| The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut |
Mohd. Azharuddin |
| The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu |
| The first President of Indian Republic |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| The first Prime Minister of free India |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| The first Indian to win Nobel Prize |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| The first president of Indian National Congress |
W.C. Banerjee |
| The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
Badruddin Tayyabji |
| The first Muslim President of India |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| The first British Governor General of India |
Lord William Bentinck |
| The first British Viceroy of India |
Lord Canning |
| The first Governor General of free India |
Lord Mountbatten |
| The first and the last Indian Governer General of free India |
C. Rajgopalachari |
| The first man who introduce printing press in India |
James Hicky |
| The first Indian to join the I.C.S. |
Satendranath Tagore |
| The first Indian man in space |
Rakesh Sharma |
| The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term |
Morarji Desai |
| The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India |
General Cariappa |
| The first Cheif of Army Staff |
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
| The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive council |
S.P. Sinha |
| The first President of India who died while in office |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament |
Charan Singh |
| The first Field Marshal of India |
S.H.F. Manekshaw |
| The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics |
C.V. Raman |
| The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| The first Indian to cross English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
| The first person to receive Gyanpith award |
Sri Shankar Kurup |
| The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar |
| The first Vice-President of India |
Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| The first Education Minister |
Abul Kalam Azad |
| The first Home Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel |
| The first Indian Air Chief Marshal |
S. Mukharji |
| The first Indian Naval Chief |
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari |
| The first judge of International Court of Justice |
Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra |
Major Somnath Sharma |
| The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen |
Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| The first Chief Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
| The first person to receive Magsaysay Award |
Achrya Vinoba Bhave |
| The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine |
Hargovind Khurana |
| The first Chinese traveller to visit India |
Fahein |
| The first person to receive Stalin Prize |
Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| The first person to resign from the central cabinate |
Shyama Prasad Mukharji |
| The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics |
Amartya Sen |
| The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
