First in India
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List of First in India (Male)
| First Prime Minister of free India | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match | Sachin Tendulkar |
| First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice | Nawang Gombu |
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Indian Pilot | J.R.D. Tata |
| First Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First president of Indian National Congress | W.C. Banerjee |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| First Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First British Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| First British Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First Governor General of free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| First and the last Indian Governer General of free India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| First man who introduce printing press in India | James Hicky |
| First Indian to join the I.C.S. | Satendranath Tagore |
| First Indian man in space | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term | Morarji Desai |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India | General Cariappa |
| First Cheif of Army Staff | Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council | S.P. Sinha |
| First President of India who died while in office | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| First Field Marshal of India | S.H.F. Manekshaw |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V. Raman |
| First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| First Indian to cross English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First person to receive Gyanpith award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| First Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar |
| First Vice-President of India | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| First Education Minister | Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel |
| First Indian Air Chief Marshal | S. Mukharji |
| First Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| First judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First person to receive Paramveer Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| First Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
| First person to receive Magsaysay Award | Achrya Vinoba Bhave |
| First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| First Chinese traveller to visit India | Fahein |
| First person to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| First person to resign from the central cabinate | Shyama Prasad Mukharji |
| First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| First Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Banerjee |
| First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut | Mohd. Azharuddin |
List of First in India (Female)
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar (2009) |
| India’s First Woman President | Pratiba Patil |
| India’s First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| India’s First Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| India’s First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First Woman Chief Minister of State | Sucheta Kripalani |
| First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant |
| First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN | Vijalakshmi Pandit |
| First Indian woman who reached Antarctica | Mahel Musa |
| First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Arati Saha |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santhosh Yadhav |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe | Susmita Sen |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian Woman President of INC | Sarojini Naidu |
| First Indian Woman to Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | MS Subbalakshmi |
| First Indian Woman to go to space | Kalpana Chawla |
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