List of firsts in India Governance

President: Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)

First Women President: Prathiba Patil

Vice-President: S. Radhakrishnan

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

Deputy Prime Minister: Valabhbhai 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

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[10]

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.