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[PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees,

Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more

1. Prologue to six part Article
series
2. Constitutional / Statutory /
Official bodies
1. Judiciary related
2. National commissions for
3. New Chief Ministers and
UT Administrators
4. Governors
5. Secretaries
6. Indian Ambassadors
Abroad
3. Telengana the 29
th
State
4. Government Committees / commissions
1. 14
th
Finance commission
2. 7
th
Pay commission
5. Stamps 2014
1. Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism
2. Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal
3. Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani
4. Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)
6. Defense / Security: Persons in News
1. Boats, missiles and Helicopters
2. Training exercises 2014
7. Space related
8. India: Places in News 2014
Prologue to six part Article series
Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8
th
June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual
time span for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.
1. National
2. international
3. sports
4. banking and business GK
5. books, authors, movies, beauties
6. diaspora, civilian awards (national + international) and Dead in News
Useful for?
IFoS mains
security jobs: CDS, CAPF, ACIO
Banking jobs: IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B Officer, RBI Assistant,
Staff selection: SSC CGL, SSC 10+2;
State PSC: UPPSC Lower & upper subordinate, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab,
Gujarat, Karnataka etc.
PSU/Corporation jobs: EPFO, ESCI, FCI, ONGC etc.
All of above exams have 3-5-8 MCQs from Person in news, books, author, awards and sports.
What about UPSC/CSAT / preliminary exam?
1. This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this
variety of MCQs since last three prelims.
2. Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, itd require far deeper coverage of static
background, which Ive ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC
exams, their examiners dont go that deep.
3. PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important.
4. For IFoS prelims not much important, because both civil service and forest service got
common prelims (refer to point #2)
Any updates, corrections please do post in the comments but with reference except wikipedia
Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies
Modi 15
th
PM of India. As such election & ministries related GK is endless. You should focus
on following topics first:
1. Theory from M.Laxmikanth or Lucent GK- What is speaker pro-tem, how many
Rajysabha seats, How many Loksabha seats, how many nominated members etc. etc.
2. VVPAT, voters ink, security deposits, procedure to get national party status etc. given
under Mrunal.org/Current
3. List of ministries under Modi-sarkaar (click on follow link):English list || Hindi list
Here Im only adding a few points, otherwise article will run five mile long only with election GK.
1. Women in cabinet
1. first lady foreign minister: Indira Gnadhi (NOT Shushma Swaraj)
2. First lady cabinet minister was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) in Nehru government.
2. Kiren Rijiju: Arunanchal Pradesh MP to become minister. He is Minister of State for Home
Affairs
3. Shyam Saran Negi: Indias first voter. Kalpa, Kinnaur Lok Sabha constituency, in
Himachal Pradesh
Opposition
leader
Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi Azad
Lok Sabha: Nobody because no party got
10% seats under Modi wave.
Congresss leader in Lok Sabha =
Mallikarjun Kharge.
Speaker
Sumitra Mahajan <= Kamalnath Speaker Pro-
tem (Congi) <= Meera Kumar (Congi).
CAG
Shashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai.
Vinod Rai became UN Audit panel Chief.
Election
commission
V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed
Nasim
CVC
CVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep
Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and
Rajeev. for more details, refer to Stamps
2014 section.
LokPal
Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8
members (50% judicial members), 50%
reservation to
SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. selection
panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok
Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by
Prez, on recommendation of first four).
CIC
Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh
panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law
minister
Deepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC,
and Sushma Singh was second lady.
UPSC
Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in
August 2014, after that acche Din will
start, unless another uncle-ji professor
takes over.)
New Member Mrs. P. Kilemsungla got
Padma shri award in 2014.First person
from Nagaland to be appointed as UPSC
member.
Prof. Hemchandra Gupta (Ex professor of
IIT Delhi).
Economy related bodies: CAG, CCI, SEBI etc. done in BusinessGK part #4 click me
Judiciary related
Chief
Justice of
India
R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced
P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very special for
SC of india. In this year Supreme court will
witness 3 CJI. P. Sathasivam R.M Lodha
H.L Dattu.
