. India (d. 1192)
* Mughal, Muslim empire in India (1526–1857)
* Babur, founder of the Mughal empire of India (1494–1530)
* Humayun, second Mughal emperor of India (1530–56)
* Sher Khan, Afghan ruler in N. India (1540–45)
* Akbar, Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605)
* Jahangir, Mughal emperor of India (1605–27)
* Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628–58)
* Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (1658–1707)
* Sivaji, Indian ruler, leader of the Marathas (1674–80)
* Shah Alam, Mughal emperor of India (1759–1806)
* Haidar Ali , Indian ruler (1761–82)
* Tippoo Sahib, Indian ruler, sultan of Mysore (1782–99)
* Warren Hastings, first governor general of British India (1774–84)
* Ranjit Singh, Indian maharaja, ruler of the Sikhs (1799–1839)
* Bahadur Shah II, last Mughal emperor of India (1837–57)
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader (1869–1948)
* Rajendra Prasad, first president of India (1950–62)
* Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher, president of India (1962–67)
* Varahagiri Venkata Giri, president of India (1969–74)
* Indira Gandhi, Indian political leader, prime minister (1966–77, 1980–84)
* Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister of India (1984–89)
* H. D. Deve Gowda, prime minister of India (1996–1997)
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister of India (1996, 1998–)

Answer 6

Until recently i.e. till the british rule most of india was fragmented into Princely states as mentioned by elvisjohn above.
There was no single ruler.

Answer 7

the first ruler of india is smundargupta he ruled all over the india.

Answer 8

Auditya

Answer 9

Brihadratha of the Brihadrtha dynasty.
Even before the shishunaga dynasty of bimbisara and mauryan dynasty of chandragupta

Answer 10

Nice reply elvisjohn