List of FIRST Countries in World:

* First Country in World to abolish Slavery:Spain

* First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty(or Capital Punishment):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: New Zealand.

* 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(so it 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)
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* First Country in World to host Olympics:Athens of Greece in 1896 (the first olympics is summer olympics)

* First Country in World to host Winter Olympics:France in 1924

* First Country in World to host Summer Paralympics :Italy in 1960
First Country in World to host Winter Paralympics: Sweden in 1976 (where Paralympics means Olympics for Physically Handicapped)

* First Country in World to host Summer Youth Olympics: Singapore in 2010

* First Country in World to host Winter Youth Olympics: Innsbruck of Austria in 2012

* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup: West Indies in 1975 (2nd is also west-indies in 1979 and 3rd is India in 1983)

* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup(Twenty 20):India

* First Country in World to won FIFA world Cup: Uraguay in 1930
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