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first source of law
Manusmriti
first law giver
Manu
earliest era in codified law
Gupta Dynasty Reign (335-445 BC)
first federal court
Started functioning in December 1937 in December in Delhi to decide any dispute between states and center under the then prevailing the Government of India Act, 1935. The court functioned for 13 years till the Supreme Court started functioning
first president of India
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
first vice president of India
Dr. Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan
first prime minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru
first deputy prime minister of India
Vallabh Bhai Patel
first woman president of India
Pratibha Devi Singh Patel
first woman prime minister of India
Indra Gandhi
first chief justice of federal court in India
Maurice Gwyer
first chief justice of supreme court in India
Harilal J. Kania
first woman judge of supreme court in India
Meera Fatima Beevi was appointed judge of supreme court in 1989. She is the second woman in the world after Sandra Day O’Conner of the US to be apointed to this high office
first woman chief justice of a high court in India
Leila Seth
first woman judge of a high court in India
Anna Chandi
first lady magistrate
Omana Kunjamma
first woman advocate in India
Cornelia Sorabji
first Indian judge of international court of justice
Dr. Nagendra Sinha
first high court/ oldest high court
Calcutta high court established in 1862
first attorney general of India
MC Setalvad