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Pre-Independence(11)

Item	Detail
First British Governor-General of Bengal	Warren Hastings(1774-1885)*
First British Governor-General of India	Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)*
First British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning(1858)
First Indian to enter into Civil Service (ICS)	Satyendranath Tagore(1863)
First Indian to become a member of the British Parliament (House of Commons)	Dadabhai Naoroji(1892)
First Indian to become a member of the British Parliament (House of Lords)	Lord. S. P. Sinha (1919)
First Indian to be appointed as Advocate-General of Bengal	Lord. S. P. Sinha(1905)
First Indian to become a member of Viceroy’s Executive Council	Lord. S. P. Sinha(1909)
First Indian who contested in the election for British Parliament	Lal Mohan Ghose
First Budget in India was presented by	Sir James Wilson(1860)
First President of Indian National Congress	W.C*

First British Governor-General of Bengal*

Warren Hastings(1774-1885)

First British Governor-General of India*

Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

First British Viceroy of India

Lord Canning(1858)

First Indian to enter into Civil Service (ICS)

Satyendranath Tagore(1863)

First Indian to become a member of the British Parliament (House of Commons)

Dadabhai Naoroji(1892)

First Indian to become a member of the British Parliament (House of Lords)

Lord. S. P. Sinha (1919)

First Indian to be appointed as Advocate-General of Bengal

Lord. S. P. Sinha(1905)

First Indian to become a member of Viceroy’s Executive Council

Lord. S. P. Sinha(1909)

First Indian who contested in the election for British Parliament

Lal Mohan Ghose

First Budget in India was presented by

Sir James Wilson(1860)

First President of Indian National Congress*

W.C

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Banerjee(1885)(13)

Item	Detail
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tyabji(1887)*
First Indian Barrister in the High Court of Bombay	Badruddin Tyabji(1867)
First Surveyor-General Of India	Colin Mackenzie(1815)
First Chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Sir Ross Barker(1926)*
First High Commissioner for India	Sir William Stevenson Meyer(1920)
First High Commissioner of Indian origin	Sir Dadiba Merwanji Dalal(1923)*
First Indian who became High Commissioner in Great Britain	V. K. Krishna Menon(1947)
First Governor-General	Lord Lewis Mountbatten(1947)*
First Indian Governor-General	Chakravarti Rajgopalachari(1948)*
Last Governor-General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari*
First High Commissioner of Independent India	V. K. Krishna Menon(1952)*
First President of the Indian National Congress of Independent India	Acharya Kripalani(1947)*
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress of Independent India	Badruddin Tyabji(1887)*

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress*

Badruddin Tyabji(1887)

First Indian Barrister in the High Court of Bombay

Badruddin Tyabji(1867)

First Surveyor-General Of India

Colin Mackenzie(1815)

First Chairman of Union Public Service Commission*

Sir Ross Barker(1926)

First High Commissioner for India

Sir William Stevenson Meyer(1920)

First High Commissioner of Indian origin*

Sir Dadiba Merwanji Dalal(1923)

First Indian who became High Commissioner in Great Britain

V. K. Krishna Menon(1947)

First Governor-General*

Lord Lewis Mountbatten(1947)

First Indian Governor-General*

Chakravarti Rajgopalachari(1948)

Last Governor-General of free India*

C. Rajgopalachari

First High Commissioner of Independent India*

V. K. Krishna Menon(1952)

First President of the Indian National Congress of Independent India*

Acharya Kripalani(1947)

First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress of Independent India*

Badruddin Tyabji(1887)

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Presidentof India(1)

Item	Detail
First President	Dr. Rajendra Prasad(1950)

First President

Dr. Rajendra Prasad(1950)

Longest-serving President(1)

Item	Detail
First Vice President of India	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan*

First Vice President of India*

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Second President of India(9)

