kend · Web viewSpeakers of the Lok Sabha 1. G.V. Mavlankar M.Ananthasayanam Ayyangar May 15, 1952 to February 27, 1956 2. M. A. Ayyangar March 8, 1956 to April 16, 1962 3. Sardar

Speakers of the Lok Sabha

1. G.V. MavlankarM.Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

May 15, 1952 to February 27, 1956

2. M. A. Ayyangar March 8, 1956 to April 16, 19623. Sardar Hukam Singh April 17, 1962 to March 16, 19674. N. Sanjiva Reddy March 17, 1967 to July 19, 19695. G.S. Dhillon August 8, 1969 to December 1, 19756. Bali Ram Bhagat January 15, 1976 to March 25, 19777. N. Sanjiva Reddy, March 26, 1977 to July 13, 19778. K.S. Hegde July 21, 1977 to January 21, 19809. Balram Jakhar January 22, 1980 to December 18, 198910.Rabi Ray December 19, 1989 to July 9, 199111.Shivraj Patil July 10, 1991 to May 22, 199612.P.A. Sangma May 25, 1996 to March 23, 199813.G.M.C. Balayogi March 24, 1998 to March 3, 200214.Manohar Joshi May 10, 2002 to June 2, 200415.Somnath Chatterjee 4 June, 2004 – 31 May, 200916.Smt. Meira Kumar 3 June, 2009 – Till date

Asian Games

Year Games Host Dates Nations Athletes Sports Events

1951 I New Delhi, India March 4–11 11 489 6 57

1954 II Manila, Philippines May 1–9 19 970 8 76

1958 III Tokyo, Japan May 28 – June 1 16 1,820 13 97

1962 IV Jakarta, Indonesia August 24 – September 4 12 1,460 13 88

1966 V Bangkok, Thailand December 9–20 16 1,945 14 143

1970 VI Bangkok, Thailand December 9–20 16 2,400 13 135

1974 VII Tehran, Iran September 1–16 19 3,010 16 202

1978 VIII Bangkok, Thailand December 9–20 19 3,842 19 201

1982 IX New Delhi, India November 19 – December 4 23 3,411 21 147

1986 X Seoul, South Korea September 20 – October 5 27 4,839 25 270

1990 XI Beijing, China September 22 – October 7 36 6,122 29 310

1994 XII Hiroshima, Japan October 2–16 42 6,828 34 337

1998 XIII Bangkok, Thailand December 6–20 41 6,554 36 376

2002 XIV Busan, South Korea September 29 – October 14 44 7,711 38 419

2006 XV Doha, Qatar December 1–15 45 9,520 39 424

2010 XVI Guangzhou, China November 12–27 45 9,704 42 476

2014 XVII Incheon, South Korea September 19 – October 4 Future event

2019 XVIII Hanoi, Vietnam Future event

2023 XIX TBA Future event

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Olympic Games

City Country Continent Season Year Opening Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Athens Greece Europe Summer 1896 6 April 15 April

Paris France Europe Summer 1900 14 April 28 October

St. Louis United States North America Summer 1904 29 August 3 September

London United Kingdom Europe Summer 1908 27 April 31 October

Stockholm Sweden Europe Summer 1912 5 May 22 July

Berlin Germany Europe Summer 1916 Cancelled due to WWI[4]

Antwerp Belgium Europe Summer 1920 20 April 12 September

Chamonix France Europe Winter 1924 25 January 4 February

Paris France Europe Summer 1924 4 May 27 July

St. Moritz Switzerland Europe Winter 1928 February 11 February 19

Amsterdam Netherlands Europe Summer 1928 May 17 August 12

Lake Placid United States North America Winter 1932 February 4 February 15

Los Angeles United States North America Summer 1932 July 30 August 14

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany Europe Winter 1936 February 6 February 16

Berlin Germany Europe Summer 1936 August 1 August 16

Sapporo Japan Asia Winter 1940 Cancelled due to WWII[4]

Tokyo Japan Asia Summer 1940 Cancelled due to WWII[4]

Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy Europe Winter 1944 Cancelled due to WWII[4]

London United Kingdom Europe Summer 1944 Cancelled due to WWII[4]

St. Moritz Switzerland Europe Winter 1948 January 30 February 8

London United Kingdom Europe Summer 1948 July 29 August 14

Oslo Norway Europe Winter 1952 February 14 February 25

Helsinki Finland Europe Summer 1952 July 19 August 3Cortina Italy Europe Winter 1956 January 26 February 5

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City Country Continent Season Year Opening Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

d'Ampezzo

MelbourneStockholm[c] Australia Sweden Oceania

Europe Summer 1956 November 22June 10

December 8June 17

Squaw Valley Unite States North America Winter 1960 February 18 February 28

Rome Italy Europe Summer 1960 August 25 September 11

Innsbruck Austria Europe Winter 1964 January 29 February 9

Tokyo Japan Asia Summer 1964 October 10 October 24

Grenoble France Europe Winter 1968 February 6 February 18

Mexico City Mexico North America Summer 1968 October 12 October 27

Sapporo Japan Asia Winter 1972 February 3 February 13

Munich West Germany Europe Summer 1972 August 26 September 11

Innsbruck Austria Europe Winter 1976 February 4 February 15

Montreal Canada North America Summer 1976 July 17 August 1

Lake Placid United States North America Winter 1980 February 12 February 24

Moscow Soviet Union Europe[d] Summer 1980 July 19 August 3

Sarajevo Yugoslavia Europe Winter 1984 February 7 February 19

Los Angeles United States North America Summer 1984 July 28 August 12

Calgary Canada North America Winter 1988 February 13 February 28

Seoul South Korea Asia Summer 1988 September 17 October 2

Albertville France Europe Winter 1992 February 8 February 23

Barcelona Spain Europe Summer 1992 July 25 August 9

Lillehammer Norway Europe Winter 1994 February 12 February 27

Atlanta United States North America Summer 1996 July 19 August 4

Nagano Japan Asia Winter 1998 February 7 February 22

Sydney Australia Oceania Summer 2000 September 15 October 1

Salt Lake City United States North America Winter 2002 February 8 February 24

Athens Greece Europe Summer 2004 August 13 August 29

Turin Italy Europe Winter 2006 February 10 February 26

Beijing[e] China Asia Summer 2008 August 8 August 24

Vancouver Canada North America Winter 2010 February 12 February 28

London United Kingdom Europe Summer 2012 July 27 August 12

Sochi Russia Europe[d] Winter 2014 February 7 February 23

Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America Summer 2016 August 5 August 21

Pyeongchang South Korea Asia Winter 2018 February 9 February 25



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Chief Justice of India

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Blue Book Official report of the Government of United Kingdom

Green Book Official publications of Italy and Iran

Number Name Period of office

1 H. J. Kania January 26, 1950 November 6, 1951‡

2 M. Patanjali Sastri November 7, 1951 January 3, 1954

3 Mehr Chand Mahajan January 4, 1954 December 22, 1954

4 B. K. Mukherjee December 23, 1954 January 31, 1956‡‡

5 Sudhi Ranjan Das February 1, 1956 September 30, 1959

6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha October 1, 1959 January 31, 1964

7 P. B. Gajendragadkar February 1, 1964 March 15, 1966

8 Amal Kumar Sarkar March 16, 1966 June 29, 1966

9 Koka Subba Rao June 30, 1966 April 11, 1967‡‡

10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo April 12, 1967 February 24, 1968

11 Mohammad Hidayatullah February 25, 1968 December 16, 1970

12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah December 17, 1970 January 21, 1971

13 Sarv Mittra Sikri Jan 22, 1971 April 25, 1973

14 Ajit Nath Ray April 26, 1973 January 27, 1977

15 Mirza Hameedullah Beg January 28, 1977 February 21, 1978

16 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud February 22, 1978 July 11, 1985

17 P. N. Bhagwati July 12, 1985 December 20, 1986

18 R. S. Pathak December 21, 1986 June 18, 1989‡‡

19 E. S. Venkataramiah June 19, 1989 December 17, 1989

20 Sabyasachi Mukherjee December 18, 1989 September 25, 1990‡

21 Ranganath Misra September 26, 1990 November 24, 1991

22 Kamal Narain Singh November 25, 1991 December 12, 1991

23 M. H. Kania December 13, 1991 November 17, 1992

24 Lalit Mohan Sharma Nov 18, 1992 Feb 11, 1993

25 M. N. Venkatachaliah February 12, 1993 October 24, 1994

26 Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi October 25, 1994 March 24, 1997

27 Jagdish Sharan Verma March 25, 1997 January 17, 1998

28 Madan Mohan Punchhi January 18, 1998 October 9, 1998

29 Adarsh Sein Anand October 10, 1998 January 11, 2001

30 Sam Piroj Bharucha January 11, 2001 May 6, 2002

31 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal May 6, 2002 November 8, 2002

32 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik November 8, 2002 December 19, 2002

33 V. N. Khare Dec 19, 2002 May 2, 2004

34 S. Rajendra Babu May 2, 2004 June 1, 2004

35 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti June 1, 2004 November 1, 2005

36 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal November 1, 2005 January 13, 2007

37 K. G. Balakrishnan January 13, 2007 May 11, 2010

38 S. H. Kapadia May 12, 2010 Sep 28, 2012

39 Altamas Kabir September 29, 2012 Incumbent

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Grey Book Official reports of Japan and Belgium

Orange Book Official publications of Netherlands

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White Book Official publications of Germany, China and Portugal

White Paper Short pamphlet giving authoritative recital of facts issued by the Indian government stating its views on a particular issue for the knowledge of general public

Yellow Book Official publications of France

Important Lines and Boundaries

Durand Line is the line drmarcating the boundaries of India and Afghanistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.

Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I

Mason-Dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United State.

Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim.

Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.

Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.

Order-Neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Neisse rivers, adopted at the Poland Conference (Aug 1945) after World War II.

Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boudary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united.

24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India

26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America.

30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole.

33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.

35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi.

36th Parallel forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas.

36o30' Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.

37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.

39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth's equatorial plane.

40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland.

41st Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.

42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border.

43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming.

49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada

First Men in India

The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee

The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji

The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning

The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India C. Rajgopalachari

The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky

The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore

India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.Sinha

The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw

The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen

The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup

The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad

The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee

The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee

The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania

The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

First Female in IndiaThe first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria

The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma

The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu

The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi

The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal

The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav

The first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie Besant

The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal

The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883

The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee

The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886

The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000

The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu

The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee

The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew

The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)

The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)

The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi

The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora

The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya

The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla

The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi

The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan

The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha

The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa

The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

I

Indian Fairs and Festivals

January 1. Maker Sankranti2. Lohri3. Pongal4. Thai Pusam5. Flot Festivals6. National Kite Festival7. Kerela Village Fair8. Bikaner Festival9. Pattadakal Dance Festival

10. Id-ud-Fitr11. Vasant Panchami

February

1. Mahashivratri2. Goa Carnival3. Desert Festival4. Nagaur Fair5. International Yoga Week6. Elephant Festival7. Deccan Festival8. Taj Mahotsav9. Surajkund Crafts Mela10. Chapchar Kut11. Islands Tourism Festivals

March

1. Holi2. Ganaur3. Jamshed-e-Navroz4. Ramnavami5. Id-ul-Zuha6. Mahavir Jayanti7. Khajuraho Dance Festival8. Elephant Festival9. Hoysla Mahotsava10. Ellora Festival

April

1. Good Friday2. Easter3. Baisakhi4. Gudi Padva or Ugadi5. Pooram6. Muharram7. Buddha Purnima8. Mewar

May 1. Urs Festival

June 1. Ganga Dussehra2. Hemis Festival

July 1. Rathyatra2. Guru Purnima

August

1. Janmashtami2. Onam3. Nag Panchami4. Rakshabandhan5. Ganesh Chaturthi

September 1. Tarnetar Mela

October

2. Navratri3. Durga Puja.4. Dussehra5. Marwar Festival

November 1. Sharad Purnima2. Diwali3. Guru Purab4. Ka Pomblang Nongrem5. Sonepur Fair

6. Pushkar Fair7. Hampi Festival

December 1. Christma2. Konark Dance Festival

Asian Games

Games Serial Year Places Number of Countries Number of Sports Number of Players

1 1951 New Delhi(India) 11 6 4912 1954 Manila(Philippines) 18 8 10213 1958 Tokyo(Japan) 20 13 14224 1962 Jakarta(Indonesia) 16 13 15455 1966 Bangkok(Thiland) 18 14 19456 1970 Bangkon(Thiland) 18 13 1752

7 1974 Tehran(Iran) 25 16 28698 1978 Bangkok(Thiland) 25 19 30009 1982 New Delhi(India) 33 21 3447

10 1986 Seoul(S.Korea) 27 25 388311 1990 Beijing(China) 37 27 450012 1994 Hiroshima(Japan) 42 34 730013 1998 Bangkok(Thailand) 41 38 700014 2002 Busan(S.Korea) 44 38 991915 2006 Doha(Qatar) 45 39 10000+

16th 2010 Guang Zhou, China

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Highest Award Bharat Ratna

Highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra

Longest River in India The Ganges

Longest Tributary river of India Yamuna

Largest Lake Wular Lake, Kashmir

Largest Lake (Saline Water) Chilka Lake, Orrisa

Largest Man-Made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Largest Fresh Water Lake Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)

Highest Lake Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)

Highest Lake Devatal (Gharhwal)

Highest Peak Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal

Largest Populated City Mumbai

Largest State(Area) Rajasthan

Largest State(Population) Uttar Pradesh

Highest rainfall Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)

Highest Watefall Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Mysore

State wise largest area under forest Madhya Pradesh

Largest Delta Sunderbans Delta

Largest River without Delta Narmada and Tapti

Longest Cantilever Span bridge Howrah Bridge

Longest River Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna

Biggest Cave temple Ellora

Longest Road Grand Trunk Road

Highest Road Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)

Biggest Mosque Jama Masjid at Delhi

Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)

Tallest Statue Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka

Largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India

Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)

Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

Largest Zoo Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)

Largest Museum India Museum at Kolkata

Longest Dam Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)

Highest Dam Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )

Highest Tower Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)

Largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan)

Largest District Kutch district

Fastest Train Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal

State with longest coastline Gujarat

State with longest coastline of South India Andhra Pradesh

Longest Electric Railway Line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

Longest Railway Route From Assam to Kanyakumari

Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal)

Highest Railway Station Ghum (W. Bengal)

Longest Platform Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world

Longest Tunnel Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)

Longest Highway NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

Smallest State (Population) Sikkim

Smallest State (Area) Goa

Largest State (Area) Rajasthan

Largest State (Population) Uttar Pradesh

Densest Populated State West Bengal

Largest Cave Amarnath (J&K)

Largest Cave Temple Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)

Largest Animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)

Largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)

Biggest Hotel Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)

Largest Port Mumbai

Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar

Deepest River Valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda

Largest Church Saint Cathedral (Goa)

Oldest Church St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)

Longest River Ganga (2640 km long)

Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai

Highest Battle Field Siachin Glacier

Highest Airport Leh (Laddakh)

Biggest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Largest River Island Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)

Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

Smallest Biggest in World

Largest Continent Asia, 17,212,2000 square miles

Smallest Continent Australia,312,2000 square miles

Highest Mountain Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level

Lowest Point on land The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level

Deepest Underwater Trench

Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface

Largest Sea The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles

Highest Lake The Highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level

Lowest Lake The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level

Largest Lake Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles

Largest Freshwater Lake Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles

Deepest Ocean Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet

Largest Ocean Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles

Smallest Ocean Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles

Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles

Bay The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles

Largest Island Greenland, 839,999 square miles

Largest Peninsula Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles

Largest Archipelago Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands

Largest Gorge Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep

Deepest Gorge Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep

Longest Mountain Range The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles

Longesr River The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles

Shortest River The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long

Largest River The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles

Longesr Estuary Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide

Larget Lagoon Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles

Largest Waterfall Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high

Oceans of the World (by Size)

Pacific (155,557,000 sq km)

Atlantic (76,762,000 sq km)

Indian (68,556,000 sq km)

Southern (20,327,000 sq km)

Artic (14,056,000 sq km)

Ocean's Greatest Depths

Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft

Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic Ocean 30,246 ft

Java Trench, Indian Ocean 24,460 ft

Arctic Basin, Arctic Ocean, 18,456 ft

Oldest Countries

San Marino (301 AD)

France (486 AD)

Bulgaria (632 AD)

Denmark (950 AD)

