First in India. Informative.

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 matches successive on debut

Mohd. 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. Jakir 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. Jakir Hussain

First Prime Minister of Free 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