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CONTENTS
Superlatives of India .................................................................................................................. 3
Superlatives of the World .......................................................................................................... 6
First in World ............................................................................................................................ 12
Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in India ......................................................................... 21
List of Sports Terminology........................................................................................................ 27
Dance in India: State wise List.................................................................................................. 31
List of Rivers in India ................................................................................................................ 33
List of Dams in India with River and State ............................................................................... 37
List of Stadiums in India ........................................................................................................... 41
List of Mountain Peaks in India ................................................................................................ 48
List of Thermal Power Plants / Stations in India ...................................................................... 51
List of Famous Museums in India............................................................................................. 56
List of Major Sea Ports in India ................................................................................................ 67
List of Waterfalls in India.......................................................................................................... 70
List International Airport in India ............................................................................................. 73
List of Biosphere Reserves in India .......................................................................................... 76
List of 50 Famous Temples in India .......................................................................................... 81
List of Major Crops and Producing States ................................................................................ 83
List of Famous Indian Personalities and their Nicknames: ...................................................... 86
Nicknames of Sports Personalities ........................................................................................... 90
List of Space Centres and Agency with Location in India ......................................................... 91
List of Important Full Forms ..................................................................................................... 94
List of International Boundary Lines ........................................................................................ 97
List of Important Institutions in India ...................................................................................... 99
List of Countries and their Parliament ................................................................................... 116
Important Awards and their fields ......................................................................................... 119
Important Invention and their Inventor List .......................................................................... 123
List of Famous Books and Authors ......................................................................................... 126
List of Famous Gardens in India ............................................................................................. 150
List of Important and Famous Forts ....................................................................................... 152
List of Bilateral Military Exercise of Indian Army, Indian Airforce and Indian Navy ............... 164
Nobel Prize 2024 .................................................................................................................... 167
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Superlatives of India
The Superlatives Place

Dhola–Sadiya Bridge or Bhupen Hazarika

The longest Bridge Above Water
Setu (9.15 km.)

The largest animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)

The largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhananda Hall ( Mumbai,

Maharashtra)

The highest Dam Tehri dam (Uttarakhand)

The largest Desert Thar (Rajastan)

The largest cave Temple Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)

The largest Zoological Park Vandalur Zoo (1300 Acres)

The largest Mosque Jama Masjid ( Delhi)

The highest peak Kangchenjunga (8, 586m)

The longest Tunnel Pir panjal tunnel

The largest Delta Sundarbans (W. Bengal)

The State with maximum forest area Madhya Pradesh (77, 522 sq kms)

Ramanathaswamy Temple of Rameswaram

The longest Corridor
(Tamil Nadu)

The highest Waterfall Nohkalikai waterfall (Meghalaya)

The longest Road Grand Trunk Road ( Kolkata to Delhi)

The highest Gate way Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (U.P)

The longest River The Ganges (2525 km. long)

The largest museum Indian museum, Kolkata

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The largest Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (in Karnataka)

The Tallest Statue Statue of Unity, Gujarat (182m)

The largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India

The Biggest Cantilever Bridge Rabindra Setu or Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)

Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal

The longest Canal
(Rajasthan)

The longest Railway platform Gorakhpur, UP

Narendra Modi, (Motera), Cricket Stadium

The Biggest Stadium
Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

The most popular city Mumbai (Maharashtra)

The Longest Passenger Train Route Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari

St. Thomas Church at Palayer, Thrissur

The Oldest Church
(Kerela)

NH 44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari) (3, 745

The longest National Highway
km)

The State with longest Coast Line Gujarat

The Highest Lake Chho lhamu lake (north Sikim)

The largest Saline water Lake Sambhar lake, Rajasthan

The largest freshwater Lake wular Lake

The Largest Cave Amarnath (J & K)

The longest river of Southern India Godawari

The longest Dam Hirakud Dam (Orissa)

Param Vir Chakra (Military) &

The highest Gallantry Award Ashok Chakra (highest peace time gallantry
honour)

The highest Award Bharat Ratna

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The biggest Church Saint Cathedral at old Goa (Goa)

The Southern Indian State with

Andhra Pradesh
Longest Coastline

The Longest Sea Beach Marina Beach (Chennai)

The Highest Road Road at Khardungla, (in Leh –Manali Sector)

The largest artificial Lake Govind Sagar (Bhakhra Nangal)

The deepest River Valley Bhagirathi and Alaknanda

The largest River without Delta Narmada

The biggest river Island Majuli Brahmputra river, (Assam)

The largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium

The Highest Airport Leh Airport (Ladakh)

The Largest state in area Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq.km)

The Smallest state in area Goa (3,702sq.km)

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Superlatives of the World

S. N. Superlatives Location

1 Largest Park National Park, Greenland

2 Largest Bird Ostrich

3 Largest Railway Bridge Chenab Bridge

St. Laurence Seaway (USA and

4 Largest Big-ship Canal
Canada)

5 Largest Continent Asia

6 Largest City in Population Tokyo

7 Largest Country in population China

8 Largest Country in area Russia

9 Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

10 Largest dam Three Gorges Dam, China

11 Largest Delta Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles)

12 Largest Desert (world) Sahara, Africa (84, 00, 000sq. km)

13 Largest Diamond The Cullman

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14 Largest Island Green Land

15 Largest Lake (Artificial) Kariba dam, Zimbabwe

16 Largest Platform (Railway) Grand Central Terminal, New York

17 Largest Seabird Albatross

18 Largest Sea (inland) Mediterranean

19 Largest Lake (Fresh water) Lake Superior, U.S.A.

20 Largest Lake (Saltwater) Caspian Sea

21 Largest Mosque Masjid al-Haram., Mecca

22 Largest Planet Jupiter

23 Largest Palace Imperical Palace (Beijing) China

24 Largest Peninsula Arabia

25 Largest Asian desert Gobi, Mangolia

26 Largest Democracy India

27 Largest Neck Animal Giraffe

27 Largest Animal of the Cat Family Liger

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28 Largest Mammal Blue Whale

29 Largest Stadium Rungrado May Stadium, North Korea

30 Largest Temple Angkor Vat (Combodia)

31 Largest Diamond Mine Yubileyny diamond mine, Russia

32 Largest River (Volume) Amazon, Brazil

33 Largest Land Animal African Bush Elephant

34 Largest Valcano Mauna Loa (Hawaii)

35 Largest Bay Hudson Bay (Canada)

36 Largest Gulf Gulf of Maxico

37 Largest River Basin Amazon basin

38 Largest Gorge Grand Canyon (on the Colorado river)

39 Biggest Cinema House Roxy (New York)

40 Biggest City in area Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

41 Biggest Museum British Museum (London)

42 Biggest Flower Raffesia (Java)

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43 Deepest and Biggest Ocean The Pacific