Portugal (1143 AD)

Andorra (1278 AD)

Switzerland (1291 AD)

Youngest Countries

Montenegro (July 2006)

Serbia (July 2006)

East Timor (2002)

Major Seas (by Size)

South China (2,974,600 sq km)

Caribbean (2,515,900 sq km)

Mediterranean (2,510,000 sq km)

Bering (2,261,100 sq km)

Gulf of Mexico (1,507,600 sq km)

Arabian Sea (1,498,320 sq km)

Sea of Okhotsk (1,392,100 sq km)

Sea of Japan (East Sea - 1,012,900 sq km)

Hudson Bay (730,100 sq km)

East China (664,600 sq km)

Andaman (564,900 sq km)

Black (507,900 sq km)

Red (453,000 sq km)

Major Rivers (by length)

Nile, Africa (6,825 km)

Amazon, South America (6,437 km)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia (6,380 km)

Mississippi, North America (5,971 km)

Yenisey-Angara, Asia (5,536 km)

Huang(Yello), Asia (5,464 km)

Ob-Irtysh, Asia (5,410 km)

Amur, Asia (4,416 km)

Lena, Asia (4,400 km)

Congo, Africa (4,370 km)

Mackenzie-Peace, North America (4,241 km)

Mekong, Asia (4,184 km)

Niger, Africa (4,171 km)

Palau (1994)

Czech Republic (1993)

Eritrea (1993)

Slovakia (1993)

Bosnia/Hertzegovina (1992)

Continents of the World (by Size)

#1 Asia (445,579,000 sq km)

#2 Africa (30,065,000 sq km)

#3 North America (24,256,000 sq km)

#4 South America (17,819,000 sq km)

#5 Antarctica (13,209,000 sq km)

#6 Europe (9,938,000 sq km)

#7 Australia/Oceania (7,687,000 sq km)

Continets by Population

#1 Asia

#2 Africa

#3 Europe

#4 North America

#5 South America

#6 Australia/Oceania

#7 Antarctica

Continents by number of Countries

#1 Africa (53)

#2 Europe (46)

#3 Asia (44)

#4 North America (23)

#5 Oceania (14)

Major Lakes (by Size)

Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)

Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)

Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)

Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)

Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)

Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)

Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)

Great Bear, North America (31,300 sq km)

Aral Sea, Asia (30,700 sq km)

Malawi, Africa (28,900 sq km)

Great Slave, Canada (28,568 sq km)

Erie, North America (25,667 sq km)

Winnipeg, Canada (24,387 sq km)

Ontario, North America (19,529 sq km)

Deepest Lake (by Greatest Depth)

Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)

Tanganyika, Africa (4,800 ft)

Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (3,363 ft)

Malawi or Nyasa, Africa (2,317 ft)

Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (2,303 ft)

Tallest Mountains (on each Continent)

Mount Everest 8859 m - Asia

Aconcagua 6959 m - S. America

Mount McKinley 6194 m - N. America

Mount Kilimanjaro 5963 m - Africa

Mount Elbrus 5633 m - Europe

Puncak Jaya 4884 m - Oceania

#6 South America (12)

Countries with Most land Boundaries

China - 14

Russian Federation -14

Brazil - 10

Congo, Germany and Sudan - 10

Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey and Zambia - 8

Top 10 Tallest Mountains

Mount Everst, 8850m (29035 ft) - Nepal

Qogir (K2), 8611 m (28250 ft) - India

Kangchenjunga 8586 m (28169 ft) - Nepal

Lhotse, 8501 m (27929 ft) - Nepal

Makalu I, 8462 m (27765 ft) - Nepal

Cho Oyu, 8201 m (26906 ft) - Nepal

Dhaulagiri, 8167 m (26794 ft) - Nepal

Manaslu I, 8156 m (26758 ft) - Nepal

Nanga Parbat, 8125 m (26658 ft) - Pakistan

Annapurna I, 8091 m (26545 ft) - Nepal

Vinson Massif 4897 m - Antarctica

Books by Indian Authors

Book Name Author

A bend in the river V.S. Naipal

A brush with life Satish Gujral

A House of Mr. Biswar V.S. Naipal

A Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipal

A Passage to England Nirad C.Chodhury

A Prisoner's Scrapbook L.K. Advani

A River Sutra Gita Mehra

A sense of time H.S.Vatsyayan

A strange and subline address Amit Chaudhary

A suitable boy Vikram Seth

A village by the sea Anita Desai

A voice for freedom Nayantara Sehgal

Aansoo Jayashankar Prasad

Afternoon Raag Amit Chaudhari

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Deepak Chopra

Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam

Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal

Amar Kosh Amar Singh

An autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru

An Equal Music Vikram Seth

An Idealist View of life Dr. S. Radhakrishan

Amrit Aur Vish Amrit Lal Nagar

Anamika Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

Anandmath Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Areas of Darkness V.S. Naipal

Arthashastra Kautilya

Ashtadhyayi Panini

Autobiography of an Unknown India Nirad C. Choudhury

Bandicoot Run Manohar Malgonkar

Beginning of the Beginning Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh

Between the Lines Kuldip Nayyar

Beyond Modernisation, Beyond Self Sisirkumar Ghose

Bhagvad Gita Ved Vyas

Bharat Bharati Maithilisharan Gupt

Bharat Durdasha Bhartendu Harischandra

Border and Boundaries: women in India's Partition Ritu Menon & Kamla Bhasin

Bharat Bharati Maithili Saran Gupt

Breaking the Silence Anees Jung

Bride and the Sahib and the other stories Khushwant Singh

Broken Wings Sarojini Naidu

Bubble, The Mulk Raj Anand

Buddha Charitam Ashwaghosh

By God's Decree Kapil Dev

Chandalika Rabindra Nath Tagore

Chandrakanta Santati Devkinandan Khatri

Chemmen: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Chitra Rabindranath Tagore

Chitralekha Bhagwati Charan Verma

Chitrangada Rabindra Nath Tagore

Circle of Reason Amitav Ghosh

Clear Light of Day Anita Desai

Confessions of a Lower Mulk Raj Anand

Confrontation with Pakistan B. M. Kaul

Conquest of Self Mahatma Ghandhi

Continent of Crime Nirad C Chaudhary

Coolie Mulk Raj Anand

Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore

Culture in the Vanity Bag Nirad C Chaudhury

Days of My Years H.P. Nanda

Daybhag Jeemootwahan

Death of a City Amrita Pritam

Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterjee

Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru

Distant Drums Manohar Malgonkar

Distint Neighbours: India Kuldip Nayar

Divine Life Swami Shivananda

Durgesh Nandini Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Dynamics of Social Change Chandra Shekhar

Eight Lives Rajmohan Gandhi

English August Upamanyu Chatterjee

Essays on Gita Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

Eternal Himalayas Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia

Eternal India Mrs Indira Gandhi

Faces of Everest Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia

Foreign Policy of India I.K. Gujral

Forty Nine Days Amrita Pritam

From Rajpath to Lokpath Vijaya Raje Scindia

Gaban Munsi Premchand

Ganadevata Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya

Gardener Rabindra Nath Tagore

Geet Govind Jayadev

Ghasiram Kotwal Vijay Tendulkar

Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore

Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru

Godan Prem Chand

Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu

Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore

Guide R.K. Narayanan

Harsha Charita Bana Bhatta

Harvest Manjula Padmanabhan

Heir Apparent Dr. Karan Singh

Himalayan Blunder Brigadier J.P. Dalvi

Hind Swaraj M.K. Gandhi

Hindu View of Life Dr. S. Radhakrishan

Hinduism Nirad C. Choudhury

History of India Romila Thapar

Hullabaloo in a Guava Orchard Kiran Desai

Humanyunama Gulbadan Beghum

Hungary Stones Rabindranath Tagore

I follow the Mahatma K.M. Munshi

Idols Sunil Gavaskar

India After Nehru Kuldip Nayyar

India Divided Rajendra Prasad

India Unbound Gurcharan Das

India of Our Dreams M.V. Kamath

India Wins Freedom Abdul Kalam Azad

India's Priceless Heritage N.A. Palkhivala

Indian Philosophy Dr. S. Radhakrishan

Indira Ghandi Returns Khushwant Singh

Indira Gandhi: Badhate Kadam Khushwant Singh

Inscrutable Americans Anurag Mathur

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

It's Always Possible Kiran Bedi

Jai Somnath K.M. Munshi

Jayadev Geet Govind

Jhansi Ki Rani Vrindavanlal Verma

Kadambari Bana Bhatt

Kagaz Te Kanwas Amrita Pritam

Kamasutra S.H. Vatsyayan

Kanthapura Raja Rao

Kapala Kundala Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Karmabhumi Munsi Premchand

Kashmir: A Tale of Shame Hari Jaisingh

Kashmr: A Tragedy of Errors Kayar Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Kitab-ul-Hind Al-Beruni

Kitni Nawon Kitni Bar S.H. Vatsyayan

Kulliyat Ghalib

Kumar Sambhava Kalidas

Kurukshetra Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Last Burden Upamanyu Chatterjee

Life Divine Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

Lipika Rabindranath Tagore

Lost Child Mulk Raj Anand

Mahabharta Ved Vyas

Mahatma Gandhi and his Apolstles Ved Mehta

Malgudi Days R.K. Narayanan

Malti Madhav Bhavabhuti

Meghdootam Kalidasa

Mitakshara Vigyaneshwar

Mrichhakatikam Shudrak

My Days R.K. Narayanan

My India S. Nihal Singh

My Life and Times V.V. Giri

My Music, My Life Pt. Ravi Shankar

My Presidental Years R. Venkatraman

My Truth Indira Gandhi

Mudra Rakshas Vishakhadatta

Natural History Plini

New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy A.B. Vajpayee

Nisheeth Uma Shankar Joshi

Operation Bluestar: The True Story Lt. Gen K.S. Brar

Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray

Padmavat Malik Mohammed Jayasi

Painter of Signs R.K. Narayan

Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma

Parineeta Sharat Chandra Chatterji

Past Forward G.R. Narayanan

Pather Panchali Bibhuti Bhushan

Plain Speaking N. Chandrababu Naidu

Portrait of India Ved Mehta

Post Office Rabindranath Tagore

Prem Pachisi Munsi Prem Chand

Prem Vatika Raskhan

Rajatarangini Kalhana

Ram Charita Manas Tulsidas

Ramayana Maharishi Valmiki

Raghuvamsa Kalidas

Ranghbhommi Munsi Premchand

Ratnavali Harsha Vardhan

Ravi Paar (Across the River) Gulzar

Red Earth and Pouring Rain Vikram Chandra

Ritu Samhara Kalidas

Saket Maithili Sharan Gupta

Satya Karischandra Bhartendu Harischandra

Sakharam Binder Vijay Tendulkar

Secular Agenda Arun Shourie

Seven Summers Mulk Raj Anand

Shadow from Ladakh Bhabani Bhattacharya

Shahnama Firdausi

Shrikant Sharat Chandra Chatterji

Snakes and Ladders: Essays on India Gita Mehta

Social Change in Modern India M.N. Srinivas

Sultry Days Shobha De

Sunny Days Sunil Gavaskar

Sursagar Sur Das

Swami and Friends R.K. Narayanan

The Bride's Book of Beauty Mulk Raj Anand

The Cat and Shakespeare Raja Rao

The Company of Women Khushwant Singh

The Critical Years: In Jail Kuldip Nayyar

The Dark Room R.K. Narayanan

The Degeneration of India T.N. Seshan

The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

The Golden Gate Vikram Seth

The Judgement Kuldip Nayyar

The Men Who Killed Gandhi Manohar Malgonkar

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Deepak Chopra

The Songs of India Sarojini Naidu

The Story of My Experiments with Truth Mahatma Gandhi

The Strange and Subline Address Amit Chaudhuri

The Sword and the Sickle Mulk Raj Anand

The vendor of Sweets R.K. Narayanan

The way of the Wizard Deepak Chopra

Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh

Two Leaves and a Bud Mulk Raj Anand

Untold Story B. M. Kaul

Urvashi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Visarjana Rabindra Nath Tagore

Waiting for the Mahatma R.K. Narayanan

Wake up India Annie Besant

We, Indians Khushwant Singh

Wreck, The Rabindranath Tagore

Yama Mahadevi Verma

Yashodhara Maithili Sharan Gupt

Years of Pilgrimage Dr. Raja Ramana

World Cup Football

Winners ListYear Host Country Winner Score

2010 South Africa Spain Spain 1-0 Netherlands

2006 Germany Italy Italy 1-1 (5-3) France

2002 Japan / S. Korea Brazil Brazil 2-0 Germany

1998 France France France 3-0 Brazil

1994 US Brazil Brazil 3-2 Italy

1990 Italy Germany Germany 1-0 Argentina

1986 Mexico Argentina Argentina 3-2 Germany

1982 Spain Italy Italy 3-1 Germany

1978 Argentina Argentina Argentina 3-1 Holland

1974 Germany Germany Germany 2-1 Holland

1970 Mexico Brazil Brazil 4-1 Italy

1966 England England England 4-2 Germany

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/england.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/england-1966.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/england-1966.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/brazil.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/mexico-1970.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/germany.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/germany-1974.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/germany-1974.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/argentina.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/argentina-1978.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/argentina-1978.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/italy.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/spain-1982.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/spain-1982.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/argentina.htm




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http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/usa-1994.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/usa-1994.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/france.htm

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http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/korea-2002.htm

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http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/germany/index.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/germany/index.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/spain.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/south-africa-2010/index.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/south-africa-2010/index.htm

1962 Chile Brazil Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia

1958 Sweden Brazil Brazil 5-2 Sweden

1954 Switzerland Germany Germany 3-2 Hungary

1950 Brazil Uruguay Uruguay 2-1 Brazil

1946 not held

1942 not held

1938 France Italy Italy 4-2 Hungary

1934 Italy Italy Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia

1930 Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay 4-2 Argentina

Cricket World Cup Winners Listyear winner Runner-up

2011 India Sri Lanka2007 Australia Sri Lanka2003 Australia India1999 Australia Pakistan1996 Sri Lanka Australia1992 Pakistan England1987 Australia England1983 India West Indies1979 West Indies England1975 West Indies Australia

http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/countries/australia.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/countries/west-indies.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/1975-england/index.htm

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http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/countries/india.htm




http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/1987-india-pakistan/index.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/countries/pakistan.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/1992-australia-nz/index.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/countries/sri-lanka.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/1996-india-paki-srilanka/index.htm

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http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/2007-west-indies/index.htm



http://www.topendsports.com/events/cricket-world-cup/hosts/2011-asia/index.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/uruguay.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/uruguay-1930.htm

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http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/brazil-1950.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/brazil-1950.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/switzerland-1954.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/switzerland-1954.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/sweden-1958.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/sweden-1958.htm


http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/chile-1962.htm

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/chile-1962.htm

Hockey World Cup Winners List

Year HostFinal Third Place MatchWinner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place

1971Barcelona, Spain Pakistan 1–0

Spain India

2–1after extra time Kenya

1973Amstelveen,Netherlands Netherlands

2–2(4–2)Penalty strokes

India West Germany1–0

Pakistan

1975Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

India2–1

Pakistan West Germany4–0

Malaysia

1978Buenos Aires,Argentina

Pakistan3–2 Netherlands

Australia4–3

West Germany

1982 Mumbai (Bombay),IndiaPakistan

3–1West Germany Australia

4–2Netherlands

1986 London, EnglandAustralia

2–1England West Germany

3–2after extra time Soviet Union

1990 Lahore, PakistanNetherlands

3–1Pakistan Australia

2–1after extra time Germany

1994 Sydney, AustraliaPakistan

1–1(4–3) Netherlands

Australia 5–2Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_field_hockey_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_field_hockey_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_field_hockey_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_national_field_hockey_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_time





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_national_field_hockey_team



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_field_hockey_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstelveen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_national_field_hockey_team




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_national_field_hockey_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona

