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 :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).