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TABLEOFCONTENTS
1. HistoryofIndiaandTheWorld
2. IndianPolityandGovernance
3. Geographyof IndiaandTheWorld
4. Economy
5. GeneralScience
6. Organisations
7. GeneralKnowledge
HISTORY OFINDIA AND THE WORLD

GOVERNOR-GENERALSOFINDIA(183358)
LordW.Bentick(183335):FirstGovernor-
GeneralofIndia.MacaulaysminutesoneducationwereaccepteddeclaringthatEnglishshouldbetheoffic
iallanguageofIndia;AbolishedprovincialcourtsofappealandcircuitsetupbyCornwallis,appointmentof
Commissionersofrevenueandcircuit.
Wars:AnnexedCoorg(1834),CentralCachar(1834)onthepleaofmisgovernment.
SirCharlesMetcalfe(1835
1836):PassedthefamousPressLaw,whichliberatedthepressinIndia(calledLiberatorthePress).
LordAuckland(183642):1stAnglo-AfghanWar(183642)
greatblowtotheprestigeoftheBritishinIndia.
LordEllenborough(1842
44):BroughtanendtotheAfghanWar.AnnexationofSindh(1843);Warwith Gwalior(1843).
LordHardingsI(184448):1stAnglo-Sikhwar(1845
46)andtheTreatyofLahore1846(markedtheendofSikhsovereightyinIndia);GavepreferencetoEnglish
educationinemployment.
LordDalhousie(184856):AbolishedTitlesandPensions,WidowRemarriageAct(1856).
MadeShimlathesummercapital.
AdministrativeReforms:Introducedthesystemof Centralizedcontrol in
thenewlyacquiredterritoriesknownasBon-Regulationsystem;RaisedGurkharegiments.
EducationReforms:RecommendedtheThomsoniansystemofVernaculareducationforwholeof
theNorthwesternProvinces(1853);WoodsEducationalDespatchof1854andopeningofAnglo-
VernacularSchoolsandGovernmentColleges;AnEngineeringCollegewasestablishedatRoorkee
.
PublicWorks:Startedthefirstrailwaylinein1853(connectingBombaywithThana);Startedelect
rictelegraphservice.Laidthebasisofthemodernpostalsystem(1854);Aseparatepublicworksdep
artmentwassetupforthefirsttime;StartedworkontheGrandTrunkRoadanddevelopedtheharbour
sofKarachi,BombayandCalcutta.
Wars:IntroducedDoctrineofLapse(CapturedSatara(1848),JaitpurandSambhalpur(1849),Bag
hat(1850),Udaipur(1852),Jhansi(1853)andNagpur(1854);Fought2ndAnglo-SikhWar(1848
49)andannexedthewhole ofthePunjab;2ndAnglo-
BurmeseWar(1852)andannexationofLowerBurmaorPegu;AnnexationofBerarin1853;Annexa
tionofAvadhin1856on chargesofmaladministration.
LordCanning(1856
58):ThelastGovernorGeneralandfirstViceroyofIndia;Revoltof1857;PassedtheActof1858,whichende
dtheruleoftheEastIndiaCompany.WithdrewDoctrineofLapse.Mutinytookplaceinhistime.
GovernerGeneralsand Viceroys(18581947)
Lord Canning(185862):TheIndianCouncilsActof1862waspassed,whichproved tobe
alandmarkintheconstitutionalhistoryofIndia;TheIndianPenalCodeofCriminalProcedure(1859)wasp
assed;TheIndianHighCourtAct(1861)wasenacted;IncomeTaxwasintroducedforthefirsttimein1858;T
heUniversitiesofCalcutta,BombayandMadrasfoundedin1857.
Lord ElginI(186263):Wahabi Movement(Pan-IslamicMovement).
SirJohnLawrence(1864
69):TelegraphiccommunicationwasopenedwithEurope;HighCourtswereestablishedatCalcutta,Bom
bayandMadrasin1865;Expandedcanalworksandrailways;BhutanWar(1865);AdvocatedState-
managedrailways;CreatedtheIndianForestDepartmentandrecognisedthe nativeJudicialservice.
LordMayo(186972):Introducedfinancialdecentralization
inIndia,EstablishedRajkotCollegeatKathiarwarandMayoCollegeatAjmerfortheprinces;Organisedth
eStatisticalSurveyofIndia,EstablishedtheDepartmentofAgriculture&Commerce.HewastheonlyVice
royto bemurderedinoffice
byaPathanconvictinAndamansin1872,IntroductionofStateRailways.Forthefirsttime
inIndianhistory,acensuswasheldin1871.
LordNorthbrook(187276):KukaMovementofPunjabtookrebelliousturnduringhisperiod.
LordLytton(187680):MostinfamousGovernor-
General,pursuedfreetradeandabolisheddutieson29Britishmanufacturedgoodswhichaccelerateddrain
ofwealthofIndia;ArrangedtheGrandDarbarinDelhi(in1877)whenthecountrywassufferingfromaserve
refamine;PassedtheRoyalTitleAct(1876)andQueenVictoriyawasdeclaredastheKaisar-i-
Hind;ArmsAct(1878)mademandatoryforIndianstoacquirelicenseforarms;PassedtheinfamousVernac
ularPressAct(1878);ProposedtheplanofStatutoryCivilServicein1878-
79andloweredthemaximumagelimitfrom21 to19years,the 2ndAfghanwarprovedafailure(Viceroyof
reversecharacters).
LordRipon(1880
84):RepealoftheVernacularPressAct,1882;TheFirstFactoryAct,1881toimprovelabourcondition,Res
olutionofLocalSelfGovernmentin1882,ResolutiononLandRevenue
Policy;AppointedHunterCommission(foreducationreforms)in1882;TheIlbertBillcontroversyerupte
dduringhistime(1883)enabledIndiandistrictmagistratestotryEuropeancriminals.Butthiswaswithdraw
nlater.
LordDufferin(1884
88):3rdBurmeseWar(AnnexationofUpperandLowerBurma)in1885,EstablishmentofIndianNational
Congressin1885.
LordLansdowne(1888
94):ThesecondFactoryActof1891;CategorizationofCivilServicesintoimperial,provincialandsubor
dinate;IndianCouncilActof1892(introducedelectionswhichwasindirect);Appointmentofthe
DurandCommissiontodefinethelinebetweenBritishIndiaandAfghanistan(1893).
LordElgin II(1894
99):TheMundauprising(BirsaMunda)of1899,ConventiondelimitingthefrontierbetweenChinaandInd
iawasratified,Greatfamineof1896
97,LyallCommissionappointedafterfamine(1897),AssassinationoftwoBritishofficials-
Rand&Amherst-byChapekarBrothersin1897.
LordCurzon(1899
1905):AppointedaPoliceCommissionin1902underAndrewFrazer;SetuptheUniversitiesCommission
andaccordinglytheIndianUniversitiesActof1904waspassed;SetuptheDepartmentofCommerceandIn
dustry;CalcuttaCorporationAct(1899);PassedtheIndianCoinageandPaperCurrencyAct(in1899)andp
utIndiaonagoldstandard;PartitionofBengaltookplacein1905.CreatedNWFPandArchaeologicalSurve
yofIndia.ExtendedrailwaystoaGreatextent.
LordMintoII(190510):SwadeshiMovement(1905
08);FoundationoftheMuslimLeague,1906;SuratsessionandsplitintheCongress(1907),NewspapersA
ct,1908;Morley-MintoReforms,1909.
LordHardinge(1910
16):AnnulmentofthepartitionofBengal(1911),TransferofCapitalfromCalcuttatoDelhi(1911);DelhiD
arbarandCoronationofKingGeorgeVand
QueenMary(1911);EstablishmentofHinduMahasabhabyMadanMohanMalviya(1915);AnnieBesant
announcedHomeRuleMovementandabombwasthrownathim,butheescapedunhurt.
LordChelmsford(1916
21):HomeRuleMovementlaunchedbyTilakandAnnieBesant(1916);LucknowPactbetweenCongressa
ndMuslimLeague(1916);ArrivalofGandhiinIndia(1915);ChamparanSatyagraha(1917);Montagues
AugustDeclaration(1917);KhedaSatyagrahaandSatyagrahaatAhmedabad(1918);GovernmentofIndi
aAct(1919),RepressiveRowlattAct(1919);JalianwalaBaghMassacre(1919);KhilafatMovement(192
022);Non-cooperationMovement(1920
22),SaddlerCommission(1917)andanIndianSirS.P.SinhawasappointedGovernorofBengal.
LordReading(1921
26):CriminalLawAmendmentActandabolitionofcottonexcise;RepealofPressActof1910&RowlattAc
tof1919;ViolentMoplahrebellioninKerala(1921);FoundationofCPI(1921);ChauriChauraIncident(19
22);FoundationofSwarajParty(1923);KakoriTrainDacoity(1925);FoundationofRSS(1925);Murdero
fSwamiShardhanand(1926).Suppressednon-cooperationmovement.
LordIrwin(1926
31):SimonCommissionannouncedin1927;ButlerCommission(1927);NehruReport(1928);14pointso
fJinnah(1929);LahoresessionofCongressandPoornaSwarajdeclaration(1929);CivilDisobedienceM
ovement(1930);Dandhimarch(1930);IstRoundTableConference(1930);Gandhi-
IrwinPact(1931);MartyrdomofJatinDas(hungerstrike)
LordWillingdon(1931
36):2ndRoundTableConference(1931);CivilDisobedienceMovement(1932);AnnouncementofMac
DonaldsCommunalAward(1932);IIIrdRoundTableConferenceFoundationofCongressSocialistPart
y-
CSP(1934);GovernmentofIndiaAct(1935);BurmaseparatedfromIndia(1935);AllIndiaKisanSabha(1
936);PoonaPactwassigned.
LordLinlithgow(193643):GeneralElection(1936
37);Congressministriesin1937andResignationofCongressministriesin1939;DeliveranceDaybyMu
slimLeaguein1939;FoundationofForwardBlockbyS.C.Bose(1939);LahoreResolution(1940);Augus
tOffer(1940);CrippsMission(1942);QuitIndiaMovement(1942)andOutbreakofSecondWorldWarin1
939.
LordWavell(1943
1947):C.R.Formula1944;WavellPlanandShimlaConferencein1945;EndofIIndWorldWarin1945;IN
ATrialsin1945;Navalmutinyin1946;CabinetMission,
1946andacceptanceofitsproposalsbyCongress;DirectActionDaybytheMuslimLeagueon16thAugust,
1946andfirstmeeting of theconstituentassemblywasheldonDec.9, 1946.
LordMountbatten(March
August1947):Announcedthe3June,1947Plan;IntroductionofIndianIndependenceBillinthehouseofC
ommonsandpassedbytheBritishParliamentonJuly4,1947;Appointmentof2boundarycommissionsund
erSirCryil Radicliffe.
GovernorGeneralsofIndependentIndia(194750)
LordMountbatten(1947
48):ThefirstGovernorGeneraloffreeIndia;KashmiraccededtoIndia(Oct.1947);MurderofGandhi(Jan.
30,1948).
C. Rajagopalachari (June1948
January25,1950):ThelastGovernorGeneraloffreeIndia;TheonlyIndianGovernor-General.
