First in Kerala
This blog lists the final part series of the post 'First in Kerala.' First in Kerala is an important topic in the GK section of various Kerala PSC exams and we also tried to include previous year PSC questions related to this topic. 

Miscellaneous


First State in India

  • First Child-friendly State in India – Kerala.
    • First Child-friendly District – Ernakulam.
  • First State in India to complete 100% online electoral enrollment – Kerala.
  • First State in India to build a Gender Park – Kerala (2013).
  • First State in India to have 'Pravasi Kshema Nidhi' – Kerala.
  • First State in India to have Electronic Voting Machine – Kerala.
    • First Constituency of Kerala where Electronic Voting Machine was utilized – North Paravur (by-election, 1982).  
  • First State to provide public telephones in all the villages – Kerala.
  • First State to have fully automated telephone exchanges – Kerala.
  • First State in India which started Lottery – Kerala.  
  • First District in India to electrify all houses with Pvt. help – Thrissur.
  • First District in India with 'Zero Landless Citizens'– Kannur.
  • First District to become Tobacco-free – Kottayam (September 27, 2008).
  • First District in India to achieve 100% family planning – Ernakulam.
  • First Polio Free District in India – Pathanamthitta. 
  • First District to become India's 'Total Electrified District' – Palakkad (2011).
  • First Floating ATM in India is established by SBT at – Kochi. 
  • First Eco-tourism Project in India – Thenmala (Kollam).
  • First State in India to launch Sex Offender Registry,  National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) – Kerala.
  • First State in India to implement Biometric ID cards for fishermen – Kerala.
    • First in the World as well.
  • First State in India to launch a Pension Scheme for farmers, Kissan Abhiman – Kerala.  
  • First State in India to launch chess tourism – Kerala.
  • First Gender Park in India – Kozhikode.
  • First sanitary napkin free panchayat in India – Kumbalangi (Ernakulam).
  • The first digitally literate Panchayat in India – Pullampara.
  • The First state in India to have hallmarking centres in every district – Kerala.

First in Kerala

  • First Electrified Town in Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram (1929).
  • First Districts in Kerala that were connected with STD facility – Thiruvananthapuram - Kottayam (1973).
  • First Gymnastics Training Center of India is located at – Kannur.
  • First Government Hospital in Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram. 
    • Who founded the First Government Hospital in Kerala – Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma.  
  • First Railway Service – Thirur-Beppur (March 12, 1861).  
    • First Railway Route in Travancore was constructed between – Punalur & Chenkotta.
  • First Electric Train – Ernakulam – Shornnur.
  • First Airlines Service – Thiruvananthapuram-Mumbai (1935).
  • First Private  Art Gallery – Chitrakootam (by C.N. Karunakaran).
  • First Solar based Airport in the World – Nedumbassery International Airport.  
  • First Wind Farm in Kerala – Kanjikode (Palakkad, 55mW, 1997).
  • First Wind Farm with private participation – Ramakkalmedu.
  • First Rubberized Road – Kottayam-Kumily.  
  • First Malayali to appear on Postal Stamps – Sree Narayana Guru. 
  • First plastic surgeon of Kerala – Dr. P. A. Thomas.
  • First Water Card System was introduced – Kunnamangalam. 
  • First Bakery in Kerala was started at – Thalassery. 
  • First Five-star Hotel in Kerala – Ashoka Beach Resort, Kovalam. 
  • First Ship built at Kochi Shipyard – MV Rani Padmini.
  • First Wave Power Plant working on oscillating water column (OWC) technology – Vizhinjam (150 kW, 1991).
    • First in the World as well.
    • Decommissioned in 2011.
  • First Mineral Water Plant – Kumbalangi.
  • First LNG Terminal in Kerala – Puthuvype (Kochi, August 2013, by Petronet LNG).
  • First Rock Garden in Kerala – Malampuzha.
  • First Post Office – Alappuzha (1857).
  • First Speed Post Center in Kerala – Cochin.
  • First Radio Station – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • First Community Radio in Kerala  – Radio Alakal (May 1, 2006).
  • First Private FM Community Radio Station in Kerala  – Radio DC.
  • First Private FM Station in Kerala – Radio Mango (November 29, 2007; Calicut).
  • First Telephone Exchange in Kerala  – Ernakulam (1923).
  • First Hanging Bridge – Punalur (Kollam, 1877; by Albert Henry).
  • First Concrete Bridge – Karamana (Thiruvananthapuram, 1900).
  • First High Altitude Cricket Stadium in Kerala – Krishnagiri (Wayanad).
  • First ATM in Kerala – Vellayambalam (Thiruvananthapuram, HSBC, 1993).
  • First Biometric ATM in Kerala – Malappuram (Catholic Syrian Bank, 2011).  
  • First Nokkukooli-free place in Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram.
  • First Nokkukooli-free district in Kerala – Malappuram.
  • First Community Tourism program in Kerala – Munroe Island Paravur (Kollam).
  • First Recorded Case of Custodial Death in Kerala – Kayamkulam Kochunni's.
  • First Volvo low floor bus services started in Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram (2009).
  • First district in Kerala to have 100% crop insurance coverage – Kasaragod.
  • First Marine Ambulance in Kerala – Vizhinjam (Thiruvananthapuram).
    • Marine Ambulance Service Name – Pratheeksha.
    •  – Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a cost of Rs. 6.08 crore.
    • Marine Ambulance Service Name in Ernakulam – Pratyasha.
    • Marine Ambulance Service Name in Kozhikode – Karunya.
  • First Ayurveda Resort in the World – Somatheeram.
  • First Public Health Laboratory in Kerala was established at – Thiruvananthapuram (Founder: C.O. Karunakaran)
  • First Floating Flying squad of Kerala – Alappuzha.
  • First Cyclone Shelter in Kerala – Mararikulam (Alappuzha).


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