Defence (in The Republic of India)
- Commander-in-Chief of Free India : General Sir Roy Bucher
- Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India : General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
- Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
- Indian Chief of Staff : General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1947
- Commander-in-Chief, IAF : Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, 1954
- Chief of Naval Staff : Vice Admiral R D Katari
- Cosmonaut : Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984
- Field Marshal : Sam Manekshaw, 1973
- First Parsi Army Chief : Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
- First Parsi Navy Chief : Admiral J L Cursetji
- First Parsi Air Force Chief : Air Marshal Aspy Engineer
- First Christian Army Chief : General Sunith Francis Rodrigues
- First Christian Navy Chief : Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
- First Christian Air Force Chief : Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
- First Sikh Army Chief : General Joginder Jaswant Singh
- First Sikh Air Force Chief : Air Marshal Arjan Singh
- First Muslim Air Force Chief : Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif
- First female officer to be court martialled: Anjali Gupta
- First female jawan in the Army : Sapper Shanti Tigga
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