Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda
• First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948) • First Book in any Indian Language: It was printed in 1578 in Tamil. • First Census in India: 1901 • First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta. • First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953) • First Constitutional Amendment: 1950 • First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71 • First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta.
First in India (Women)
• First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil
• Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)
• Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra
• Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood
• First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).
• First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar
• First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel
• First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)
First in India (Men)
• First American President to visit India: Dwight David Eisenhower
• First Asian to be elected president of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord Navnit Dholakia
• First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected Chancellor of the Wolverhampton University on May 9, 2000)
• First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan
• First Chairman of the University Grants Commission: S.S.Bhatnagar
• First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen (21.3.1950 to 19.12.1958)
• First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J.Kania (26.1.1950-6.11.1951)
• First Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency: B.G.Kher
• First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmherst (1947-1950)
Prime Minister and also In-Charge of the Ministries/Departments viz:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
Ministry of Planning;
Ministry of Water Resources;
Department of Atomic Energy; and
Department of Space
Dr. Manmohan Singh
2.
Minister of Finance
Shri Pranab Mukherjee
3.
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Shri Sharad Pawar
4.
Minister of Defence
Shri A.K. Antony
5.
Minister of Home Affairs
Shri P. Chidambaram
6.
Minister of Railways
Km. Mamata Banerjee
7.
Minister of External Affairs
Shri S.M. Krishna
8.
Minister of Steel
Shri Virbhadra Singh
9.
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
10.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
11.
Minister of Power
Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde
12.
Minister of Law and Justice
Shri M. Veerappa Moily
13.
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Dr. Farooq Abdullah
14.
Minister of Urban Development
Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
15.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Shri Kamal Nath
16.
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
Shri Vayalar Ravi
17.
Minister of Textiles
Shri Dayanidhi Maran
18.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Shri A. Raja
19.
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shri Murli Deora
20.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Smt. Ambika Soni
21.
Minister of Labour and Employment
Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
22.
Minister of Human Resource Development
Shri Kapil Sibal
23.
Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Shri B.K. Handique
24.
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri Anand Sharma
25.
Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj
Shri C.P. Joshi
26.
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism
Kum. Selja
27.
Minister of Food Processing Industries
Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
28.
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Dr. M.S. Gill
29.
Minister of Shipping
Shri G.K. Vasan
30.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri Pawan K. Bansal
31.
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Mukul Wasnik
32.
Minister of Tribal Affairs
Shri Kantilal Bhuria
33.
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri M.K. Alagiri
Update 15-12-2011
Tags: Present Cabinet Ministers in India ,Cabinet Ministers in India, Ministers in India
