| The first President of Indian Republic | : Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| The first Prime Minister of free India | : Pandit 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 |
| The first British Governor General of Bengal | : Lord Warren Hasting |
| 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 |
| 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 Cabinet | : 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 | : Puneeta 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 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. Bannerjee, 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 Coomar 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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