List of Firsts in India - Places

Places

  • District to achieve 100% literacy rate : Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990
  • City/town to achieve 100% literacy rate : Kottayam, Kerala, 1989
  • District to achieve 100% literacy rate and lowest population growth rate : Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
  • District to be polio-free : Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
  • District to achieve tobacco free: Kottayam district, Kerala, 27 September 2008
  • District to become India's 'total electrified district' : Palakkad, Kerala, 2011
  • City to have an e-court : Ahmedabad, 8 February 2009

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