Attorney
General
(Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam
Vahanvati.
Solicitor
General
Ranjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran
Gujarat
lokayukta
Justice D.P Buch
Delhi HC
Gorla Rohini (1st women chief justice of delhi
High Court.)
Chief
justice /
Lokayukta
of your
state
dig that on your own.
National commissions for
Children Kushal Singh
Human
rights
KG Balakrishnan
Minorities Naseem Ahmed
Backward
class
Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended
inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, after
Supreme court order.
SC P.L. Punia
ST Rameshwar Uraon
Women Mamta Sharma
New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators
Arunanchal
CM
Nabam Tuki
Assam
Cabinet approved Vidhan Parishad
(legislative council) for this state, under
Art.169. Nov 2013
Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.
December
assembly
elections
1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj
2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara
3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),
4. Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.
Delhi Lt.
Governor
Najib Jung
Gujarat CM
Anandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of
Gujarat.
Lt.Gov
Andaman-
nico
AK Singh
Nagaland
CM
TR Zeliang
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling for 5th time.
Uttrakhand
CM
Harish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna
Governors
Im not putting Governor List because Modi will soon remove all the previous congi govrnors to
fullfil his dream of Congressmukta bharat.
Anyways for the state PSC exams preapre whoever is in the office right now.
UIDAI vs NPR
UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under
Home ministry). Both projects to be merged soon.
Nilekani had resigned from UIDAI to contest Lok Sabha election from Bangalore on Congi
ticket
Secretaries / special officers
Cabinet
Secretary
Ajit Seth
boss of Central Secretariat
Principle
Secretary
Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such
he cannot join government job after working
as TRAI chief but Modi made ordinance to
exempt this.
boss of PMO
Finance
Arvind Mayaram, important for he headed
various Committees.
NSA
National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS
replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh
Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee
Government.
Im not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because havent seen such MCQs in
recent years. Besides Modi is making secret list of kaamchor Secretaries, so some of them
may be transferred soon anyways.
Indian Ambassadors Abroad
To Pakistan T.C.A Raghvan
To China Ashok K. Kantha
To USA
S. Jaishankar. played key role in
Indo-US nuclear deal
UN permanent
representative from
India
Ashok kumar Mukherjee
Telengana the 29
th
State
Seemandhra Telengana
CM & party
C. Chandrababu
NaiduTelugu Desham
Party (TDP)
K.
Chandrshekhar
raoTelangana
Rastra Samiti
Governor ESL Narsinhman Same
HC Chief
Justice
Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta Same
seat/bench of
HC
Common HC
Hyderabad
Same
Secretariat @ Hyderabad Same
Capital greater Hyderabad Same
Lok Sabha
seats
25 17
Rajya Sabha
seats
11 7
Vidhan sabha
seats
175 119
population 5 cr 3.5 cr
no. of districts 13
Originally 10 + 14
new => 24
area 1.6 lakh sqkm 1.14 sq km
Major port
Duggirajupatnam,
Vishakhapatnam
NA
Oil/gas
royalties
According to
production in their
territory
same
NTPC new power plant
Electricity from
Central Power
stations
In the ratio of
consumption in last
five years
Same
River water
Union government will
form a central body to
decide water
allocation.
