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JUDICIAL HEADS:
CHIEF JUSTICE, Supreme court
Attorney General of India
Solicitor General
Chairperson, National Green Tribunal
Dipak Misra (Ranjan Gogoi is scheduled to take
oath on October 3, 2018)
K K Venugopal
Seat Vacant (Ranjit Kumar resigned in October
2017)
Adarsh Kumar Goel

CONSTITUTIONAL HEADS:
Speaker, Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan
Comptroller and Auditor General Rajiv Mehrishi
Chairperson, 14th Finance Commission Y V Reddy
Chairperson, 15th Finance Commission N K Singh

HEADS OF ARMED FORCES:

Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshall Birender Singh Dhanoa
Navy Chief Admiral SUNIL LANBA
Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat

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HEADQUARTERS – INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

United Nations Organization New york
UNICEF New York
UNDP New York
United Nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) Geneva
WTO Geneva
World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva
International Labour Organization (ILO) Geneva
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Geneva
World Intellectual Property Organization Geneva
International Standards Organization Geneva
United Nations High Commission for Refugees Geneva
IMF Washington D.C
World Bank Washington D.C
UNESCO Paris
Organization for Economic Co – operation and Development (OECD) Paris
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Vienna
Amnesty International London
Commonwealth of Nations London
International Maritime Organization London
International Court of Justice The Hague
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Brussels
Transparency International Berlin
SAARC Kathmandu, Nepal
ASEAN Jakarta
Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore

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New Development Bank Shanghai

Asia Infrastructure Investment bank Beijing
Asian Development Bank Manila (Phillipines)
United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi (Kenya)
World Wide Fund (WWF) Gland, Switzerland
International Olympic Committee Lusane

* To learn these headquarters, find out the places on map and divide them according to area. For
example, all headquarters in European countries can be placed together and memorized. Mapping
of places will make it easy to remember.

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STOCK EXCHANGES AND THEIR INDEX:

Bombay Stock Exchange SENSEX (sensitive Index of 30
• Oldest stock exchange in ASIA and located at companies)
Dalal Street
National Stock Exchange NIFTY 50 (50 companies)
• Largest Stock exchange in India by Market
Capitalization
New York Stock Exchange • Dow Jones Industrial Average
• Nickname – “The Big Board” • S&P 500
• World’s largest stock exchange by market • NYSE Composite
capitalization
• World’s first stock exchange
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated • NASD 100
Quotations (NASDAQ)
• First electronic stock market in the world (New
York)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (JAPAN) NIKKEI 225

Korea Stock Exchange (Seoul) KOSPI
Shanghai Stock Exchange (China) Composite Index
Shenzen Stock Exchange (China) Composite Index
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Hang Seng
Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) Straits Times Index (STI)
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany) DAX
London Stock Exchange FTSE 100 (Footsie)
France Stock Exchange CAC 40

*Divide all stock exchanges area wise.

I have covered it in the following manner – India, USA, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Germany, London, France (Europe)

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LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS and DIVISION OF PORTFOLIOS:

NARENDRA MODI Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space

Rajnath Singh Ministry of Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj Ministry of External Affairs
Arun Jaitley Finance Minister and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Defence
Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways; Shipping; and Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Coal
Suresh Prabhu Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Ministry of Civil Aviation
Uma Bharti Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Jual Oram Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food and Public distribution
Maneka Gandhi Ministry of Women and Child Development
Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur badal Ministry of Food processing Industries
Ananth Kumar Ministry of Chemical and fertilizer
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Ravi Shankar Prasad Law and Justice; and Electronics and Information
Technology
Radha Mohan Singh Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
JP Nadda Ministry of Health and family welfare
T Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment
Narendra Singh Tomar Rural Development; Panchayati Raj; and Mines
Smriti Irani Ministry of Textiles
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; and Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Human Resource Development

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs
Dharmendra Pradhar Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship
Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

REGULATOR CHAIRMAN HEADQUARTER

Reserve Bank of India Urjit Patel Mumbai
SEBI Ajay Tyagi Mumbai
IRDAI Subhash Chandra Khuntia Hyderabad
PFRDA Hemant Contractor New Delhi
TRAI Ram Sewak Sharma New Delhi

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IMPORTANT INDIAN BOUNDARIES:

