FIRST IN INDIA (Miscellaneous)

Earliest school of medicine known to humans: Ayurveda First Air Force in Asia to fly jets: Indian Air Force (1948) First Book in any Indian Language:  It was printed in 1578 in Tamil. First Census in India: 1901 First Cinema House in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta. First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953) First Constitutional Amendment: 1950 First country-wide agricultural census: 1970-71 First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta. First Film Centre: Nandan. Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985. First Film with an all-female cast: Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. First Five-Year Plan:  Started in 1951 First General Elections: They were held in 1952. First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902 First Indian state to set up a women’s court: Andhra Pradesh First international co-production:  Nala Damayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy. First Marine National Park: Jamnagar First Moonlit Animal House in Asia:  Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad. First Navodaya School: Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi. First Printing Press: It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese. First Railway Line:  It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane. First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542. First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948. First silent feature film in India:  Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It  was half British in its make. First solar crematorium:  It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat. First Solar Energy Centre: Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana First song-less film:  JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937). First south Indian film to be released in Korea: Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000) First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931) First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981) First Telegraph Line:  It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854.  This line was 1280 km long.  It was extended up to Lahore in 1857. First Telephone system: It was started in 1881 from Calcutta. First Television Reception Centre: Arvi, located in Maharashtra First veterinary college: Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885.  It is still in existence and is the oldest veterinary college in Asia. First Wind farm: Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat Highest Airfield in the world: Thoise, Ladakh Highest road in India: Khardung La Pass India’s first Antartica expedition: January 11, 1982 India’s first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975 India's first colour film: Prabhat's Sairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in 1933. India's first fully indigenous silent feature film:  Raja Harishchandra  produced by Dada Saheb Phalke on May 3, 1913. India's first indigenously built missile destroyer: INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15, 1997 at Mumbai). India's first indigenously built submarine: INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992) India's first indigenously made colour film: Ardashir Irani’s Kisan Kanya made in 1937. India's first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment: Bengal Lamps, Calcutta (1933) India's First Oil well: Digboi (1890) India's first radio programme:  This was broadcast privately with a 40w transmitter by the Madras Presidency Club Radio in 1924. India's largest inland lake: Lake Chilika, Orissa Largest circulated multi-edition daily in India: Roudramukhi Swar in Hindi (12,92,277 copies in 1997). Largest circulated periodical in India: Malayala Manorama (11,27,414 copies) Largest circulated single edition newspaper in India: Hindustan Times from Delhi (5,40,919 copies in 1997). Largest Nandi in India: Nandi of the Leepakshi Temple at Andhra Pradesh Largest Stupa in India: Mahachaitya Stupa, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh Oldest era in the world: Hindu Era Oldest para-military force in India: Assam Rifles (1835) in Shillong Only Place in the world where a Brahma Temple is found: Pushkar in Rajasthan Shortest era in the world: Christian Era State with the highest % of Scheduled Castes to total population:  Punjab (28.31% - 1991 Census) State with the highest% of Scheduled tribes to total population: Mizoram (94.75%) State with the largest number of Scheduled Castes: Uttar Pradesh (29.276 million - 1991 Census) State with the largest number of Scheduled Tribes: Madhya Pradesh (15.399 million - 1991 Census) State with the largest number of towns: Uttar Pradesh (704) State with the largest number of villages: Uttar Pradesh (1,12,803 - 1991 Census) State with the least number of towns: Nagaland (7) State with the lowest % of Scheduled tribes to total population: Uttar Pradesh (0.21%) State with the lowest number of Scheduled Castes: Mizoram (1000 - 1991 Census) State with the lowest number of Scheduled Tribes: Sikkim (91,000) State with the lowest number of villages: Goa (360 - 1991 Census) World's First University: Taxila (700 B.C.) World's highest STD/PCO facilities: Siachen glacier (established in November 1997) World's largest school: The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes City Montessori School in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as the world's largest school with 23,000 students on its rolls. Youngest para-military force in India: Coast Guard (1978)