Penalty strokes

1998Utrecht,Netherlands

Netherlands

3–2after extra time Spain

Germany 1–0Australia

2002Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Germany2–1

Australia Netherlands

2–1after extra time Korea

2006Mönchengladbach,Germany

Germany4–3

Australia Spain

3–2after extra time Korea

2010New Delhi, India

Australia2–1

Germany Netherlands4–3

England

2014 The Hague,Netherlands

Highest Mountain Peaks of the World

Mountain peak Range Location

Height

ft. m

Everest1 Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 8,850

K2 (Godwin Austen) Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 8,611

Kanchenjunga Himalayas India/Nepal 28,169 8,586

Lhotse I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,940 8,516

Makalu I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,766 8,463

Cho Oyu Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 26,906 8,201

Dhaulagiri Himalayas Nepal 26,795 8,167

Manaslu I Himalayas Nepal 26,781 8,163

Nanga Parbat Himalayas Pakistan 26,660 8,125

Annapurna Himalayas Nepal 26,545 8,091

Gasherbrum I Karakoram Pakistan/China 26,470 8,068

Broad Peak Karakoram Pakistan/China 26,400 8,047

Gasherbrum II Karakoram Pakistan/China 26,360 8,035

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_field_hockey_team






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_national_field_hockey_team






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6nchengladbach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_national_field_hockey_team






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur








http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_(city)



Shishma Pangma (Gosainthan) Himalayas Tibet 26,289 8,013

Annapurna II Himalayas Nepal 26,041 7,937

Gyachung Kang Himalayas Nepal 25,910 7,897

Disteghil Sar Karakoram Pakistan 25,858 7,882

Himalchuli Himalayas Nepal 25,801 7,864

Nuptse Himalayas Nepal 25,726 7,841

Nanda Devi Himalayas India 25,663 7,824

Masherbrum Karakoram Kashmir2 25,660 7,821

Rakaposhi Karakoram Pakistan 25,551 7,788

Kanjut Sar Karakoram Pakistan 25,461 7,761

Kamet Himalayas India/Tibet 25,446 7,756

Namcha Barwa Himalayas Tibet 25,445 7,756

Gurla Mandhata Himalayas Tibet 25,355 7,728

Ulugh Muztagh Kunlun Tibet 25,340 7,723

Kungur Muztagh Ata China 25,325 7,719

Tirich Mir Hindu Kush Pakistan 25,230 7,690

Saser Kangri Karakoram India 25,172 7,672

Makalu II Himalayas Nepal 25,120 7,657

Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) Daxue Shan China 24,900 7,590

Kula Kangri Himalayas Bhutan 24,783 7,554

Chang-tzu Himalayas Tibet 24,780 7,553

Muztagh Ata Muztagh Ata China 24,757 7,546

Skyang Kangri Himalayas Kashmir 24,750 7,544

Ismail Samani Peak (formerly Communism Peak) Pamirs Tajikistan 24,590 7,495

Jongsong Peak Himalayas Nepal 24,472 7,459

Pobeda Peak Tien Shan Kyrgyzstan 24,406 7,439

Sia Kangri Himalayas Kashmir 24,350 7,422

Haramosh Peak Karakoram Pakistan 24,270 7,397

Istoro Nal Hindu Kush Pakistan 24,240 7,388

Tent Peak Himalayas Nepal 24,165 7,365

Chomo Lhari Himalayas Tibet/Bhutan 24,040 7,327









Chamlang Himalayas Nepal 24,012 7,319

Kabru Himalayas Nepal 24,002 7,316

Alung Gangri Himalayas Tibet 24,000 7,315

Baltoro Kangri Himalayas Kashmir 23,990 7,312

Muztagh Ata (K-5) Kunlun China 23,890 7,282

Mana Himalayas India 23,860 7,273

Baruntse Himalayas Nepal 23,688 7,220

Nepal Peak Himalayas Nepal 23,500 7,163

Amne Machin Kunlun China 23,490 7,160

Gauri Sankar Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 23,440 7,145

Badrinath Himalayas India 23,420 7,138

Nunkun Himalayas Kashmir 23,410 7,135

Lenin Peak Pamirs Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan 23,405 7,134

Pyramid Himalayas Nepal 23,400 7,132

Api Himalayas Nepal 23,399 7,132

Pauhunri Himalayas India/China 23,385 7,128

Trisul Himalayas India 23,360 7,120

Korzhenevski Peak Pamirs Tajikistan 23,310 7,105

Kangto Himalayas Tibet 23,260 7,090

Nyainqentanglha Nyainqentanglha Shan China 23,255 7,088

Trisuli Himalayas India 23,210 7,074

Dunagiri Himalayas India 23,184 7,066

Revolution Peak Pamirs Tajikistan 22,880 6,974

Aconcagua Andes Argentina 22,834 6,960

Ojos del Salado Andes Argentina/Chile 22,664 6,908

Bonete Andes Argentina/Chile 22,546 6,872

Ama Dablam Himalayas Nepal 22,494 6,856

Tupungato Andes Argentina/Chile 22,310 6,800

Moscow Peak Pamirs Tajikistan 22,260 6,785

Pissis Andes Argentina 22,241 6,779

Mercedario Andes Argentina/Chile 22,211 6,770

Huascarán Andes Peru 22,205 6,768

Llullaillaco Andes Argentina/Chile 22,057 6,723








El Libertador Andes Argentina 22,047 6,720

Cachi Andes Argentina 22,047 6,720

Kailas Himalayas Tibet 22,027 6,714

Incahuasi Andes Argentina/Chile 21,720 6,620

Yerupaja Andes Peru 21,709 6,617

Kurumda Pamirs Tajikistan 21,686 6,610

Galan Andes Argentina 21,654 6,600

El Muerto Andes Argentina/Chile 21,463 6,542

Sajama Andes Bolivia 21,391 6,520

Nacimiento Andes Argentina 21,302 6,493

Illampu Andes Bolivia 21,276 6,485

Illimani Andes Bolivia 21,201 6,462

Coropuna Andes Peru 21,083 6,426

Laudo Andes Argentina 20,997 6,400

Ancohuma Andes Bolivia 20,958 6,388

Cuzco Andes Peru 20,945 6,384

(Ausangate)

Toro Andes Argentina/Chile 20,932 6,380

Tres Cruces Andes Argentina/Chile 20,853 6,356

Huandoy Andes Peru 20,852 6,356

Parinacota Andes Bolivia/Chile 20,768 6,330

Tortolas Andes Argentina/Chile 20,745 6,323

Chimborazo Andes Ecuador 20,702 6,310

Ampato Andes Peru 20,702 6,310

El Condor Andes Argentina 20,669 6,300

Salcantay Andes Peru 20,574 6,271

Huancarhuas Andes Peru 20,531 6,258

Famatina Andes Argentina 20,505 6,250

Pumasillo Andes Peru 20,492 6,246

Solo Andes Argentina 20,492 6,246

Polleras Andes Argentina 20,456 6,235

Pular Andes Chile 20,423 6,225

Chañi Andes Argentina 20,341 6,200






McKinley (Denali) Alaska Alaska 20,320 6,194

Aucanquilcha Andes Chile 20,295 6,186

Juncal Andes Argentina/Chile 20,276 6,180

Negro Andes Argentina 20,184 6,152

Quela Andes Argentina 20,128 6,135

Condoriri Andes Bolivia 20,095 6,125

Palermo Andes Argentina 20,079 6,120

Solimana Andes Peru 20,068 6,117

San Juan Andes Argentina/Chile 20,049 6,111

Sierra Nevada Andes Argentina 20,023 6,103

Antofalla Andes Argentina 20,013 6,100

Marmolejo Andes Argentina/Chile 20,013 6,100

Highest, Biggest, Largest & Longest in India

Award for Gallantry, Highest Param Vir ChakraAward, highest civilian Bharat RatnaBank with largest number of

branches State Bank of India

Road bridge, Longest Mahatma Gandhi Setu (across Ganga—Patna 5.575 Km.)

Cantilever Span Bridge, Largest Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)Cattle Fair, Largest Sonepur Fair (Bihar)City, Most Populous Mumbai

Corridor, Longest Ramanathaswamy Corridor, Tamil Nadu (1,220 mt.)

Desert, Largest Thar (Rajasthan)Dam, Longest Hirakud Dam (Odisha)Dam, Highest Bhakra Dam on river Sutlej (740 ft.)Delta, Largest Sunderban (12,872 Sq. km.)

Dome, Largest Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur)Gateway, Highest Buland Darwaja at Fatehpur Sikri (54 m.)Lake, Largest Wular Lake (Kashmir)


Literacy, Highest KeralaMuseum, Largest Indian Museum (Kolkata)Mosque, Biggest Jama Masjid (Delhi)Peak, Highest K-2 (8,611 mt.)Railway Platform, Longest Kharagpur, SE Railway (2,733 ft.)Railway Bridge, Largest Nehru Setu, Bihar (river Sone)River, Longest The Ganga river (2,525 km.)

Rainfall, Highest (annual mean) Mowsyrnam near Cherrapunji (1,080 mm) (Meghalaya)

Road, Longest Grand Trunk RoadRock-cut Temple, Largest KailashTemples, Ellora (Maharashtra)State, maximum forest cover Mizoram (cover 75.5% area)Statue Tallest Statue of Risabhnath (Khargone, M.P.) 84 ft.State, Largest (area) Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq. km.)State, Most Populous Uttar Pradesh (16,61,97,921)State with Maximum density of

population West Bengal (903 persons per sq. km.)

Tunnel, Longest (Road) Jawahar Tunnel (J & K—1.75 miles)

Tunnel, Longest (Railway) Between Monkey Hill and Khandalastations (2,100 mt. long)

Tower, Highest Qutub Minar (Delhi, 72.5 mt.)Waterfall, Highest Gersoppa Waterfall, Mysore (290 m.)Zoo, Largest Zoological Gardens, KolkataMan-made Lake, Largest Govind Sagar (Bhakra)

Parliament of Different Countries

Country Parliament

Afghanistan Shora

Andorra General Council

Albania People's Assembly

Azerbaijan Melli Majlis

Algeria National People's Assembly

Angola National People's Assembly

Argentina National Congress

Australia Federal Parliament

Austria National Assembly

Bahamas General Assembly

Bahrain Consultative Council

Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad

Belize National Assembly

Bhutan Tsogdu

Bolivia National Congress

Brazil National Congress

Brunei National Assembly

Botswana National Assembly

Britain Parliment (House of Common's and House of Lords)

Bulgaria Narodno Subranie.

Cambodia National Assembly

Congo Democratic Rep. of National Legislative Council

Colombia Congress

Canada Parliament

China National People's Assembly

Chile Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Comoros Legislative Council and Senate

Costa Rice Legislative Council and Senate

Crotia Sabor

Cuba National Assembly of People's Power

Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Denmark Folketing

Ecuador Natinal Congress

El Salvador Legislative Assembly

East Timor Constituent Assembly

Ethiopia Federal Council and House of Representative

Egypt People's Assembly

Fiji Islands Senate & House of Representative

France National Assembly

Finland Eduskusta (Parliament)

Germany Bundestag (Lower House) and Bundesrat (Upper House)

Guyana National Assembly

Greece Chamber of Deputies

Hungry National Assembly

Iceland Althing

India Sansad

Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly

Iran Majlis

Iraq National Assembly

Israel Knesset

Italy Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Japan Diet

Jordan National Assembly

Korea(North) Supreme People's Assembly

Korea(South) National Assembly

Kuwait National Assembly

Laos People's Supreme Assembly

Labanon National Assembly

Lesotho National Assembly and Senate

Lithuania Seimas

Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

Libya General People's Congress

Malaysia Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara

Maldives Majlis

Madagascar National People's Assembly

Mongolia Great People's Khural

Montenegro Federal Assembly

Mozambique People's Assembly

Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw

Nepal Rashtriya Panchayat

Netherlands The Staten General

New Zealand Parliament (House of Representative)

Oman Monarchy

Pakistan National Assembly & Senate

Paraguay Senate & Chamber of Deputies

Philippines The Congress

Papua New Guinea National Parliament

Poland Sejm

Romania Great National Assembly

Russia Duma & Federal Council

Serbia Federal Assembly

Senegal National Assembly

Seychelles People's Assembly

South Africa Rep. House of Assembly

Spain Cortes

Sweden Riksdag

Saudi Arabia Majlis Al Shura

Sudan Majlis Watani

Switzerland Federal Assembly

Syria People's Council

Turkey Grand National Assembly

USA Congress

Vietnam National Assembly

Venezuela National Congress

Zambia National Assembly

Books and Author

Book's Name Author's NameA Bend in the River V. S. NaipaulA Bend in the River V.S.NaipaulA Gift of Monotheists Ram Mohan RoyA House for Mr.Biswas V.S.NaipaulA Journey Tony BlairA Minister and his Responsibilities Morarji Bhai DesaiA Nation is Making Surendra Nath BandhopadhyeA Pair of Blue Eyes Thomash HardyA Passage to India E. M. FosterA Revenue Stamp (autobiography) Amrita PritamA Strange and Sublime Address Amit ChoudharyA Suitable Boy Bikram SethA Tale of Two Cities Charls DikensA Voice of Freedom Nayantara ShehgalA week with Gandhi L. FischerAdventures of Sherlock Homes Arther Canon DoelAll the Prime Minister's Men Janardan ThakurAllahabad Prasasti HarisenAmitabh- the Making of the Superstar Susmita Das GuptaAmukta Malyad Krishna Deva RayaAn Unknown Indian Nirod C. ChoudharyAnand Math Bankim Chandra ChattopadhayeAnna Karenina Leo TolstoyAparajito Bibhuti Bhushan BandopadhyayApple Cart G. B. ShawAranyak Bibhuti Bhushan BandopadhyayArogyaniketan Tarashankar Bandopadhyay

Astyadhaye PaniniBakul Katha Ashapurna DeviBan Palashir Padabali Ramapada ChowdhuryBandit Queen Mala SenBela Obela Kalbela Jibanananda DasBengali Zamindar Nilmoni MukherjeeBicramanchadev BilhonBlind Beauty Boris PasternakBuddhacharit Asha GhoshCaptive Lady Michel Madhusudan DuttaCauses of the Indian Mutiny Sir Syyed Ahmed KhanCharitraheen Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayChidambara S. N. PanthCircle of the Region Amitabha GhoshCity of Job Charnak Nisith Ranjan RoyCommedy Errors ShekhspearConversations with Myself Nelson MandelaCoolie Mulkraj AnandCrisis of India Ronal SegalDas Capital Karl MarksDeath of President W. MarchentDecamaren BocachioDesert Village Oliver GoldsmithDevdas Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayDevelopment as Freedom Amartya SenDevelopment as Freedom Amartya SenDevi Chaudharani Bankim Chandra ChattopadhayeDevine Comedi Dante Divine Life SivanandEconomic History of India Ramesh Chandra DuttaEnd and Means HuxlayFaust GoetheFerary Queen Edmond SpensarFreedom at Midnight Lapierre & CollinsFriend Not Master Ayub KhanGanadebata Tarashankar BandopadhyayGathering Strom ChurchilGhulam Giri Jyotiba PhuleGlobal Crisis Recession and Uneven Recovery Y.B. ReddyGreat Indian and Their Landmark Speeches Manohar and Sarita PrabhakarGuid R. K. NarayananGurdbaho BakpatirajHero of Nymph Aurobindo Ghosh

Hind Swaraj M. K. GandhiHindu View of Life S. RadhakrishnanHistorica HerodotusI follow the Mahatma K. M. MunshiI Van Ho Walter ScotIgnited Minds - Unleashing the power within India DR. A.P.J. Abdul KalamIn an Antique Land Amitabh GhoshIndia 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium DR. A.P.J. Abdul KalamIndia Divided Rajendra PrashadIndia for A Billion Reasons Amit DasguptaIndia Wins Freedom Abdul Kalam AzadIndian Epigraphy D. C. SircarIndian Village S.C. DubeIndian war and Independence D. V. SavarkarIndica MegasthenisInfinite Jest David Foster WallaceInheritance of Loss Kiran DesaiJalsaghar Tarashankar BandopadhyayJhara Palak Jibanananda DasJinnah- India, Partition, Independence Jaswant SinghJungle Book R. KipplingKanterbary Tells Geofray ChosarKidnapped StevensonKubla Khan ColeridgeLalit Bihar Ashwa GhoshLife Devine Aurobindo GhoshMahabhashya PatanjaliMan and Superman G. B. ShawMidnight Children Salman RushdiMitakshara VijnaneswaraModernization of Indian Tradition Yogendra SinghMother Maxim GorkayMother India Katharin MayoMurder in Cathedral ElliotMy Country My Life Lal Krishna AdvaniMy Experiments With Truth M.K. GandhiMy Indian Years Lord Hardinge IIMy Journey DR. A.P.J. Abdul KalamMyth of Independence Zulfikar Ali BhuttoNeel Darpan Dinbandhu Mitraetaji Dead or Alive Samar GuhaNew Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy A. B. VajpayeeNew India Annie Besant

