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 reign from Union Cabinet = Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)