BooksofFreedomStruggle
Work Author
CausesoftheIndianMutiny SirSyyedAhmedKhan
GhulamGiri JyotibaPhule
Toall fightersoffreedom,WhySocialism J.P.Narayan
Pakhtoon KhanAbdul GhaffarKhan
ProblemsoftheEast LordCurzon
MyIndianYears LordHardingeII
EconomicHistory ofIndia R.C.Dutt
PatherPanchali BibhutiBhushanBanerjee
PreceptsofJesus RajaRamMohanRoy
AGiftofMonotheists RajaRamMohanRoy
SatyarthPrakash Swami DayanandSaraswati
AnandMath BankimC.Chatterjee
DeviChaudharani BankimC.Chatterjee
Sitaram BankimC.Chatterjee
TheIndianStruggle S.C. Bose
Poverty&Un-BritishRuleinIndia DadabhaiNaoroji
TheSpiritofIslam SyyedAmeerAli
ANationintheMaking S.N.Banerjee
UnhappyIndia LalaLajpatRai
TheIndianWarofIndependence V.D.Savarkar
IndiaDivided RajendraPrasad
TheDiscoveryofIndia JawaharLal Nehru
Neel Darpan DinbandhuMitra
HindSwaraj M.K. Gandhi
WhatCongressandGandhihavedone
B.R.Ambedkart
otheuntouchables
Newspaper/Journals Founder/Editor
Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq SirSyyedAhmedKhan
AI-Hilal AbulKalam Azad
AI-Balagh AbulKalam Azad
Independent MotilalNehru
Punjabi LalaLajpatRai
NewIndia(Daily) AnnieBesant
Commonweal AnnieBesant
Pratap
GaneshShankarVidyarthiE
ssaysinIndianEconomics M.G. Ranade
SamvadKaumudi(Bengali) RajaRamMohanRoy
Mirat-ul-Akhbar RajaRamMohanRoy(firstPersiannewspaper)
Newspaper/Journals Founder/Editor(contd.)
IndianMirror DavevendraNathTagore
NavJeevan M.K.Gandhi
YoungIndia M.K.Gandhi
Harijan M.K.Gandhi
PrabudhaBharat SwamiVivekananda
Udbodhana SwamiVivekananda
IndianSocialist Shyamji KrishnaVerma
Talwar(inBerlin)
BirendraNathChattopadhyayaF
reeHindustan(inVancouver) TarakNathDas
Hindustan Times K.MPannikar
Kranti Mirajkhar, Joglekar,
GhateBengalGazette(1780,Indias J.K.Hikki
FirstNewspaper)
Kesari B.G.Tilak
AmritaBazarPatrika
SisirKumarGhoshandMotilalGhoshVa
ndeMataram AurbindoGhosh
Yugantar BarindraKumarGhosh
WorldHistory:ImportantDates
BC
100004000
Developmentofsettlementintocitiesanddevelopmentofskills,suchaswheelandpott
erymakingandimprovedmethodsofcultivation.
55003000 Earliestrecordeddate
ofEgyptiancalender;firstphoneticwritingappears;Sumeriansdevelopacity-
statecivilization.
30002000
PharaonicrulebeginsinEgypt;completionoftheconstructionoftheGreatPyramidat
Giza.
30001500
ThemostancientcivilizationontheIndiansubcontinent,thesophisticatedandextensi
veIndusValleyCivilization,flourishesinwhatistodayPakistan.
900800
PhoeniciansestablishCarthage:TheIliadandOdysseywascomposedbytheGreekpo
etHomer.
400300 Pentateuch-firstfiveBooksoftheOldTestamentevolveinfinal form.300251
Invention ofMayancalendarinYucatan-moreexactthan oldercalenders.
10151 JuleusCaesar(10044BC)invadesBritain(55BC)andconquersGaul,France.776
FirstOlympiadinGreece.
753 Romefounded.
490 BattleofMarathon,theGreeksdefeatedtheIranians/Persians.
32726 Invasion ofIndiabyAlexander,BattleofHydaspes.
221 Chin-HungTiUniversalEmperorinChina,Great WallofChinacompleted.
55 Invasion ofBritainbyJuliusCaesar,theGreatRomanGeneral.
44 AssassinationofJuliusCaesarbyBrutus.
4 BirthofJesusChrist.
AD
29 CrucifixationofJesusChrist.
43 RomanconquestofBritain.
570 BirthofProphetMuhammadatMecca.
622 MigrationofMuhammadfromMeccatoMedina(hijira),BeginningofHijiraEra
(Muhammadancalender)onJuly15.
800 CharlemagnecrownedRomanEmperoratSt.Peters.871
AccessionofAlfredtheGreattothethroneofBritain.901
DeathofKingAlfredtheGreat.
1066
BattleofHastings;NormaninvasionofEngland.WilliamtheConqueror,DukeofNor
mandly,defeatedtheEnglishkingHaroldII atHastings.
1215
MagnaCartaortheGreatChartersignedbyKingJohnIIatRunnymedeinEnglandonJu
ne15.
1280 GunpowderinventedbyRogerBacon.
1338 TheHundredYearsWarbrokeout;itlastedupto1453.
1431
JoanofArc,abraveFrenchpeasantgirl,obtainedvictoryovertheEnglishatOrleans.Sh
ewasburntaliveatthestakes.
1443 TheBlackdeathi.e.,plaguebrokeoutinEngland.
1453
ThecaptureofConstantinople(thehomeofclassicallearning)bytheOttomanTurksco
mpelledtheGreekscholarstofleetoItalyandotherWestEuropeancountries,wherethey
spreadtheknowledgeofGreekphilosophyandliterature.ThiswasthebeginningofRen
aissanceinEurope.
1486 BartholomewDiaz roundedthecope ofGoodHope.
1492 Columbussailedonhisfirstexpedition to
theWestIndieswhichlaterledtothediscoveryofAmerica(theNewWorld).
1498 VascodaGama,aPortuguese,discoveredthe seatroute toIndiaviathe Cape
ofGoodHope.
1517 Beginningofreformation.
152936
ReformationinEnglandunderHenryVIII.15
64 BirthofShakespeare.
1571 BattleofLapanto;TurksdefeatedbytheChristianLeague.
1577
Drake,thefamousEnglishAdmiral;startedhisvoyageroundtheworldforthefirsttime
andphinderedSpanishshipsandportsinSouthAmerica.
1588
AdmiralDrakedefeatedtheSpanishArmada;EnglandbecametheMistressoftheS
eas.
1600 Establishmentofthe BritishEastIndiaCompanyinIndia(31stDecember).1605
GunpowderplotinEnglandtoblowuptheEnglishparliament.
1616 Shakespearepassesaway.
1649
TrialandexecutionofCharlesI,beginningofCommonwealth.1649
60 TheCommonwealthandtheProtectorateinEngland.
1660
RestorationofmonarchyinEngland.16
65 ThegreatplagueinLondon.
1679 HabeasCorpus Act.
1688
TheGloriousorBloodlessRevolutioninEngland.DespoticruleoftheStuartsended,a
ndtheParliamentaryrulebegan.Establishmentofparliamentarysupremacyandaboliti
onoftheDivineRightsofKings.
1704
BattleofBlenheim;MarlboroughandEugeneinflictedacrushingdefeatontheFrench
army.
1707 Union ofEnglandandScotland.
1763 TreatyofParis;ItendedtheSevenYearsWar(1756
63);weakenedFrance,madeEnglandagreatcolonialpower.
1776
DeclarationofAmericanIndependenceandformationofaFederalRepublicof13state
scalledthe UnionStatesofAmerica(July4).
1783
TreatyofVersailles;EnglandrecognisedtheindependenceoftheUnitedStatesofAm
erica.
1789 GeorgeWashington elected First PresidentofUSA.
BeginningofFrenchRe
volution;FalloftheBastilleFort(July14).
1798 BattleoftheNile.TheEnglishunderNelsongainedvictoryovertheFrench.1805
BattleofTrafalgar; Death ofNelson.
BattleofAusterliz NapoleanBonaparterounteda combinedarmy ofthe
Russiansandthe Austrians.
1815 BattleofWaterlooNapoleanwasdefeatedandexiledtoSt.Helena.
CongressofVienna,itaimedatrearrangingthemapofEurope;TheViennasettlementpr
ovedunsatisfactory,becauseitdisregardednational claims.
1821 DeathofNapoleanatSt.Helena(May5).
1827 BattleofNavatino;thealliedfleetsofEngland,RussiaandFrance
destroyedtheTurkishfleet;ThisvictorypracticallysecuredtheindependenceofGreece
.
1833 Emancipation Actof1833;Itabolishedslaveryinthe Britishdominions.1837
AccessionofQueenVictoriatothethroneofEngland.
1839
IntroductionofPennyPostagesysteminEnglandbySirRowlandHill:Adenannexedb
yEngland.
1854
TheCrimeanWarbegan,RussiaattackedTurkey;EnglandandFrancecametotheresc
ueofTurkey.
1861 AmericanCivilWarstarted,AbrahamLinconelected16thPresidentofUSA.1863
SlaveryabolishedinAmerica.
1869 Suez Canalopenedfortraffic.
1885
GeneralGordoncapturedandslainatKhartoum.189
9 Outbreak oftheRusso-Japanesewar.
1905
BattleoftheseaofJapan;JapaninflictedacrushingnavaldefeatonRussia;awaveofnati
onalismspreadinAsia.
1911 ChineseRepublicanRevolution;AmundsenreachedSouthPole(December14)1914
Outbreak ofWorldWar-I(August4)
1916
BattleofJutland(NavalBattle).TheBritishGrandFleetunderAdmiralJellicodefeate
dtheGermanFleetunderAdmiralScheer.
1917 (March/Febuary)Revolutionin Russia;the Czarabdicatedand
laterassassinated;reformistMenshevikscameintopower(PrinceLvov,Kerensky).(N
ovember/October)RevolutioninRussia:RevolutionaryBolshevikscameintopower(
Lenin).
1918 End ofWorldWarI(November11)
1919 TheParis Conference;theTreaty ofVersailles.1920
Foundation of theLeagueofNations(January10)
1921 TheIrishFreeStateestablishedwiththestatusofaDominionlikeCanada(December6).
1923 TurkishRepublicproclaimedwithKemalAtaturkasitsFirstPresident.1924
Lenindied,andpowerpassedintothehandsofStalininRussia.
1925 TreatyofLocarno(betweenGreatBritain,France,Germany,ItalyandBelgium).
1928
KelloggPact(signedinParisbytheprincipalpowersoftheworldforthepreventionofw
ar;ithad noeffect).
1933 HitlerbecametheChancellorofGermany.
1935 WarbetweenItalyandAbyssinia(Ethiopia);Italyannexed
Abyssinia(Ethiopia);PlebisciteinSaar.
1939 GermanyinvadedPoland:Outbreak ofWorldWarII(September.1).
1940 FallofFrance afterGermaninvasion(June5);ItalyenteredWorldWarII(June11).
1941
HitlerinvadesRussia(June22):FramingoftheAtlanticCharter(August14);Japanatta
ckedPearlHarbour(HawaiiIslands)(December7);USAenteredWorldWarII(Decem
ber8);ChinaenteredWorldWarII(December.10)AirraidsbyJapan on
Rangoon(December22).
