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List of First in India - Male
- First Sikh President of India → Giani Zail Singh
- First Medium Range Missile → Agni
- First Indian PM to lose an election → Indira Gandhi
- First Indian recipient of Oscar Award → Bhanu Athaiya
- First Finance Minister of Indian → RK Shanmukham Chetty
- First Indian to win Magsaysay Award → Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- India's first Open University → Andhra Pradesh Open University
- First British PM to visit India → Harold McMillan
- First Indian space tourist → Santosh George
- First Atomic Submarine of India → INS Chakra
- First sportsperson to get Bharat Ratna → Sachin Tendulkar
- First to reach South pole → Col J.K. Bajaj
- First Chief Minister to die in office → CN Annadurai (TN)
- The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of Free India → C. Rajagopalachari
- The first man who introduced the printing press in free India → James Hickey
- First Indian to Join → I.C.S. → Satyendranath Tagore
- India's first man in Space → Rakesh Sharma
- The first PM in India who resigned without completing the full term → Morarji Desai
- The first Indian to receive Jnanpith Award → Sri Sankara 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 Vallabhbhai Patel
- The first Indian Air Chief Marshal → S. Mukherjee
- The first Indian Naval Chief → Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
- The first Judge of ICJ → Sir B.N. Rau
- The first person to resign from the central cabinet → Shyam Prasad Mukherjee
- The first Chief of the Army Staff → General Cariappa
- The first chief of the Army Staff → General Maharaj Rajendra Singh ji
- 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 PM 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 the English Channel → Mihir Sen
- First Muslim President of INC → Badruddin Tayyabji
- First Muslim President of India → Dr. Zakir Hussain
- 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 Mountbat
- The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics → Amartya Sen
- The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court → Justice Hiralal J. Kania
- First Indian Pilot → JRD Tata
- First Indian scientist to receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- First Indian born to get Nobel prize in peace → Kailash Satyarthi
- The first person to receive Param Vir Chakra → Major Somnath Sharma
- The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen → Sherpa Phu Dorjee
- The first chief Election Commissioner → Sukumar sen
- The first person to receive Magsaysay Award → Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine → Hargobind Khurana
- The first Chinese traveler to visit India → Fa Hien
- The first person to receive Stalin Prize → Saifuddin Kitchlu
- The first president of the Indian Republic → Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- The first PM of Free India → Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
- First Indian to win Nobel Prize → Rabindranath Tagore
- The first president of INC → W.C. Banerjee ten
- First Atomic Submarine of India → INS Chakra
- The first Asian games organized → Delhi
- First American president to visit India → Dwight David Eisenhower
- First Indian Cosmonaut → Rakesh Sharma
- First Indian Nuclear Center → Tarapur
- First test-tube baby of India → Indira (Baby Harsha)
- First Indian to reach Antarctica → Lt. Ram Charan
- First Deputy PM of Indian → Sardar Vallabhai Patel
- First Indian to win world Billiards Trophy → Wilson Jones
- First Law Minister of India → B.R. Ambedkar
- First Indian to win Mr. World Title (Mr. Universe) → Rohit Khandelwal (Monotosh Roy in 1951)
- The first president of the Constituent Assembly → Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- First temporary President of the Constituent Assembly → Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
- The first person to submit the proposal of Indian independence in a congress session → Hasrat Mohani
- First Indian author to get Anderson Award → Ruskin Bond
- First Indian to complete the Ironman triathlon → Nishit Biniwale
- Winner of first Indian Olympic Individual Medal → K.D. Jadhav
- First Pro-boxing bout → Vijender Singh
- First male cricketer to score double hundred in ODIs → Sachin Tendulkar
- Triple century in Test cricket → Virender Sehwag
- First Indian Sound film → Alam Ara directed by Ardeshir Irani
- The First Indigenously made color film →Kisan Kanya directed by Modi B
- First Banned file in India → Neel Akasher Neechey
- First Post Office opened in India → Kolkata (1727)
- India's first University → Nalanda University
- First Leader of Opposition → AK Gopalan
- Indian MD of World Bank → Gautam Kazi
- Governor of RBI → Sir Osborne Smith
- First Indian to get Grammy Award → Pandit Ravishankar
- Posthumously Bharat Ratna Award → L.B. Shastri
List of First in India - Female
- The first Indian woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna → Smt. Indira Gandhi
- The first lady Governor of an Indian state → Smt. Sarojini Naidu
- The first lady Chief Minister of State → Smt. Sucheta Kripalani
