FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
* First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain
* First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty (or Capital Punishment) :Venezuela
* First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage : Netherlands
* First Country in World to issue Paper Currency : China (by Song Dynasty)
* First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp : Britain (the stamp name is “Penny Black”)
* First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity : Norway
* First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women : Newzealand
* First Country in World to introduce VAT (Value Added tax) : France in 1954
* First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax : Finland in 1990
* First Country in World to be Democratic : Athens of Greece
* First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution : Britain
* First Country in World to have an official National Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest Flag)
* First Country in World to launch 3G Technology : Japan
* First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy : India
* First Country in World to initiate Railways : Britain
* First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth’s orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in 1957 (Satellite’s name is
Sputnik-1)
SPORTS
* First Country in World to host Olympics : Athens of Greece in 1896 (the first olympics is summer olympics)
* First Country in World to host Winter Olympics :France in 1924
* First Country in World to host Summer Paralympics : Italy in 1960
* First Country in World to host Winter Paralympics : Sweden in 1976 (where Paralympics means Olympics for Physically Handicapped)
* First Country in World to host Summer Youth Olympics : Singapore in 2010
* First Country in World to host Winter Youth Olympics : Innsbruck of Austria in 2012
* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup : West Indies in 1975 (2nd is also west-indies in 1979 and 3rd is India in 1983)
* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup (Twenty 20) : India
* First Country in World to won FIFA world Cup : Uraguay in 1930
COURTESY Ms Gazal Shailya Srivastava