On May 22, 2010, Commander Dilip Donde of the Indian Navy became the first Indian ever to circumnavigate the globe solo on a sail-boat when he steered into the Mumbai harbour after his arduous effort spanning a little over nine months.

FIRST INDIAN BANK TO HAVE A BRANCH IN CHINA BANK OF INDIA

FIRST INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN C.K NAYUDU

FIRST INDIAN CRICKETER WHO SCORED TRIPLE CENTURY VIRENDER SEHWAG
FIRST INDIAN HAT-TRICK IN TEST CRICKET HARBHAJAN SINGH

FIRST INDIAN ICS OFFICER SATYENDRA NATH TAGORE

FIRST INDIAN MISS UNIVERSE SUSHMITHA SEN

FIRST INDIAN SCIENTIST WON NOBEL PRIZE C.V RAMAN

FIRST INDIAN TEST TUBE BABY HARSHA

FIRST INDIAN TO COMPLETE 500 TEST WICKETS ANIL KUMBLE

FIRST INDIAN TO CROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL MIHIR SEN

FIRST INDIAN TO DRIVE A FORMULA ONE CAR NARAIN KARTHIKEYAN

FIRST INDIAN TO GET THE NOBEL PRIZE WAS RABINDRANATH TAGORE
FIRST INDIAN TO WIN BOOKER PRIZE ARUNDHATI ROY

FIRST INDIAN WOMAN BADMINTON GRAND PRIX CHAMPION SANIA NEHWAL
FIRST LADY CHIEF MINISTER SUCHETHA KRIPALANI

FIRST LADY IPS OFFICER KIRAN BEDI

First Men in India

First Air Cheif Marshal : Arjan Singh

First President of Indian National Congress : W.C .Banerjee

First Indian Commander in Chief: Gen.K.M .Kariappa

First Field Marshal : S.H.F.J .Manekshaw

First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning

First Muslim President of India : Dr.Zakirhussain

First  Governer General of Free India :Lord Mount Batten

First Indian to Get Nobel Prize : Rabindra Natha Tagore

First  to Join I.C.C (now I.A.S) : Satyendra Nath Tagore

First Women in India

First Women to win Nobel Prize :Mother Therasa

First Women olympic finalist : P.T.Usha
First Women won Bharat Ratna : Indira Gandhi

First Women Judge : Anna Chandi

First Women Ambassoder : Vijayalekshmi Pandit ((1947-49)

First Women President of UN General Assembly : Mrs. Vijayalekshmi Panit(1953)