- The first lady Central minister of the country → Smt. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- The first woman president of the Indian National Congress → Annie Besant
- The first Indian woman to swim the English Channel → Aarti Saha
- The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal → Karnam Malleswari
- The first Indian woman to win an Asiad medal → Kamaljit Sandhu
- The first Indian woman to receive a gallantry award in the Indian Army (Sena Medal for her acts of bravery in Afghanistan) → Major Mitali Madhumita
- The first Indian woman to win the Miss Asia →Pacific title → Zeenat Aman
- The first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner → Mrs Rama Devi
- The first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of a state High Court → Justice Leila Seth
- The first woman to be appointed judge of the Supreme Court → Justice M Fatima Beevi
- The first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title → Sushmita Sen
- The first Indian woman to win the Miss World title → Reita Faria
- The first Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title → Nicol Faria
- First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize → Mother Teresa (1979)
- First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest →Bachendri Pal (1984)
- First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize → Arundhati Roy (1997)
- First Woman President →Pratibha Patil (2007)
- First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha →Meira Kumar (2009)
- The first Indian woman to join the Territorial Army as a jawan → Shanti Tigga
- The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner → Deepak Sandhu
- The first woman to be appointed the Speaker of Lok Sabha is → Mrs Meira Kumar
- The first woman president of UN General Assembly → Mrs Vijayalaxmi Pandit
- The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Minister of External Affairs of India → Sushma Swaraj. (Note: Mrs. Indira Gandhi held the additional charge as Minister of External Affairs while being the Prime Minister of India.)
- The first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole → Reena Kaushal DharmaShaktu
- First Women's University →Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
- First Indian woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim. → Aarti Pradhan
- The first woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize → Aashima Chatarjee
- First Indian Women To Play English Football → Aditi Chauhan
- First female celebrity wax statue in European Museum → Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- The first woman to win ‘Sahitya Academic Prize → Amruta Preetam
- First Woman Prime Minister of India →Indira Gandhi (1966)
- First Woman IPS Officer of India →Kiran Bedi (1972)
- First Woman Ambassador → Miss C.B. Muthamma
- First Woman Air Vice Marshal → P. Bandyopadhyay
- First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi →Razia Sultana
- First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra →Neerja Bhanot
- First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna →Indira Gandhi
- First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award →Ashapurna Devi
- First Woman to Climb Mount Everest twice →Santosh Yadav
- First Woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission →Roze Millian Bethew
- First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) →Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
- First Woman Lieutenant General → Puneeta Arora
- First Indian woman who reached Antarctica → Mahel Musa
- First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee → Nita Ambani (2016)
- First Indian Woman to win WTA Title → Sania Mirza
- First Indian Woman Airline Pilot → Durba Banerjee
- First Indian Woman President of INC →Sarojini Naidu
- First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna → MS Subbulakshmi
- First Indian Woman to go to space → Kalpana Chawla
- First Indian woman athlete to bag a medal at the Paralympics → Deepa Malik
- First Indian woman to be honoured with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) life membership →Anjum Chopra
- First Indian woman to win an Olympic Silver Medal in Badminton → P.V. Sindhu
- A first female judge in India of the district court in the year 1937 and also the First woman in India to become a high court judge in 1959 →Anna Chandi
- First female Indian Administrative Service officer of India →Anna Rajam George (Malhotra)
- First woman head paramilitary force →Archana Ramasundaram
- The first woman to win Lenin Peace Prize →Aruna Aasif Ali
- First woman chair of State Bank of India (206 Year Old Bank) →Arundhati Bhattacharya
- First Indian women chess player holding the title of Woman International Master →Bhagyashree Thipsay
- The first woman to join the INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE in 1949, the First Indian female Ambassador/ High Commissioner → C. B. Muthamma
- First woman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India’s leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange → Chitra Ramakrishna
- First female Foreign Secretary → CHOKILA IYER
- A first female advocate from India and the First woman to study law at Oxford → Cornelia Sorabji
