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List of Highest, Longest, Biggest in India & World

Highest Mountain in India
Highest Mountain in world
Highest rainfall
Highest waterfall
Longest river in India
Longest river in World
Longest coastline of India
Biggest country
Biggest continent
Biggest forest in world
Biggest forest in India
Coldest continent
Largest & Deepest ocean
: Kangchenjunga
: Mt. Everest
: Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India
: Angel Falls
: Ganga
: Nile
: Gujrat
: Russia
: Asia
: Amazon
: Van Vihar national Park
: Antartica
: Pacific

List of Gardens in India

1. Hanging Gardens Mumbai
2. Brindavan Garden Mysore
3. Rock Garden Chandigarh
4. Lodi Gardens Delhi
5. Pinjore Gardens Panchkula
6. Shalimar Bagh Kashmir
7. Rock Garden Darjeeling
8. Nishat Bagh Srinagar
9. Company Garden Allahabad
10. Lal Bagh Bangalore
11. Tulip Garden Srinagar
12. Sarita Udyan Gandhinagar
13. Chambal Garden Kota
14. Chashme Shahi Garden Kashmir
15. Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar
16. Kalindi Kunj NCR
17. Indian Botanical Garden Howrah
18. Lal Bagh Garden Bangalore

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19. Lloyds Botanical Garden Darjeeling

20. Law Garden Ahmedabad
21. Mughal Garden New Delhi
22. Nishat Bagh Kashmir
23. Shalimar Garden Jammu Kashmir
24. Shalimar Garden New Delhi
25. Botanical Garden Ooty
26. Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden Udaipur
27. Sim Park Tamilnadu
28. The Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden Near gangtok

List of Sea Port & Location

Sea Port Name Location

Chennai Port or Madras Port Chennai, Madras
Haldia (Kolkata Dock System & Haldia Dock Kolkata
Complex)
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as Nhava Maharashtra, South Mumbai
Sheva
Kamarajar Port or Ennore Port Ennore, Chennai
Kandla Port Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch
Kochi Port or Cochin Port Kochi, Kerala
New Mangalore Port Manglore, Karnataka
Mormugao Port Panaji, Goa
Mumbai Port West Mumbai, Maharashtra
Panaji Panaji Goa
Paradip Jagatsinghpur, Odisha
Tuticorin Port (now called V.O.Chidambaram Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Port)
Visakhapatnam Port Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

List of Important National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of India

Kaziranga National Park Assam
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Assam
Manas National Park Assam
Nameri National Park Assam
Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park Assam
Amchang WLS Assam
Chakrashila WLS Assam
Dihing Patkai WLS Assam
East Karbi Anglong WLS Assam
North Karbi Anglong WLS Assam
Nambor WLS Assam

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Valmiki National Park Bihar

Gautam Budha WLS Bihar
Kaimur WLS Bihar
Pant (Rajgir) WLS Bihar
Valmiki WLS Bihar
Indravati National Park Chhatisgarh
Kanger Valley National Park Chhatisgarh
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) Chhatisgarh
Badalkhol WLS Chhatisgarh
Bhairamgarh WLS Chhatisgarh
Bhoramdev WLS Chhatisgarh
Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS Chhatisgarh
Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park Goa
Bondla WLS Goa
Madei WLS Goa
Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS Goa
Netravali WLS Goa
Gir National Park & Sasan Gir Sanctuary Gujarat
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Gujarat
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Gujarat
Bansda National Park Gujarat
Jambugodha WLS Gujarat
Jessore WLS Gujarat
Kutch Desert WLS Gujarat
Mitiyala WLS Gujarat
Porbandar Lake WLS Gujarat
Rampara Vidi WLS Gujarat
Ratanmahal WLS Gujarat
Shoolpaneswar (Dhumkhal) WLS Gujarat
Thol Lake WLS Gujarat
Wild Ass WLS Gujarat
Kalesar National Park Haryana
Sultanpur National Park Haryana
Bhindawas WLS Haryana
Kalesar WLS Haryana
Khaparwas WLS Haryana
Pin Valley National Park Himachal Pradesh
Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh
Inderkilla National Park Himachal Pradesh
Khirganga National Park Himachal Pradesh
Simbalbara National Park Himachal Pradesh
Bandli WLS Himachal Pradesh
Daranghati WLS Himachal Pradesh
Dhauladhar WLS Himachal Pradesh
Nargu WLS Himachal Pradesh
Pong Dam Lake WLS Himachal Pradesh
Shilli WLS Himachal Pradesh

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Talra WLS Himachal Pradesh

Dachigam National Park Jammu & Kashmir
Hemis National Park Jammu & Kashmir
Kishtwar National Park Jammu & Kashmir
Salim Ali National Park Jammu & Kashmir
Gulmarg WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Limber WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Nandini WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Betla National Park Jharkhand
Lawalong WLS Jharkhand
Palkot WLS Jharkhand
Parasnath WLS Jharkhand
Dandeli National Park Karnataka
Nagarhole National Park Karnataka
Bandipur National Park Karnataka
Bannerghatta National Park Karnataka
Kudremukh National Park Karnataka
Anshi national park Karnataka
Arabithittu WLS Karnataka
Attiveri WLS Karnataka
Bhadra WLS Karnataka
Bhimgad WLS Karnataka
Brahmagiri WLS Karnataka
Cauvery WLS Karnataka
Nugu WLS Karnataka
Pushpagiri WLS Karnataka
Ranganathittu Bird WLS Karnataka
Sharavathi Valley WLS Karnataka
Someshwara WLS Karnataka
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala
Eravikulam National Park Kerala
Mathikettan Shola National Park Kerala
Silent Valley National Park Kerala
Anamudi Shola National Park Kerala
Pampadum Shola National Park Kerala
Aralam WLS Kerala
Chimmony WLS Kerala
Idukki WLS Kerala
Malabar WLS Kerala
Mangalavanam Bird WLS Kerala
Neyyar WLS Kerala
Periyar WLS Kerala
Thattekad Bird WLS Kerala
Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh
Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh

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Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh

Panna National Park Madhya Pradesh
Madhav National Park Madhya Pradesh
Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Madhya Pradesh
Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay National Park Madhya Pradesh
Satpura National Park Madhya Pradesh
Van Vihar national park Madhya Pradesh
Bori WLS Madhya Pradesh
Gandhi Sagar WLS Madhya Pradesh
Ghatigaon WLS Madhya Pradesh
Ken Gharial WLS Madhya Pradesh
Narsighgarh WLS Madhya Pradesh
National Chambal WLS Madhya Pradesh
Orcha WLS Madhya Pradesh
Kuno WLS Madhya Pradesh
Sardarpur WLS Madhya Pradesh
Son Gharial WLS Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay Gandhi National Park Maharashtra
Chandoli National Park Maharashtra
Navegaon National Park Maharashtra
Tadoba National Park Maharashtra
Gugamal national park Maharashtra
Aner Dam WLS Maharashtra
Bhamragarh WLS Maharashtra
Bhimashankar WLS Maharashtra
Great Indian Bustard WLS Maharashtra
Jaikwadi WLS Maharashtra
Koyana WLS Maharashtra
Nagzira WLS Maharashtra
Painganga WLS Maharashtra
Radhanagari WLS Maharashtra
Sagareshwar WLS Maharashtra
Tipeshwar WLS Maharashtra
Tungareshwar WLS Maharashtra
Keibul Lamjao National Park Manipur
Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS Manipur
Balphakram National Park Meghalaya
Murlen National Park Mizoram
Phawngpui Blue National Park Mizoram
Mountain National Park Mizoram
Dampa WLS (TR) Mizoram
Ngengpui WLS Mizoram
Pualreng WLS Mizoram
Tokalo WLS Mizoram
Nokrek National Park Mizoram
Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Mizoram
Nongkhyllem WLS Mizoram
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Siju WLS Mizoram

