1) First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India  -   C. Rajgopalachari

 2) First British Governor of India  -   Lord William Bentinck

 3) First British Viceroy of India  -   Lord Canning

 4) First Chairman of Prasar Bharti  -   Nikhil Chakravorty

 5) First Chairman of Rajyasabha  -   S.V. Krishnamurthy

 6) First Chief Election Commissioner of India  -   Sukumar Sen

 7) First Dalit President of India  -   K. R Narayanan

 8) First Deputy Prime Minister  -   Vallabh Bhai Patel

 9) First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine  -   Dr.Hargovind Khurana

 10) First Education Minister  -   Abul Kalam Azad

 11) First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji  -   Mahendra Chaudhury

 12) First Field Marshal of India  -  General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw

 13) First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna  -  Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

 14) First Governor General of free India  -  Lord Mountbatten

 16) First Home Minister of India  -  Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

 17) First Indian Air chief Marshal  -  S. Mukherjee

 18) First Indian Chess Grandmaster  -  S Vishwnathan

 19) First Indian Chief Justice  -  Justice Hiralal J Kania

 20) First Indian Commander-in- chief  -   General K. M. Kariappa

 21) First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three successive matches on debut  -   Mohammed Azaharuddin

 22) First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test  -  Virendra Sehwag

 23) First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice  -  Dr. Nagendra Singh

 24) First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council  -  S.P.Sinha

 25) First Indian Naval Chief  -   Vice Admiral R. D. Katari

 26) First Indian Pilot  -  JRD Tata

 27) First Indian to Cross English Channel  -  Mihir Sen

 28) First Indian to get an Oscar  -  Bhanu Athaiya

 29) First Indian to get Anderson Award  -  Ruskin Bond

 30) First Indian to go in space  -  Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

 31) First Indian to Join the ICS  -  Satyendra Nath Banerjee

 32) First Indian to reach Antarctica  -  Lt. Ran Charan

 33) First Indian to reach in British Parliament  -  Dada Bhai Naoroji

 34) First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic  -  P.S. Rao

 35) First Indian to reach the south pole  -  Col. I K Bajaj

 36) First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna  -  Dr. Radha Krishnan

 37) First Indian to receive Jyan Peeth award  -  Sri Shankar Kurup

 38) First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award  -  Vinoba Bhave

 39) First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics  -  Dr. Amartya Sen

 40) First Indian to receive Stalin Prize  -  Saifuddin Kichlu

 41) First Indian to win Nobel Prize  -  Rabindra Nath Tagore

 42) First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha  -  Justice V. Ramaswami

 43) First Muslim President of India  -  Dr. Zakir Hussein

 44) First Muslim President of Indian National congress  -  Badruddin Tayyabji

 45) First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen  -  Sherpa Arga Dorji

 46) First person to receive Paramvir Chakra  -  Major Somnath Sharma

 47) First Person to resign from Central Cabinet  -   Shyama Prasad Mukharjee

 48) First President of Indian National Congress  -   W.C. Banerjee

 49) First President of Indian Republic  -  Dr. Rajendra Prasad

 50) First president to die in Office  -  Dr.Zakhir Hussain

 51) First Prime Minister of India  -  Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

 52) First Prime Minister to resign without full term  -  Morar Ji Desai

 53) First Speaker of Loksabha  -  Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

 54) First Vice President of India  -  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan