First in India
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Following are first in India happenings
Male
| 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 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) |
Female
| 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 |
| The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly | Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State | Mrs Sucheta Kripalani |
| The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| The first woman Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| The first woman Judge | Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937) |
| The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court | Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) |
| The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India | Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
| The first woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| The first woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
| The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla |
| The first woman IPS officer | Mrs. Kiran Bedi |
| The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India | Razia Sultan |
| The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| The first woman to cross English Channel | Aarti Saha |
| The first woman to receive Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Mrs Indira Gandhi |
| The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashpurna Devi |
First in Others
| First Wax statue of a Living Indian | Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939 |
| First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India | Fa-hien |
| First Exclusive internet magazine | Bharat Samachar |
| First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe | Indrani Rehman |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Bannerjee, 1885 |
| First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| First Judge in International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagender Singh |
| First Graduate in Medicine | Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty |
| India's First University | Nalanda University |
| India's First Open University | Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes | P.V.Narasimha Rao |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt. Ram Charan |
| First British to Visit India | Hawkins |
| First Test tube baby of India | Indira (Baby Harsha) |
| First Post Office Opened in India | Kolkata(1727) |
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