First in Gujarat<\/p>\n
Founder of Gujarat \u2013 Ravi Shankar Maharaj (1960)
\nFirst Governor of Gujarat \u2013 Mehndi Nawaz Jung (1960)
\nFirst Chief Minister of Gujarat \u2013 Dr. Jivraaj Mehta (1960)
\nFirst Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly \u2013 Kalyanji Mehta
\nFirst Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly \u2013 Ambalal Shah
\nFirst Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Legislative Assembly \u2013 Nagindas Gandhi
\nFirst Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court \u2013 Sundarlal Trikamlal Desai
\nFirst Chief Secretary of Gujarat \u2013 V. Easwaran
\nFirst Lokayukta of Gujarat \u2013 Justice D.H. Shukla
\nFirst Chief Superintendent of Police of Gujarat \u2013 Kanerkat
\nFirst Home Secretary of Gujarat \u2013 G. S. Sanghvi
\nFirst Chief Engineer of Gujarat – Upendra Bhatt
\nFirst Woman Chief Minister of Gujarat – Anandiben Patel (2014)
\nFirst Railway in Gujarat – Landing to Ankleshwar (1855)
\nFirst Electric Railway in Gujarat – Ahmedabad to Mumbai (1974)
\nFirst University of Gujarat – Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (1949)
\nFirst College of Gujarat – Gujarat College, Ahmedabad (1856)
\nFirst Library of Gujarat – Surat (1824)
\nFirst Telephone Service Started in Gujarat – Ahmedabad (1897)
\nFirst Electric Ball in Ahmedabad, Gujarat – At Ghantaghar of Bhadra Fort
\nFirst Gujarati Film of Gujarat to Receive International Recognition – Kanku
\nFirst Gujarati Newspaper of Gujarat – Mumbai Samachar (1822)
\nFirst Museum of Gujarat – Kutch Museum in Bhuj (1877)
\nFirst English School in Gujarat – Surat (1842)
\nFirst Radio Station of Gujarat – Vadodara (1939)
\nGujarat’s first refinery – Koyali (Vadodara)
\nGujarat’s first medicine manufacturing factory – in Vadodara
\nGujarat’s first Gujarati monthly magazine – Buddhiprakash
\nGujarat’s first government school – Ahmedabad (1226)
\nGujarat’s first postal service started in Ahmedabad (1838)
\nGujarat’s first Gujarati silent film – Seth Sagalsha
\nGujarat’s first cooperative milk society – in Surat district
\nGujarat’s first lake – Sudarshan Sarovar (near Girnar)
\nGujarat’s first Gujarati language film – Narsinh Mehta
\nGujarat’s first Ayurveda University – Jamnagar (1967)
\nGujarat’s first tax free Gujarati film – Akhand Saubhagyavati
\nGujarat’s first Prime Minister – Morarji Desai
\nGujarat’s first Deputy Prime Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
\nGujarat’s Union Home Minister – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
\nGujarat’s first woman minister – Indumatibehn Ch. Seth
\nSpeaker of Gujarat Lok Sabha – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
\nFirst Chief Justice of India from Gujarat – Harilal J. girl
\nFirst Gujarati to be appointed Governor – Chandulal Trivedi (Odisha – 1946)
\nFounder of first orphanage in Gujarat – Mahipatram Rupram
\nFirst Magsaysay Award winner from Gujarat – Ilabhan Bhatt 1917 (Seva Sansthan)
\nFirst Gujarati to get Jnanpith Award – Umashankar Joshi for Nishith (1967)
\nFirst mill was started by a Gujarati – Ranchhodlal Rentiawala
\nWriter who created the first dictionary in Gujarat – Narmad (Narm Kosh)
\nGujarati Chief of Indian Army – General Rajendra Singh
\nInitiator of exercise activities in Gujarat – Chhotubhai Purani, Ambubhai Purani
\nPromoter of Gujarati identity and founder of Gujarat Sahitya Parishad – Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta
\nPromoter of library activities in Gujarat – Moti Bhai Amin
