Proud! proud!
*_WEST BENGAL_*👏
*Bengalis > is a 4000 years old civilization. The world's 3rd ethnic community right after the Arabs & Chinese Huns. The community & state that holds the maximum "number ONE position"...*
*India's first metropolitan city - KOLKATA*
*India's first WI-FI city - KOLKATA*
*India's 1st metro rail - KOLKATA metro rail*
*1st IIM in India, is in KOLKATA - Joka IIM, 1960.*
*1st IIT in India, is in KOLKATA - IIT Kharagpur.*
*1st University in India is in KOLKATA - Calcutta university (established in 24th Jan. 1857)*
*1st college in India is in KOLKATA - Presidency college 1817.*
*Oldest school in India, is in KOLKATA - St. Thomas, 1789.*
*Toughest school board in India - WEST BENGAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.*
*1st male graduate in India, were BENGALIS - Bankim chandra Chatterjee & Jodunath Bose, 1858.*
*1st female graduate in India, a BENGALI - Kadimbini Ganguly*
*1st Nobel Prize holder from India, a BENGALI - Rabindranath Tagore, 1913.*
*1st Oskar prize holder from India, a BENGALI - Satyajit Ray.*
*1st Indian writer in English, a BENGALI - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.*
*1st Indian woman freedom fighter, a BENGALI - Sucheta Majumdar. She was India's 1st woman chief minister of the state Uttar Pradesh (1963-1967)*
*1st Bank in India, was in KOLKATA - Bank of Hindustan 1770, later State Bank of India, established in June 1806.*
*1st Indian, who fought for abolishing Hindu evil practices like " Bal vibha & Sati", were BENGALIS - Iswar chandra Bandhopadhyay & Ram Mohan Roy, in 1829 & July 26, 1856.*
*Founder of Indian National Army, was a BENGALI - Subhas Chandra Bose.*
*Indian National Anthem, written by a BENGALI - Rabindranath Tagore*
*1st newspaper of India, published in KOLKATA - Hickey's Bengal Gazette, 1780.*
*1st Miss Universe was from India, a BENGALI - Pramila, in 1947.*
*1st Bharat Ratna pride holder, a BENGALI - Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.*
*1st museum in India, is in KOLKATA - Indian museum, 1814.*
*1st Theatre hall in India, is in KOLKATA - Chaplin cinema, 1907.*
*India's largest zoo, is in KOLKATA - Alipore Zoo*
*Tallest Building in India, is in KOLKATA - The 42 storey .*
*Tallest residential twin buildings in India, is in KOLKATA - Atmosphere*
*1st floating market in India, is in KOLKATA - Patuli*
*Largest Delta in India, is in WEST BENGAL - Sundarban Delta*
*World's largest drinking water tank in KOLKATA - Tala Tank (established in 1909, 18th Nov).*
*1st football club in India, is in KOLKATA - Calcutta FC 1872.*
*India's 1st hockey Club in KOLKATA - Kolkata hockey Club, 1885.*
*India's largest library, in KOLKATA - National library, established in 1903.*
*India's first High court, is in KOLKATA - Calcutta High court , established in 1st July 1862*
*India's largest football ground is inc KOLKATA - Yuva Bharati Krirangan Or Salt lake stadium (it's 2nd largest in the world)*
*India's largest cricket ground is in KOLKATA - Eden Garden stadium*
*1st Indian cricketer, to become BCCI President, is a BENGALI - Sourav Ganguly.*
*No. 1 Indian doctor in Britain, at present, a BENGALI - Dr. Apurba Chatterjee*
*Within top 9 NASA astrophysicist, at present out of 4 Indian... 3 are BENGALIS - Sharmila Bhattacharya, Anitax Sengupta & Madhulika Guha Thakurta.*
*India's 1st under water train will be launched - in KOLKATA.*
*First car bought in India - in KOLKATA 1897.*
*First Indian who climbed mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, was from WEST BENGAL - Tenzing Norgay, Darjeeling district.*
*Father of football in India, a BENGALI - Nagendra prasad Sarbadhikari (for his role in introducing soccer in 1877) .*
*First Indian swimmer to cross English channel, male & female, both were BENGALI - Mihir Sen in 1958 & Arati Saha in 1959.*
*India's astonishing skywalk is in KOLKATA - Dakshineswar skywalk, having 14 escalators, 4 lifts & stairs.*
*Founder of Bhartiya Janata Party, the present government, was a BENGALI - Shyamaprasad Mukherjee.*
*1st citizen of India, promoted Hinduism throughout the world, a patriotic saint, was a BENGALI - Narendra Nath Dutta (Swami Vivekananda).*
*BENGALI is the only Indian language, which is declared as the official language in 2002, outside India & apart from Bangladesh - a country in West Africa, called Republic of Sierra Leone.*
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