1st time india (govt.)

§  President: Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)

§  First Women President: Pratibha Patil(2007-till date)

§  First Vice-President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

§  Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected

§  Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950)

§  Prime Minister to be voted out of office: Indira Gandhi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party

§  Non-Congress government: by Janata Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)

§  Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957

§  Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996

§  Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996

§  Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991

§  Governor-General: Warren Hastings

§  The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning,1858.

§  Governor General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten, 1947

§  Indian Governor-General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari, 1948

§  Chief Justice of India: H. J. Kania (1947–1951)

§  First Sikh Prime Minister : Manmohan Singh(2004–Till date)

§  First Muslim President : Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)

§  First Sikh President : Giani Zail Singh

§  Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore, 1863

§  Speaker of Lok Sabha: G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)

§  Finance Minister of Independent India: R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet

§  Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence : R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on Nov 26, 1947

§  First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel[13]

§  First Indian Chief Minister to die in Office: C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu

§  First Indian President to die in Office: Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969

§  First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office: Morarji Desai, 1979

§  First Woman Cabinet Minister in India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

§  First Woman Minister in India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

§  First Woman Chief Minister: Sucheta Kriplani

§  First Female Home Minister: Sabitha Indra Reddy

§  Youngest ever Chief Minister: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam, at the age of 32

§  First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar

§  First Woman Finance Minister of State Government in India: Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.