| S.No. |
Designation |
Name |
| 1. |
First Prime Minister of free India |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2. |
First batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| 3. |
First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu |
| 4. |
First President of Indian Republic |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 5. |
First Indian Pilot |
J.R.D. Tata |
| 6. |
First Indian to win Nobel Prize |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| 7. |
First president of Indian National Congress |
W.C. Banerjee |
| 8. |
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
Badruddin Tayyabji |
| 9. |
First Muslim President of India |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 10. |
First British Governor General of India |
Lord William Bentinck |
| 11. |
First British Viceroy of India |
Lord Canning |
| 12. |
First Governor General of free India |
Lord Mountbatten |
| 13. |
First and the last Indian Governer General of free India |
C. Rajgopalachari |
| 14. |
First man who introduce printing press in India |
James Hicky |
15.
|
First Indian to join the I.C.S.
|
Satendranath Tagore
|
| 16. |
First Indian man in space |
Rakesh Sharma |
| 17. |
First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term |
Morarji Desai |
| 18. |
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
| 19. |
First Cheif of Army Staff |
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| 20. |
First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council |
S.P. Sinha |
| 21. |
First President of India who died while in office |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 22. |
First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament |
Charan Singh |
| 23. |
First Field Marshal of India |
S.H.F. Manekshaw |
| 24. |
First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics |
C.V. Raman |
| 25. |
First Indian to cross English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
| 26. |
First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| 27. |
First person to receive Gyanpith award |
Sri Shankar Kurup |
| 28. |
First Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar |
| 29. |
First Education Minister |
Abul Kalam Azad |
30.
|
First Vice-President of India
|
Dr. Radhakrishnan
|
| 31. |
First Home Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel |
| 32. |
First Indian Air Chief Marshal |
S. Mukharji |
| 33. |
First Indian Naval Chief |
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| 34. |
First judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| 35. |
First person to receive Paramveer Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
| 36. |
First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen |
Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| 37. |
First Chief Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
| 38. |
First person to receive Magsaysay Award |
Achrya Vinoba Bhave |
| 39. |
First Chinese traveller to visit India |
Fahein |
| 40. |
First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine |
Hargovind Khurana |
| 41. |
First person to receive Stalin Prize |
Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| 42. |
First person to resign from the central cabinate |
Shyama Prasad Mukharji |
| 43. |
First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut |
Mohd. Azharuddin |
| 44. |
First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| 45. |
First President of Indian National Congress |
W.C. Banerjee |
| 46. |
First Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
| 47 |
First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics |
Amartya Sen |
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