) First and Last Indian Governor General of Free India - C.

Rajgopalachari 2) First British Governor of India - Lord William Bentinck 3) First British Viceroy of India - Lord Canning 4) First Chairman of Prasar Bharti - Nikhil Chakravorty 5) First Chairman of Rajyasabha - S.V. Krishnamurthy 6) First Chief Election Commissioner of India - Sukumar Sen 7) First Dalit President of India - K. R Narayanan 8) First Deputy Prime Minister - Vallabh Bhai Patel 9) First Doctor to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine - Dr.Hargovind Khurana 10) First Education Minister - Abul Kalam Azad 11) First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister of Fiji - Mahendra Chaudhury 12) First Field Marshal of India - General S.P.F.J. Manekshaw 13) First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 14) First Governor General of free India - Lord Mountbatten 16) First Home Minister of India - Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 17) First Indian Air chief Marshal - S. Mukherjee

18) First Indian Chess Grandmaster - S Vishwnathan 19) First Indian Chief Justice - Justice Hiralal J Kania 20) First Indian Commander-in- chief - General K. M. Kariappa 21) First Indian Cricketer to score three centuries in three successive matches on debut - Mohammed Azaharuddin 22) First Indian Cricketer to score Triple Century in Test - Virendra Sehwag 23) First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice - Dr. Nagendra Singh 24) First Indian Member of the viceroy's executive council - S.P.Sinha 25) First Indian Naval Chief - Vice Admiral R. D. Katari 26) First Indian Pilot - JRD Tata 27) First Indian to Cross English Channel - Mihir Sen 28) First Indian to get an Oscar - Bhanu Athaiya 29) First Indian to get Anderson Award - Ruskin Bond 30) First Indian to go in space - Squadron Ldr. Rakesh Sharma 31) First Indian to Join the ICS - Satyendra Nath Banerjee 32) First Indian to reach Antarctica - Lt. Ran Charan

33) First Indian to reach in British Parliament - Dada Bhai Naoroji 34) First Indian to reach the deep sea floor in the Mid Atlantic - P.S. Rao 35) First Indian to reach the south pole - Col. I K Bajaj 36) First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna - Dr. Radha Krishnan 37) First Indian to receive Jyan Peeth award - Sri Shankar Kurup 38) First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award - Vinoba Bhave 39) First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics - Dr. Amartya Sen 40) First Indian to receive Stalin Prize - Saifuddin Kichlu 41) First Indian to win Nobel Prize - Rabindra Nath Tagore 42) First Judge to face Impeachment proceedings in Loksabha - Justice V. Ramaswami 43) First Muslim President of India - Dr. Zakir Hussein 44) First Muslim President of Indian National congress - Badruddin Tayyabji 45) First person to reach Mount Everest without Oxygen - Sherpa Arga Dorji 46) First person to receive Paramvir Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma 47) First Person to resign from Central Cabinet - Shyama Prasad Mukharjee 48) First President of Indian National Congress - W.C. Banerjee

49) First President of Indian Republic - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 50) First president to die in Office - Dr.Zakhir Hussain 51) First Prime Minister of India - Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 52) First Prime Minister to resign without full term - Morar Ji Desai 53) First Speaker of Loksabha - Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar 54) First Vice President of India - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan