| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive (1957-60 |
| Last Governor of Bengal | Warren Hastings (1772-74) |
| First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings (1974-1985) |
| First Governor General of India | Load William Bentic (1833-35) |
| Last Governor General & Last viceroy of India | Load Canning(1856-62) |
| first president of Indian National Congress | W. C Banerjee |
| First Indian Governor General of Independent India | C Rajgopalachari (20.06.1948-25.01.1950) |
| First Indian to Pass ICS | Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| First Indian I.C.S Officer | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| First Governor General of India (After Independence) | Load Louis MountBatten (15.08.1947-20.06.1948) |
| First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into Space) | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
| First Temporary President of the Constituent Assembly | Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha |
| First Commander in chief of free India | General K. M Cariappa |
| First Indian Nobel Laureate | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| First India Judge of the International court of justice | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| First Indian To get Bharat Ratan Awards | Dr. S Radhakrishnan |
| First Field Marshal | General S.F. J Manekshaw |
| The President of Constituent Assembly | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First India to swim Across the India channel | Mihir Sen |
| First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award | G. Shankar Kurup |
| First Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| First Indian to win Palk- Strait Ocean Swimming Contest | Baidyanath Nath |
| First Speaker of Lok Sabha | G. V Mavlankar (1952-57) |
| First person to Make Printing Press Popular in India | James Hicky |
| First Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
| First President of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Prime Minister of Independent India | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Vice- President of Independent India | Dr. S Radhakrishnan |
| First chief of air Staff | Air marshal sir thomes elmhirst |
| First Indian Air chief of India | Air Marshal S Mukherjee |
| First Chief of army Staff | General M Rajendra Singh |
| First Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice- Admiral R. D Katari |
| First Large – Scale Atomic Reactor of India | Apsara (1956) |