- First female cyclist from the country to reach the heights of fourth place in the UCI individual world ranking → Deborah Herold
- First woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian armed forces to be promoted to a three-star rank → Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
- First woman president of India’s apex chamber of commerce, ASSOCHAM → Dr. Swati Piramal
- First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress → Dr. Asima Chatterjee
- The first woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize (1992) → Dr. Amruta Patel
- First actress of Indian Cinema → Durgabai Kamat
- First female film director of Indian cinema → Fatima Begum
- First woman Major General in Indian Army → G. M. Ram
- First test-tube baby →Harsha
- First Indian Pistol shooter to be ranked World No.1 by ISSF →Heena Sidhu
- First Indian woman IPS officer and First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service →Kiran Bedi
- First Indian woman to win the gold medal at 1970 Asian games in 400 meter race. → Kamaljeet Sandhu
- First woman editor of First woman’s magazine (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901) → Kamla Swaminathan
- First woman Barrister in India of Allahabad High Court →Cornelia Sorabji
- The first female commanding officer of Netaji Subhas Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) →Lakshmi Sahgal
- First female army captain →Lakshmi Sehgal
- First woman boxer to win a gold medal at the Olympics and First woman World Boxing Champion for five times →M C Mary Kom
- First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ and First woman to perform in United Nations Organization →M.S. Subbulakshmi
- The first and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball) → Shirine Khusaro Kiyash
- First woman chairperson of the planning commission and First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna → Smt. Indira Gandhi
- First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission → Smt. Jayanti Patnaik
- First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly → Smt. Shanno Devi
- First female editor on The Hindu newspaper → Malini Parthasarathy
- First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways → Mamata Banerjee
- First Female Olympian and Double International → Mary Dsouza
- The first woman became permanent Judge of the High Court → Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
- First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’ → Miss Reita Faria
- First female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry → Mitali Madhumita
- First female cricketer to win Wisden India Cricketers of the Year recognition → Mithali Raj
- The first woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ for Hockey game → N. Lamsaden
- First Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School → Naina Lal Kidwai
- First Indian woman to join the Indian Army → Priya Jhingan
- First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. → Rose Million Bethews
- First Indian woman to win WTA Title → Sania Mirza
- First woman minister of Independent India and First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress → Sarojini Naidu
- First female teachers for girls in India → Savitribai Phule
- First female winner of the popular music reality show Indian Idol → Sourabhee Debbarma
- First Woman commissioned Officer in IAF → Squadron Leader Urmila Bheeman
- The first woman to cross the Gobi desert → Sucheta Kriplani
- First Woman Fighter Pilot of India!, First civilian woman to fly the F-16IN Super-Viper, First woman in the world to fly the MiG-35 → Suman Sharma
- The first woman to make world record in Powerlifting →Sumita Laha
- First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award →Sunil Dabas
- First woman cricket coach → Sunita Sharma
- The first female train driver for the Indian Railways in India and in Asia also. →Surekha Shankar Yadav
- First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ → Sushmita Sen
- The first girl to win 5 silver medals in a pre-junior Chess competition, London →Taniya Sachdev
- First woman mayor of Madras city. The Government of India awarded her the civilian
- The honor of the Padma Bhushan in 1967. →Tara Cherian
- First woman Chairperson of Import →Export Bank →Tarajani Vakeel
- First woman English writer in India →Toaru Dutt
- The first woman to complete the round of the world by boat in 1988. →Ujjavala Patil
- First woman M.B.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical College) →Vadhu Mukhi Bose, Virginia Mitter
- First Indian President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953 and Ambassador at
- United Nations in 1947 → Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- The first woman to get Military Medal → Vimla Devi
- First Indian film actress acted in the First Indian talkie movie Alam Ara → Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir
- The first woman and the first author to write a book on Autism in India → Sumita Bose
- India’s first female national racing champion → Alisha Abdullah
- India’s First Female Bronze Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympics → Karnam Malleswari
- India’s First Female Commando Trainer → Dr. Seema Rao