Intanki National Park Nagaland
Fakim WLS Nagaland
Puliebadze WLS Nagaland
Rangapahar WLS Nagaland
Similipal National Park Odisha
Bhitarkanika National Park Odisha
Badrama WLS Odisha
Baisipalli WLS Odisha
Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Odisha
Hadgarh WLS Odisha
Khalasuni WLS Odisha
Satkosia Gorge WLS Odisha
Abohar WLS Punjab
Harike Lake WLS Punjab
Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Punjab
Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/ Bharatpur National Park Rajasthan
Sariska National Park Rajasthan
Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan
Darrah National Park Rajasthan
Desert National Park Rajasthan
Bundh Baratha WLS Rajasthan
Darrah WLS Rajasthan
Jawahar Sagar WLS Rajasthan
Kailadevi WLS Rajasthan
Mount Abu WLS Rajasthan
Ramsagar WLS Rajasthan
Sawai Man Singh WLS Rajasthan
Shergarh WLS Rajasthan
Sitamata WLS Rajasthan
Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim
Fambong Lho WLS Sikkim
Kitam WLS (Bird) Sikkim
Maenam WLS Sikkim
Pangolakha WLS Sikkim
Mudumalai National Park Tamil Nadu
Mukurthi National Park Tamil Nadu
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park Tamil Nadu
Guindy National Park Tamil Nadu
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park Tamil Nadu
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS Tamil Nadu
Kalakad WLS Tamil Nadu
Karaivetti WLS Tamil Nadu
Karikili WLS Tamil Nadu
Mudumalai WLS Tamil Nadu
Pulicat Lake WLS Tamil Nadu
Vaduvoor WLS Tamil Nadu
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Vedanthangal WLS Tamil Nadu

Vettangudi WLS Tamil Nadu
Bison(Rajbari) National Park Tripura
Clouded Leopard National Park Tripura
Gumti WLS Tripura
Rowa WLS Tripura
Sepahijala WLS Tripura
Trishna WLS Tripura
Rajaji National Park Uttrakhand
Jim Corbett National Park Uttrakhand
Gangotri National Park Uttrakhand
Valley of Flowers National Park Uttrakhand
Askot Musk Deer WLS Uttrakhand
Binsar WLS Uttrakhand
Govind Pashu Vihar WLS Uttrakhand
Kedarnath WLS Uttrakhand
Sonanadi WLS Uttrakhand
Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh
Hastinapur WLS Uttar Pradesh
Ranipur WLS Uttar Pradesh
Sohagibarwa WLS Uttar Pradesh
Sur Sarovar WLS Uttar Pradesh
Chandraprabha WLS Uttar Pradesh
National Chambal WLS Uttar Pradesh
Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary West Bengal
Buxa National Park West Bengal
Neora Valley NationalPark West Bengal
Singalila National Park West Bengal
Ballavpur WLS West Bengal
Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary West Bengal
Haliday Island WLS West Bengal
Lothian Island WLS West Bengal
Mahananda WLS West Bengal

List of State, Nuclear Power Station and Thermal Power Station

State Nuclear Power Station Thermal Power Station

Andhra Pradesh (i) Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant
(ii) Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal
Power Station
Assam Bongaigaon Thermal Power Plant
Bihar (i) Barauni Thermal Power Station
(ii) Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power
Station
Chhattisgarh (i) Korba Super Thermal Power Plant
(ii) Sipat Thermal Power Plant

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(iii) Bhilai Expansion Power Plant

(iv) Hasdeo Thermal Power Station
Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station (i) Mundra (TPP)
(ii) Ukai Thermal Power Station
(iii) Sikka Thermal Power Station
(iv) Akrimota Thermal Power Station
Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station (i) Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal
Power Station
(ii) Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station
Himachal Pradesh (i) Girinagar Hydel Project
(ii) Binwa Hydel Project
(iii) Rangtong Hydel Project
(iv) Baner and Neugal Project
Jharkhand (i) Patratu Thermal Power Station
(ii) Bokaro Thermal Power Station
(iii) Chandrapura Thermal Power
Station
(iv) Koderma Thermal Power Station
Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station (i) Udupi Thermal Power Plant
(ii) Bellary Thermal Power station
(iii) Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
(iv) Raichur Thermal Power Station
Kerala (i) Brahmapuram Power Station
(ii) Kayamkulam Power Station
Madhya Pradesh (i) Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power
Station
(ii) Sant Singaji (TPP)
(iii) Satpura Thermal Power Station
(iv) Amarkantak Thermal Power Station
(v) Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project
Maharashtra (i) Tarapur Atomic power (i) Tirora (TPP)
station (ii) Amravati (TPP)
(ii) Jaitapur Nuclear Power (iii) Chandrapur Super (TPP)
Project (iv) Khaperkheda Thermal Power
Station
Nagaland Dikhu Hydro Electric Power Plant
Odisha (i) Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
(ii) Hirakud Captive Power Plant
Punjab Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal
Power Plant
Rajasthan (i) Chhabra (TPP)
(ii) Suratgarh Power Station
Sikkim (i) Rangit Hydro Electric Power Prject
Tamil Nadu Kundakulam Nuclear Power (i) Mettur Theral Power Station
Plant (ii) Neyveli Thermal
(iii) Tuticorin Thermal Power Station
Tripura Palatana Thermal Power Plant

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Uttar Pradesh Narora Atomic Power Station (i) Rihand Thermal Power Station
(ii) Singrauli Super Thermal Power
Station
(iii) Anpara Thermal Power Station
(iv) Obra Thermal Power Station
(v) Rosa (TPS)
(vi) Panki (TPS)
Uttarakhand (i) Chibro Power Plant
(ii) Khodri Power Plant
(iii) Chilla Power Plant
West Bengal Durgapur Thermal Power Station

List of Famous Places - Famous Names, Cities and Aliases

Golden City Amritsar
Manchester of India Ahmedabad
City Of Seven Islands Mumbai
Queen Of Arabian Sea Cochin
Space City Bangalore
Garden City of India Bangalore
Silicon Valley of India Bangalore
Electronic City of India Bangalore
Pink City Jaipur
Gateway of India Mumbai
Twin City : Hyderabad, Secunderabad
City Of Festivals Madurai
Deccan Queen Pune
City Of Buildings Kolkata
Dakshin Ganga Godavari

List of State, River and Dam

State River Dam
Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Tehri Dam
Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam
Kerala Periyar Idukki arch Dam
Uttarakhand Yamuna Lakhwar Dam
Gujarat Narmada Sardar Sarover Dam
Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Srisailam Dam
Punjab Raavi Ranjit Sagar Dam
Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Baglihar Dam
Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

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Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Salal Dam

Maharashtra Koyna Koyna Dam
Uttar Pradesh Rihand Rihand Dam
Gujarat Tapi Ukai Dam
Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar Dam
Jammu & Kashmir Suru Chutak Hydroelectric Power
(Kargil district) plant
Jammu & Kashmir Sindhu Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric
(Leh district) Power plant
Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum Uri Dam
(Baramula district)
Tamil Nadu Kaveri Mettur Dam
Odisha Mahanadi Hirakud Dam
Rajasthan Chambal Jawahar Sagar Dam
Rajasthan Chambal Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Koteshwar Dam
Madhya Pradesh Chambal Gandhi Sagar Dam
Madhya Pradesh Narmada Omkareshwar Dam
Kerala (idukki district) Periyar Mullaperiyar Dam

