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BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE


Largest – World Largest palace ..................... Imperial Palace, Beijing
Largest continent ........................................... Asia
Largest ocean ............................................... Pacific
Largest dam ........................... Three Gorges (China)
Largest landmass ................ The Eurasian Landmass
Largest park .. Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
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Largest river .............................................. Amazon
Largest river basin ..................................... Amazon
Largest lake (salt water) ....................... Caspian sea
Largest zoo ...... Krugal National Park (South Africa)

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Largest lake (fresh water) .......... Lake Superior (North

Largest artificial lake ..... Lake Mead at Hoover Dam,


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Largest inland sea ....................... Mediterranean sea
Largest canal ........................ Keil Canal in Germany
Largest reef ............... Great Barrier Reef, (Australia)
(USA). Originally known as Boulder.
Largest bay ................ Hudson Bay (North Canada)
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Largest city (population) ................... Tokyo (Japan)
Largest estuary..................................... Ob (Russia)
Largest cave ........ Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (USA)
Largest gulf ..................................... Gulf of Mexico
Largest gorge ........................ Grand Canyon (USA)
Largest sea .................................... South China sea
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Largest strait ........................................ Tartar strait
Largest wall ......................... The Great Wall (China)
Largest delta ....... Sundarbans (India & Bangladesh)
Largest peninsula ........................................ Arabia
Largest island ......................................... Greenland
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Largest cemetery ....................... Leningrad (Russia)
Largest railway station ......... Grand Central Terminal
(New York)
Largest country (in area) .............................. Russia
Largest country (in population) ...................... China
Largest temple` ................... Angkorwat (Cambodia)
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Largest university building .....................................
University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Largest open university ........ Indira Gandhi National

Largest airport ... King Khalid International Airport at


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Largest archipelago ................................. Indonesia Open University (New Delhi)
Largest steel plant .......... Nippon Steel plant (Japan)
Largest wingspan .................................... Albatross

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Largest church ................ St.Peter's Basilica, (Rome)
Largest mosque ...... Sha Faisal Mosque (Islamabad)
Largest active volcano ............ Mauna lao on Hawaii
Largest planet ............................................. Jupiter
Largest bird ................................................. Ostrich

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Largest embassy............ Russian Embassy (Beijing)
Largest war plane .......................... Mirage (France)
Largest prison ............................. Kharkov (Russia)
Largest sea bird ....................................... Albatross
Largest diamond ................................. The Cullinan
Largest parliament . The National People's Congress

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Largest hotel ........... MGM Grand Hotel and Casino,
Las Vegas (USA)
Largest desert .................................. Sahara (Africa)
of the People's Republic of China
Largest north to south stretch of land ........ America

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Largest forest ........................ Coniferous Forests of
Northern Russia
Largest cold desert ........................ Gobi (Mongolia)
Largest plateau ................................... Pamir (Tibet)
Largest mountain range ..................... The Himalaya

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Largest library .... United States Library of Congress
Largest museum .................... American Museum of
Largest statue ............................... Statue of liberty
Largest bank .................... World bank (Washington)
Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system

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Largest animal ....................................... Blue whale
Largest land animal ........... The African Bush Elephant
known in the world. It is situated in USA. It
became a World Heritage Site on October 27,
1981, and an international Biosphere Reserve on
Largest democracy ......................................... India September 26, 1990. It is centered around the
Largest electorate ........................................... India Green River, with a tributary, the Nolin River,
Largest town ......................... Mt. Isa (Queensland) feeding into the Green just inside the park.
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Largest army.................................................. China HIGHEST – World


Largest cricket stadium ......... Melbourne (Australia)
Largest navy .................................................. USA Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Largest airforce ............................................... USA Highest mountain - Himalaya
Largest natural satellite ............. Ganymede (Jupiter)
Largest port .......................................... New Jersey Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
Largest book publishing company ..........................
Mc Graw Hill (New York)
Largest Dome in the World... Astrodome, in Housten
Highest plateau
Highest continent
Highest waterfall
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(U.S.A)
Largest Epic ........................................ Mahabharat
Largest carnivorous mammal ................... Polar Bear
Highest active volcano
Highest capital city
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Guayathiri (Chile)
La Paz (Bolivia)
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SMALLEST – World
Smallest continent .................................... Australia
Highest town
Highest volcano
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Smallest ocean .............................................. Arctic
Smallest republic ........................................... Nauru
Highest airport
Highest railway station
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Lhasa Airport (Tibet)
Condor Station (Bolivia)
Smallest colony ......................................... Gibraltar
Smallest state .............................................. Vatican
Smallest landmass ............... The Australian Mainland
Highest river bridge

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Royal Gorge (Colorado)
Bailey bridge built by the
Indian Army at
Smallest bird ..................................... Humming bird
Smallest flowering plant ................................ Wolfia
Smallest planet .......................................... Mercury
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Highest railway
Khardungla (Ladakh)
- Qinghai - Tibet (5072m)
World's Smallest Museum .................... Arizona, US
World's Smallest PC ............................. Space Cube
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Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km)
LONGEST – World
Abu Dhabi’s leaning Tower
The 160 met re e s Longest river
Longest road
- Nile (Egypt)
- Pan American Highway

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Gate

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Longest dam
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- Hirakud (Orissa)
by the Abu Dhabi
National Exhibition
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Longest railway tunnel - Seikan Rail Tunnel (Ja-
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Longest ship canal


- Trans-Siberian Railway
(Russia)
- Suez Canal
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Longest estuary
Longest road tunnel
- Obeestuary (Russia)
- St. Gothard Road Tunnel

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Longest bridge
(Switzerland)
- Second Lake Pontchar-
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sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA.
It opened in 1965 as Harris County Domed
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Stadium and was nicknamed the
Tower of Pisa. "Eighth Wonder of the World".
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Longest fresh water lake - Lake Tanganyika Biggest reptile ......................... Saltwater Crocodile
Longest epic - Mahabharatha Biggest lizard .............................. Komodo Dragons
Longest wall - Great Wall of China Biggest bird ................................... African Ostrich
Longest non-stop train - Flying Scotsman Biggest eggs ..................................... Ostrich Eggs
Longest drought - Atacama Desert (North Biggest flower ......................................... Rafflesia.
Chile)
Longest snake
Longest dictionary
Longest Airport
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Dallas (USA)
The Ostrich, Struthio camelus, is a large flightless
bird native to Africa. The Ostrich is the
largest living species of bird
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Longest Railway Bridge
Longest Throughfare


Lower Zambezi (Africa)
Broadway (New York)
Biggest passenger ship .............. Queen Elizebeth II
Biggest diamond mine ...... Kimberley (South Africa)
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Biggest planet ............................................ Jupiter

Longest Shipping Canal


Longest day
Longest Beach



Baltic White Sea Canal
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Rio de Janerio (Brazil)
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Irrigation scheme .............. Llyod barraye (Pakistan)
Longest Corridor – Rameswaram Temple
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Island .......... Greenland (Renamed Kalaallit Nunnat)

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Longest Railway Line –
Longest Swimming Canal –
Trans - Siberian Railway
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Hotel ............................................... Conrad Hilton
Biggest Park ................. Yellow stone National Park

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TALLEST – World
Tallest fountain ................... Fountain Hills, Arizona
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Biggest football stadium ............. Marakana (Brazil)

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Toronto (Canada)
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Deepest ocean ................................... Pacific Ocean
Deepest lake ........................... Lake Baikal, (Siberia)
Tallest active geyser ................. Steam boat Geyser
Yellowstone National Park, (USA)

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s Deepest gorge ....................... Hell’s Canyon, (USA)
Deepest point in the ocean ........ Challenger deep of

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Tallest animal ............................................... Giraffe
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Tallest road.... Khardungla Pass (Leh Manali, India)
Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean

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Tallest office building .............. Petronas Twin Tower
(Kualalumpur, Malaysia)
Tallest bridge ...... Royal Gorge Arkansas, America)
Fastest land animal .................................... Cheetah
Oldest national flag ................................... Denmark

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Tallest Statue ........... Statue of Motherland (USSR)
Tallest Minaret ...... Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
Fastest bird .................................................... Swift
Shortest river ........ Roe river in Montana (61 m long)
Lowest point on earth .............................. Dead Sea

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Tallest Railwayline .......... Quin - Hai - Tibet (China)

BIGGEST –World
Most densely populated province ............ Monacco
Least populous city ..................................... Vatican
The oldest plant ............................................. Rose

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Gol Gumbaz is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil
The oldest capital city............................. Damascus
Most poisonous fish .............................. Puffer fish

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the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 to 1686.
Biggest library .................. National Kie Library (CIS)
Coldest place ............................ Vostok,(Antarctica)
Hottest planet ............................................... Venus
Strongest natural fibre ...................................... Silk
Biggest palace .................................. Vatican (Italy) Lowest temperature ............. Absolute Zero (-273oC)
Biggest desert ................................ Sahara (Africa) Widest Bridge..................... Sydney Harbour Bridge
Busiest airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport
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Island continents ............... Antarctica and Australia Slowest animal ................................................ Snail
Lowest mountains ........................... Bheinna Bhaile Heaviest Rainfall ....................... Mawsynram (India)
Hottest region .... North-West Sahara, Azisia (Libya) Driest place ....................... Death valley (California)
Fastest planet ............................................ Mercury Hottest place ..................................... Azizia (Libya)
Coldest planet ........................................... Neptune Furthest planet (from the sun) .................... Neptune
Widest Waterfall .................................. Khone Falls Shortest day ....................................... December 22
Oldest Religion ........................................ Hinduism

