india's first

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1. India's first postage stamp was published - in 1852 in Karachi
2. First coal mine in India - Raniganj (1820)
3. First hydroelectric project in India - Kaveri in 1902
4. India's first train - Thane from Mumbai (1853)
5. India's first non-song film - JJHH Wadia's Naujawan (1937)
6. India's first rocket - Rohani (1967)
7. India's First Navodaya Vidyalaya - Navegaon Khairi (Nagpur)
8. India's first satellite - Aryabhata (1975)
9. India's first printing press - 1556 in Goa by the Portuguese
10. India's First Steel Facti - Tada Jamshedpur (1907)
11. India's First Agricultural University - Pantnagar University School (1960)
12. India's First National Park - Jim Corbett (1935)
13. India's first air flight - Naini (1911) from Allahabad
14. India's first jute factory - Risra (1855 in Calcutta)
15. India's first seminary factory - Chennai (1904)
16. India's first state where women's court is created - Andhra Pradesh
17. India's First Rubber Facti - Baraily (1955)
18. India's first general election - in 1952

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