44 Smallest Bird Hummingbird

45 Smallest Contient Australia

46 Smallest Planet Mercury

47 The tallest Animal on Land Girafee

48 Tallest Building Burj Khalifa, Dubai in U.A.E.

49 Tallest Minaret (Free standing)

Qutub Minar, Delhi

Great Hassan Mosque, Casablance,

50 Tallest minaret
Morocco

51 Tallest Statue Statue of Liberty (150 ft.)

52 Tallest Statue (bronze) Bronze Statue Lord Buddha, Tokyo

53 Highest City Wen Chuan (Tibet, China)

54 Highest Country Tibet

55 Highest Lake Titicaca (Bolivia)

56 Highest Melting Point Tungsten

57 Highest Waterfall Salto Angel Falls (Venezuela)

58 Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet)

59 Highest Valcano Ojos del Salado, Angentine-Chile

60 Highest Mountain Peak (world) Everest (Nepal)

61 Highest Straight Dam Bhakhra Dam

62 Longest Day June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere)

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63 Longest Platform (Railway) Gorakhpur (U.P.) India (1355.4 m)

64 Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Railway (6000 miles)

65 Longest River Nile (6690 km)

66 Longest River Dam Hirakud Dam (India) 15.8 miles

67 Longest Mountain Range Andes (S. America)

68 Longest Swimming Course English Channel

69 Longest Wall Great Wall of China

70 Longest Lifespan of an Animal Giant tortoise (190 to 200 years)

71 Longest wing spread bird Albatross

72 Longest Strait Tartar Straits

73 Longest Animal Blue whale

74 Longest jump Animal Kangaroo

75 Longest Poisonous Snake King Kobra

76 Shortest Day Dec. 22 (in Northern Hemisphere)

78 fastest Bird Swift

79 Fastest Dog Persian grey hound

80 Fastest Animal Cheetah (Leopard)

81 Hardest Substance Diamond

82 Coldest Place or Region Vostok (Antarctica)

83 Driest Place Death Valley (California)

84 Hottest Place (world) Death Valley (California), 56.7 °C

Brightest and Hottest Planet (also nearest

85 Venus
to Earth)

86 Farthest Planet (from the sun) Neptune

87 Nearest Planet (to the sun) Mercury

88 Busiest Port Rotterdam (the Netherlands)

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89 Brightest Star Sirius

90 Deepest Lake Baikal (Siberia)

91 Broadest Strait Davis Strait (Canada)

92 Narrowest Strait Chliks (45 yards)

93 World’s Rainiest spot Cherrapunji, India

94 Lightest Gas Hydrogen

95 Lightest Metal Lithium

96 Most Intelligent Animal Chimpanzee

97 Bird that never makes its nest Chckoo

98 Wingless Bird Kiwi

99 Reptile which changes its colours Chameleon

100 Slowest Animal Snail

101 Domestic Dog Irish Wolf Hound

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First in World
First in World Male
S.No First in World Male Names

1 First Amercian President to visit India Dwight David Eisenhower

2 First blind man to scale Mount Everest Eric Weihenmayer

Air Marshal Sir Thomas

3 First Chief of Air Staff
Elmhirst

General Maharaj Rajendra

4 First Chief of Army Staff
Singh Ji

5 First country to win football World cup Uruguay

6 First Cricketer to get Padma Bhushan C Naidu

7 First Ethnic-Indian Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Choudhary

8 First European invader of Indian soil Alexander, The Great

9 First European to visit china Marcopolo

10 First Field Marshal of India SHFJ Manekshaw

11 First Governor-General of India William Bentinck

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12 First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Air Marshal Subroto

13 First Indian Air Chief Marshal
Mukerjee OBE

14 First Indian Air Chief Marshal Subroto Mukherjee

15 First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa

16 First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R D Katari

17 First Indian Pilot JRD Tata

18 First Indian to get Grammy Award Pandit Ravishankar

19 First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics CV Raman

20 First Indian to Receive Bharat Ratna Award Dr Radhakrishnan

21 First Indian to score triple century in Test Cricket Virendra Sehwag

22 First Indian to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen

23 First Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

24 First Judge of International Court of Justice Dr Nagendra Singh

25 First man to climb Mount Everest twice Nawang gombu

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Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund

26 First man to climb Mt. Everest
Hillary

27 First man to draw the map on earth Anexemander

28 First man to fly an aeroplane Write Brothers

29 First man to go into space Major Yuri Gagarin

First man to hit double century in One Day

30 Sachin Tendulkar
International Match

31 First man to reach north pole Robert Peary

32 First man to reach south pole Ronald Amundsen

33 First man to set foot on the moon Neil Armstrong

34 First man to walk in space Alexia Leonov

35 First man to win Nobel prize for Chemistry Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff

Ragnar Frisch and Jan

36 First man to win Nobel prize for Economics
Tinbergen (Neth

37 First man to win Nobel prize for Literature Sully Prudhomme

38 First man to win Nobel prize for Medical Emil von Behring

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39 First man to win Nobel Prize for Physics Wilhelm Röntgen (Germany)

40 First Muslim President of India Dr Zakir Hussain

First person of Indian origin to get Nobel Prize in

41 Hargobind Khurana
Medicine

42 First Person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

First person to reach Mountt Everest without

43 Sherpa Anga Dorjee
oxygen

44 First person to receive Jnanpith Award G. Sankara Kurup

45 First person to receive Jnanpith Award Sir Shankar Kurup

46 First person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave

47 First person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlew

48 First person to sail around the world Ferdinand Magellan

49 First person to stay in Rashtrapati Bhawan Lord Ircoin

50 First President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad

51 First President of the Republic of China Dr Sun Yat-Sen

52 First President of the U.S.A. George Washington

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53 First Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole

First Prime Minister of India who resigned before

54 Morarji Desai
the full term

55 First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister tovisit India Nikolai Bulganin

56 First secretary general of United Nations Trygve Lie

57 First UN Deputy Secretary General Louise Frechette

58 Governor of Reserve Bank of India Sir Osborne smith

59 Governor-General of independent India Lord Lewis Mountbatten

60 India’s first man in space Rakesh Sharma

61 Pakistan’s first Governor General Mahammed Ali Jinnah

62 President of National Congress Vyomesh Chand Bannerjee

63 Sports person to receive Bhatat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar

64 The First Indian to join ICS Styandra Nath Tagore

65 The First man to introduce printing press in india James Hicky

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List: First in World (Female)