List of Revolution and Field

Revolution Field
Black Revolution Petroleum Production
Blue Revolution Fish Production
Brown Revolution Leather/nonconventional(India)/Cocoa
production
Golden Fiber Revolution Jute Production
Golden Revolution Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey
Production
Green Revolution Food grains
Grey Revolution Fertilizer
Pink Revolution Onion production/Pharmaceutical
(India)/Prawn production
Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production
Round Revolution Potato
Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton
Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Production
White Revolution (In India : Operation Flood) Milk/Dairy production
Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds production
Evergreen Revolution Overall development of Agriculture
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List of State, Folk Dance and Classical Dance

State Folk Dance Classical Dance
Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi
Assam Bihu
Bihar Chhau
Gujarat Garba
Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal Rauf
Kerala Padayani Kathakali
Karnataka Dollu Kunitha
Maharashtra Lavani
Madhya Pradesh Gaur
Manupur Manipuri
Odisha Changu Odissi
Punjab Bhangra
Rajasthan (i) Gair
(ii) Ghoomar
Tamil Nadu Karagam Bharat Natyam
Uttar Pradesh Kathak
West Bengal Chhau

List of International Stadiums

Stadiums in Australia
Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
Bundaberg Rum Stadium - Cairns
Telstra Dome - Melbourne
Manuka Oval - Canberra
Marrara Cricket Ground - Darwin
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
W.A.C.A. Ground - Perth

Stadiums in Bangladesh
Bangabandhu National Stadium - Dhaka
Chittagong Stadium - Chittagong

Stadiums in England
Edgbaston - Birmingham
Headingley - Leeds
Lord's - London
Old Trafford - Manchester
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff

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St Lawrence Ground - Canterbury

The Brit Oval - London
Trent Bridge - Nottingham

Stadiums in India
Barabati Stadium - Cuttack
Barkatullah Khan Stadium - Jodhpur
Brabourne Stadium - Mumbai
Eden Gardens - Kolkata
Feroz Shah Kotla - Delhi
Gandhi Stadium - Jalandhar
Green Park - Kanpur
Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada
Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium - Visakhapatnam
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium - Hyderabad
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bangalore
MA Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground - Rajkot
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium - Patna
Sardar Vallabhai Patel Motera Stadium - Ahmedabad
Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur
Vidarbha CA Ground - Nagpur
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Kochi(Kerala)
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium - Guwahati(Assam)
Dhyan Chand National Stadium - Delhi

Stadiums in New Zealand

Basin Reserve - Wellington
Eden Park - Auckland
Jade Stadium - Christchurch
John Davies Oval - Queenstown
McLean Park - Napier

Stadiums in Pakistan
Arbab Niaz Stadium - Peshawar
Ayub National Stadium - Quetta
Gaddafi Stadium - Lahore

Stadiums in South Africa

Kingsmead - Durban
New Wanderers Stadium - Johannesburg
Newlands - Cape Town
St George's Park - Port Elizabeth
Centurion Super Sport Park - Pretoria

Stadium in Sri Lanka

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Colombo Cricket Club Ground - Colombo

Galle International Stadium - Galle
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium - Colombo
R.Premadasa Stadium - Colombo
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground - Colombo

Stadiums in West Indies

Sabina Park Kingston - Jamaica
Antigua Recreation Ground St John's - Antigua
Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown - Guyana
Kensington Oval Bridgetown - Barbados
Mindoo Phillip Park Castries - St Lucia
Albion Sports Complex Berbice - Guyana

Stadiums in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo Athletic Club - Bulawayo
Harare Sports Club - Harare
Kwekwe Sports Club - Kwekwe
Queens Sports Club - Bulawayo

Stadiums in United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi
Sharjah Cricket Stadium - Sharjah

List of Awards & their fields

1. Bharat Ratna
It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements
in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to
include "any field of human endeavour". The number of annual awards is restricted to a
maximum of three in a particular year.
2. Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of
literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
3. Saraswati Samman Literature
Note : The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award
given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
4. Jnanpith award Literature
Note : The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a
trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is
an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian
languages.
5. Vyas Samman Literature
Note : Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the
Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.
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6. Bihari Puraskar Literature

Note : Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is
named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in
Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.
7. Moorti Devi Award Literature
Note : The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya
Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
8. Booker Prize Literature
Note : It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and
published in the UK literary award
9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award Cinema/Films
Note : The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented
annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an
organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
10. Arjuna Award
Outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games.
Note : The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the
revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for
the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award.
11. Dronacharya Award
Eminent coaches of any particular sport
Note : The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India
known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still
playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport.
12. Dhyan Chand Award
The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in
their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement
in Sports and Games.
13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her
achievements in India.
14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize For Science & Technology
Note : The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award
in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable
and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental
science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.
15. Kalinga Prize Science
Note : The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for
exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
16. Pulitzer Prize Journalism
Note : The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism,
literature, and musical composition in the United States.
17. Abel Prize Mathematics
Note : The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway
to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

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18. Grammy Award Music

Note : A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music
industry.
19. Stirling Prize - Architecture
Note : The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in
architecture.
20. Aga Khan Award Architecture
Note : The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by
Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully
address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design,
social housing, community development and improvement.
21. Pritzker Prize Architecture
Note : The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

Important Boundary Lines

Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was
drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.
Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to
this line in 1917 during World War I.
Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United States.
Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification built by France along its border with
Germany before World War II, to protect its boundary from German attack.
Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by
General Mannerheim.
Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir. Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India
and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.
Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.
Order-neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and
Beisse rivers, adopted at the poland Conference (August 1945) after
Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India
and Pakistan.
Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.
17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the
two were united.
24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan.
This, however, is not recognized by India.
26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which croses through Africa, Australia and South
America.
30th PARALLEL north is a line of latitude that Stands one-third of the way between the
equator and the North Pole.
33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southeren United States,
parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.

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35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of
Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia the State
of Alabama, and the State of Mississippi.
36030 Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tennessee and Commonwealth of
Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between
Missiouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between
the Texas and the Oklahoma.
37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of
Jefferson.
38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.
39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earths
equatorial plane.
40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of
Maryland.
41th Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska
and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.
42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylania Border.
43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the
State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal
Territory of Jefferson.
The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the
Earths equatorial plane.
45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North
Pole. The
45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 45th parallel
of south latitude is the east-west line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the
equator and the South Pole.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada

List of Banks, Headquarter and Tagline

Banks Headquarter Tagline
Allahabad Bank Kolkata A Tradition of Trust
Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks
Bank of Baroda Vadodara Indias International Bank
Bank of India Mumbai Relationship beyond Banking
Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ek parivaar Ek Bank
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Limited New Delhi Empowering Women, Empowering India
Canara Bank Bangalore Together We Can
Central Bank of India Mumbai Central to You Since 1911
Corporation Bank Mangalore Prosperity for all
Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank
Indian Bank Chennai Your Own Bank
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Good People to Grow With

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Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi Where Every Individual is Committed

Punjab National Bank New Delhi The Name You can Bank Upon
Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi Where Service is a way of Life
State Bank of India Mumbai The Banker to Every Indian
Syndicate Bank Manipal Faithful and Friendly
Union Bank of India Mumbai Good People to Bank with
United Bank of India Kolkata The Bank that begins with U
UCO Bank Kolkata Honours your Trust
Vijaya Bank Bangalore A Friend you can Bank upon
IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai Bank aisa dost jaisa

List of Internation Organization, Headquarter & President/G.Sec.