Item	Detail
First President from South India	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First President to declare Emergency	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan(1962)
First President to receive Bharata Ratna	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(1954)
First Acting President of India	V.V. Giri*
Acting President for the Longest Period	B.D. Shetty(1977)
Acting President for the Shortest Period	Justice Hidayatullah(1969)
First Woman President of India	Pratibha Patil(2007)*
First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain(1967)*
First President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakhir Hussain(May 3, 1969)*

First President from South India

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

First President to declare Emergency

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan(1962)

First President to receive Bharata Ratna

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(1954)

First Acting President of India*

V.V. Giri

Acting President for the Longest Period

B.D. Shetty(1977)

Acting President for the Shortest Period

Justice Hidayatullah(1969)

First Woman President of India*

Pratibha Patil(2007)

First Muslim President of India*

Dr. Zakir Hussain(1967)

First President of India who died while in office*

Dr. Zakhir Hussain(May 3, 1969)

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Shortest-serving President(39)

Item	Detail
First Sikh President	Giani Zail Singh(1982)
First President who elected without any opposition	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(1977)
Youngest Person to become President of India	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(64 years old)*
First Dalit President Of India	K. R. Narayanan(1997)*
Oldest Person to become President of India	K. R. Narayanan(77 years old)*
First President who cast his vote in Loksabha Election	K. R. Narayanan(1998)
First Scientist President of India	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam(2002)*
President with the Nickname "Missile Man of India."First President who cast his vote in Parliamentary Election	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
First & Only President who won solely on the basis of second-preference votes	V.V. Giri(1969; vs Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy)
First President of India who was honored with the highest civilian award "National Order of the Republic of Ivory Coast"	Pranab Mukherjee(2016)*
First (Former) President of Indiato be honored with the 'Order of Aztec Eagle', the highest Civilian Award of Mexico	Pratibha Patil(2019).📌Read More:Presidents of IndiaPrime Ministerof IndiaFirst Prime Minister –Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1947)*
Longest-serving Prime Minister	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)*
First Prime Minister to die in office	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(May 27, 1964)*
First Prime Minister to face no-confidence motion	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1963)*
First Prime Minister to receive Bharata Ratna	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1955)*
First Deputy Prime Minister of India	Sardar Vallabhai Patel(1947–50)*
First Home Minister	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel(1947)
First Woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi*
First Woman Indian Prime Minister to die in office	Indira Gandhi(1984)*
First Indian Prime Minister to be assassinated while in Office	Indira Gandhi(1984)*
Prime Minister to face maximum no. of no-confidence motions	Indira Gandhi(15)*
First Sikh Prime Minister	Dr. Manmohan Singh(2004)*
First Person from a Minority Community to occupy the post of Prime Minister of India	Manmohan Singh(2004)*
First Prime Minister to be voted out of office	Indira Gandhi(1977, against Janata Party)*
First Non-Congress Prime-Minister	Morarji Desai(Janata Party, 1977)
First Prime Minister to resign from Office	Morarji Desai*
Oldest Person to become Prime Minister	Morarji Desai(81 years old)*
First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh(1979)*
Prime Minister for the Shortest term	Charan Singh(5 Months, 17 days)*
First Prime Minister to die on a Foreign Land	Lal Bahadur Shastri(Tashkent, Soviet Union, January 11, 1966)*
First Prime Minister who had to resign after being unable to defeat the no-confidence motion	V.P. Singh(1990)*
First Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years)	P. V. Narasimha Rao(1991)*
First Prime Minister from South India	P.V. Narasimha Rao*
First Person outside of Nehru family to serve a full term	P.V. Narasimha Rao
First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes	P.V. Narasimha Rao
First Non-Congress Prime Minister to Serve A Full Term	Atal Bihari Vajpayee*
First Prime Minister To Win A Popular Entertainment Award	Atal Bihari Vajpayee*
First Person who delivered Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.	Atal Bihari Bajpai(1977)
First Prime Minister born after Independence	Narendra Modi(1950)*

First Sikh President

Giani Zail Singh(1982)

First President who elected without any opposition

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(1977)