S.No First in World Female Name

1 First woman Air Vice Marshal P Bandopadhyaya

2 First woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee

3 First woman Ambassador CB Muthamma

4 First woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamaljit Sandhu

First woman chairman of Union Public Service

5 Rose Millian Bethew
Commission

6 First woman Chairperson of Indian Air Lines Sushma Chawla

7 First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Sucheta Kripalani

Valentina Tereshkova
8 First woman cosmonaut in space
(USSR)

9 First woman Director General of Police Kanchan C Bhattacharya

10 First woman Director General of Police Kanchan C Bhattacharya

11 First woman Governor of a State in free India Sarojini Naidu

12 First woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy

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First woman in the world to cross the Strait of

13 Arti Pradhan
Gibralter

14 First woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi

15 First woman Judge Anna Chandy

16 First woman Judge in Supreme Court Fatima Beevi

17 First woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee

18 First woman lieutenant Genaral Puneeta Arora

19 First woman Minister in Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

20 First woman Olympic Medal winner Karnaam Malleshwari

21 First woman Pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur dayal

22 First woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron

23 First woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie Besant

24 First woman President of UN General Assembly Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

25 First woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

26 First woman Prime Minister in the world S Bhandar nayake

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Benazir Bhutto
27 First woman Prime Minister of any Muslim country
(Pakistan)

28 First woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher

29 First woman space tourist Mrs Anousheh Ansari

30 First woman Speaker of a state Assembly Shanno Devi

31 First woman to become Miss World Reita Faria

First woman to chair US Central Bank ‘Federal

32 Janet Yellen
Reserve’

33 First woman to climb Mount Everest Junko Tabei (Japan)

34 First woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav

35 First woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha

36 First woman to reach Antarctica Caroline Michaelson

37 First woman to reach the North pole Mrs Fran Phipps

38 First woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot

39 First woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi

40 First woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

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41 First woman to receive Noble Prize Mother Teresa

42 First woman to set foot on North pole Ann Bancroft, USA

43 First women chief Justice of High Court Leela Seth

List of First in World (Other Categories)

S.No First in World Country

1 First City to be attacked with atom bomb Heroshima

2 First country to host the modern Olympic games Greece

3 First Country to issue paper currency China

4 First country to launch Artificial satellite in the space Russia

5 First Country to make a constitution United States of America

6 First Country to make education compulsory Prussia

7 First Country to Print Books China

8 First country to send a man to the moon U.S.A.

9 First country to send human to Moon United States of America

10 First Country to Start Civil Services Competition China

11 First country to win the World Cup Football Uruguay (1930)

12 First Space Ship landed on Mars Viking-I (July.1976)

13 First Space shuttle launched Columbia

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14 The first country to host NAM summit Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in India

STATE NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

Campbell Bay NP Spike Island WLS

Galathea NP Lohabarrack Saltwater Crocodile
Mahatma Gandhi Marine WLS
(Wandoor) NP Defence Island WLS
Andaman and
Middle Button Island NP Cinque Island WLS
Nicobar
Mount Harriet NP Flat Island WLS
Islands
North Button Island NP Barren Island WLS
South Button Island NP
Rani Jhansi Marine NP
Saddle Peak NP

Gundla Brahmeswaram WLS

Rollapadu WLS
Sri Lankamalleswara WLS
Koundinya WLS
Coringa WLS
Papikonda NP Krishna WLS
Andhra
Sri Venkateshwara NP Kambalakonda WLS
Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi NP Kolleru WLS
Nellapattu WLS
Pulicat Lake WLS (located in the
border of Andhra Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu
Sri Penusila Narasimha WLS

Pakhui Tiger Reserve

Dibang WLS
Kamlang WLS
Mehao WLS
Arunachal Mouling NP
Eaglenest WLS
Pradesh Namdapha NP
Itanagar WLS
Sessa Orchid WLS
Kane WLS
Talley Valley WLS

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Assam Dibru-Saikhowa NP Barnadi WLS

Kaziranga NP Garampani WLS
Manas NP SonaiRupai WLS
Rajiv Gandhi Orang NP Lawkhowa WLS
Nameri NP Pobitora WLS
Amchang WLS
Nambor WLS
East KarbiAnglong WLS
North KarbiAnglong WLS

Kaimur WLS
Bhimbandh WLS
Valmikinagar WLS
GautamBuddha WLS (located in
Bihar Valmiki NP the border jharkhand & bihar)
Pant rajgir WLS
Udaipur WLS
Nagi dam WLS
Bhimbandh WLS

Bhoramdev WLS
Bhairamgarh WLS
Indravati NP Barnawapara WLS
Kanger Valley NP or Kanger Udanti WLS
Chhattisgarh
Ghati NP Semarsot WLS
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) NP Sitanadi WLS
Tamor Pingla WLS
Pamed WLS
Badalkhol WLS
Bondla WLS
Bhagwan Mahavir WLS
Goa Mollem NP Mhadei WLS
Netravali WLS
Cotigao WLS
Balaram-Ambaji WLS
Kutch Desert WLS
Blackbuck NP Barda WLS
Gir Forest NP Gir WLS
Gujarat Marine NP, Jessore WLS
Gulf of Kutch Mitiyala WLS
Vansda NP Thol lake WLS
Rampara WLS
Ratan Mahal WLS
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Bhindawas WLS
Kalesar NP Kalesar WLS
Haryana
Sultanpur NP Khaparwas WLS
Nahar WLS
Himachal Great Himalayan NP Rupi Bhaba WLS
Pradesh Pin Valley NP Tundah WLS
Inderkilla NP Kugti WLS
Khir ganga NP Nargu WLS
Simbalbara NP Bandli WLS
Daranghati WLS
Pong Dam Lake WLS
Dhauladhar WLS
Manali Sanctuary
Jammu and Dachigam NP Kirkoram WLS
Kashmir Hemis NP Hirapora WLS
Kishtwar NP Changtang WLS
Salim Ali NP Limber WLS
Nandni WLS
Gulbarga WLS
Jharkhand Betla NP Dalma WLS
Hazaribagh NP Gautham Buddha WLS
Koderma WLS
Lawalong WLS
Hazaribagh WLS
Palkot WLS
Parasnath WLS
Karnataka Bandipur NP Mookambika WLS
Bannerghatta NP Nugu WLS
Kudremukh NP Arabithittu WLS
Nagarhole NP Attiveri WLS
Anshi NP Adichunchanagiri WLS
Rajiv gandhi (Rameswaram) Bhadra WLS
NP Bhimgad WLS
Brahmagiri WLS
Cauvery WLS
Dandeli WLS
Melkote Temple WLS
Pushpagiri WLS
Ranibennur Blackbuck WLS
Ghataprabha Bird
Kerala Eravikulam NP Parambikulam WLS
Mathikettan shola NP Peechi-Vazhani WLS
Periyar NP Chimmony WLS
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Silent Valley NP Malabar WLS

