First in India in Governance
First in India in Governance • President of the Indian National Congress— Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885 • President of the Indian National Congress of independent India— Acharya Kripalani, till Nov 1947 • President— Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962) • First Woman President— Pratibha Patil (2007–2012) • The first Chief Election Commissioner — Sukumar Sen • Industries and Supplies Minister— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee • The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee • Vice-President— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Prime Minister— Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected. • Deputy Prime Minister— Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950) • Law Minister of India— B. R. Ambedkar • Leader of Opposition— A. K. Gopalan • Prime Minister to be voted out of office— Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party • Non-Congress government— Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Min...