Here is list of 'firsts' in India.
| First Newspaper | Calcutta Gazette |
| First woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| First woman Judge | Anna Chandi |
| First woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| First Governor General | C.Rajagopalachari |
| First Vice-Admiral | R.D Katari |
| First to climb Everest | Tenzing Norgay |
| First woman Doctor | Khadambini Ganguli |
| First woman Chief Minister | Sucheta Kriplani (UP) |
| First Governor | Lord S.P Sinha |
| First Railway line | Bombai-Thane (1853) |
| First Telegraph line | Between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour |
| First Wireless broadcasting | From Mumbai (1927) |
| First Nuclear Reacator | Apsara (1956) |
| First Satellite launched | Aryabhatta (1975) |
| First Super Computer | PARAM 8000 |
| First Field Marshal | Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw |
| First Nuclear Power Plant | Tarapur Atomic Power Station(TAPS) |
| First Indian Scientist to win Nobel Prize | Sir C.V. Raman (1930 in Physics) |
| India's First indigenous built Satellite | Insat 2A |
| India's First indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle | SLV-3 |
| First Modern Steel Plant | IISCO-Indian Iron and Steel Company (1887) |
| First woman Speaker of a State Assembly | Sushila Nayyar (Delhi Vidhan Sabha) |
| First woman President of UN | Vijayalakshmi Pandit (UP) |
| First Dam in India | Kallanai Dam(Tamil Nadu) |
| First Miss Universe | Sushmitha Sen (1994) |
| First Magsaysay Award winner | Vinoba Bhave (1958) |
| First Param Vir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
| First Oscar winner | Bhanu Athaiya (Costume design) |
| First woman Ambassador | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Nobel prize winner | Rabindranath Tagore (Literature,1913) |