1942
CaptureofSingaporebyJapaneseforces(Febuary.15);BattleofCoralSea,Japanesefl
eetsufferedheavylossesatthe
handsoftheAmericanfleet(May3);BattleofStalingrad(September.19).
1943
DefeatofGermanyatStalingrad(Febuary.8);BattleoftheBismarckSea,Americadef
eatedJapaninanavalbattle(March4);InvasionofItalybytheAllies,Armisticebetween
Italyandthe Allies(September3).
1944
AlliedforceslandedinNormandyunderthesupremecommandofGeneralIke(Eisenh
ower);(D-Day)(June6);Liberation ofParis(August25).
1945
ExecutionofMussolini(April22);UnconditionalsurrenderofGermanytotheAllies(
May7);USAdroppedatombombonHiroshimaandNagasakiofJapan(August6andAu
gust9);UnconditionalsurrenderofJapan(August14);WorldWarIIended(August14);
FoundationofUNO(October24).
INDIAN POLITYANDGOVERNANCE
IMPORTANTCONSTITUTIONALAMENDMENTS
AsofJanuary2012,therehavebeen97amendmentstotheCons
titutionofIndiasinceitwasfirstenactedin1950.
No. Amendments Enforced Objectives
since
1. Amend articles15,19,85,87, 18June 1951 Tofullysecure theconstitutional
validityof174, 176, 341, 342, 372 and376. zamindariabolitionlawsand to place
Insert articles31Aand31B. reasonablerestrictiononfreedomofspeech.
Insert schedule9. Anewconstitutional
device,calledSchedule9introducedto
protectlawsthat arecontrarytothe
Constitutionallyguaranteedfundamental
rights.Theselawsencroachuponpropertyrights,
freedomof speechandequalitybefore law
2. Amendarticle81. 1May1953 A technicalamendmentto fixthe sizeofeach
parliamentaryconstituency between650,000
and850,000 voters.
3. Amend schedule7. 22February Limitsmaximumnoofseatsinloksabhaup
1955 to500.Stateswouldbe
dividedintoconstituenciessuchthat
onememberofaconstituencywillrepresentnotle
ssthan
every 750000 peoplebutnotmore thanevery
500000 people.
4. Amend articles31, 31Aand 305. 27April1955 Restrictionsonpropertyrightsand
inclusionAmend schedule9. of relatedbillsinSchedule9 ofthe
constitution
5. Amendarticle3. 24December Provide foraconsultation mechanism with
1955
concernedstatesinmattersrelatingtotheam
endmentstotheterritorial mattersand
inthere-namingofthe state
6. Amend articles269 and 286. 11September AmendtheUnion andState
ListsAmend schedule7. 1956 with respecttoraisingoftaxes
7. Amend articles1,49,80,81,82, 1November
Reorganizationofstatesonlinguisticlines,131, 153, 158, 168,170, 171, 216,1956
abolitionofClassA,B,C, Dstatesand217, 220, 222, 224,230, 231 introductionof
UnionTerritories
and 232.
Insert
articles258A,290A,298,350A,350B,3
71,372Aand 378A.
Amend part8.
Amend schedules1, 2,4and7.
8. Amendarticle334. 5January1960 Clarifystate'spowerofcompulsory
acquisitionand
requisitioningofprivatepropertyand
includeZamindariabolishionlawsinSchedule9
oftheconstitution
9. Amendschedule1. 28December MinoradjustmentstoterritoryofIndian
1960 Union consequent to agreement with
Pakistan for settlementofdisputesby
demarcationof bordervillages,etc.
10. Amendarticle240. 11August1961IncorporationofDadra,NagarandHavelias
Amend schedule1. aUnionTerritory,consequentto
acquisitionfromPortugal
11. Amend articles66and 19December ElectionofVice Presidentby Electoral1961
71.College consistingofmembersofbothParliam
Housesof ent,insteadofelectionbya
Joint
andVice President Electionprocedurefrom
challenge ongroundsofexistence ofany
vacanciesintheelectoralcollege
12. Amendarticle240. 20December Incorporationof Goa,DamanandDiu asa
Amend schedule1. 1961 UnionTerritory,consequentto acquisition
fromPortugal
13. Amend part21. 1December FormationofStateofNagaland,withspecial
1963 protectionunderArticle371A
14. Amend articles81and 240. 28December IncorporationofPondicherryintotheUnion
Insert article 239A. 1962 of India and creation of Legislative
Assemblies
Amend schedules1and4.
forHimachalPradesh,Tripura,Manipurand
Goa
15. Amend articles124,128,217, 5October1963Raise retirementageofjudgesfrom60to62222,
224, 226, 297, 311 and316. andotherminoramendments for
Insert article 224A. rationalizing interpretationofrulesregarding
Amend schedule7. judgesetc.
16. Amend articles19, 5October1963Makeit obligatoryforseekersof publicoffice
84and 173. to sweartheirallegiancetotheIndian
Amend schedule3. Republic and
prescribethevariousobligtorytemplates
17. Amendarticle31A. 20June 1964 Tosecure theconstitutionalvalidity
ofAmend schedule9. acquisitionofEstatesand place land
acquisitionlawsinSchedule9oftheconstitution
18. Amendarticle3. 27August1966TechnicalAmendmenttoinclude Union
TerritoriesinArticle3andhence
permitreorganisationof UnionTerritories
19. Amendarticle324. 11December AbolishElectionTribunalsandenabletrialof
1966 electionpetitionsbyregularHigh
Courts
20. Insert article 233A. 22December Indemnify& validate judgments,decrees,
1966ordersandsentencespassedbyjudgesandto
validatetheappointment,posting,promotionandtransferofjudgesbarringafewwhowerenoteligibleforapp
ointmentunderarticle233.Amendmentneededtoovercometheeffectofjudgement invalidating
appointmentsofcertainjudgesinthe state ofUttarPradesh
21. Amend schedule8. 10April1967 Include SindhiasaOfficialLanguage
22. Amendarticle275. 25September Provisionto formAutonomousstateswithin
Insert articles244Aand371B. 1969 the State ofAssam
23. Amend articles330,332, 23January ExtendreservationforSC/ ST and
333and 334. 1970 nominationofAngloIndianmembersin
Parliament andState Assembliesforanother
tenyearsi.e. upto 1980
24. Amend articles13and 368. 5November Enable parliamenttodilute fundamental
1971 rightsthroughamendmentstotheco
nstitution
25 Amendarticle31. 20April1972 Restrictpropertyrightsand compensationin
Insert article 31C. casethestate takesoverprivate property
26 Amendarticle366. 28December Abolitionofprivypurse paidto former
rulers
Insert article 363A. 1971 ofprincelystateswhichwere incorporated
Remove articles291 and 362. intotheIndianRepublic
27 Amend articles239Aand 240. 15February ReorganizationofMizoram intoaUnion
Insert articles239Band371C. 1972 Territorywithalegislatureandcouncilofmini
sters
28 Insert article 312A. 29August1972 Rationalize CivilService rulestomake it
Removearticle314. uniform acrossthose appointedpriorto
Independence and postindependence
29 Amend schedule9. 9June 1972 Place landreform actsandamendmentsto
these act under Schedule 9 of the
constitution
30 Amendarticle133. 27February Changethe basisforappealsinSupreme
1973 CourtofIndiaincaseofCivilSuitsfrom
value criteriatooneinvolvingsubstantialquestion
oflaw
31 Amend articles81, 330 and332. 17October1973Increase sizeofParliament from525 to545
seats.Increasedseatsgoingtothenewstatesform
ed inNorthEast India and minoradjustment
consequentto 1971Delimitationexercise
32 Amendarticle371. 1July1974 Protectionofregionalrights inTelenganaand
Insert articles371Dand371E.
AndhraregionsofStateofAndhraPradeshAm
end schedule7.
33 Amend articles101 and 190. 19May1974 Prescribesprocedureforresignationby
membersofparliament andstate
legislaturesandtheprocedureforverificationand
acceptance of resignationbyhouse speaker
34 Amend schedule9. 7September Place landreform actsandamendmentsto
1974 these act under Schedule 9 of the
constitution
35 Amend articles80and 81. 1March1975 TermsandConditionsfortheIncorporation
Insert article ofSikkimintotheUnionofIndia
2A.Insert
36 schedule10. 26April1975 FormationofSikkim asa State withinthe
Amend articles80and
Insert article 371F. 81. IndianUnion
Removearticle2A.
Amend schedules1and4.
Remove schedule 10.
37 Amend articles239Aand 240. 3May1975 FormationofArunachal Pradeshlegislative
assembly
38. Amendarticles123,213,239B, 1August 1975 EnhancesthepowersofPresident and
352, 356, 359and 360. Governorsto passordinances
39. Amend articles71and 329. 10August1975 Amendment designed tonegatethe
Insert article 329A. judgement ofAllahabadHighCourt
Amend schedule9. invalidating PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhi's
electionto parliament.Amendmentplaced
restrictionsonjudicial scrutinyofpostof
Prime Minister
40 Amendarticle297. 27May1976 Enable
Amend schedule9. ParliamenttomakelawswithrespecttoExclusiv
e Economic Zoneandvestthe
mineralwealthwithUnionofIndia
Place
landreform&otheractsandamendmentsto
these actunderSchedule9oftheconstitution
41 Amendarticle316. 7September RaiseRetirementAgeLimitofChairmenand
1976 MembersofUnionandState Public
Commissionsfromsixty to sixty
two.
42. Amend articles31,31C, 39, 55, 1April1977 Amendment passedduring internal
74, 77, 81, 82, 83,100,102,103, emergencybyIndiraGandhi.Providesfor
105, 118, 145, 150,166, 170, 172, curtailment offundamental rights,imposes
189, 191, 192, 194,208, 217, 225, fundamental dutiesand changestothe basic
226, 227, 228, 311,312, 330, 352, structure oftheconstitutionbymakingIndia
353, 356, 357, 358,359, 366, 368
a"SocialistSecular"Republica
nd371F.
Insert
articles31D,32A,39A,43A,48A,131A,
139A,144A,226A,
228Aand257A.
Insert
parts4Aand14A.Amend
schedule7.
43. Amend articles145,226, 13April1978 Amendment passed afterrevocationof
228and 366.
internalemergencyintheCountry.RepealsRem
ove articles31D,32A,131A, some of the more 'Anti-Freedom'
amendments
144A, 226Aand 228A. enacted throughAmendmentBill42
44. Amend articles19,22,30,31A, 6September Amendment passed afterrevocationof
31C, 38,71,74,77,83,103,105,1979 internalemergencyintheCountry.Provides
123, 132, 133, 134,139A,150,166, for human rights safeguards
andmechanisms
172, 192, 194, 213,217, 225, 226, toprevent abuseof executiveand legislative
227, 239B,329,352,356,358, authority. Annuls some Amendments
enacted
359, 360 and371F. inAmendment Bill
42Insert articles134Aand361A.
Remove
articles31,257Aand329A
.
Amend part12.
Amend schedule9.
45. Amendarticle334. 25January ExtendreservationforSC/ ST and
1980
nominationofAngloIndianmembersinParli
ament andState
Assembliesforanothertenyearsi.e. upto 1990
46. Amend articles269, 2February Amendment tonegate judicial
286and 366. 1983
pronouncementsonscopeandapplicabilityAmend schedule7.
onSalesTax
47. Amend schedule9. 26August Place landreform actsandamendmentsto
1984 these act under Schedule 9 of the
constitution
48. Amendarticle356. 1April1985 Article356 amendedto permitPresident's
rule uptotwoyearsinthestate ofPunjab
49. Amendarticle244. 11September RecognizeTripuraas a TribalStateand
enable
Amend schedules5and6. 1984 thecreationofa Tripura
TribalAreasAutonomousDistrict
50. Amendarticle33. 11September Council
TechnicalAmendmentto curtailmentof
1984 Fundamental RightsasperPartIIIas
prescribedinArticle33tocoverSecurity
Personnelprotecting propertyand
communicationinfrastructure
51. Amend articles330 and 332. 16June 1986 Provide reservationtoScheduled Tribesin
Nagaland,Meghalaya,Mizoramand
ArunachalPradeshLegislativeAssemblies
52. Amend articles101, 1March1985 Anti Defection Law - Provide
disqualification
102, 190 and191. ofmembersfromparliamentandassembly
in
Insert schedule10. caseof defectionfromonepartytoother
53. Insert article 371G. 20February SpecialprovisionwithrespecttotheStateof
1987 Mizoram.
54. Amend articles125 and 221. 1April1986 IncreasethesalaryofChiefJusticeofIndia
&
Amend schedule2. otherJudgesandto
providefordeterminingfutureincreaseswithou
ttheneedforconstitutional amendment
55. Insert article 371H. 20February Specialpowersto Governorconsequentto
1987 formationofstateof ArunachalPradesh
56. Insert article 371I. 30May1987 Transitionprovisionto enableformationof
stateofGoa
57. Amendarticle332. 21September Provide reservationtoScheduled Tribesin
1987
Nagaland,Meghalaya,MizoramandArun
achalPradeshLegislativeAssemblies
58. Insert article 394A. 9December Provisionto
publishauthenticHindiAmend part22. 1987
translationofconstitutionasondateand
provisionto publishauthentic
Hinditranslationoffuture amendments
59. Amendarticle356. 30March1988 Article356 amendedto permitPresident'srule
Insert article 359A. up to threeyearsinthe stateofPunjab,Articles
352andArticle359Aamendedto
permitimposingemergencyinstate
ofPunjaborinspecific districtsofthe
stateofPunjab
60. Amendarticle276. 20December ProfessionTaxincreasedfromamaximumof
1988 Rs.250/- to a maximumofRs.
2500/-
61. Amendarticle326. 28March1989 Reduceageforvotingrightsfrom21to18
62. Amendarticle334. 20December ExtendreservationforSC/ ST and
1989
nominationofAngloIndianmembersinParli
ament andState
63. Amendarticle356. 6January1990 Emergencypowersapplicable toState
ofRemovearticle359A. Punjab,accordedinArticle359Aasper
amendment59repealed
64. Amendarticle356. 16April1990 Article356 amendedto permitPresident'srule
uptothree yearsandsixmonthsinthe state
ofPunjab
65. Amendarticle338. 12March1992 NationalCommissionforScheduledCastes
and ScheduledTribesformedand its
stututory powers specifed in The
Constitution.
66. Amend schedule9. 7June 1990 Place landreform actsandamendmentsto
constitution
67. Amendarticle356. 4October1990Article356 amendedto permitPresident'srule
uptofouryearsin the state ofPunjab
68 Amendarticle356. 12March1991 Article356 amendedto permitPresident'srule
uptofiveyearsinthestateofPunjab
69 Insert articles239AA 1February1992To provideforalegislative assemblyandand
239AB. councilofministers forFederalNational
CapitalofDelhi.Delhicontinuesto bea
Union Territory
70. Amend articles54and 239AA. 21December Include National Capital ofDelhi andUnion
1991
TerritoryofPondicherryinelectoralcollegef
orPresidentialElection
71. Amend schedule8. 31August1992Include Konkani,ManipuriandNepalias
OfficialLanguages
72. Amendarticle332. 5December Provide reservationtoScheduled Tribesin
1992 Tripura State Legislative Assembly
73. Insert part 9. 24April1993 StatutoryprovisionsforPanchyatRajasthird
levelofadministrationinvillages
74. Insert part 9A. 1June 1993 Statutory provisions for
LocalAdministrative bodies as third level of
administrationin urbanareassuchas townsand
cities
75. Amendarticle323B. 15May1994 Provisionsforsettingup RentControl
Tribunals
76. Amend schedule9. 31August1994Enable continuanceof69% reservationin
TamilNadubyincludingtherelevant
TamilNaduActunder9thScheduleoftheconstitu
tion
77. Amendarticle16. 17June 1995 A technical amendment to
protectreservation toSC/ST Employeesinpromotions
78. Amend schedule9. 30August1995Place landreform actsandamendmentsto
constitution
79. Amendarticle334. 25January2000ExtendreservationforSC/ ST and
nominationofAngloIndianmembersinParliam
ent andState
80. Amend articles269 and 270. 9June 2000 Implement TenthFinance
CommissionRemovearticle272. recommendation to simplify the tax
structures by pooling andsharingalltaxes
between statesandTheCentre
81. Amendarticle16. 9June 2000 ProtectSC/STreservationinfillingbacklog
of vacancies
82. Amendarticle335. 8September Permit relaxationofqualifyingmarksand
2000 othercriteriain reservationinpromotionfor
SC/ ST candidates
83. Amendarticle243M. 8September Exempt ArunachalPradeshfromreservation
2000 forScheduledCastesinPanchayatiRaj
institutions
84. Amend articles55,81,82, 21February Extendtheusageof1991national census
170, 330 and332. 2002 populationfiguresforstatewise distribution
ofparliamentaryseats
85. Amendarticle16. 4January2002 Atechnicalamendmenttoprotectsenioritycaseo
in fpromotionsofSC/STEmployees
86. Amend articles45and51A. 12December ProvidesRightto Educationuntil theageof
Insert article 21A. 2002 fourteenand Earlychildhoodcare until the
ageofsix
87. Amend articles81,82, 22June 2003 Extendtheusageof2001national census
170and 330. populationfiguresforstatewise distribution
ofparliamentaryseats
88. Amendarticle270. 15January Toextendstatutorycoverforlevyand
Insert article 268A. 2004 utilizationof ServiceTax
Amend schedule7.
89 Amendarticle338. 28September TheNational CommissionforScheduled
Insert article 338A. 2003 CastesandScheduled Tribeswasbifurcated
into The National Commission for
Scheduled Castes and The National
Commissionfor Scheduled Tribes
90 Amendarticle332. 28September ReservationinAssam Assemblyrelatingto
2003 BodolandTerritoryArea
91 Amend articles75and 164. 1January2004 Restrictthesizeofcouncilofministersto15Insert
article 361B. % oflegislativemembers&tostrengthen
Anti
Amendschedule10. Defectionlaws
92 Amendarticle270. 7January2004 EnableLevyof ServiceTax &IncludeBodo,
Insert article 268A. Dogri,SantaliandMaithaliasOfficial
Amend schedules7and8. Languages
93 Amendarticle15. 20January2006Toenable provisionof reservationforother
backward classes(O.B.C.)
ingovernmentaswellasprivateeducational
institutions
94 Amendarticle164. 12June 2006 ToprovideforaMinisterofTribalWelfarein
newlycreatedJharkand andChattisgarh
States
95 Amendarticle334. 25January2010ToextendthereservationofseatsforSCsand
STsintheLokSabha andstatesassemblies
fromSixty yearsto Seventy years
96 Amend schedule8. 23September
Substituted"Odia"for"Oriya"2
011
97 AmendArt 19 and added 12January Addedthewords"orco-operativesocieties"Part
IXB. 2012 aftertheword"orunions"inArticle19(l)(c)
andinsertionofarticle43Bi.e,PromotionofCo-
operativeSocietiesandaddedPart-IXB
i.e, THECO-OPERATIVESOCIETIES
GeographyofIndiaandTheWorld
IMPORTANTRIVERS/LAKESOFTHEWORLD
Places Rivers/Lakes
Vancouver(Canada) R. Fraser
Qyuebec(Canada) R. St.Lawrence
Hamiliton(Canada) L.Ontario
Kingston(Canada) R. St.Lawrence,L.Ontak
Arvida(Canada) R. Saguenay
Sarnia(Canada) L.Huron
Monetreal(Canada) R. St.Lawrence,R.Ottawa
Sudbury(Canada) L.Huron
Sacramento(USA) R. Sacramento,R. America
Portland(USA) R. Columbia
Cleveland(USA) L.Erif
Chicago(USA) L.Michigan,R.Chicago
Gary (USA) L.Michigan
Detroit(USA) L.Erie,R. St.Clair
Milwaukee(USA) L.Michigan
Philadelphia(USA) R. Delaware
Duluttz(USA) R. St.Louis,L.Superior
NewYorkCity(USA) R. Hudson
BatonRouge(USA) R. Mississippi
Toledo(USA) L.Erif
Buffalo(USA) L.Ontario
St.Louis(USA) R. Mississippi,R. Missouri
Asuncion(Paraguay) R. Paraguay
Belem(Brazil) R. Amazon
Manaus(Brazil) R. Negro,R. Amazon
Cairo(Egypt) R. Nile
PortSaid(Egypt) Suez Canal
Alexandria(Egypt) R. Nile
Khartoum(Sudan) R. BlueNile,R.WhiteNile
Omudurma(Sudan) R. Nile
Kisume(Kenya) L.Victoria
Kampala(Upanda) L.Victoria
Jinja(Upganda) R. Nile,L.Victoria
Lokoja(Nigeria) R. Niger,R. Benue
PortHarcourt (Nigeria) R. Niger
Brazzavilie R. Zaire(Congo)
Kinshasa R. Zaire
Matadi R. Zaire
Boma R. Zaire
Kiruna(Sweden) R.Torne
Lisbon(Portugal) R. Douro
Paris(France) R. Seine
Bordeaux(France) R. Garrone
Lyons(France) R. Saone,R. Rhone
LeHavre(France) R. Seine
Rouen(France) R. Seine
Rome(Italy) R.Tiber
Milan(Italy) R. Po.
VaticanCity R.Tiber
Berlin(Germany) R. Spree
Frankfurt(Germany) R. Rhine,R. Main
Leipzig(Germany) R. Elbe
Dresden(Germany) R. Elbe
Bingen(Germany) R. Rhine
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Bonn(Germany) R. Rhine,R. Seig
Hamburg(Germany) R. Elbe
Bremen(Germany) R. Weser
Krakow(Poland) R. Vistula
Antwerp(Belgium) R. Scheldt
Rotterdam(Netherlands) R. Rhine,R. Maas, R.Schei
London(Britain) R.Thames
NewCastle(U.K.) R.Tyne
Glasgow(U.K.) R. Clyde
Moscow(Russia) R. Moskva
Petrozavosk(Russia) L.Onega
Stalingrad(Russia) R. Volga
Krasnoyark(Russia) R. Yenisey
Bratsk(Russia) R. Angara
Irkutsk(Russia) L.Baikal
Nickopol (Ukraine) R. Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk(Ukraine) R. Dnieper
Zaragoza(Spain) R. Ebro
Nantes(France) R. Loire
Saratov(Russia) R. Volga
Rostov(Russia) R. Don
Kiev(Ukraine) R. Dnieper
Vienna(Austria) R. Danube
Venice(Italy) R. Po.
