FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

- First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain

- First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty : 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)