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 The first persons to reach Mount Everest –
– Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
 The first country to send man to the moon
– U.S.A
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The first person to reach North Pole
– Robert Peary
The first person to reach South Pole


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The first country to launch Artificial satellite in

The first country to host the modern Olympics


– Amundsen
The first religion of the world – Hinduism 
– Greece

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First human in space - Yuri Gagarin (Russia)


The first country to print book – China
The first country to issue paper currency –
China

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The first city on which the atom bomb was
dropped – Hiroshima (Japan)

 The first country to commence competitive


examination in civil services – China

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Armstrong followed by
– Edwin E. Aldrin
 The first President of the U.S.A
– George Washington
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The first shuttle to go in space – Columbia
The first spacecraft to reach on Mars – Viking-I


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The first Prime Minister of Britain – Robert

The first Governor General of the United Nations


 The first woman Prime Minister of England
– Margaret Thatcher


– Trigveli (Norway)

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The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country
– Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
The first woman to climb Mount Everest

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– Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
The first woman cosmonaut of the world

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– Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 
– Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
The first woman President of the U.N. General

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– Alexander, The Great

Assembly
– Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The first batsman to score three test century in

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The first European to reach China
– Marco Polo
The first person to fly aeroplane

three successive tests on debut
– Mohd. Azharuddin
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest
– Wright Brothers
twice
 The first person to sail round the world
– Nawang Gombu
– Magellan
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 The first U.S. President to resign Presidency  China's first man in space
– Richard Nixon – Yang Liwei
 Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein  The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize
 Foreign Invader to India – Alexander the Great – Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
 Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin  The woman with the highest individual Test


Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong
The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Junko
score making a new world record
– Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer, scoring 242
runs playing women's cricket test against West
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The first European to visit China – Marco Polo
Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov

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The first woman of the world to climb Mt.
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 The first woman Prime Minister of a country
– Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike 
Everest four times
– Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)

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The first woman to cross seven important seas
 The first woman President of a country
– Maria Estela Peron
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 The first woman to Command a Space Mission
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– Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)


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First Asian city to host Olympics
– Tokyo, Japan (1964)
First woman black tennis player to win a singles
 First talkie movie in the world – “The jazz
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– A Gibson (1957)
 The first residents of International Space station
– Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei

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– Maureen Catherine (195 3)
First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal

Krikalev (Russia)
The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest
– Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25, 2001)
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– Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)
First professional woman bullfighter


General of Amnesty International
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– Patricia Mccormick (1952)
First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic
– Charles Lindbergh (1927)


– lrine Zubeida Khan

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The first space astronaut to go into space seven
 First person to cross Antarctic Circle
– James Cook (1773)


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 First people to reach the North Pole
– Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and

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– Mark Shuttleworth

Lt. William P. Benedict (1952)
First person to conquer the Everest twice
– Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)

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– Ms. Chang Sang
 First person with only one arm to climb the
Everest

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chess
– Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

– American Gary Guller(2003)
First woman to fly solo around the world
– jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)
 The first adventurer flying successfully across  First woman to fly solo across the English
the English Channel without aircraft Channel
– Felix Baumgartner (July 2003) – Hariiet Quimby
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 First ascent of Everest without bottled oxygen RIVERSIDE CITIES &


– Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold
Messner, (Italy) (1978) COUNTRIES
 First woman to set foot on North Pole City River Country
– Ann Bancroft, USA (1986)


– Jointly developed by Sony and Philips (1978)
First Atom Bomb



Alexandria
Brussels
Chittagong
Nile
Seine
Karnaphuli
Egypt
Belgium
Bangladesh
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– “Little Boy” dropped over Hiroshima by the
US during the second world war (1945)
First manned space vehicle



Glasgow
Khartoum
Lisbon
Clyde
Nile
Tagus
Scotland
Sudan
Portugal
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– Vostok 1,USSR (1961)
First human to walk on the Moon


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Shanghai
Mersey
Yangtze-Kiang
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China


– Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)
First human to walk in space



Berlin
Bonn
Amsterdam
Spree
Rhine
Amsel
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Germany
Netherlands
– Alexei Arkhovich Leonov (1965)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES



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Menam
Danube
Iraq
Thailand
Serbia
DISCOVERER DISCOVERY
Christopher Columbus (Italian)................... America


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Montreal
Thames
Ottawa
England
Canada
Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) ...... Sea route to India
John Cabot (British) ....................... New foundland

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Budapest
Colombo
Moskva
Danube
Kaliganga
Russia
Hungary
Sri Lanka
Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese) ................. Brazil
Tasman (Dutch) Island of Tasmania & New Zealand
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Cairo
Karachi
Nile
Indus
Egypt
Pakistan

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Lahore
New York
Paris
Ravi
Hudson
Seine
Pakistan
USA
France

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Yangoon
Rome
Tokyo
Irawadi
Tiber
Sumida
Myanmar
Italy
Japan

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David Livingstone (British) ................ Victoria Falls
Bartholomew Diaz (Portuguese) ....... Cape of Good Hope


Vienna
Warsaw
Danube
Vistula
Austria
Poland

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Norseman Eric ........................................... Greenland
Leif Ericsson ....................................... North America


Washington
Basra
Potamac
Eupharates
and Tigris
U.S.A.

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Richard Francis Burton ..................... Lake Tanganyika



Bristol
Cologne
Dublin
Avon
Rhine
Liphi
England
Germany
Ireland

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Gobot Sebastian ................................ New Foundland



Hamburg
Philadelphia
Prague
Elbe
Delawara
Vitava
Germany
America
Czechoslovakia
Marco Polo ..................................................... China
 Quebec St. Lawrence Canada
Kepler .......................................................... Planets  Stalingrad Volga Russia
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NATIONAL EMBLEMS Eternal City : Rome, Italy


EMBLEM ............................................. COUNTRY Forbidden City : Lhasa, Tibet
Kangaroo ................................................ Australia Gateway of Tears : Strait of Bab-el
Water Lilly .......................................... Bangladesh Mandeb
White Lilly ........................................ Canada, Italy Garden of England : Kent
Beach ....................................................... Denmark
Lily ............................................................. France
Corn Flower ............................................. Germany
George Cross Island
Granite City
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Lion ..................................... Sri lanka, Sierra Leone
Herring Pond
Hill Queen
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Shimla
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Shamrock .................................................... Ireland
White Lilly ...................................................... Italy
Holy Land
Hermit Kingdom
Island of Pearls
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Chrysanthemum ............................................ Japan
Kiwi .................................................. New Zealand
Crescent .................................................... Pakistan
Island of Cloves
Key to the Mediterranean :
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Gibraltar
Eagle ............................................................. Spain
Elephant .............................................. Ivory Coast
Lion with Crown .................................. Luxembourg
Land of Eagles

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Australia
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Golden Rod ................................................... U.S.A
Secretary Bird............................................... Sudan
Bauhinia (orchid tree) .......................... Hong Kong
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Land of Golden Pagoda
Land of Maple
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Myanmar
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Baobab tree ................................................ Senegal
Lion .......................... Netherland, Norway, Belgium
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Land of Morning Calm
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Korea

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Land of Rising Sun
Land of Setting Sun
Land of Midnight Sun
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Norway

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SOBRIQUETS
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Britain of the East
Britain of the South
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New Zealand
Land of Thunder Bolt
Land of Thousand Elephants :
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Laos
Battle field of Europe
City of Cycles
City of Dreaming Spires
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Beijing
Oxford
Manchester of the Orient :
Never, Never Land :
Osaka
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City of Sky Scrappers
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Quito (Ecuador)
NewYork
Washington D.C
Land of Thunder Dragon
Nation of Thousand Hills
Pearl of Arabia
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Rwanda
Bahrain

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Pearl of Antilles
Pillars of Hercules
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Strait of Gibraltar

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Cockpit of Europe
Copper Country
Dark Continent
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Belgium
Zambia
Africa
Playground of Europe
Quaker City of USA
Queen of the Adriatic
Roof of the World
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Philadelphia,USA
Venice, Italy
Pamirs
Empire City : NewYork (U.S.A) Sorrow of China : River Huang Ho
Emerald Island : Ireland Sickman of Europe : Turkey
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Sugar Bowl of World : Cuba Myanmar ..................................................... : Kyat


Venice of the North : Stockholm, Russia ...................................................... : Rouble
Sweden Saudi Arabia ................................................ : Riyal
White City : Belgrade Vietnam ...................................................... : Dong
Windy City : Chicago Mongolia .................................................. : Tugrik
Algeria ............................................. Algeria Dinar
World’s Bread Basket
Island of fire
Land of windmills
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Iceland
Polland
Angola .............................................. New Kwanza
Armenia ........................................................ Dram
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World Loneliest island
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Azerbaijan ................................................... Manat
Austria .................................................... Schilling
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COUNTRIES AND CURRENCIES
Brazil ................................................ :Cruzeiro Real
Bulgaria ......................................................... : Lev
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Georgia ........................................................... Lari

