First In Bihar

First Democratic election of Bihar held in March 1937

First Governor: Jairamdas Daulatram

First Chief Minister: Sri Krishna Singh

First Governor of Bihar during British India: James David Sifton

First Education Minister: Sir Ganesh Dutt

First Speaker of Legislative Assembly: Bindeshwari Prasad Verma (also known as Binda Babu)

First Female Chief Minister: Rabri Devi

First Open University: Nalanda Open University

First Ancient University of Bihar: Nalanda University

First University of Bihar during British Raj: Patna University

First Poet: Vidhyapathi

First Recipient of Ashoka Chakra: Randhir Verma

First Jnanpith Award Winner: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (For Urvashi)

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (6th CJI)

First Chief Justice of Patna High Court before Independence: Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier

First woman Chief Justice of Patna High Court after Independence: Justice Rekha Doshit

First Indian Chief Justice of Patna High Court after independence: Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha

First woman judge of the Supreme Court of India from Bihar: Justice Gyan Sudha Misra

First International Cricket Stadium in Bihar: Moin-ul-Haq Stadium (Previously Known as Rajendra Nagar Stadium)

First Hindi Newspaper: Sarvhitaishi

Hindi Weekly: Bihar Bandhu

First English Daily Newspaper: The Searchlight

English Weekly: The Bihar Herald

First Bhojpuri Film: Hey Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhayibo (1963)

First Maithili Film: Kanyadaan (1965)

The first Magadhi film: Bhaiyaa (1961)

First Hindi Film: Kal Humara Hai

First Doordarshan Centre: Muzaffarpur

First Tiger Reserve: Valmiki National Park, tiger reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (Located at the India-Nepal border in the West Champaran district of Bihar on the bank of river Gandak)

First Woman Combat Officer of ITBP from Bihar: Prakriti

First women fighter stream pilots in India's history: Bhawana Kanth (Darbhanga, Bihar), Avani Chaturvedi (Satna, Madhya Pradesh.), and Mohana Singh (Khatehpura in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan)

First European to enter Bihar: Portuguese

First Republic of the World: Vaishali (Bihar)