First Men

*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 - Dada Bhai Naoroji
*First Indian Member of House of Lords(British) - S.P.Sinha
*First Deputy Prime Minister - Vallabhai Patel
*First minister of Industries and Supplies - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
*First Education Minister - Abdul Kalam Azad
*First Indian to visit England (1832) - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
*First Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Dr.S. Radhakrishnan
*First Speaker of Lok Sabha - G.V. Mavlankar 
*First Election Commissioner - Sukumar Sen 
*First Chairman of UGC - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar 
*First Indian to swim across the English Channel - Mihir Sen
*First Indian to make a solo air flight - JRD Tata
*First Chief of the Air Staff - Subroto Mukherjee 
*First to climb Mount Everest without oxygen - Phu Dorjee
*First Indian in Space - Rakesh Sharma
*First Indian to circumnavigate the globe - Lt.Col.K.S Rao
*First Indian to reach the South Pole - Col.J.K. Bajaj
*First Indian to reach the North Pole - Jaganathan Srinivasaraghavan  
*First Indian to land on Antarctica - Ram Charan

First WOMEN

*First woman President
Ans : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil 
*First woman speaker of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Mirakumar
*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 : Vijayalekshmi Pandit
*First woman President of UN General Assembly
Ans :  Vijayalekshmi 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 Suprem 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 : Maduri Sha
*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 Gibralter
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 : Santhosh 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 Bandhopadyay 
*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 Jnanapith Award 
ANS : Asha Purna 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