First in Bihar

First in Bihar
 

First Governor of Bihar – Jairam Das Daulatram

the first person from Bihar to become the Deputy Prime Minister of the country - Babu Jagjivan Ram 

First Chief Minister of Bihar - Dr. Srikrishna Singh

First Muslim Chief Minister of Bihar – Abdul Ghafoor

Bihar's shortest time-term Chief Minister – Satish Prasad Singh

Bihar's most time-term Chief Minister – Nitish Kumar

First Lady Chief Minister of Bihar – Rabri Devi

First Harijan Chief Minister of Bihar – Gulam Paswan Shastri

Bihar's First Independent Chief Minister – Mahamaya Prasad Sinha

First person from Bihar to become President – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Speaker of Bihar Assembly – Ramyalu Singh

First Lady Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council - Rajeshwari Devi

First Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council - Rajeev Ranjan Prasad Singh

First Chairperson of Bihar State Commission for Women - Manju Prakash

First Indian Chief Justice of Patna High Court – Sir Syed Fazal Ali

First Woman Chief Justice of Patna High Court – Justice Ms. Rekha Manharlal Dosit

First Chief Justice of Patna High Court – Sir Edbard Chamiyar

First Chief Justice of Patna High Court after independence – Sir Clifford Manmohan Agrawal

The first politician from Bihar who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Baliram Bhagat (in 5th Lok Sabha)

First person from Bihar to become Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Bhubaneswar Prasad Sinha

First Bihari ruler to sit on Delhi's throne – Sher Shah Suri

First Sikh Guru to visit Bihar – Guru Nanak Dev

First Laboratory of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha Movement - Champaran

First Astronomical Observatory of Bihar - Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Patna

The first invader who invaded Bihar – Mo. Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji

First English traveller to visit Bihar – Raalp Fitch

The person who led Bihar in the First Freedom Struggle (1857) – Babu Kunwar Singh

First person to receive Jnanpith Award – Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (on 'Urvashi' epic)

First Open University of Bihar - Nalanda University

First University of Modern Bihar - Patna University

First Daily Paper of Bihar – Hindi – All-Benevolent (1882) and English-The Searchlight

First Weekly Newspaper of Bihar – Hindi– Bihar Bandhu (1874) and English – The Bihar Herald (1875)

First Maithili Film of Bihar - Kanyadan

Bihar's first Hindi film – Kal Is Ours (Director- Girish Ranjan)

Bihar's First Bhojpuri Film – Ganga Maiya Tohe Pieri Ahibo

The only gold storage area of Bihar - Karamtia Village (Munger)

Bihar's First Refinery - Barauni Refinery

First Municipality Founded in Bihar – Ara (1865 AD)

First Science Centre of Bihar - Srikrishna Vigyan Kendra, Patna

First Dance Building of Bihar - Indian Dance Art Temple, Patna

State's First On-Line Panchayat-Bhawanipur - (Yogpatti, West Champaran)

The first person from Bihar to receive the Ashoka Chakra - Self. Randhir Verma

First organic village of the state – Kothia, District Samastipur (in 2006)

First Martyr Monument of Bihar – Saptamurthy (Shaheed Memorial), Patna

First regional language of Bihar to be included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution – Maithili

First bank to be set up in Bihar - Allahabad Bank

The worst flood in Bihar – in 1975

First Irrigation Project of Bihar - Son Multipurpose Project

Bihar's First Sugar Mill Established – Bhadhaura (1904 AD)

Bihar's first Doordarshan Broadcasting Centre set up - Muzaffarpur (1978 AD)