First In Amravati - Who & What ?

• First Public (Sarvajanik) Ganesh Festival  was celebrated in the leadership of Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde -    year 1900 at Indrabhavan Theatre.

• First Commissioner of Amravati  was T.H.Bullok.

• First March (Morcha)   was arranged in the leadership of Shri Dada Jog.

• First  Police   Station was established in the year 1877 , it was inside the walled city then and place was near the Laxmi - Narayan Temple.

• First person to get   re-married was Shri Bhaskar Thatte, at auspicious hands of Shri Balasaheb Bedekar.

• First Circus to Amravati was came in the year was in 1905-06 and stayed at  Neharu Ground.

• First person to go to jail for singing Vande Mataram was Shri. Jairam Patil in the year 1907. 

• First Ice Factory   was started by Shri Jainarayan Vyas  at  Ramvilas Garden in the year 1925.

• The Amravati - Narkhed Railway  was sanctioned for the first time at Shimla  on 12th May 1928 but it still to get complete.

• First   political arrest  to  a woman was  Mrs. Parvatibai Patwardhan in 1930.

• First   wrestling championship was arranged by Shri Hambarde  near  Rail Station . Famous  Gama Pahelwan had came to take part and large number of people had came to just have glance at him. But  his opponent Ganga Singh Pahelwam did not appeared at the venue.

• First Electric Supply to Amravati was started by Amravati Electric Company. the Company was formed in 1928. This company first started the street lights.

• First  Varhad Untouchable's Convention was arranged on 13th  and 14 th  1927 at Saban Pura, Amravati. It's Chairperson was Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

• Amravati Zilla Parishad was constituted on 1st May  1962.

• In the year 1989,  ( 62nd ) Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held at Amravati for the first time. It was on dates 21,22,23 January 1989. The Chairman was Shri. K.J.Purohit (Shantaram). Place was H.V.P. M. Amravati Campus. The sponsors were H.V.P.M.Amravati and City Library.

• First  to represent Indian delegation to  Britain   were Shri Ranganath pant Mudholkar & Shri  Moropant Joshi, Moropant  Joshi was only 29 years at that time.

• The first trust was from the donation by Pralhadpant Jog, a famous Lawyer. The chairperson was Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde. The property of Jog trust was located at  today's Joshi Hall, New High School and city Library and was named as Jog Square after him.

• The First Theatre in Amravati was Indrabhavan Theatre. Which was earlier used to stage plays and folk art form and later for displaying talkies.

• Gandhi chouk was named so for the first time, on 9th  October 1920  on the occasion  of   Gandhiji's Birthday.

• First Indian person to held the post of Minister in British Government was  an Amravatian. He was Sir Moropant Joshi. He held the post of Home minister during 1920 to 1925.

          Know Amravati

• Shri Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal  is a world famous sports institute of Amravati.

• The starting of the Vidarbha Sahitya  Sangha was from Amravati on 14th January 1923.

• Amravati city is the only  city in Maharashtra of which History  from11th Century is available ( Last 900 years History)

• First Finance   Minister of independent  India Shri Chintamanrao Alias C.D.Deshmukh was an Amravatian.

• A member of Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Shri Rajesh Muralidhar Mahatme (25 years ) was the first person to get entry in "Limka book of records"  for 24 hours continuous cycling between Amravati and Tiwsa. During the course of time he covered  800 Km of distance.