Anamudi shola NP Aralam WLS
Pambadum shola NP Idukki WLS
Neyyar WLS
Thattekkad WLS
Kumarakom WLS
Madhya Bandhavgarh NP Bori WLS
Pradesh Kanha NP Bagdara WLS
Madhav NP Phen WLS
Mandla plant Fossils NP Pench WLS
Van Vihar NP Ghatigaon WLS
Panna NP Gandhi Sagar WLS
Pench NP Karera WLS
Sanjay NP Ken Ghariyal WLS
Satpura NP Kheoni WLS
Omkareshwar NP Narsinghgarh WLS
Kuno WLS
Sajay-Dubri WLS
Singhori WLS
Son Ghariyal WLS
Sardarpur WLS
Maharashtra Chandoli NP Koyna WLS
Navegaon NP Aner WLS
Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) NP Jaikwadi WLS
Tadoba NP Tungareshwar WLS
Gugamal NP Tipeshwar WLS
Sagareshwar WLS
Radhanagiri WLS
Painganga WLS
Nagzira WLS
Great Indian Bustard
WLS Bhamragarh
WLS Bhimashankar WLS
Manipur Keibul Lamjao NP Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS
Sirohi NP Khongjaingamba Ching WLS
Meghalaya Balphakram NP Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS
Nokrek NP Siju WLS Nongkhyllem WLS
Mizoram Murlen NP TakaloWLS
Phawngpui Blue Mountain NP Ngengpui WLS
or Phawngpui NP Pualreng WLS
Dampa WLS
Tawi WLS

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Nagaland Ntangki NP Fakim WLS

Puliebadze WLS
Rangapahar WLS
Odisha Bhitarkanika NP Badrama WLS
Simlipal NP Baisipalli WLS
Debrigarh WLS
Kuldiha WLS
Satkosia Gorge WLS
Sunabeda WLS
Chilika WLS
Punjab – Abohar WLS
Harike Lake WLS
Jhajjar Bachauli WLS
Bassi WLS
Nangal WLS
Rajasthan Mukundar Hills (Darrah) Mount Abu WLS
NPDesert NP Keoladeo NP Darrah WLS
Ranthambore NP Sariska NP Kailadevi WLS
or sariska Tiger Reserve Phulwari WLS
JaswantSagar WLS
RamgarhVishdhari WLS
Sitamata WLS
Tal Chhapar WLS
TodgarhRaoli WLS
Ram Sagar WLS
Sariska WLS
Sikkim Khangchendzonga NP Barsey Rhododendron WLS
Pangolakha WLS
Kyongnosla Alpine WLS
Shingba Rhododendron WLS
Fambong lho WLS
Kitam WLS
Maenam WLS
Tamil Nadu Guindy NP Sathyamangalam WLS
Gulf of Mannar NP Mudumalai WLS
Indira Gandhi (Aanamalai) NP Kariikili WLS
Mudumalai NP Karaivetti WLS
Mukurthi NP Pulicat Lake WLS
Palani Hills NP Vaduvoor WLS
Vedanthangal WLS
Vettangudi WLS
Mundanthurai WLS

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Telangana Kasu brahmananda Reddy NP Eturnagaram WLS

Mahavir Harina Vanasthali NP Kawal WLS
Murugavani NP Kinnerasani WLS
Manjira Crocodile WLS
Pakhal WLS
Pocharam Forest & WLS
Pranahita WLS
Nagarjunsagar- Srisailam WLS
Shivaram WLS
Tripura Bison ( Rajbari) NP Gumti WLS
Clouded leopard NP Rowa WLS
Trishna WLS
Sipahijola WLS
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa NP Chandra Prabha WLS
Kaimur WLS
Katerniaghat WLS
Ranipur WLS
SohagiBarwa WLS
Kishanpur WLS
Hastinapur WLS
National Chambal WLS
Sur Sarovar WLS
UttaraKhand Gangotri NP Askot Musk Deer WLS
Jim Corbett NP Govind Pashu Vihar WLS
Nanda Devi NP Kedarnath WLS
Rajaji NP Sonanadi WLS
Valley of Flowers NP Mussoorie WLS
Govind pashu vihar NP Binsar WLS
West Bengal Sundarbans NP Ballavpur WLS
Gorumara NP Haliday Island WLS
Jaldapara NP Mahananda WLS
Singalila NP Senchal WLS
Buxa NP Buxa Tiger Reserve
Neora Valley NP Lothian Island WLS

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List of Sports Terminology

Sports Terminologies

Archery Target, Bull’s Eye, Muzzle, Shooting, Skit Shooting, Plug etc.

Sports Term Relay, Track, Lane, Photo Finish, Hurdles, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Hammer
of Athletics Throw, High Jump, Triple Jump Cross Country, etc.

Double fault, Fore hand, Back Hand, Smash, Hit, Drop, Net, Love, End, Let,
Badminton
Foot Fault, Shuttlecock, Service court etc.

Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home Run, Put Out, Ant rubber, Pinch,
Baseball
Pullout, Short Stop, Pinching, Base runner, Perfect game, Throw, etc.

Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple
Basketball Throws, Pivot, Common foul, under head, technical foul, Overhead, Hook
Pass, Goal Tending etc.

Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Little

Bridge Slam, Notrumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable,
Master Point, Trump, Grand slam, Perfect deals etc.

Queue, Jigger, Break Pot, Inlock, Hazard, Cans, Cue, Scratch, Pull, Hit,
Billiards &
Object Ball, Scoring, In luck, In off, Bolting, Hazard, Long, Cushion billiards,
Snooker
Break shot, etc

Blow, Belt, Bout, Knock Down, Heating, Villo, Punch, Jab, Huck, Upper Cut,
Welter Weight, Babit Punch, Jab, Lying On, Seconds out, Weight In, Win by
Boxing Knock-out, Knock out, Ring Stoppage, Round, Kidney punch, Timing,
Footwork, Accidental Butt, Bleeder, Bolo Punch, Brawler, Break, Buckle,
Canvas, Card, Caught Cold, Clinch, Corkscrew Cornerman, Counterpunch,
Cross, Cutman, Dive, Eight Count, Glass Jaw, Haymaker, Liver Shot, Low

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Blow, Mauler, Neutral Corner, Plodder, Ring Generalship, Roughhousing,

Southpaw, Spar, Stablemate, Technical Knockout, Walkout Bout, Whiskers

Hull, Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Regatta, Decks, Vents,
Boat Rowing
Gunwales, Keel, Ribs, Rigger, Oarlock etc.