\nFirst Gujarati Promoter of Panchayati Raj – Balwantrai Mehta
\nFounder of blind school was a Gujarati – Nilkanthrai Chhatrapati
\nFirst Gujarati printer \u2013 Fardunji Marzban, Mumbai (1822)
\nFirst printing press in Gujarat \u2013 Durgaram Mehta, Surat (1842)
\nFirst agricultural university in Gujarat \u2013 Sardar Krishinagar University, Dantiwada (1972-73)
\nFirst women graduates of Gujarat \u2013 Vidyabehn Nilkanth and Shardabehn Mehta (1904)
\nFirst Chief Minister of Saurashtra in Gujarat \u2013 Uchchangarai Dhebar and then Rasiklal Parikh
\nFirst Mayor of Ahmedabad in Gujarat \u2013 Chinubhai Chimanbhai Baronet
\nFirst Gujarati encyclopaedia published \u2013 Ratanji Faramji Shethna
\nFirst person to introduce free and compulsory primary education in Gujarat \u2013 Sayajirao Gaekwad
\nFirst Gujarati Speaker in Central Legislature during British rule \u2013 Vithalbhai Patel
\nFirst Gujarati to receive Padma Vibhushan \u2013 Gagan Vihari Mehta (1959)
\nFirst Gujarati to receive Padma Bhushan – V.L. Mehta (1954)<\/p>\n
First Gujarati to receive Padma Shri – Mrs. Bhag Mehta (1954)<\/p>\n
First Gujarati aviator – Jehangir Ratanji Tata<\/p>\n
First Gujarati to become Governor of Reserve Bank of India – Dr. I.G. Patel
\nInitiator of Rath Yatra in Gujarat – Sant Nrusinhdas (Ahmedabad – 1878 on Ashadhi Beej Divas)
\nFirst Muslim Subo in Gujarat – Alap Khan (by Alauddin Khilji)
\nFirst Mughal Subedar in Gujarat – Mirza Aziz Koka (by Akbar)
\nFirst Pilot Training Centre in Gujarat – Vadodara
\nFirst Sainik School for Girls in Gujarat – Kherva (District Mehsana)
\nFirst Collective Biogas Plant in Gujarat – Methan (District Patan)
\nFirst Village in Gujarat to get night light from solar energy – Methan (District Patan)
\nFirst Internet-connected Crematorium in Gujarat – Kirtidham (Sidhpur, District Patan)
\nFirst Girls School in Gujarat – Ahmedabad (by Harkunwar Shethani – 1850)
\nFirst Ayurveda College in Gujarat – Patan (1923)
\nFirst Vidyapeeth in Gujarat – Vallabhi Vidyapeeth (Dharsen)
\nFirst state of India to start Sandhya Court – Gujarat
\nFirst underground well in Gujarat – Mehsana
\nOldest city of Gujarat – Lothal (Ahmedabad)
\nFirst engineering college of Gujarat – Vallabh Vidyanagar
\nFirst capital of Gujarat – Kushthali (Dwaravati)
\nFirst capital of Gujarat on the basis of standard history – Bhillamal Shrimal
\nInvited to the Chicago World Religion Council in 1893, he was elected as the first president of the World Religion Council.<\/p>\n
First Gujarati to receive the Bharat Ratna – Manbhai Dwivedi
\nFirst Gujarati to represent Jainism at the Chicago World Religion Council in 1893 – Virchand Gandhi
\nFirst Gujarati to receive the Tagore Literature Award – Bhagwandas Patel
\nFirst shipyard established in Gujarat – Walchand Hirachand
\nFirst Gujarati Managing Director – Sumatiben Morarji
\nFirst woman Chancellor of Gujarat – Hansaben Mehta (Maharaja Sayajirao University)
\nFounder of Asia’s largest Amul Dairy – Tribhuvandas Patel
\nFirst Gujarati to receive the Bharat Ratna – Morarji Desai (1991)
\nFirst Ranjitram Gold Moon recipient – Zawarchand Medhani
\nFirst National Sahitya Academy Award winner – Mahadevbhai Desai
\nFirst Gujarati cricketer to win the Arjuna Award – Kiran More
\nFirst publisher of Shuddh Panchang – Ichharam Desai
\nFirst Gujarati Chairman of National Knowledge Commission – Sam Pitroda
\nFirst Gujarati to receive the Nishan-e-Pak Award – Morarji Desai