Budapest R. Danube
Belgrade R. Danube
Dublin R. Liffey
Madrid R. Manzanares
Prague R. Vltava
Bratislava R. Danube
Dusseldorf(Germany) R. Rhine
Cologne(Germany) R. Rhine
Essen R. Ruhr
Wuppertal R. Wupper
Stuttgart R. Neckar
Washington(USA) R. Potomac
Perth(Australia) R. Swan
Freemantle(Australia) R. Swan
Sydney(Australia) R. Darling
Shanghai (China) R. YangtzeKiang(ChangJang),R. Hwang Pu
Nanking(China) R. YangtzeKiang
Hongkong(China) R. Canton
Macao(China) R. Pearl
Vientiane(Laos) R. Mekong
PhnomPenh(Cambodia) R. Mekong,R. TonieSap
KualaLumpur(Malaysia) R. Gambak,R. Kelang
Mandalay(Myanmar) R. Irrawaddy
Chauk(Myanmar) R. Irrawaddy
Bangkok(Thailand) R. ChaoPraya
Baghdad(Iraq) R.Tigris
Lahore(Pakistan) R. Ravi
Kathmandu(Nepal) R. Baghmati,R. Vishnuma
Colombo(Sri Lanka) R. Kelani
Kabul (Afghanistan) R. Kabul
Bucharest(Romania) R. Dimbovita
Cognac(France) R. Charente
Galafi (Romania) R. Danube,R. Siret
Cambridge(U.K.) R. Cam
Oxford(U.K.) R.Thames
Panaji (Goa,India) R. Mandovi
INDIANSTATESANDTHEIRFOLKDANCES
Jharkhand Chhau,Sarahul,Jat-Jatin,Karma,Danga,Bidesia,Sohrai.
Uttaranchal Gadhwali,Kumayuni,Kajari,Jhora,Raslila,Chappeli
AndhraPradesh
Kuchipudi(Classical),Ghantamardala,OttamThedal,Mohiniatta
m,Kummi,Siddhi Madhuri,Chhadi.
Chhattisgarh Goudi,Karma,Jhumar,Dagla,Pali,Tapali,Navrani,Diwari,Mundari.
ArunachalPradesh Mask dance,Wardanceetc.
Himachal Pradesh Jhora,
Jhali,Chharhi,Dhaman,Chhapeli,Mahasu,Nati,Dangi,Chamba,Thali,J
hainta,Daf,Stickdanceetc.
Goa Mandi,Jhagor,Khol,Dakni,etc.
Assam
Bihu,Bichhua,Natpuja,Maharas,Kaligopal,Bagurumba,Nagada
nce,KhelGopalTabal Chongli,Canoe,JhumuraHobjanaietc.
WestBengal
Kathi,Gambhira,Dhali,Jatra,Baul,Marasia,Mahal,Keertan,etc.Keral
a Kathakali(Classical),Rakhal,NatRash,MahaRash,Raukhatetc.
Meghalaya Laho,Baagla,etc.
Manipur Manipuri (Classical),Rakhal,Nat Rash,MahaRash,Raukhat,etc.
Nagaland Chong,Khaiva,Lim,Nuralim,etc.
Odisha
Odissi(Classical),Rakhal,NatRash,MahaRash,Raukhatetc.Maharashtr
a Lavani,Nakata,Koli,Lezim,Gafa,DahikalaDasavtarorBohada,
Tamasha,Mauni,Powara,Gourichaetc.
Karnataka Yakshagan,Huttari,Suggi,Kunitha,Karga,Lambietc.
Gujarat Garba,DandiyaRas,TippaniJuriun,Bhavai,etc.
Punjab Bhangra,Giddha,Daff,Dhamanetc.
Rajasthan
Ghumar,Chakri,Ganagor,JhulanLeela,Jhuma,Suisini,Ghapal,P
anihari,Ginadetc.
Mizoram Khanatm,Pakhupila,Cherokanetc.
Jammu&Kashmir Rauf, Hikat,Mandjas,KudDandi
Nach,Damali.Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam,Kumi,Kolattam,Kavadi
UttarPradesh Nautanki,Raslila,Kajri,Jhora,Chappeli,Jaita.
Bihar Jata-Jatin,Bakho-Bakhain,Panwariya,Sama-Chakwa,Bidesia,Jatra,etc.
Haryana Jhumar,PhagDance,Daph,Dhamal,Loor,Gugga,Khor,Gagoretc.
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Technical groupsetuptoreviewlegislationsonmoneylending ShriS.C. Gupta
Workinggrouptosuggestmeasurestoassistdistressedfarmers ShriS.S. Johi
Technical grouponstatisticsforinternationaltrade
ShriK.S.R.Raoinbankingservices
Technicaladvisorygroupondevelopmentofleading Dr.
R.B.BarmaneconomicindicatorsforIndianeconomy
Workinggrouponsavingsforthe eleventhfive Dr.
RakeshMohanyearplan(20072008to201112)
Workinggrouponcompilationofstategovernmentliabilities Dr. N.D.Jadhav
Workinggrouponimprovementofbankingservicesin
V.S.DasUttaranchal
WorkinggrouponcostofNRIremittances P.K. Pain
Workinggrouptoformulateaschemeforensuring
N.Sadasivamreasonablenessofbankcharges
Committee onFullCapital accountconvertibility S.S.Tarapore
Committee onfinancial sectorplanfornortheasternregion Smt.UshaThorat
Surveyonimpactoftraderelatedmeasuresontransaction
BalwantSinghcostsofexports
Advisorycommittee onwaysandmeansadvances
M.P.BezbaruahtoStategovernments
Needandusebehaviorforsmalldenominationcoins Sanal Kumar
Velayudhan
DebtsustainabilityatStatelevelinIndia Indira
Rajaraman,s
hashank Bhide and
R.K. Pattnaik
Internal Grouptoexamineissuesrelatingto
ShriH.R.Khanrural creditandmicrofinance
Workinggrouptoreviewexportcredit ShriAnandSinha
InternalworkingGrouponRRBs ShriA.V.Sardesai
Workinggrouponwarehousereceiptsandcommodityfutures ShriPrashantSaran
Internal GrouptoreviewguidelinesoncreditflowtoSMESector ShriC.S. Murthy
WorkinggrouponRegulatoryMechanismforcards ShriR. Gandhi
Grouponmodel fiscalresponsibilitylegislationatstatelevel ShriH.R.Khan
Taskforceonrevivalofcooperativecreditinstitutions Prof.A.Vaidyanathan
Special groupforformulationofDebtrestructuring
ShriG.Srinivasanmechanismformedium enterprises
Workinggrouponscreenbasedtradingingovernmentsecurities Smt. Shyamala
Gopinath
Expertgrouponinternetdeploymentofcentral
Prof.A.Vaidyanathandatabasemanagementsystem(CDBMS)
Reportonmonitoringoffinancialconglomerates Dr. R.H.Patil
Workinggroupondevelopmentfinancialinstitutions ShriN.Sadasivan
AdvisoryCommitteetoadvise ontheadministeredinterest Dr.
RakeshMohanratesandrationalisation ofsavinginstruments
Advisorycommittee onflowofcredittoagriculture Prof.V.S.Vyas
WorkinggrouponflowofcredittoSSIsector Dr. A.S.Ganguly
Grouptostudythepensionliabilitiesofthestategovernments B.K.Bhattacharya
Rupeeinterestratederivatives ShriG.Padmanabhan
Workinggrouponinstrumentsofsterlisation Smt.UshaThorat
Workinggrouponinformationonstategovernment
ShriG.Padmanabhanguaranteedadvancesandbonds
Workinggrouponchequetruncationande-cheques Dr. Barman,ED
WorkinggrouponintroductionofcreditderivativesinIndia Shri B.Mahapatra
Grouptoassessthefiscalriskofstategovernmentguarantees Smt.UshaThorat
Advisorycommittee onwaysandmeansadvances ShriC.
Ramachandrantostategovernments
Workinggrouponrupeederivatives ShriJaspal Bindra
Committee oncomputeraudit Shri A.L.Narasimhan
Committee onpaymentsystems Dr. R.H.Patil
Reviewgrouponthe workingofthe localareabankscheme ShriG.Ramachandran
Technical grouponstatisticsofinternationaltrade inservices ShriDeepakMohanty
Workinggroupforsuggestingoperationalandprudential
ShriM.R.RameshguidelinesonSTRIPS(SeparatelyTradedRegisteredInterestand
PrincipalofSecurities)
Workinggrouponelectronicmoney Mr.ZarirJ.Cama
Workinggrouponeconomicindicators Dr. R.B.barman
Informationsystemsauditpolicy forthebanking
Dr.R.B.Burmanandfinancialsector
Workinggrouponconsolidatedaccountingand
ShriVipinMalikotherquantitativemethodstofacilitateconsolidatedsupervision
Expertcommitteetoreviewthesystemofadministered Dr.
Y.V.Reddyinterestratesand otherrelatedissues
Inter-departmentalgrouptostudytherationalisationof
ShriK.W.KorgaonkarcurrentaccountfacilitywithreservebankofIndia
TheExpertCommitteeonlegalaspectsofBankfrauds Dr. N.L. Mitra
TheStandingCommittee oninternationalfinancialstandards Dr.
Y.V.Reddyandcodesstandingcommittee oninternationalfinancial
standardsandcodes
Technical grouponmarketintegrity ShriC.R.Muralidharan
Technical grouponphasingoutofnon-banksfrom Dr.
Y.V.Reddycall/noticemoneymarket(March2001)
Coregrouponvoluntarydisclosurenormsforstategovernments Dr. Y.V.Reddy
Taskforcetostudythecooperativecreditsystemand
ShriJagdishKapoorsuggestmeasuresforitsstrengthening
Internalgrouptoreviewthe guidelinesrelated Dr.
Y.V.Reddytocommercialpaper
HighPowerCommittee onurbancooperativebanks ShriMadhavRao
WorkinggroupforsettingupcreditinformationbureauinIndia ShriN.H.Siddiqui
Committeeforredesigning offinancialstatementsof
ShriV.S.N.Murthynon-bankingfinancialcompanies
Workinggrouponrestructuringweakpublicsectorbanks ShriM.S. Verma
Workinggroupforworkingoutmodalitiesondissemination
ShriY.S.P.Thoratandofinformationinelectronicform ShriC.R.
Gopalasundaram
Committee ontechnologyupgradationinthebankingsector Dr. A.Vasudevan
WorkinggroupofEURO Shri
V.