One Night @ the Call Centre Chetan BhagatPadma Nadir Majhi Manik BandopadhyayPakhtoon Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanPalli Samaj Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayParadise Lost John MiltonParineeta Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayPather Panchali Bibhuti BHushan BandopadhayePoverty & Un-British Rule in India Dadabhai NaorojiPratham Pratisruti Ashapurna DeviPrecepts of Jesus Ram Mohan RoyPride and Prejudice Jane AustenPrinciples of Sociology Herbert SpencerPrison Diary Jay Prakash NarayanProblems of the East Lord CurzonPutul Nacher Itikatha Manik BandopadhyayRaces and Cultures of India D.N. MajumdarRajtarangini KalhanRamcharit S. K. NandiRashmirathi Ramdhari Singh DinkarRiver of Smoke Amitav GhoshSaket Mathili Saran GuptaSatyarth Prakash Swami DayanandShadow Line Amitabh GhoshShadow of Ladakh B. BhattachariaShape of Things To Come H. G. WellsSitaram Bankim Chandra ChattopadhayeSocial Structure of Values Radha Kamal MukherjeeStraight from the Heart Kapil DevSubarnalata Ashapurna DeviTahakak - E - HInd AlbiruniTalisman Walter ScottThe Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati RoyThe Bandit Queen Mala SenThe City of Joy Dhominic LapierThe Discovery of India Jawahar Lal NehruThe God of Small Things Arundhuti RoyThe Harry Potter Series J. K. RowlingThe Indian Struggle Subash Chandra BoseThe Indian War of Independence V. D. SavarkarThe Inheritance of Loss Kiran DesaiThe Judgement Kuldip NayarThe Masque of Africa V. S. NaipaulThe Miracle of Democracy: India's Amazing Journey Mr. T. S. Krishnamurthy

The Nadars of Tamil Nadu D.N. DhanagreThe Nehrus; Motilal and Jawaharlal B. R. NandaThe Prince MaciavalyThe Rediscovery of India Meghnad DesaiThe Satanic Verse Salman RushdiThe Science of Bharat Natyam Saroja VaidyanathanThe Sense of an Ending Julian BarnesThe Silent Cry Kenjaburo UeThe Spirit of Islam Syyed Amir AliThe Village By the Sea Anita DesaiThe White Tiger Aravind AdigaTheory of Relativity Alexander DomaThree Marketiars EinsteinTo all fighters of freedom, Why Socialism? J. P. NarayanTruth, Love and A Little Malice Khushwant SinghTwo Leaves and a Bud Mulkraj AnandTwo Lives Vikram SethUnhappy India L. RoyUrbashi R. D. DinkarUtopia Thomas MoorVision of the Past Michel Madhusudan DuttaVolga Se Ganga Rahul SankritayanWar and Peace TolstoyWhat Congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables B. R. AmbedkarWings of Fire DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

List of National Games of all countries

Country Sport

Afghanistan Buzkashi

Anguilla Yacht racing

Antigua and Barbuda Cricket

Barbados Cricket

Bermuda Cricket

Bhutan Archery

Cuba Baseball

Dominican Republic Baseball

Finland Pesäpallo

Grenada Cricket

Guyana Cricket

India Field hockey

Israel Association Football

Ireland ("national games") Gaelic games

Jamaica Cricket

Japan Sumo

Latvia Basketball (summer), Ice hockey (winter)

Lithuania Basketball

Madagascar Rugby union

New Zealand Rugby union

Norway Cross-country skiing

Pakistan Field Hockey

Papua New Guinea Rugby league

Peru Paleta Frontón

Romania Oină

Russia Bandy

Scotland Golf

Slovenia Alpine skiing

Turkey ("ancestral sports") Wrestling& Cirit

Turks and Caicos Islands Cricket

United States Baseball (spring/summer), American football (autumn)

Wales Rugby union

FAMOUS SITES IN INDIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_skiing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oin%C4%83

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleta_Front%C3%B3n

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Hockey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country_skiing



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_Football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pes%C3%A4pallo



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_in_Bhutan




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_racing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzkashi

1) Adina Mosque: Pandua (West Bengal)2) Ajanta Caves: Aurangabad (Maharashtra)3) Akbar’s Tomb: Sikandra, Agra

4) Aksherdham: Gandhinagar, Gujarat5) Amarnath Cave: Kashmir6) Amber Palace: Jaipur (Rajasthan)7) Anand Bhawan: Allahabad8) Bibi Ka Maqbra: Aurangabad9) Birla Planetarium: Kolkata10) Black Pagoda: Konarak (Orissa)11) Bodhistava: Ajanta Caves12) Brihadeeswara: Tanjore Temple13) Brindaban Gardens: Mysore 14) Buland Darwaza: Fatehpur Sikri15) Char Minar: Hyderabad16) Cheena Kesava Temple: Bellur17) Chilka Lake: East Coast of India near Bhubaneswar18) Dal Lake: Srinagar19) Dilwara Temples: Mt Abu20) Elephanta Caves: Mumbai21) Ellora Caves: Aurangabad22) Gateway of India: Mumbai23) Golden Temple: Amritsar24) Gol Gumbaz: Bijapur25) Hanging Gardens: Mumbai26) Hawa Mahal: Jaipur27) Howrah Bridge: Kolkata28) Island Palace: Udaipur29) Itmad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb: Agra30) Jagannath Temple: Puri31) Jahaz Mahal: Mandu32) Jai Stambha (Tower of Victory): Chittorgarh 33) Jama Masjid: Delhi34) Jantar Mantar: New Delhi35) Jog (Gersoppa) Falls: Mysore36) Kailasa Temple: Ellora37) Kalan Masjid: Delhi38) Kanyakumari Temple: Cape Comorin (Tamil Nadu)39) Khajuraho: Bhopal40) Konarak: Puri41) Lakshmi Vilas Palace: Baroda 42) Lal Bagh Garden: Bengaluru43) Lalgarh Palace: Bikaner44) Lingaraj Temple: Bhubaneswar45) Mahakaleshwar Temple: Ujjain 46) Maheshmurti (Trimurti): Elephanta Caves47) Mahmud Gawan’s Mosque: Bidar48) Malabar Hill: Mumbai49) Marble Rocks: Jabalpur50) Marina: Chennai

51) Minakshi Temple: Madurai 52) Mt Girnar (Jain Temples): Junagadh53) Nagin Lake: Srinagar54) Nataraja: Chennai55) Nishat Bagh: Srinagar56) Padmanabha Temple: Thiruvanthapuram57) Palitana: Junagadh

FAMOUS SITES IN INDIA

1. Panch Mahal: Fatehpur Sikri2. Pichola Lake: Udaipur3. Qutab Minar: Delhi4. Raj Ghat: Delhi5. Rashtrapati Bhawan: Delhi6. Red Fort: Delhi7. Sanchi Tope (The Great Stupa): Sanchi, Bhopal8. Santa Cruz: Mumbai9. Shakti Sthal: Delhi10. Shalimar Bagh: Srinagar11. Shahi Chashma: Srinagar12. Shanti Van: Delhi13. Shore Temple: Mahabalipuram14. Sidi Sayyid Mosque: Ahmedabad15. Somnathpur Temple: Mysore 16. Statue of Gomateswara: Mysore17. Statue of Ugra: Hampi18. Sunderbans: West Bengal19. Sun Temple: Konarak20. Taj Mahal: Agra21. Tehzeeb Mahal: Srinagar22. Tirupati Temple: Andhra Pradesh23. Tower of Silence: Mumbai (of the Parsis)24. Victoria Memorial: Kolkata25. Victoria Garden: Mumbai26. Vijay Ghat: Delhi

CAPITALS OF COUNTRIES

Afghanistan: KabulAlbania: TiranaAlgeria: AlgiersAngola: LuandaAntigua & Barbuda: St John’sArgentina: Buenos AiresArmenia: YerevanAustralia: CanberraAustria : ViennaAzerbijan: BakuBahamas: NassauBahrain: ManamaBangladesh: DhakaBarbados: BridgetownBelgium: BrusselsBelarus: MinskBelize: BelmopanBenin: Porto NovoBhutan: ThimpuBosnia-Herzegovina : SarajevoBotswana: GaberonesBolivia: La PazBrazil: BrasilliaBrunei: Bandar Seri BegawanBulgaria: SofiaBurkina Faso: OuagadougauBurundi : BujumburaCambodia: Phnom PenhCameroon: YaoundeCanada: OttawaCape Verde: PraiaCentral African Republic: BanguiChad: Fort LamyChile: SantiagoChina: BeijingColombia: BogotaCongo: BrazzavilleCosta Rica: San JoseCroatia: ZagrebCuba: HavanaCyprus: NicosiaCzech Republic: PragueDenmark: CopenhagenDjibouti : DjiboutiDominican Republic: Santo DomingoEast Timor: Dilli Ecuador: QuitoEgypt: CairoEquatorial Guinea: Santa Isabel Eritrea: AsmaraEstonia: Tallion

Lesotho: MaseruLiberia: Verduz Libya: Tripoli Liechtenstein: VaduzLithuania: VilniusLuxembourg: LuxembourgMacedonia: Skopje Madagascar: AntananarivoMalawi: ZombaMalaysia: Kuala LumpurMaldives: MaleMali: BamakoMalta: VallettaMauritius: Port LouisMauritania: NouakchottMexico: Mexico CityMoldova: ChisinanMonaco: MonacoMongolia: Ulan BatorMorocco: RabatMozambique: Lourenco Marques Myanmar (Burma): RangoonNamibia: WindhoekNauru: YarenNepal : KathmanduNetherlands: AmsterdamNew Zealand : WellingtonNiger: NiameyNigeria: AbujaNorthern Ireland: BelfastNorway : OsloOman: MuscatPakistan: IslamabadPalau: KororPalestine: Jericho (Headquarters)Panama: Panama CityPapua New Guinea: Port MoreslyParaguay: AsuncionPeru: LimaPhilippines: ManilaPoland: WarsawPortugal: LisbonQatar: DohaRomania: BucharestRussia: MoscowRwanda: KigaliSaudi Arabia: RiyadhSenegal: DakarSerbia: BelgradeSeychelles: VictoriaSierra Leone: Freetown

Ethiopia: Addis AbabaFiji: SuvaFinland: HelsinkiFrance: ParisGabon: LibrevilleGambia: BanjulGeorgia: TiblisiGermany: BerlinGhana: AccraGreece: AthensGrenada: St George’sGuatemala: Guatemala CityGuinea: ConakryGuinea-Bissau: BissauGuyana: GeorgetownHonduras: TegucigalpaHungar: BudapestIndia: New DelhiIndonesia: JakartaIran: TehranIraq: BaghdadIreland (or Eire): DublinIsrael: JerusalemItaly: RomeIvory Coast: AbidjanJamaica: KingstonJapan: TokyoJordan: AmmanKenya: NairobiKazakhstan: Alma-AtaKirghiztan: BishkekKiribati: TarawaKorea (North): PyongyangKorea (South): SeoulLatvia: RigaLatvia: RigaLaos: VientianeLebanon: Beirut

Singapore: Singapore CitySlovakia: BratislavaSlovenia: LjubejanaSouth Africa: Pretoria and Cape TownSomalia: MagadishuSpain: MadridSri Lanka: Colombo Sudan: KhartoumSuriname: Paramaribo Swaziland: Mbabne Sweden: Stockholm Switzerland: BerneSyria: DamascusTajikistan: DushanbeTaiwan: TaipeiTanzania: DodomaThailand: BangkokTogoland: LomeTonga: Nuku’alofaTrinidad and Tobago: Port-of-SpainTunisia: TunisTurkey: AnkaraTurkmenistan: AshkhabadUganda: KampalaUkraine: KievUnited Arab Emirates: Abu DhabiUnited Kingdom: LondonUpper Volta: Quagadougon Uruguay: MontivideoU.S.A.: WashingtonUzbekistan: TashkentVanuatu: Port VileVietnam: HanoiWestern Samoa: ApiaYemen: San’a Zaire Republi: KinshasaZambia: LusakaZimbabwe: Harare

GEOGRAPHICAL EPITHETS

1. Bengal’s Sorrow: Damodar River

2. Blue Mountains: Nilgiri Hills

3. China’s Sorrow: Hawang-Ho

4. City Beautiful: Chandigarh

5. City of Dreaming Spires: Oxford

6. City of Golden Gate: San Francisco

7. City of Magnificent Buildings: Washington

8. City of Palaces: Calcutta

9. City of Seven Hills: Rome

10. City of Sky-scrapers: New York

11. Cockpit of Europe: Belgium

12. Dark Continent: Africa

13. Emerald Isle: Ireland

14. Eternal City: Rome

15. Forbidden City: Lhasa (Tibet)

16. Garden City: Chicago

17. Gate of Tears: Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb

18. Gateway of India: Bombay

19. Gift of the Nile: Egypt

20. Granite City: Aberdeen

21. Hermit Kingdom: Korea

22. Herring Pond: Atlantic Ocean

23. Holy Land: Palestine

24. Island Continent: Australia

25. Island of Cloves: Zanzibar

26. Isle of Pearls: Bahrain (Persian Gulf)

27. Key to the Mediterranean: Gibraltar

28. Land of Cakes: Scotland

29. Land of Golden Fleece: Australia

30. Land of Maple: Canada

31. Land of Morning Calm: Korea

32. Land of Thousand Lakes: Finland

33. Land of the Midnight Sun: Norway

34. Land of the Rising Sun: Japan

35. Land of the Thunderbolt: Bhutan

36. Land of White Elephant: Thailand

37. Loneliest Island: Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)

38. Never Never land: Vast Prairies of N. Australia

39. Pearl of the Antilles: Cuba

40. Pearl of the Pacific: Guayaquil port of Ecuador

41. Pillars of Hercules: Straits of Gibraltar

42. Playground of Europe: Switzerland

43. Quaker City: Philadelphia

44. Queen of the Adriatic: Venice

45. Roof of the World: The Pamirs, Central Asia

46. Rose-pink City: Jaipur

47. Sorrow of China: Yellow River

48. Spice Garden of India: Kerala

49. Sugar bowl of the World: Cuba

50. Venice of the East: Alappuzha

51. Venice of the North: Stockholm

52. White man’s grave: Guinea Coast of Africa

53. Windy City: Chicago

TRIBES & RACES

Afridis: A war-like race of hill men on the north-west frontier of Pakistan (tribal area of Waziristan).Bedouins: Nomadic tribe of Arabia, spread over the whole of Northern Africa and Western Asia.Bhils: a primitive Dravidian race inhabiting Central India.Boer: a name applied to South Africans of Dutch or Huguenot descent, especially to early settlers of Transvaal and the Orange Free State and their descendants.Bushmen: They live in the Kalahari desert. They are probably the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of Africa. They rank among the most uncivilized and backward peoples in the world. Their food consists almost entirely of meat, often raw or decomposed, and in times of scarcity they will eat insects, snakes etc.Cossacks: Peasants of the south-eastern border land of Poland, or Ukraina are known as Cossacks. Many of them belong to Turkic people while many others are of a mix descent.Eskimos: Race living in the Arctic regions: Greenland, Alaska, Labradors and the extreme north-east corner of Siberia.Karbis: are natives of Assam.Khasis: are a tribe inhabiting the Khasi and Jaintia hills in the north-eastern hilly tracts in Meghalaya State of India. The Khasis have their own distinctive language and culture.Kikuyu: are a race of Bantu negroes who live in the north of Mount Kenya. They combine agriculture with pastoralism.Kirghiz: of Central Asia are an example of people adopted to a grassland environment. They are pastoral nomads who move from pasture to pasture with the flocks and herds of horses, camels, oxen, sheep and goats. Meat forms only a small portion of their food. The Kirghiz are fearless horsemen, and even their children are expert riders.Kiwis: inhabit New Zealand.Lambadies: are concentrated in Karnataka State of India.Lepchas: are aborigins of Sikkim and Darjeeling. They are one of the Scheduled Tribes of the Hills, recognised by the Government of India.Magyars: the Hungarian race who came to Eastern Europe from south-west Asia and settled in Hungary in the 10th century.Mahsud: Hill-tribe living in north-west of Pakistan.Maoris: are the original inhabitants of New Zealand. The Maoris are tall, muscular, handsome people, with brown skin and black hair. They are greatly skilled in stone and wood-carving.Masai: of the east African Plateau are the example of pastoral people. They are tall, strong, warlike race, partly negroid in type. They treat their cattle with great respect and affection and do not kill them for food or for sale as meat.Moplas: A Muslim tribe of Malabar (Kerala, India).Mayas: A large group of American Indians living in the highlands of Gauatemala.Munda: They are mostly located in the State of Madhya Pradesh in India.Nagas: Hill tribe of Nagaland (India).Negritos: are the ancient tribes of Andamans.Negro: A race of men distinguished by dark skin, fuzzy hair, broad and protruding lips, living in south-west and Central Africa.Red Indians: Race living in U.S.A. between the rocky Mountains and the Missouri River. They are original inhabitants of America.Santhals: Aboriginal natives of Orissa and Chhotanagpur.Semangs: are tribal people living in Malaysia.Todas: They are aboriginal tribe of the Nilgiris (India).Zulus: are a race of negroid people in Natal (South Africa), having close ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties with the Swazis and the Bantus.