\nFirst sportsperson to receive the Arjuna Award – Sudhir Parab, Kho-Kho (1970)<\/p>\n
First television started in Gujarat – from Peas Centre of Kheda district<\/p>\n
First Gujarati silent film – Seth Saglasha (could not be screened)<\/p>\n
First Gujarati silent film – Shrikrishna Sudama (released)<\/p>\n
First Gujarati political film – Bhakt Vidur (banned film)<\/p>\n
First Gujarati film Manorama based on poet Kalapi’s composition ‘Hridaya Triputi’<\/p>\n
First talking Gujarati film – Narsinh Mehta<\/p>\n
First talking comedy film – Phandao Fituri<\/p>\n
First Gujarati Karm Mukat film – Akhand Saubhagyavati<\/p>\n
First Gujarati colour film – Liludi Dharti<\/p>\n
Film based on Mahaval Saraswatichandra – Gunsundari Ka Ghar Samsar<\/p>\n
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. \u00a7 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<\/p>\n
Who was the first Gujarati to start a printing press? Answer: Durgaram Mehta – 1842 Surat<\/p>\n
Which chemical industry was first established in Gujarat? Correct Answer: Alembic Chemical Works-Vadodara<\/p>\n
Which is the first children’s museum in Gujarat? Answer: Girdharbhai Children’s Hospital-Amreli<\/p>\n
Where and when was the first Gujarati Sahitya Sammelan held? Answer: Ahmedabad-1905<\/p>\n
When was the first silent Gujarati film made? In which year? Answer: Krishna Sudama- 1920<\/p>\n
1). First capital: Kushtali (Dwarka)<\/p>\n
2). First capital after independence: Ahmedabad<\/p>\n
3). Current capital: Gandhinagar (under Hitendrabhai Desai since 1971)<\/p>\n
4). First Legislative Assembly commenced: 18 August 1960<\/p>\n
5). First Chief Minister: Dr. Jivraaj Mehta<\/p>\n
6). First Governor: Mehndi Nawaz Jung<\/p>\n
7). First woman Governor: Sharda Mukherjee<\/p>\n
8). First woman Chief Minister: Anandiben Patel<\/p>\n
9). First Gujarati to become Governor: Mangaldas Parmar (Madhya Pradesh)<\/p>\n
10). First Gujarati woman Governor: Kumudben Joshi (Andhra Pradesh)<\/p>\n
11). First Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Kalyanji Mehta<\/p>\n
12). First Acting Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly: Manubhai Palkhivala<\/p>\n
13). Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Ambalal Shah<\/p>\n
14). Venue of first assembly: Civil Hospital (Ahmedabad)<\/p>\n
15). First Assembly seats: 132 (100 Congress, 32 Opposition)<\/p>\n
16). Current Assembly seats: 182<\/p>\n
17). Lok Sabha sittings: 25<\/p>\n
18). Rajya Sabha sittings: 11<\/p>\n
19). First tribal Chief Minister: Amar Singh Chaudhary<\/p>\n
20). First non-Congress Chief Minister: Babubhai Patel<\/p>\n
21). First Leader of Opposition: Nagindas Gandhi<\/p>\n
22). First Chief of Gujarati Bhumi Sena: Rajendrasinhji<\/p>\n
23). First Lokayukta: Justice Shri D. A. Shukla<\/p>\n
24). First Superintendent of Police: Kanerkar<\/p>\n
25). First Chief Minister of Saurashtra State: Uchchangarai Dhebar<\/p>\n
26). First Martyr of 1942 Movement: Vinod Kinariwala<\/p>\n
27). First Mayor of Ahmedabad: Chinubhai Chimanlal Baronet<\/p>\n
Political in Gujarat<\/p>\n
1). First High Court: Navrangpura, Children’s Hospital<\/p>\n
2). First Secretariat: Polytechnic College, Ambawadi (Ahmedabad)<\/p>\n
3). First Ministers Residence: Dafnala (Shahibagh)<\/p>\n
4). First Raj Bhavan: Shahibaug<\/p>\n
5). First GPSC Office in Gujarat: Shahibaug, 33 Bungalows<\/p>\n
6). First Women Police Station: Vastrapur (Ahmedabad)<\/p>\n
7). First Municipality: Ahmedabad<\/p>\n