Youngest Person to become President of India*

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(64 years old)

First Dalit President Of India*

K. R. Narayanan(1997)

Oldest Person to become President of India*

K. R. Narayanan(77 years old)

First President who cast his vote in Loksabha Election

K. R. Narayanan(1998)

First Scientist President of India*

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam(2002)

President with the Nickname "Missile Man of India."First President who cast his vote in Parliamentary Election

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

First & Only President who won solely on the basis of second-preference votes

V.V. Giri(1969; vs Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy)

First President of India who was honored with the highest civilian award "National Order of the Republic of Ivory Coast"*

Pranab Mukherjee(2016)

First (Former) President of Indiato be honored with the 'Order of Aztec Eagle', the highest Civilian Award of Mexico*

Pratibha Patil(2019).📌Read More:Presidents of IndiaPrime Ministerof IndiaFirst Prime Minister –Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1947)

Longest-serving Prime Minister*

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)

First Prime Minister to die in office*

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(May 27, 1964)

First Prime Minister to face no-confidence motion*

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1963)

First Prime Minister to receive Bharata Ratna*

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru(1955)

First Deputy Prime Minister of India*

Sardar Vallabhai Patel(1947–50)

First Home Minister

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel(1947)

First Woman Prime Minister*

Indira Gandhi

First Woman Indian Prime Minister to die in office*

Indira Gandhi(1984)

First Indian Prime Minister to be assassinated while in Office*

Indira Gandhi(1984)

Prime Minister to face maximum no. of no-confidence motions*

Indira Gandhi(15)

First Sikh Prime Minister*

Dr. Manmohan Singh(2004)

First Person from a Minority Community to occupy the post of Prime Minister of India*

Manmohan Singh(2004)

First Prime Minister to be voted out of office*

Indira Gandhi(1977, against Janata Party)

First Non-Congress Prime-Minister

Morarji Desai(Janata Party, 1977)

First Prime Minister to resign from Office*

Morarji Desai

Oldest Person to become Prime Minister*

Morarji Desai(81 years old)

First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament*

Charan Singh(1979)

Prime Minister for the Shortest term*

Charan Singh(5 Months, 17 days)

First Prime Minister to die on a Foreign Land*

Lal Bahadur Shastri(Tashkent, Soviet Union, January 11, 1966)

First Prime Minister who had to resign after being unable to defeat the no-confidence motion*

V.P. Singh(1990)

First Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years)*

P. V. Narasimha Rao(1991)

First Prime Minister from South India*

P.V. Narasimha Rao

First Person outside of Nehru family to serve a full term

P.V. Narasimha Rao

First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes

P.V. Narasimha Rao

First Non-Congress Prime Minister to Serve A Full Term*

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

First Prime Minister To Win A Popular Entertainment Award*

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

First Person who delivered Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.

Atal Bihari Bajpai(1977)

First Prime Minister born after Independence*

Narendra Modi(1950)

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Cabinet Ministersof India(9)

Item	Detail
First Minister Without Portfolio	N. Gopalswami Ayyangar(1937)
First Defence Minister	Baldev Singh(1947)
First Education Minister	Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad(1947)
First Finance Minister of India	R. K. Shanmukham Chetty(1947)
First Budget in Free India was presented by	R. K. Shanmukham Chetty(November 26, 1947)
First Industries and Supplies Minister	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First Person to resign from the Central Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First Law Minister of Independent India	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar(1947)
First Railway Minister of India	Lal Bahadur Sasthri

First Minister Without Portfolio

N. Gopalswami Ayyangar(1937)

First Defence Minister

Baldev Singh(1947)

First Education Minister

Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad(1947)

First Finance Minister of India

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty(1947)

First Budget in Free India was presented by

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty(November 26, 1947)

First Industries and Supplies Minister

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

First Person to resign from the Central Cabinet

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

First Law Minister of Independent India

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar(1947)

