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