McMohan Line India and China

Radcliffe Line India and Pakistan
Durand Line Pakistan and Afghanistan
Hinderberg Line Germany and Poland
49th Parallel USA and Canada
38th Parallel North Korea and South Korea
Maginot line France and Germany
Seigfried line France and Germany
17th parallel Former demarcation line between north and south
Vietnam
24th Parallel The line of demarcation claimed by Pakistan for Indo –
Pakistan Border
20th parallel Libya and Sudan
22nd Parallel Egypt and Sudan

UN INTERNATIONAL DECADES:

2021 – 2030 International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

2019 – 2028 United Nations Decade of Family Farming
2018 – 2028 International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development"
2016 – 2025 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition
2015 – 2024 International decade for people of African descent
2014 – 2024 UN decade of Sustainable energy for all
2013 – 2022 International Decade for Rapproachment of Cultures
2011 – 2020 UN decade on biodiversity
2010 – 2020 UN decade for fight against desertification

• 2016 has been declared as International year of Pulses and International year of Camelids

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AWARDS AND HONOURS:

Nobel Prize – Peace, Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and

Economics
Pulitzer Prize – Journalism
Oscars – Films
Kalinga Award – Science
Booker Prize – Literature
Grammy award – Music
Ramon Magsaysay award – Public service, social service, journalism, literature,
communication and international understanding
Bharat Ratna – any field of “human endeavor”
Dada Saheb Phalke Award – Films
Jnanpith Award – Literature
Saraswati samman – Literature
Vyasa Samman – Literature
Dronacharya Award – Sports coaching
Arjuna Award – Sports
Dhanwantri award – medical science

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Bank Chairperson MD & CEO

State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar
Punjab National Bank Sunil Mehta Sunil Mehta
Bank of India G Padmanabhan Dinabandhu Mohapatra
Syndicate Bank Ajay Vipin Nanavati
Bank of Baroda Ravi Venkatesan P S Jayakumar
IDBI B Sriram
United Bank of India P K Bajaj
Canara Bank T N Manoharan Rakesh Sharma
Central Bank of India Rajiv Rishi Rajiv Rishi
Corporation Bank Jai Kumar Garg
Dena Bank Ashwani Kumar
Indian overseas bank T C A Ranganathan R Subramaniakumar
OBC Mukesh Kumar Jain
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Merged with SBI on April 1, 2017

YES bank Rana kapoor

AXIS Sanjiv Misra(Part – time) Shikha Sharma
HDFC Aditya Puri

ICICI Girish Chandra Chaturvedi Chanda Kochhar

Federal Bank Shyam Srinivasan
Indian Bank T C Venkat Subramanian Kishor Kharat
Union Bank of India Kewal Handa Rajkiran Rai G
Vijaya Bank G Narayanan (Part – time) R A Sankara Narayanan

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COUNTRIES, CAPITALS AND CURRENCIES:

I am covering countries region wise to make it easier to remember them through World Map.
We will cover South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia, West Asia, Middle East, Africa, South America,
North America, Europe and Eurasia
Country Capital Currency
India New Delhi Indian Rupee
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee
Bhutan Thimpu Ngultrum
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka Rupee
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee
Maldives Male Rufiya
Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw Kyat
Thailand Bangkok Baht
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
Singapore Singapore city Singapore dollar
Laos Vientiane Kip
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel
Vietnam Hanoi Dong
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah
Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar
Hong kong Victoria (not official now) Hongkong dollar
South Korea Seoul South Korean Won
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean Won
Japan Tokyo Yen
Phillipines Manila Phillipine Peso
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Kina
Australia Canberra Asutralian Dollar
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar
China Beijing Renminbi
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian togrog

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Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan manat
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge
Russia Moscow Ruble
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Iran Tehran Rial
Iraq Baghdad Dinar
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
Oman Muscat Rial
Yemen Sana’a Rial
Jordan Amman Dinar
Israel Jerusalem Shekel
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Pound
Turkey Ankara Lira
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar
South sudan Juba pound
Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling
South Africa Cape town Rand
Nigeria Abuja Naira
USA Washington DC Dollar
Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar
Brazil Brasilia Brazilian real
Cuba Havana Peso
Argentina Beunos aires Peso
United kingdom London Pound sterling
France Paris Euro

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Germany Berlin Euro

Spain Madrid Euro
Portugal Lisbon Euro
Italy Rome Euro
Greece Athens Euro
Ukraine Kiev Hryvnia
Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone

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IMPORTANT PASSES IN THE HIMALAYAS:

NAME CONNECTION IMPORTANCE

Mintaka China and Kashmir Forms tri – junction of POK,
China and Afghanistan
Parpik China and Kashmir POK
Khunjerab China and Kashmir POK
Aghil pass China and Kashmir POK
Banihal Pass Jammu and Kashmir Banihal pass is across Pir
Panjal range.