Same
important
rivers /dams
Godavari, Penneru Ri,
Gundla Kamma
Palleru ri.Muneru
ri. ,Hallia ri, Dindi
ri, all tributaries
of Krishna
wildlife
1. Lake Pulicat,
2. lake Kolleru
3. Neelapattu bird
sanctuary

1. Pocharam
2. Kawal
3. Pakhal
4. Eturnagaram
Wild Life
Sanctuaries
tourism
Horsely hill station,
Borru caves, Araku
valley (natural heritage
site), Vishakhapatnam
Chitrakoot falls
Tirupati temple here
important
Vishakhapatnam,
Rajamundry,
Warangal,
Adilabad,
cities/towns Vijayvada, Nizamabad
historic
places/temples
Tirupati balaji,
Lepakshi temples,
Amaravati
Warangal,
Palampet,
elite edu
separate
IIT/IIM/AIIMs under
12
th
and 13
th
FYP
shares border
with these
states
TN, KN, Odisha
KN. MH,
Chhatisgarh,
Odisha
original Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 under state reorganization act, 1956
Telengana formed in 2014, under Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act,2014
Nagarjun-shrisailam Tiger reserve:
Largest tiger reserve of India
its area is in both Telengana (Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda) + Seemandhra (Telangana ,
Kurnool, Guntur and Prakasam)
Government Committees / commissions
RBI appointed Committees not given here because Ive covered them under Banking/Biz GK
part.click me
14
th
Finance commission
Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution
13
th
FC: Chairman Kelkar
14
th
FC setup in in Jan 2013.
Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV Reddy
His recommendations will be effective from 1/5/2015, for a period of five years
Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:
1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner
2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.
7
th
Pay commission
6
th
PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna
7
th
Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar Mathur
Member= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal
(Secretary, IRAS)
Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and
Defense. +30 lakh pensioners.
Deadline= submit report in two years.
Implemented from January 1, 2016. [6th PC's recommendations from January 1, 2006.]
other Committees
20th law
commission
new chairman Justice Ajit prakash
shah.(D.K jain resigned and became
the president of National Consumer
disputes redressal commission)
A.R. Rather
GST panel new chief- Jammu &
Kashmir Finance minister
Abhay Bhang
Setup by Ministry of Health & family
welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR
are high among STs.Purpose- to
develop a national framework to
address healthcare challenges of STs
(who are living in tribal district and
tribal development blocks).
AFSPA Santosh Hegde Committee.
D. Swarup Investor awareness and protection
D.S. Kolamkar
risk management of commodity futures
market
DP Tripathi
high power committee for running and
safety of trains.
FSLRC
Fiscal sector legislative reformsBN
Shri Krishna
Justice DK Jain
president of National Consumer
disputes redressal commission)
Justice
M.Ramachandra
Panel
By Kerala government to update
Keralas desi liquor policy.
Recommended liquor with low alcohol
content.
Justice mukul
Mudgal
IPL match fixing On the basis of this
report SC took action and Srinivasan
was forced to resign+ Walmart
Lobbying, by Corporate Min.
Justice Ranjana
Desai
head of gender sensitisation and
internal complaints committee
(GSICC)of Supreme court.Purpose
to deal with Asharam type person
working in Supreme court.
Justice Shiv Rajan Solar scam in Kerala
Justice Vishnu
Sahay
Muzzafarnagar (UP)Riot (Imp for
UPPCS exam)
K
Sivaramakrishnana
to recommend new location of capital
for successor state in Andhra
Pradesh. Until then Hyderabad will
remain the joint capital of both for ten
years. (By Home ministry)
Kelkar panel
Increase domestic oil and gas
production and decrease in imports by
20-30
Kiran Aggarwal
under DoPT. To reform in IAS training.
Recommended that IAS officers
training should be shortened.
M.P. Bezbaruah
For betterment of North Eastern
people living in various parts of
India.
Other members-one member from
Tripura + 1 from Mizoram + 1 from
Sikkim + a lady member
Reason- After the death of NE
student in Delhi (racial
discriminated)
By Home ministry
M.S. Sahoo
Foreign currency convertible bonds
through depository receipt mechanism
MB Shah
Retired SC Judge. SIT on
Blackmoney.
Mehmood Ul
Rehman
To study the reasons for backward
Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor
of Aligarh Muslim University. (Imp for
UPPCS exam)
OOMMEN V panel
To study the report of kasturi rangan
committee on western Ghats. Kasturi
was formed to study Madhav Gadgils
report.this might become an endless
cycle.
Sam Pitroda
2013. to lookinto the role of public
broadcaster Prasar Bharati
Sandhya
Kulsrestha
By Dept. of agriculture on framing a
policy for monitoring Pesticides
residue in vegetable and fruits
Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)
in 2014, Indian Post has released following stamps so far
Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism
Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragon
founded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme Wangchen
Drukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.
Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17
th
Cent.
The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas
(Tibetan style of paintings)
Thangka (recorded message): buddhist monks used scrolled paintings on cotton or silk
to preach buddhist Dhamma to nomadic people of Himalyas. These Thangkas are open
for public display every 11
th
year during festival time.
Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal
1853: he was born in a village near Thiruvanthampuram, Kerala
His real name was Ayappan. Also called Shri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikal
He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence
He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.
His Books (total 15)
Vedadhikara Niroopam, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to
everyone
Jeeva Karunya Niroopam for non-violence and vegetarianism
contribution
promotion of education and upliftment of the down trodden
advocated formation of class-less society
feminism
Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani
real name : syed Fazl ul Hasan
Urdu poet and freedom fighter
participated in Khilafat movement
participated in Arhar movement of Mohd. Hakim Ajmal (they disliked Aligarh school,
wanted muslims to participate actively in freedom struggle)
Poerty collection Khulliyat e Hasrat Mohani,
his famous ghazal chupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad hai
coined the slogan Inqlab Zindabad
founded Urdu journal Urdu e Mualla
1921 presided Muslim League
become 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi e-Kaamil)
Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML party
Founder member of CPI believed in communist and revolutionary philosophy
Member of constituent assembly of India but he didnt sign the constitution as he saw
hypocracy towards minorities
Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography
(UNESCO)
Indian and Chinese civilization were the earliest to know crystallization process in salt and
sugar
Crystallography used in revealing the structure of DNA, to understand and fabricate
computer memories, Proteins synthesis and helping scientists to design powerful new
drugs.
Crystallography still remains relatively unknown to the general public.
So United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2014 as the International Year
of Crystallography (IYCr2014)*
because 2014 marks 100 years of X-ray crystallography.(Max Von Laue won nobel prize
in 1914).
Other stamps released in 2014 so far
Central
Vigilance
Commission(50
years)
1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.
Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of
LokSabha.
three member: CVC= Pradeep
Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg
and Rajeev.
FIFA 2014
to be released in June 2014. important
facts already covered under sports
section.
Food
Corporation Of
India
completed 50 years. (founded in 64).
HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.
Falls under Ministry of Consumer
Affairs & Public Distribution
Indian Museum
located in Kolkata (1814)
by Asiatic society of Kolkata (And
Asiatic Society was setup by Sir
William Jones. Although he died way
before this museum was setup.)
Jagjit Singh
Ghazal singer not important because he
died way back in 2011.
musicians of
india
yet to be released in June 2014
national church
council of india
both protestant and orthodox churches.
HQ Nagupur.
Defense / Security: Persons in News
Abhilash
Tommy
Naval Expedition
Airforce
Air Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of
Airforce). Worked in Operation Rahat
during Uttarakhand Tsunami.
Army
Dalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram
Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is a Gorkha
officer, served in Indian peacekeeping ops
in Sri Lanka.
Aruna
Bahuguna
First woman director of Sardar patel
national police academy Hyderabad- the
training centre for IPS officers. She was
also the first woman to become special DG
in CRPF.
Barryl
Castelino
Kirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief
BSF Devendra Kumar Pathak
CBI Ranjit Sinha
CISF DG Arvind Ranjan
DGP of UP,
MP,
Rajashtan,
Gujarat etc
Candidates appearing for those state PSC
exam should prepare.
DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander
IB
(Intelligence
Bureau)
Syed Ibrahim
Indian Coast
Guard
DG Anurag G Thapliyal
Maheshkumar Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists
Maxwell
Neville
Australian reporter, leaked 62s Handerson
Brooks report for Sino-India war. Indian
government secretly blocked his website
(without official confirmation under IT act.)
Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria
NATGRID
Raghu Raman CEO. Modi Government
didnot renew his contract.
National
Disaster
Response
Force
Krishna Chaudhari
Navy
RK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral
Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.
NIA Sharad kumar
NSA
National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS
replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.
Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in
Vajpayee Government.