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Indonesia ................................................... Rupiah
Belgium ......................................................... Euro
China ........................................... : Yuan/Renminbi
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Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany,
Columbia ..................................................... : Peso
Cuba ........................................................... : Peso
Costa Rica ................................................... Colon
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Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

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Cyprus ........................................... Cyprus pound
Czech Republic .......................................... Koruna o n
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PARLIAMENT
Denmark .................................................... : Krone
Egypt ......................................... : Egyptian Pound
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Australia
Bangladesh
: Shora
: Federal Parliament
: Jatiya Sangsad
Afghanistan ........................................... : Afghani
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Australia ................................... : Australian Dollar
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Bangladesh .................................................. : Taka
Bhutan ................................................. : Ngultrum
China
Denmark
France
: National People’s Congress
: Folketing
: National Assembly

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Hungary ..................................................... : Forint
Iran .............................................................. : Rial
Hungary
Iceland
: National Assembly
: Althing

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Thailand ....................................................... : Bhat
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India

Iran
: Parliament (Lok Sabha & Rajya
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: Majlis

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Vatican City State .......................................... : Lira
Iraq
Israel
Japan
: National Assembly
: Knesset
: Diet

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Israel ......................................................... : Shekel
Kuwait
Libya
: National Assembly
: General People’s Congress

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Kazakhstan ............................................... : Tenge
Korea .......................................................... : Won
Maldives
Myanmar
Nepal
: Majlis
: People’s Assembly
: National Panchayat
Kuwait ........................................... : Kuwaiti Dinar Netherlands : States General
Malaysia ................................................. : Ringgit Poland : Sejm
Mexico ........................................................ : Peso Russia : State Duma
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South Africa : House of Assembly Burkino Faso ...................................... Upper Volta


Sweden : Riksdag Cape Kennedy.............................. Cape Caneveral
Switzerland : Federal Assembly Cambodia ........................................... Kampuchia
Germany : Bundestag Djibouti .................................... French Somaliland
Afganistan : Shora Ethiopia ................................................ Abyssinia
Ghana ................................................. Gold Coast
Algeria
Australia
Cuba
: National Peoples Assembly
: House of representative of senate
: National Assembly of people power
Guyana ........................................... British Guinia
Guianea Bissau ...................... Portuguese Gayana.
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Greenland
Norway
: People’s Assembly
: Landstraad
: Sterling
Hawaiin Islands ......................... Sandwich Islands
Indonesia ............................ The Dutch East India
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USA
: National Assembly
: Congress
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Iraq ................................................. Mesopotamia
Srilanka
Sudan
Syria
: National State
: National Assembly
: People Council p e
Istanbul ........................................ Constantinople
Jakartha .................................................... Batavia
Japan ....................................................... Nippon
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Kiribati ............................................ Gilbert Island
Laos ........................................................ Lanxang
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Mexico ................................................ New Spain

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Malaysia .................................................. Malaya
Ankara ..................................................... Angora
Banjail .................................................... Bathurst
Bengalooru........................................... Bangalore
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Madhya Pradesh ........................ Central Province

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Belize ......................................... British Honduras
Bangladesh ..................................... East Pakistan
Manchuria ........................................... Manchuko
Myanmar .................................................... Burma

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Mosambique ......................... Potuguese East Africa
Mumbai ................................................... Bombay
Namibia .................................... South West Africa

Canada ............... n p
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Nauru ........................................... Pleasant Island
Orissa ...................................................... Kalinga

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Portuguese ............................................. Lucitania
Sri Lanka ................................................... Ceylon

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Surinam .......................................... Dutch Gayana

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Taiwan ................................................... Formosa
Tasmani .................................. Van Diemen’s Land
Thailand ....................................................... Siam
Ireland ... ... nthemum Togo ..................................................... Togoland
............... Chrysa
Japan ..................... ................. Gol den Rose Tuvalu ...................................... The Ellice Islands
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USA ..................... ... Rose
... ... ... ... ... ... .............................. Varanasi .................................................. Banares
UK ......
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Volgograd ............................................. Stalingrad Largest exhibition ground - Pragati Maidan (New


Zaire ......................................................... Congo Delhi)
Zambia .................................... Northern Rhodesia Largest arch dam - Idukki dam (Kerala)
Largest library - National library
Zimbabwe.............................................. Rhodesia (Kolkata)
Largest aircraft carrier - INS Viraat
india Largest landing ship - INS Magrar
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Largest union territory

Largest gurudwara
- Andaman
Islands
- Golden
Nicobar

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Highest water falls
- Mt. K2 (Godwin Austin)
- Jog falls (Karnataka)
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Largest river Barrage
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- Farakka Barrage
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Highest gate way - Buland Darwaza
(Fathepur sikri)
Highest literacy among state - Kerala e r
Largest open university - Indira Gandhi Open
University (New Delhi)

Highest tower
Highest dam
- Qutabminar
- Bhakra Dam (Punjab)
Largest Ocean Island

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Highest multiple arch dam


- Idukki (Kerala)
Longest Canal

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- Ganga

Largest populated city


LARGEST
- Mumbai
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Longest Tunnel

Longest Dam
- Kharbude
(Konkan Railway)
- Hirakud (Orissa)
Largest fresh water lake

Largest salt water lake


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- Chilka (Orissa) s t
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Longest Railway platform - Kharagpur (West

Largest state - Rajasthan


Largest populated state - Uttar Pradesh
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Bengal)
- Rameswaram Temple
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Largest museum
Largest zoo
Largest dome
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- Zoological Garden (Kolkata)

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Longest Hanging bridge - Howra bridge
Longest Train Service - Himasagar express

Largest mosque
Largest desert
Largest river Island p s
- Jama Masjid (New Delhi)
- Thar (Rajasthan)
- Majuli (Brahmaputra)
Longest Bridge

Longest Glacier
- Anna Indira(Rameswaram
to Mandap)
- Siachen Glacier
Largest monastery

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(Arunachal Pradesh)
Longest River bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Sethu

SMALLEST

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Largest animal fair
Largest plateau
- Ellora (Maharashtra)
- Sonepur fair (Bihar)
- Deccan plateau
Smallest state (Area) -
Smallest state (population) -
Goa
Sikkim

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Largest prison
Largest planetarium
Godavari
- Puzhal Jail (Chennai)
- Birla planetarium
Smallest state (forest area) -
Smallest Union Territory -
Haryana
Lakshadweep

Miscellaneous (India)
(Kolkata)
Largest G.P.O - Mumbai G.P.O Biggest hotel .............. Oberoi - Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest church - St. Cathedral (Old Goa) Highest statue ........................ Gomateswara Statue
Largest cinema theatre - Thangam Theatre
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Highest award (civilian) ..................... Bharat Ratna Lake City : Udaipur


Highest Gallantry award ............... Param vir chakra Switzerland of India : Kashmir
Most literate state ........................................ Kerala Paradise on Earth : Kashmir
Least literate state .......................................... Bihar Mini-Switzerland in India : Khajjar (Himachal
Most densely populated state ............ West Bengal Pradesh)
Least densely populated state ... Arunachal Pradesh
Most populated city ................................. Mumbai
Sorrow of Bengal
Sorrow of Bihar
Sorrow of Assam
: River Damodar
: River Kosi
: Brahmaputra
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Oldest Refinery.............................. Digboi (Assam)
Most literate Union Territory............. Lakshadweep
Spice Garden of India
Sugar Bowl of India
: Kerala
: Uttar Pradesh
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Fastest Train ............................... Shatabdi express
Least populated Union Territory........ Lakshadweep
Tea Garden of India
Detroit of India
: Assam
: Pitampur
Land of Sunrise in India : Arunachal
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Pradesh
: Hyderabad

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All Seasons State : Himachal Pradesh
Manchestor of India
Mini Switzerland
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: Ahamadabad
: Himachal Pradesh
Blue Mountains
City of Palaces
: Nilgiri
: Calcutta
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City of orange
Weavers city of India
Silicon vally of India
: Nagpur
: Panipat
: Banglore
City of Golden Temple
Garden City of India
Gateway of India
: Amritsar
: Bangalore
: Mumbai
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Gods own land of India
: Megalaya
: Kerala
Granary of India
Land of Five Rivers
Pearl of the Orient
: Punjab
: Punjab
: Goa
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Holly wood of India
Silent Share
: Jaipur
: Mumbai
: Hadakh
Pink City : Jaipur

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: Jesus
Poet’s Poet
Desert Fox
: Edmund Spenser
: Erwin Rommel