Prime Minister of India

Name of Prime Minister Tenure

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) 15 August 1947-27 May 1964

Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) 27 May 1964- 9 June 1964 (Acting)

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) 9 June 1964-11 January 1966

Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) 11 January 1964 - 24 January 1966 (Acting)

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 24 January 1966 -24 March 1977

Morarji Desai (1896-1995) 24 March 1977- 28 July 1979

Charan Singh (1902-1987) 28 July 1979- 14 January 1980

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 14 January 1980- 31 October 1984

Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) 31 October 1984- 1 December 1989

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (b-1931) 2 December 1989- 10 November 1990

Chandra Shekhar (b-1927) 10 November 1990- 21 June 1991

P.V Narasimha Rao (b-1921) 21 June 1991- 16 May 1996

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 16 May 1996- 01 June 1996

H.D Deva Gowda (b-1933) 01 June 1996- 21 April 1997

I.K Gujral (b-1933) 21 April 1997- 18 March 1998

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 19 March 1998- 13 October 1999

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 13 October 1999- 22 May 2004

Dr. Manmohan Singh (b-1932) 22 May 2004- till date

List of Presidents in India

Presidents of India Birth/death Tenure

Dr.Rajendra Prasad 1884-1963 01/26/50 to 05/13/62

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975 05/13/62 to 05/13/67

Zakir Hussain 1897-1969 05/13/67 to 05/03/69

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1894-1980 05/03/69 to 07/20/69

Muhammad Hidayatullah 1905-1992 07/20/69 to 08/24/69

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1894-1980 08/24/69 to 08/24/74

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1905-1977 08/24/74 to 02/11/77

Basappa Danappa Jatti 1912-2002 02/11/77 to 07/25/77

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1913-1996 07/25/77 to 07/25/82

Giani Zail Singh 1916-1994 07/25/82 to 07/25/87

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (4 December 1910) 1910-2009 07/25/87 to 07/25/92

Shankar Dayal Sharma (Born on 19 August 1918) 1918-1999 07/25/92 to 07/25/97

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Born on 27 October 1920) 1920-2005 07/25/97 to 07/25/02

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Born on 15 October 1931) 1931 07/25/02 to 07/25/07

Smt. Pratibha Patil 1934 07/25/07 to 07/25/12

Pranab Mukherjee 1935 07/25/12 to ___________

Vice-Presidents of India

1. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan May 13, 1952 to May 12, 1962

2. Dr. Zakir Hussain May 13, 1962 to May 12, 19673. Varahagiri Venkata Giri May 13, 1967 to May 3, 19694. Gopal Swarup Pathak August 31, 1969 to August 30, 1974

5. Basappa Danappa Jatti August 31, 1974 to August 30, 1979

6. Muhammad Hidayat Ullah August 31, 1979 to August 30, 1984

7. Ramaswamy Venkataraman August 31, 1984 to July 27, 1987

8. Shankar Dayal Sharma September 3, 1987 to July 24, 19929. Kocheril Raman Narayanan August 21, 1992 to July 24, 199710. Krishan Kant August 21, 1997 to July 27, 200211. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat August 19, 2002 to -12. Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari 11th August 2007 to till date

Lok Speaker of India

Lok Sabha First meeting Dissolution Speaker Tenure1st t Lok Sabha 13 May, 1952 4 April, 1957 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar 15 May, 1952-27 – February, 1956

M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 8 March, 1956 – 10 May, 1957

2nd Lok Sabha 10 May, 1957 31 March, 1962 M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 11 May, 1957 – 16 April, 1962

3rd Lok Sabha 16 April, 1962 3 March, 1967 Hukam Singh 17 April, 1962 – 16 March, 1967

4th Lok Sabha 16 March, 1967 7 December, 1970Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 17 March, 1967 – 19 July, 1969

Gurdial Singh Dhillon 8 August, 1969 – 19 March, 1971

5th Lok Sabha 19 March, 1971 18 January, 1977Gurdial Singh Dhillon 22 March, 1971 – 1 December, 1975

Bali Ram Bhagat 5 January, 1976 – 25 March, 1977

6th Lok Sabha 25 March, 1977 22 August, 1979Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 26 March, 1977 – 13 July, 1977

K. S. Hegde 21 July, 1977 – 21 January, 1980

7th Lok Sabha 21 January, 1980 31 December, 1984 Bal Ram Jakhar 22 January, 1980 – 15 January, 1985

8th Lok Sabha 15 January, 1985 27 November, 1989 Bal Ram Jakhar, 16 January, 1985 – 18 December, 1989

9th Lok Sabha 18 December, 1989 13 March, 1991 Ravi Ray 19 December, 1989 – 9 July, 1991

10th Lok Sabha 9 July, 1991 10 May, 1996 Shivraj V. Patil 10 July, 1991 – 22 May, 1996

11th Lok Sabha 22 May, 1996 4 Dec., 1997 P. A. Sangma 23 May, 1996 – 23 March, 1998 (FN)

12th Lok Sabha 23 March, 1998, 26 April, 1999 G. M. C. Balayogi 24 March, 1998 – 20 October, 1999 (FN)

13th Lok Sabha 20 October, 1999 6 February, 2004G. M. C. Balayogi 22 October, 1999 – 3 March, 2002

Manohar Joshi 10 May, 2002 – 4 June, 2004

14th Lok Sabha 2 June, 2004 — Somnath Chatterjee 4 June, 2004 – 31 May, 2009

15th Lok Sabha — Smt. Meira Kumar 3 June, 2009 – Till date

Language of States

LanguageSpeakers(in millions, 20

01)[25]State(s)

Assamese/Axomiya 13 Assam, Arunachal Pradesh

Bengali 83 West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Bodo 1.4 Assam

Dogri 2.3 Jammu and Kashmir

Gujarati 46 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat

Hindi 258–422[26]

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the national capital territory of Delhi, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand ( All over Country)

Kannada 38 Karnataka

Kashmiri 5.5 Jammu and Kashmir

Konkani 2.5–7.6[27] Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

Maithili 12–32[28] Bihar

Malayalam 33 Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry

Manipuri (also Meithei) 1.5 Manipur

Marathi 72 Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh

Nepali 2.9 Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam

Oriya 33 Orissa

Punjabi 29 Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab

Sanskrit 0.01 non-regional

Santhali 6.5 Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)

Sindhi 2.5 non-regional

Tamil 61 Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry

Telugu 74 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry

Urdu 52 Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_%26_Nicobar_Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orissa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattisgarh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santhal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriya_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman_and_Diu


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadra_%26_Nagar_Haveli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India#cite_note-28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithili_language



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_capital_territory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_capital_territory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Hindi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogri_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_language


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_language


National Festival of India

S.No Name of Indian National Festival Importance of National Festival1 Aug 15 - Independence Da The red-letter day in the Indian calendar when India

achieved freedom from the British rule on this day in the year 1947

2 Jan 26 Republic Day The day when India became a truly sovereign state as the constitution of India came into force on this day in the year 1950

3 Oct 2 - Gandhi Jayanti The birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi who was born on this day in the year 1869.

http://www.festivalsofindia.in/National-Festivals/www.festivalsofindia.in/gandhijayanti/

http://www.festivalsofindia.in/National-Festivals/www.festivalsofindia.in/republicday/

List of Indian Folk Dances by Indian States and Union Territories:

Sl. No. States Folk Dance1. Andhra Pradesh Thapetta Gullu

2. Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham

3. Assam Bihu

4. Bihar Karma/Munda

5. Chhattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha

6. Goa Koli, Tarangmel

7. Gujarat Dandiya, Garba, Padhar, Raas

8. Haryana Ghoomar

9. Himachal Pradesh Kinnauri Nati

10. Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal (Kashmir), Spaw (Ladakh)

11. Jharkhand

12. Karnataka Dollu Kunitha, Yakshagana

13. Kerala Padayani

14. Madhya Pradesh Charkula, Jawara, Tertali

15. Maharashtra Pavri Nach, Tamasha/Lavani, Dindi

16. Manipur Dol cholam, Thang Ta

17. Meghalaya

18. Mizoram Cheraw Dance

19. Nagaland

20. Orissa Ruk Mar Nacha (Chhau dance ), Dalkai, Goti Pua

21. Punjab Bhangra, Giddha

22. Rajasthan Chari, Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Fire Dance, Kachhi Gori

23. Sikkim Singhi Chham

24. Tamil Nadu Devarattam, Kummi, Poikal Kudirai Attam, Kamandi or Kaman Pandigai, Kolattam, Mayil Attam or Peacock dance, Theru Koothu

25. Tripura Hojagiri

26. Uttarakhand

27. Uttar Pradesh

28. West Bengal

Sl. No. Union Territories Folk Dance1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Nicobarese dances

2. Chandigarh

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4. Daman and Diu

5. Delhi

6. Lakshadweep Lava

7. Pondicherry Garadi

Currency of Countries

S.No Country Currency

1 Afghanistan Afghan afghani

2 Albania Albanian lek3 Algeria Algerian dinar4 American Samoa see United States5 Andorra see Spain and France6 Angola Angolan kwanza7 Anguilla East Caribbean dollar8 Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar9 Argentina Argentine peso10 Armenia Armenian dram11 Aruba Aruban florin12 Australia Australian dollar13 Austria European euro14 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani manat15 Bahamas Bahamian dollar16 Bahrain Bahraini dinar17 Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka18 Barbados Barbadian dollar19 Belarus Belarusian ruble20 Belgium European euro21 Belize Belize dollar22 Benin West African CFA franc23 Bermuda Bermudian dollar24 Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum25 Bolivia Bolivian boliviano26 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka27 Botswana Botswana pula28 Brazil Brazilian real29 British Indian Ocean Territory see United Kingdom30 Brunei Brunei dollar31 Bulgaria Bulgarian lev32 Burkina Faso West African CFA franc33 Burma see Myanmar34 Burundi Burundi franc35 Cambodia Cambodian riel36 Cameroon Central African CFA franc37 Canada Canadian dollar38 Canton and Enderbury Islands see Kiribati39 Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo40 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar41 Central African Republic Central African CFA franc42 Chad Central African CFA franc43 Chile Chilean peso44 China Chinese renminbi45 Christmas Island see Australia46 Cocos (Keeling) Islands see Australia

47 Colombia Colombian peso48 Comoros Comorian franc49 Congo Central African CFA franc50 Congo, Democratic Republic Congolese franc51 Cook Islands see New Zealand52 Costa Rica Costa Rican colon53 Côte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc54 Croatia Croatian kuna55 Cuba Cuban peso56 Cyprus European euro57 Czech Republic Czech koruna58 Denmark Danish krone59 Djibouti Djiboutian franc60 Dominica East Caribbean dollar61 Dominican Republic Dominican peso62 Dronning Maud Land see Norway63 East Timor see Timor-Leste64 Ecuador uses the U.S. Dollar65 Egypt Egyptian pound66 El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar67 Equatorial Guinea Central African CFA franc68 Eritrea Eritrean nakfa69 Estonia Estonian kroon70 Ethiopia Ethiopian birr71 Faeroe Islands (Føroyar) see Denmark72 Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound73 Fiji Fijian dollar74 Finland European euro75 France European euro76 French Guiana see France77 French Polynesia CFP franc78 Gabon Central African CFA franc79 Gambia Gambian dalasi80 Georgia Georgian lari81 Germany European euro82 Ghana Ghanaian cedi83 Gibraltar Gibraltar pound84 Great Britain see United Kingdom85 Greece European euro86 Greenland see Denmark87 Grenada East Caribbean dollar88 Guadeloupe see France89 Guam see United States90 Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal91 Guernsey see United Kingdom92 Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc

93 Guinea Guinean franc94 Guyana Guyanese dollar95 Haiti Haitian gourde96 Heard and McDonald Islands see Australia97 Honduras Honduran lempira98 Hong Kong Hong Kong dollar99 Hungary Hungarian forint100 Iceland Icelandic króna101 India Indian rupee102 Indonesia Indonesian rupiah103 International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights104 Iran Iranian rial105 Iraq Iraqi dinar106 Ireland European euro107 Isle of Man see United Kingdom108 Israel Israeli new sheqel109 Italy European euro110 Ivory Coast see Côte d'Ivoire111 Jamaica Jamaican dollar112 Japan Japanese yen113 Jersey see United Kingdom114 Johnston Island see United States115 Jordan Jordanian dinar116 Kampuchea see Cambodia117 Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge118 Kenya Kenyan shilling119 Kiribati see Australia120 Korea, North North Korean won121 Korea, South South Korean won122 Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar123 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani som124 Laos Lao kip125 Latvia Latvian lats126 Lebanon Lebanese lira127 Lesotho Lesotho loti128 Liberia Liberian dollar129 Libya Libyan dinar130 Liechtenstein uses the Swiss Franc131 Lithuania Lithuanian litas132 Luxembourg European euro133 Macau Macanese pataca134 Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.) Macedonian denar

135 Madagascar Malagasy ariary136 Malawi Malawian kwacha137 Malaysia Malaysian ringgit

138 Maldives Maldivian rufiyaa139 Mali West African CFA franc140 Malta European Euro141 Martinique see France142 Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya143 Mauritius Mauritian rupee144 Mayotte see France145 Micronesia see United States146 Midway Islands see United States147 Mexico Mexican peso148 Moldova Moldovan leu149 Monaco see France150 Mongolia Mongolian tugrik151 Montenegro see Italy152 Montserrat East Caribbean dollar153 Morocco Moroccan dirham154 Mozambique Mozambican metical155 Myanmar Myanma kyat156 Nauru see Australia157 Namibia Namibian dollar158 Nepal Nepalese rupee159 Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antillean gulden160 Netherlands European euro161 New Caledonia CFP franc162 New Zealand New Zealand dollar163 Nicaragua Nicaraguan córdoba164 Niger West African CFA franc165 Nigeria Nigerian naira166 Niue see New Zealand167 Norfolk Island see Australia168 Northern Mariana Islands see United States169 Norway Norwegian krone170 Oman Omani rial171 Pakistan Pakistani rupee172 Palau see United States173 Panama Panamanian balboa174 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean kina175 Paraguay Paraguayan guarani176 Peru Peruvian nuevo sol177 Philippines Philippine peso178 Pitcairn Island see New Zealand179 Poland Polish zloty180 Portugal European euro181 Puerto Rico see United States182 Qatar Qatari riyal183 Reunion see France

184 Romania Romanian leu185 Russia Russian ruble186 Rwanda Rwandan franc187 Samoa (Western) see Western Samoa188 Samoa (America) see United States189 San Marino see Italy190 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe dobra191 Saudi Arabia Saudi riyal192 Sénégal West African CFA franc193 Serbia Serbian dinar194 Seychelles Seychellois rupee195 Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean leone196 Singapore Singapore dollar197 Slovakia European euro198 Slovenia European euro199 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands dollar200 Somalia Somali shilling201 South Africa South African rand202 Spain European euro203 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee204 St. Helena Saint Helena pound205 St. Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar206 St. Lucia East Caribbean dollar207 St. Vincent and the Grenadines East Caribbean dollar208 Sudan Sudanese pound209 Suriname Surinamese dollar210 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands see Norway

211 Swaziland Swazi lilangeni212 Sweden Swedish krona213 Switzerland Swiss franc214 Syria Syrian pound215 Tahiti see French Polynesia216 Taiwan New Taiwan dollar217 Tajikistan Tajikistani somoni218 Tanzania Tanzanian shilling219 Thailand Thai baht220 Timor-Leste uses the U.S. Dollar221 Togo West African CFA franc222 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar223 Tunisia Tunisian dinar224 Turkey Turkish new lira225 Turkmenistan Turkmen manat226 Turks and Caicos Islands see United States227 Tuvalu see Australia228 Uganda Ugandan shilling

