| First Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive |
| Last Governor of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| First Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| Last Governor General of Bengal | Lord William Bentick |
| First Viceroy of India | Lord William Bentick |
| First President of Indian National Congress | W. C. Banarjee |
| First Indian to get Bharat Ratna | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| First Lok Sabha speaker | G. V. Mavalankar |
| First President of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| First Prime Minister of India | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| India’s First Minister to resign from Cabinet | Shayama Prasad Mukherjee |
| First Muslim President of India | Zakir Hussain |
| First Vice President of India | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| First Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayab G |
| First Indian to qualify Civil Service Exam | Surendra Nath Banarjee |
| First Indian to become Civil Service Officer | Satyandra Nath Tagore |
| First Governor of RBI | Osborne Smith |
| First Indian Governor of RBI | C. D. Deshmukh |
| First Women Prime Minister of India | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First Women President of India | Smt. Prativa Patil |
| First Chief Minister of a State | Sucheta Kriplani (U.P.) |
| First Women President of Indian National Congress | Annie Besant |
| First Indian Women President of Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu |
| First Indian Women to get Bharat Ratna | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian to win Miss World Contest | Reita Faria Powell |
| First Indian to win Universe | Sushmita Sen |
| First Home Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| First Women Judge of Supreme Court of India | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
| First Indian Open University | Andhra Pradesh Open University |
| First Indian Chief of Air Force | Air Marshall S. Mukherjee |
| First Chief of Indian Army | Gen. M. Rajendra Singh |
| First Indian Naval Chief | Vice Admiral R. D. Katari |
Important Facts in History:
Indian National Congress (INC) was founded in 1885 by A.O. Hume (a Britisher). First session of INC on 28 th December 1885 at Bombay. W. C. Banarjee was elected as president of INC.
Partition of Bengal: - It was issued by Lord Curzon, the Viceroy at that time in 1905 to divide the province of Bengal into two parts.
Muslim League: - All India Muslim League was founded under the leadership of Agha Khan in 1906.
Surat split: - Indian National Congress split into two groups, the moderate and the extremists at Surat session in 1907.
Morley Minto Reforms: - It was introduced in 1909 during the period when Lord minto was the Viceroy of India. It was about separate electorates for muslims.
Lucknow Pact: - In 1916, the Lucknow session of INC was memorable because extremists again joined the INC and there was also an alliance between Congress and Muslim League.