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary
Asian Infrastructure Beijing, China Jin Liqun
Investment Bank (AIIB)
New Development Bank (BRICS Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath
Development Bank
Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines Takehiko Nakao
(ADB)
International Monetary Fund Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde
(IMF)
World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim
United Nations Organization New York, US Ban Ki moon
(UN)
United Nations Childrens Fund New York, US Anthony Lake
(UNICEF)
United Nations Populations New York, US Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Conference on Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi
Trade & Development
(UNCTAD)
World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Margaret Chan
(WHO)
World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab
International Labour Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder
Organisation (ILO)
World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevdo
World Meteorological Geneva, Switzerland Michel Jarraud
Organisation (Secretary-General)
World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry
Organisation
International Committee of the Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer
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United Nations Education Paris, France Irina Bokova

Scientific & Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO)
Organisation for Economic Paris, France Jos ngel Gurra
Cooperation & Development
(OECD)
United Nations Industrial Vienna, Austria Li Yong
Development Organisation
(UNIDO)
International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano
Organisation of Petroleum Vienna, Austria Diezani Alison-Madueke
Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Amnesty International London, UK Salil Shetty
International Maritime London, UK Koji Sekimizu
Organisation
Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head - Queen Elizabeth II
Secretary-General-Kamalesh
Sharma
South Asian Association for Kathmandu, Nepal Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (Secretary-General)
Association of South East Jakarta, Indonesia Le Loung Minh
Nations (ASEAN)
Asia Pacific Economic Singapore Dr. Alan Bollard
Cooperation (APEC)
North Atlantic Treaty Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg
Organisation (NATO) (Secretary-General)
International Cricket Council Dubai, UAE Zaheer Abbas
(ICC)
Food & Agricultural Rome, Italy Jos Graziano da Silva
Organisation (FAO)
International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham
International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach
Committee
The Fdration Internationale Zurich, Switzerland Sepp Blatter
de Football Association (FIFA)
The Organization for the The Hague, The Netherlands Ahmet zmc
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW)
World Wide Fund for Nature Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Yolanda Kakabadse
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List of National and Internation Water Falls

India Water Falls International Water Falls

Odisha Barehipani Falls Venezuela Angel
Goa Dudhsagar Falls Venezuela Kukenaam
Meghalaya Nohkalikai Falls USA Ribbon
Meghalaya Langshiang Falls South Africa Tugela
Karnataka Jog Falls or Gersoppa falls Australia Wollomombi
(Plunge waterfalls)
Karnataka Magod Falls Brazil Guaria
Karnataka Lushington Falls or Unchalli Falls or Canada Niagara
Keppa Jog falls
Karnataka Sivasamudram Falls Zimbabwe Victoria
Karnataka Kunchikal Falls (Tiered waterfalls)
Jharkhand Hundru Falls
Madhya Pradesh Kapildhara Falls

List of International Cricket Stadiums and Place

International Cricket Stadiums Place
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi
Brabourne Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha
Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Chandigarh
Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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List of Airport, City and State

Airport City State
Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Visakhapatnam Airport Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Guwahati Assam
Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi
Goa International Airport Goa Goa
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Ahmedabad Gujarat
Airport
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka
Mangalore International Airport Mangalore Karnataka
Cochin International Airport Kochi Kerala
Calicut International Airport Kozhikode Kerala
Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Nagpur Maharashtra
Airport
Tulihal Airport Imphal Manipur
Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar Odisha
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Amritsar Punjab
Airport
Jaipur International Airport Jaipur Rajasthan
Chennai International Airport Chennai Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
Tiruchirapalli International Airport Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Kolkata West Bengal
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List of State, Capital, Governor & Chief Minister

State Capital Governor Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad (Proposed Shri E. S. Lakshmi Shri. Nara
Capital Amaravati) Narasimhan Chandrababu Naidu
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Shri J.P. Rajkhowa Shri Kalikho Pul
Assam Dispur Shri Padmanabha Shri Sarbananda
Balakrishna Acharya Sonowal
(Add. Charge)
Bihar Patna Shri Ram Nath Kovind Shri Nitish Kumar
Chhattisgarh Raipur Shri Balramji Dass Dr. Raman Singh
Tandon
Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal
Goa Panaji Smt. Mridula Sinha Shri Laxmikant
Parsekar
Gujarat Gandhinagar Shri Om Prakash Kohli Smt. Anandiben Patel
Haryana Chandigarh Prof. Kaptan Singh Shri Manohar Lal
Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Shimla Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri Virbhadra Singh
Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (summer), Shri N. N. Vohra Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu (winter) Sayeed
Jharkhand Ranchi Shrimati Droupadi Shri Raghubar Das
Murmu
Karnataka Bengaluru Shri Vajubhai Vala Shri Siddaramaiah
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Shri Justice (Retd.) Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
Palaniswamy
Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shri Ram Naresh Shri Shivraj Singh
Yadav Chouhan
Maharashtra Mumbai Shri Chennamaneni Shri Devendra
Vidyasagar Rao Fadnavis
Manipur Imphal Shri V. Shri Okram Ibobi
Shanmuganathan Singh
(Add. Charge)
Meghalaya Shillong Shri V. Dr. Mukul Sangma
Shanmuganthan
Mizoram Aizawl Lt. General (Retd.) Shri Lal Thanhawla
Nirbhay Sharma
Nagaland Kohima Shri Padmanabha Shri. T R Zeliang
Balakrishna Acharya
Odisha Bhubaneswar Dr. S. C. Jamir Shri Naveen Patnaik
Puducherry (UT) Kiran Bedi Shri. V. Narayanasamy
Punjab Chandigarh Shri Kaptan Singh Shri Parkash Singh
Solanki Badal
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Rajasthan Jaipur Shri Kalyan Singh Smt. Vasundhara Raje

Sikkim Gangtok Shri Shriniwas Shri Pawan Kumar
Dadasaheb Patil Chamling
Tamil Nadu Chennai Dr. K. Rosaiah Selvi J. Jayalalithaa
Telangana Hyderabad Shri E.S Lakshmi Shri K Chandrasekhar
Narasimhan (Add. Rao
Charge)
Tripura Agartala Shri Tathagata Roy Shri Manik Sarkar
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Shri Ram Naik Shri Akhilesh Yadav
Uttarakhand Dehradun Dr. Krishan Kant Paul Shri Harish Rawat
West Bengal Kolkata Shri Keshari Nath Km. Mamata Banerjee
Tripathi

List of Union Territory, Capital and Chief Minister/Governor

Union Territory Capital Chief Minister/ Governor
Delhi Arvind Kejriwal
Pondicheerry (Puducherry) Shri. V. Narayanasamy
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair A.K. Singh (L.G.)
Chandigarh Kaptan Singh Solanki (Administrator)
Daman & Diu Daman Ashish Kundhra (Administrator)
Dadar & Nagar Haveli Silvasa Ashish Kundra (Administrator)
Lakshadweep Kavaratti H. Rajesh Prasad (Administrator)

List of State, Monuments and Temples

State Monuments Temples
Andhra Pradesh (i) Srisailam Temple
(ii) Tirupathi Temple
Assam (i) Kamakhya Temple
(ii) Sukresvara Temple
Bihar Mahabodhi Temple
Delhi (NCT) (i) Humayuns Tomb
(ii) The Red Fort
(iii) Qutub Minar
(iv) Lotus Temple
(v) Janatar Mantar
Gujarat Somnath Temple
Haryana Markandeshwar Temple
Jammu and Kashmir Dal Lake Amarnath Temple
Kerala Sabrimala Temple

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Maharashtra Siddhivinayak Temple

Odisha Konark Sun Temple
Punjab Darbar Sahib Amritsar Golden Temple
Rajasthan (i) Hawa Mahal Jaipur Birla Mandir
(ii) Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur
(iii) Jal Mahal Jaipur
Tamil Nadu (i) Meenakshi Temple
(ii) Brihadeeswarar Temple
Telangana Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad
Uttar Pradesh Taj Mahal Agra
West Bengal Victoria Memorial - Kolkata

List of Sports and Trophies/Cups

Sports Trophies/ Cups

Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep
Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC
World Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy,
Cricket Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup,
Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay
Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy.
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup,
Hockey Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa
Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup
Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup,
DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National
Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup,
Football
Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh
Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy,
UEFA Champions League
Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup,
Badminton Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup,
Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women)
Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup
Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open,
Lawn Tennis
Heineken Cup
Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters
Horse Racing Derby
Rowing Wellington trophy

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List of Sports and Terminology

Sports Terminology
Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault.
Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out.
Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off.
Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch.
Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks.
Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.
Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, Follow on, Googly,
Gulley, Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, No ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket
Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling.
Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Tick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick,
Stopper
Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green.
Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, Under
cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried.
Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest.
Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive.
Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes.
Swimming Stroke.

