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First in Gujarat
Founder of Gujarat – Ravi Shankar Maharaj (1960)
First Governor of Gujarat – Mehndi Nawaz Jung (1960)
First Chief Minister of Gujarat – Dr. Jivraaj Mehta (1960)
First Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly – Kalyanji Mehta
First Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly – Ambalal Shah
First Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Legislative Assembly – Nagindas Gandhi
First Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court – Sundarlal Trikamlal Desai
First Chief Secretary of Gujarat – V. Easwaran
First Lokayukta of Gujarat – Justice D.H. Shukla
First Chief Superintendent of Police of Gujarat – Kanerkat
First Home Secretary of Gujarat – G. S. Sanghvi
First Chief Engineer of Gujarat – Upendra Bhatt
First Woman Chief Minister of Gujarat – Anandiben Patel (2014)
First Railway in Gujarat – Landing to Ankleshwar (1855)
First Electric Railway in Gujarat – Ahmedabad to Mumbai (1974)
First University of Gujarat – Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (1949)
First College of Gujarat – Gujarat College, Ahmedabad (1856)
First Library of Gujarat – Surat (1824)
First Telephone Service Started in Gujarat – Ahmedabad (1897)
First Electric Ball in Ahmedabad, Gujarat – At Ghantaghar of Bhadra Fort
First Gujarati Film of Gujarat to Receive International Recognition – Kanku
First Gujarati Newspaper of Gujarat – Mumbai Samachar (1822)
First Museum of Gujarat – Kutch Museum in Bhuj (1877)
First English School in Gujarat – Surat (1842)
First Radio Station of Gujarat – Vadodara (1939)
Gujarat’s first refinery – Koyali (Vadodara)
Gujarat’s first medicine manufacturing factory – in Vadodara
Gujarat’s first Gujarati monthly magazine – Buddhiprakash
Gujarat’s first government school – Ahmedabad (1226)
Gujarat’s first postal service started in Ahmedabad (1838)
Gujarat’s first Gujarati silent film – Seth Sagalsha
Gujarat’s first cooperative milk society – in Surat district
Gujarat’s first lake – Sudarshan Sarovar (near Girnar)
Gujarat’s first Gujarati language film – Narsinh Mehta
Gujarat’s first Ayurveda University – Jamnagar (1967)
Gujarat’s first tax free Gujarati film – Akhand Saubhagyavati
Gujarat’s first Prime Minister – Morarji Desai
Gujarat’s first Deputy Prime Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Gujarat’s Union Home Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Gujarat’s first woman minister – Indumatibehn Ch. Seth
Speaker of Gujarat Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
First Chief Justice of India from Gujarat – Harilal J. girl
First Gujarati to be appointed Governor – Chandulal Trivedi (Odisha – 1946)
Founder of first orphanage in Gujarat – Mahipatram Rupram
First Magsaysay Award winner from Gujarat – Ilabhan Bhatt 1917 (Seva Sansthan)
First Gujarati to get Jnanpith Award – Umashankar Joshi for Nishith (1967)
First mill was started by a Gujarati – Ranchhodlal Rentiawala
Writer who created the first dictionary in Gujarat – Narmad (Narm Kosh)
Gujarati Chief of Indian Army – General Rajendra Singh
Initiator of exercise activities in Gujarat – Chhotubhai Purani, Ambubhai Purani
Promoter of Gujarati identity and founder of Gujarat Sahitya Parishad – Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta
Promoter of library activities in Gujarat – Moti Bhai Amin
First Gujarati Promoter of Panchayati Raj – Balwantrai Mehta
Founder of blind school was a Gujarati – Nilkanthrai Chhatrapati
First Gujarati printer – Fardunji Marzban, Mumbai (1822)
First printing press in Gujarat – Durgaram Mehta, Surat (1842)
First agricultural university in Gujarat – Sardar Krishinagar University, Dantiwada (1972-73)
First women graduates of Gujarat – Vidyabehn Nilkanth and Shardabehn Mehta (1904)
First Chief Minister of Saurashtra in Gujarat – Uchchangarai Dhebar and then Rasiklal Parikh
First Mayor of Ahmedabad in Gujarat – Chinubhai Chimanbhai Baronet
First Gujarati encyclopaedia published – Ratanji Faramji Shethna
First person to introduce free and compulsory primary education in Gujarat – Sayajirao Gaekwad
First Gujarati Speaker in Central Legislature during British rule – Vithalbhai Patel
