FIRST IN INDIA

                                       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