| Field |
Person |
| First Indian to swim across the English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
| First to Climb Mount Everest |
Tenzing Norgay |
| First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen |
Phy Dorjee |
| First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS) |
Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian to get Nobel Prize |
Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) |
Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
| First British Governor General |
Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Free India |
Lord Mountbatten |
| First and the last Governor General of free India |
C. Rajagopalachari |
| First President of India |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Vice-President of India |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| First Muslim President of India |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Sikh President of India |
Giani Zail Singh |
| First Prime Minister |
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
G.V. Mavlankar |
| First Chief Justice of India |
Justice H.L. Kania |
| First President of Indian National Congress |
W.C. Bannerjee |
| First Indian to become member of Viceroy's Executive Council |
Lord S.P. Sinha |
| First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty |
Babar |
| First Field Marshal |
S.H.F.J. Manekshaw |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
Gen. K.M. Cariappa |
| First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) |
Sinhji |
| First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) |
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) |
Subroto Mukherjee |
| First Indian in British Parliament |
Dada Bhai Nauroji |
| First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) |
Khudada Khan |
| First Indian to circumnavigate the globe |
Lt. Col K.S. Rao |
| First Indian to reach the South Pole |
Col J.K. Bajaj (1989) |
| First Indian to make a solo air flight |
JRD Tata |
| First Indian to visit England |
Raja Rammohan Roy (1832) |
| First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) |
Lord S.P. Sinha |
| First Bar-at-Law |
J.M. Tagore |
| First Chairman of Rajya Sabha |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62) |
| First Indian Test Cricketer |
K.S. Ranjitsingh |
| First Air Marshall |
Arjan Singh |
| First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha |
Justice V.Ramaswami (1993) |
| Fastest Shorthand writer |
Dr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm) |
