First In India

• First President of India - Dr. Rajendra Prasad  

• First Vice President of India - Dr.S. Radhakrishnan  

• First Muslim President of India - Dr. Zakir Hussain

• First Vice-President who died in harness - Krishna Kanth

• First Chief Justice of India - Harilal. J. Kania

• First Dalit Chief Justice of India - K.G. Balakrishnan

• First British Governor General of Bengal - Warren Hastings

• First Governor General of India - William Bentinck

• First Governor General of Free India - Lord Mount Batten

• First Viceroy of India - Lord Canning

• First Indian to become the Governor General of free India -       C. Rajagopalachari 

• First Indian to join I.C.S (now IAS) - Satyendra Nath Tagore

• First Indian to become the member of Viceroy's Executive Council - Lord S.P.Sinha 

• First Indian to become the Judge of International Court of Justice -  Dr.B.N  Rao

• First Indian to become the President of ICJ - Justice Nagendra Singh

• First Indian in British Parliament - Dadabhai Naoroji

First In Woman (INDIA)

• First woman President
Ans : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

• First woman speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : Meira Kumar

• First woman Prime Minister
Ans : Indira Gandhi

• First woman Chief Minister of a State
Ans : Sucheta Kripalani

• First woman Minister
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman Central Minister
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

• First woman Governor of the State
Ans : Sarojini Naidu

• First woman president of Indian National Congress
Ans : Annie Besant

• First woman Ambassador
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman IAS Officer
Ans : Anna George malhotra

• First woman IPS Officer
Ans : Kiran Bedi

• First woman Advocate
Ans : Cornelia Sorabji

• First woman Magistrate
Ans : Omana Kunjamma

• First woman legislator
Ans : Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• First woman mayor in India
Ans : Tara Cherian

• First woman Judge of High Court
Ans : Anna Chandi

• First woman Judge of Supreme Court
Ans : M. Fathima Beevi

• First woman Chief Justice of High Court
Ans : Leila Seth

• First woman Election Commissioner
Ans : V.S. Rama Devi

• First Chairperson of U.G.C
Ans : Madhuri Shah

• First woman Director General of Police
Ans : Kanchan Bhattacharya

• First woman Chief Engineer
Ans : Mrs.P.K. Thresia

• First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi
Ans : Razia Sultana

• First woman to swim across the English Channel
Ans : Arati Saha

• First woman to swim across the strait of Gibraltar
Ans : Aarti Pradhan

• First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world)
Ans : Ujwala Rai

• First woman to go into space
Ans : Kalpana Chawla

• First woman to climb Mount Everest
Ans : Bachendri Pal

• Youngest woman to Climb Mount Everest two times
Ans : Santosh Yadav

• First to be crowned the Miss World
Ans : Reita Faria

• First to be crowned the Miss Universe
Ans : Susmita Sen

• First woman pilot
Ans : Prem Mathur

• First woman pilot in Indian Air Force
Ans : Haritha Kaur Deol

• First woman Lt. General
Ans : Punita Arora

• First woman Air Marshal
Ans : Padma Bandopadhyay

• First Station Master
Ans : Rinku Sinha Roy

• First woman to win Nobel prize
Ans : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win Bharat Ratna
Ans : Indira Gandhi

• First woman to win Magsaysay Award
Ans : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win the Booker Prize
Ans : Arundhati Roy

• First woman to receive the Sahithya Academy Award
Ans : Amrita Pritam

• First woman to win Jnanpith Award
Ans : Ashapurna Devi

• First female child artist in Indian cinema
Ans : Kamalabai Gokhale

• First Indian woman to get an Oscar
Ans : Bhanu Athaiya

• First woman to win an Olympic medal
Ans : Karnam Malleswari

• First woman Olympic finalist
Ans : P.T. Usha

• First Indian athlete to win a Medal in world championship
Ans : Anju Bobby George

• First woman Cricketer to score double century
Ans : Mithali Raj

• First Indian woman who was honoured as human computer
Ans : Shakuntala Devi