The first President of Indian Republic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India – Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal – Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India – Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India – C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S – Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space – Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India – General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff – Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council – S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic – Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India – S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award – Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India – Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister – Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal – S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India – Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize – Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabine – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot – J.R.D. Tata (1929)
The first lady to become Miss World – Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court – Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador – Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India – Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly – Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister – Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice – Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress – Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force – Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates – Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot – Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate – Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner – Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner – Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer – Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly – Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission – Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police – Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge – Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court – Mrs. Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India – Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General – Puneet Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal – P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines – Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer – Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India – Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra – Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award – Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross the English Channel – Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna – Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award – Ashpurna Devi
First Wax statue of a Living Indian – Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India – Fa-Hien
First Exclusive internet magazine – Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe – Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Banerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine – Soorjo Coomer Goodeve Chukerbutty
India’s First University – Nalanda University
India’s First Open University – Andhra Pradesh Open University
India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes – P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica – Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India – Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India – Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India – Kolkata(1727)
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