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The Wizard of Menlopark: Edison
Rascal monk : Rasputin
Lady with the Lamp
G.B.S
: Florence Nightingale
: George Bernard Shaw

w wGood Shepherd : Jesus Christ


Apostle of Free Trade : Richard Cobden
Little Corporal
Maid of Orleans
Fuhrer (also Fuehrer)
: Napoleon Bonaparte
: Joan of Arc
: Adolf Hitler

w King of Rock & Roll


Columbus of Space
Master of Suspense
: Elvis Presley
: Neil Armstrong
: Alfred Hitchcock
Man of Blood and Iron : Otto von Bismarck
Maiden Queen
Bard of Avon
: Queen Elizabeth I
: William Shakespeare
Second Duke : Benitto Mussolini Grand Old Man of Britain : Gladstone
Iron Duke : Duke of Wellington American Gandhi : Martin Luther King
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The Daughter of East : Benazir Bhutto Acharya : Vinobha Bhave


Iron Butterfly : Margaret Thatcher Sage of Paunar : Vinobha Bhave
Iron Lady : Margaret Thatcher Man of Peace : Lal Bahadur Shastri
African Gandhi : Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Babuji : Jagjeevan Ram
INDIA Little Master : Sunil Gavaskar

Prince of Beggars
Bengali Tiger
: Madan Mohan Malaviya
: Bipin Chandra Pal
Flying Sikh
Mysore Tiger
: Milkha Singh
: Tippu Sultan
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Maratha Kesari
Punjab Lion
Sage of Sabarmati
: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
: Lala Lajpat Rai
: Mahatma Gandhi
Sage of Kanchi
Saint of Gutters
Man of the Masses
: Sankaracharya
: Mother Theresa
: K. Kamaraj
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Indian Napoleon
Leopard of the Snow
: Chanakya
: Samudragupta
: Ang Rita Anna
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Indian Bismarck
Light of Asia
Lokmanya
: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
: Buddha
: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Akbar of Kashmir
Kuvembu
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: Zian-ul-Abideen
: K.V. Puttappa

Loknayak
J.P
C.R.
: Jayaprakash Narayan
: Jayaprakash Narayan
: C. Rajagopalachari
Rani of Jhansi
Shahid
Kathal Mannan
p a : Lakshmibai
: Bhagat Singh
: Gemini Ganesan
Rajaji
Deenabandhu
: C. Rajagopalachari
: C.F. Andrews Chachaji
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: Jawaharlal Nehru
Deshabandhu
Grand Old Man of India
Mahamana
: C.R. Das
: Dadabhai Naoroji
: Madan Mohan
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Punjab Kesari
: Ranjit Singh
: Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahatma
Bapu
Malaviya
: Gandhiji
: Gandhiji
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Gurudev
Guruji
Iron Lady of India
: Golwalkar

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: Indira Gandhi
Bharat Kesari
Beypore Sultan
: Mannathu Padmanabhan
: Vaikam Mohammed Bashir
Priyadarshini
Barefooted painter
Kipper
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: K.M. Cariappa
Mayyazhi Gandhi
Kerala Simham
Swadeshabhimani
: K.P. Kumaran Master
: Pazhassi Raja
: Ramakrishna Pillai
Indian Shakespeare
Badshah Khan
Frontier Gandhi n p : Kalidasa
: KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khan
: KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khan
Pulayaraja
Valiya Diwanji
: Ayyankali
: Raja Keshavadas

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: Subash Chandra Bose
Kerala Kalidasa

Kerala Panini
: Kerala Varma Valiya
Koyithampuran
: A.R. Rajaraja Varma

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Birdman of India
Nightingale of India
: Subash Chandra Bose
: Salim Ali
: Sarojini Naidu
Kerala Vyasa : Kodungalloor
Kunhikuttan Thampuran

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T.T.K.
Andhra Kesari
: Sheikh Mohammed
: T.T. Krishnamachari
: Tangutri Prakasam
Kerala Chaucer
Kerala Orphuse

Kerala Gandhi
: Chiramakavi
: Changampuzha Krishna
Pillai
: K. Kelappan
Grand Old Man of Indian- KeralaValmiki : Vallathol Narayana Menon
Journalism : Tushar Kanti Ghosh Kerala Scott : C.V. Raman Pillai
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Kerala Ibsen : N. Krishna Pillai INDIA


Kerala Mauppasant : Thakazhi Sivasankara
Pillai Father of the Nation ................... Mahatma Gandhi
Kerala Thulasidas : Vennikulam Gopala Kurup Father of Ayurveda ................................ Athreya
Kerala Hemmingway : M.T. Vasudevan Nair Father of Astronomy....................... Varahamihira
Father of Sanskrit Drama ....................... Kalidasa
Kesari
Deshabhimani
Sahitya Panchanan
: A. Balakrishna Pillai
: Ramakrishna Pillai
: P.K. Narayana Pillai
Father of Indian Renaissance . Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Father of Surgery.................................... Susruta
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Father of Indian Unrest ............ .Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Father of Indian Budget ........ Professor Mahalanobis
Father of Indian Painting ............... Nandalal Bose
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Father of Cloning ............................... Ian Wilmut
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Father of Indian Green Revolution ..........................
Father of Printing .............................. Guttenberg
Father of History ............................... Herodotus
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Father of Indian Railway ............. Lord Dalhousie
Father of Co-operative Movement in India ..........
Father of Economics ........................ Adam Smith
Father of Philosophy ............................ Socrates
Father of Sociology ................. Augustus Comte
p a Frederic Nicholson
Father of Indian Printing ................ James Hickey
Father of English Poetry .......... Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of Biology.................................. Aristotle
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KERALA
Father of Essay................................. Montaigne
Father of Medicine .......................... Hippocrates
Father of Homeopathy .............. Samuel Haniman
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Father of Modern Travancore ... Marthanda Varma
Father of Socialism ......................... Robert Owen

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Father of Kerala Renaissance .... Sree Narayana Guru
Father of Modern Hinduism .. Adi Shankaracharya

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Father of Jurisprudence .................. John Locke

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WORLD INSTITUTIONS AND
THEIR FOUNDERS

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Father of Genetics ........................ Gregor Mendel
Father of Motor Car ......................... Henry Ford
Father of Reformation ................... Martin Luther
United Nations : Joseph Stalin (USSR),
Winston Churchill (UK)
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Father of Bangladesh . Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Roosevelt (USA)
: Jean-Henri Dunant
: Baden Powell

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Father of Pakistan ............. Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Father of Tanzania ......................... Julius Nyrere
Father of Mathematics ...................... Pythagorus
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Kindergarten
: Sir George Williams
: Froebel

w wFather of Modern Cartoon ........ William Hogarth


Father of Modern Computer .......... Charles Babbage
Lion’s Club
Salvation Army
Nursing System
: Melvin John
: William Booth
: Florence Nightingale

w Father of Nuclear Physics ...... : Ernest Rutherford


Father of Modern Drama ............. Henrik J. Ibsen
Father of Modern Tourism ............ Thomas Cook
Fascism
Protestant Religion
Nazism
: Benito Mussolini
: Martin Luther
: Adolf Hitler
Montessori System : Maria Montessori
Father of Painting .................. Leonardo Da Vinci
Father of Green Revolution ........ Norman Borlaug Cubism : Pablo Picasso
Father of Renaissance ............................ Petrarch Amnesty International : Peter Berenson
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India Arunachal Pradesh ................................. A palamis


Jainism : Vardhamana Mahavira Tamil Nadu .............................................. Badagas
Taoism : Lao Tse Uttar Pradesh ............................................ Bhotias
Bahaism : Mirza Hussain Ali Hazaribagh .................................................. Birhor
Confucianism : Confucius Himachal Pradesh ....................................... Gaddis
Sikhism : Guru Nanak Orissa ...................................................... Khonds
Zorastrianism (Parsis) : Zoraster
Bhoodan Movement : Vinoba Bhave
Sarvodaya Movement : Jaya Prakash Narayan
Madhya Pradesh ............................................. Kol
Manipur ........................................................ Kuki
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Arya Samaj : Dayananda Saraswathi
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Sikkim ........................................................ Labora
Tripura ...................................................... Lushais
Bihar ......................................................... Munda
Brahma Samaj
Dev Samaj
Prarthana Samaj
: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
: Siva Narayan Agnihothri
: Kesab Chandra Sen
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Kerala ........................................................ Ooralis
Maharashtra .............................................. Warlies
Suddhi Movement
Chinmaya Mission
: Swami Shradhanand
: Swami Chinmayananda
Servants of India Society: Gopalakrishna Gokhale 
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Red crystal flag : Red Cross
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Peoples Education Society : Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
Vana Mahothsav : K.M. Munshi


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Yellow flag
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: Put on ship carrying people
with infectious disease
Theosophical Society of India : Annie Besant

MANKIND AND VARIOUS




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Red Flag
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: Peace
: Revolution
TRIBES
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White Flag
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: Peace
The Dutch born in South Africa ............ Afrikaners
The people of England ...................... Anglo Saxon
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Dutch settlers in South Africa ....................... Boers


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People in south east frontiers of Russia .. Cossacks

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Short sized people found in the forests of Africa ....
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Original inhabitants of North America . Red Indians
 Blue Book
 Green Book
: British
: Italy & France

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Natives of Nilgiri Hills (South India) ............. Todas


People of South Africa living in certain parts of Natal
Santhals  Orange Book
 White Book
 White Paper
: Netherlands
: Germany & China
: India
Zulus  Gray Book : Japan & Belgium
The people of Nagaland ............................. Angami
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INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES


Air Brake ........................... George Westinghouse Diesel Oil Engine ............................ Rudolf Diesel
Aniline Dyes .......................................... Hoffman Discovery of Solar System ...... Copernicus (1540)
Adding Machine ............................. Balise Pascal Discovery of Specific Gravity ........... Archimedes
Aeroplane ................................. : Wright Brothers
Air Conditioner ....................................... : Carrier
Atom Bomb ....................................... : Otto Hahn
Electric Battery ............................................. Volta
Electric Lamp ............................................ Edison
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Aspirin .................................................... : Dreser
Alcohol Thermometer .......................... : Farenheit
Electron Theory ........................................... Bohr

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Electricity ................................................ Faraday

Electrical Waves .......................................... Heitz


Atomic Thermometer .................................. : Bohr
Atomic Theory ........................................ : Dalton
Atomic Number ....................................... Mosley
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DDT ........................................... : Dr. Paul Muller
Electron ....................................... : J.J. Thompson
Atomic Structure ................. Bohr and Rutherford
Automobile ............................................ : Daimler
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Electric Lamp ..................... : Thomas Alva Edison
Elevator .......................................... : Elisha G Otis
Antiseptic Surgery .................. Lord Joseph Lister
Archimedean Screw .......................... Archimedies
Avogadro's Hypothesis ........................ Avogadro
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Fountain Pen ...................................... : Waterman
Fahrenheit Scale ................................. Fahrenheit

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Film & Photographic goods ....................... Kodak
Ball Pen ..................................................... : Loud
Balloon ......................................... : Montogolfier
Blood Circulation ................................... : Harvey
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Generator ............................................. : Piciontti
Gramaphone ...................... : Thomas Alva Edison
Barometer ............................................ : Torricelli
Bicycle ............................................. : Mac Millan
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Geometry.................................................... Euclid

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Braily System ................................. : Louis Braille
Beri - Beri ................................................ Eijkman
Blood Circulation ..................................... Harvey
Hydrogen .......................................... : Cavendish
Helicopter .............................................. Broquett
Helium Gas .............................................. Lockyer

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Boyle's law ................................................. Boyle
Braille ............................................... Louis Braille
Homoeopathy .................................. Hahnemann
Hovercraft ............................................... Cockrell
Hydrophobia .................................. Louis Pasteur

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Chloroform ...................... : James Young Simpson
Jet Engine ............................... : Sir Frank Whittle
Intelligence Tests ...................................... : Binet

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Cinema .................................... : Lumiere Brothers
Cinema Projector ............... : Thomas Alva Edison
Crescograph ........................................ : J.C. Bose
Insulin ................................................ : F. Banting
Induction of Electric Current .................... Faraday
Incandescent Bulb ................................... Edison

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Celluloid ................................................... Parkes
Chloroform ............................ James Harrison and
James Young Simpson
Induction Coil ................................... Rohm Korff
Insulin .................................................. F.Banting
Intelligence test ........................................... Binet

w wCholera Bacillus .................................. Robert Koch


Coloured Photography ............................... Lippman
Jet Propulsion ................................ Frank Whittle
Law of Gravitation ........................ : Issac Newton

w Cosmic Rays ....................................... R.A.Millikan


Cyclotron ................................................. Lawrence
Diesel Engine ............................... : Rudolf Diesel
Law of Heredity.................................. : G. Mendal
Laser ..................................... : Theodore Maiman
Lightning Conductor .............. : Benjamin Franklin
Dynamo ................................... : Michael Faraday Logarithm ....................................... : John Napier
Dynamite ........................................ : Alfred Nobel Laughing Gas ......................................... Priestley
Deuterium (Heavy Water) ...................... H.C.Urey Life Boat .................................. Henry Great Head
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Lift (Elevators) .............................................. Otis Railway Engine ................................. Stephenson


Linotype ........................................ Mergenthaler Radio transmitter ............................ Alexanderson
Line of demarcation (ship) ....................... Plimsoll Rare Gas ............................................. Cavandish
Laws of Electrical Resistance ........................ Ohm Replacing human heart ............. Christian Barnard
Law of Electrolysis .................................. Faraday Revolver ....................................................... Colt
Law of gases ..................................... Gay Lussac Quantum Theory ................................. Max plank
Laws of Gravitation ................................. Newton
Laws of Heredity ........................ Gregory Mandel
Refrigerator ................................ : James Harrison
Safety Lamp ................................ Humphry Davy
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Laws of Motion ....................................... Newton
Laws of Natural Selections ....................... Darwin
Laws of Multiple Proportion ...................... Dalton
Safety Match .................................... Land Strom
Safety Pin ........................................ William Hunt
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Safety Razor ............................................. Gillette
Liquid Oxygen ........................................... Dewar
Machine Gun ...................... : Dr. Richard Gattling
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Sewing Machine ............... Barthelling Thimonnier
Short Hand................................................ Pitman
Solar System ..................................... Copernicus
Maser ................................... : Charles H. Townes
Microphone .................................... : Graham Bell
Measurement of Electrical Energy............... Joule,
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Steam Engine .................................... James Watt
Steam Turbine ......................................... Parsons
James Prescoft
Meson .......................................... Hideki Yakawa
Microscope ................................................ Janes
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Spectroscope .......................................... Bunsen
Stethoscope .................................. Rene Laennee
Submarine ................................... David Bushnell
Molecular Scattering of light in fluid . Ramanathan
Neon Gas ................................... Ramsay, Travers
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Sextant ..................................................... Hadley
Neutron ................................................ Chadwick
Nuclear Fission .......... Otto Hahn, Bohr and Fermi
Nylon Plastic ........................................ Carothers
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Submarine ............................................. Bushwell
Talkies ............................................. Lee-de-Frost

Origin of Species .......................... Charles Darwin s


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Tank ....................................................... Swinton
Telegraphy .. William F.Cooke & Charles Wheatstone
Telegraph Code ......................................... Morse

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Photography (Film) ........................ : John Carbutt
Telephone ......................... Alexander Graham Bell
Telescope.................................................. Galileo

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Phonograph ............................................. Edison
Phonographic Shorthand ........................... Pitman
Television ............................................. J.L. Baird
Thermosflask ............................................ Dewar
Transistor ........................... Shockly and Bardeen

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Photograph ......................................... Dauguerre
Principle for lever (S.P.Gravity).......... Archimedes
Phototherapy ..................................... N.R.Finsen
Typewriter ................................................. Sholes
Theory of Evolution ..................... Charles Darwin

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Positive Electrons ................................. Anderson
Powerloom .......................................... Cartwright
Theory of Relativity ..................... Albert Einstein
Uranium fusion .................................... Oho Hahn
Uranus (Planet) ......................... Herschel William

w wPneumatic Tyre ......................................... Dunlop


Printing for the Blind .................................. Braille
Printing Press ........................................... Caxton
Vaccination ............................................... Jenner
Vaccum Flask ............................. Sir James Dewar

w Printing Types ........................... John Guttenberg


Psycho-analysis ...................... Dr.Sigmund Freud
Rayon ...................................... : Sir Joseph Swan
Vulcanisation ...................................... Good Year
Washing Soda ......................................... Lablanc
Wireless Communication ................. Oliver Lodge
Wireless Telegraphy .............................. Marcony
Radio-activity of Uranium .......... Henry Becquerel
Wireless ................................................. Marconi
Raman effect ....................................... C.V.Raman
Radium .......................................... Madame Curie X-ray............................................. W.C. Rontgen
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FAMOUS LINES AND FRONTIERS


• Boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan: India): 20th Parallel
Durand Line • The border between USA and Canada: 49th Paral-
• Boundary between India and China: McMohan Line lel

• Line between India and Pakistan: Radcliff Line
• Line between North and South Vietnam: 17th Par-
allel •
The border between Germany and Poland: Oder
Niesse Line
Boundary between Germany and Poland :
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• Line between North and South Korea: 38th parallel
• Border between France and Germany: Maginot Line •
Hindenberg Line
Boundary between Namibia and Angola : 16th Par-
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line between India and Pakistan (Not acceptable to

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Boundary between Russia and Finland : Mannar
Haime Line
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WHERE THEY REST
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Saketham ................................................. Ayodhya
Place Person
Rajghat ........................................ Mahatma Gandhi
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Purushapuram ......................................... Peshawar
Gandharam ............................................ Khandahar
Avanthi ...................................................... Ujjayini
Santhivan ..................................... Jawaharlal Nehru
Chaithrabhoomi .............................. B. R. Ambedkar
Shakthisthal ...................................... Indira Gandhi
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Kanyakubjam .............................................. Kanouj
Kamaroop ................................................... Assam
Ekthasthal .............................................. Zail Singh
Kisanghat ......................................... Charan Singh
Veerbhoomi ........................................ Rajiv Gandhi t i
Devagiri ............................................. Doulathabad
Kosalam ................................................... Faizabad
Kanchi .............................................. Kanchipuram

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Narayanghat .................................. Gulzarilal Nanda
Vadodara ..................................................... Baroda
Thiruvanchikkulam, Mahodayapuram ... Kodungallur