229 Ukraine Ukrainian hryvnia230 United Arab Emirates UAE dirham231 United Kingdom British pound232 United States of America United States dollar233 Upper Volta see Burkina Faso234 Uruguay Uruguayan peso235 Uzbekistan Uzbekistani som236 Vanuatu Vanuatu vatu237 Vatican see Italy238 Venezuela Venezuelan bolivar239 Vietnam Vietnamese dong240 Virgin Islands see United States241 Wake Island see United States242 Wallis and Futuna Islands CFP franc243 Western Sahara see Spain, Mauritania and Morocco244 Western Samoa Samoan tala

245 Yemen Yemeni rial246 Zaïre see Congo, Democratic Republic247 Zambia Zambian kwacha

248 Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar

Chief Justice of India

Number Name Period of office

1 H. J. Kania 26-Jan-50 November 6, 1951‡

2 M. Patanjali Sastri 7-Nov-51 3-Jan-543 Mehr Chand Mahajan 4-Jan-54 22-Dec-544 B. K. Mukherjee 23-Dec-54 January 31, 1956‡‡

5 Sudhi Ranjan Das 1-Feb-56 30-Sep-596 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1-Oct-59 31-Jan-647 P. B. Gajendragadkar 1-Feb-64 15-Mar-668 Amal Kumar Sarkar 16-Mar-66 29-Jun-669 Koka Subba Rao 30-Jun-66 April 11, 1967‡‡

10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12-Apr-67 24-Feb-6811 Mohammad Hidayatullah 25-Feb-68 16-Dec-7012 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 17-Dec-70 21-Jan-71

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayantilal_Chhotalal_Shah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hidayatullah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailas_Nath_Wanchoo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koka_Subba_Rao

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Kumar_Sarkar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhuvaneshwar_Prasad_Sinha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhi_Ranjan_Das

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._K._Mukherjee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehr_Chand_Mahajan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Patanjali_Sastri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Kania

13 Sarv Mittra Sikri 22-Jan-71 25-Apr-7314 Ajit Nath Ray 26-Apr-73 27-Jan-7715 Mirza Hameedullah Beg 28-Jan-77 21-Feb-7816 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 22-Feb-78 11-Jul-8517 P. N. Bhagwati 12-Jul-85 20-Dec-8618 R. S. Pathak 21-Dec-86 June 18, 1989‡‡

19 E. S. Venkataramiah 19-Jun-89 17-Dec-8920 Sabyasachi Mukherjee 18-Dec-89 September 25, 1990‡

21 Ranganath Misra 26-Sep-90 24-Nov-9122 Kamal Narain Singh 25-Nov-91 12-Dec-9123 M. H. Kania 13-Dec-91 17-Nov-9224 Lalit Mohan Sharma 18-Nov-92 11-Feb-9325 M. N. Venkatachaliah 12-Feb-93 24-Oct-9426 Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 25-Oct-94 24-Mar-9727 Jagdish Sharan Verma 25-Mar-97 17-Jan-9828 Madan Mohan Punchhi 18-Jan-98 9-Oct-9829 Adarsh Sein Anand 10-Oct-98 11-Jan-01

30 Sam Piroj Bharucha 11-Jan-01 6-May-0231 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 6-May-02 8-Nov-0232 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 8-Nov-02 19-Dec-0233 V. N. Khare 19-Dec-02 2-May-0434 S. Rajendra Babu 2-May-04 1-Jun-0435 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 1-Jun-04 1-Nov-0536 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 1-Nov-05 13-Jan-0737 K. G. Balakrishnan 13-Jan-07 11-May-1038 S. H. Kapadia 12-May-10 28-Sep-1239 Altamas Kabir 29-Sep-12 Incumbent40414243444546474849505152

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamas_Kabir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Kapadia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._G._Balakrishnan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogesh_Kumar_Sabharwal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesh_Chandra_Lahoti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Rajendra_Babu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._N._Khare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal_Ballav_Pattanaik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhupinder_Nath_Kirpal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Piroj_Bharucha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Punchhi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Sharan_Verma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Mushabber_Ahmadi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Mohan_Sharma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._H._Kania

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Narain_Singh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganath_Misra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabyasachi_Mukherjee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._S._Venkataramiah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._S._Pathak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshwant_Vishnu_Chandrachud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Nath_Ray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarv_Mittra_Sikri

FIVE YEAR PLANS IN INDIAFirst Five Year Plan (1951-1956 Target Growth:2.1% Actual Growth:3.6%.

Second Five Year Plan (1956–1961). Target Growth: 4.5% Actual Growth: 4.27%.

Third Five Year Plan (1961–1966) Target Growth:5.6% Actual Growth: 2.84%.

Three One Year Plans (1967-1969) Realization 3.9%

Fourth Five Year Plan (1969–1974. Target Growth: 5.7% Actual Growth: 3.20%.

Fifth Five Year Plan (1974–1979) Target Growth: 4.4% Actual Growth: 4.7%

Sixth Five Year Plan (1980–1985) Target Growth: 5.2% Actual Growth: 4.7%

Seventh Five Year Plan (1985–1990) Target Growth 5.0% Actual Growth 6.0%

Eighth Five Year Plan (1992–1997) Target Growth:5.6% Actual Growth: 4.7%

Ninth Five Year Plan (1997–2002) Target Growth:6.5% Actual Growth: 4.7%

Tenth Five Year Plan (2002–2007) Target Growth:8.0% Actual Growth: 4.7%

Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007–2012) Target Growth 8.7%

Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) Plans to fix a average target of 9%.

Twenty Twenty World CupYear & Final Venue FinalHost Nation(s) Winner Result Runner Up2007 South Africa Wanderers Stadium,

Johannesburg India 157/5 India won by 5 runs Pakistan 152

2009 England Lord's, London Pakistan 139/2 Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sri Lanka 138/6

2010 West Indies Kensington oval, Barbados England 148/3 England won by 7 wickets Australia 147/6

2012 Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

West Indies 137/6

West Indies won by 36 runs Sri Lanka 101

2014 Bangladesh

2016 India


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_ICC_World_Twenty20#Final

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

Women

Year Host Nation(s) Final Venue

Final

Winner Result Runner Up

2009England

Lord's, London England

86/4 (17 overs)England won by 6 wickets

New Zealand

85 (10)

2010West Indies

Kensington Oval, Barbados

Australia

106/8 (20 overs)Australia won by 3 runs

New Zealand

103/6 (20 overs)

2012 Sri Lanka

Stadium, Colombo Australia

142/4 (20 overs)

Australia won by 4 runsScorecard

England

138/9 (20 ove

List of Indian cities on rivers

City River StateChandauli Ganges Uttar PradeshJajmau Ganges Uttar PradeshNaubasta Pandu Uttar PradeshNawabganj Ganges Uttar PradeshBithoor Ganges Uttar PradeshUjjain Kshipra Madhya PradeshKolhapur Panchganga MaharashtraRajkot Aji GujaratVadodara Vishwamitri GujaratAgra Yamuna Uttar PradeshMathura Yamuna Uttar PradeshNew Delhi Yamuna DelhiAuraiya Yamuna Uttar PradeshEtawah Yamuna Uttar PradeshJabalpur Narmada Madhya PradeshHyderabad Moosi Andhra Pradesh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_Andhra_Pradesh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalpur


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etawah



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraiya






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura,_Uttar_Pradesh



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwamitri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadodara


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aji_River,_Gujarat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajkot


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchganga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshipra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujjain


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithoor



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawabganj


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naubasta



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajmau



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandauli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_women's_cricket_team

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-twenty20-2012/engine/current/match/533313.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_ICC_Women's_World_Twenty20#Final

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_women's_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_national_women's_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_women's_cricket_team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Oval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Oval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_national_women's_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_women's_cricket_team


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Cricket_Ground


Vijayawada Krishna Andhra PradeshBangalore Vrishabhavathi KarnatakaFarrukhabad Ganges Uttar PradeshFatehgarh Ganges Uttar PradeshKannauj Ganges Uttar PradeshMangalore Netravati, Gurupura KarnatakaShimoga Tunga River KarnatakaBhadravathi Bhadra KarnatakaHospet Tungabhadra KarnatakaKarwar Kali KarnatakaBagalkot Ghataprabha KarnatakaHonnavar Sharavathi KarnatakaGwalior Chambal Madhya PradeshGorakhpur Rapti Uttar PradeshLucknow Gomti Uttar PradeshKanpur Ganges Uttar PradeshKanpur Cantonment Ganges Uttar PradeshShuklaganj Ganges Uttar PradeshChakeri Ganges Uttar PradeshKolkata Hooghly West BengalVaranasi Ganges Uttar PradeshAllahabad Ganges Uttar PradeshAhmedabad Sabarmati GujaratPatna Ganges BiharMalegaon Girna River MaharashtraGuwahati Brahmaputra AssamCuttack Mahanadi OrissaSambalpur Mahanadi OrissaRourkela Brahmani OrissaHaridwar Ganges UttarkhandPune Mula, Mutha MaharashtraDaman Daman Ganga River DamanMadurai Vaigai Tamil NaduThiruchirapalli Cauvery Tamil NaduChennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil NaduCoimbatore Noyyal Tamil NaduErode Cauvery Tamil NaduTirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil NaduSurat Tapti GujratBharuch Narmada GujaratKota Chambal RajasthanKarjat Ulhas MaharashtraNashik Godavari MaharashtraMahad Savitri MaharashtraRajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godavari

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajahmundry


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahad



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashik


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulhas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karjat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambal_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota,_Rajasthan


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharuch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujrat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamirabarani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirunelveli


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauvery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erode


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noyyal_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauvery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruchirapalli


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaigai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman_Ganga_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman,_Daman_and_Diu


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarkhand


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridwar


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmani_river

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rourkela


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahanadi_river

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambalpur


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahanadi_river

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttack


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmaputra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girna_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malegaon



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabarmati

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooghly_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakeri



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuklaganj



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur_Cantonment



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhpur


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambal_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharavathi_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honnavar


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghataprabha_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagalkot


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_River_(Karnataka)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karwar


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungabhadra_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospet


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadravathi,_Karnataka


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunga_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannauj



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatehgarh



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrukhabad


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrishabhavathi_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayawada

Nanded Godavari MaharashtraNellore Pennar Andhra PradeshSangli Krishna MaharashtraKarad Krishna,Koyna Maharashtra

Famous Countries and their ParliamentsCountry Name Parliament Name

Afghanistan ShoraAustralia ParliamentBangladesh Jatia ParliamentBhutan TasongaduCanada ParliamentChina National People CongressDenmark FolketingEgypt People's AssemblyFrance ParlementGermany BundestagGreat Britain ParliamentHungary OrszággyűlésIceland AlthingIndia SansadIran MajilisIreland OireachtasIsrael The KnessetItaly Parlamento ItalianoJapan DietKuwait Majlis-al-Umma



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karad



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangli


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennar_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellore



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanded

Lativa SaeimaMalaysia MajilisMaldives MajilisMagnolia KhuralNepal Rashtriya PanchayatNetherlands States General (Staten-Generaal)Norway StortingOman MajlisPakistan Majlis-e-ShooraPoland ScymRussia DumaSpain CrotesSweden RiksdagSouth Africa ParliamentSwitzerland Federal AssemblyTaiwan YuanTurkey Grand National AssemblyUSA CongressUzbekistan Oliy Majlis

The Wonders of the World

The New Seven Wonders of the World - Announced in 20071. The Great Wall, China 2. Petra, Jordan

3. Christ Redeemer, Brazil 4. Machu Picchu, Peru

5. Chichén Itzá, Mexico 6. The Roman Colosseum, Italy

7. The Taj Mahal, India

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

1. The Great Pyramid of Giza 2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

3. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 6. The Colossus of Rhodes

7. The Pharos of Alexandria

Famous International Airports of India

1. Airport Name: Guru Radmdass International Airport City: Amritsar State: Punjab

2. Airport Name: Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi

3. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordolio International Airport City Guwahati State Assam

4. Airport Name: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport City: Ahmedabad State: Gujarat

5. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport City Kolkata State West Bengal

6. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport City Mumbai State Maharashtra

7. Airport Name: Hyderabad Airport City: Hyderabad State: Andhra Pradesh

8. Airport Name: Goa Airport City: Vasco da Gama State: Goa

9. Airport Name: Chennai International Airport City Chennai State TamilNadu

10.Airport Name: Bangalore International Airport City: Bangalore State: Karnataka

11.Airport Name Cochin International Airport City: Cochin State: Kerala

12.Airport Name Trivandrum International Airport City: Thiruvananathapuram State: Kerala

LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF BHARAT RATNA

S. No. NAME AWARDED IN 1. Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) 1954

2. Dr. Sarvapali Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 1954

3. Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) 1954

4. Dr. Bhagwan Das (1869-1958) 1955

5. Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962) 1955

6. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 -1964) 1955

7. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961) 1957

8. Dr. Dhondo Keshave Karve (1858-1962) 1958

9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962) 1961

10. Shri Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962) 1961

11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) 1962

12. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 1963

13. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972) 1963

14. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) (1904-1966) 1966

15. Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 1971

16. Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980) 1975

17. Shri Kumaraswami Kamraj (Posthumous) (1903-1975) 1976

18. Mother Mary Taresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (1910-1997) 1980

19. Shri Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982) 1983

20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) 1987

21. Shri Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous) (1917-1987) 1988

22. Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) (1891-1956) 1990

23. Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918) 1990

24. Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991) 1991

25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950) 1991

26. Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995) 1991

27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) (1888-1958) 1992

28. Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993) 1992

29. Shri Satyajit Ray (1922-1992) 1992

30. Shri Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998) 1997

31. Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) (1909-1996) 1997

32. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b-1931) 1997

33. Smt. Madurai Sanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (1916-2005) 1998

34. Shri Chidambaram Subramniam (1910-2000) 1998

35. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) (1902-1979) 1999

36. Professor Amartya Sen (b-1933) 1999

37. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) 1999

38. Pandit Ravi Shankar (b-1920) 1999

39. Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (b-1929) 2001

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) 2001

41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922-2011) 2009

:

Nobel Prize Winner of India

S.No Name Subject Year

1. Rabindranath Tagore Literature 1913

2. C. V. Raman Physics 1930

3. Dr.Har Gobind Khurana Medicine 1968

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._V._Raman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_laureates_of_India

4. Mother Teresa Peace 1979

5. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Physics 1983

6. Amartya Sen Economics 1998

7. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry 2009

8.

National Political Parties

Party Abbreviation General Secretary / President

Nationalist Congress Party NCP Sharad Pawar

Indian National Congress INC Sonia Gandhi

Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Nitin Gadkari

Communist Party of India CPI Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy

Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) Prakash Karat

Political Parties of States

State Party name

Andhra Pradesh Lok Satta Party ,

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Satta_Party


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Karat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suravaram_Sudhakar_Reddy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharad_Pawar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amartya_Sen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Telugu Desam Party

Arun Khitoliya National Party

Assam

All India United Democratic Front

Asom Gana Parishad

Bodoland People's Front

Bihar Janata Dal (United),Rashtriya Janata Dal

GoaZGE

Save Goa Front

HaryanaHaryana Janhit Congress (BL)

Indian National Lok Dal

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party

Jharkhand

AJSU Party

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

Rashtriya Janata Dal

Karnataka

Janata Dal (Secular)

Karnataka Janata Party

BSR Congress

Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha

Kannada Nadu

Kerala

Revolutionary Socialist Party

Janata Dal (Secular)

Kerala Congress

IUML

Maharashtra Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Shiv Sena

Manipur

Manipur People’s Party

National People’s Party

Rashtriya Janata Dal

All India Trinamool Congress

Meghalaya United Democratic Party

Mizoram Mizo National Front

Mizoram People’s Conference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram_People%E2%80%99s_Conference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizo_National_Front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghalaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipur_People%E2%80%99s_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Sena

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Congress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Janata_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Vikas_Morcha_(Prajatantrik)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Peoples_Democratic_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Panthers_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Conference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana_Janhit_Congress_(BL)


http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Save_Goa_Front&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZGE&action=edit&redlink=1



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodoland_People's_Front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front


http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arun_Khitoliya_National_Party&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana_Rashtra_Samithi

Zoram Nationalist Party

Nagaland Nagaland Peoples Front

Orissa Biju Janata Dal

Pondicherry

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India N.R. Congress

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal ,People's Party of Punjab

Sikkim Sikkim Democratic Front

Tamil Nadu

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Moovendar makkal katchi

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Pattali Makkal Katchi

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

Uttar Pradesh Rashtriya Lok Dal ,Peace Party,Samajwadi Party,BSP

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Kranti Dal

West Bengal

All India Forward Bloc

All India Trinamool Congress

Revolutionary Socialist Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand_Kranti_Dal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samajwadi_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Party_of_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moovendar_makkal_katchi&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_of_Punjab

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaland_Peoples_Front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoram_Nationalist_Party

Important Abbreviation (India)

Sr. No.

