India GK: First in India

Static General Knowledge is very important for all competitive exams. Every aspirant should have some basic idea about these following static general knowledge questions.

First in India
Newspaper	Bengal Gazette (James Hickey)
Vernacular Daily	Samachar Darpan
Hindi Newspaper	Udant Martand
Telegraph Line	Diamond Harbour to Kolkata
International Telephone Service	Mumbai to London (1851)
Silent Movie	Raja Harish Chandra (Dadasaheb Phalke 1913)
Talkie Movie	Alam Ara (Ardeshir Irani - 1931)
Aircraft Carriage Warship	INS Vikrant
Satellite	Aryabhatta (19th April, 1975)
Satellite dedicated exclusively for Education purposes	EDUSAT
Successful indigenous launch vehicle	SLV-3
Nuclear Reactor	Apsara (1956)
Lunar Mission	Chandryaan - I (October, 2008)
Mars Mission	Mars Orbiter Mission (5th November, 2013)
Hydroelectric Project	Sidrapong (1897)
Asian Games	Delhi (1951)
Census	1872
Regular Decadal Census	1881 onwards
Biosphere Reserve	Nilgiri
National Park	Hailey National Park (Jim Corbett), 1936
E-court	Ahmedbad
Court exclusively dedicated to women	Malda (West Bengal)
Technology Park	Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
University	Nalanda University

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