First Commander-in-Chief of Free India

General Sir Roy Bucher

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India

General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949

First Chief of Air Staff

Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmhirst

First Indian Chief of Staff

Air Marshall Subroto Mukerjee, 1954

First Chief of Naval Staff

Vice Admiral R D Katari

First Field Marshall of India

S.H.F. Manekshaw

First Person to receive Paramvir Chakra

Major Somnath Sharma

First Cosmonaut

Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984

First Atomic Submarine of India

INS Chakra

First Medium Range Missile

Agni

First Indian Missile

Prithvi (Striking range - 250 kms)

India's First Nuclear Centre

Tarapur