Jawahar tunnel constructed in

1956 under the pass for road
transport

Railway tunnel between

Banihal and Qazikund under
Banihal pass opened in 2013
Chang – La Ladakh and Tibet
Khardung – La In Ladakh range World’s highest motorable
pass
Zoji – La Srinagar – Kargil On National Highway 1D
Bara Lacha La Himachal Pradesha and J & K
Shipki La Himachal and Tibet
Rohtang Pass Connects Kullu, Lahul and Spiti Near Manali
Niti Pass Uttarakhand and Tibet
Lipu Lekh Pass Uttarakhand, Tibet and Nepal Trijunction
Nathu – La Sikkim – Tibet
Jelep – La Sikkim – Bhutan Passes through CHUMBI
VALLEY
BomDi La Arunachal Pradesh – Bhutan
Dihang Pass Arunchal Pradesh – Myanmar
Yongyyap Pass Arunachal Pradesh – Tibet
Dipher Pass India – China – Myanmar

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IMPORTANT PEAKS OF THE HIMALAYAS:

NAME PLACE
Mount Everest Tibet
Godwin Austin (K2) PoK
Kanchenjunga Indo – Nepal Border
Lhotse Indo – Pak Border
Masher Brum (K1) PoK
Kanchenjunga India
Nanga Parwat PoK

MAJOR HYDROPOWER PROJECTS IN INDIA:

Important ones have been highlighted but it is recommended to try and learn all major projects:

Dam State River

Uri Jammu and Kashmir Jhelum
Dul Hasti Jammu and Kashmir Chenab
Salal Jammu and Kashmir Chenab
Lower Kalnai Jammu and Kashmir Chenab
Pakal Dul Jammu and Kashmir Chenab

Chamera – I Himachal Pradesh Ravi

Chamera – II Himachal Pradesh Ravi
Pong/ beas dam Himachal Pradesh Beas
Baspa ii Himachal Pradesh Baspa (tributary of sutlej)
Nathpa Jhakri Himachal Pradesh Sutlej
Karcham Wangtoo Himachal Pradesh Sutlej
Dehar Himachal Pradesh Beas

Bhakra Nangal dam HP and Punjab Sutlej

Tehri dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi

Sardar Sarovar Gujarat Narmada

Teesta Sikkim Teesta

Damodar Valley Project West Bengal and Jharkhand Damodar

Hirakud Odisha Mahanadi

Belimela Odisha Sileru

Tungabhadra Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra

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Srisailam Andhra Pradesh Krishna

Nagarjuna sagar Andhra Pradesh Krishna

Koyna Maharashtra Koyna river

Loktak Manipur

Indira Sagar Madhya Pradesh Narmada

Omkareshwar Madhya Pradesh Narmada

Shravathi Karnataka Shravathi

Kalinadi Karnataka Kalinadi

Idukki Kerala Periyar river

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MAJOR THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA:

THERMAL POWER PLANT STATE

Mundra TPS Gujarat
Sikka Gujarat
Wanakbori TPS Gujarat
Jhanor-Gandhar TPS Gujarat
Kawas TPS Gujarat
Ukai TPS Gujarat

Rihand TPS Sonebhadra, UP

Ntpc TPS Dadri, UP
Rihand, Anpara, Obra, Singrauli Super TPS Sonebhadra, UP
Ghatampur TPS Uttar Pradesh
Tanda TPS Uttar Pradesh

Vindhyanchal Madhya Pradesh

Satpura Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay Gandhi TPS Madhya Pradesh
Amarkantak TPS Madhya Pradesh

Talcher Odisha
Jharsuguda TPS Odisha
Jindal TPS Odisha
Bhushan TPS Odisha

Korba Chhattisgarh
Sipat Chhattisgarh
Bhilai Chhattisgarh
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Chhattisgarh

Bellary TPS Karnataka

Udupi TPS Karnataka
Kudgi Super TPS Karnataka

Durgapur West Bengal

Bandel TPS West Bengal
Kolaghat TPS West Bengal
Farakka Super TPS West Bengal
Bakreswar TPS West Bengal
Sagardighi TPS West Bengal
Santaldih TPS West Bengal

Amravati TPS Maharashtra

Chandrapur Super TPS Maharashtra
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Bhusawal TPS Maharashtra

