First In Kerala
first governer – b.Ramakrishna Rao
first king of travancore – marthanda varma
first english school – mattencherry
first collage – c.m.s. college kottayam(1816)
first printing press – c.m.s.press kottayam
first bank – nedungadi bank
first malayalam movie – vigathakumaran
first sound movie – balan
first news paper – rajya samacharam
first church of jews – mattancherry
first printed malayalam book – samkhepa vedartham
first novel in malayalam – kundalatha
first chief minister – E.M.S.nampoothiripadu
first women minister – K.R.gauriyamma
first medical college – thiruvanathapuram
first post office – alappuzha
first bird sanctuary – thattekkad
first olypian – suresh babu
first bookerwinner fromkerala – arundhathi roy
first jnapith winner from kerala – G.sankarakurup
first wild life sactuary – periyar
first malayalee who got bharat award – P.J.antony
first radio station – thiruvanathapuram
first library – thiruvanathapuram
first malayalee indian president – K.R.narayanan
first national park – eravikulam
first women IPS officer – sreelekha
first hydroelectric project – pallivasal
first speaker – R.sankara narayanan thampi
first kerala chief justice – K.T.koshi
first malayalee women who got – K.C.elamma
arjuna award –
first malayalee governor – V.P.menon
first malayalee member of UPSC – Dr.K.G.adiyodi
first malayalee who got – O.M.nambiar
dhronacharya award –
first women vice chancellor – jancy james
first president of indian national – C.sankaran Nair
congress –
first president of kerala sahitya – sardar K.M.panicker
academy –
first women IAS officer – anna malhotra
first women MP – annie mascrine
first women magistrate – omanakkunjamma
first air survice – thiruvanathapuram-mumbai
first electrified town – thiruvananthapuram
the first women who got national – saradha
award for best actress
the first person who got vayalar – lalithambika antharjanam
award
the first european navigator who -vasco-da-gama
reached in kerala
the first kerala cricket player who -tinu yohannan
played in indian cricket team
the first private T.V channel -asianet
first cinema studio -udhaya studio(allapuzha)
first teak plantation -nilambur
first Ltd company -punalur paper mill
first actor in a leading role -K.K.aroor(cinima-balan)
first women governor -jyothivenkitachellam
first women high court judje -jestice anna chandy
first mosque -cheraman juma masjid,kodugalloor
first electronic park -technopark (thiruvananthapuram)
first jail -kozikode(1837)
first malayalam filim got presidents -chemmeen
goldmedal
first person who got saraswathy -balamaniyamma
samman
first political drama -pattabhakki
first malayalee chief justice of
supreame court -justice K.G.balakrishnan