NSG J. N. Chaudhary
RAW Current chief: Alok Joshi.
SSB DG Arun Chaudhary
Boats, missiles and Helicopters
The core compilation article is here: CLICK ME.
Most of the missiles, fighter jets etc. remain one and same. They just keep testing Agni Prithvi
missiles thing over and over again. Here are some new developments
26th June Kargil Victory day
Abhilash tommy
Navy officer first Indian to
circumnavigate the globe in 150 days.
Akash Missile 25 kms surface to air
Arrow 3 Israels missile shielf system
C17
Globermaster
from US. Cargo ship for Airforce.
Cheetal
Helicopter
light utility, multi-role helicopter is a
variant of the Cheetah helicopter being
manufactured by HAL, which is already
operational in the high altitude regions.
C402, C408: Interceptor boat for
Coast Guards
coastguard.
C154: interceptor boat for
Maharashtra coast.
H191: air cushion vehicle. For
helping small boats in distress at
sea
Abhinav, Adesh: Coast guard fast
petrol vessel
Raj-Ratan : Inshore petrol vessel for
coast guard.
Dornier 228
Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian
donated them to Seychelles.
GSAT7
For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini.
Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from
French Guiana (S.America)
Haft-4
Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km
range
INS
Sindhurakshak
Submarine. Sunk because of accident.
INS Trikhand By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy
INS Vikrant
1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS
vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned.
Aug13: New INS Vikrant launched.
Indias first Indigenous aircraft carrier.
Will join active navy duty from 2018.
INS Vikrant
served in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for
scrap
Izumo
Japans biggest ever naval warship
since WW2.
Jamaran-2
Irans destroyer ship with guided missile.
Deployed in Caspian sea.
K15
Submarine launched missile. Range
1500km
Machhalipattnam, DRDO setting up new missile testing
Andhra range here.
MIRV
Multiple independently targetable
vehicles by DRDO.
NCTC Will function under IB.
Nirbhay
Surface to Surface subsonic cruise
missile. DRDO. 1000km range.
Nirbheek
Revolver for women, By Indian
Ordinance Factory.
Norway
Becomes the first NATO country to
make military service compulsory for
both men and women
Operation three
star
Codename for Afzal gurus hanging.
OSA AK-M Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.
PAC-3
Japans Anti-Missile Air Defense Units
Deployed After North-Korea warned
South-Koreans for a War in April-2013.
Parafoil drone
China, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog
like a vaccum cleaner)
PC7 MK II
Training aircraft by Swiz company for
Indian airforce
Pragati missile
surface to surface upto 170 kms range.
DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India
will sell them to friendly nations.
Qaher F313 Irans indigenous stealth fighter jet
RAF
Royal Airforce, UK. They started using
3D printed parts in jets to cutdown
Expenditure.
Rodong Missile North Korea, 1300 kms
Rudra helicopter
First Indigenous Attack heli. With
missiles. Theyre weaponized version of
Dhruva helicopter by HAL Bangalore.
S-3002 Russia will sell these anti-aircraft
missiles to Iran
Unha-3
N.Korea, Long range rocket with
3000km range.
Training exercises 2014
Maitree
Indias bilateral military exercise with Thailand.
But after coup in May 2014, government ordered
Indian troops to return.
Milan
2014
Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the
Indian Ocean
SEHYOG
KAIJIN
2014
India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi
coast)
Tropex Bay of Bengal. Navy. GSAT 7- Rukmani
Space related
Mangalyaan / Mars Orbitor here click me
Previous core compilation click me- most of the basics about launch vehicle and
satellites remain same.
Beyond that lot of development in Hindu but most of that is not much important for non-
UPSC exam.
Gaia
European space agency satellite. Will map 1
billion stars. launch Dec.2013
GSAT7
For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to
space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana
(S.America)
GSLV D5
Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the
world to have this technology.
IRNSS
Indian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24
launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota.
Russian cargo ship to send supplies to
M23M International space station
Pajohesh Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space
SAR
Specific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India
it is 1.6 watt per kg.
