List of First in India

The first Governor-General of India —— Lord William Bentinck
The first Viceroy and last Governor-General of India —– Lord Canning
The first Governor-General of Independent India —– Lord Mountbatten
The and Last Indian Governor-General of Independent India —– C. Rajagopalachari
The first President of India —– Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of India —– Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
The first Home Minister of India —– Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The first Education Minister of India —– Dr Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Muslim President of India —— Dr Zakir Hussain
The first President of the Indian National Congress —— Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
The first chief election commissioner of India —— Sukumar Sen
The first speaker of Lok Sabha —— G. V. Mavalankar
The first Indian to join the ICS —— Satyendra Nath Tagore
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna —— Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize —— Rabindranath Tagore
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize in Physics —— CV Raman
The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics —— Amartya Sen
The first Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay award —— Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first Indian to swim across the English Channel —— Mihir Sen
The first Chief Defence Staff of India —— Bipin Rawat
The first Lokpal of India —— Pinaki Chandra Bose

First Woman in India

The first woman Prime Minister of India —— Indira Gandi
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State —— Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman President of India —— Pratibha Patil
The first woman Governor of a state of free India —— Sarojini Naidu
The first woman IPS officer —— Kiran Bedi
The first woman President of Indian National Congress —— Annie Besant
The first Indian woman President of Indian National Congress —— Sarojini Naidu
The first woman to become Miss World —— Reita Faria
The First Woman to receive Nobel Prize —— Mother Teressa
The First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna —— Indira Gandhi
The First woman to climb Mount Everest —— Bachendri Pal
The First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha —— Meera Kumar
The First woman to go to space —— Kalpana Chawla
The first woman to cross the English Channel —— Aarti Saha

First in India (Miscellaneous)

The first bank of India —— Bank of Hindustan
The first talkie film of India —— Alam Ara
The first Indian feature film —— Raja Harichandra
The first post office opened in India —— Kolkata
The first open university of India —— Andhra Pradesh Open University
The first colour film of India —— Kisan Kanya (1937)
The first newspaper of India —— Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
The first satellite of India —— Aryabhata
The first Indian state to implement Panchayati Raj system —— Rajasthan