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First in Gujarat
1). First capital: Kushatali (Dwarka)
2)). First capital after independence: Ahmedabad
3)). Current Capital: Gandhinagar (since 1971 under Hitendrabhai Desai)
4)). Commencement of the first Legislative Assembly: August 18, 1960
5). First Chief Minister: Dr. Jivraj Mehta
6). First Governor: Mehndi Nawaz Jung
7). First woman governor: Sharda Mukherjee
8). First Woman Chief Minister: Anandiben Patel
9). First Gujarati to become governor: Mangaldas Parmar (Madhya Pradesh)
10). First Gujarati woman governor: Kumudben Joshi (Andhra Pradesh)
11 1). Speaker of the first Legislative Assembly: Kalyanji Mehta
12). First Working Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly: Manubhai Palkiwala
13). Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Ambalal Shah
14). Place of first meeting: Civil Hospital (Ahmedabad)
15). 1st Legislative Assembly seats: 132 (100 Congress, 32 Opposition)
16). Current Assembly Seat : 182
17). Lok Sabha sitting: 25
18). Rajya Sabha sitting: 11
19). First Tribal Chief Minister: Amar Singh Choudhary
20). First non-Congress chief minister: Babubhai Patel
21). First Leader of Opposition: Nagindas Gandhi
22). The first chief of the Gujarati land army: Rajendrasinhji
23). First Lokayukta: Justice Shri D. A. shukli
24). First Superintendent of Police: Kanerkari
25). First Chief Minister of Saurashtra State: Uchchangrai Dhebri
26). First Martyr of 1942 Movement: Vinod Kinariwala
27). First Mayor of Ahmedabad: Chinubhai Chimanlal Baronet
political in Gujarat
1). First High Court: Navrangpura, Children’s Hospital
2)). First Secretariat: Polytechnic College, Ambawadi (Ahmedabad)
3)). First Minister’s Residence: Daphnala (Shahibagh)
4)). First Raj Bhavan: Shahibagh
5). First GPSC Office in Gujarat: Shahibagh, 33 Bungalows
6). First Lady Police Station: Vastrapur (Ahmedabad)
7). First Municipality: Ahmedabad
8). Organization of First Women’s Court: Dehgam (Gandhinagar District)
first lady of gujarat
1). First woman Chief Minister of Gujarat: Anandiben Patel
2)). First woman governor of Gujarat: Sharda Mukherjee
3)). First Gujarati woman governor: Kumudben Joshi (Andhra Pradesh)
4)). First Graduation: Shardaben Mehta and Vidyagauri Neelkanth
5). First Chancellor of the University: Hansben Mehta (MS University)
6). First Woman Minister (Gujarat State): Indumatibehan Seth (Education Department)
7). First woman chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapeeth: Sushila Nair
8). First Ramon Magsaysay Award Winner: Elaben Bhatt
9). 1st Managing Director: Sumatiben Morarji (Scindia Navigation Company)
10). State’s first IPS and first DGP: Geeta Johri
11 1). First to hoist the national flag abroad : Madam Bhikhaiji Kam
12). First Formula Racer: Mira Irda (India’s first)
13). First English Channel crosser: Vandita Gharial
14). First photojournalist: Homai Vyarawala
first gujarati dignitary
1). First Gujarati Prime Minister: Morarji Desai
2)). First Gujarati Prime Minister (Acting): Gulzarilal Nanda
3)). First Gujarati Deputy Prime Minister: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4)). First Speaker of Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
5). First Gujarati Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Harilal Kania
6). First Gujarati to receive Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai
7). First Gujarati Chief of Indian Army: Field Marshal General Manek
8). First Pilot: Jahangir Ratanji Tata (1932)
9). First Gujarati Governor of RBI: IG Patel
10). The first Gujarati newspaper was started by: Fardoonji Marzban (Mumbai News)
Gujarat’s first village
1). Country’s first smart village: Punsari village (Sabarkantha district)
2)). Country’s first solar village: Rasulpura (Gir)
3)). Country’s first smoke free village: Gandeva (Navsari)
4)). World’s first drug free village: Bhekhadia village (City: Kawat, District: Chhota Udaipur)
5). First Gokuliu Village : Raisano
6). First Bio Village: Mocha Village (Porbandar)