First Railway Minister of India

Lal Bahadur Sasthri

Chief Ministersof India(30)

Item	Detail
First Chief Minister Of The Tri-Lingual Bombay Presidency	B. G. Kher*
Longest Serving Chief Minister	Pawan Kumar Chamling(Sikkim, 24 years)*
First Chief Minister to die in office	Gopinath Bordoloi(Assam)*
First Woman Chief Minister to die in Office	J. Jayalalitha(Tamil Nadu)*
First Indian Chief Minister to be assassinated while in Office	Beant Singh(Punjab, 1995)*
First Actor to become Chief Minister in India	M. G. Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu)*
First Actress to become Chief Minister in India	Janaki Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu)*
First Actress to become Chief Minister in India by winning election	J. Jayalalitha(Tamil Nadu)*
First Constitutional Amendment	1950
First Five-Year Plan	1951
First General Elections	1952
First Lok Sabha was constituted on	April 17, 1952
First Speaker of Lok Sabha	G.V. Mavlankar(1952)*
First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker	G M C Balayogi
First Chairman of Lok Sabha	G. V. Mavlankar*
First Chairman Of Rajya Sabha	S. V. Krishnamurthy*
First Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha	S.V. Krishnan Moorthi Rao*
First Opposition leader of Rajya Sabha	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra(1969)
First Opposition leader of Lok Sabha	Dr. Ram Subhag Singh(1969).*
First Non-Congress Government	Janata Party(Under the aegis of Morarji Desai, 1977)
First Governor of RBI	Sir Osborne Smith(1935)*
First Foreign Secretary	K. P. S. Menon(1948)*
First Comptroller and Auditor General of India	Narahari Rao*
First Chief Election Commissioner of India	Sukumar Sen*
First Chief Information Commissioner of India	Wajahat Habibullah*
First Chairman of Finance Commission	K. C. Neogy*
First Chairman of Planning Commission	Jawaharlal Nehru*
First Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission	Gulsarilal Nanda*
First Chairman of Public Service Commission	H. K. Kripalani(1947)*
First President of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)	Justice Rangnath Mishra(1993)*

First Chief Minister Of The Tri-Lingual Bombay Presidency*

B. G. Kher

Longest Serving Chief Minister*

Pawan Kumar Chamling(Sikkim, 24 years)

First Chief Minister to die in office*

Gopinath Bordoloi(Assam)

First Woman Chief Minister to die in Office*

J. Jayalalitha(Tamil Nadu)

First Indian Chief Minister to be assassinated while in Office*

Beant Singh(Punjab, 1995)

First Actor to become Chief Minister in India*

M. G. Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu)

First Actress to become Chief Minister in India*

Janaki Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu)

First Actress to become Chief Minister in India by winning election*

J. Jayalalitha(Tamil Nadu)

First Constitutional Amendment

1950

First Five-Year Plan

1951

First General Elections

1952

First Lok Sabha was constituted on

April 17, 1952

First Speaker of Lok Sabha*

G.V. Mavlankar(1952)

First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker

G M C Balayogi

First Chairman of Lok Sabha*

G. V. Mavlankar

First Chairman Of Rajya Sabha*

S. V. Krishnamurthy

First Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha*

S.V. Krishnan Moorthi Rao

First Opposition leader of Rajya Sabha

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra(1969)

First Opposition leader of Lok Sabha

Dr. Ram Subhag Singh(1969).*

First Non-Congress Government

Janata Party(Under the aegis of Morarji Desai, 1977)

First Governor of RBI*

Sir Osborne Smith(1935)

First Foreign Secretary*

K. P. S. Menon(1948)

First Comptroller and Auditor General of India*

Narahari Rao

First Chief Election Commissioner of India*

Sukumar Sen

First Chief Information Commissioner of India*

Wajahat Habibullah

First Chairman of Finance Commission*

K. C. Neogy

First Chairman of Planning Commission*

Jawaharlal Nehru

First Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission*

Gulsarilal Nanda

First Chairman of Public Service Commission*

H. K. Kripalani(1947)

First President of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)*

Justice Rangnath Mishra(1993)

