First in Uttarakhand

Jim Corbett National Park (First National Park of India)

History

1. First Freedom Fighter from Uttarakhand: Kalu Mehra
2. First Freedom Fighter Jailed from Uttarakhand: MS Mehta
3. First Woman Freedom Fighter Jailed from Uttarakhand: Bishni Devi Shah
4. First Female Leader of Chipko Aandolan: Gaura Devi

Polity and Administration

1. First Governor of Uttarakhand: Surjit Singh Barnala
2. First Female Governor of Uttarakhand: Margaret Alva
3. First Chief Minister of Uttarakhand: Nityanand Swami
4. First President's Rule in Uttarakhand: 27 March 2016 to 21 April 2016 (25 Days)
5. First Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha: Indira Hridayesh
6. First Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Election: 2002
7. First Elected Chief Minister of Uttarakhand: ND Tiwari
8. First Speaker of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha: Prakash Pant
9. First Deputy Deputy Speakers of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha: Vijaya Barthwal
10. First Pro tem Speaker of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha: Qazi Muhammad Muhiuddin
11. First Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court: Ashok Desai
12. First Female Member of Uttarakhand PSC: Sudha Pandey
13. First Female Mayor of Dehradun Muncipal Corporation: Manorama Sharma Dobriyal
14. First Chairman of Uttarakhand ST/SC/OBC Commission: Girish Lal Tamta
15. First Chairperson of Uttarakhand Women's Commission: Santosh Chauhan
16. First Army Chief from Uttarakhand: Bipin Chandra Joshi
17. First Chief of Naval Staff from Uttarakhand: Devendra Kumar Joshi
18. First Female Director General of Police of Uttarakhand/India: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

Sports

1. First Woman to Scale Mount Everest from Uttarakhand/India: Bichendri Pal
2. First Dronacharya Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Hansa Manral
3. First medal recipient at Commonwealth Games from Uttarakhand: Hari Singh (1958)
4. First medal recipient at Asian Games from Uttarakhand: Hari Singh
5. First International Woman Cricketer from Uttarakhand: Ekta Bisht

Awardees

1. First Ramon Magsaysay Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1982)
2. First Padma Vibhushan Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Binode Bihari Mukherjee (1974)
3. First Padma Bhushan Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Mulk Raj Chopra (1967)
4. First Padma Shri Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Sukhdev Pande (1956)
5. First Female Padma Bhushan Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Bichendri Pal (2019)
6. First Bharat Ratna Awardee from Uttarakhand: Govind Ballabh Pant
7. First Jnanpith Award Winner from Uttarakhand: Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
8. First National Bravery Award recipient: Harish Rana (2003)
9. First Paramvir Chakra recipient from Uttarakhand/India: Major Somnath Sharma
10. First Ashoka Chakra recipient from Uttarakhand: Bhavani Dutt Joshi

Media, Arts and Literature

1. First Hindi Newspaper from Uttarakhand: Garhwal Samachar
2. First Kumaoni Newspaper from Uttarakhand: Almora Akhbar
3. First Garhwali Newspaper from Uttarakhand: Garhwali
4. First English Newspaper from Uttarakhand: The Hills
5. First Daily Newspaper from Uttarakhand: Pravatiya
6. First Kumaoni Poet: Gumani Pant

Education

1. First Engineering College in Uttarakhand/India/Asia: Thomason College of Civil Engineering (started in 1847, later renamed to Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
2. First Agricultural University of Uttarakhand: G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Misc

1. First National Park in Uttarakhand/India: Jim Corbett National Park
2. First UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Uttarakhand: Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (1988)