| First Governor of Bengal |
Lord Clive |
| Last Governor of Bengal |
Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Bengal |
Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of India |
Lord William Bentinck |
| Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of India |
Lord Canning |
| First President of Indian Republic |
Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| First Field Marshal |
Gen SFJ Manekshaw |
| First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award |
G Shankar Kurup |
| First Indian to swim across Indian Channel |
Mihir Sen |
| First Indian Nobel laureate |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India |
Fa-Hien |
| First Indian Pilot |
JRD Tata |
| First man to climb Mt Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu |
| First Indian Governor General of Independent India |
C Rajgopalachari |
| First Governor General of India (After Independence) |
Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| First Commander in Chief of Free India |
Gen KM Cariappa |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award |
Dr S Radhakrishanan |
| First Muslim President of Indian Republic |
Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming Contest |
Baidyanath Nath |
| First President of Indian national Congress |
WC Banjerjee |
| First Indian Submarine |
INS Cauveri |
| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize |
CV Raman (Physics) |
| India’s First Chief Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science |
Dr Hargovind Khurana |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace |
Kailash Sathyarthi |
| First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| First to reach South Pole |
Bijoy Kumar Das |
| First Chief Minister to die in Office |
CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu |
| First Indian Sound Film |
Alam Ara, directed by Ardeshir Irani |
| First Indigenously made colour film |
Kisan Kanya, directed by Moti B |
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| First Banned film in India |
Neel Akasher Neechey |
| First Post Office opened in India |
Kolkata (1727) |
| First Chief Justice of India |
Justice Hiralal J kania |
| First Indian to win Stalin Award |
Saiffudin Kichlu |
| First Education Minister of Independent India |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Prime Minister of Independent India |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First Home Minister of Independent India |
Sardar Vallahbhai Patel |
| First Vice President of Independent India |
Dr S Radhakrishnan |
| First Chief of Air Staff |
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
| First Indian Air Chief of India |
Air Marshal S Mukherjee |
| First Chief of Army Staff |
Gen M Rajendra Singh |
| First Chief of Naval Staff of India |
Vice Admiral RD Katari |
| First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India |
Apsara |
| First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship |
INS Vikrant |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Physics |
Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar |
| India’s First University |
Nalanda University |
| First Leader of Opposition |
AK Gopalan |
| First Sikh President of India |
Gyani Zail Singh |
| First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen Cylinder |
Sherpa Phu Dorji |
| First medium range Missile |
Agni |
| First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award |
Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Muslim President of INC |
Badruddin Tayab Ji |
| First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election |
Indira Gandhi |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha |
GV Mavlankar |
| First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award |
Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Finance Minister of India |
RK Shanmukhan Chetty |
| First Indian to win Magasaysay Award |
Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| India’s First Open University |
Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| First President of India to die in office |
Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First British Prime Minister to visit India |
Harold Mc Millan |
| First Indian Space Tourist |
Santosh George |
| First Indian to reach South Pole |
Col IK Bajaj |
| First Atomic Submarine of India |
INS Chakra |
| First Asian Games Organized |
Delhi |
| First American President to visit India |
Dwight David Eisenhower |
| First Indian Cosmonaut |
Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office |
Morarji Desai |
| First Indian Author to win Anderson Award |
Ruskin Bond |
| First Indian Nuclear Center |
Tarapur |
| First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics |
Dr Amartya Sen |
| First Test tube baby of India |
Indira |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica |
Lt Ram Charan |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy |
Wilson Jones |
| First Law Minister of India |
BR Ambedkar |