List of All Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers Ministries
Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs
Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs
Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Minister of Urban Development, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty
Venkaiah Naidu Alleviation and Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Shri Nitin Jairam
Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping
Shri Manohar Parrikar Minister of Defence
Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways
Shri D V Sadananda
Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Sushri Uma Bharati Rejuvenation
Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shri Kalraj Mishra Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary
Shri Ananthkumar Affairs
Shri Ravi Shankar Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and
Prasad Information Technology
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Shri Jagat Prakash

Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Ashok Gajapathi
Raju Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation
Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries
Shri Narendra Singh Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Tomar Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Shri Chaudhary
Birender Singh Minister of Steel
Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs
Shri Radha Mohan
Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Shri Thaawar Chand
Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles
Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences
Shri Prakash
Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development

List of Country, Capital, Currency, President and Prime Minister

Country Capital Currency President Prime Minister

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Mohammad Ashraf
Ghani
Albania Tirane Lek Bujar Nishani Edi Rama
Algeria Algiers Dinar Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelmalek
Sellal
Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro
Angola Luanda New Kwanza Jose Eduardo Dos
Santos
Antigua and Saint John's East Caribbean Sir Rodney Williams Gaston Browne
Barbuda dollar
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Mauricio Macri
Armenia Yerevan Dram Serzh Sargsyan Hovik
Abrahamyan
Australia Canberra Australian dollar Sir Peter Cosgrove Malcolm
Turnbull
Austria Vienna Euro (formerly Heinz Fischer
schilling)
Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev Artur Rasizade
The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar Marguerite Pindling Perry Gladstone
Christie
Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bin
Khalifa Salman Al
Khalifa
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Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina

Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar Elliot Belgrave Freundel Stuart
Belarus Minsk Belorussian Aleksandr Andrei Kobyakov
ruble Lukashenko
Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Philippe Charles Michel
Belgian franc)
Belize Belmopan Belize dollar Sir Colville Young Dean Oliver
Barrow
Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc Patrice Talon Lionel Zinsou
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Jigme Khesar Tshering Tobgay
Namgyel Wangchuck
Bolivia La Paz Boliviano Juan Evo Morales
(administrative); Ayma
Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Sarajevo Marka
Herzegovina
Botswana Gaborone Pula Seretse Khama Ian
Khama
Brazil Brasilia Real Dilma Rousseff
Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar Sir Hassanal Bolkiah Sir Hassanal
Begawan Bolkiah
Bulgaria Sofia Lev Rosen Plevneliev Boyko Borisov
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc (Acting) Roch Marc Paul Kaba Thieba
Christian Kabor
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Pierre Nkurunziza
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Norodom Sihamoni Hun Sen
Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc Paul Biya Philemon Yang
Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar David Johnston Justin Trudeau
Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean Jorge Carlos De Ulisses Correia e
escudo Almeida Fonseca Silva
Central African Bangui CFA Franc Faustin-Archange Simplice Sarandji
Republic Touadra
Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc Idriss Deby Itno Albert Pahimi
Padacke
Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Michelle Bachelet
China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros Moroni Franc Ikililou Dhoinine
Congo, Brazzaville CFA Franc Clement Mouamba
Republic of the
Congo, Kinshasa Congolese franc Joseph Kabila Augustin Matata
Democratic Ponyo Mapon
Republic of the
Costa Rica San Jose Coln Luis Guillermo Sols
Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro CFA Franc Alassane Dramane Daniel Kablan
(official); Abidjan Ouattara Duncan
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Croatia Zagreb Kuna Kolinda Grabar- Tihomir

Kitarovic Oreskovic
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso General Raul Modesto Ral Castro
Castro Ruz
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Nicos Anastasiades
Czech Republic Prague Koruna Milos Zeman Bohuslav
Sobotka
Denmark Copenhagen Krone Queen-Margrethe II Lars Lkke
Rasmussen
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Ismail Omar Guelleh Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
Dominica Roseau East Caribbean Charles Savarin Roosevelt Skerrit
dollar
Dominican Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Danilo Medina
Republic Sanchez
East Timor Dili U.S. dollar
(Timor-Leste)
Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Rafael Correa Delgado
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Sherif Ismail
El Salvador San Salvador Coln; U.S. dollar Salvador Snchez
Cern
Equatorial Malabo CFA Franc Brig. General Teodoro Vicente Ehate
Guinea Obiang Nguema Tomi
Mbasogo
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Isaias Afwerki
Estonia Tallinn Kroon Toomas Hendrik Ilves Taavi Roivas
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Mulatu Teshome Hailemariam
Desalegn
Fiji Suva Fiji dollar George Konrote Frank
Bainimarama
Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Sauli Niinisto Juha Sipila
markka)
France Paris Euro (formerly Francois Hollande Manuel Valls
French franc)
Gabon Libreville CFA Franc Ali Ben Bongo Daniel Ona Ondo
Ondimba
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Yahya Jammeh
Georgia Tbilisi Lari Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi
Kvirikashvili
Germany Berlin Euro (formerly Joachim Gauck Chancellor-
Deutsche mark) Angela Merkel
Ghana Accra Cedi John Dramani
Mahama
Greece Athens Euro (formerly Prokopis Pavlopoulos Alexis Tsipras
drachma)
Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean Cecile La Grenade Keith Mitchell
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Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Jimmy Morales

Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Alpha Conde Mamady Youla
Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Jos Mrio Vaz Carlos Correia
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar David A. Granger Moses
Nagamootoo
Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde (Acting) Jocelerme (Acting) Enex
Privert Jean-Charles
Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Juan Orlando
Hernandez Alvarado
Hungary Budapest Forint Janos Ader Viktor Orban
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krna Olafur Ragnar lafur Ragnar
Grimsson Grmsson
India New Delhi Rupee Pranab Mukherjee Narendra Modi
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo
Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Fuad Masum Haider al-Abadi
Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Michael Daniel Enda Kenny
Irish pound Higgins
[punt])
Israel Jerusalem Shekel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi"
Netanyahu
Italy Rome Euro (formerly Sergio Mattarella Matteo Renzi
lira)
Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar Sir Patrick Allen Andrew Holness
Japan Tokyo Yen Emperor-Akihito Shinzo Abe
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar King-Abdallah II Abdullah Ensour
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Nursultan Karim Massimov
Nazarbayev
Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Uhuru Kenyatta
Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Australian dollar Taneti Mamau
Korea, North Pyongyang Won Supreme leader: Kim
Jong-un
Korea, South Seoul Won Park Geun-Hye Hwang Kyo-ahn
Kosovo Pristina Euro (German Hashim Thai Isa Mustafa
Mark prior to
2002)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad Jabir Al-Mubarak
al-Jabir al-Sabah Al-Hamad Al-
Sabah
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Almazbek Atambaev Sooronbay
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Laos Vientiane New Kip Bounnhang Vorachith Thongsing

