First in Uttar Pradesh

Taj Mahal

History

1. First Premier of United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh British India): Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
2. First Nawab of Awadh: Saadat Ali Khan I (1722-39)
3. First Governor of Agra: Sir C. T. Metcalfe (1834)
4. First Lt. Governor of the North-Western Provinces: Sir C. T. Metcalfe (1836)
5. First Chief Commissioner of Oudh: Major General Sir James Outram (1856)
6. First Lt. Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Sir James John Digges La Touche (1902)
7. First Governor of United Provinces: Sir Harcourt (Spencer) Butler

Polity and Administration

1. First Prime Minister of India from Uttar Pradesh: Jawaharlal Nehru
2. First Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Govind Ballabh Pant
3. First Woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Sucheta Kriplani
4. First Non-Congress Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Charan Singh
5. First President's Rule in Uttar Pradesh: 25 February 1968 to 26 February 1969
6. First Governor of Uttar Pradesh: Sarojini Naidu
7. First Woman Governor of Uttar Pradesh/Any State in India: Sarojini Naidu
8. First Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha: Purushottam Das Tandon
9. First Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council: Chandrabhal
10. First Woman Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh: Neera Yadav
11. First Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh: Virendra Singh

Education

1. First University of Uttar Pradesh: University of Allahabad (1887)
2. First College in Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh Muslim University (started as Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, later upgraded to Aligarh Muslim University in 1920)
3. First Engineering College in Uttar Pradesh: Banaras Engineering College (now known as IIT-BHU)
4. First Medical College in Uttar Pradesh: Thomson School (Later renamed as Sarojini Naidu Medical College)
5. First Agricultural University in Uttar Pradesh: Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology
6. First Open University in Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University
7. First Urdu Academy in India: Uttar Pradesh
8. First University for Handicaps in India/World: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University

People

1. Leader of first Indian expedition to Antartica: Zahoor Qasim
2. First Indian Ambassador to the United States: Asaf Ali
3. First Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs: Girija Shankar Bajpai
4. First Female IAS Officer of Uttar Pradesh/India: Isha Basant Joshi

Awardees

1. First Padma Shri Awardee from Uttar Pradesh: Akhil Chandra Mitra (1954)
2. First Woman Padma Shri Awardee from Uttar Pradesh: Mona Chandravati Gupta (1965)
3. First Padma Bhushan Awardees from Uttar Pradesh: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Amarnath Jha, Maithlisharan Gupta, Satya Narayan Shastri (1954)
4. First Woman Padma Bhushan Awardee from Uttar Pradesh: Rameshwari Nehru (1955)
5. First Padma Vibhushan Awardee from Uttar Pradesh: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1962)
6. First Bharat Ratna Awardees from Uttar Pradesh: Dr. Bhagwan Das and Jawahar Lal Nehru (1955)
7. First Woman Bharat Ratna Awardee from Uttar Pradesh: Indira Gandhi (1971)

Sports

1. First Tennis Players to reach Quaterfinals of Wimbeldon: Ghaus Mohammad

Media, Arts and Literature

1. First Newspaper of Uttar Pradesh: Hindustan Dainik

Misc

1. First Gramin Bank in Uttar Pradesh/India: Muradabad and Gorakhpur
2. First Metropolitan Bus Service in Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur
3. First Indian National Congress Session in Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad (1888) Presided by George Yule
4. Buddha preached his first sermon: Sarnath, Varanasi
5. First Metro in Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Metro
6. First Ramsar Wetland Site in Uttar Pradesh: Upper Ganga River (2005) 
7. First UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uttar Pradesh: Agra Fort and Taj Mahal (1983)