Gambit, Stalemate, Pawn, Checkmate, Bishop, FIDE, Castle, Cheek, Pieces,

Files, Sielllian Defence, Capture, En Passant, Grand Master, King, Knight,
Chess
Queen, Rook, Under Promoting, Move, Resign, International Master, Kings
Indian Defence, etc.

Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Trackrace, Point race, Bunny Hop, Chain etc.

Ashes, Banana, Bat, Ball, China Man, LBW, Hat Trick, Duck, Gully, Strock,
Cover, Hit Wicket, Googly, Popping, Crease, Follow On, Duck, Stone
Walling, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Fine Leg, Full
Toss, Leg-break, Leg-bye, Maiden Over, No Ball, Square Leg, Straight Drive,
Stumped, Thirdman, Yorker, Run, Pitch, Bails, Pavilion, Gloves, Wicket
Cricket Keeper, Over, , Followon, Rubber, Spin, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump out,
Runout, Not out, Wide ball, Dead ball, Maiden over, Overthrow, Bye, Late
cut, Hook, Glance, Shot, Pull, Sixer, Follow Through, Turn, Bouncer, Round
the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundry line, Slip, Runner, Cover,
Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid-on, Forward short leg,
Deep/mid-wicket, etc.

Full Back, Half Back, Free Kick, Hat trick, Sweeper, throwing, Handball,
FIFA, Header, Dummy, Dribble, Advantage Clause, Blind Side, Centre
Football Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Penalty Kick,
Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Offside, Move, Foul, Left out, right out,
Stopper, Defender, Side back, Pass, Baseline, Rebound, Comer back, etc.

Pull Hall, The Green, Bunker, Par, Lie, Bogey, Caddie, PGA Tour & masters
open, United States open, Tee, Best-ball Foursome, Dormy, Fairway,
Fourball, Foursome, Greed Holes, Links, Niblic, Put, Rough, Stymied,
Golf Threesome, Ace, albatross, double eagle, all square, approach putt, apron,
ball mark, ballooning, beach, birdie, blind shot, bogey, bunker, caddy, chip,
Claw grip, condor, dogleg, dub, flag, Mulligan, off the deck, peg, sand trap,
tee shot etc.

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A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Inlocate, Kip,
Gymnastics Planche, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuosity, Wrap, Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, push
up, Floor exercise, uneven bar, Sit up etc.

Stick, Penalty Strock, Scoop, Undercutting, Bully, Centre Forward, Push In,
Side Line, Half Bally, Advantage, Back-stick, Cary, Corner, Dribble, Flick,
Free-hit, Goal Line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car,
Hockey
Roll -in, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Tackle, Tie-breaker,
Zonal Marking, Penalty Corner, Cut, Astroturf, Sudden death, left in, Left
out, Carried, Striking circle, etc.

Jockey, Punt, Steeplechase, Thorough Bred, three-day Event, Dresses,

Horse Riding
Show jumping, Faults etc.

Cocoa, White, Blue, Green Belt, Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime,
Judo Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori,
Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko etc.

Chasers, Active Chaser, Runners, Diving, taking a direction, to recede,

Kho-Kho
Tapping, Trapping, Dupe turn, Late Kho, Giving Kho, Fake Kho etc.

Polo Bunker, Chukker, Mallet, Polo-Bunker etc.

Target, Bulls Eye, Muzzle, Trench Shooting, Shooting, Skill Shooting, Skit
Shooting Shooting, Plug, Bag, Marksmanship, Rapidfire Pistol, Standard rifle, Free
pistol, Air rifle, Range etc.

Skiing Tobogganing

FINA, Butterfly, Breast Strock, Spring Board, Twist, Front Crawl, Freestyle,
Swimming
Back stroke, Lane, Pool etc.

Chinese Grip, Foil, Back Spin, Counter Bitting, Falt Hit, Anti Loop, Backspin,
Chop, Loop, Penhold Grip, Push, Twiddle, Foil, End line, Late control, Block
stroke, Service, Penholder grip, Back spin, Centre line, Half Court, Side
Table Tennis
spin, Swing stroke, Push Stroke, Rally, Let, Reverse, Top Spin, Drop shot,
Lob, Chopped return, Counter hitting, Volley, Late service, Drive spin, Half
volley, Backhand,etc.

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Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Double Fault, Fault, Ground
Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley, Service, Grand Slam,
Lawn Tennis
Advantage, Game Point, Break point, Smash, Shot, Grass Court, Drop shot,
Netplay, Baseline, Chip Shot etc.

Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set,
Lob Pass, Love All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical
Ball, Volley, Windmill Service, Booster, Deuce, Smash, Sidearm,
Volleyball
Panetration, Antennae, Attack hit, Back zone players, Dribbling, Libero,
Front Zone players, Rotation, Net fault, Forearm pass, Hook serve, Set up
etc

Jerk, Snatch, Bounce, Complex, Double Knee Bend, Drive Position,

Dynamic Start, Eccentric, Hang, First Pull, Hook Grip, Power Position,
Weightlifting
Scoop, Second Pull, Split, Starting Position, Straps, Warm-up Couplet, Third
Pull, Technique Primer etc.

Wrestling Free style, Point, Half Nelson, Rebuts, Hold sager, Heave, etc

Water Polo 2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal, Fault, Ball under etc

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Dance in India: State wise List

S. State Classical Folk Dance
No Dance

1 Andhra Kuchipudi Kolattam, Dhimsa, Veeranatyam, Veedhi

Pradesh Natakam, Burrakatha, Ghanta Mardala

2 Assam Sattriya, Bihu Ojapali, Bihu, Ankia Naat, Jhumur Naach,

Bayurumba, Ali Ai Ligang, Khel Gopal,
Rakhal Lila, Tabal Chongli, Canoe

3 Arunachal – Lion and peacock dance, Cardo chham, Aji

Pradesh lamu.