Abbreviation Stands For

1 AAFI Amateur Athletics Federation of India2 AAPSO Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation3 AASU All Assam Students Union4 ABM Anti Ballistic Missile5 AC Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner6 ACC Ancillary Cadet Core7 AD Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)8 ADB Asian Development Bank.9 AERE Atomic Energy Research Establishment10 AGOC Asian Games Organisation Committee11 AICC All India Congress Committee12 AICTE All India Council of Technical Education13 AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome14 AIFE All India Football Federation15 AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences16 AIL Aeronautics India Limited17 AIMPLB All India Muslim Personal Law Board18 AIR All India Radio (Broadcasting)19 AITUE All India Trade Union Congress

20 AM Anti Meridian (Before Noon)21 ANC African National Congress22 APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation23 APSC Army Postal Services Core24 ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations25 ASLV Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle26 ASI Archaeological Survey of India27 ASSOCHAM Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)28 ASWAC Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control29 ATS Anti Tetanus Serum30 BAMS Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery31 BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre32 BBC British Broadcasting Corporation33 BC Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)34 BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)35 BCCI Board of Control for Cricket in India36 BEL Bharat Electronics Limited37 BENELUX Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg38 BHEL Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited39 BIFR Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial

Reconstruction Finance Board)40 BIMSTEC Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic

Cooperation41 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards42 B Pharma Bachelor of Pharmacy43 BSF Border Security Force44 CAD Command Area Development45 CAG Comptroller and Auditor General46 CARE Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere47 CASE Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy48 CBI Central Bureau of Investigation49 CBSE Central. Board of Secondary Education50 CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs51 CCS Cabinet Committee on Security52 C-DAC Centre For Development of Advance Computing53 CDMA Code Division Multiple Access54 CDRI Central Drug Research Institute55 CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting56 CID Criminal Investigation Department57 CIS Commonwealth of Independent States58 CISF Central Industrial Security Force59 CITU Centre of Indian Trade Unions60 CLAT Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)61 CNG Compressed Natural Gas62 COD Central Ordnance Depot63 COFEPOSA Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act64 CPO Central Passport Organisation65 CPRI Central Power Research Institute

66 CRPF Central Reserve Police Force67 CRR Cash Reserve Ratio68 CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research69 CSO Central Statistical Organisation70 CTS Computerised Tomography Scanner71 CVC Central Vigilance Commission72 DDT Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane73 DFDR ‘Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’74 DIG Deputy Inspector General75 D. Lit. Doctor of Literature76 DM District Magistrate77 DMK Dravida Munetra Kazhagam78 DNA Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid79 DPAP ‘Drought Prone Area Programme80 DPC Dabhol Power Company82 DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation83 DTH Direct to Home84 DVD Digital Versatile Disk85 EAS Employment Assurance Scheme86 ECD European Central Bank87 ECG Electro Cardiogram88 EEC European Economic Community89 EEG Electro Encephalogram90 ELISA Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay91 EMF Electromotive Force92 EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange93 EPZ Export Processing Zone94 ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration95 ESMA Essential Services Maintenance Act96 EVM Electronic Voting Machine97 EXIM Bank Export-Import Bank of India98 FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation99 FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)100 FBTR Fast Breeder Test Reactor101 FCI Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India102 FDR Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)103 FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act104 FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act105 FICCI Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry106 FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board107 FIR First Information Report108 FRS Fellow of the Royal Society109 FTII Films and Television Institute of India110 FTZ Free Trade Zone111 GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited112 GATT General Agreement on Tariff and Trade113 GIC General Insurance Corporation114 GMT Greenwich Mean Time

115 GNLF Gorkha National Liberation Front116 GNP Gross National Product117 GPF General Provident Fund118 GPO General Post Office119 GPS Global Positioning System120 GSI Geological Survey of India121 HAC Hindustan Aluminium Corporation122 HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited123 HCF Highest Common Factor124 HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation125 HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus126 HMT Hindustan Machine Tools127 HUDCO Housing and Urban Development Corporation128 HYVS High Yield Variety Seeds129 IAAI International Airport Authority of India130 lAC Indian Airlines Corporation131 IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency132 IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute133 IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World

Bank)134 ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research135 ICBM Inter Continental Ballistic Missile136 ICC International Cricket Council137 ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions138 ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited139 ICJ International Court of Justice140 ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research141 ICSI Indian Company Secretaries Institute142 IDA International Development Agency143 IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India144 IDO International Defence Organisation145 IDPL Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited146 IFA Indian Football Association147 IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India148 IFFI International Film Festival of India149 IFFCO Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative150 IFTU International Federation of Trade Unions151 IIPA Indian Institute of Public Administration152 IIS Indian Institute of Sciences153 IISCO Indian Iron and Steel Company154 IIT Indian Institute of Technology155 ILO International Labour Organisation156 IMA Indian Military Academy157 IMF International Monetary Fund158 INGCA Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art159 INS Indian Naval Ship160 INSAT Indian National Satellite161 INTELSAT International Telecommunication Satellite

162 INTERPOL International Police Organisation163 INTUC Indian National Trade Union Congress164 IOC International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation165 IPC Indian Penal Code166 IPKF Indian Peace Keeping Force167 IQ Intelligence Quotient168 IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile169 IRC International Red Cross170 IRDA Insurance Regulatory Development Authority171 IRDP Integrated Rural Development Programme172 ISB Indian Standard Bureau173 ISM Indian School of Mines174 ISO International Organisation for Standardisation175 ISP Internet Services Provider176 ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation177 IST Indian Standard Time178 ITBP Indo-Tibet Border Police179 ITDC Indian Tourism Development Corporation180 ITPO Indian Trade Promotion Organisation181 ITO International Trade Organisation182 IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural

Resource183 ITUC Indian Trade Union Congress184 JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha185 KG Kinder Garten186 LASER Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation187 LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India188 LLB Bachelor of Law189 LLM Master of Law190 LMG Light Machine Gun191 LoC Line of Control (Pakistan)192 LoAC Line of Actual Control (China)193 LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas194 LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide195 LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam196 MA Master of Arts197 MASER Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation198 MBA Master of Business Administration199 MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery200 MBT Main Battle Tank201 MCA Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer

Application202 MCC Melbourne Cricket Club203 MD Doctor of Medicine204 MFN Most Favoured Nation205 MI Military Intelligence206 MISA Maintenance of Internal Security Act207 MIT Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA)

208 MLA Member of Legislative Assembly209 MLC Member of Legislative Council210 MNC Multi National Corporation211 MRCP Member of Royal College of Physicians212 MRCS Member of Royal College of Surgeons213 MRTPC Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission214 MODVAT Modified Value Added Tax215 NABARD National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development216 NACO National AIDS Control Organisation217 NAEP National Adult Education Programme218 NAFED National Agricultural and Marketing Federation219 NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement220 NAPP Narora Atomic Power Plant221 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)222 NASDAQ National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation223 NASSCOM National Association of Software & Service Companies224 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation225 NCW National Commission for Women226 NCCR National Council for Civil Right227 NCERT National Council of Educational Research & Training228 NDA National Defence Academy229 NDDB National Dairy Development Board230 NDF National Defence Fund.231 NEERI National Environment Engineering Research Institute232 NEFA North-East Frontier Agency233 NEPA National Environment Protection Authority234 NFDC National Film Development Corporation235 NFL National Fertilizer Limited236 NHRC National Human Rights Commission237 NICO New Information and Communication Order238 NIDC National Industrial Development Corporation239 NIIT National Institute of Information Technology240 NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences241 NITIE National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering242 NMDS National Missile Defence System (US)243 NMEP National Malaria Eradication Programme244 NOIDA New Okhla Industrial Development Authority245 NPC National Productivity Council246 NPP National Population Policy247 NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty248 NRDC National Research and Development Corporation249 NREP National Rural Employment Programme250 NRI Non Resident Indian251 NSC National Security Council252 NSSO National Sample Survey Organisation253 NTC National Textile Corporation254 NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation255 OGL Open General Licence

256 OIL Oil India Limited257 OK All Correct258 ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Commission259 OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries260 PCI Press Council of India261 PCS Provincial Civil Services262 Ph. D Doctor of ‘Philosophy263 PIN Postal lndex Number264 PLO Palestine Liberation Organisation265 PM Post Meridian / Prime Minister266 POTA Prevention of Terrorism Act267 PSLV Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle268 PTI Press Trust of India269 PRO Public Relations Officer270 PTO Please Turn Over271 PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra272 PVSM Param Vishisht Seva Medal273 PWD Public Work’s Department274 PWG People’s War Group275 QED Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)276 QEF Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done)277 QEI Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found)278 QMG Quarter Master General279 RADAR Radio Angle Direction and Range280 RAW Research and Analysis Wing281 R & D Research and Development282 RBI Reserve Bank of India283 RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete284 RDX Research Developed Explosive285 RIMC Rashtriya Indian Military College286 RMS Railway Mail Service287 RLEGP Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme288 RNA Ribonucleic Acid289 RPM Revolutions Per Minute290 RSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh291 RTO Regional Transport Officer292 SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation293 SAC Space Application Centre294 SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Agreement295 SAI Sports Authority of India296 SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited297 SAPTA South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement298 SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome299 SC Security Council/Supreme Court300 SCI Shipping Corporation of India301 SCOPE Standing Conference of Public Enterprises302 SCRA Special Class Railway Apprentice303 SDR Special Drawing Rights

304 SEBI Security Exchange Board of India305 SGPC Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee306 SHAR Shri Harikota Range307 SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India308 SIS Secret Intelligence Service (U.K)309 SITA Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act310 SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle311 SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals312 SPICMC Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture313 STARS Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station314 STD Subscribers Trunk Dialing315 STPI Software Technology Parks of India316 SWAPO South West African People’s Organisation317 TA Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy318 TELCO Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company319 TELEX Teleprinter Exchange320 TISCO Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited321 TNT Tri-nitro-toluene322 TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language323 TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India324 TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights325 TTE Travelling Ticket Examiner326 TTFI Table Tennis Federation of India327 TWA Trans World Airlines (USA)328 UDC Upper Division Clerk329 UFO Unidentified Flying Object330 UGC University Grants Commission331 UHT Ultra High Temperature332 ULFA United Liberation Front of Assam333 UNASUR Union of South American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones

Suramericanas)334 UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development335 UNDP United Nations Development Programme336 UNEF United Nations Emergency Force337 UNEP United Nations Environment Programme338 UNESCO United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation339 UNFPA United Nations for Population Activities340 UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees341 UNI United News of India342 UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund343 UNO United Nations Organisation344 UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply345 UPSC Union Public Service Commission346 USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republic347 UTI Unit Trust of India348 VAT Value Added Tax349 VDIS Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme350 VC Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross

351 VIP Very Important Person352 VPP Value Payable Post353 VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme354 VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited355 VSSC Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre356 WEF World Economic Forum357 WHO World Health Organisation358 WILL Wireless in Local Loop359 WMO World Meteorological Organisation360 WWF World Wild Life Fund361 WPI Wholesale Price Index362 WTO World Trade Organisation363 WWF World Wild Life Fund for Nature364 WWW World Wide Web365 YMCA Young Men’s Christians Association366 YWCA Young Women’s Christians Association367 ZBB Zero Based Budgeting368 ZSI Zoological Survey of India

NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

COUNTRY EMBLEM COUNTRY EMBLEM

Australia Kangaroo Bangladesh Water Lily

Barbados Head of a Trident Belgium Lion

Canada White Lily Chile Candor & Huemul

Denmark Beach Dominica Sisserou Parrot

France Lily Germany Corn Flower

Guyana Canje Pheasant Hong Kong Bauhinia (Orchid Tree)

India Lioned Capital Iran Rose

Ireland Shamrock Israel Candelabrum

Italy White Lily Ivory Coast Elephant

Japan Chrysanthemum Lebanon Cedar Tree

Luxenbourg Lion with Crown Mongolia The Soyombo

Netherlands Lion New Zealand Southern Cross, Kiwi, Fern

Norway Lion Pakistan Crescent

Papua New Guinea Bird of paradise Spain Eagle

Senegal Bhobab Tree Sierra Leone Lion

Sri Lanka Lion Sudan Secretary Bird

Syria Eagle Turkey Crescent & Star

U.K. Rose U.S.A. Golden Rod

Principle Airlines of Countries

AIRLINES COUNTRY

Aeroflot USSR

Air India India

Air-Lanka SriLanka

Air France France

Air Canada Canada

Air Mauritius Mauritius

Alitalia Italy

Ariana Afghan Airlines Afghanistan

British Airways England

Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh

Cathay Pacific HongKong

Ceskoslovenske Aeroline Czechoslovakia

Egypt Air Egypt

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia

Emirates UAE

Finnair Finland

Garuda Airways Indonesia

Gulf Air Gulf

Indian Airlines India

Iran Air Iran

Iraq Airways Iraq

Japan Airlines Ltd. Japan

K.L.M. Royal Dutch Netherlands

Kenya Airways Kenya

Kuwait Airways Kuwait

Lufthansa Germany

Malaysian Airlines Malaysia

Pan American Airways USA

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan

Quantas Empire Airways Australia

Royal Nepal Airlines Nepal

Sabena Belgium

Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabia

Scandinavian Airlines System Sweden

Singapore Airlines Singapore

Swiss Air Switzerland

Trans-World Airlines USA

Thai Airways International Thailand

Religions in the World

1. Buddhism

Founder Gautam Siddhartha Buddha (563-483 BC) born in Nepal (Lumbini)

Founded in 525 BC

Followed in India, China, Tibet, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Japan, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Vietnam

Sacred Text The Tripitaka (Collection of Buddha’s teaching) also called Sutras

Sacred Places Lumbini (Nepal) where he received enlightenment and Kusinagar (UP) where he attained ‘Nirvana’.

Place of Worship Vihar (temple) and Monastery (where monks reside)

Sects Mahayana and Hinayana

2. Confucianism

Founder King Fu Tsu, Better known as Confucius (551-479 BC) born in the state of LU in china.

Founded in 500 BC

Followed in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam

Sacred Text The Analects

Sacred Places No church or temple

3. Christianity

Founder Jesus Christ (5 BC to AD 30) born in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth

Founded in 2000 years ago

Followed in Spread all over the world

Sacred Text Holy Bible consisting of Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Christ)

Sacred Places Jerusalem where Christ lived and preached

Place of Worship Church

Important Sects Catholics and Protestants

4. Hinduism

Founder Ancient Sages

Founded in Around 1500 BC

Followed in Concentrated in India and Nepal and also found in Bhutan, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago

Sacred Text The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

Place of Worship Temple

5. Islam

Founder Prophet Mohammed (AD 570-632) born in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

Founded in AD 622

Followed in From west coast of Africa to the Philippines which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Also parts of North Africa.

Sacred Text Quran (words of God), Hadis (Collection of Prophet’s saying).

Sacred Places Makkah (mecca) in Saudi Arabia

Place of Worship Masjid (mosque)

Sects Sunnis and Shias

6.Sikh

Founder Guru Nanak Dev Jee( 15 -April- 1469- 22-September- 1539) born in Rai Bhoi dee Talwandi( Nankana Sahib)

Founded in 15th century

Followed in India,Pakistan,Afganistan ,Rest of the world.

Sacred Text Guru Granth Sahib jee (words of God)

Sacred Places 5 Takat(Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib , Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Takht Sri

Hazur Sahib , Takht Sri Patna Sahi b

Place of Worship Guru Duara Sahib jee

Sects Sikh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Takht_Sri_Patna_Sahib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Takht_Sri_Hazur_Sahib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Takht_Sri_Hazur_Sahib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Takht_Sri_Keshgarh_Sahib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Takht_Sri_Damdama_Sahib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panj_Takht#Sri_Akal_Takht_Sahib

Chief Ministers of Indian States

S. NO. Name of States Chief Minister

1 Andhra Pradesh Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

2 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki

3 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi

4 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar

5 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh

6 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar

7 Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi

8 Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda

9 Himachal Pradesh Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal

10 Jammu Kashmir Omar Abdullah

11 Jharkhand Arjun Munda

12 Karnataka Shri Jagadish Shettar

13 Kerala Shri Oommen Chandy

14 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

15 Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan

16 Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh

17 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma

18 Mizoram Lal Thanhawla

19 Nagaland Shri Neiphiu Rio

20 Orissa Sh. Naveen Patnaik

21 Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal

22 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot

23 Sikkim Shri Pawan Chamling

24 Tamil Nadu Sushree J. Jayalalithaa

25 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar

26 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav

27 Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna

28 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee

Governors of Indian States

S. NO. Name of States Governor

1. Andhra Pradesh Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan

2. Arunachal Pradesh General (Rtd.) J.J. Singh

3. Assam Shri. Janaki Ballav Pattanaik

4. Bihar Sh Devanand Konwar

5. Chhattisgarh Shri Shekhar Dutt

6. Goa Shri BV Wanchoo

7. Gujarat Dr. Kamla Beniwal

8. Haryana Shri Jagannath Pahadia

9. Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh

10. Jammu Kashmir Sh. N. N. Vohra

11. Jharkhand Dr. Syed Ahmed

12. Karnataka Shri H R Bhardwaj

13. Kerala Shri H R Bharadwaj

14. Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav

15. Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan

16. Manipur Sh. Gurbachan Jagat

17. Meghalaya Sh. Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary

18. Mizoram Shri Vakkom Purushothaman

19. Nagaland Shri Nikhil Kumar

20. Orissa Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

21. Punjab Shri Shivraj Patil

22. Rajasthan Smt. Margaret Alva

23. Sikkim Sh. Balmiki Prasad Singh

24. Tamil Nadu Konijeti Rosaiah

25. Tripura Dr. D Y Patil

26. Uttar Pradesh Shri B L Joshi

27. Uttarakhand Aziz Qureshi

28. West Bengal Shri M. K Narayanan

Chief Ministers & Governors of Indian Union Territory

S. NO. Name of States Chief Minister Governor

1. Andaman & Nicobar Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM

2. Chandigarh U.T. Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)

3. New Delhi Smt Sheila Dikshit Mr. Tejendra Khanna

4. Puducherry Shri N. Rangasamy Sh. Iqbal Singh

5. Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

6. Daman and Diu U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

7. Lakshadweep Shri B V Selvarj (Administrator) Shri Amar Nath

Distinctive Names of Some Countries & Town

Distinctive Name Country/Town/Port/River

Britain of the South New Zealand

The Battlefield of Europe Belgium

City of the Golden Gate San Francisco

City of Magnificent Distances Washington D.C.

City of Popes Rome

City of Seven Hills Rome

City of Skyscrapers New York

Cockpit of Europe Belgium

Dark Continent Africa

Dairy of Northern Europe Denmark

Emerald Island Ireland

Empire City New York

Eternal City Rome, Italy

Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet)

Garden of England Kent

Gate of Tears Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem

Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland)

Great White Way Broadway (New York)

Gift of Nile Egypt

Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean Aden

Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean

Hermit Kingdom Korea

Holy Land Palestine

Island of Cloves Madagascar (Malagasy)

The Isle of Spring Jamaica

Key to the Mediterranean Gibraltar

Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes) Scotland

Land of the Golden Fleece Australia

Land of the Golden Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)

Land of Kangaroos Australia

Land of Lilies Canada

Land of the Midnight Sun Norway

Land of Milk and Honey Canaan

Land of Morning Calm Korea

Land of the Rising Sun Japan

Land of a Thousand Lakes Finland

Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan

Land of White Elephants Thailand

Lady of Snow Canada

Little Venice Venezuela

Never, Never Land Prairies (North Australia)

Pearl of Antilles Cuba

Playground of Europe Switzerland

Pillars of Hercules Straits of Gibraltar

First in World

1. Chairman of Peoples Republic of China - Mao-Tse-Tung

2. President of the Chinese Republic – Dr. Sun Yat Sen

3. President of U.S.A – George Washington

4. Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein

5. Foreign Invader to India – Alexander the Great

6. Person to reach South Pole – Amundsen

7. Person to reach North Pole – Robert Pearey

8. Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin

9. Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong

10. Lady to climb Mount Everest – Junko Taibei

11. European to visit China – Marco Polo

12. Place where atom bomb was dropped – Hiroshima

13. Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov

14. Woman cosmonaut in Space – Valentina Tereshkova

15. Woman Prime Minister of a country - Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike

16. Woman President of a country - Maria Estela Peron

17. Woman to Command a Space Mission - Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)

18. The first residents of International Space station - Bill Shepherd (USA),Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei

Krikalev (Russia)

19. The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest - Erik Weihenmayer(USA, May 25, 2001)

20. The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty International lrine – Zubeida

Khan

21. The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date - Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)

22. The first South African to become the second space tourist - Mark Shuttleworth

23. The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea - Ms. Chang Sang

24. The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess - Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

25. The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft - Felix

Baumgartner (July 2003)

26. China’s first man in space - Yang Liwei

27. The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize - Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)

28. The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record - Kiran Baloch

(Pakistani cricketer, scoring 242 runs playing women’s cricket test against West Indies in Karachi in

March, 2004)

29. The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times - Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)

30. The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming - Bula Chaudhury (India)

31. The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours

- Steve Fossett (March 2005)

32. The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province in Afghanistan - Habiba Sorabhi

33. The first woman of the world to swim across five continents – Bula Chaudhury (India) (April 2005)

34. The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault - Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian,

July 2005)

35. The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Justice – Rana Bhagwan Das Took over on Sept. 2, 2005 as Acting Chief Justice

List of Bharat Award Recipient

S.No. Name of the recipient Year Their individuality

1 Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1954 Indian political leader, the first and the only governor-general of independent India.

2 Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman 1954 Indian physicist, the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930(birth. Nov. 7, 1888, Trichinopoly [Tiruchirappalli], India; death. Nov. 21, 1970, Bengaluru),

3 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954 Philosopher, scholar and statesman, president of India from 1962 to 1967

4 Dr. Bhagwan Das 1955 Independence activist, author

5 Shri Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 Independence activist, author, first prime minister of independent India (1947-64)

6 Dr. Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya 1955 Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore

7 Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister

8 Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve 1958 Also known as Maharishi Karve, Indian social reformer and educator

9 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961 Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal

10 Shri Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 Independence activist, educator

11 Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962 First president of the Republic of India (1950-62). A lawyer-turned-journalist, also president of the Indian National Congress

12 Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar

13 Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963 Scholar, third President

14 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Posthumous Award: independence activist, third Prime Minister

15 Smt. Indira Gandhi 1971 Fourth Prime Minister

16 Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1975 Trade unionist and fourth President

17 Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj 1976 Posthumous Award: independence activist, Chief Minister of Madras State

18 Mother Teresa, (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)

1980 Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity

19 Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1983 Posthumous Award: social reformer, independence activist

20 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 First non-citizen, independence activist

21 Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran 1988 Posthumous Award: film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

22 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr 1990 Posthumous Award: architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar

23 Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement

24 Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai 1991 Independence activist, fifth Prime Minister

25 Shri Rajiv Gandhi 1991 Seventh Prime Minister

26 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1991 Posthumous Award: independence activist, first Home Minister

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27 Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist

28 Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992 Posthumous Award: independence activist, first Minister of Education

29 Shri Satyajit Ray 1992 Filmmaker

30 Shri (Dr.) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

1997 Aeronautical engineer, eminent defence scientist, Dr. Kalam was India's eleventh president from 2002 to 2007

31 Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 Posthumous Award: independence activist

32 Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda 1997 Independence activist, second Prime Minister

33 Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998 Chidambaram Subramaniam (birth: January 30, 1910 – death: November 7, 2000) He was an Indian statesman, Freedom fighter, state minister, central minister and governor.

34Smt. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi

1998 Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), Also known as M.S., she was a renowned Carnatic vocalist.

35 Prof. Amartya Sen 1999 Distinguished economist and philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 for his seminal work in welfare economics

36 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 Posthumous Award: independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam

37 Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan 1999 Posthumous Award: Indian political leader and theorist, leader of socio-political mass-movements in Gujarat and Bihar

38 Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999 Sitar player

39 Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar 2001 Legendary Indian playback singer; sang for more than 2,000 Indian films in a career spanning nearly six decades

40 Ustad Bismillah Khan 2001 (birth March 21, 1916, Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, in Dumraon, Bihar; death Aug. 21, 2006, Varanasi).

41 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 2008 (birth. Feb. 14, 1922, Gadag, Dharwad, Karnataka), His full name is Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi.

Most Renowned Indian Awards:

Noble Prize Noble Prize are for Contributions to society

Bharat Ratna It is India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service

Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer awards are for Literacy achievement Padma Awards: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri

Padma awards are for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants.

Gallantry Awards: Param Vir Chakra (PVC), Ashok Chakra, Shaurya Chakra These awards are given for appreciating the brave and gallant

The Golden Peacock Awards It is recognised worldwide as the hallmark of corporate excellence. It builds the Brand Equity and inspires and aligns the entire workforce.

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Manthan Award It is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity.

Arjun Awards Arjuna Award is given for Excellence in sports FiFi Awards The FiFi Awards honor the fragrance industry's creative achievements International Gandhi Peace Prize This award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions

towards social, economic and political revolution through non-violence and Gandhian philosophy. The award carries Rs. 10 million in cash.

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award is for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports.

GREEN STAR AWARDS The Green Star Awards recognize those who have made extraordinary efforts to respond to environmental disasters around the world.

Famous Cups and TrophiesCricket : Ashes, Anthony Demellow trophy, C.K. Naidu trophy, Cooch-Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy, Moin-ud-dowla-Cup, Netwest Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Bria Trophy, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, etc....

Football : B.C. Roy Trophy, Bordoloi Trophy, DCM Cup, Durand Cup, G.v. Raja Memorial Trophy, Mardeka Cup, Nehru Gold cup, Rovers Cup, Santosh TrophyGolf : canada Cup, Muthiah Gold Cup, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup

Hockey : Agha Khan Cup, Alan Shah Cup, Beighten Cup, Dhyan Chand Trophy, Gyanvati Devi Trophy, Indira Gandhi Gold cup, Khan Abdul Gaffar Cup, Lady Ratna Tata Cup(women), Modi Gold Cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Obaidullah Gold Cup, Rangaswami Cup

Table Tennis : Corbillion Cup (women), Jayalaxmi Cup(women), Swaythling Cup (Men), U. thant Cup

Lawn Tennis : Davis Cup, Hamlet Cup, Gaffar cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US open

Badminton : Ibrahim Rahimatulah Chalenge Cup, Thomus Cup(Men), Uber Cup (women), Narang Cup

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Boxing : Aspy Adjahia TrophyRowing : Wellington TrophyBridge : Ruia TrophyPolo : Ezat Cup, Winchester CupChess : Khaitan Trophy

List of Cups And TrophiesSport: Hockey Aga khan Cup ,Begam Rasul Torphy (woman’s), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (woman’s), Gurunanak Championship (woman’s) Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc,Sport: Football Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy Colombo Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B.C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, Euro Cup, etc,Sport: Cricket Anthony D, Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challender Cup, C.K Naidu Trophy, Cooch – Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duldeep Trophy, Gavaskar –Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmad Trophy, Hamkumat Rai Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy Interface Cup, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup, Moin –ud –Dowla Cup, Net West Trophy, Prudential Cup(World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, RohintonBarcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir Frank Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.Sport: Table Tennis Berna Bellack cup( Men), Cobillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi cup(women),Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men Junior),Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men) etc.Sport: Badminton Aggrawal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup

Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, Yonex Cup etc.Sport: Basketball Basalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd memorial Trophy, William jones Cup, Bangalore Bules Challenge Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup etc.Sport: Bridge Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy. etcSport: Polo Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King’s Cup, Prithi Pal Singh Cup, RadhaMohan Cup, Winchester Cup etc.Sport: Athletics Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc.Sport: Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King’s Cup, Schneider Cup etc.Sport: Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc.Sport: Boxing Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federations Cup,Val Baker Trophy etc.Sport: Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, President ‘s Trophy, Prince of wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc.Sport: Ches sNaidu Trophy, Khaitan Torphy , Lin Are City Trophy, World Cup etc.Sport: Horse Racing Beresford Cup, Blue Riband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup etc.Sport: Netbal lAnantrao Pawar Trophy etc.Sport: Rugby Football Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc.Sport: Shooting North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Prix etc.Sport: Volleyball Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, and Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc.Sport: Yatch Racing America Cup etc.

National Parks in India

1. Bandhavgarh National Park ( Madhya Pradesh)

2. Ranthambore National Park (Rajsthan)

3. Kaziranga National Park ( Assam)

4. Kanha National Park (Madhya Pradesh)”.

5. Sundarbans National Park

6. Manas National Park (Assam)

7. Bandipur National Park ( Karnatka)

8. Sultanpur National Park ( Haryana)

9. Rajaji National Park, Uttaranchal

10. Dudhwa National Park, U.P.

11. Bandipur & Nagarhole National Parks, Karnataka

12. Bhalukpong, Arunachal

13. Simplipal National Park, Orissa

14. Nandankanan Zoo, Orissa

15. Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary, Orissa

16. Namdhapha National Park, Arunachal

17. Velvadhar Blackbuck Sanctuary, Gujarat

18. Wild Ass Sanctuary, Gujarat

19. Dachigam National Park, J&K

20. The Great Himalayan National Park, H.P.

21. Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam

22. Milroy or Pabha Sanctuary, Assam

23. Nameri National Park, Assam

24. Pin Valley National Park, H.P.

25. Hemis High Altitude National Park, J&K.

Metals found in India at Major Level

1. Aluminium is found in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh ,Chttishgarh , Maharastra ,Gujarat

2. Asbestos is found in Rajasthan, Karnataka3. Coal is found in Jharkhand, West Bengal ,Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh ,Orissa,

Andhra Pradesh4. Diamonds are found in Madhya Pradesh ,Chttishgarh5. Marble is found in Rajasthan6. Mica is found is Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan7. Thorium is found in Kerala ,Tamil Nadu ,Andhra Pradesh8. Uranium is found in Kerala , Jharkhand9. Zinc is found in Rajasthan10.The reserves of lignite have been estimated as little over 37.15 billion tones as on 1

April 2005 out of which the major contributors is the lignite basins of Tamil Nadu.

Countries and their monuments

Country Name MonumentAustralia Opera House (Sydney)China The Great Wall of ChinaDenmark Kinder diskEgypt PyramidFrance Eiffel Tower (Paris)India The Taj Mahal (Agra)Italy Leaning Tower of PisaJapan Emperial PalaceMalaysia Tugu NegaraRussia Kremlin (Moscow)USA Statue of Liberty (New York)

Chief Election Commissioners of India1. Sukumar Sen: 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958

2. Kalyan Sundaram: 20 December 1958 to 30 September 19673. S. P. Sen Verma: 1 October 1967 to 30 September 19724. Nagendra Singh: 1 October 1972 to 6 February 19735. T. Swaminathan: 7 February 1973 to 17 June 19776. S. L. Shakdhar: 18 June 1977 to 17 June 19827. R. K. Trivedi: 18 June 1982 to 31 December 19858. R. V. S. Peri Sastri: 1 January 1986 to 25 November 19909. V. S. Ramadevi: 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990

10. T. N. Seshan: 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996

11. M. S. Gill: 12 December 1996 to 13 June 200112. J. M. Lyngdoh: 14 June 2001 to 7 February 200413. T. S. Krishnamurthy: 8 February 2004 to 15 May 200514. B. B. Tandon: 16 May 2005 to 29 June 200615. N. Gopalaswami: 30 June 2006 to 20 April 200916. Navin Chawla: 21 April 2009 to 29 July 201017. S. Y. Quraishi: 30 July 2010 to 10 June 201218. V. S. Sampath: 10 June 2012 to incumbent

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kend · Web viewSpeakers of the Lok Sabha 1. G.V. Mavlankar M.Ananthasayanam Ayyangar May 15, 1952 to February 27, 1956 2. M. A. Ayyangar March 8, 1956 to April 16, 1962 3. Sardar