Subrahmanayam
Newmonetaryaggregates Dr. Y.V.Reddy
Committee oncapital accountconvertibility ShriS.S.Tarapore
GeneralScience
MetalsandtheirOres
Metal Ores
Sodium(Na)
Chile,SaltpetreTrona,Borax,CommonsaltAluminium(A
l) Bauxite,Corundum,Felspar,
Cryolite,Alunite,KaolinPotassium(K) Nitre(SaltPeter),Carnalite
Magnesium(Mg)
Magnesite,Dolomite,Epsomsalt,Kieserite,CarnaliteCal
cium(Ca)
Dolomite,Calcite,Gypsum,Fluorospar,AsbestesStronti
um(Sr) Strontianite,Silestine
Copper(Cu)
Cuprite,Copperglance,CopperpyritesSil
ver(Ag) RubySilver,Hornsilver
Gold(Au) Calaverite,Silvenite
Barium(Ba) Barytes
Zinc(Zc) ZincBlende,Zincite,Calamine
Mercury(Hg) Cinnabar
Tin(Sn) Casseterite
Lead(Pb) Galena
Antimony(Sb) Stibenite
Cadmium(Cd) Greenocite
Bismuth(Bi) Bismuthite
Iron(Fe) Haemetite,Lemonite,Magnetite,Siderite,Iron pyritesh,Copperpyrites
Cobalt(Co) Smelite
Nickel(Ni) Milarite
Magnese(Mn) Pyrolusite,Magneite
Uranium(U) Carnetite,Pitchblende
Alloys&theiruses
Alloys Uses
Brass Inmakingutensils
Bronze Inmakingcoins,bellandutensils
GermanSilver Inmakingutensils
Rolledgold Inmakingcheapornaments
Gunmetal Inmakinggun,barrels,gearsandbearings
Deltametal Inmakingbladesofaeroplane
Munzmetal Inmakingcoins
Dutchmetal Inmakingartificialornaments
Monelmetal Forbasecontainingcontainer
Rose metal Formakingautomatic fuse
Solder Forsoldering
Magnalium Forframeofaeroplane
Duralumin Formakingutensils
Typemetal Inprintingindustry
Bellmetal Forcastingbells,statues
Stainlesssteel FormakingutensilsandsurgicalcutleryNickel
steel Formakingelectricalwire,automobileparts
Organisations
NatiionalOrganisation
Institute/Organisation/Board Location
NationalCentreofOrganicFarming Ghaziabad
NationalPlantProtectionTrainingInstitute Hyderabad(1966)
DirectorateofMarketing&Inspection Faridabad
NationalInstituteofAgriculturalMarketing Jaipur(8Aug.,1988)
SmallFarmersAgribusinessConsortium(SFAC) NewDelhi(18Jan.,
1994)CentralFrozenSemenProduction&TrainingInstitute
Hessarghatta,KarnatakaRa
ndomSamplePoultryPerformanceTestingCentre Gurgaon
CentralSheepBreedingFarm Hissar
NationalInstituteofAnimal Health Baghpat(UP)
IndianVeterinaryResearchInstitute Izatnagar
DiseaseInvestigationLaboratory Pune
InstituteofAnimalHealth&VeterinaryBiologicals Kolkata
Animal HealthInstitute Jallandhar
InstituteofAnimalHealth&Biologicals Bengaluru
InstituteofVeterinaryBiologicals
Khanapara,Guwahati
CentralInstituteofFisheries,Nauticaland
EngineeringTraining Kochi
IntegratedFisheriesProject Kochi
CentralInstituteofCoastalEngineeringforFisheries Bangalore
VivekanandaParvathiyaKrishiAnusandhanShala Almora
CentralAgricultureResearchInstitute PortBlair
CentralAgriculturalUniversity Imphal
ExportInspectionCouncil NewDelhi
IndianInstituteofForeignTrade NewDelhi
IndianInstituteofPackaging(IIP) Mumbai
MarineProductsExportDevelopmentAuthority
Kochi(20April1972)A
griculturalandProcessedFoodProductsExport
DevelopmentAuthority(APEDA) NewDelhi,(1986)
FederationofIndianExportOrganisation(FIEO) NewDelhi
IndianCouncilofArbitration(ICA) NewDelhi
IndianDiamondInstitute Surat,(1978)
PostalStaffCollege Ghaziabad
AdvancedLevelTelecomCentre(ALTTC)
Ghaziabad,(1975)
BharatRatnaBhimRaoAmbedkarInstituteofTelecom
Training(BRBRAITT) Jabalpur
National AcademyofTelecomFinanceand
Management(NATFM) Hyderabad
TelecommunicationEngineeringCentre(TEC) NewDelhi
SatyajitRayFilm&TelevisionInstitute Kolkata
MilitarySchool Ajmer, Bangalore,
Belgaum,Chail,Dholpur
RashtriyaIndiaMilitaryCollege Dehradun,(13Mar1922)
NationalDefenceAcademy Khadakwasla
IndianMilitaryAcademy Dehradun,(1932)
OfficersTrainingAcademy Chennai
DefenceServicesStaffCollege Wellington
CollegeofDefenceManagement Secunderabad,(Jun1970)
CollegeofMilitaryEngineering Pune
NationalBalBhavan NewDelhi,(1956)
NationalCouncilforTeacherEducation
NewDelhi,(Aug1995)N
ationalCouncilofEducationResearch&Training(NCERT) NewDelhi
CentralInstituteofIndianLanguage(CIIL)
MysoreCe
ntralInstituteofEnglishandForeignLanguages(CIEFL)
Hyderabad
MaharishiSandipaniRashtriyaVedaVidyaPrathisthan Ujjain
RashtriyaSanskritSansthan NewDelhi,(1970)
RashtriaySanskritVidyapeetha Tirupati
ShriLal BahadurShastriRashtriyaSanskritVidyapeetha NewDelhi
IndianCouncilofHistoricalResearch(ICHR) NewDelhi,(1972)
IndianCouncilofPhilosophicalResearch(ICPR)
NewDelhian
dLucknow,(1977
)
IndianInstituteofAdvancedStudies(IIAS) Shimla,(1965)
IndianCouncilofSocialScience(ICSSR) NewDelhi
IndiraGandhi NationalOpenUniversity(IGNOU) NewDelhi,(Sep1985)
All IndiaCouncilforTechnicalEducation(AICTE) NewDelhi
IndianInstituteofScience(IISc)
Bengaluru
IndianInstituteofInformationTechnologyManagement(IITM)
GwaliorIn
dianInstituteofInformationTechnology(IIIT)
Allahabad
IndianInstituteofIT,Design&manufacturing(IIITDM)
JabalpurN
ationalBookTrust(NBT) NewDelhi
National PowerTrainingInstitute(NPTI)
Faridabad
CentralPowerResearchInstitute(CPRI)
AppellateTribunalforElectricity Delhi,(7Apr2004)
CentreforWindEnergyTechnology(C-WET)
Chennai
IndianRenewableEnergyDevelopmentAgency(IREDA)
BotanicalSurveyofIndia Kolkata,(13Feb1890)
ZoologicalSurvey ofIndia Kolkata,(1916)
ForestSurvey ofIndia Dehradun,(1Jun1981)
NationalBiodiversityAuthority Chennai,(1Oct.,2003)
NationalInstituteofAnimal Welfare(NIAW) Ballabhgarh,Faridabad
Animal WelareBoard ofIndia Chennai
IndianBoard ofWildlife
Central PollutionControlBoard(CPCB) Delhi,(Sept.,1974)
G.B.PantInstituteofHimalayanEnvironmentand
Development(GBPIHED) Almora,(1988)
IndianCouncilofForestResearch&Education(ICFRE)
Dehradun
ForestResearchInstitute Dehradun
AridForestResearchInstitute Jodhpur
RainForestResearchInstitute Jorhat
InstituteofWoodScience&Technology Bengaluru
TropialForestryResearchInstitute Jabalpur
ClickHereForCurrentAffairNewsFor UPSC,IAS,SSC,Govt.Exams
http://upscportal.com/civilservices/current-affairs
InstituteofForestGenetics&TreeBreeding Coimbatore
HimalayanForestResearchInstitute Shimla
InstituteofForestProductivity Ranchi
CentreforSocial ForestryandEco-rehabilitation
Allahabad
InstituteofForestryResearchandHuman
ResourcesDevelopment Chhindwara
IndianPlywoodIndustriesResearchandTrainingInstitute
Bengaluru
IndianInstituteofForestManagement
WildlifeInstitute ofIndia Dehradun
SalimAliCentreforCriminologyandNational
History(SACONH) Coimbatore
CentreforEnvironmentalEducation Ahmedabad
CPREnvironmental EducationCentre Chennai
CentreforEcological Sciences Bangalore
CentreforMiningEnvironment Ahmedabad
SACONH Coikbatore
CentreforEnvironmentalManagementof
DegradedEcosystems Delhi
TropicalBotanic GardenandResearchInstitute Thiruvanathapuram
MadrasSchoolofEconomics
Thiruvanathapuram
Foundation forRevitalisation ofLocalHealthTradition Bengaluru
IndiraGandhi National ForestAcademy Dehradun
TropicalForestResearchInstitute Jabalpur
BureauofIndianStandards(BIS) NewDelhi,(1Apr1987)
Central HealthEducationBureau NewDelhi,(6Dec 1956)
National AcademyofMedicalScience NewDelhi,(1961)
NationalInstituteofAyurveda Jaipur
NationalInstituteofSiddha Chennai
NationalInstituteforUnaniMedicine Bengaluru
Morarji Desai NationalInstituteofYoga NewDelhi
NationalInstituteofNaturopathy Pune
NationalInstituteofHomeopathy Kolkata
RashtriyaAyurvedicVidyapeeth
NewDelhi
TheInstituteofPostGraduateTeachingand
ResearchinAyurved Jamnagar(Gujarat)
SouthIndiaTextileResearchAssociation Coimbatore
NorthernIndiaTextilesResearchAssociation Ghaziabad
IndianJuteResearchAssociation Kolkata
TheWoolResearchAssociation Thane
SardarVallabhbhai InstituteofTextileManagement
Coimbatore,(24D
ec.,2002)
RashtriyaChemicalsFertiliserLtd. Trombay,(Oct.,1965)
InstituteofPesticideFormulationTechnology Gurgaon,(1991)
HindustanOrganicChemicalsLtd. Raigad,(Mahrashtra),
HindustanAntibioticsLtd., (1960) Pimpri?
