FIRST IN INDIA

    • First Prime Minister of Indian Republic: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    • First Vice President of Indian Republic: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    • Defence Minister of India: Baldev Singh
    • First Chief of Defence Staff (India) of India : Bipin Rawat
    • Commander-in-Chief of Free India: Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
    • Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa,1949
    • Chief of Air Staff : Subroto Mukerjee
    • Chief of Army Staff: Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
    • Commander-in-Chief, IAF: Subroto Mukerjee
    • Chief of Naval Staff: Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey
    • First Indian (pre-Independence) flying ace: Indra Lal Roy
    • India's first military helicopter pilot: Air Commodore Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar
    • Cosmonaut: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984
    • Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw (S.H.F Manekshaw), 1973
    • First female Jawan in the Army: Sapper Shanti Tigga
    • First Param Vir Chakra winner: Major Som Nath Sharma
    • First woman in the Indian Army to receive the coveted ‘Sword of Honour' prize: Divya Ajith Kumar
    • First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft solo: IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi
    • First woman Indian Navy pilot Sub-lieutenant Shivangi