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STATIC GK TORNADO
Dear readers,
This STATIC GK TORNADO is a complete docket of important news and events. The STATIC GK
TORNADO is important and relevant for all competitive exams like – SBI PO Mains Exam 2016, SSC
CGL 2016, Insurance and UPSC Exams.

List of Highest, Longest, Biggest in India & World

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

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

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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.
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

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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.
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.

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 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.
 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 Earth’s
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
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 The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the
Earth’s 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 India’s 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
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)
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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 Children’s Fund New York, US Sven Jurgenson
(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 Azevedo
World Meteorological Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas
Organisation (Secretary-General)
World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry
Organisation
International Committee of the Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer
Red Cross
United Nations Education Paris, France Irina Bokova
Scientific & Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO)
Organisation for Economic Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria
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
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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 José Graziano da Silva
Organisation (FAO)
International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham
International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach
Committee
The Fédération Internationale Zurich, Switzerland Sepp Blatter
de Football Association (FIFA)
The Organization for the The Hague, The Netherlands Ahmet Üzümcü
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW)
World Wide Fund for Nature Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Yolanda Kakabadse
(WWF) Vaud, Switzerland

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

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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

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

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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
International Airport

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 V. Shri Pema Khandu
Shanmuganthan
Assam Dispur Shri Banwarilal Shri Sarbananda
Purohit Sonowal
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 Shri Vijay Rupani
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

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Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Shri Justice (Retd.) Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

Palaniswamy
Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shri Om Prakash Kohli Shri Shivraj Singh
Chouhan
Maharashtra Mumbai Shri Chennamaneni Shri Devendra
Vidyasagar Rao Fadnavis
Manipur Imphal Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Shri Okram Ibobi
Singh
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 V. P. Singh Shri Parkash Singh
Badnore Badal
Rajasthan Jaipur Shri Kalyan Singh Smt. Vasundhara Raje
Sikkim Gangtok Shri Shriniwas Shri Pawan Kumar
Dadasaheb Patil Chamling
Tamil Nadu Chennai Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Selvi J. Jayalalithaa
Rao
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) Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS, (Retd.) (Lieutenant
Governor)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (Lieutenant Governor)
Chandigarh Shri.V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
Daman & Diu Daman Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Dadar & Nagar Haveli Silvasa Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (Administrator)
Lakshadweep Kavaratti Shri Farooq Khan, IPS (Retd.)
(Administrator)
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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) Humayun’s 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
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.

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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

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.

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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
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

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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 Karen
Karapetyan
Australia Canberra Australian dollar Sir Peter Cosgrove Malcolm
Turnbull
Austria Vienna Euro (formerly Federal Chancellor Christian Kern
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
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
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 Michel Temer
Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar Sir Hassanal
Begawan Bolkiah
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Bulgaria Sofia Lev Rosen Plevneliev Boyko Borisov

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc (Acting) Roch Marc Paul Kaba Thieba
Christian Kaboré
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 Touadéra
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 Azali Assoumani
Congo, Brazzaville CFA Franc Clement
Republic of the Mouamba
Congo, Kinshasa Congolese franc Joseph Kabila Augustin Matata
Democratic Ponyo Mapon
Republic of the
Costa Rica San Jose Colón Luis Guillermo Solís
Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro CFA Franc Alassane Dramane Daniel Kablan
(official); Abidjan Ouattara Duncan
(de facto)
Croatia Zagreb Kuna Kolinda Grabar- Andrej Plenkovic
Kitarovic
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso General Raul Modesto Raúl Castro
Castro Ruz
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Nicos Anastasiades
Czech Republic Prague Koruna Milos Zeman Bohuslav
Sobotka
Denmark Copenhagen Krone Queen-Margrethe II Lars Løkke
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 Taur Matan Ruak Rui Maria de
(Timor-Leste) Araujo
Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Rafael Correa Delgado
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Sherif Ismail
El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar Salvador Sánchez
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Equatorial Malabo CFA Franc Brig. General Teodoro Francisco

Guinea Obiang Nguema Pascual Obama
Mbasogo Asue
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Isaias Afwerki
Estonia Tallinn Kroon Francisco Pascual Taavi Roivas
Obama Asue
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 Emmanuel
Ondimba Issoze-Ngondet
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
dollar
Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Jimmy Morales
Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Alpha Conde Mamady Youla
Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Jose Mario Vaz Baciro Dja
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 króna Olafur Ragnar Guani Th.
Grimsson Johannesson
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

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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 Hani Al-Mulki
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Nursultan Bakhytzhan
Nazarbayev Sagintayev
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 Thaçi 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
Jeenbekov
Laos Vientiane New Kip Bounnhang Vorachith Thongsing
Thammavong
Latvia Riga Lats Raimonds Vējonis Maris Kucinskis
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (Acting) Tammam Michel Aoun
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

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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 Jargaltulgyn
Erdenebat
Montenegro Podgorica Euro Filip Vujanovic Milo Dukanovic
Morocco Rabat Dirham King-Mohammed VI Abdelillah
Benkirane
Mozambique Maputo Metical Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho
do Rosário
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 Pushpa Kamal
Dahal
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Netherlands Amsterdam; The Euro (formerly King-Willem- Mark Rutte