Pune,(30Mar19
54)
CentreofPlasticEngineering&Technology Chennai,(1968)
IndianBureauofMines Nagpur,(1948)
NationalAluminiumCompanyLtd.(NALCO) Orissa,(7Jan1981)
HindustanCopperLtd.(HCL)
Khetri,Rajast
han(9May1967)
HindustanZincLtd.(HZL) Udaipur,(1966)
AgharkarResearchInstitute Pune
BoseInstitute Kolkata
IndianAssociationforCultivationofScience Kolkata
IndianInstituteofTropicalMeterology Pune
IndianInstituteofAstroPhysics
Bengaluru
JawaharlalNehruCentresforAdvancedScientific Research
Bengaluru
RamanResearchInstitute Bengaluru
S.N. BoseNational CentresforBasicScience Kolkata
Birbal Sahni InstituteofPaleobotany Lucknow
IndianInstituteofGeomagnetism Mumbai
WadiaInstituteofHimalayanGeology
Dehradun
InternationalAdvanceResearchCentrefor
PowderMetallurgyandNewMaterials
HyderabadTechno
logyInformationForecastingandAssessmentCouncil
NewDelhiVigyan
Prasar NewDelhi,(1989)
NationalAccreditionBoardforTesting and
CalibrationLaboratories NewDelhi
CentreforLiquidCrystal Research Bengaluru
AryabhattaResearchInstituteofObservationScience Nainital
SurveyTrainingInstitute Hyderabad
IndianAcademyofScience Bengaluru
IndianNationalScience Academy NewDelhi
IndianNationalAcademyofEngineering NewDelhi
National AcademyofScience Allahabad
IndianScienceCongressAssociation Kolkata
DepartmentofAtomic Energy Mumbai,(1954)
NuclearFuel Complex Hyderabad,(1971)
IndiraGandhi CentreforAtomicProject Kalakkam
(Chennai),(1985)
TarapurAtomicPowerProject Mumbai,(1969)
AryabhattaAtomicPowerProject Rajasthan,(1973)
NaroraAtomicPowerProject Bulandsahar,(1991)
KakraparaAtomicPowerProject Gujarat,(1993)
KaigaAtomicPowerProject Karnataka
ElectronicsCorpofIndiaLtd. Hyderabad,(1967)
BARCsRadiationMedicineCentre Mumbai
KrishiUtpadanSanrakshanKendra(KRUSHAK) Lasagoan(Nasik)
RadiationProcessingPlant Navi Mumbai
BRITsBiomoleculeProducingLaboratory Jonaki,Hyderabad
ShiramCentreforIndustrialResearch Delhi
InternationalInstituteofPopulationStudies Mumbai
CentreforAdvanceTechnology Indore
ElectronBeamCentre Kharghar,NaviMumbai
DefenceMetalurgicalResearchLab Hyderabad
HarishChandraResearchInstitute Allahabad
InstituteofPhysics Bhubaneshwar
NationalCentreforBiologicalScienceof TIFR Bengaluru
BoardforResearchinNuclearSciences(BRNS) Mumbai
NationalBoard forHigherMathematics Mumbai
VariableEnergyCyclotronCentre Kolkata,(1977)
FoldedTandemIonAccelerator(FOTIA) Trombay,(2000)
InstituteofPlasmaResearch(IPR) Ahmedabad
IndianResearchOrganisation Bengaluru,(1969)
NationalInstituteofOceanTechnology(NIOT)
Chennai,(1993)I
ndianNationalCentreforIndianOcean
InformationServices(INCOIS) Hyderabad,(Feb1999)
NationalMetallurgicalLaboratory Jamshedpur
Central Mechanical EngineeringResearchInstitute Durgapur
InstituteofLifeScience Bhubaneshwar
IndianAgricultureResearchInstitute(IARI) NewDelhi
BiotechnologyPark Lucknow
BiotechnologyIncubationCentre Hyderabad
NationalCentreforCell Science Pune
CentreforDNAFingerprintingandDiagnostics
Hyderabad
InternationalCentreforGeneticEngineeringandBiotechnology
NewDelhi
Research,Design&StandardsOrganisation Lucknow
DieselLocomotivesWorks Varanasi
ChittaranjanLocomotiveWorks Chittaranjan
IntegralCoachFactory Chennai
RailCoachFactory Kapurthala
Rail Wheel Factory Bengaluru
LBSCollege ofAdvanceMaritimeStudiesandResearch
MumbaiMariti
meTrainingInstitute Powai,Mumbai
CochinShipyardLtd. Cochin(1972)
HindustanShipyardLtd. Visakhapatnam
HooghlyDockandPortEngineersLtd. Kolkata,(1984)
InlandWaterwaysAuthorityofIndia Noida,(1986)
NationalInlandNavigationInstitute Patna,Feb(2004)
Central InlandWaterTransportCorporation Kolkata,(1967)
IndiraGandhi RashtriyaUrbanAkademi Fursatganj,(UP)
FlyingTrainingSchool Gondia
Commission ofRailwaySafety Lucknow
IndianInstituteofTourism&Travel Management Gwalior
NationalInstituteofWaterSports Goa
ArtificialLimsManufacturingCorporationofIndia Kanpur,(1972)
NationalInstituteforVisuallyHandicapped Dehradun
NationalInstituteforOrthopaedicallyHandicapped
Kolkata
Ali YavarJungNationalInstituteforHearingHandicapped Mumbai
NationalInstituteforMentallyHandicapped
Secunderabad
NationalInstituteofRehabilitationTrainingandResearch
CuttackInstitu
teforthePhysicallyHandicapped
NewDelhiInst
ituteforEmpowermentofPersonswithMultipleDisabilities
ChennaiSport
sAuthority ofIndia Delhi,(1984)
NetajiSubhashNationalInstituteofSports Patiala
Laskmibai NationalCollegeofPhysicalEducation
Thiruvanantapu
ram,(1957)
HighAltitudeTrainingCentre Shillaroo(HP)
TheCentral Soil andMaterialsResearchStation NewDelhi
Central Water&PowerResearchStation
Khadakw
asla,Pune,(19
16)
SardarSarovarConstructionAdvisoryCommittee Vadodara,(1980)
Water&PowerConsultancyServiceLtd. Delhi,(1969)
NationalInstituteofHydrology Roorkee,(1978)
PrasarBharati New Delhi, (23 Nov
1997)
DirectorateofFieldPublicity NewDelhi,(1953)
ChildrensFilmSocietyofIndia Mumbai,(1955)
DirectorateofAdvertisingandVisual Publicity Delhi
NationalFilmArchieveofIndia Pune,(1964)
Film&TelevisionInstituteofIndia Pune
SatyajitRayFilm&TelevisionInstitute Kolkata
CentralBoard ofFilmCertification Mumbai
FilmDivision Mumbai,(Jan1948)
PublicationDivision Delhi
PressTrustofIndia(PTI) New Delhi, (27 Aug
1947)
V.V.GiriNationalLabourInstitute Noida
CentralBoard forWorkersEducation(CBWE) Nagpur,(1958)
LabourBureau Chandigarh/Shimla
NationalVocationalTrainingInstituteforWomen Noida
NationalInstructional MediaInstitute Chennai
CentralStaffTraining&ResearchInstitute Kolkata,(1968)
CentralTrainingInstituteforInstructors Chennai,(1960)
DirectorGeneralofMinesSafety Dhanbad
NationalJudicial Academy Bhopal,(17Aug1993)
GeneralKnowledge
FAMOUSSITESofworld
Site Location
Al-Aqusa Jerusalem
BigBen
LondonBr
andenbergGate
BerlinBroadway NewYork
BrownHouse
BerlinB
uckinghamPalaceLondonC
olossium
RomeD
owningStreet
London
EiffelTower Paris
FleetStreet London
HarleyStreet London
HydePark London
IndiaHouse London
Kaaba Mecca
Kremlin
MoscowL
eaningTower
Pisa(Italy)
Louvre Paris
MerdekaPalace
Jakarta
Oval London
Pentagon Washington
Potala Nanking
Pyramid Egypt
RedSquare
Moscow
ScotlandYard London
Shew-DragonPagoda Rangoon
Sphinx
EgyptStat
ueofLiberty
NewYork
Vatican Rome
WailingWall Jerusalem
WallStreet
NewYork
WestminsterAbbeyLondonWh
iteHall London
WhiteHouse Washington
WONDERSOFTHEWORLD
SevenWondersoftheAncientWorld
1. HangingGardenofBabylon
2. TempleofDianaat Ephesus(Rome)
3. StatueofJupiterat Olympia
4. PyramidsofEgypt
5. MausoleumofMausolus(RulerofHalicarnasus)
6. LightHouseofAlexandria
7. ThecolossusofRhodes
SevenWondersofthe Medieval World

1. GreatWallofChina
2. PorcelainTowerofNanjing(China)
3. ColosseumofRome(Italy)
4. StonehengeofEngland
5. LeaningTowerofPisa(Italy)
6. CatacombsofAlexandria
7. MosqueatSt.Sophia(Constantinople)
OtherWondersofthe World
1. TheSphinx,nearGizeh(Ghiza)inEgypt
2. TheCatacombsat Rome
3. TheCircusMaximusatRome
4. TheTaj Mahal at Agra(India)
5. AngkorvatTemple inCombodia
6. TheAlhambraatGranadainS.Spain
7. ShewDragonPagodaortheGoldenPagodaatYangoninMyanmar
NewSevenWondersoftheWorld
(AsdeclaredonJuly7,2007byNewSevenWondersFoundationofSwitzerland,atagrandceremonyorgan
isedinStadiadaLutz,BeneficaStadiuminLisban(Portugal).
1. TheTaj Mahal,Agra,India
2. TheGreatWallofChina,China
3. ThePinkRuinsofPetra, Jordan
4. TheStatueofChristtheRedeemer,Brazil
5. IncanRuinsofMachuPichu,Peru
6. TheAncientMayanCityofChichenItza,Mexico
7. TheColosseumofRome,Italy
MANBOOKERPRIZE
Institutedin1968,itisthehighestliteraryawardsetupbytheBookerCompanyandtheBritishPublishersAs
sociationalongthelinesofthePultizerPrizeofUSA,worth20,000(1992).TheBookerPrize
hasonlybeensharedin1974and1992.Since2002,ithasbeenknownastheManBookerPrize,refle
ctingthesponsorshipbyaninvestmentcompany,theManGroupplc.Thewinnerreceives50,000an
dboththewinnerandtheshorlistedauthorsareguaranteedaworldwidereadershipplusadramaticinc
reaseinbooksales.
TEMPLETONAWARD
Institutedin1972.Thisawardisconferred by the
TempletonFoundationforprogressinreligion.Itwasinauguaratedin1972byJohnM. Templeton,a
persbyterian
ofNassauBahamas.Theprizeisasuminamountof795,000Sterling,morethan$1.4million,anditist
heworldslargestannualmonetaryprizegiventoanindividual.
UNESCOSASIA-PACIFICHERITAGEAWARD
UNESCOsAsia-
PacificHeritageAwardsforCultureHeritageConservationrecognisetheeffortsandcontributionso
findividualsandorganisationswithintheprivatesector,includingprivate-
publicpartnerships,whohavesuccessfullyrestoredandconservedstructuresandbuildingsofherita
gevalueinthe Asia-Pacificregion.
DRONACHARYAAWARD
Field Sports(forcoaches)
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TheawardwasnamedafterDronacharyathelegendaryguruoftheepicageofMahabharat,whotaught
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Rs.25,000.
CHAMELIDEVIAWARD
EndowedbyMs.LaxmiJaininthememoryofhermohter,ChameliDeviJain,theawardgoestoawomanjournalis
tonthebasisofexcellenceintermsofwritingstyle,contentaswellassocialconcerns.
BooksandAuthorsFAMOUSBOOKS/PLAYS
Book Author
ABendintheRiver
V.S.NaipaulAutobio
graphyof anUnknownIndian NiradC.
