*First British Governor General
Warren Hastings

*First British Governor General of Independent India
LordMountbatten

*First Chief Justice of India
Hiralal J Kania

*First Commander-in-Chief of Free India
General K M Cariappa


*First Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Sir Thomos Elmhirst


*First Indian Air Chief
Air Marshal S Mukherjee


*First Chief of Army Staff
General M Rajendra Singh


*First Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral R D Katari


*First Cosmonaut
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma


*First Female Graduates
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu


*First Female Head of an Undergraduate Academic Institution
Chandramukhi Basu


*First Female Honours Graduate
Kamini Roy

*First Female Lawyer
Cornelia Sorabjee


*First Female Physician
Kadambini Ganguly


*First Field Marshal
SHFJ Manekshaw


*First Governor-General of Indian Union
C Rajagopalachari


*First Graduate in Medicine
Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty


*First Indian to get an Oscar
Bhanu Athaiya


*First Indian to reach the South Pole
Col I K Bajaj


*First Indian to win a major literary award in the United States
Dhan Gopal Mukerji


*First Indian to win an Olympic medal
Norman Pritchard


*First Indian ICS Officer
Satyendranath Tagore


*First Indian Man to swim across the English Channel
Mihir Sen


*First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel
Miss Arati Saha


*First Magsaysay Award Winner
Acharya Vinod Bhave


*First Nobel Prize Winner
Rabindranath Tagore


*First President of the Indian National Congress
W C Bonnerjee


*First President of the India
Rajendra Prasad


*First Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru

*First Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel


*First Talkie Film
Alam Ara (1931)
*First Woman President of the Indian National Congress
Annie Besant


*First Woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi


*First Woman Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur


*First Woman Chief Minister of a State
Sucheta Kripalani


*First Woman Governor
Sarojini Naidu


*First Woman central Minister
Vijayalakshmi Pandit


*First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly
Mrs Shanno Devi


*First Woman Airline Pilot
Durga Banerjee


*First Woman to Win Asiad Gold
Kamlijit Sandhu


*First Woman to Win an Olympic medal
Karnam Malleswari


*First Woman Judge of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi


*First Woman IPS Officer
Kiran Bedi


*First Woman to Win Miss Universe Title
Sushmita Sen


*First Woman to win the Ford Supermodel of the World (contest)
Bipasha Basu


*First Woman to Win Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa


*First Woman to win Miss World title
Reita Faria

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