Trombay Maharashtra
Koradi TPS Maharashtra
Khaperkheda TPS Maharashtra
Paras TPS Maharashtra
Tirora TPS Maharashtra

Mettur Tamil Nadu

Ennore TPS Tamil Nadu
Neyveli TPS Tamil Nadu

Bokaro Jharkhand
Maithon Jharkhand
Jojobera TPS Jharkhand
Patratu TPS Jharkhand

Simhadri TPS Andhra Pradesh

Narla Tata Rao Andhra Pradesh

Barauni TPS Bihar

Kahalgaon TPS Bihar

Anta TPS Rajasthan

Barsingsar TPS Rajasthan
Suratgarh Super TPS Rajasthan
Giral Lignite TPS Rajasthan

MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN INDIA:

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STATE

Narora Atomic power plant Narora, Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant Rajasthan
Tarapur APP Maharashtra
Jaitapur Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Kakrapar APP Gujarat
Madras APP Tamil Nadu
Kaiga APP Karnataka
Kudankulam Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu

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MAJOR AIRPORTS OF INDIA:

NAME OF AIRPORT PLACE

Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Santa Mumbai, Maharashtra

Cruz)

Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum Airport) Kolkata, West Bengal

Anna International Airport Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Trivendrum international Airport Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Calicut IA Kozhikode, Kerala

B R Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur, Maharashtra

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur, Maharashtra

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Calicut International Airport Kozhikode, Kerala

Veer Savarkar IA Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Rajiv Gandhi IA Hyderabad, Telangana

Jai Prakash Narayan IA Patna, Bihar

Sardar Vallabh Bhai IA Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Lal Bahadur Shastri IA Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Chaudhary Charan Singh IA Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Kheria Airport Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Agartala Airport (Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Tripura

Kishor Airport)

Hindustan Airport Bengaluru, Karnataka

Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, Karnataka
Mangalore IA Mangalore, Karnataka

Visakhapatnam Airport Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati, Assam

Goa International Airport Goa

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Tulihal Airport Imphal, Manipur

Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Amritsar, Punjab

MAJOR PORTS OF INDIA:

NAME OF PORT STATE

Paradip Odisha
New Tuticorin Tamil Nadu
Marmagao Goa
Kandla Gujarat
Nhavasheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port) Maharashtra
Ennore Tamil Nadu

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IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARKS and WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA:

NAME LOCATION SPECIES

Dachigam National Park Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir stag
Hemis NP Jammu and Kashmir Snow Leopard
Kishtwar NP Jammu and Kashmir
Salim Ali NP Jammu and Kashmir
Changtang WS Jammu and Kashmir

Great Himalayan NP Himachal Pradesh UNESCO world Heritage

site; snow leopard
Khirganga NP Himachal Pradesh
Tundah WS Himachal Pradesh
Sechu Tuan Nala WS Himachal Pradesh

Gangotri NP Uttarakhand Snow leopard

Jim Corbett NP Uttarakhand Tiger
Nanda Devi NP Uttarakhand UNESCO world heritage
site; snow leopard
Rajaji NP Uttarakhand Elephants

Dudhwa NP Uttar Pradesh Tiger, swamp deer

Chandraprabha WS Varanasi, UP
Kalesar NP Haryana
Sultanpur NP Haryana

Kanha NP Madhya Pradesh Tiger

Madhav NP Madhya Pradesh Tiger
Panna NP Madhya Pradesh
Pench NP Madhya Pradesh Tiger
Sanjay NP Madhya Pradesh
Satpura NP Madhya Pradesh
Bandavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh Bengal Tiger

Ranthambore NP Rajasthan Tiger

Desert NP Rajasthan
Keoladeo NP (former Bharatpur bird Rajasthan birds
sanctuary)
Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary Rajasthan
Sariska Tiger Reserve Rajasthan

Gir Forest NP Gujarat Lion

Blackbuck NP Gujarat Blackbuck
Marine NP, Gulf Of Kutchh Gujarat

Chandoli NP Maharashtra
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Gugamal NP Maharashtra
Sanjay Gandhi NP Maharashtra Leopard
Tadoba NP Maharashtra

Anshi NP Karnataka
Bandipur NP Karnataka
Bannerghatta NP Karnataka
Kudremukh NP Karnataka
Nagarhole NP (Rajiv Gandhi) Karnataka

Anaimudi NP Kerala Nilgiri Tahr

Eravikulam NP Kerala
Periyar NP Kerala Nilgiri Tahr
Silent Valley NP Kerala Lion tailed macaque

