First in Himachal Pradesh First to represent India in Olympic Hockey –
First Chief Commissioner – N.C. Mehta Charanjit Singh
First Deputy Chief Commissioner – E.P. Moon First Chief Information Commissioner – P.S.
First Lt. Governor – Major General Himmat Rana
Singh First Judicial Commissioner – Justice J.N.
First Governor – A. S. Chakarvarti Banerjee
First Woman Governor – Ms. Sheela Kaul First Woman Chief Secretary – Asha Swaroop
First Chief Minister – Dr. Y.S. Parmar First Police Chief (IGP) – S.R. Chaudhary
First Chief Justice – Justice Mirza Hamidullah First Army Chief from H.P – Gen. V.N. Sharma
Beg First Radio Station in H.P – Shimla
First Woman Chief Justice – Ms. Leela Seth First Private Radio Station in H.P – 91.9 BIG FM,
First Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Pt. Jaywant Shimla
Ram First Hydel Project executed by State Govt. – Giri
First Woman Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Vidya Hydel Project
Stokes First Hydro Project with underground switch
First Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha – Krishna yard – Sanjay Vidyut Pariyojna
Chander First Railway line – Kalka to Shimla
First Chief Secretary – K.L. Mehta (ICS) (Nov,9,1903)
First Lokayukta – Justice T.V.R. Tattachari First Lok Sabha Election – 1952
First Chairman of H.P. Administrative Tribunal – First Vidhan Sabha Election – November 1951
Justice Hira Singh Thakur First Five-Year Plan – 1951 to 1956
First Vice-Chancellor of H.P. University – Dr. First Pucca House in Shimla – Kennedy House
Ram Karan Singh (1822)
First Vice-Chancellor of Agriculture University First Governor-General to Visit HP – Lord
Palampur – Dr. Het Ram Kalia Amherst (1827)
First Vice-Chancellor of Horticulture University, First Recipient of Dr. Y.S. Parmar Award – Mian
Nauni, Solan – Dr. M.R.Thakur Geverdhan Singh
First Governor to die in office – Surendra Nath First Recipient of Pahari Gandhi Baba Kanshi
First Woman to represent in Lok Sabha – Ram Award – Jai Dev Kiran
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur First Recipient of Chanderdhar Sharma Guleri
First Woman Minister in the Union Cabinet Award – Keshav Narayan
(Health) – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur First Recipient of Parshu Ram Award – Suman
First Member in the Rajya Sabha – Chiranji Lal Rawat (In Athletics)
Verma First National Teacher Award Winner – Prakash
First Education Director – K.L. Sethi Chand
First Winner of Victoria Cross – Jamadar First Person from Himachal to become CJI –
Lalaram Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan
First Winner of Param Veer Chakra – Major First Mughal Ruler of Kangra – Akbar
Somnath Sharma First Private University – Japee University of IT,
First Winner of Mahavir Chakra – Lt. Col. Waknaghat
Kaman Singh First Heritage City – Mandi
First Winner of Veer Chakra – Havildar Topge First Village in India to be given Heritage status
First President Police Medal Recipient – Ganjeer - Pragpur in 1997
Singh First IT Park – Mauja Majhol (Wakhanaghat)
First Chairman of H.P.P.S.C Shimla - Lt. Gen. K.S. Oldest Fort – Nagarkot (Kangra) Fort
Katoch Oldest Princely State – Trigarta (Kangra)
First Chairman of H.P.S.S.S.B Hamirpur – K.C. Oldest Democracy in the World – Malana
Malhotra (Kullu)
First Person to climb Mount Everest – Sunil Oldest Himachali Newspaper – Kshetriye Tej
Sharma Oldest Painting School of HP – Basholi School of
Youngest Girl to climb Everest – Ms. Dicky Painting
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