Thammavong
Latvia Riga Lats Raimonds Vjonis Maris Kucinskis
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (Acting) Tammam Tammam Salam
Salam
Lesotho Maseru Maluti King-Letsie III Pakalitha
Mosisili
Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Aguila Salah Issa Fayez al-Sarraj
Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc Prince - Hans Adam II Adrian Hasler
Lithuania Vilnius Litas Dalia Grybauskaite Algirdas
Butkevicius
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly Monarch Henri Xavier Bettel
Luxembourg
franc)
Macedonia Skopje Denar Gjorge Ivanov Emil Dimitriev
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Hery Martial Olivier
Rajaonarimampianina Solonandrasana
Rakotoari
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha Peter Mutharika
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit King-Abdul Halim Najib Razak
Mu'adzam Shah
Maldives Male Rufiya Abdulla Yameen
Abdul Gayoom
Mali Bamako CFA Franc Ibrahim Boubacar Modibo Keita
Keita
Malta Valletta Maltese lira Marie Louise Coleiro Joseph Muscat
Preca
Marshall Majuro U.S. Dollar Hilda Heine
Islands
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Mohamed Ould Abdel Yahya Ould
Aziz Hademine
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee Ameenah Gurib Anerood
Jugnauth
Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Enrique Pena Nieto
Micronesia, Palikir U.S. Dollar Peter M. Christian
Federated
States of
Moldova Chisinau Leu Nicolae Timofti Pavel Filip
Monaco Monaco Euro
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik Tsakhia Elbegdorj Chimed
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Montenegro Podgorica Euro Filip Vujanovic Milo Dukanovic

Morocco Rabat Dirham King-Mohammed VI Abdelillah
Benkirane
Mozambique Maputo Metical Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho
do Rosrio
Myanmar Rangoon Kyat Htin Kyaw
(Burma) (Yangon);
Naypyidaw or
Nay Pyi Taw
(administrative)
Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar Hage Geingob Saara
Kuugongelwa-
Amadhila
Nauru no official capital; Australian dollar Baron Divavesi Waqa
government
offices in Yaren
District
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi Bhandari Khadga Prasad
Sharma Oli
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Euro (formerly King-Willem- Mark Rutte
Hague (seat of guilder) Alexander
government)
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Governor General- John Phillip Key
dollar Jerry Mateparae
Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Daniel Ortega
Saavedra
Niger Niamey CFA Franc Mahamadou Issoufou Brigi Rafini
Nigeria Abuja Naira Muhammadu Buhari
Norway Oslo Norwegian King-Harald V Erna Solberg
krone
Oman Muscat Omani rial Sultan-Qaboos bin Fahd bin
Said Al Said Mahmoud al Said
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Mamnoon Hussain Md Nawaz Sharif
Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar Tommy Remengesau
Panama Panama City balboa; U.S. Juan Carlos Varela
dollar
Papua New Port Moresby Kina Michael Ogio Peter Paire
Guinea O'neill
Paraguay Asuncion Guaran Horacio Cartes Jara
Peru Lima Nuevo sol Ollanta Moises Pedro Cateriano
(1991) Humala Tasso
Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte
Poland Warsaw Zloty Andrzej Duda Beata Szydo
Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Marcelo Rebelo de Antnio Costa
escudo) Sousa
Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Emir - Tamim bin Abdallah Bin
Hamad Al Thani Nasir Bin Khalifa
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Al Thani
Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Dacian Ciolo
Russia Moscow Ruble Vladimir Dmitriy
Vladimirovich Putin Anatolyevich
Medvedev
Rwanda Kigali Rwanda franc Paul Kagame Anastase
Murekezi
Saint Kitts and Basseterre East Caribbean Samuel Weymouth Timothy Harris
Nevis dollar Tapley Seaton
Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean Dame Pearlette Kenny Davis
dollar Louisy Anthony
Saint Vincent Kingstown East Caribbean Sir Frederick Ralph Everard
and the dollar Nathaniel Ballantyne Gonsalves
Grenadines
Samoa Apia Tala Tuilaepa Aiono
Sailele
Malielegaoi
San Marino San Marino Euro
Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Manuel Pinto Da Patrice Trovoada
Principe Costa
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal King-Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Senegal Dakar CFA Franc Macky Sall Md. Dionne
Serbia Belgrade Yugoslav new Tomislav Nikolic Aleksandar Vui
dinar. In Kosovo
both the euro &
the Yugoslav
dinar are legal
Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee James Alix Michel
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Tony Tan Keng Yam Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia Bratislava Euro (from Andrej Kiska Robert Fico
01/01/09),
Koruna
Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; Borut Pahor Miro Cerar
euro (as of
1/1/07)
Solomon Honiara Solomon Islands Frank Ofagioro Kabui Manasseh
Islands dollar Sogavare
Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Hassan Sheikh Omar Abdirashid
Mahamud Ali Sharmarke
South Africa Pretoria Rand Jacob Zuma
(administrative);
Cape Town
(legislative);
Bloemfontein
(judiciary)
South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Salva Kiir Mayardit
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Spain Madrid Euro (formerly Monarch - Felipe VI Mariano Rajoy

peseta)
Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Sri Lanka rupee Maithripala Sirisena Ranil
Jayewardenepura Wickremesinghe
Kotte (legislative)
Sudan Khartoum Dinar Omar al-Bashir
Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese Dsi Bouterse
dollar
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni King-Mswati III Barnabus
Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden Stockholm Krona Carl XVI Gustaf Stefan Lofven
Switzerland Bern Swiss franc
Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar Al-Asad Wael Nader al-
Halqi
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Ma Ying-Jeou
Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Emomali Rahmon Kohir Rasulzoda
Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian John Magufuli Kassim Majaliwa
Dodoma shilling
(legislative)
Thailand Bangkok Baht Monarch - Bhumibol Prayut Chan-o-
Adulyadej cha
Togo Lome CFA Franc Faure Gnassingbe Komi Slom
Klassou
Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga King-Tupou VI Akilisi Pohiva
Trinidad and Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Anthony Thomas Keith Rowley
Tobago Tobago dollar Aquinas Carmona
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Beji Caid Essebsi Habib Essid
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Recep Tayyip Ahmet
(YTL) Erdoan Davutolu
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Australian dollar Iakoba Italeli Enele Sopoaga
Funafuti province
Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Yoweri Kaguta Ruhakana
shilling Museveni Rugunda
Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr
Groysman
United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham Khalifa Bin Zayid Al Muhammad Bin
Emirates Nuhayyan Rashid Al
Maktum
United London Pound sterling Queen-Elizabeth II David William
Kingdom Donald Cameron
United States of Washington D.C. Dollar Barack Obama
America
Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabar Vzquez
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Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Islom Karimov Shavkat

Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Baldwin Lonsdale Charlot Salwai
Vatican City Vatican City Euro
(Holy See)
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Nicolas Maduro
Moros
Vietnam Hanoi Dong Tran Dai Quang Nguyen Xuan
Phuc
Yemen Sanaa Rial Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Ahmed Obeid bin
Mansur Hadi Daghr
Zambia Lusaka Kwacha Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean Robert Gabriel
dollar Mugabe

