| 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 |
| 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 |
C. Rajgopalachari India |
| 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 Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
| The first Chief of the 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. Zakir 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 first Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
| The first Vice-President of India |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| The first Education Minister |
Abul 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 receive Paramveer Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
| The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen |
Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| 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 foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics |
Amartya Sen |
| The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
| The first woman Prime Minister |
Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| The first woman Governor of a State in free India |
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| The first woman to receive Gyaanpith Award |
Ashapurna Devi |
| The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna |
Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| The first woman I.P.S. Officer |
Mrs. Kiran Bedi |
| The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines |
Sushma Chawla |
| The first woman Air Vice Marshal |
P. Bandopadhyaya |
| The first woman Lieutenant General |
Puneeta Arora |
| The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) |
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission |
Roze Millian Bethew |
| The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State |
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly |
Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force |
Harita Kaur Dayal |
| The first woman chief justice of a High Court |
Mrs. Leela Seth |
| The first woman President of the Indian National Congress |
Mrs. Annie Besant |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest |
Bachhendri Pal |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice |
Santosh Yadav |
| The first woman Ambassador |
Miss C. B. Muthamma |
| The first woman judge in Supreme Court |
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| The first lady to become “Miss World” |
Rita Faria |