First Gujarati to receive Padma Vibhushan – Gagan Vihari Mehta (1959)
First Gujarati to receive Padma Bhushan – V.L. Mehta (1954)
First Gujarati to receive Padma Shri – Mrs. Bhag Mehta (1954)
First Gujarati aviator – Jehangir Ratanji Tata
First Gujarati to become Governor of Reserve Bank of India – Dr. I.G. Patel
Initiator of Rath Yatra in Gujarat – Sant Nrusinhdas (Ahmedabad – 1878 on Ashadhi Beej Divas)
First Muslim Subo in Gujarat – Alap Khan (by Alauddin Khilji)
First Mughal Subedar in Gujarat – Mirza Aziz Koka (by Akbar)
First Pilot Training Centre in Gujarat – Vadodara
First Sainik School for Girls in Gujarat – Kherva (District Mehsana)
First Collective Biogas Plant in Gujarat – Methan (District Patan)
First Village in Gujarat to get night light from solar energy – Methan (District Patan)
First Internet-connected Crematorium in Gujarat – Kirtidham (Sidhpur, District Patan)
First Girls School in Gujarat – Ahmedabad (by Harkunwar Shethani – 1850)
First Ayurveda College in Gujarat – Patan (1923)
First Vidyapeeth in Gujarat – Vallabhi Vidyapeeth (Dharsen)
First state of India to start Sandhya Court – Gujarat
First underground well in Gujarat – Mehsana
Oldest city of Gujarat – Lothal (Ahmedabad)
First engineering college of Gujarat – Vallabh Vidyanagar
First capital of Gujarat – Kushthali (Dwaravati)
First capital of Gujarat on the basis of standard history – Bhillamal Shrimal
Invited to the Chicago World Religion Council in 1893, he was elected as the first president of the World Religion Council.
First Gujarati to receive the Bharat Ratna – Manbhai Dwivedi
First Gujarati to represent Jainism at the Chicago World Religion Council in 1893 – Virchand Gandhi
First Gujarati to receive the Tagore Literature Award – Bhagwandas Patel
First shipyard established in Gujarat – Walchand Hirachand
First Gujarati Managing Director – Sumatiben Morarji
First woman Chancellor of Gujarat – Hansaben Mehta (Maharaja Sayajirao University)
Founder of Asia’s largest Amul Dairy – Tribhuvandas Patel
First Gujarati to receive the Bharat Ratna – Morarji Desai (1991)
First Ranjitram Gold Moon recipient – Zawarchand Medhani
First National Sahitya Academy Award winner – Mahadevbhai Desai
First Gujarati cricketer to win the Arjuna Award – Kiran More
First publisher of Shuddh Panchang – Ichharam Desai
First Gujarati Chairman of National Knowledge Commission – Sam Pitroda
First Gujarati to receive the Nishan-e-Pak Award – Morarji Desai
First sportsperson to receive the Arjuna Award – Sudhir Parab, Kho-Kho (1970)
First television started in Gujarat – from Peas Centre of Kheda district
First Gujarati silent film – Seth Saglasha (could not be screened)
First Gujarati silent film – Shrikrishna Sudama (released)
First Gujarati political film – Bhakt Vidur (banned film)
First Gujarati film Manorama based on poet Kalapi’s composition ‘Hridaya Triputi’
First talking Gujarati film – Narsinh Mehta
First talking comedy film – Phandao Fituri
First Gujarati Karm Mukat film – Akhand Saubhagyavati
First Gujarati colour film – Liludi Dharti
Film based on Mahaval Saraswatichandra – Gunsundari Ka Ghar Samsar
Gujarat ranks first in the country in generating gas-based electricity. 1849 Alexander Kinlock Forbes published the first weekly in Gujarati language. Indumatiben Sheth was the first woman minister of Gujarat. § Gujarat ranks first in the production of cotton and groundnut and second in the production of tobacco. First Gujarati School: Surat, 1836 Gujarat has become the first state in the country to provide online voting facility. Online voting facility was first provided in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections. Where was the first industrial colony of Gujarat established? – Correct Answer: Rajkot Which dignitary of Gujarat became the Governor for the first time? In which state? Answer: Chandulal Trivedi-Orissa Which college was started first in Gujarat? Answer: Gujarat College-Ahmedabad-AD 1887 Who started the first radio station in Gujarat? Answer: Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad
Who was the first Gujarati to start a printing press? Answer: Durgaram Mehta – 1842 Surat
Which chemical industry was first established in Gujarat? Correct Answer: Alembic Chemical Works-Vadodara