4 Bihar Chan Jata jatin, Bikhari, Jadur, Chhau, kathaputli,

Bakho, Jhijhiya, Samochakwa, Karma, Jatra,
Natna

5 Chhattisgarh – Panthi, Raut Nacha.

6 Gujarat Garba Dandiya Rass, Garba, Bhavi, Tippani, Gomph

7 Goa – Fugdi, Tarangamel, Dhala, Dekhni(Going to

be Classical recognised), Dhangar

8 Haryana – Saang, Khoria, Gugga Dance, Teej, Phag,

Jhumar, Ras Leela, Phag dance, Daph,
Dhamal, Loor, Gagor

9 Punjab Bhangar Luddi, Pandass, Kikkli, Giddha (Women),

Bhangra (Men) (Going to be Classical
recognised)

10 Jammu and – Hikat, Rouf, Kud, Dumhal

Kashmir

11 Jharkhand – Karma or Munda

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12 Kerala Kathakali, Chakyar koothu, Kaikottikali, Mudiyettu,

Mohiniyattam Krishnaaattam, Thullal, Thirayattam,
Kaliyattam, Thappatikkali

13 Karnataka Hatlari Bayalata, Dollu Kunitha, Veeragaase,

Yakshagana (Going to be Classical
recognised), Huttari, Suggi Kunitha

14 Madhya Karma Teratali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki, Maanch,

Pradesh Grida Dance.

15 Mizoram Khantumm Cheraw Dance (Bamboo Dance)

Bamboo
16 Manipur Manipuri Dhol Cholom, Thang Ta (form of martial art)
17 Maharashtra – Tamasha, Pavri Nah, Lavani, Mauni,
Dasavtar, Gafa, Dahikala, Kathakeertan,
Lezin, Dandaniya
18 Odisha Odissi, Chan Ghumura Dance, Chhau Dance, Baagh
Naach(Tiger Dance), Dalkhai, Karma Naach,
Chadya Dandanata
19 Puducherry – Garadi
20 Rajasthan – Kalbelia, Bhavai, Kach hi Ghodi, Ghoomar,
Ginad, Chakri, Gangore, Terahttal, Kayal,
Jhulan, Leela, Jhumaa, Suisini
21 Tamil Nadu Bharathanatyam Kavadi, Devarattum, Kummi, Kollatum,
Karagattam, Mayilattum, Paambattum,
Puliyattum, Poikal kudirai, Bommalattum,
Therukoothu.
22 Tripura – Hojagiri, Goria, Labang Boomani.
23 Sikkim – Singhi Chham, Yak Chaam, Rechungma.
24 Telangana – Perini Thandavam, Dappu, Lambadi.
25 Himachal Nati Kinnauri Nati, Namgen, Jhora, Jhali, Dangli,
Pradesh Mahasu, Jadda, Jhainta, Chharhi
26 Nagaland – Chang Lo or Sua Lua
27 Uttarakhand Garwali Chholiya, Thali Jadda, Jhainta
28 Uttar Kathak, Chan Rasiya, Swang, Nautanki, Naqual, Thora,
Pradesh Chappeli, Raslila, Kajri
29 West Bengal – Chhau, Gambhira, Kalikapatadi, Alkap, Baul
Kirtan, Jatra, Lama

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List of Rivers in India

Name of Originates
Touching States Length Ends in
Rivers From

Satopanth & Merge

Alaknanda Uttarakhand 190 KM Bhagirathi- in Ganga,
Kharak glacier Devprayag,
Uttarakhand
Rises at
Himalayas in Joins Sutlej
Beas Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 470 KM central River in
Himachal Punjab, India
Pradesh
Benas Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 512 KM Rohtang Pass Chambal
Joins Yamun
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar a at
Betwa 590 KM Vindhya Range
Pradesh Hamirpur in
UP
Merge
Gaumukh, in Ganga,
Bhagirathi Uttarakhand, 205 KM
Uttarakhand Devprayag,
Uttarakhand
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Krishna river,
Bhima 861 KM Bhimashankar
Telangana near Raichur
Brahmani Odisha 480 Bay of Bengal Ganga
Himalayan
Glacier in Merges with
1800 Tibet, but Ganga and
Brahmaputra Assam, Arunachal, Tibet
KM enters India in ends in Bay
Arunachal of Bengal
Pradesh
Upper
Himalayas in
the Spiti Merges with
Chenab Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 960 KM
district of Indus
Himachal
Pradesh
Tributary of
Merges with
Hugli near
Damodar Jharkhand, Bengal 592 KM Hugli in West
Chandwara,
Bengal
Jharkhand
Nepal; Ganges
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Joins Ganga
Gandak 630 KM tributary at
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar near Patna
Indo-Nepal
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border (Triveni
Sangam)
Gangotri
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
2,525 Glacier Bay of
Ganga Bihar, Jharkhand, West
KM (Bhagirathi), Bengal
Bengal
Uttarakhand
Himalayan
1080 Glacier in Joins Ganga
Ghaghara Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
KM Tibet, tributary in Bihar
of Ganga
Starts in
Maharashtra, Telangana, Maharashtra Empties in
1,465
Godavari Chhattisgarh, Andhra and passes Bay of
K.M.
Pradesh, Puducherry through 7 Bengal
Indian states
Tributary of
Joins Ganga
Ganga, starting
Gomti Uttarpradesh, Gujarat, 900 KM in Varanasi
at Gomat Taal,
district
UP
Tributary of Merges with
Hugli
West Bengal, Kolkata 260 KM Ganga near Ganga at Bay
(Hooghly)
West Bengal of Bengal
Godavari ne
ar border of
Dandakaranya
Maharashtra
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Mahara range,
Indravati 535 KM ,
shtra Kalahandi
Chhattisgarh
district, Odisha
and
Telangana
Gilgit-Baltistan, Jammu and
Originates in
Kashmir Merges into
3180 Tibetan
Indus Khyber Arabian sea
KM plateau, Enters
Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh near Sindh
India in J&K
Tibet
Merges with
Tributary of
Chenab at
Jhelum Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, 725 KM Chenab River,
Jhang
Punjab
(Pakistan)
Talakaveri in
Ends in Bay
Kaveri Karnataka, Tamilnadu, 765 KM Western Ghats
of Bengal
in Karnataka
Maharashtr
Konya Maharashtra 130 KM Krishna Rive
a
Shigatse Joins Ganga
Prefecture, Janakpur, Sagarm near Katihar
Kosi 720 KM Starts from
atha, Koshi, Mechi Zones, Bih district of
Bihar near
ar Bihar
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Indo-Nepal
border
Originates in
the Western Ends in Bay
Maharashtra, Karnataka, 1,400 Ghats near of Bengal
Krishna
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh KM Mahabaleshwa near Andhra
r in Pradesh
Maharashtra
Bay of
Dhamtari, Bengal, near
Mahanadi Chhattisgarh, Odisha 858 KM Dandakaranya, False Point,
Chhattisgarh Kendrapara,
Odisha
Paglajhora
falls, Merge
Mahananda West Bengal, Bihar 360 KM
Darjeeling, in Ganga
West Bengal
Rises in Flows into
Mahi Madhya Pradesh, Vindhyas 580 KM Madhya Arabian sea
Pradesh from Gujarat
Starts from Drains into
Madhya Pradesh, 1,315 Amarkantak, Arabian sea
Narmada
Maharashtra, Gujarat KM Madhya via Gulf of
Pradesh Cambay
Bay of
Nandi Hills,
Bengal, near
Penner Chikkaballapur
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka 597 KM Nellore,
(Penna) district,
Andhra
Karnataka
Pradesh
Sivagiri hills,
Lakshadwee
Periyar Kerala, Tamil Nadu 244 KM Sundaramala,
p sea, Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Ramganga
Ramganga Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh 596 KM Ganga
Dam
Starts from
Bara Bhangal,
Joins Chenab
Ravi Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 720 KM Kangra district,
in Pakistan
Himachal
Pradesh
Dhebar lake,
Aravalli range, Gulf of
Sabarmati Aravalli Range, Udaipur 371 KM
near Udaipur, Khambhat
Rajasthan
Uttarakhand and Uttar Ghaghra
Sharda 350 KM Ganga
Pradesh River
Madhya pradesh,Uttar Tributary of Joins Ganga
Son 784 KM
Pradesh, Jharkhand,Bihar Ganga, starting just above
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at Amarkantak, Patna – also

