| Field |
Person |
| First Prime Minister |
Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| First Chief Minister of State |
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| First Minister |
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Central Minister |
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
Mrs. Shanno Devi |
| First Governor of a State |
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| First President of Indian National Congress |
Dr. Annie Besant |
| First Indian President of Indian National Congress |
Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu |
| First President of UN General Assembly |
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi |
Razia Sultan |
| First to swim across the English Channel |
Mrs. Arti Shah |
| First to climb Mount Everest |
Bachhendri Pal |
| First to circumnavigate (sail round the world) |
Ujwala Rai |
| First IAS Officer |
Anna George Malhotra |
| First IPS Officer |
Kiran Bedi |
| First Advocate |
Cornelia Sorabji |
| First Judge of a High Court |
Anna Chandi |
| First Judge of Supreme Court |
Ms M. Fathima Beevi |
| First Chief Justice of a High Court |
Ms. Leila Seth |
| First Doctor |
Kadambini Ganguli |
| First editor of English newspaper |
Dina Vakil |
| First Chief Engineer |
Mrs. P.K. Thresia |
| First to receive a Sena Medal |
Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) - 1990 |
| Youngest to Climb Mount Everest |
Dicky Doima (19) from Manali - 1993 |
| First to climb Mount Everest two times |
Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) - 1993 |
| First Magistrate |
Mrs. Omana Kunjamma |
| First to win Nobel Prize |
Mother Theresa |
| First to be crowned Miss India |
Reita Fariq |
| First to be crowned Miss Universe |
Sushmita Sen |
| First to be crowned Miss World |
Reita Faria |
| First DGP |
Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya |