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Samathasthal ...................................... Jagjivan Ram
Vijayghat ................................... Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nigam Bodhghat .................................. Kishan Kant
Madras ..................................................... Chennai
Calcutta ...................................................... Kolkata
Bangalore ............................................. Bengalooru

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Karmabhumi .................................. K. R. Narayanan
Shantivan ......................................... Sanjay Gandhi
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
Started by Indians

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Budha Purnima Park ..................... P. V. Narasimha Rao

NEW AND OLD NAMES OF


 Young India, Harijan: Mahatma Gandhi
 National Herald: Jawaharlal Nehru

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PLACES IN INDIA
Pondichery ........................................... Puthuchery
 Vande Matharam, Karma Yogi: Aurobindo Ghosh
 New India: Annie Besant

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Magadham ..................................................... Bihar
Vangarangyam ............................................. Bengal
 Voice of India: Dadabhai Naoroji
 Al-Hilal: Edited by Abdul Kalam Azad
 Kesari: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

w Pataliputhram ................................................ Patna


Kalingam ...................................................... Orissa
Kashi ........................................................ Banaras
 Indian Opinion: Gandhiji
 Kerala Kaumudi: K. Sukumaran
 Malayala Manorama: Kandathil Vargheese
Prayag ..................................................... Alahabad Mappila
Karnavathi ........................................ Ahemadabad  Mathrubhumi: K.P. Kesava Menon
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RIVERSIDE CITIES & STATES (INDIA)


CITY RIVER STATE
Ayodhya .......................................................... Sarayu .................................................................... U.P
Badrinath ......................................................... Alaknanda ................................................ Uttarakhand
Kolkata ............................................................
Cuttack ............................................................
Hoogly.......................................................... W. Bengal
Mahanadi ............................................................ Orissa
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Guwahati ..........................................................
Haridwar ..........................................................
Brahmaputra ....................................................... Assam
Ganges (Bhagirathi) ................................... Uttarakhand
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Yamuna ................................................................ Delhi

Agra ................................................................
Ahmedabad ......................................................
Surat ................................................................
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Sabarmati .......................................................... Gujarat
Tapti ................................................................. Gujarat
Varanasi ...........................................................
Vijayawada .......................................................
Hyderabad .......................................................
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Musi ................................................... Andhra Pradesh
Kanpur .............................................................
Lucknow ..........................................................
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Ganges .................................................... Uttar Pradesh
Gomati .................................................... Uttar Pradesh
Nasik ................................................................
Patna ................................................................
Srinagar ............................................................
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Ganges ................................................................. Bihar

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Allahabad ........................................................
Ferozepur .........................................................
Jabalpur ...........................................................
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Narmada ................................................................. M.P
Ludhiana ..........................................................

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Mysore ............................................................
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Vaigai .......................................................... Tamil Nadu
Kaveri ........................................................... Karnataka

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Jamshedpur ......................................................
Tamaraparni ................................................ Tamil Nadu
Subarnarekha ....................................................... Bihar

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Alwaye ............................................................
Bhaglpur ..........................................................
Hoogly...................................................... West Bengal
Periyar ................................................................ Kerala
Ganga .................................................................. Bihar

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Buxar ................................................................
Dibugarh ..........................................................
Kota .................................................................
Ganga .................................................................. Bihar
Brahmaputra ....................................................... Assam
Chambal .......................................................... Rajastan

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Leh ..................................................................
Moradabad ......................................................
Tungabhadra ........................................ Andhrapradesh
Indus ................................................ Jammu & Kashmir
Ramganga ............................................................... U.P

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Pandharpur ......................................................
Yamuna ................................................................... U.P
Bhima .......................................................... Maharastra

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Srirangapatanam ...............................................
Tiruchirapally ...................................................
Ujjine ...............................................................
Mahanadi ............................................................ Orissa
Cauvery ........................................................ Karnataka
Cauvery ...................................................... Tamil Nadu
Narmada ............................................... Madya Pradesh
Dhaka .............................................................. Buriganga .................................................. Bangladesh
Mongar ............................................................ Ganges ................................................................. Bihar
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 ‘Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand


WELL KNOWN QUOTATIONS schools of thought contend’
 ‘Just as I would not like to be a slave, so I would  “Powers flows from the barrel of a gun”.
not like to be a master’ Mao- Tse -Tung
 ‘A Government, of the people by the people and  “We can secure peace only by preparing for war”.


for the people’
Abraham Lincoln
‘Give us tool and we will finish the job’

John F. Kennedy
‘The living need charity more than the dead
George Arnold
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 ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and
sweat.’
Sir Winston Churchill


‘Reading make a full man, conference a ready man
and writing an exact man’.

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invent him.

ability’.
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lowed and some few to be chewed and digested’.
‘Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for


‘Crush the infamous thing’.

‘The unexamined life is not worth living’


Voltaire

thought p e Francis Bacon
‘Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest


‘Other men live to eat. I eat to live.
‘Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or
after death.’

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“If winter comes can spring be far behind’’
P.B. Shelley


‘I know nothing except that fact of my ignorance’
‘The unexamined life is not worth living’.


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judgement seat’.

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 ‘The Gods help them who help themselves’
Socrates

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i shall meet’.
Rudyard Kipling
‘The more things a man is ashamed of, the more


‘The State ? It is me’

‘I am not a culprit’
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respectable he is’

Where wealth accumulates, men decay’.


Bernard Shaw


q u Fidel Castro
‘It was only one life, what is one life in the affairs

 ‘Wisdom makes but a slow defence against trouble,
though at last at sure one’.


of a state’

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‘Success is the sole earthly judge of right and


Oliver Goldsmith
‘The roots of education are bitter, but fruit is sweet.
‘Virtue is the mean state between two vices, the


wrong’

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‘The throne is but a piece of wood covered with

one of excess and other deficiency’.
‘Man is by nature a political animal’
Aristotle


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velvet’.
‘Give me good mothers. I shall give you a good
nation.’
 ‘Let them eat cakes’.
Marie Antoinette

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tionary’
 “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me”
Jesus Christ

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“Et tu Brute”.
Napolean Bonaparte

Vini Vidi Vici (I came, I saw, I, conquered)



‘Nevertheless it moves’

‘Play the game in the spirit of game’.


Galileo

Baron Peirre de Coubertin


Julius Caesar
 ‘I am dying with the help of too many physicians’  ‘The empty vessel makes the greatest sound’.
Alexander the Great  ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’
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 ‘There is nothing either good or bad but thinking  ‘It takes two to speak the truth - on to speak and
makes it so’. the other to hear’.
 ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’. Henry David Thoreau
 ‘Frailty thy name is woman’.  ‘The history of the world is but the biographies of
 ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’. great men’.
Thomas Carlyle


‘Cowards die many times before their death, the
valiant never taste death but once’.
‘All the world is a stage and all the men and women


‘Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven’.
John Milton
‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel’
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merely players’
William Shakespere
‘All our knowledge brings us nearer to our igno-
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Dr. Samuel Johnson

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rance’.
T.S. Eliot

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‘Romanticism is disease classicism is health’
Von Goethe


‘End justifies the means
Nicholo Machiavelli
‘Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine


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‘Taxation without prosperity’
Jacob Molecschott
‘To every action there is an equal and opposite
percent perspiration’.
Thomas Alva Edison

reaction.’

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Sir Isaac Newton


‘Knowledge is power’
Thomas Hobbes
‘Superstition is the religion of feeble minds’ 
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‘Virtue is its own reward’

 ‘The style is the name himself’


Edmund Burke

Buffon

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“Give me a place to stand and I can move the


Cicero

 ‘Proper words in proper place’

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Johnathan Swift

entire earth”.
‘Eureka ! Eureka! (I have found it)’ -
Archimedes

 ‘The child is the father of man’.

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William Wordsworth


‘Religion is the opium of the people’

‘Man is a tool making animal’


Karl Marx


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‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing’.
‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread’
Alexander Pope
 ‘Direct Action’
Benjamin Franklin



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‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’
‘Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are

ernment’.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
‘Good government is no substitute for self gov-

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sweeter’.
“Beauty is truth and truth beauty”.
John Keats

stepping on moon)
Morley
One small step for men a leap for mankind (On the

w w ‘Power tends to corrupt and absolute power cor-


rupts absolutely’.  ‘I think therefore I am’.
Neil Armstrong

Descartes

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Lord Acton

‘Man is born free, yet every where he is in chains’.


Jean - Jacques Rousseau



‘Truth and non - violence are my God’
‘Do or die’
‘Hai Ram’
 ‘Untouchability is a crime against God and man-
 ‘Whom the Gods love die young’. kind’
Lord Byron
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 ‘A customer is the most important person in our  ‘More things are wrought by prayers than this
premises’. world dreams of’.
Mahatma Gandhi Tennyson
 ‘Ram and Rahim are the two different names of  ‘Take care to get what you like or you will be
the same God’ forced to like what you get’.
Kabir Das George Bernad Shaw


‘Kerala is a lunatic asylum’
‘Live fast; die young’.
Swami Vivekananda


‘The goal of war is peace; of business, leisure’
The roots of education are bitter, but fruit is sweet
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 ‘We have now to fight for peace with the same
courage and determination as we fought against

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Aristotle

Voltaire

aggression’.
‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’
Lal Bahadur Shastri


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‘Know them thy self, presume not God to scan’
‘The proper study of mankind of a man’


‘One caste, one God, one religion for man’.

