First In India

First In India - Men

The first President of Independent India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of Independent India	Pndit Jawaharlal Nehru
The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck
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 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. Zakir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet	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 Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V.Raman
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

First In India - Women

The first women President of Independent India	Pratibha Devisingh Patil
The first women Prime Minister of Independent India	Indira Gandhi
The first Indian woman to win Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first lady to become Miss World	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a State in free India	Sarojini Naid
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress	Annie Besant
The first woman chief justice of a High Court	Leela Seth
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly	Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman chairman of UPSC	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Lieutenent General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman I.P.S. Officer	Kiran Bedi
The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi	Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to cross English Channel	Aarti Saha
First Indian woman to go into space	Kalpana Chawla
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
The First woman to get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Mishra
The first woman to receive Gyanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Arati Saha
First Indian woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza
First Indian woman Airline Pilot	Durba Banerjee
First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games	Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy
First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways	Mamata Banerjee
The first Indian woman Olympic medal Winner	Karnam Malleswar
The first Indian woman Lawyer	Cornelia Sorabjee
The first Indian woman Lok Sabha Speaker	Meira Kumar
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica	Mehar Musa
The first women I.A.S. officer of India	Anna George Malhotra
The first women I.A.S. officer of Independent India	Isha Basant Joshi
The first actress of Indian Cinema	Dewika Rani Rorik
first Indian woman to win a medal in the World Badminton Championships	P.V. Sindhu (Bronze)

India's First

India's First Nuclear Reactor	Apsara
India's First Submarine	INS Vikrant
India's First Nuclear Submarine	INS Chakra
India's Firs ballistic missile	Prithvi
India's First Medium-range ballistic missile	Agni-I
India's First Atomic Power Station	Tarapur
India's First University	Nalanda University
India's First Open University	Andhra Pradesh Open University
India's First silent feature film	Raja Harishchandra
India's First Talkie film	Alam Ara
India's First Technicolor film	Jhansi ki Rani
India's First 3-D film	My Dear Kuttichathan