First Chief Minister
: E. M. S. Namboodiripad
The first Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala Police
: Anandasayanam Iyer
Kudumbasree started first district in Kerala
: Alappuzha
Kerala's first museum
: Thiriuvananthapuram Museum
First Zoo in Kerala
: Thiriuvananthapuram Zoo
First Women minister in Kerala
: K. R. Gowri Amma
First woman’s magazine
: Keraleeya Suguna Bodhini (1884 in Trivandrum)
First woman Police station
: Kozhikode
First woman Parliament Member
: Aani Mascreen
First Woman Magistrate
: Omana Kunjamma
First woman Legislative Assembly Member
: Thottakkadu Madhavi Amma
First Woman IPS Officer of Kerala
: Sreelekha IPS
First woman IPS Officer
: Sreelekha IPS
First woman IAS Officer
: Anna Malhotra
First woman I.A.S of Kerala
: Anna Malhothra
First Woman High Court Judge
: Anna Chandi
First woman Chief Secretary
: Padma Ramachandran
First woman Chief Engineer
: P.K.Thresya
First windmill electric station
: Kanjikkottu (Palakkad)
First wildlife sanctuary in Kerala
: Periyar wildlife sanctuary
First University
: Kerala University
First tourist police station in Kerala
: Mattancherry
First talky movie in Malayalam
: Balan directed by S.Nottani
First Sports Council President
: Col. Godavarma Raja
First Speaker of Legislative Assembly
: R.Sankaranarayanan Thampi
First railway service
: Thirur (Beppur)
First radio station
: Thiruvananthapuram
First Post office
: Alappuzha (1857)
First person who won D.Lit in Kerala University
: C.P. Ramaswami
First panchayath to get swaraj Trophy for the best panchayath
: Kanjikuzhi (Alappuzha)
First open prison in Kerala
: Nettukalthery (Kattakada)
First Olympian of Kerala
: Suresh Babu
First novel
: Kunthalatha (Appu Nedungadi)
First neo realistic cinema
: Newspaper boy
First National Park in Kerala
: Eravikulam (Idukki)
First movie heroine in Malayalam cinema
: Kamalam
First movie hero in Malayalam cinema
: KK Aroor
First Medical science magazine
: Dhanwanthari
First Medical College
: Thiruvananthapuram
First Malayalee who won Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
: K.M. Beenamol
First Malayalee president of Indian National Congress
: Sir. C Sankaran Nair
First Malayalee Member of UPSC of kerala
: Dr. KG Adiyodi
First Malayalee Director of VSSC
: G. Madhavan Nair
First Malayalam novel filmed
: Marthanda Varma
First Malayalam News magazine
: Kavana Kaumudi
First Malayalam journal published in Kerala
: Rajyasamacharam
First Malayalam film that won President’s Silver medal
: Neelakuyil
First Malayalam film that won President’s Gold medal
: Chemmeen
First Malayalam film dubbed in another language
: Jeevitha Nouka
First Limited Company
: Punaloor Paper mill
First library
: Trivandrum Public Library
First Jew church
: Mattancherry (first in India)
First Inspector General (IG) of Kerala Police
: N. Chandrashekaran Nair
First Hydro Electric project in private sector in Kerala
: Maniyar (Pathanamthitta)
First Hydro electric project
: Pallivasal
First hanging bridge
: Punaloor
First Governor of Kerala
: Dr.B.Ramakrishna Rao
First Government hospital
: Civil Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram
First general election
: 1957
First Forest Reserve in Kerala
: Konni
First English School
: Mattancherry (1818)
First Engineering College
: Thiruvananthapuram
First e-literate panchayath in Kerala
: Pallichal (Thiruvananthapuram)
First electric train
: Ernakulam (Shornnur)
First Diesel electric project
: Brahmapuram
First Dam in Kerala
: Mullapperiyar
First Co-operative Medical College
: Pariyaram Medical College
First congress chief minister
: R.Sankar
First Concrete bridge
: Karamana (Thiruvananthapuram 1900)
First computerized panchayath in Kerala
: Vellanadu (Thiruvananthapuram)
First computerized collectorate in Kerala
: Palakkad
First College
: CMS College, Kottayam (1840)
First coir factory
: Alappuzha Daras Company (1859)
First coastal police station in Kerala
: Neendakara
First child friendly panchayath in Kerala
: Nedumbassery
First Chief Justice
: Justice K.T.Kosi
First case-less village
: Varavoor Panchayat (Thrissur)
First book printed in Malayalam
: Horthoos Malabaricus
First Bird Sanctuary in Kerala
: Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
First Bio-Village in Kerala
: Udumbannoor
First Bank
: Nedungadi Bank, Kozhikode (1899)
First baby friendly panchayath in Kerala
: Venganoor (Thiruvananthapuram)
First baby friendly District in Kerala
: Eranamkulam
First autobiographer in Malayalam
: Vaikkathu Pachumoothathu
First airlines service
: Thiruvananthapuram (Mumbai - 1935)