‘Back to Vedas’
Sree Narayana Guru 
that we are loved’
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction


Swami Dayananda Saraswati
‘Generations to come, it may be, will scarce be-
lieve that such a one as this ever in flesh and

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Victor Hugo
‘Among freemen there can be no successful ap-

blood walked up on this earth’.


Einstein (About Gandhi) 
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Abraham Lincolin


‘The whole universe is my native land’
Kalpana Chawla
‘Swaraj is my birthright I shall have it’
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‘The best portion of a good Men’s life. His little
nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of



‘We have made a tryst with destiny’.
‘Aram Haram Hai’
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William Wordsworth

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‘At the stroke of midnight hour when the world
sleeps India will wake to life and freedom’.


“I am restless, I thirst for the distant, the far away”
‘I would sooner fail than not be among the great-
est’


‘Dilli Chalo’.

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‘Give me blood’ I shall give you freedom’



John Keats
‘The class struggle necessarily leads to the dicta-
torship of the proletariat’
 ‘Garibi Hatao’
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Indira Gandhi  Big, Bright and beautiful


Karl Marx (1818 - 83)


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‘Work like a bull and live like a hermit’.
Dr. Ambedkar

(Describing the view of the earth from the space)
“The responsibility for their flight lies from with
history and with the giants of science who pro-

w w ‘Aiming low is a crime’


A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
ceeded the effort”.
(Farewell telecast from space)

w  ...... the light that shone in this country was no


ordinary light ..... for that light represented that
living truth ...
Jawaharlal Nehru


‘Big brother is watching you’
Neil Armstrong

George Orwel
‘Be proud that you are Indian, proudly claim I am
 ‘This was their finest hour’ an Indian, every Indian is my brother’
Sir Winston Churchill Vivekanada
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INTERNATIONAL DAYS Father’s Day .............................................. June 20
World Laughter Day ............................. January 10 UN Charter Signing Day ............................ June 25
World Customs Day ............................. January 26 International Day against Drug Abuse
Valentine’s Day.................................... February 14 and Illicit Trafficking .................................. June 26
World Mother Language Day ................. February 21
World Women’s Day................................. March 8
World Architectural Day ............................... July 1
World Population Day ................................ July 11
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World Consumer Day ............................. March 15
World Disabled Day ............................... March 15
World Forestry Day ................................ March 21
World Breast Feeding Day ...................... August 1
International Friendship Day ................... August 3
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination ........................................ March 21
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Nagasaki Day ......................................... August 9
World Youth Day.......................... August 12 (UN)
World Day for Water ............................... March 22
World MeteorologicalDay .........................................March 23
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World Folklore Day................................ August 22
World Sanskrit Day................................ August 22
World Tuberculosis Day ......................... March 24
World Theatre Day ................................. March 27
World Ship Day .......................................... April 5 p a
World Enforced Disappearance Day ....... August 31
World Coconut Day ............................ September 2

World Health Day ....................................... April 7


World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day ...... April 12
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World Ozone Day ............................. September 16

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International Special Librarians Day ........... April 15
World Haemophilia Day ............................. April 17
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World Tourism Day........................... September 27
World Heritage Day ................................... April 18
World Secretaries Day ............................... April 21
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World Animal Welfare Day ...................... October 4

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World Earth Day ........................................ April 22
World Book and Copy Right Day ............... April 23
International Dance Day ............................ April 29
World Postal Day ................................... October 9
Territorial Army Day ............................... October 9
World Standards Day ........................... October 14

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May Day, International Labourers Day ......... May 1
World Solar Energy Day .............................. May 3
World Blind Day (World white cane day) October 15
World Food Day ................................... October 16

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World Press Freedom Day............................ May 3
World Red Cross Day .................................. May 8
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day October 21
U.N Day ............................................... October 24

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International Nurses Day ........................... May 12
International Mothers Day .. 2nd sunday of every May
World Day of the Family ............................ May 15
World Information Development Day .... October 24
World Thrift Day .................................. October 30
World Diabetes Day .......................... Novemebr 14

w wWorld Telecommunication Day................... May 17


Commonwealth Day ................................... May 24
World Citizen Day.............................. November 14
World Environmental .............................................

w World Anti-tobacco Day ............................ May 31


International Day of innocent,
Children Victims of Aggression Day ............ June 4
Protection day ................................... November 25
World AIDS Day.................................. December 1
World Human Rights Day .................. December 10
World Environment Day .............................. June 5 World Asthma Day ............................ December 11
World day to combat desertification Marconi Day .................................... December 12
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NATIONAL DAYS (INDIA) Wild Life Week .............................. October 1st to 7


Air Force Day .......................................... October 8
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ........................... January 9
National Postal Day ............................... October 10
National Youth Day ............................... January 12
Azad Hind day ...................................... October 21
Army Day ............................................. January 15
National Rededication Day (Death anniversary of
Netaji Day ............................................. January 23
India Tourism Day ................................. January 25
Republic Day......................................... January 26
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhai Patel) ........................... October 31
Legal Service Day ................................ November 9
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Martyr’s Day ......................................... January 30
Panchayat Day ..................................... February 19
Arunachal Day ..................................... February 20
National News Paper day .................... November 16 . c
Transport Day .................................... November 10
Childrens Day..................................... November 14
Central Excise Day ................................ February 24
National Science Day ............................ February 28
National Security Day ................................ March 4 r s
National Mental disorder day ................ November 17
Indian Citizen Day .............................. November 19
Ordinance Factories Day (India) ............... March 18
Orissa Day .................................................. April 1
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NCC Day ............................................ November 24
National Law Day ............................... November 26
Navy Day ............................................. December 4
National Maritime Day ................................. April 5
Jallianwala bagh Day .................................. April 13
National Technology Day ........................... May 11
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Armed Force Flag Day .......................... December 7
National Mental disorder ..................... December 8
National Mother Security Day..................... April 11
Solidarity Day............................................. May 13 n
Conservation Day............................... December 14
National energy protect day .................. December 14

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Fire force day............................................. April 14
Sikkim Day ................................................. May 16
Anti Terrorism Day (Death anniversary of
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Kissan Day (Farmer’s Day) ................. December 23

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National Consumer Day ...................... December 24
 Kisan Divas celebrated on the birth day of Sri
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Kargil Vijay Day........................................... July 26

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day of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

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Gandhi) .................................................. August 20


Teachers Day is being celebrated on the birth-
day of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
National youth Day is being celebrated on the

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August 29 
birthday of Vivekananda
National Sports day is being celebrated on the

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Hindi Day .......................................... September 14

birthday of Dhyan Chand.
National Technology day is being celebrated
to commemorate India’s achievements on

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Deaf Day .......................................... September 26 
nuclear capability.
National Science Day is celebrated on the day

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Gandhi Jayanti Day.................................. October 2
National Voters Day

in 1928 C. V. Raman discovered Raman Effect.
Doctor’s Day is celebrated on the birthday of
Dr. B. C. Roy
January 25 will here after be celebrated as National  National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on
Voters Day. January 25 is the foundation day of that day when Gandhiji addressed the nation.
the Election Commission of India.
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UNITED NATIONS YEAR IMPORTANT MUSEUMS


Refugees year ............................................. 1959-60 National Childrens Museum .................... New Delhi
Co-operation Year ............................................ 1965 Calico Textile Museum ....................... Ahemadabad
Tourism year .................................................... 1967
Visvesarayya Industrial And Technological Museum
Human Rights Year .......................................... 1968
Bangalore
Education Year ................................................ 1970
Fight against Racial discrimination Year ............ 1971
Book Year ........................................................ 1972
Tippu Sulthan Museum ............... Sreerangapatnam
Sree Chithra Art Gallery........... Thiruvananthapuram
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Copper Nicus Year ........................................... 1973
Population Year ............................................... 1974
Women’s Year .................................................. 1975
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum .... Kolkata

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Birla Planetorium ......................................... Kolkata

Fight Against Untouchability ........................... 1978


Childrens Year ................................................. 1979
Handicapped year ............................................ 1981
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Indian Museum .......................................... Kolkata
National Museum ....................................... Kolkata
Communication Year ........................................ 1983
Youth Year ....................................................... 1985
Peace Year ....................................................... 1986 p e
Salarjung Museum ................................. Hyderabad
Nehru Museum ....................................... New Delhi
AIDS Year ....................................................... 1988
Literacy Year .................................................... 1990
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Archeological Museum ........................... New Delhi
Victoria Memorial Hall ................................. Kolkata
Rail Transport Museum .......................... New Delhi
Space Year ....................................................... 1992
Sports and Family Year .................................... 1994
Poverty Eradication Year .................................. 1996
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National Museum of Natural History ....... New Delhi
Indian War Memorial Museum ................ New Delhi
Ocean Year ...................................................... 1998
Old Age Year ................................................... 1999
Peace and Cultural Year .................................... 2000
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Prince of Wales Museum ........................... Mumbai