Which is the first children’s museum in Gujarat? Answer: Girdharbhai Children’s Hospital-Amreli
Where and when was the first Gujarati Sahitya Sammelan held? Answer: Ahmedabad-1905
When was the first silent Gujarati film made? In which year? Answer: Krishna Sudama- 1920
1). First capital: Kushtali (Dwarka)
2). First capital after independence: Ahmedabad
3). Current capital: Gandhinagar (under Hitendrabhai Desai since 1971)
4). First Legislative Assembly commenced: 18 August 1960
5). First Chief Minister: Dr. Jivraaj 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). First Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Kalyanji Mehta
12). First Acting Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly: Manubhai Palkhivala
13). Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Ambalal Shah
14). Venue of first assembly: Civil Hospital (Ahmedabad)
15). First Assembly seats: 132 (100 Congress, 32 Opposition)
16). Current Assembly seats: 182
17). Lok Sabha sittings: 25
18). Rajya Sabha sittings: 11
19). First tribal Chief Minister: Amar Singh Chaudhary
20). First non-Congress Chief Minister: Babubhai Patel
21). First Leader of Opposition: Nagindas Gandhi
22). First Chief of Gujarati Bhumi Sena: Rajendrasinhji
23). First Lokayukta: Justice Shri D. A. Shukla
24). First Superintendent of Police: Kanerkar
25). First Chief Minister of Saurashtra State: Uchchangarai Dhebar
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 Ministers Residence: Dafnala (Shahibagh)
4). First Raj Bhavan: Shahibaug
5). First GPSC Office in Gujarat: Shahibaug, 33 Bungalows
6). First Women Police Station: Vastrapur (Ahmedabad)
7). First Municipality: Ahmedabad
8). Organization of First Women Court: Dehgam (Gandhinagar District)
First Women 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 Graduates: Shardaben Mehta and Vidyagauri Neelkanth
5). First Chancellor of a University: Hansaben Mehta (MS University)
6). First Woman Minister (Gujarat State): Indumaatiben Seth (Education Department)
7). First woman Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapeeth: Sushila Nair
8). First Ramon Magsaysay Award winner: Elaben Bhatt
9). First Managing Director: Sumatiben Morarji (Scindia Navigation Company)
10). First IPS and first DGP of the state: Geeta Johri
11). First woman to hoist the national flag abroad: Madam Bhikhaiji Cama
12). First Formula racer: Mira Erda (India’s first)
13). First English Channel crosser: Vandita Ghadiyal
14). First photojournalist: Homai Vyarawalla
First Gujarati dignitaries
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 the Supreme Court: Harilal Kania
6). First Gujarati to receive Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai
7). First Gujarati Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army: Field Marshal General Manekshaw
8). First Pilot: Jahangir Ratanji Tata (1932)
9). First Gujarati Governor of RBI: IG Patel
10). First Gujarati newspaper started by: Fardoonji Marzban (Mumbai Samachar)
First village of Gujarat
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: Gandiva (Navsari)
4). World’s first addiction-free village: Bhekharia village (City: Kavat, District: Chhota Udepur)
5). First Gokuliyu village: Raisan
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: Kuchna Kotri (Mahadevpuri)
4). Country’s first leopard safari park: 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 energy project: in Gulf of Khambhat
9). Country’s first electric evidence examiner: Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)
10). Country’s first industrial solar microgrid: Vadodara (Swedish-Swiss multinational company)
11). Country’s first honey testing laboratory: Anand
12). Country’s first maritime cluster: 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 factory: Sarabhai Chemicals (Vadodara, 1905 AD)
6). First deep well: Mehsana (1935 AD)
7). First radio station started: Vadodara (1939 AD)
8). First cooperative milk producing society: Choryasi taluk (Surat, 1939 AD)
9). Ahmedabad radio station established: Akashvani, Income Tax Circle (1948 AD)
10). First railway started: Ankleshwar and Utran (1855 AD)
11). First Electric Railway: Ahmedabad to Mumbai (1974 AD)
12).
