1. First woman Chief Justice of a High Court – Mrs. Leela Seth
2. First Woman Governor of a Province in Free India – Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3. First woman judge in Supreme Court – Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
4. The first woman to receive Jhanpith Award – Ashapurna Devi
5. India’s first man in space – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma
6. India’s first woman Merchant Navy Officer – Sonali Banerjee
7. The First and the Last Indian to be the Governor General of India – C. Rajgopalachari
8. The first British Governor General of India – Lord William Bentinck
9. The First British Governor-General – Warren Hastings
10. The first British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning
11. The first Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen
12. The first chief justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hiralal J. Kania
13. The first chief of the Army Staff – Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
14. The first Commander Chief of the Strategic Forces Command – Air Marshal Tej Mohan Asthana
15. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha – G.M.C. Balyogi
16. The first Education Minister of India – Abulkalam Azad
17. The First Field Marshal of India – S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
18. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
19. The First Governor General of Free India – Lord Mountbatten
20. The first Home Minister of India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
21. The First Indian Air Force Officer to get Param Vir Chakra – Nirmal Jit Sekhon (Posthumous)
22. The first Indian Artificial Satellite to go in space – Aryabhatta
23. The First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India – General Cariappa
24. The first Indian cricketer to score a century against all the test match playing countries – Rahul Dravid
25. The first Indian cricketer who scored Double century in One Day International Cricket – Sachin Tendulkar
26. The First Indian Lady to become ‘Miss World’ – Rita Faria
27. The Indian lady to become Indian Air – Air Marshal Padma
28. The First Indian member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council – S.P. Sinha
29. The first Indian Naval Chief – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
30. The first Indian sports lady to register a win in Wimbledon Tennis – Sania Mirza (July 2003)
31. The first Indian sportswoman to win a medal in World Athletics – Anju B. George (Aug. 2003, Paris)
32. The first Indian to cross the English Channel – Mihirsen
33. The first woman President of the Republic of India – Pratibha Patil (13th President after Independence)
34. The First Indian to get Nobel Prize for Physics – C.V. Raman
35. The First Indian to Join the ICS – Satyendra Nath Tagore
36. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratha Award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
37. The First Indian to win Nobel Prize – Dr. Rabindra Nath Tagore
38. The first Indian woman in the world to swim across seven seas and five continents of the world – Bula Chaudhury
39. The first Indian woman saint to be Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI – Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, October 2008
40. The first Indian woman to bag a medal in weightlifting of the Olympic games – Karnam Malleshwari (27th Olympic games, Sydney (Australia)
41. The first Indian woman to be appointed as Civil Police Advisor in the UNO – Ms. Kiran Bedi
42. The First Indian Woman to become Speaker of a State Assembly in India – Srimati Shanno Devi (Haryana Assembly)
43. The first Indian woman to become Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Smt. Meira Kumar
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44. The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra – Mirja Bhanot
45. The first Indian woman to become the world’s first woman to fly the mighty Russian MIG-35 fighter jet – Suman Sharma
46. The first Indian woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the armed forces – Lt. Gen. Panetta Arora
47. The first Indian woman to reach the South Pole – Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu (December 2009)
48. The first Indian woman who crossed Gobi Desert – Sucheta Kadethankar
49. The first Judge of the International Court of Justice – Dr. Nagendra Singh
50. The first lady President of P.H.D.C.C.I. – Sushama Barlia
51. The First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly – Mrs. Vijay Laxami Pandit (1953-54)
52. The First man to introduce Printing Press in India – James Hickey
53. The First Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain
54. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji
55. The first person of India origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargovind Khurana
56. The first person to receive Jnanpith Award – Sirshankar Kurup
57. The first person to receive Magsaysay award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave
58. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen
59. The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma
60. The first person to receive Stalin Prize – Saifuddin Kitchlu
61. The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress – Mrs. Annie Besant
62. The first President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakir Hussian
63. The First President of Indian National Congress – W.C. Banerjee
64. The First President of Indian Republic – Dr. Rajedra Prasad
65. The First Prime Minister of Free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
66. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Claran Singh
67. The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai
68. The First Prime Minister of India who was assassinated while in office – Smt. Indira Gandhi
69. The first Scientist President of the Republic of India – Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
70. The first shooter athlete of India to a clinch gold medal at an Olympic – Abhinav Bindra (29th Olympiad, Beijing, August 2008)
71. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
72. The first Vice-president of India – Dr. Radhakrishnan
73. The First Woman Prime Minister of India – Mrs. Indira Gandhi
74. The first woman Ambassador – Miss C.B. Muthamma
75. The first woman chairman of UPSC – Raze Million Bethew
76. The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission – Roze Millian Bethew
77. The First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani (CM of UP)
78. The first woman cricketer to score a double century – Mithali Raj
79. The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) – Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
80. The First Woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal
81. The first woman head of state to fly in a frontline fighter aircraft – Ms. Pratibha Patil
82. The first Woman Joint Director in the CBI – Archana Ramasundaram
83. The first woman Lieutenant General – Puneeta Arora
84. The First Woman of the world to climb Mount Everest twice – Santosh Yadav
85. The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force – Harita Kaur Dayal
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