First in Governance (शासन में प्रथम)
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First President of India = Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
First Prime Minister of India = Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected.
First Vice President of India = Dr. S Radhakrishan
First Deputy Prime Minister of India = Vallabhbhai Patel
First Prime Minister to be voted out of Office = India Ghandi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to he Janta Party.
First Sikh Prime Minister = Manmohan Singh
First Sikh President = Giani Zail Singh
First Non-Congress Government = by Janta Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977-1980)
First Prime Minster of India resigned without completing his full term = Morarji Desai
First Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term(five years) = P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996
First Prime Minster from South India = P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996
First Governor-General = Warren Hastings
First British Governor-General Lord = William Bentick
First British Viceroy of India = Lord Canning
First Governor General of Independent India = Lord Mountbatten, 1947
First and Last Indian Governor-General of Indian Union = C Rajagopalachari, 1948
First Chief Justice of India = Justice Hiralal J Kania
First Indian to pass ICS = Surendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian ICS Officer = Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
First Speaker of Lok Sabha = Shri G.V. Mavlankar
First Finance Minister of Independent India = Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys
Presentation of First Budget after India’s Independence = Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys on Nov. 26, 1947
First President to die in Office = Dr. Zakhir Hussain
First Prime Minister who did not face the Parliament = Charan Singh
First Chief Justice of Supreme Court to become President of India = Justice M Hidaytullah
First Education Minister = Abul Kalam Azad
First Home Minister = Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First Chief Election Commissioner = Sukumar Sen
First Minister to regin from Union Cabinet = Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)