The First President of Indian National Congress is Womesh Chandra Bannerjee. His tenure was from 1882 - 1887.

The First Prime Minister of India is Jawaharlal Nehru. His tenure was from 1947 - 1950.

The First Home Minister of India is Sardar Vallabhai Patel. His tenure was from 1875-1950.

The First President of India is Dr. Rajendra Prasad. His tenure was from 1950- 1962.

The First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics is C.V Raman. His tenure was from 1907-1917.

The First Man in Space is Rakesh Sharma. His tenure was from 1970- 1982.

The First satellite is Aryabhatta. His tenure was from 476- 550 CE.

The First Indian Pilot in India is J.R.D. Tata. His tenure was from 1953 - 1978..

The First Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic is Abhinav Bindra.

The First Indian Cricketer to score a triple century is Virendra Sehwag.

The First Indian Grandmaster is Vishwanathan Anand, in the year 1988.

The First Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games is Ashish Kumar, in the year 2010.

The First Defence Minister of India is Baldev Singh Chokkar.

The First Param Vir Chakra Winner is Major Somnath Sharma.

The First Field Marshal is Sam Manekshaw.

The First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force is Subroto Mukherjee.

The First Governor of Bengalwas Robert Clive.

The Last Governor of Bengal?was Warren Hastings.

The First Governor General of Bengal?was Warren Hastings.

The First Governor General of India?was Lord William Bentinck.

The Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India?was Lord Canning.

The First Indian Governor General of Independent Indiawas C. Rajgopalachari?.

The First Indian to pass ICSwas Surendra Nath Banerjee.

The First Indian I.C.S Officer?was Satyendra Nath Tagore.

The First Governor General of India (after independence)was Lord Louis Mountbatten.

The First temporary president of the Constituent Assembly?was Sachidananda Nand Sinha.

The First Commander in chief of free India?was General Kodandera M. Cariappa.

The First Indian Nobel Laureatewas Rabindra Nath Tagore.

The First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justicewas Dr Nagendra Singh?.

The First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Awardwas Dr S Radhakrishnan.

The First Indian to swim across the English Channel?was Mihir Sen?.

The First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Awardwas G. Sankara Kurup.

The First Muslim President of Indian Republic?was Dr Zakir Hussain.

The First Indian to win Palk- Strait- Ocean Swimming Contestwas Baidyanath Nath.

The First Speaker of Lok Sabha?was G.V Mavlankar.

The First person to make printing press popular in India?was James Hicky.

The First Education Minister of Independent Indiawas Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad.

The First Vice President of Independent Indiawas Dr S Radha Krishnan.

The First Chief of Army Staffwas General M Rajendra Singh.

The First Chief of Naval Staff of Indiawas Vice Admiral R.D Katari.

The First Atomic Submarine of Indiawas I.N.S Chakra.

The First Indian Submarine?was INS Kalvari.

The First Scientist of Indian origin, to get nobel prize in the field of medical sciencewas Dr Hargovind Khurana.

The First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship?was I.N.S Vikrant.

The First Indian to win Stalin Awardwas Saifuddin Kichlu.

The First Indian to win Magsaysay Awardwas Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

The India?s first minister to resign from Union Cabinetwas Shyana Prasad Mukhrjee.

The India?s first Election Commissioner?was Sukumar Sen.

The First Muslim President of Indian National Congresswas Badruddin Tayab Ji.

The First Chief Justice of Indiawas H. J. Kania.

The First person to submit the proposal of Indian Independence in a Congress Sessionwas Hasrat Mohani.

The First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxygen Cylinderwas Sherpa Phu Dorji.

The First foreign recipient Bharat Ratnawas Abdul Gaffar Khan.

The First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics?was Dr Amartya Sen?.

The First Test Tube Baby of Indiawas Indira?.

The First Indian to reach Antarcticawas Lt. Ram Charan.

The First Indian prime minister to resign from office?was Morarji Desai.

The First President of India to die in officewas Dr Zakir Hussain.

The First man to climb Mt. Everest twicewas Nawang Gombu.

The First Indian to reach the South Polewas Col. JK Bajaj.

The First Indian recipient of Oscar Awardwas Bhanu Athaiya.

The First American President to visit Indiawas Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The First British Prime Minister to visit Indiawas Harold Mc Mitton.

The First Indian author to get Anderson Awardwas Ruskin Bond?.

The First Indian to win World Billiards Trophywas Wilson Jones.

The First Indian Space Touristwas Santosh George.