First Country/City: FAQs

First Country/City: FAQs

First country to legalese Euthanasia :- Netherlands

First country to recognize ‘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