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