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• 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