Here is a list of firsts in India.
FIRST TELECAST IN INDIA
Doordarshan was started as an experimental telecast in Delhi on 15 September 1959, with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.
FIRST CELL PHONE CALL IN INDIA
First cell-phone call in India was made on 31 July 1995, by the then chief minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu to Sukh Ram, the then communications minister of India.
FIRST TRAIN SERVICE IN INDIA
First train service in India was between Bombay and Thane on 16 April 1853. The train was 14 carriages long and drawn by 3 locomotives named Sultan, Sindh and Sahib
FIRST NEWSPAPER IN INDIA
Hicky's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published in India from 29 January 1780. It was also the first newspaper in South Asia.
FIRST ATM IN INDIA
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation introduced the ATM concept in India in 1987. The first ATM was set up in Andheri East, Mumbai.
FIRST AIRCRAFT IN INDIA
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala was the first man in India to own an aircraft, which he bought from the United Kingdom in 1910.
FIRST SMARTPHONE IN INDIA
India's first smartphone was launched by Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC on June 23, 2009. It was priced at around Rs 30,000
