The country’s first slum-free city – Chandigarh

First Cyber ​​Defense Research Center in the country – Jharkhand

The first state in the country to implement e-governance policy – Maharashtra

The first state in the country to distribute plastic voter ID cards to voters – Tripura

The first city under CCTV surveillance in the country – Surat

The first state to use e-cabinet in the country – Andhra Pradesh

The first state in the country to enact anti-racking law – Tamil Nadu

India’s first railway station to provide Wi-Fi facility -Bangalore

The first state in the country to enact a Public Safety Act – Andhra Pradesh

The first state to start e-panchayat in the country – Maharashtra

The first state in the country to give butterfly status to a butterfly – Maharashtra

Country’s First Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Project – Kandla (Gujarat)

State to start first human rights court in the country – West Bengal

The first state to pass Rights and Services Act (RTS) in the country – Madhya Pradesh

First Homeopathic University of the country – Rajyasthan

Country’s First Biotech Special Economic Zone -Hadapara (Pune)

The first state in the country to provide the facility of filing their complaints online to the public – Haryana

Country’s First Women Battalion – Hadi Rani (Rajasthan)

First Plastics University in the country – Vapi

The first state in the country to provide e-banking services in Gram Panchayat – Maharashtra

The first kerosene free state in the country – Delhi

First Hagandari Free District in the country – Nadia (West Bengal)

First free ST for sickle cell sufferers in the country.  State providing travel facilities – Maharashtra

First private airport in the country – Durgapur (West Bengal)

The first official e-rickshaw in the country was launched in the state – Delhi

First President of the Republic India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Prime Minister of the Republic India – Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

First Indian to win Nobel Prize of literature – Rabindranath Tagore (1913) 

First President of Indian National Congress in 1885 – Womesh Chandra Banerjee

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress – Badruddin Tayyabji (at Madras in 1887)

First Muslim President of India – Dr Zakir Hussain (May 13, 1967 – May 3, 1969)

First Vice-President of India – Dr Radhakrishnan

India’s first Education Minister – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

India’s first Home Minister – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Indian Air Marshal – S. Mukherjee

First Indian Chief of the Naval Staff – Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

First Indian Judge of ICJ – Dr Nagendra Singh

The first Indian to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Phu Dorjee

The first recipient of Param Vir Chakra  (PVC)- Major Somnath Sharma (Posthumously on June 21, 1950)

First Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen

First woman President of the Indian National Congress – Mrs. Annie Besant

First Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress – Mrs Sarojini Naidu

First Indian woman President of the United Nations General Assembly – Mrs Vijay Laxmi Pandit