All Indian Record Makers
| Women | |||
| 1 | First woman Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi | |
| 2 | First woman Chief Minister of a State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani | |
| 3 | First woman Minister | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit | |
| 4 | First woman Central Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | |
| 5 | First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Mrs. Shanno Devi | |
| 6 | First woman Governor of a State | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 7. | First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress | Annie Besant | |
| 8. | First woman President of UN General Assembly | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit | |
| 9. | First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi | Razia Sultana | |
| 10. | First woman to swim across the English Channel | Miss Arti Saha (now Mrs. Arti Gupta) | |
| 11. | First woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal | |
| 12. | First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world) | Ujwala Rai | |
| 13. | First woman IAS Officer | Anna George Malhotra | |
| 14. | First woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi | |
| 15. | First woman Advocate | Cornelia Sorabji | |
| 16. | First woman Judge | Anna Chandi | |
| 17. | First woman Judge of a High Court | Anna Chandi | |
| 18. | First woman Judge of Supreme Court | Miss M Fathima Beevi | |
| 19. | First woman Chief Justice of Supreme Court | Miss Leila Seth | |
| 20. | First woman Doctor | Kadambini Ganguli | |
| 21. | First woman to pass MA | Mrs. Chandramukhi Bose | |
| 22. | First woman editor of English newspaper | Dina Vakil | |
| 23. | First woman Chief Engineer | Mrs. P K Thresia | |
| 24. | First woman to receive a
Sena Medal |
Constable Bramla Devi (88 BN of CRPF)-1990 | |
| 25. | Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest | Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali -1993 | |
| 26 | First woman to climb Mount Everest two times | Santosh Yadav (ITBP Offiocer)- 1993 | |
| 27. | First Lady Magistrate | Mrs. Omana Kunjamma | |
| 28. | First woman to win Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa | |
| 29. | First to be crowned Miss India | Reita Faria | |
| 30. | First to be crowned Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen | |
| 31. | First to be crowned Miss World | Aishvarya Rai | |
| Men | |||
| 1. | First Indian to swim across the English Channel | Mihir Sen | |
| 2. | First to Climb Mount Everest | Tenzing Norgay | |
| 3. | First to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen | Phu Dorjee | |
| 4. | First Indian to join ICS (ICS now in IAS) | Satyendra Nath Tagore | |
| 5. | First Indian to get Nobel Prize | Rabindra Nath Tagore | |
| 6. | First British Governor General | Warren Hastings | |
| 7. | First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) | Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma | |
| 8. | First Governor General of Free India | Lord Mountbatten | |
| 9. | First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning | |
| 10. | First and the last Governor General of free India | C Rajagopalachari | |
| 11. | First President of India | Dr Rajendra Prasad | |
| 12. | First Vice-President of India | Dr S Radhakrishnan | |
| 13. | First Muslim President of India | Dr Zakir Hussain | |
| 14. | First Sikh President of India | Giani Zail Singh | |
| 15. | First Prime Minister | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 16. | First Chief Justice of India | Justice H L Kania | |
| 17. | First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G V Mavlankar | |
| 18. | First President of Indian National Congress | W C Bonnerjee | |
| 19. | First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive Council | Lord S P Sinha | |
| 20. | First Indian to President of International Court of Justice | Dr Nagendra Singh | |
| 21. | First Emperor of Moghul Dyansty | Babur | |
| 22. | First Field Marshal | S H F Manekshaw | |
| 23. | First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India (now Field Marshal) | Gen K M Cariappa | |
| 24. | First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) | Gen Maharaja Rajendra Sinhji | |
| 25. | First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) | Vice-Admiral R D katari | |
| 26. | First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) | Subroto Mukherjee | |
| 27. | First Indian in British Parliament | Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 28. | First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) | Khudada Khan | |
| 29. | First Indian to circumnavigate the globe | Lt Col K S Rao | |
| 30. | First Indian to reach the South Pole | Col J K Bajaj (1989) | |
| 31. | First Indian High Court Judge | Justice Syed Mehamood (1878) | |
| 32. | First Indian to make a solo air flight | J R D Tata | |
| 33. | First Indian to visit England | Raja Rammohun Roy (1832) | |
| 34. | First Indian Member of House of Lords | Lord S P Sinha (British) | |
| 35. | First Bar-at-Law | J.M. Tagore | |
| 36. | First Chairman of Rajya Sabha | Dr S. Radhakrishnan (1952-62) | |
| 37. | First Indian Test Cricketer | K S Ranjit Singhji | |
| 38. | First Air Marshal | Arjun Singh | |
| 39. | First Judge to face impeachment in the Lok Sabha | Justice V Ramaswami (1993) | |
| 40. | Fastest Shorthand writer | Dr G D Mist (250 wpm) | |
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