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| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, First Deputy Prime Minister of India |
- First Gujarti Deputy Prime Minister: Sardar Vallabhbai Patel
- First Gujarti Prime Minister: Moraji Desai
- First Governor of Gujarat: Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1960-65)
- First Woman Governor of Gujarat: Shardha Mukherjee (1978-83)
- First Chief Minister of Gujarat: Jivraj Narayan Mehta
- First Woman Chief Minister of Gujarat: Anandiben Patel
- First President Rule in Gujarat: 13 May 1971 to 17 March 1972
- First Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court: Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai
Media, Arts and Literature
- First Printing Press in Gujarat: 1812
- First Printed Book in Gujarat: Dabestan-e Mazaheb (1815)
- First Gujarati Newspaper: Bombayna Samachar (1822)
- First Women Magazine in Gujarat: Streebodh (1857)
- First News Daily in Gujarat: Hitechchhu
- First Gujarati Feature Film: Narsinh Mehta (1932)
- First Gujarati TV Channel: DD Girnar (2003)
- First Radio Station in Gujarat: Baroda
- First Business Magazine in any Indian Language and State: Vyapar (1948)
Education
- Oldest Deemed University of Gujarat: Gujarat Vidyapith (1920)
- First Public Health University of India: Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar University
- First Private University of Gujarat: Bhavnagar University
- First Library in Gujarat: Andrews Library, Surat (1850)
- First Modern School in Gujarati Medium Started in Gujarat: Surat (1826)
- First Modern School in English Medium Started in Gujarat: Surat (1842)
- First School for Girls in Gujarat: Raichand Deepchand Primary School for Girls, Gopipura, Surat (1852)
Misc
- First Ancient Port of Indus Valley Civilization: Lothal
- First Europeans to Arrive in Gujarat: Portuguese
- First Commercial Outpost of British East India Company: Gujarat
- First Railway Station in Gujarat: Surat (1860)
- First Sultan of Gujarat: Ahmed Shah
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