List of Country, Central Bank and Stock Exchange

Country Central Bank Stock Exchange
AFGHANISTAN Bank of Afghanistan
ALBANIA Bank of Albania
ALGERIA Bank of Algeria
ANGOLA National Bank of Angola
ARGENTINA Central Bank of Argentina MERVAL
ANGUILLA Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank
ARMENIA Central Bank of Armenia
ARUBA Central Bank of Aruba
AUSTRALIA Reserve Bank of Australia S&P/ASX 200
AUSTRIA European Central Bank WBI
AZERBAIJAN Central Bank of the Rep. of
Azerbaijan
BAHAMAS Central Bank of the Bahamas
BAHRAIN Central Bank of Bahrain ALL SHARE
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Bank DSE GENERAL
BARBADOS Central Bank of Barbados
BELARUS National Bank of the Rep. of
Belarus
BELGIUM European Central Bank BEL20
BELIZE Central Bank of Belize
BENIN Central Bank of West African
States
BERMUDA Bermuda Monetary Authority

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BHUTAN Royal Monetary Authority of

Bhutan
BOLIVIA Central Bank of Bolivia
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Central Bank of Bosnia & SASX10
Herzegovina
BOTSWANA Bank of Botswana BGSMDC
BRAZIL Central Bank of Brazil BOVESPA
BULGARIA Bulgarian National Bank SOFIX
BURKINA FASO Central Bank of West African
States
BURUNDI Bank of the Rep. of Burundi
CAMBODIA National Bank of Cambodia
CAMEROON Bank of Central African States
CANADA Bank of Canada S&P/TSX
CAYMAN ISLANDS Cayman Islands Monetary
Authority
CAPE VERDE Bank of Cape Verde
CEN. AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bank of Central African States
CHAD Bank of Central African States
CHILE Central Bank of Chile IGPA
CHINA Peoples Bank of China SHCOMP
COLOMBIA Central Bank of Colombia IGBC
COMMONWEALTH OF Eastern Caribbean Central
DOMINICA Bank
CONGO Bank of Central African States
CONGO DEM. REP. Central Bank of Congo
COSTA RICA Central Bank of Costa Rica CRSMBCT
CROATIA Croatian National Bank CROBEX
CUBA Central Bank of Cuba
CURACAO & ST. MAARTEN Central Bank of Curacao and St.
Maarten
CYPRUS European Central Bank GENERAL
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech National Bank SE PX
DENMARK National Bank of Denmark OMX COPENHAGEN
DOMINICAN REPL. Central Bank of the Dominican
Rep.
ECUADOR Central Bank of Ecuador ECU
EGYPT Central Bank of Egypt EGX30
EL SALVADOR Central Reserve Bank of El
Salvador
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Bank of Central African States
ESTONIA European Central Bank OMX TALLIN
ETHIOPIA National Bank of Ethiopia
FIJI Reserve Bank of Fiji
FINLAND European Central Bank HEX25
FRANCE European Central Bank CAC 40
GABON Bank of Central African States
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GAMBIA Central Bank of The Gambia

GEORGIA National Bank of Georgia
GERMANY European Central Bank DAX 30
GHANA Bank of Ghana Henry GGSECI
GREECE European Central Bank ASE
GRENADA Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank
GUATEMALA Bank of Guatemala
GUINEA Central Bank of the Rep. of
Guinea
GUINEA-BISSEAU Central Bank of West African
States
GUYANA Bank of Guyana
HAITI Bank of the Republic of Haiti
HONDURAS Central Bank of Honduras
HONG KONG Hong Kong Monetary Authority HIS
HUNGARY Central Bank of Hungary BUX
ICELAND Central Bank of Iceland SE ICEX
INDIA Reserve Bank of India SENSEX
INDONESIA Bank Indonesia JCI
IRAN Central Bank of Islamic Rep. of
Iran
IRAQ Central Bank of Iraq
IRELAND European Central Bank ISEQ
ISRAEL Bank of Israel TA-100
ITALY European Central Bank FTSE MIB
IVORY COAST Central Bank of West African
States
JAMAICA Bank of Jamaica STOCK
JAPAN Bank of Japan NIKKEI 225
JORDAN Central Bank of Jordan ASE GENERAL
KAZAKHSTAN National Bank of Kazakhstan KASE
KENYA Central Bank of Kenya NSE20
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Bank of Korea
KOSOVO Central Bank of the Republic of
Kozovo
KUWAIT Central Bank of Kuwait STOCK
KYRGYZSTAN National Bank of the Kyrgyz
Repl.Abdygulo
LATVIA Bank of Latvia OMX RIGA
LAOS_(Lao Peoples Dem. Bank of the Lao LSXC
Repl.)
LEBANON Central Bank of Lebanon MSCI
LESOTHO Central Bank of Lesotho
LIBERIA Central Bank of Liberia
LIBYA Central Bank of Libya
LITHUANIA Bank of Lithuania OMX VILNIUS
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LUXEMBOURG European Central Bank LUXX

MACAO Monetary Authority of Macao
MACEDONIA National Bank of the Rep. of MBI 10
Macedonia
MADAGASCAR Central Bank of Madagascar
MALAWI Reserve Bank of Malawi
MALAYSIA Bank Negara Malaysia FTSE KLCI
MALDIVES Maldives Monetary Authority
MALI Central Bank of West African
States
MALTA European Central Bank MSE
MAURITANIA Central Bank of Mauritania
MAURITIUS Central Bank of Mauritius SEMDEX
MEXICO Bank of Mexico IPC
MOLDOVA National Bank of Moldova
MONGOLIA Bank of Mongolia MSETOP
MONTENEGRO Central Bank of Montenegro MONEX20
MONTSERRAT Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank
MOROCCO Bank of Morocco MASI
MOZAMBIQUE Bank of Mozambique
MYANMAR Central Bank of Myanmar
NAMIBIA Bank of Namibia FTSE JSE
NETHERLANDS European Central Bank AEX
NEW ZEALAND Reserve Bank of New Zealand NZX 50
NICARAGUA Central Bank of Nicaragua
NIGER Central Bank of West African
States
NIGERIA Central Bank of Nigeria NSE 30
NORWAY Norges Bank OSEAX
OMAN Central Bank of Oman MSM 30
PAKISTAN State Bank of Pakistan KSE100
PALESTINE Palestine Monetary Authority
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Bank of Papua New Guinea
PARAGUAY Central Bank of Paraguay
PERU Central Reserve Bank of Peru IGBVL
PHILIPPINES Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas PSEI
POLAND National Bank of Poland WIG
PORTUGAL European Central Bank PSI20
QATAR Qatar Central Bank QE GENERAL
ROMANIA National Bank of Romania BET
RUSSIA Bank of Russia MICEX
RWANDA National Bank of Rwanda
SAMOA Central Bank of Samoa
SAINT LUCIA Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank
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SAN MARINO Central Bank of the Republic of

San Marino
SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabian Monetary TASI
Authority
SENEGAL Central Bank of West African
States
SERBIA National Bank of Serbia BELEX15
SEYCHELLES Central Bank of Seychelles
SIERRA LEONE Bank of Sierra Leone
SINGAPORE Monetary Authority of STI
Singapore
SLOVAKIA European Central Bank SAX
SLOVENIA European Central Bank SBITOP
SOLOMON ISLANDS Central Bank of Solomon
Islands
SOMALIA Central Bank of Somalia
SOUTH AFRICA South African Reserve Bank FTSE/JSE
SOUTH KOREA Bank of Korea KOSPI
SPAIN European Central Bank IBEX 35
SRI LANKA Central Bank of Sri Lanka CSE ALL SHARE
SUDAN Central Bank of Sudan
SWAZILAND Central Bank of Swaziland
SWEDEN The Riksbank Stefan OMX 30
SWITZERLAND Swiss National Bank SMI
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Central Bank of Syria
TANZANIA Bank of Tanzania ALL SHARE DSEI
TAIWAN Central Bank of the Rep. of TWSE
China
TAJIKISTAN National Bank of Tajikistan
THAILAND Bank of Thailand SET50
TOGOLESE REPUBLIC Central Bank of Togo
TONGA National Reserve Bank of
Tonga
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Central Bank of Trinidad and
Tobago
TUNISIA Central Bank of Tunisia TUNINDEX
TURKEY Central Bank of Republic of XU100
Turkey
TURKMENISTAN Central Bank of Turkmenistan
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Central Bank of United Arab UAE ADX GENERAL
Emirates
UGANDA Bank of Uganda
UKRAINE National Bank of Ukraine PFTS
UNITED KINGDOM Bank of England FTSE 100
URUGUAY Central Bank of Uruguay
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United States of America Federal Reserve DOW JONES