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Self Service Year .............................................. 2001

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Mountains Year ............................................... 2002
Eco Tourism Year ............................................. 2002
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
Indian President ..................... Rashtrapathi Bhavan
Indian Prime Minister ........ No. 7, Race Course Road

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Fresh Water Year ............................................. 2003
International Rice Year ..................................... 2004
Pope ................................................. Vatical Palace
Governor .............................................. Raj Bhavan

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International Micro Credit Year ......................... 2005
International Physics Year ................................ 2005
International Sports and Physical Education ..... 2005
American President ............................ White House
Britain Prime Minister ................ 10, Downing Street
King & Queen of Britain ............ Bekkingham Palace

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International Dolphin – Pole Year ..................... 2007
International Potato Year .................................. 2008
International Earth Year .................................... 2008
South Korean President ........................ Blue House
Sreelankan President .......................... Temple Trees

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International Natural Fibre Year ........................ 2009
Bio Diversity Year ............................................ 2010
Forest Year ...................................................... 2011
Nepal King ............................. Narayan Hithi Palace
Kongo President ................................ Marbil Palace
Pakistan President ............................... Ivane Sadan

w w KERALA - DAYS
French President ............................... Eleesee Palace
INDUSTRIAL NAMES
w June 19 ............................................... Reading Day
June 19 - 25....................................... Reading Week
Chingam 1 .................................... Agricultural Day
Ambassador ..................................................... Car
Nicon .......................................................... Camera
Alvin .................................................... Refrigerator
October 4 .......................................... Elephant Day Amul ................................................... Milk Powder
October 13 ............................................. Sports Day
Usha ..................................... Fan, Sewing Machine
November 1 ........................... Kerala formation Day
Merit ............................................ Sewing Machine
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Bush, Murphy ............................................... Radio Newyork Times ......................................... Newyork


Philips, Panasoni ....................... Radio & Television Washington Post ................................. Washington
Kelvinator ............................................ Refrigerator International Herald Tribune ..................... Newyork
Prestige ......................................... Pressure Cooker The Don ..................................................... Karachi
Chandrika, Lux, Pears, Radhas, Lifeboy ........... Soap Pakistan Times ........................................... Karachi
Sunlight ............................................... Soap Power
Shalimar, Nerolac ............................................ Paint
Lactogen, Lactose ............................... Milk Powder
Kabool Mail ................................................ Kabool
Outlook ...................................................... Karachi
Red Flag ..................................................... Beejing
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Ashok, Zenith ............................................... Blade
Fiat, Premier, Standars ....................................... Car
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China Times ................................................ Tai Pey
Rudepravo .................................................. Pregue
Ciat, Dunlop, Bridgestone ................................ Tyre
Crompton, Rally, GEC ........................................ Fan
Hero ................................................................. Pen
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Limonde ......................................................... Paris
Pravda ...................................................... Moscow
Isestya ..................................................... Moscow
Colgate, Cibaca, Forehands, Close up ... Tooth Paste
Signal .................................................. Tooth Paste
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Straight Times ........................................ Singapore
Akbar Al Kuwait .......................................... Kuwait
Wills, Charminar, Panama, Scissors ............ Cigarette
Rolex, Titan, Ceeko, Favourluba .................... Watch
Citizen, Omega, Jovial ................................... Watch
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Al thavara .............................................. Demascus
Peoples Daily ............................................. Beejing

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Statesman ................................................ Colombo
Jumbo ....................................................... Jet Plain
Avro ...................................................... Aero Plain
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Ashi Shimban ............................................... Tokyo
Australian ................................................ Canberra
Raj Dooth, Bullet, Royal Enfield ........... Motor Cycle
Benze, Leyland ................................ Bus, Car, Lorry
Sakthiman ..................................................... Treck
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Times of India ................................................. India

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Everady, Jeep, Toshiba Anand, Nippo .......... Battery


Hercules, BSA, Hero ...................................... Cyclee s
Jubily, Bismi ..................................................... Pen Sydney Morning News ............................... Sydney
Reference News ............................................. China

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Bata ............................................................. Shoes
Chethak, Lamby, Vijay ................................. Scooter
Rising Nepal ........................................... Katmandu
FIRST IN KERALA
Governor ............................. Dr. B Ramakrishna Rao

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Remington, Halda, Godrej ...................... Typewriter
Bajaj ............................................................... Bulb
Bruke Bond ........................................... Coffee, Tea
Chief Minister ..................... E.M.S. Namboothiripad
Deputy Chief Minister ............................. R. Sankar

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Lipton .............................................................. Tea
PUBLICATIONS
Assembly Speaker R. Sankarana Narayanan Thampi
Congress Chief Minister ................ R. Sankar (1962)
Jnapeeda Winner (India) ............... G. Sankara Kurup

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The Times .................................................. London
The Sunday Times ...................................... London
Malayalee Governor .............................. V.P. Menon
First Malayalee Member of UPSC ... Dr. K.G. Adiyodi

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Morning Star .............................................. London
The Guardian ............................................. London
First Malayalee winner of Dhronacharya Award .......
O.M. Nambiar
Woman Magistrate ....................... Omanakunjamma
w The Sun ..................................................... London
The Economist ........................................... London
The Observor ............................................. London
Woman High Court Judge ................. Anna Chandy
Woman Minister .................................... K.R. Gowri
Woman member of Parliament............ Anne Maskrin
Financial Times ........................................... London First woman I.A.S ......................... Anna Malhothra
The Daily Mail ............................................ London Woman IPS Officer .................................. Sreelekha
The Hindu ...................................................... India
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Sardar K.M. Paniker
WORLD NEWS AGENCIES
College ............................................... CMS College Reutors ........................................... Britain
Printing Press ....................... CMS Press, Kottayam Kyodo ............................................. Japan
Movie ........................................... Vigathakumaran Andara ...................................... Indonesia
Movie with sound ......................................... Balan Erna .................................................... Iran
Colour Movie .......................... Kandam Bech Kottu
Olympian ............................................ Suresh Babu
Sinhwa ............................................. China
Associated Press ............................... USA
Ritha ............................................... Russia
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Malayalee President INC ................ C. Sankaran Nair
National Park ......................................... Eravikulam
Novelist ...................................... Appu Nedungadi
Ansa ................................................ Spain
Agents France Press (AFP) ............. France
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Champu in Malayam ............... Unniyachi Charitham
Sanskrit Champu ....................... Amogha Raghavam
Newspaper ................................ Rajya Samacharam
Dentas Press Agenter ................... Germany

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Bernama ....................................... Malesya

Nafen ........................................ Hongkong


Woman Vice Chancellor ................... Dr. Janci James
Printed Malayalam Book ....... Samkshepa Vedartham
First Book in which Malayalam Alphabet was printed p e
Al Jaseera ...................................... Khattar
Tass ............................................... Russia
Press Trust of India ............................ India
Horthus Malabaricus
Press in India where Malayalam was printed ............
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United News of India ......................... India
Interpress Service ............................. Rome
Career Press, Mumbai
Monthly Literary Magazine ................. Vidyavilasini
Short Story ..................................... Vasana Vikruthi
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Social Novel ............................................ Indulekha
Detective Novel ............................ Bhaskara Menon
Drama ......................................... Kalyani Nadakam
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Ford Motors ................................................... USA
Toyotta Motors ............................................. Japan

Radio Station .......................... Thiruvananthapuram


Malayalam Internet Literary Club ....... www.puzha.com e s
University ................................... Kerala University Benze ....................................................... Germany
Nissam Motor ................................................ Japan

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Bank ............................................ Nedungadi Bank
Malayalam Internet Portal .................. Indiainfo.com
Devoo ................................................. South Korea
Fiat ................................................................. Italy
Honda Motors ............................................... Japan

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Post Office ............................................ Alappuzha
English School ................................... Mattanchery

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Indian Principal ....................... A.R. Raja Raja Varma
Mitsbushi Motors ......................................... Japan
Pyugiyottu .................................................. France

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Keralite appearing Postal Stamp . Sreenarayana Guru
Museum ............................................... Trivandrum
Zoo ...................................................... Trivandrum
Hyundai .............................................. South Korea

GANDHI NAMES

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Concrete Bridge ........................... Karamana, TVPM
Film Hero ............................................... A.K. Aroor
African Gandhi ............................ Kennath Kounda
Modern Gandhi ................................... Baba Amthe

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Hanging Bridge ........................................ Punaloor
Audio Novel .................................... Ithanente Peru
Burmese Gandhi ........................................ Ong San
Kosavo Gandhi ............................... Ibrahim Rugeva

w Private TV Channel ..................................... Asianet


Cinema Studio ................. Udaya Studio, Alappuzha
Malayalee Magsaysay Award winner ......................
Varghese Kurian
Kerala Gandhi ...................................... K. Kelappan
Mayyazhi Gandhi ................... I.K. Kumaran Master
American Gandhi ...................... Martin Luther King
Mineral Water Plant ............................. Kumbalangi Sreelankan Gandhi ............................... Ariya Retne
Daily Newspaper ......................... Rajyasamacharam Frontier Gandhi ................. Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

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