| No. | Field | Person |
|---|
| 1 | The first President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | The first Prime Minister of India | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 3 | The first Indian to win Nobel Prize | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 4 | The first President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Banerjee |
| 5 | The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayyabji |
| 6 | The first Muslim President of India | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| 7 | The first British Governor General of India | Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) |
| 8 | The first British Governor General of Bengal | Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885) |
| 9 | The first British Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| 10 | The first Governor General of free India | Lord Mountbatten |
| 11 | The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India | C. Rajgopalachari |
| 12 | The first man who introduced printing press in India | James Hicky |
| 13 | The first Indian to join the I.C.S | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| 14 | India's first man in Space | Rakesh Sharma |
| 15 | The first PM of India who resigned without completing the full term | Morarji Desai |
| 16 | The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India | General Cariappa |
| 17 | The first Chief of Army Staff | Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh ji |
| 18 | The first Indian Member of the Viceroy's executive council | S. P. Sinha |
| 19 | The first President of India who died in office | Dr. Zakhir Hussain |
| 20 | The first PM of India who did not face the Parliament | Charan Singh |
| 21 | The first Field Marshal of India | S.H.F. Manekshaw |
| 22 | The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics | C.V. Raman |
| 23 | The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| 24 | The first Indian to cross English Channel | Mihir Sen |
| 25 | The first Person to receive Jnanpith award | Sri Shankar Kurup |
| 26 | The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar |
| 27 | The first Vice-President of India | Dr. Radhakrishnan |
| 28 | The first education minister of India | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| 29 | The first Home minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| 30 | The first Indian Air Chief Marshal | S. Mukherjee |
| 31 | The first Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
| 32 | The first Indian Judge of International Court of Justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| 33 | The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen | Sherpa Anga Dorjee |
| 34 | The first person to get Param Vir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| 35 | The first Chief Election Commissioner | Sukumar Sen |
| 36 | The first person to receive Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| 37 | The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine | Hargovind Khurana |
| 38 | The first Chinese traveller to visit India | Fahein |
| 39 | The first person to receive Stalin Prize | Saifuddin Kitchlu |
| 40 | The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| 41 | The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics | Amartya Sen |
| 42 | The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Justice Hirala J. Kania |
| 43 | The first Indian Pilot | J. R. D. Tata (1929) |