8). Organization of First Women Court: Dehgam (Gandhinagar District)<\/p>\n
First Women of Gujarat<\/p>\n
1). First Woman Chief Minister of Gujarat: Anandiben Patel<\/p>\n
2). First Woman Governor of Gujarat: Sharda Mukherjee<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati Woman Governor: Kumudben Joshi (Andhra Pradesh)<\/p>\n
4). First Graduates: Shardaben Mehta and Vidyagauri Neelkanth<\/p>\n
5). First Chancellor of a University: Hansaben Mehta (MS University)<\/p>\n
6). First Woman Minister (Gujarat State): Indumaatiben Seth (Education Department)<\/p>\n
7). First woman Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapeeth: Sushila Nair<\/p>\n
8). First Ramon Magsaysay Award winner: Elaben Bhatt<\/p>\n
9). First Managing Director: Sumatiben Morarji (Scindia Navigation Company)<\/p>\n
10). First IPS and first DGP of the state: Geeta Johri<\/p>\n
11). First woman to hoist the national flag abroad: Madam Bhikhaiji Cama<\/p>\n
12). First Formula racer: Mira Erda (India’s first)<\/p>\n
13). First English Channel crosser: Vandita Ghadiyal<\/p>\n
14). First photojournalist: Homai Vyarawalla<\/p>\n
First Gujarati dignitaries<\/p>\n
1). First Gujarati Prime Minister: Morarji Desai<\/p>\n
2). First Gujarati Prime Minister (acting): Gulzarilal Nanda<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati Deputy Prime Minister: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel<\/p>\n
4). First Speaker of Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar<\/p>\n
5). First Gujarati Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Harilal Kania<\/p>\n
6). First Gujarati to receive Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai<\/p>\n
7). First Gujarati Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army: Field Marshal General Manekshaw<\/p>\n
8). First Pilot: Jahangir Ratanji Tata (1932)<\/p>\n
9). First Gujarati Governor of RBI: IG Patel<\/p>\n
10). First Gujarati newspaper started by: Fardoonji Marzban (Mumbai Samachar)<\/p>\n
First village of Gujarat<\/p>\n
1). Country’s first smart village: Punsari village (Sabarkantha district)<\/p>\n
2). Country’s first solar village: Rasulpura (Gir)<\/p>\n
3). Country’s first smoke-free village: Gandiva (Navsari)<\/p>\n
4). World’s first addiction-free village: Bhekharia village (City: Kavat, District: Chhota Udepur)<\/p>\n
5). First Gokuliyu village: Raisan<\/p>\n
6). First Bio-village: Mocha village (Porbandar)<\/p>\n
Gujarat first in the country
\n1). Ichthyosaurus fossil found for the first time in the country: Kutch<\/p>\n
2). Country’s first bird ICU: Jamnagar<\/p>\n
3). Country’s first Gandhi temple: Kuchna Kotri (Mahadevpuri)<\/p>\n
4). Country’s first leopard safari park: Wadhai (Dang) and Khodamba-Mandvi (Surat)<\/p>\n
5). Country’s first vermicompost plant: Bardoli<\/p>\n
6). Country’s first National Rail and Transport University: Vadodara<\/p>\n
7). Country’s first spoken Sanskrit center: Gujarat University (Ahmedabad)<\/p>\n
8). Country’s first offshore wind energy project: in Gulf of Khambhat<\/p>\n
9). Country’s first electric evidence examiner: Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)<\/p>\n
10). Country’s first industrial solar microgrid: Vadodara (Swedish-Swiss multinational company)<\/p>\n
11). Country’s first honey testing laboratory: Anand<\/p>\n
12). Country’s first maritime cluster: Gandhinagar GIFT City<\/p>\n
Service launched for the first time in Gujarat
\n1). First Gujarati newspaper: Mumbai Samachar (1822 AD)<\/p>\n
