First Bharat Ratna  Award:

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

First Indian to get  Ashok Chakra

Rakesh Sharma (Astronaut)

First Indian to receive  an Oscar Award

Bhanu Athaiya

First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics

Amartya Sen

First Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine

Hargovind Khurana

First Scientist to get Nobel Prize

C.V. Raman

First Sportsperson to get Padma Shri

Balbir Singh Dosanjh

First Transgender to get Padma Shri

Narthaki Nataraj

First Woman to get  Ashok Chakra

Nirja Bhanot