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President of the Indian National Congress: Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885 |
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President of the Indian National Congress of independent India: Acharya Kripalani, till November 1947 |
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President: Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962) |
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First Woman President: Pratibha Patil (2007–2012) |
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The first Chief Election Commissioner : Sukumar Sen |
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Industries and Supplies Minister: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
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The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
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Vice-President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
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Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected. |
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Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950) |
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Law Minister of India: B. R. Ambedkar |
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Leader of Opposition: A. K. Gopalan |
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Prime Minister to be voted out of office: Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party |
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Non-Congress government: Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980) |
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Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957 |
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Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 |
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Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 |
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Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991, H.D.Deve Gowda |
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Women Railway Minister of India: Mamata Banerjee |
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The first Viceroy of India: Lord Canning, 1858 |
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Governor-General of India: Warren Hastings, 1773 |
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Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten, 1947 |
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Indian Governor-General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari, 1948 |
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Chief Justice of India: H. J. Kania (1947–1951) |
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First Sikh Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh (2004–present) |
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First Muslim President: Zakir Hussain (1967–1969) |
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First Sikh President: Giani Zail Singh |
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First Chief Minister of West Bengal: Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh |
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Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore, 1863 |
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Speaker of Lok Sabha: G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956) |
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Finance Minister of Independent India: R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet |
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Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence: R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on 26 November 1947 |
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First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
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First Indian President to die in Office: Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969 |
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First Chief Minister to die in Office: C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu |
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First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office: Morarji Desai, 1979 |
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First woman Cabinet Minister in India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
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First woman Minister in India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
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First woman Chief Minister: Sucheta Kriplani |
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First woman Governor of a State: Sarojini Naidu (Governor of Uttar Pradesh, 1947–49) |
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First female Home Minister: Sabitha Indra Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Govt. |
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First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar |
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First woman Finance Minister of State Government in India: Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt. |