2). First postal service: Ahmedabad (1838 AD)<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati monthly: Buddhiprakash (1850 AD)<\/p>\n
4). First telephone service: Ahmedabad (1887 AD)<\/p>\n
5). First pharmaceutical manufacturing factory: Sarabhai Chemicals (Vadodara, 1905 AD)<\/p>\n
6). First deep well: Mehsana (1935 AD)<\/p>\n
7). First radio station started: Vadodara (1939 AD)<\/p>\n
8). First cooperative milk producing society: Choryasi taluk (Surat, 1939 AD)<\/p>\n
9). Ahmedabad radio station established: Akashvani, Income Tax Circle (1948 AD)<\/p>\n
10). First railway started: Ankleshwar and Utran (1855 AD)<\/p>\n
11). First Electric Railway: Ahmedabad to Mumbai (1974 AD)<\/p>\n
12).<\/p>\n
Asia’s Largest Cooperative Sugar Factory: Bardoli (District: Surat, 1956 AD)<\/p>\n
13). First Refinery<\/p>\n
Nari: Koyli (Vadodara, 1965)<\/p>\n
14). Television started: Pij Kendra (Kheda, 15 August 1975)<\/p>\n
15). First port: Lothal (Ahmedabad)<\/p>\n
First started from Gujarat<\/p>\n
1). First printing press: Durgaram Mehta (1842, Surat)<\/p>\n
2). First cotton mill started: Ranchhodlal Chhotelal Rentiawala (Ahmedabad, 1861)<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati dictionary: Narmakosh-Narmad (1873)<\/p>\n
4). Start of Rath Yatra to Jagannathji Temple, Ahmedabad: Mahantshree Nrusinhdasji (on Ashadh Sud Beej Divas, 1878 A.D.)<\/p>\n
5). Father of Gujarati theatre: Ranchhodbhai Udayram<\/p>\n
6). First illustrated Gujarati monthly started: by Haji Mohammed Allarkhiya Shivji<\/p>\n
7). First Gujarati Encyclopedia started by: Ratanji Framji Sethna<\/p>\n
8). Promoter of ‘Mushaira’ in Gujarat: Abdul Rahim Khanekhan<\/p>\n
9). First Gujarati Panchang published: Ichharam Suryaram Desai<\/p>\n
First Gujarati to get awards\/prizes
\n1). First Gujarati to get Bharat Ratna: Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai<\/p>\n
2). First Gujarati to get Padma Vibhushan: Gaganvihari Mehta (1999 AD)<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati to get Padma Bhushan: V.L. Mehta (1954 AD)<\/p>\n
4). First Gujarati to get Padma Shri: Smt. Bhag Mehta (1954 AD)<\/p>\n
5). First Ranjitram Gold Medal recipient: Zaveerchand Meghani (1928 AD)<\/p>\n
6). First Narmad Gold Medal recipient: Jyotindra Dave (1940 AD)<\/p>\n
7). First Jnanpith Award winner: Umashankar Joshi (1967 AD)<\/p>\n
8). First Aadyakavi Narsinh Mehta Award recipient: Rajendra Shah (1999 AD)<\/p>\n
9). First Gujarati to receive Nishe-e-Pak Award (only): Morarji Desai<\/p>\n
10). First Sahitya Ratna Award winner: Gunwant Shah<\/p>\n
First Gujarati film<\/p>\n
1). First unreleased Gujarati silent film: Seth Sagalsha<\/p>\n
2). Gujarati silent film released: Krishna Sudama<\/p>\n
3). First Gujarati language film produced by Chimanbhai Desai: Narsinh Mehta<\/p>\n
4). First Gujarati political film: Bhakta Vidur<\/p>\n
5). First tax-free film of Gujarat: Akhand Saubhagyavati<\/p>\n
6). First Gujarati colour film: Liludi Dharti<\/p>\n
7). First talkie comedy film of Gujarat: Fampado Fituri<\/p>\n
8). Film based on Saraswati Chandra: Gunsundari ke ghar sasr<\/p>\n
9). Which film is based on poet Kalapi’s work ‘Haday Triputi’: Manorama<\/p>\n
10). First film to receive incentive award from Gujarat Government: Mendi Rang Lagi<\/p>\n
11). First Gujarati film in 35mm Cinemascope by director Vipul Shah: Dariya Chorun (Google translation from Gujarati)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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