First in India.
| First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| First British Governor of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| First British Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First Chairman of Prasar Bharti | Nikhil Chakravorty |
| First Chairman of Rajyasabha | S.V. Krishnamurthy |
| First Chief Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| First Dalit President of India | K. R Narayanan |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Dr.Hargovind Khurana |
| First Education Minister | Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji | Mahendra Chaudhury |
| First Field Marshal of India | General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw |
| First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First Governor General of free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Indian Air chief Marshal | S. Mukherjee |
| First Indian Chess Grandmaster | S Vishwnathan |
| First Indian Chief Justice | Justice Hiralal J Kania |
| First Indian Commander-in- chief | General K. M. Kariappa |
| First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three successive matches on debut | Mohammed Azaharuddin |
| First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test | Virendra Sehwag |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council | S.P.Sinha |
| First Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
| First Indian Pilot | JRD Tata |
| First Indian to Cross English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian to get an Oscar | Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Indian to get Anderson Award | Ruskin Bond |
| First Indian to go in space | Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian to Join the ICS | Satyendra Nath Banerjee |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt. Ran Charan |
| First Indian to reach in British Parliament | Dada Bhai Naoroji |
| First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic | P.S. Rao |
| First Indian to reach the south pole | Col. I K Bajaj |
| First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna | Dr. Radha Krishnan |
| First Indian to receive Jyan Peeth award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award | Vinoba Bhave |
| First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Dr. Amartya Sen |
| First Indian to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kichlu |
| First Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha | Justice V. Ramaswami |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussein |
| First Muslim President of Indian National congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen | Sherpa Arga Dorji |
| First person to receive Paramvir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Person to resign from Central Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukharjee |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Banerjee |
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First president to die in Office | Dr.Zakhir Hussain |
| First Prime Minister of India | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Prime Minister to resign without full term | Morar Ji Desai |
| First Speaker of Loksabha | Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
| First Vice President of India |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
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