Zilla Parishad was constituted on 1 May 1962.
*The 62nd Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held at Amravati for the first time in the year 1989. It was on dates 21,22,23 January 1989. It was chaired by Shri. K.J.Purohit(Shantaram). The venue was H.V.P. M. Amravati Campus. It was sponsored by H.V.P.M.Amravati and the City Library.
*The first people to represent an Indian delegation to Britain were Shri Ranganath pant Mudholkar & Shri Moropant Joshi. Moropant Joshi was 29 years of age at the time.
*The first trust in Amravati was founded from the donation of 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 it was named as Jog Square after him.
*Indrabhavan Theatre was the first theater in Amravati. Initially used to stage plays and folk art form, it was later converted to a cinema hall.
*Gandhi chowk was named so for the first time, on 9 October 1920 on the occasion of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Birthday.
*Sir Moropant Vishvanath Joshi, a resident of Amravati, was the first Indian to have held the post of a Minister in the British Government. He was the Home minister from 1920 to 1925.
*The first multiplex in Amravati is E orbit Multiplex
MISCELLANEAS
*Shri Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal is a well known sports institute of Amravati.
*The Vidarbha Sahitya Sangha was founded in Amravati on 14 January 1923.
*Amravati is the only city in Maharashtra of which history from 11th Century is available.
*The 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 enter the "Limca book of records” for his feat of cycling for 24 hours without
