First in India

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)
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Warren Buffet

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

=> He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
=> He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
=> He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
=> He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
=> He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.
=> He has given his CEO’s only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder’s money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
=> He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
=> Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
=> Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk..
=> Who said we need to invest in high technology?