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| Sikkim, First Organic State in the World/Image Credit: Debashish |
- First Chief Minister of Sikkim: Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
- First Non-Congress Chief Minister of Sikkim: Nar Bahadur Bhandari
- First Elected Chief Minister of Sikkim: Nar Bahadur Bhandari
- First Assembly Election in Sikkim: 1979
- First Governor of Sikkim: BB Lal
- First President's Rule in Sikkim: 18 August 1979 to 17 October 1979
- First British Political Officer in Sikkim: JC White
- First Superintendent of Police of Sikkim: H.C. Dutta
- First Commissioner of Sikkim Police: Mohinder Singh
- First Inspector General of Sikkim Police: P.R. Khurana (1975-79)
- First Director General of Sikkim Police: A. Ghatak (1986-88)
- First Woman Lok Sabha MP from Sikkim: Dil Kumari Bhandari
- First IAS officer of Sikkim: Meghnidhi Dahal
Education
- First Modern School in English Medium in Sikkim: Tashi Namgyal Academy (1926)
- First University in Sikkim: Sikkim Manipal University (1994)
- First Engineering College in Sikkim: NIT Sikkim (2010)
Awardee
- First Padma Shri Awardee: Sonam Gyatso (1962)
- First Padma Bhushan Awardee: Sonam Gyatso (1965)
Sports
- First Mountaineer from Sikkim to scale Mount Everest: Sonam Gyatso
- First Sikkim/Indian Footballer to sign contract with an English Club: Baichung Bhutia
- First Indian Athlete to Boycott the Olympic Tourch Relay: Baichung Bhutia
- First Indian footballer to have a stadium named after him: Baichung Bhutia
- First Indian footballer to play more than 100 international games: Baichung Bhutia
Misc
- First Organic State in India/World: Sikkim
- First Casino in Sikkim: The Casion Sikkim (2009)
- First Greenfield Airport in Sikkim/Northeast India: Pakyong Airport (2018)
- First State to Achieve 100 percent sanitization in India: Sikkim
- First All Woman Police Station in Sikkim: Ranipool Police Station, Gangtok
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