This post discusses the comprehensive list of First in Kerala. There are too many categories and sub-categories to list in one post. So we'll do a category-wise series for this topic.
The list contains the visionaries and extraordinary people of Kerala in the field of Administration and Judiciary.
First in Kerala – PART I
Administration & Governance
- First Travancore King – Marthanda Varma.
- First Diwan of Travancore – Arumukan Pillai.
- First Prime Minister of Independent Travancore state – Pattom Thanu Pillai (24 March 1948 – 17 October 1948).
- Second & Last Prime Minister of Travancore – Paravoor T.K. Narayana Pillai ( 22 October 1948).
- First Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin – Paravoor T.K. Narayana Pillai (1949).
- First General Election in Kerala – 1957.
- First Chief Minister of Kerala – E.M.S Namboodiripad.
- First Governor of Kerala – Dr. B. Ramakrishna Rao.
- First Malayali to contest in Presidential Election – Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer (against R. Venkataraman, 1987, lost by 458598 votes).
- First Indian President from Kerala – K. R. Narayanan.
- First Indian President to vote in the General Election – K. R. Narayanan.
- K.R Narayanan became the president of India in – 1997.
- First Legislative Assembly Speaker – R. Sankaranarayanan Thampi.
- First Congress Chief Minister of Kerala – R. Sankar.
- First Woman Minister – K. R. Gauri.
- First Minister from the Dalit Community in Kerala – P.K. Chathan.
- First Non-Congress (Communist, CPI) State government with Majority by a single party – E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957).
- First Person to become member of Kerala legislative assembly through court order – Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer.
- First Person to lose membership of Kerala legislative assembly under court order – Rosamma Punnoose.
- First Malayali President of Indian National Congress – Sir. C. Sankaran Nair.
- First Malayali to become India's first Railway Minister – Dr. John Matthai.
- First Malayali to become India's Finance Minister – Dr. John Matthai.
- First Keralite became a member of the Central Cabinet and served twice as Finance Minister – Dr. John Matthai.
- First Malayali Defence Minister of India – V.K. Krishna Menon.
- First Malayali to become India’s first High Commissioner to Britain – V.K. Krishna Menon.
- First Cabinet Secretary of India – Sir N.R. Pillai (1950).
- First Malayali to become Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha – M.M. Jacob.
- First Malayali become Chief Election Commissioner of India – T.N. Seshan (1990).
- First Malayali to appointed as the Governor of an Indian State
– V.P. Menon (Odisha,1951). - First Malayali to be appointed as the Governor of Kerala – V. Viswanathan.
- First Kerala Chief Minister to be a participant in the 35th World Economic Forum held at Davos in Switzerland – Oommen Chandy.
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Judiciary & Armed Forces
- First Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala – K. T. Koshi.
- First Malayali Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice K. G. Balakrishnan.
- First Fast Track Court in Kerala – Kottayam.
- First SC/ST Court in Kerala – Manjeri (Malappuram).
- First "Litigation-free" Village in Kerala – Varavoor Panchayat (Thrissur, 2000).
- First Inspector General (IG) of Kerala Police – N. Chandrashekaran Nair.
- First Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala Police – Anandasayanam Iyer.
- First Cyber Police Station in Kerala – State Crime Records Bureau, Pattom (TVM).
- First Computerized Police Station in Kerala – Peroorkada.
- First Tourist Police Station in Kerala – Mattancherry.
- First Coastal Police Station in Kerala – Neendakara (Kollam).
- First Temple Police Station in Kerala – Guruvayur.
- First Women Police Station in Kerala – Kozhikode (1973, inaugurated by Indira Gandhi).
- First ISO Certified Police Station in Kerala – Kozhikode Town Police Station.
- First ISO 9001 Certified Law Enforcement Agency in Kerala state – Kollam City Police.
- First Open Prison in Kerala – Nettukalthery (Kattakada).
- First Prison for Women in Kerala – Neyyattinkara.
- First Open Women’s Jail In Kerala – Poojapura.
- Kerala’s Largest Jail – Poojapura Central Jail.
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📝SideNotes:
- Bhishmacharya of Kerala Politics – Pattom Thanu Pillai.
- Litigation – the process of taking legal action.
- V.K. Krishna Menon Award – given by ‘V.K. Krishna Menon Institute’ on 123rd birth anniversary of V.K. Krishna Menon.
- Author of "A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives Of Krishna Menon"– Jairam Ramesh.
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