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57 Cards in this Set
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First men to climb Mt Everest |
Sherpa Tenzing Norgey and Sir Edmund Hillary |
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First men to reach North Pole |
Robert Peary |
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First man to reach South Pole |
Ronald Amundsen |
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First Religion of the world |
Santosh Dharma |
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First Country to Print Books |
China |
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First Country to issue Paper currency |
China |
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First to start Civil Services |
China |
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First President of U.S.A |
George Washington |
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First PM of Great Britain |
Robert Walpole |
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First secretary General of United Nations |
Trigve Li |
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First Country to make Education compulsory |
Russia |
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First Country to win Football World Cup |
Uruguay (1930) |
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First Country to make Constitution |
U.S.A |
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First Governor General of Pakistan |
Mohamed Ali Jinnah |
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First summit of NAM was organised at |
Belgrade |
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First European to visit China |
Marco Polo |
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First men to Fly an Aeroplane |
Wright Brothers |
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First person to Sail around the world |
Ferdinand Magellan |
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First Country to send human to Moon |
U.S.A |
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First Country to launch Satellite into Space |
Russia |
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First Country to host the Modern Olympic games |
Greece |
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First President of China |
Dr. Sun Yat Sen |
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First City to be attacked with Atom bomb |
Hiroshima,Japan |
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First Radio Telescope Satellite launched into Space |
Japan |
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First Russian P.M. to visit India |
V.I. Bulganin |
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First University of World |
Taxila University |
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First man to step Foot on Moon |
Neil Armstrong (U.S.A) |
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First Man to go into Space |
Major Yuri Gagarin (Russia) |
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First Space Shuttle launched |
Columbia |
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First space ship landed on Mars |
Viking- 1(July,1976) |
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First woman PM of England |
Margaret Thacher |
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First Woman PM of any Muslim Country |
Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan) |
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First woman PM of a Country |
S. Bhadarnayaka(Sri Lanka) |
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First woman Cosmonaut in Space |
Valentina Tereshkova (Russia) |
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First woman to Climb Mt. Everest |
Junko Tabei (Japan) |
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First Woman President of UN General assembly |
Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit(1993) |
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First Woman to reach North Pole |
Ms. Fran |
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First woman to reach Antarctica |
Caroline Michaelson |
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First European invader of Indian soil |
Alexander, The Great |
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First Deaf and dumb to cross straight of Gilbrattar |
Taranath Shenoy (India) |
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First man to draw map of Earth |
Anexemander |
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First Man to compile Encyclopaedia |
Aspheosis (Athens) |
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First Eldest man to climb Mt. Everest |
Richard Wass |
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First Man to win Wimbledon Trophy |
Arthur Ashe (U.S.A) |
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Noble Prize Literature (First man) |
Rene F.A.P Suilt Pradhom (France) |
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Noble Prize Peace (First man) |
Jin F. Dunant (swiss). & Fredrick Piery (France) |
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Noble Prize Physics (First man) |
W.K. Roentgen (Germany) |
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Noble Prize Chemistry (First man) |
J.H. Wenthoff (Howland) |
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Noble Prize Medicine (First man) |
A.E Wonn Behring (Germany) |
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Noble Prize Economics (First man) |
Ranger Fish (Norway) & John Tinbergen (Howland) |
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First woman president of country |
Maria estela peron (Argentina) |
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First space tourist (male) |
Dennis Tito |
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First space tourist (female) |
Mrs Anoushe Ansari |
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World's longest hunger strike |
Irom Chanu Sharmila |
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First country to switch off FM radio |
Norway |
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First country to stop investing in fossil fuels |
Ireland |
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First country to allow pharmacies to sell Marijuana |
Uruguay |