Gujarat first in the country
1). Ichthyosaurus fossil found for the first time in the country: Kutch
2)). Country’s first bird ICU: Jamnagar
3)). Country’s first Gandhi temple: Kachchna Kotri (Mahadevpuri)
4)). First Leopard Safari Park in the country: Wadhai (Dang) and Khodamba-Mandvi (Surat)
5). Country’s first vermicompost plant: Bardoli
6). Country’s first National Rail and Transport University: Vadodara
7). Country’s first spoken Sanskrit center: Gujarat University (Ahmedabad)
8). Country’s first offshore wind power project: in the Gulf of Khambhat
9). Country’s first Electrical Evidence Examiner: Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)
10). Country’s first industrial solar microgrid: Vadodara (Swedish-Swiss multinational company)
11 1). Country’s first honey testing laboratory: Anand
12). Country’s first maritime group: Gandhinagar Gift City
Service launched for the first time in Gujarat
1). First Gujarati newspaper: Mumbai Samachar (1822 AD)
2)). First Postal Service: Ahmedabad (1838 AD)
3)). First Gujarati Monthly: Buddhiprakash (1850 AD)
4)). First telephone service: Ahmedabad (1887 AD)
5). First pharmaceutical manufacturing plant: Sarabhai Chemicals (Vadodara, 1905 AD)
6). First Rasatal well: Mehsana (1935 AD)
7). First radio station started: Vadodara (1939 AD)
8). First Co-operative Milk Producer Society: Choryasi Taluk (Surat, 1939 AD)
9). Establishment of Ahmedabad Radio Center: Akashwali, Income Tax Board (1948 AD)
10). First Railway started: Ankleshwar and Landing (1855 AD)
11 1). First Electric Railway: Ahmedabad to Mumbai (1974 AD)
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Asia’s largest cooperative sugar factory: Bardoli (District: Surat, 1956 AD)
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Lee Refinery: Koyli (Vadodara, 1965)
14). Television Debut: Piz Kendra (Kheda, 15 August 1975)
15). First Port: Lothal (Ahmedabad)
First start in Gujarat
1). First Printing Press: Durgaram Mehta (1842, Surat)
2)). The first cotton mill was started by: Ranchodlal Chhotelal Rentiawala (Ahmedabad, 1861)
3)). First Gujarati Dictionary: Narmakosh-Narmad (1873)
4)). Rath Yatra started for Jagannathji Temple, Ahmedabad: Mahantshree Nrisinghdasji (on Ashadh Sood Seed Day, from AD 1878)
5). Father of Gujarati Theatre: Ranchodbhai Udayram
6). First Illustrated Gujarati Monthly : Launched by Haji Mohmand Allarkhiya Shivaji
7). The first Gujarati encyclopedia was started by: Ratanji Faramji Sethna
8). Originator of ‘Mushaira’ in Gujarat: Abdul Rahim Khanekhan
9). First Gujarati Panchag published by: Ichharam Suryaram Desai
First Gujarati to receive award/award
1). First Gujarati to receive Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai
2)). First Gujarati to receive Padma Vibhushan: Gaganvihari Mehta (1999 AD)
3)). First Gujarati to receive Padma Bhushan: V.L. Mehta (1954 AD)
4)). First Gujarati to receive Padma Shri: Smt. Bhag Mehta (1954 AD)
5). First Ranjitram Gold Medal recipient: Zawarchand Meghani (1928 AD)
6). First Narmad Gold Medal recipient: Jyotindra Dave (1940 AD)
7). First Jnanpith Award Winner: Umashankar Joshi (1967 AD)
8). First Protagonist Narsingh Mehta Award recipient: Rajendra Shah (1999 AD)
9). First Gujarati (only) to get Nishan-e-Pak Award: Morarji Desai
10). First Sahitya Ratna Award Winner: Gunwant Shahi
first gujarati film
1). First unpublished Gujarati silent film: Seth Sagalsha
2)). Gujarati silent film released: Krishna Sudama
3)). First Gujarati language film produced by Chimanbhai Desai: Narsingh Mehta
4)). First Gujarati Political Film: Bhakta Vidur
5). Gujarat’s first tax free film: Akhand Saubhagyavati
6). First Gujarati Color Film: Leeludi Dharti
7). Gujarat’s first talking comedy film: Fanfdo Fituri
8). A film on Saraswati Chandra: Gunasundari Ki Ghar Sasari
9). Which film is based on poet Kalapi’s work ‘Haday Triputi’: Manorama
10). First film to get incentive award from Gujarat government: Mendi Rang Lagi
11 1). Director Vipul Shah’s first Gujarati film made in 35mm CinemaScope: Darya Chorun