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- First Chairperson of(1)

Item	Detail
National Commission for Women (NCW)	Jayanti Patnaik(1992)

National Commission for Women (NCW)

Jayanti Patnaik(1992)

- First Chairman of(1)

Item	Detail
National Commission for Minorities (NCM)	M.R. Masani(1978)

National Commission for Minorities (NCM)

M.R. Masani(1978)

- First Chairman of(22)

Item	Detail
National Commission for Scheduled Castes	Suraj Bhan(2004)
First Chairman of Central Vigilance Commission	N. Srinivasa Rau(1964)*
First Director of CBI	D.P. Kohli
First Director of CBI becoming Governor	Ashwani Kumar*
First National Security Adviser	Brajesh Mishra(1998)
First Chairman of Lokpal	Pinaki Chandra Ghose(2019)*
First Indian Origin Vice President of USA	Kamala Harris(January 20, 2021)*
First Indian Origin Prime Minister Of Fiji	Mahendra Chaudhury*
First Indian Origin Minister of New Zealand	Priyanca Radhakrishnan(November 2, 2020)*
First Indian member of American Congress	Dilip Singh Saund
First Indian Managing Director of World Bank	Gautam Kazi
Birthday of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, September 5 is observed as "Teachers' Day."Surveyor General of India 2020	Lt Gen Girish Kumar
Comptroller and Auditor General of India 2020	Rajiv Mehrishi.CBI Director 2020 – Rishi Kumar Shukla*
National Security Adviser 2020	Ajit Doval
Governor of RBI 2020	Shaktikanta Das*
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission 2020	H. L. Dattu*
First Chairman of Kerala Public Service Commission	V.K. Velayudhan*
The penniless Prime Minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri*
Tashkent	Capital of Uzbekistan
Tashkent Declaration	Jan 10, 1966
Signatories	Lal Bahadur Shastri & Muhammad Ayub Khan (President)
Mediator	Aleksey Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union

National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Suraj Bhan(2004)

First Chairman of Central Vigilance Commission*

N. Srinivasa Rau(1964)

First Director of CBI

D.P. Kohli

First Director of CBI becoming Governor*

Ashwani Kumar

First National Security Adviser

Brajesh Mishra(1998)

First Chairman of Lokpal*

Pinaki Chandra Ghose(2019)

First Indian Origin Vice President of USA*

Kamala Harris(January 20, 2021)

First Indian Origin Prime Minister Of Fiji*

Mahendra Chaudhury

First Indian Origin Minister of New Zealand*

Priyanca Radhakrishnan(November 2, 2020)

First Indian member of American Congress

Dilip Singh Saund

First Indian Managing Director of World Bank

Gautam Kazi

Birthday of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, September 5 is observed as "Teachers' Day."Surveyor General of India 2020

Lt Gen Girish Kumar

Comptroller and Auditor General of India 2020*

Rajiv Mehrishi.CBI Director 2020 – Rishi Kumar Shukla

National Security Adviser 2020

Ajit Doval

Governor of RBI 2020*

Shaktikanta Das

Chairman of National Human Rights Commission 2020*

H. L. Dattu

First Chairman of Kerala Public Service Commission*

V.K. Velayudhan

The penniless Prime Minister*

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Tashkent

Capital of Uzbekistan

Tashkent Declaration

Jan 10, 1966

Signatories

Lal Bahadur Shastri & Muhammad Ayub Khan (President)

Mediator

Aleksey Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union

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First in India - Administration & Governance

Key Takeaway

Pre-Independence(11)

Banerjee(1885)(13)

Presidentof India(1)

Longest-serving President(1)

Second President of India(9)

Shortest-serving President(39)

Cabinet Ministersof India(9)

Chief Ministersof India(30)

- First Chairperson of(1)

- First Chairman of(1)

- First Chairman of(22)

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