| Position | Person | Year |
|---|---|---|
| First British Governor General | Warren Hastings | |
| First Governor General of Independent India | Lord Mountbatten | 1947 |
| First Chief Justice of India | HJ Kania | |
| First Commander-in-Chief of Free India | General Sir Roy Bucher | |
| First Indian Chief of Staff | General K.M.Cariappa | 1947 |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India | General K.M.Cariappa | 1949 |
| First Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomos Elmhirst | |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief, IAF | Air Marshal S Mukherjee | 1954 |
| First Chief of Naval Staff | Vice Admiral R D Katari | |
| First Cosmonaut | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma | 1984 |
| First Female Graduates | Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu | 1883 |
| First Female Head of an Undergraduate Academic Institution | Chandramukhi Basu | 1888 |
| First Female Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy | |
| First Female Lawyer | Cornelia Sorabjee | |
| First Woman Supreme Court Judge in the world | Anna Chandy | |
| First Female Physician | Kadambini Ganguly | 1886 |
| First Indian Governor-General of Indian Union | C Rajagopalachari | 1948 |
| First Graduate in Medicine | Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty | |
| First Indian to win a major literary award in the United States | Dhan Gopal Mukerji | |
| First Indian ICS Officer | Satyendranath Tagore | 1863 |
| First President of the Indian National Congress | W C Bonnerjee | 1885 |
| First President of the India | Rajendra Prasad | 1950 |
| First Prime Minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1947 |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| First Woman President of the Indian National Congress | Annie Besant | |
| First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi | |
| First Woman Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | |
| First Woman Chief Minister of a State | Sucheta Kripalani | 1963 |
| First Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu | |
| First Woman central Minister | Vijayalakshmi Pandit | |
| First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly | Mrs Shanno Devi | |
| First Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee | |
| First Woman to Win Asiad Gold | Kamlijit Sandhu | |
| First Woman to Win an Olympic medal | Karnam Malleswari | 2000 |
| First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi | |
| First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi | |
| First Woman to Win Miss Universe Title | Sushmita Sen | 1994 |
| First Woman to win the Ford Supermodel of the World (contest) | Bipasha Basu | 1996 |
| First Woman to Win Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa | |
| First Woman to win Miss World title | Reita Faria | 1966 |
| First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe | Indrani Rehman | |
| First Hindu chaplain to deliver Hindu prayer in United States Senate | Rajan Zed | 2007colspan="2" align="right" | |
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