Thread by @ShatruganSinha

Thought of sharing this amazing read which adds to our wisdom/knowledge. It is very interesting, educative & a must read!!

'*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.*

*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,c 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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