Madhya considered
Pradesh part
of Vindhya ri
ver system
Chota Nagpur Kirtania Port,
Jharkhand, Odisha,West plateau, near near Talsari,
Subarnarekha 395 KM
Bengal Ranchi, Bay of
Jharkhand Bengal
Tributary of Meets Beas
Indus River, River in
1,500
Sutlej Himachal Pradesh, Punjab originates at Pakistan and
KM
Rakshastal, ends at
Tibet Arabian sea
Rises in
Eastern Empties into
Madhya Pradesh, Satpura Gulf of
Tapti 724 KM
Maharashtra, Gujarat Ranges, Khambhat,
Madhya Gujarat
Pradesh
Sikkim, India, West Bengal, Rangeet
Teesta 309 KM Brahmaputra
India,Rangpur, Bangladesh River.
Joins Krishna
Tributary of River along
Karnataka, Andhra Krishna River the border
Tungabhadra 531 KM
Pradesh,Telangana staring at of Telangana
Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh
Varusanadu
Palk Strait,
Vaigai Tamil Nadu, 258 KM Hills, Tamil
Tamil Nadu
Nadu
Merges
with Ganga
Uttarakhand,Himachal Yamunotri at Allahabad
1,376
Yamuna Pradesh,Uttar Glacier, (Triveni
KM
Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi Uttarakhand Sangam –
Kumbh Mela
spot

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List of Dams in India with River and State

STATES DAMS RIVER

Dhanikhari Dhanikhari
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Kalpong Kalpong

Andhra Pradesh/ Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Nagarjuna

Krishna
Telangana Sagar Dam

Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Ranganadi

Pagladia Pagladia

Khandong Kopili

Assam Umrong Umrong Nalah

Subansiri Lower Dam Subansiri

Karbi langpi Dam Borpani

Dudhawa Dam,Gangrel Dam Mahanadi

Mongra Barrage Shivnath

Chhattisgarh
Murrum Silli Sillari

Sondur Sondur

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Tandula and Sukh

Tandula
nala

Amthane Amthane nala

Anjunem Gunuleni Nala

Goa
Panchwadi Zuari

Salaulim Sanguem

Dantiwada West Banas

Dharoi Sabarmati

Gujarat Mitti Mitti

Sardar Sarovar Narmada

Ranghola Rangholi
Sukhi Sukhi
Ukai Tapti
Bhakra Sutlej
Kishau Tons
Nathpa Sutlej
Himachal Pradesh
Pandoh Beas
Pong Beas
Chamera Ravi
Ottu barrage Ghaggar – Hakra
Haryana
Kaushalya Kaushalya
SalalPakal Dul Chenab Chenab
Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Chenab
Uri Jhelum
Getalsud Subarnarekha
Konar Konar
Maithon Barakar
Tenughat Damodar
Jharkhand
Ranjit Sagar/ Thein Ravi
Tilaiya Barakar
Khandoli Damodar
AlmattiBasava Sagara/ Narayanpur KrishnaKrishna
Bhadra Bhadra

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Tungabhadra Tungabhadra
Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Kaveri
Linganamakki Sharavati
Raja Lakhamagowda/ Hidkal Ghataprabha
Renuka Sagara Malaprabha
KadraSupa KaliKali
Kodasalli Kali
Chakra Chakra
Vani Vilasa Sagara/ Mari Kanive Vedavathi
Malampuzha Bharathapuzha
SolaiyarParambikulam Chalakkudy
Peringalkuthu
Neyyar Neyyar
Kerala
Idukki Periyar
Chimmony Chimmony
Cheruthoni Cheruthoni
Mullai Periyar Periyar
Bansagar Son
Bargi Narmada
Barna Barna
Gandhi Sagar Chambal
Halali Halali
Madhya Pradesh
Indirasagar Narmada
Kolar Kolar
Omkareshwar Narmada
Rajghat Betwa
Tigra/ Tighra Sank
Khuga Khuga
Manipur
Tipaimukh Barak
Koyna Koyna
Jayakwadi Godavari
Totladoh Pench
Maharashtra
Isapur Penganga
Ujani/Bhima Bhima
Khadakwasla Mutha
Serlui B dam Serlui
Mizoram
Tuirial Tuirial
Hirakud Mahanadi
Jalaput Sileru
Odisha Mandira Sankh
Patora Jonk
Rengali Brahmani
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Indravati Indravati
Punjab Ranjit Sagar Ravi
Parbati Parbati
Jawahar Sagar Chambal
Jawai Bandh Jawai
Rajasthan
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Mahi
Ranapratap Sagar Chambal
Jakham Jakham
Sikkim Rangit Rangit
Amaravathi Amaravathi
Kallanai Kaveri
Kodaveri Bhavani
Mettur Kaveri
Tamil Nadu
Vaigai Vaigai
Nallathangal Nallathangal odai
Orathuppalayam Noyyal
Pillur Dam Bhavani
Dhauliganga Dhauliganga
Gusain Tons
Uttarakhand Lakhwar Yamuna
Tehri Bhagirathi
Koteshwar Bhagirathi
Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand
West Bengal MaithonPanchet DamodarDamodar

