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The first President of Indian Republic : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India : Pt. Jawahar Lal 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(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal : Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India : Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India : Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India : C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India : James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S : Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first 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 : Field Marshal Cariappa
The first Chief 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. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic : Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament : Chaudhary Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India : Field Marshal 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 Jnanpith award : Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India : Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister : Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India : Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
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 reach Mt. Everest without oxygen : Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
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 : Har Gobind 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 Cabinet : Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics : Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court : Justice Hirala J. Kania 
The first Indian Pilot : J.R.D. Tata (1929)
First Wax statue of a Living : Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India : Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine : Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe : Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress : W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress : Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice : Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine : Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India’s First University : Nalanda University
India’s First Open University : Andhra Pradesh Open University India’s
First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes : P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India : Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India : Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India : Kolkata(1727)


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