First in Telangana

Charminar

Polity

1. First Governor of Telangana: ESL Narasimhan
2. First Lady Governor of Telangana: Tamilisai Soundararajan
3. First Telangana Legislative Assembly Election: April 2014
4. First Chief Minister of Telangana: K. Chandrashekar Rao
5. First Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana: Md. Mahmood Ali
6. First Education Minister of Telangana: G Jagdish Reddy
7. First Leader of Opposition of Telangana: K. Jana Reddy

Awardees

1. First Person from Telangana to Win Bharat Ratna: Dr. Zakir Husain (1963)
2. First Person from Telangana to Win Padma Vibhushan: Dr. Zakir Husain (1954)
3. First People from Telangana to Win Padma Bhushan: PS Rau and Nawab Zain Yar Jung (1954)
4. First People from Telangana to Win Padma Shri: AR Chellani and NB Prasad (1957)

Media, Arts and Literature

1. First Telugu periodical published from Hyderabad: Sedhya Chandrika (1886)
2. First Telugu news journal published from Telangana: Hitabodhini (1912)
3. First newspaper in Telugu published from Hyderabad: Golconda by Suravaram Pratap Reddy (1926)
4. First FM Station in Telangana: AIR Vividh Bharati Hyderabad
5. First Satellite TV Relay in Hyderabad/Telangana: 1974
6. First TV Channel in Telangana: DD Saptagiri (now rechristned as DD Yadagiri)

Education

1. Oldest University in Telangana: Osmania University (1918)
2. First Technical College in Telangana: Regional Engineering College, Warangal (now NIT Warangal, established in 1959)
3. First Agricultural University in Telangana: Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (2014)

Misc

1. First person to campaign for separate Telangana state: Vasupanthaya
2. First Passenger Railway Station in Telangana: Secunderbad (9 October 1874)