UZBEKISTAN Central Bank of the Rep. of
Uzbekistan
VANUATU Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
VENEZUELA Central Bank of Venezuela IBVC
VIETNAM State Bank of Vietnam VN-
YEMEN Central Bank of Yemen
ZAMBIA Bank of Zambia
ZIMBABWE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

List of Important Dates National & International

January
9th January - Pravasi Bhartiya Divas ( NRI Day)
10th January - World Hindi Day/ World Laughter Day
12th January - National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January - Army Day
18th January - National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
23rd January - 118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose /
National Day of Patriotism
24th January - National Girl Child Day
25th January - National Voters Day
26th January - Indias Republic Day/ International Customs day
27th January - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the
Victims of the Holocaust
28th January - Birth Anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai
30th January - Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi
(Martyrs / Sarvodaya Day)
30th January - World Leprosy Eradication Day

February
1st Feb - Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd Feb - World Wetland Day
4th Feb - World Cancer Day
6th Feb - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital
Mutilation
10th Feb - National Deworming Day
13th Feb - World Radio Day
20th Feb - World Day of Social Justice
21st Feb - International Mother Language Day
24th Feb - Central Excise Day
28th Feb - National Science Day

March
1st March - Zero Discrimination Day
3rd March - World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day

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4th March - National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas),

World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.
8th March - International Womens Day
10th March - Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day
12th March - World Kidney Day
13th March - World Rotaract Day
14th March - Pi Day
15th March - World Consumer Rights Day
18th March - Ordnance Factories Day
20th March - World Sparrow Day, International Day of Happiness
21st March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21st March - World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz
21st March - International Day of Forests, World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March - World Water Day
23rd March - World Meteorological Day
24th March - World Tuberculosis Day
25th March - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
27th March - World Theatre Day
28th March - Earth Hour
April
2nd April - World Autism Awareness Day
4th April - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action
6th April - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April - World Health Day
11th April - National Safe Motherhood Day 2015
12th April - International Day of Human Space Flight
17th April - World Hemophilia Day
18th April - World Heritage Day
21st April - National Civil Services Day
22nd March - World Earth Day
23rd April - World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
24th April - National Panchayati Day
25th April - World Malaria Day
26th April - World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)
28th April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29th April - World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims
of Chemical Warfare
30th April - International Jazz Day

May
1st May - International Labour Day
3rd May - World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day,
International Energy Day
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May 04 - Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters Day

1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first
Tuesday in May.
1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day
May 05 - World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day
May 06 - World No Diet Day
May 08 - World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for
Lost Lives of Second World War
May 09 - World Thalassaemia Day
May 10 - International Migratory Bird Day
May 11 - National technology day
May 12 - International Nurses Day
May 13 - International Criminal Court Day
May 15 - International Day of the Families
May 17 - World Tele-communication and Information Society Day,
Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day,
International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 18 - World Museum Day
May 20 - World Meteorology Day
May 21 - National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural
Development
May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24 - Commonwealth Day
May 25 - World Missing Childrens day
May 29 - International Day of Peacekeepers
May 31 - World Anti Tobacco Day

June
June 1 - World Milk Day
June 4 - World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 - World Environment Day
June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
June 12 - World Day Against Child Labor
June 14 - World Blood Donor Day
June 15 - World elder abuse awareness day
3rd Sunday of June - World Fathers Day
June 16 - International Integration Day
June 18 - International Picnic Day
June 20 - World Refugee Day
June 21 - World Music Day
June 23 - International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service
Day, International Widows Day
June 26 - International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking,
International Day in support of Victims of torture
July
July 1 - International Joke Day, World Doctors Day
July 2 - World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day
1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives
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July 06 - World Zoonoses Day

July 07 - World Chocolate Day
July 11 - World Population Day
July 12 - International Malala Day
July 18 - International Nelson Mandela Day
July 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory
Day
July 28 - World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
July 29 - International Tiger Day

August
First Sunday in August - International Friendship Day
August 6 - Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
August 8 - World Senior Citizen Day
August 9 - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the Worlds Indigenous
People, Quit India Day
August 12 - International Youth Day
August 13 - International Left Handers Day
August 14 - Pakistans Independence Day
August 15 - Indias Independence Day, International Mourning Day
August 19 - World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
August 20 - National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi,
World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas
August 21 - National Senior Citizen Day
August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
and Its Abolition
August 29 - National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday
August 30 - International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

September
September 2 - World Coconut Day
September 5 - National Teachers Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day,
Sanskrit Day
September 7 - World Forgiveness Day
September 8 - World Literacy Day
September 10 - World Anti-Suicide Day
September 14 - Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
September 15 - International Day of Democracy, International Engineers Day
September 16 - World Ozone Day
September 20 - RPF Foundation day
September 21 - World Peace Day or International day for Peace and
Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimers Day
September 22 - World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day
September 23 - International Day of the Deaf
September 26 - World Contraception Day,
September 27 - World Tourism Day
September 28 - World Rabies Day
September 29 - World Heart Day

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October
1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day
October 1 - World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
October 2 - Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 - World Nature Day
October 4 - World Animal Day
October 5 - World Teachers Day
October 6 - World Wildlife Day
October 8 - Indian Air Force Day
October 9 - World Postal or Post-office Day
October 10 - World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day
October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child
2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day
October 12 - World Arthritis Day
October 13 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 - World Standards Day
October 15 - Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural
Women, World White Cane Safety Day
October 16 - World Food Day
October 17 - International Poverty Day for it's Eradication
October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National
Solidarity day
October 24 - UN Day, World Development Information Day,
World Polio Day
October 27 - World day for Audio Visual Heritage
October 28 - International Animation Day
October 31 - World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November
November 1 - World Vegan Day
November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 7 - Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
November 8 - World Radiology Day
November 9 - World Legal Service Day
November 10 - World Science day for Peace and Development,
Public Transport Day
November 11 - National Education Day
November 12 - World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
November 13 - World Kindness Day
November 14 - Childrens Day(India), World Diabetes Day
November 16 - International Day for Endurance or Tolerance
November 17 - International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth
Anniversary, National eplilepsy day
November 19 - World Toilet Day, International Mens Day, National
Integration Day
November 20 - Universal Childrens Day
3rd Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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3rd Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day

November 21 - World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day
November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against
Women, World Non-Veg day
November 26 - National Law Day or National constitution Day
November 30 - National Flag Day
December
December 1 - World AIDS Day
December 2 - World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the
Abolition of Slavery
December 3 - International Day of People with Disability or World
Disability Day
December 4 - Indian Navy Day
December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social
Development
December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag
Day
December 9 - The International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10 - World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of
Broadcasting
December 11 - International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
December 14 - National Energy Conservation Day(India)
December 16 - Vijay Diwas
December 18 - International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
December 19 - Goas Libration Day
December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day
December 23 - National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas
December 25 - Good Governance day

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