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Ancient Indian physician, Sushruta had composed in the 6th century BCE the

Sushruta Samhita, one of the most detailed books on surgery which mentioned
complex techniques of plastic surgery, like Rhinoplasty, as well as surgery to cure
cataract amongst thousands of other procedures and medicines to cure illnesses.

ISRO demonstrated its capability of handling complex missions by


successfully launching a record 104 satellites on a single rocket on
5 February 2017 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

PARAM is India’s first ever indigenous supercomputer.

Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?
Ravish Malhotra
On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to space?
Soyuz-T11
India’s First Satellite

Dandi March – Number of Days—24


What was the name of an all women regiment set up in Azad Hind Fauj?--> Rani of
Jhansi Regiment
Name of the Commission set up by the Britishers in 1920 to probe Jallianwala bagh
massacre ?
→Hunter Commission
Who founded the Free India Society?-> Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Who started the Bardoli Satyagraha and in which year ? →Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
in 1928
Which incident forced Mahatma Gandhi to halt the Non Cooperation Movement ?->
Chauri Chaura Incident
In which year did the British announce the transfer of the seat of the Government
from Calcutta to Delhi? → 1911
By Operation Polo, which princely state got integrated with India? → Hyedarabad
The Battle of Plassey was a crucial victory for the East India Company. In which
state is Plassey located now? →West Bengal

Who is the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian gallantry award
?
→Major Somnath Sharma

The acronym, Lal, Bal, Pal is used for which freedom fighters? →Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal
Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal are synonymous with the famous trio of Lal,
Bal and Pal.

Name the calligrapher, who hand-wrote the Original Constitution of India? →Prem
Behari Narain Raizada

Which great Patriot, considered as the Father of the Indian school of Modern
Chemistry said “Science can wait but Swaraj cannot.”? →Acharya Prafulla Chandra
Ray

India was declared 'polio free' in 2014 by World Health Organization


White Revolution: In 1970, India saw the White Revolution (Operation Flood) — the
world’s biggest dairy development program, pioneered by Verghese Kurien. It
transformed India from a milk deficient nation into the world’s largest milk producer.

India wins first Cricket World Cup: In 1983, India, under Kapil Dev, defeated West
Indies by 43 runs to win its first cricket World Cup.
Father of Indian space Program → Vikram Sarabhai
Which country is developing wooden satellites for launch in 2023? → Japan

Indian CEOs in Famous Tech Companies:


Arvind Krishna - CEO, IBM Group

Sundar Pichai - CEO, Google LLC & Alphabet INC

Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft

Shantanu Narayen - CEO, Adobe Inc


Parag Agrawal - CEO, Twitter

INDIA’s future space missions


India plans to give landing on the moon a second try with its Chandrayaan 3 mission,
which is now targeted to launch in August.
▪ The Chandrayaan-3 mission is a follow-up of Chandrayaan-2 of July
2019, which aimed to land a rover on the lunar South Pole.

India's maiden mission to study the Sun, Aditya L1 will be launched in 2022 after
being delayed by a year due to Covid-19 restrictions

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