First country to legalise Euthanasia |
Netherland |
First country to recognise ‘third gender’ on census forms |
Nepal |
First country to require SMS for aircraft entry |
Bermuda |
First country to draft its constitution on iPad |
Hungary |
First country to account for natural assets globally |
India |
First country to ban fur for fashion week events |
Norway |
First country to slap ‘Fat tax’ on food products |
Denmark |
First country to use the Arabic language for domain name |
Egypt |
First country to sign biodiversity protocol |
Colombia |
First country to block 100000 websites |
Thailand |
First country to monitor every car journey |
Britain |
First country to ban amalgam fillings |
Norway |
First country to ban use of animal circuses |
Bolivia |
First country to have cruise manoeuvrable Missile |
India |
First woman President of a country |
Marma Estella ‘Isabel’ Martinez Cartas de Peron |
First country to approve stem cell therapy |
South Korea |
First country in the world to introduce internet |
votingEstonia |
First country to launch secret |
Denmark |
First country to use bivalent polio vaccine |
Afghanistan |
First country to adopt the International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
Brazil |
First crossword puzzle in the world was published |
By London Sunday Express |
First country to make a constitution |
United States of America |
First country to appoint Lokpal |
Sweden |
First Asian city to host Olympic game |
Tokyo, Japan |
First country printed book |
China |
First country to start paper currency |
China |
First country to start civil service commission |
China |
First country to make education compulsory |
Prussia |
First country to win world cup football |
Uruguay |
First country to organize NAM summit |
Belgrade |
First country to host modern Olympic |
Greece |
First country to set radio telescope satellite into space |
Japan |
First country to ban capital punishment |
Venezuela |
First country to give constitutional status to animal rights |
Switzerland |
First country to give voting right to women |
New Zealand |
First country to set carbon tax |
New Zealand |
First country to start VAT (Value Added Tax) |
Brazil and Germany |
First country to start plastic currency |
Australia |
First country to sign nuclear agreement with India |
France |
First country to send human to moon |
USA |
First spaceship landed on Mars |
VIKING – 1 |
First space shuttle launched |
Columbia |
First religion of the world |
Sanatan Dharma |
First University of the world |
Taxila University |
First country to brings out the FIAT |
Italy |
First country to issue stamps |
Great Britain |
First animated colour cartoon of full feature length |
Snow white and seven dwarf |
First country in Asia to have a UNESCO category one institute |
India |
First country to sign enforcement for sentences |
Italy |
First country to be affected by industrial revolution |
Great Britain |
First country to sign agreements to set up nuclear reactors in India |
France |
First country to use iris scans on ID cards |
Mexico |
First developing country to receive doses of donated H1N1 swine flu vaccines |
Mongolia |
First Developing country to contribute to crop Benefit Sharing Fund |
Indonesia |
First country in the world to limit banker’s bonuses |
France |
First European country to directly receive Azerbaijani gas |
Greece |