| First Atomic Submarine of India |
I. N. S. Chakra |
| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize |
C V. Raman (Physics) |
| First Indian Submarine |
I. N. S. Cauveri |
| First Scientist of Indian origin, to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science |
Dr. Hargovind Khurana |
| First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship |
I.N.S. Vikrant |
| First Medium Range Missile |
Agni |
| First Indian Missile |
Prithvi |
| First e-business News Paper of India |
Financial Express |
| First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics |
Subrahmanium Chandrashekhar |
| India's first Nuclear Centre |
Tarapur |
| India's first Open University |
Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| India's first minister to resign from Union Cabinet |
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950) |
| First British to visit India |
Hawkins |
| First Asian Games organized |
Delhi (in 1951) |
| India's first Election Commissioner |
Sukumar Sen |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
Badmddin Tayab Ji |
| First Chief Justice of India |
Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
| India's first University |
Nalanda University |
| First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxygen cylinder |
Sherpa Phu Dorji |
| First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna |
Khan Abdul Gatffar Khan |
| First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics |
Dr. Amartya Sen |
| First Army Institute of Information Technology founded |
Hyderabad |
| First Test Tube Baby of India |
Indira ( Baby Harsha ) |
| First Indian Pilot |
J. R. D. Tata |
| First Indian to reach Antarctica |
Lt. Ram Charan (1960) |
| First Post- Office opened in India |
Kolkata |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India |
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Indian prime Minister to resign from office |
Morarji Desai |
| First Indian prime Minister to loose an Election |
Indira Gandhi |
| First President of India to die in office |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
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| First Man to climb Mt. Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu |
| First Indian to reach the South Pole |
I. K. Bajaj |
| First Indian recipient of Oscar Award |
Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Indian author to get Anderson Award |
Ruskin Bond |
| First Indian Space Tourist |
Santosh George |
