First person in India
President – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Vice President – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Deputy Prime Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Speaker of Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar
Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Home Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Finance Minister – Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen
Chief Justice of India – Harilal Jekisundas Kania
Indian Chief of Air staff – Subroto Mukherjee
Indian Chief of Army staff – Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
Indian Chief of Naval staff – Ram Dass Katari
President of Indian National Congress – Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Woman President of Indian National Congress – Annie Besant
Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress – Sarojini Naidu
Woman Governor – Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh)
Woman Chief Minister – Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh)
Woman Ambassador – Vijayalakshmi Nehru Pandit (Soviet Union)
Speaker in Hindi at the United Nations – Atal Bihari Vaypayee
Man to climb Mount Everest – Tenzing Norgay
Woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachendri Pal
Man to swim across English Channel – Mihir Sen
Woman to swim across English Channel – Aarti Saha
Miss Universe – Sushmita Sen
Miss World – Reita Faria
Bharat Ratna Award Winner – C Rajgopalachari, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & Dr. CV Raman
Noble Prize Winner – Rabindernath Tagore (Gitanjali)
Oscar award winner – Bhanu Athaiya
Raman Magsaysay award winner – Vinoba Bhave
Test tube baby – Baby Durga alias Kanupriya Agarwal on October 3, 1978