List of Firsts (MALE) associated with India
| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
| Last Governor of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| First Field Marshal | Gen SFJ Manekshaw |
| First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award | G Shankar Kurup |
| First Indian to swim across Indian Channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian Nobel laureate | Rabindranath Tagore |
| First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India | Fa-Hien |
| First Indian Pilot | JRD Tata |
| First man to climb Mt Everest twice | Nawang Gombu |
| First Indian Governor General of Independent India | C Rajgopalachari |
| First Governor General of India (After Independence) | Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| First Commander in Chief of Free India | Gen KM Cariappa |
| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award | Dr S Radhakrishanan |
| First Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming Contest | Baidyanath Nath |
| First President of Indian national Congress | WC Banjerjee |
| First Indian Submarine | INS Cauveri |
| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize | CV Raman (Physics) |
| India’s First Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science | Dr Hargovind Khurana |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace | Kailash Sathyarthi |
| First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna | Sachin Tendulkar |
| First to reach South Pole | Bijoy Kumar Das |
| First Chief Minister to die in Office | CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu |
| First Indian Sound Film | Alam Ara, directed by Ardeshir Irani |
| First Indigenously made colour film | Kisan Kanya, directed by Moti B |
| First Banned film in India | Neel Akasher Neechey |
| First Post Office opened in India | Kolkata (1727) |
| First Chief Justice of India | Justice Hiralal J kania |
| First Indian to win Stalin Award | Saiffudin Kichlu |
| First Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| First Prime Minister of Independent India | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| First Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallahbhai Patel |
| First Vice President of Independent India | Dr S Radhakrishnan |
| First Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
| First Indian Air Chief of India | Air Marshal S Mukherjee |
| First Chief of Army Staff | Gen M Rajendra Singh |
| First Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice Admiral RD Katari |
| First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India | Apsara |
| First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship | INS Vikrant |
| First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in the field of Physics | Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar |
| India’s First University | Nalanda University |
| First Leader of Opposition | AK Gopalan |
| First Sikh President of India | Gyani Zail Singh |
| First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen Cylinder | Sherpa Phu Dorji |
| First medium range Missile | Agni |
| First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Muslim President of INC | Badruddin Tayab Ji |
| First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election | Indira Gandhi |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | GV Mavlankar |
| First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Finance Minister of India | RK Shanmukhan Chetty |
| First Indian to win Magasaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| India’s First Open University | Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| First President of India to die in office | Dr Zakir Hussain |
| First British Prime Minister to visit India | Harold Mc Millan |
| First Indian Space Tourist | Santosh George |
| First Indian to reach South Pole | Col IK Bajaj |
| First Atomic Submarine of India | INS Chakra |
| First Asian Games Organized | Delhi |
| First American President to visit India | Dwight David Eisenhower |
| First Indian Cosmonaut | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office | Morarji Desai |
| First Indian Author to win Anderson Award | Ruskin Bond |
| First Indian Nuclear Center | Tarapur |
| First Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics | Dr Amartya Sen |
| First Test tube baby of India | Indira |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica | Lt Ram Charan |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy | Wilson Jones |
| First Law Minister of India | BR Ambedkar |
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