Gulf of Mannar Marine NP Tamil Nadu

Indira Gandhi wildlife sanctuary and Tamil Nadu
NP
Mudumalai NP Tamil Nadu

Sri Venkateswara NP Andhra Pradesh

Simlipal NP Odisha
Bhitarkanika NP Odisha Saltwater crocodile

Buxa Tiger reserve West Bengal Bengal tiger

Sundarbans NP West Bengal Bengal tiger

Campbell Bay NP Andaman and Nicobar

Islands
South Button Island NP Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Saddle peak NP Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Barren Island WS Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Valmiki NP Bihar

Kaziranga NP Assam One – horned rhino

Manas NP Assam
Nameri NP Assam
Orang NP Assam
Dibru Saikhowa NP Assam

Nokrek NP Meghalaya
Namdapha NP Arunachal Pradesh
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Mahavir Harina Vanasthali NP Telangana

Khangchendzonga NP Sikkim

Keibul Lamjao NP Manipur Floating national park

Indravati NP Chhattisgarh Wild buffalo
Hazaribagh NP Jharkhand
Clouded Leopard NP Tripura

PARLIAMENT OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES:

COUNTRY PARLIAMENT
India Sansad (lok sabha and rajya sabha)
Pakistan National Assembly
Britain Parliament (house of commons and house of
lords)
Germany Bundstag (lower house) and Bundesrat (upper
house)
Switzerland Federal Assembly
USA Congress (house of representatives and Senate)
Norway Storting
Spain Cortes Generales
Australia Federal Parliament
Denmark Folketing
Russia Duma and federal council
China National people’s congress
France National assembly
Bhutan Tshogdu
Bangladesh Jatiya sansad
Myanmar Pyithu hluttaw (people’s assembly)
Nepal Rashtriya panchayat
Iran Majlis
Afghanistan Shora
Maldives Mazlis
Japan Diet
Israel knesset

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IMPORTANT DAYS:

NAME OF THE DAY DATE

National Youth Day 12th January
Army Day 15th January
Tourism Day 25th January
Republic Day 26th January
Leprosy prevention day 30th January
Sarvodaya Day 30th January

World Cancer Day 4th February

World Radio Day 13th February
National science day 28th February

International Women’s day 8th March

UN day for women’s rights and international peace
World consumer rights day 15th March
World Disabled day, International day of happiness 20th March
World forestry day 21st march
International day for elimination of racial discrimination
World Poetry Day
World Water day 22nd march
World TB day 24th march

National maritime day 5th April

World health day 7th April
Ambedkar’s birth anniversary 14th April
Mother earth day 22nd April
Panchayat divas 24th April
World Intellectual Property Day 26th April

International Labour day (called may day) 1st May

World Press Freedom Day 3rd May
Mother’s day 2nd Sunday of May
World Bee Day 20th May
Anti terrorism day 21st May
International day of Biological Diversity 22nd May
International day of UN peacekeepers 29th May
No tobacco/ No smoking day 31st May

World Environment day 5th June

World Oceans Day 8th June
World day to combat desertification and drought 17th June
World refugee day 20th June
International day of yoga 21st June
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MSME Sized Enterprises Day 27th June

World population day 11th July

International Nelson Mandela Day 18th July
International day of friendship 30th July

World peace day, Hiroshima day 6th August

International youth day 12th August
Independence day 15th August
National sports day 29th August
International day against nuclear tests 29th August

Teacher’s day 5th September

International Literacy day 8th September
Hindi Diwas Day 14th September
International day of democracy 15th September
World Ozone day 16th September
International day of peace, Alzheimer’s day 21st September
World Heart Day 24th September
World tourism day 27th September

International day for older persons 1st October

International day of non – violence 2nd October
World Animal welfare day 4th october
World teacher’s day 5th October
Indian Air Force day 8th October
International day of girl child 11th October
World food day 16th October
International day for eradication of poverty 17th October
UN day 24th October

National Education Day 11th November

Children’s day 14th November
World Diabetes Day 14th November
International tolerance day 16th November
National Journalism day 17th November
International day for eliminating violence against women 25th November
World Environment protection day 26th November
National Law day 26th November

AIDS day 1st December

International day of persons with disabilities 3rd December
Navy day 4th December
Anti – corruption day 9th December
Girld child day (India) 9th December

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International human rights day 10th December

Kisan Divas 23rd December

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