ChaudhuryAsianDrama GunnarMyrdal
ArabianNights G.B.Shaw
AreaofDarkness V.S.Naipal
ABriefHistory ofTime StephenHawking
ABendintheRiver V.S.Naipal
AChinaPassage JohnKennethGaibrath
AliceinWonderland LewisCarrol
Adventuresof TomSawyer MarkTwain
ADangerousPlace DanielPatrickMoyanihan
APassagetoEngland NiradC. Chaudhury
APassagetoIndia E.M. Forster
ArmsandtheMan G.B.Shaw
AsYouLikeIt WilliamShakespare
AThousandSplendidSyus KhalidHosseini
AStudy ofHistory ArnoldJ. Toynbee
Business@ theSpeedofThought Bill Gates

BabyandChild PenelopeEach
BeatingtheStreet PeterLynch
BacktoMethuselah G.B.Shaw
BenHur LewisWallace
BhuttoAPoliticalBiography SalmaanTaseer
Beloved ToniMorrison
BeyondtheHorizon
EugeneONeillBl
ackHolesandtheBabyUniverse
StephenHawking
BlindAmbitions JohnDean
BrothersKaramazhov, FyodorDostoevsky
TheBattleField8 JohnOHara
ByLovePossessed JamesGouldCozzens
Breakthrough Gen.MosheDayan
Byzantium W.B.Yeats
CavlillacDesert Marc Reisner
CrimeandPunishment FeodorDostoyevsky
ConfidentialClerk T.S.Eliot
CaesarandCleopatra G.B.Shaw
Candide G.B.Shaw
Candidate Voltaire
CareoftheSoul ThomasMoore
CherryOrchard AntonChekov
Crown ofWildOlive JohnRuskin
Confessions J.J. Rousseau
Creation GoreVidal
CountofMonteCristo AlexanderDumas
CrossingtheThreshold ofHope PopeJohnPaul II
Cry, theBelovedCountry AlanPatan
Cultureinthe VanityBag NiradC. Chaudhury
CoverlyPapers JosepyAddison
DarkHorse Tami Hoag

DasCapital KarlMarx
DavidCopperfield CharlesDickens
DivineComedy Dante
DeathinVenice ThomasMann
DeathofaPatriot R.E.Harrington
DesertedVillage OliverGoldsmith
DescentofMan
CharlesDarwin
DeclineandFallof theRomanEmpire
EdwardGibbon
DianaVersusCharles JamesWhitaker
DilemnaofOurTime HaroldJosephLaksi
Diplomacy HenryKissinger
Disclosure MichelCrichton
DivineComedy AlighieriDante
DoctorZhivago BorisPasternak
DoctorsDilemma G.B.Shaw
DonQuixote MigueldeCervantes
Dr. JekyllandMr.Hyde RobersLouisStevenson
DusttoDust Tami Hoag
Eats,ShootsandLeaves LynneTrurs.
EndsandMeans A.Huxley
Earth EmileZola
EminentVictorians LyttonStrachey
Emma JaneAusten
EnvoytoNehru EscottReid
Essay forPoortotheRich JohnKennethGalbraith
ExpandingUniverse ArthurStanleyEddington
Erewhon Samuel Butler

Eclipse StephenieMeyer
EssaysofElia ChalesLamb
FromHeretoEternity JamesJones
FarmHouse GeorgeOrwell
FamilyReunion T.S.Eliot
FarewelltoArms EnestHemingway
FatherandSons IvanTurgenev
FirstCircle AlexanderSalzhenitsyn
ForWhomtheBellTolls ErnestHemingway
FinalDays, J.W. VonGoethe
TheFrenchRevolution ThomasCarlyle
FreedomatMidnight
LorryCollinsandDomini
queLapierre
FranKenstein MaryShelley
Giraffe J.M.Ledgard
GandhiandStalin LouisFisher
GatheingStorm WinstonChurchill
GonewiththeWind MargaretMichell
GoodEarth Pearl Buck
GoodTimes,BadTimes HaroldEvans
GoldenBough JamesFrazer
GrammarofPolitics HaroldJosephLaski
GreatExpectations CharlesDickens
GreatTragedy Z.A.Bhutto
GulliversTravels JonathanSwift
Goodbye,Mr.Chips JamesHilton
HalfaLife V.S.Naipaul
Hamlet WilliamShakespeare
Heritage AnthonyWest
HeroesandHeroWorship ThomasCarlyle
Hinduism NiradC. Choudhary
HouseDivided PearlS.Buck
HumanFactor GrahamGreene
Hunchback ofNotreDame
VictorHugoT
heHarryPotterandDeathlyHallows J.K.
RowlingHouseofMeetings Martin Amis
IdeasandOpimous AlbertEinstein
IfI amAssassinated Z.A.Bhutto
InEvil Hour Gabriel GarciaMarquez
InMemoriam Alfred,LordTennyson
ImportanceofLiving Lin YuJang
InsideAsia JohnGunther
IslamicBomb Krousney
Intimacy JeanPaulSartre
InvisibleMan H.G.Wells
Isabella JohnKeats
IslandsintheStreams ErnestHemingway
Ivanhoe SirWalterScott
InSearchofGandhi RichardAttenborough
JaneEyre CharlotteBronte
JeanChristophe RamainRolla
Jewel DanielleSteel
JuliusCaesar WilliamShakespeare
JungleBook RudyardKipling
Jurassic Park MichaelCrichton
JoeWilsontheCreation ofXerox ChaslesD.Ellis
Kidnapped R.L.Stevenson
KaneandAbel JeffreyArcher
Kenilworth SirWalterScott
KingLear WilliamShakespeare
KabulaKhan Samuel TaylorColeridge
Kim RudyardKipling
Lifeof Pi YannMartel
LadyChatterleysLover D.H.Lawrence
Last DaysofPompeii EdwardGeorgeLytton
LesMiserable VictorHugo
Lolita V.Nabakov
LastThings C.P. Snow
Leaders RichardNixon
LeavesofGrass WaltWhitman
LattersFromtheField MargretMead
Leviathan ThomasHobbes
LifeofSamuelJohnson JamesBoswell
Lighting DanielleSteel
LikeWaterforChocolate LauraEsquive
LongWalktoFreedom NelsonMandela
LoveStory ErichSegal
MagicMountain ThomasMann
ManandSuperman G.B.Shaw
MarriageandMorals BertrandRussell
MeinKamph Hitler
Macbeth WilliamShakespeare
MahatmaGandhi RomainRolland
MainStreet SinclairLewis
MajorBarbara G.B.Shaw
Man ofDestiny G.B.Shaw
Man ofProperty JohnGalsworthy
Man-eatersofKumoan JimCorbett
MemoriesofSecondWorldWar W.Churchil
MidnightsChildren SalmanRushdie
Mother MaximGorky
MotherIndia KatherineMayo
MurderinTheCathedral T.S.Eliot
MythofIndependence Z.A.Bhutto
MysteriousUniverse JamesJeans
Maurice E.M. Forster
MillontheFloss GeorgeEliot
Moonwalk MichaelJackson
MySonsFather DomMoraes
MysticRiver DennisLehane
NoLogo NaomiKlein
Nana EmileZola
NeverATHome DomMoraes
NineteenEightyFour GeorgeOrwell
NoFullStopsinIndia MarkTully
NineDaysWonder JohnMosefield
NinthSymphony L.Beethoven
Nostromo JosephConrad
OnOpera BernardWilliams
OliverTwist CharlesDickens
OliverStory ErichSegal
OntheThreshold ofHope PopeJohnPaul
OneWorldandIndia AmoldToynbee
OneWorld WendellWilkie
OperationShylock PhilipRoth
Othello WilliamShakespeare
Odyssey Homer
OfHumanBondage SomersetMaugham
OldManandtheSea, ErnestHemingway
TheOriginofSpecies CharlesDarwin
OutofAfrica IsakDinesen
ParadiseLost JohnMilton
Pakistan:theGatheringStorm BenazirBhutto
PeterPan J.M.Barrie
Prince, MachiavelliNiccalo
ThePrinceofPower SeymourM.Hersh
PleadingGuilty ScottTurow
Prelude WilliamWordsworth
Preoccupations
SeamusHeaney
PreparingfortheTwentiethCentury Paul
KennedyPrideandPrejudice JaneAusten
PrimaryColours Anonymous
PrincipiaMathematica BertrandRussell
Prizes EricSegal
Pygmalion G.B.Shaw
ProfilesinCourage J.F.Kennedy
ReadingLolithainTehran AzarNafisi
Republic Plato
Rabbit, Run JohnUpdik
RapeofBangladesh AnthonyMascarenhas
Rebel,The Alertampus
Rebirth LeonidBrezhnew
RedBadgeofCourage, StephenCrane
TheRedStarOverChina
EdgarSnowRef
lectionsontheFrenchRevolution
EdmundBurke
RememberingBabylon DavidMalouf
RendezvouswithRama ArthurC. Clark
RidingtheStorm HaroldMacMillian
RomeoandJuliet WilliamShakespeare
RoomattheTop JohnBraineRoots
RunawayJury JohnGrisham
Rebecca DephneduMaurier
SevenLies JanesLasdun
Sanctuary WilliamFaulkner
Sevel LampsofArchitecture JohnRuskin
ShapeofThingstoCome H.G.Wells
SheStoopstoConquer OliverGoldsmith
Siddharta Hermann Hess
SohrabandRustam MatthewArnold
SonsandLovers D.H.Lawrence
StrangersandBrothers C.P. Snow
Strife JohnGalsworthy
StoppingbyWoods RobertFrost
SaintJohn G.B.Shaw
ScarletLetter NathonielHauthrone
TalesfromShakespeare CharlesLamb
TheSecret RhondaByrne
TaleofTwoCities CharlesDickens
ATalisman SirWalterScott
Tarzan ofthe Apes EdgarRiceBurroughs
Tempest, WilliamShakespeare
TheTenthInsight JamesRedfield
TheAdventuresofSherlockHolmes
SirArthurConanDoyleT
heAffluentSociety JohnKennethGalbraith
TheAgeofReason JeanPaulSartre
TheAgenda BobWoodword
TheAgonyandtheEcstasy EliaKazan
TheBanayanTree HughTinker
TheCancerWord AlexanderSolzhenistayn
TheCanterburyTales GeoffreyChaucer
TheCardinal HenryMortonRobinson
TheCastle FranzKalka
TheClass ErichSegal
TheClown HeinrichBoll
TheCoup JohnUpdike
TheEnd ofaBeautiful Era JosephBrodsky
TheEyeoftheStorm
PatrickWhiteTh
eEnd ofHistoryandtheLastMan
FranisFukuyana
TrialsofJesus JohnMasefield
ThePursuitofLove NancyMilford
TheFinalJudgement RichardN.Patterson
TheFlounder GunterGrass
TheFireNextTime JamesBaldwin
TheGodFather MarioPuzo
TheHotZone RichardPrelunid
TheIdiot FeodorDostoevsky
TheInterpreters WobSoyinka
TheLostWorld MichaelCrichton
TheMasters C.P. Snow
TheMerchantofVenice WilliamShakespeare
TheThirdWave AjinLuoffler
TheTotalZone PatricWhite
TheCrucible ArthurMiller
UndertheNet IrisMurdoch
Utopia SirThomasMore
UniverseAround US JamesJeans
Ulysses JamesJoyce
UntotheLast JohnRuskin
UncleTomsCabin HarrietBeecherStowe
Unless Carol Shields
ViewfromtheUN UThant
ValleyofDolls JacquelineSusann
VanityFair WilliamThackeray
VeryOldBones WilliamKennedy
VideoNightinKathmandu PicoIyer
WhereIwasFrom JoanDidion
Waiting forGodot Samuel Backet
WakeupIndia AnnieBesant
WarandPeace LeoTolstoy
WitnesstoanEra FrankMoraes
WorldWithinWorlds StephenSpender
WealthofNations AdamSmith
TheWizard oftheCrow NgugiwaThiongo
Youcanwin ShivKhera
Yearofthe Upheaval HenryKissinger
YesterdayandToday K.P.S Menon
ZorbatheGreek NikosKazantzakis
Zhivago BorisPasternak
Dr. Zenandthe Artof RobestPirosing
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