SES8
this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia &
Pacific. US private company Space X launched
this via Falcon 9 rocket.
Yutu/Jade
Rabit
This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission:
Change-E-3.
Nuke Energy
Indias
largest
Nuke plant
at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district,
Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laid
foundation. Capacity 2800MW
Kudankulam
Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity
(1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3 and #4
as well.
India: Places in News 2014
Arunanchal
Pradesh
New wild banana species found-Musa
Velutina.
Naharalagun new railway line to
connect Itanagar with rest of India
Assam
First state of India to ban all type of
Tobbaccos.
Badayun, UP
gangrape and public hanging of two
sisters.
Bangalore
airport
Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He
was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire
Banglore
first Tech de-addiction centre by
NIMHANS.
Betul
In Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found
12000 year old paintings from here.
Chandrawati
village in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture
from 11th AD found.
Chilka Lagoon
Odisha. UNs World tourism organization
gave it lable destionation flyways
Cyclone
Phailin
Odisha and Andhra
Double decker
flyover
to connect Santacruz to Chembur in
Mumbai.
Goa 36th national games 2015
Gorakhpur
(UP)
Longest railway platform of the world
Gorakhpur
(Haryana)
Nuclear Plant established
Gorkhpur
Limca record for worlds longest railway
station. falls under North Eastern rail zone
Hanumangarha
a major trade hub during Harappa period.
Haryana
Indian Pitta
small bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity
pakr, Delhi after 60 years
Jaisalmer Fort
First inhabited world heritage monument
under UNESCO. Other five forts that got
world heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh,
Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.
Jaldapara
National park
West Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog
(Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen
first time here. Same park is 2nd largest
habitat of one horned rhinos, after
Kanziranga
Javadi Hills
Vellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks
found. They were used for aryanaza axes
and stone tools.
Jhajjar
(Haryana)
National cancer institute established
Jind and
Karnal
included in National capital region (NCR).
Theyll get more funds for infra
development.
Kalimantan
forest
In Borneo island, Indonesia. Worlds
largest project for REDD+
Kerala
35th National games 2014 (preparation
not finished)
Kochi LNG terminal
Kshripra river,
Ujjain
Gold coins of vikram aditya found
belonging to first century Bc.
Kunnur First dist of India where no one is landless.
Kutch
Indias first marine eco sensitive zone by
MoEF
Larji dam
Himachal, on Beas river. Released water
without warning, the flash flood caused
death of 20+ B.Tech students from
Hyderabad. June 2014
Maenam
Wildlife
Sanctury,
Sikkim
First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk
and 22km ropeway
Malayalam
language
Union cabinet gives it classical status,
along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.
Meghalaya,
Tripura,
Manipur.
Got their own high courts. Total HC
(before) =21. After =24.
Mukundra Hills
Third Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two
are Sariska and Ranthambhore
Nagzira 5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra
Naharalagun
Arunanchal railway station. only two state
capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. first
Guwahati, second Itanagar (via
Naharalagun).
Narmada Dam
/ Kevadiya
Colony
Patels statue of unity will be built here- on
Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.
Nazarbaugh
Palace
Vadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers,
demolished because its structure had
become too weak to withstand next
monsoon.
NCW building
delhi
Now named as NIRBHAYA BHAWAN
Nyoma, Leh Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Palacole,
Andhra
Nepoleaon era gold coins found
petrochemical
regions
Modi plans three new petrochemical
regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and
West Bengal each
Praneshwara
Temple,
Shimoga
district,
Karnataka
Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya
dynasty.
Sonipat
(Haryana)
First govt girls medical college of India
(Bhagat phool singh mahila medical
college)
Tripura
Indias first cyber forensic laboratory
(2013)
Udaipur
1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty
found
Uttar Pradesh
Biggest exporter of buffalo meat, after
Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report)
Uttarpura
Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors
in W.bengal. Stopped production in May
2014.
Virar, Mumbai
Amul opened Indias first robotic dairy
plant here.
Wayanand,
Kerala
Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal
caves in Ambukuthy hills.
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