First in Indian Politics

Sl. No.	Category	First
1	First President ofIndia	Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2	First Woman President ofIndia	Mrs. Pratibha Patil
3	First Vice President ofIndia	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
4	First Muslim President ofIndia	Dr. Zakir Hussain.
5	First Sikh President ofIndia	Giani Jail Singh.
6	First Prime Minister ofIndia	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
7	First Woman Prime Minister ofIndia	Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
8	First Speaker of the Lok Sabha	G.V. Mavlankar.
9	First Chief Justice ofIndia	Justice H.L. Kania.
10	First Chairman of the Rajaya Sabha	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
11	First Woman Governor of a State	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu.
12	First Woman Chief Minister	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani.
13	First Woman Central Minister	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.
14	First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha	Mrs. Shanno Devi.
15	First Woman IAS Officer	Anna George.
16	First Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi.
17	First Woman Advocate	Carnelia Sorabji.
18	First Woman Judge	Anna Chandi.
19	First Woman Judge of High Court	Anna Chandi.
20	First Woman Judge of Supreme Court	M. Fathima Beevi.
21	First Woman Chief Justice of High Court	Justice Leela Seth.
22	First Chairman of Planning Commission	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
23	First Chairman of Finance Commission	K.C. Niyogi.
24	First Acting Prime Minister ofIndia	Guljari Lal Nanda.
25	First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha	M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar.
26	First recognised leader of opposition in Lok Sabha	Y.V. Chavan.
27	First recognised leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha	Lokpati Tripathi.
28	First Lok Sabha Election	1952
29	First Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia	Sukumar Sen.
30	First Woman Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia	Smt. V.S. Rama Devi.