| 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 |
