First in India in Governance : • President of the Indian National Congress— Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885 • President of the Indian National Congress of independent India— Acharya Kripalani, till Nov 1947 • President— Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962) • First Woman President— Pratibha Patil (2007–2012) • The first Chief Election Commissioner —Sukumar Sen • Industries and Supplies Minister— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee • The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee • Vice-President— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Prime Minister— Jawaharlal Nehru (1947– 1964). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected. • Deputy Prime Minister— Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950) • Law Minister of India— B. R. Ambedkar • Leader of Opposition— A. K. Gopalan • Prime Minister to be voted out of office— Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party • Non-Congress government— 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, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 • Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years)— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996(data by facebook/cnaonweb • Prime Minister from South India— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991, H.D.Deve Gowda • Women Railway Minister of India— Mamata Banerjee • The first Viceroy of India— 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–present) • First Muslim President— Zakir Hussain (1967–1969) • First Sikh President— Giani Zail Singh • First Chief Minister of West Bengal— Dr.Prafulla Chandra Ghosh • 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) • Presentation of First Budget after Indias Independence— R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on 26 November 1947 • First Home Minister of India— Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel • First Indian President to die in Office— Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969 • First Chief Minister to die in Office— C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu • 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 in Andhra Pradesh Govt. • First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha— Meira Kumar • First Woman Finance Minister of State Government in India— Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.
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