Asia’s Largest Cooperative Sugar Factory: Bardoli (District: Surat, 1956 AD)
13). First Refinery
Nari: Koyli (Vadodara, 1965)
14). Television started: Pij Kendra (Kheda, 15 August 1975)
15). First port: Lothal (Ahmedabad)
First started from Gujarat
1). First printing press: Durgaram Mehta (1842, Surat)
2). First cotton mill started: Ranchhodlal Chhotelal Rentiawala (Ahmedabad, 1861)
3). First Gujarati dictionary: Narmakosh-Narmad (1873)
4). Start of Rath Yatra to Jagannathji Temple, Ahmedabad: Mahantshree Nrusinhdasji (on Ashadh Sud Beej Divas, 1878 A.D.)
5). Father of Gujarati theatre: Ranchhodbhai Udayram
6). First illustrated Gujarati monthly started: by Haji Mohammed Allarkhiya Shivji
7). First Gujarati Encyclopedia started by: Ratanji Framji Sethna
8). Promoter of ‘Mushaira’ in Gujarat: Abdul Rahim Khanekhan
9). First Gujarati Panchang published: Ichharam Suryaram Desai
First Gujarati to get awards/prizes
1). First Gujarati to get Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai
2). First Gujarati to get Padma Vibhushan: Gaganvihari Mehta (1999 AD)
3). First Gujarati to get Padma Bhushan: V.L. Mehta (1954 AD)
4). First Gujarati to get Padma Shri: Smt. Bhag Mehta (1954 AD)
5). First Ranjitram Gold Medal recipient: Zaveerchand Meghani (1928 AD)
6). First Narmad Gold Medal recipient: Jyotindra Dave (1940 AD)
7). First Jnanpith Award winner: Umashankar Joshi (1967 AD)
8). First Aadyakavi Narsinh Mehta Award recipient: Rajendra Shah (1999 AD)
9). First Gujarati to receive Nishe-e-Pak Award (only): Morarji Desai
10). First Sahitya Ratna Award winner: Gunwant Shah
First Gujarati film
1). First unreleased Gujarati silent film: Seth Sagalsha
2). Gujarati silent film released: Krishna Sudama
3). First Gujarati language film produced by Chimanbhai Desai: Narsinh Mehta
4). First Gujarati political film: Bhakta Vidur
5). First tax-free film of Gujarat: Akhand Saubhagyavati
6). First Gujarati colour film: Liludi Dharti
7). First talkie comedy film of Gujarat: Fampado Fituri
8). Film based on Saraswati Chandra: Gunsundari ke ghar sasr
9). Which film is based on poet Kalapi’s work ‘Haday Triputi’: Manorama
10). First film to receive incentive award from Gujarat Government: Mendi Rang Lagi
11). First Gujarati film in 35mm Cinemascope by director Vipul Shah: Dariya Chorun (Google translation from Gujarati)