Hague (seat of guilder) Alexander
government)
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Governor General- John 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 Guaraní Horacio Cartes Jara
Peru Lima Nuevo sol Pedro Pablo Fernando Zavala
(1991) Kuczynski
Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte
Poland Warsaw Zloty Andrzej Duda Beata Szydło
Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Marcelo Rebelo de António Costa
escudo) Sousa
Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Emir - Tamim bin Abdallah Bin
Hamad Al Thani Nasir Bin Khalifa
Al Thani
Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Dacian Cioloș
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 Allen Chastanet
dollar Louisy
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

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Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Evaristo Carvalho Patrice Trovoada
Principe
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 Vučić
dinar. In Kosovo
both the euro &
the Yugoslav
dinar are legal
Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee Danny Faure
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
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 Dési 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 Imad Khamis
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)
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Thailand Bangkok Baht Monarch - Bhumibol Prayut Chan-o-

Adulyadej cha
Togo Lome CFA Franc Faure Gnassingbe Komi Sélom
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
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Recep Tayyip Binali Yıldırım
(YTL) Erdoğan
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Australian dollar Iakoba Italeli Enele Sopoaga
Funafuti province
Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Yoweri Museveni Ruhakana
shilling 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 Theresa May
Kingdom
United States of Washington D.C. Dollar Barack Obama
America
Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabaré Vázquez
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum 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

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List of Country, Central Bank and Stock Exchange

Country Central Bank Stock Exchange

ARGENTINA Central Bank of Argentina MERVAL
AUSTRALIA Reserve Bank of Australia S&P/ASX 200
AUSTRIA European Central Bank WBI
BAHRAIN Central Bank of Bahrain ALL SHARE
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Bank DSE GENERAL
BELGIUM European Central Bank BEL20
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Central Bank of Bosnia & SASX10
Herzegovina
BOTSWANA Bank of Botswana BGSMDC
BRAZIL Central Bank of Brazil BOVESPA
BULGARIA Bulgarian National Bank SOFIX
CANADA Bank of Canada S&P/TSX
CHILE Central Bank of Chile IGPA
CHINA People’s Bank of China SHCOMP
COLOMBIA Central Bank of Colombia IGBC
COSTA RICA Central Bank of Costa Rica CRSMBCT
CROATIA Croatian National Bank CROBEX
CYPRUS European Central Bank GENERAL
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech National Bank SE PX
DENMARK National Bank of Denmark OMX COPENHAGEN
ECUADOR Central Bank of Ecuador ECU
EGYPT Central Bank of Egypt EGX30
ESTONIA European Central Bank OMX TALLIN
FINLAND European Central Bank HEX25
FRANCE European Central Bank CAC 40
GERMANY European Central Bank DAX 30
GHANA Bank of Ghana Henry GGSECI
GREECE European Central Bank ASE
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
IRELAND European Central Bank ISEQ
ISRAEL Bank of Israel TA-100
ITALY European Central Bank FTSE MIB
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
KUWAIT Central Bank of Kuwait STOCK
LATVIA Bank of Latvia OMX RIGA
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LAOS Bank of the Lao LSXC

(Lao People’s Dem. Repl.)
LEBANON Central Bank of Lebanon MSCI
LITHUANIA Bank of Lithuania OMX VILNIUS
LUXEMBOURG European Central Bank LUXX
MACEDONIA National Bank of the Rep. of MBI 10
Macedonia
MALAYSIA Bank Negara Malaysia FTSE KLCI
MALTA European Central Bank MSE
MAURITIUS Central Bank of Mauritius SEMDEX
MEXICO Bank of Mexico IPC
MONGOLIA Bank of Mongolia MSETOP
MONTENEGRO Central Bank of Montenegro MONEX20
MOROCCO Bank of Morocco MASI
NAMIBIA Bank of Namibia FTSE JSE
NETHERLANDS European Central Bank AEX
NEW ZEALAND Reserve Bank of New Zealand NZX 50
NIGERIA Central Bank of Nigeria NSE 30
NORWAY Norges Bank OSEAX
OMAN Central Bank of Oman MSM 30
PAKISTAN State Bank of Pakistan KSE100
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
SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabian Monetary TASI
Authority
SERBIA National Bank of Serbia BELEX15
SINGAPORE Monetary Authority of STI
Singapore
SLOVAKIA European Central Bank SAX
SLOVENIA European Central Bank SBITOP
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
SWEDEN The Riksbank Stefan OMX 30
SWITZERLAND Swiss National Bank SMI
TANZANIA Bank of Tanzania ALL SHARE DSEI
TAIWAN Central Bank of the Rep. of TWSE
China
THAILAND Bank of Thailand SET50
TUNISIA Central Bank of Tunisia TUNINDEX
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TURKEY Central Bank of Republic of XU100

Turkey
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Central Bank of United Arab UAE ADX GENERAL
Emirates
UKRAINE National Bank of Ukraine PFTS
UNITED KINGDOM Bank of England FTSE 100
United States of America Federal Reserve DOW JONES
VENEZUELA Central Bank of Venezuela IBVC
VIETNAM State Bank of Vietnam VN-

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 - India’s 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 Women’s 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 Father’s 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 Doctor’s 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 World’s Indigenous
People, Quit India Day
August 12 - International Youth Day
August 13 - International Left Handers Day
August 14 - Pakistan’s Independence Day
August 15 - India’s 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 Teacher’s 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 Engineer’s 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 Alzheimer’s 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 Teacher’s 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 - Children’s 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 Men’s Day, National
Integration Day
November 20 - Universal Children’s 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 - Goa’s Libration Day
December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day
December 23 - National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
December 25 - Good Governance day

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