Some
facts for TNPSC
First of Tamil Nadu
1. The first Chief Minister who was the Bharath Rathna
awardee – Rajaji (1954)
2. The only Indian, also a Tamillan, who held the
position of the Governor General of India – Rajaji ( 1948 – 50)
3. The first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu –
Subburayalu Reddiar (1920-21)
4. The first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu – Smt.
Janaki Ramachandran (1988)
5. The first corporation of Tamil Nadu – Chennai
(1688)
6. The first chairman of Chennai Corporation – Sir.
B.T.Thyagarayar
7. The first major of Chennai Corporation – Sir Raja
Muthiah Chettiar
8. The first woman major of Chennai corporation –
Thara Cherian
9. The first Tamillan who got the Nobel Prize – Sir
C.V.Raman (1930)
10. The first Tamilian who became the World Chess
Champion – Viswanathan Anand
11. Tamil writer and the Gnanpeeth awardee for the
first time – Akilan (1975)
12. The first Tamil actor who was awarded the Dadha
Saheb Palke Award – Sivaji Ganesan (1996)
13. The first Woman Justice of Tamil Nadu – Padmini
Jesudurai