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List of Stadiums in India

SPORT
S.
STADIUM NAME City State GAME
No.
ATTACHED

Andhra
1. Apca-Vdca Stadium Visakhapatnam Cricket
Pradesh

Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara

Andhra
2. Reddy ACA-VDCA Visakhapatnam Cricket
Pradesh
Cricket Stadium

Andhra
3. Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada Cricket
Pradesh

Indira Priyadarshini Andhra

4. Visakhapatnam Cricket
Stadium Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Andhra

5. Hyderabad Cricket
Stadium Pradesh

Andhra Multipurpose
6. NTR Stadium Gudivada
Pradesh Stadium

Rajiv Gandhi Andhra

7. Hyderabad Cricket
International Stadium Pradesh

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Andhra
8. YS Raja Reddy Stadium Kadapa Cricket
Pradesh

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

9. Guwahati Assam Cricket
Cricket Stadium

Indira Gandhi Athletic Athletics,

10. Guwahati Assam
Stadium Football

11. Jawahar Lal Nehru Sports

Guwahati Assam
Stadium complex
Satindra Mohan Dev
12. Silchar Assam Football
Stadium
13. Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna Bihar Cricket
Patliputra Sports
14. Patna Bihar Football
Complex
15. Rajendra Stadium Siwan Bihar Football
International Hockey
16. Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh Hockey
Stadium
Shaheed Veer Narayan
17. Singh International Raipur Chhattisgarh Cricket
Cricket Stadium
18. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Delhi Cricket
Jawahar Lal Nehru
19. Delhi Delhi Multipurpose
Stadium
20. Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi Delhi NCR Cricket
21. Ambedkar Stadium Delhi Delhi NCR Football
Sports
22. Chhatrasal Stadium Delhi Delhi NCR
complex
Dhyan Chand National
23. Delhi Delhi NCR Hockey
Stadium
Sports
24. Indira Gandhi Arena Delhi Delhi NCR
complex
25. Arlem Breweries Ground Margao Goa Cricket
Sports
26. Campal Indoor Complex Campal Goa
complex
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
27. Margao Goa Cricket
Stadium
Dr Shyama Prasad
Multipurpose
28. Mukherjee Indoor Taleigão Goa
Stadium
Stadium

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Football &
29. Fatorda Stadium Margao Goa
Cricket
30. GMC Athletic Stadium Bambolim Goa Athletics
Goa Cricket Association
31. Porvorim Goa Cricket
Academy Ground
Railway Stadium, Vasco
32. Vasco da Gama Goa Cricket
da Gama
33. Tilak Maidan Stadium Vasco da Gama Goa Football
CB Patel International
34. Surat Gujarat Cricket
Cricket Stadium
35. IPCL Sport Complex Vadodara Gujarat Cricket
Khanderi Cricket
36. Rajkot Gujarat Cricket
Stadium
Madhav Rao SC India
37. Rajkot Gujarat Cricket
Ground
38. Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara Gujarat Cricket
39. Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad Gujarat Cricket
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
40. Ahmedabad Gujarat Cricket
Stadium
Saurashtra Cricket
41. Rajkot Gujarat Cricket
Association Stadium
Multipurpose
42. The Arena Ahmedabad Gujarat
Stadium
Sports
43. Mahabir Stadium Hisar Haryana
complex
44. Nahar Singh Stadium Faridabad Haryana Cricket
Cricket,
45. Tau Devi Lal Stadium Gurgaon Haryana
Football
HIMACHAL
46. HPCA Stadium DHARAMSHALA Cricket
PRADESH
Jammu &
47. Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu Cricket
Kashmir
Jammu &
48. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar Cricket
Kashmir
Jammu and
49. Bakhshi Stadium Srinagar Football
Kashmir
Birsa Munda Athletics
50. Ranchi Jharkhand Hockey
Stadium
51. Dilip Tirkey Stadium Ranchi Jharkhand Hockey
JSCA International
52. Ranchi Jharkhand Cricket
Stadium

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Athletics,
53. JRD Tata Sports Complex Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Football
Cricket And
54. Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Football
Gangotri Glades Cricket
55. Mysore Karnataka Cricket
Ground
M. Chinnaswamy
56. Bangalore Karnataka Cricket
Stadium
57. Mangala Stadium Mangalore Karnataka Football
Athletics,
58. Sree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru Karnataka
Football
59. Visvesvaraya Stadium Mandya Karnataka Football
Chandrasekharan Nair Athletics,
60. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Stadium Football
Calicut Medical College
61. Kozhikode Kerala Football
Stadium
62. Fort Maidan Palakkad Kerala Football
Greenfield International Sports
63. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Stadium complex
Jawahar Lal Nehru
64. Kochi Kerala Multipurpose
Stadium
Lal Bahadur Shastri
65. Kollam Kerala Football
Stadium
Maharaja’s College Athletics,
66. Kochi Kerala
Stadium Football
Thrissur Municipal
67. Thrissur Kerala Football
Corporation Stadium
Football
68. University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
(Multipurpose)
Captain Roop Singh Madhya
69. Gwalior Cricket
Stadium Pradesh
Madhya
70. Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore Cricket
Pradesh
Maharani Usharaje Trust Madhya
71. Indore Cricket
Cricket Ground Pradesh
Madhya
72. Nehru Stadium Indore Cricket
Pradesh
Madhya
73. Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior Cricket
Pradesh
Ravi Shankar Shukla Madhya
74. Jabalpur Football
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75. TT Nagar Stadium Bhopal Football
Pradesh
76. Brabourne Stadium Mumbai Maharashtra Cricket
Dadaji Kondadev
77. Thane Maharashtra Football
Stadium
Football And
78. Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
Cricket
Guru Gobind Singh
79. Nanded Maharashtra Cricket
Stadium
80. Gymkhana Ground Mumbai Maharashtra Cricket
81. Indira Gandhi Stadium Solapur Maharashtra Cricket
Jawahar Lal Nehru
82. Pune Maharashtra Cricket
Stadium
83. Mahindra Stadium Mumbai Maharashtra Hockey
Cricket
84. Nehru Stadium Pune Maharashtra
(Multipurpose)
85. New Vca Stadium Nagpur Maharashtra Cricket
Subrata Roy Sahara
86. Pune Maharashtra Cricket
Stadium
Vidarbha Cricket
87. Association Stadium Nagpur Maharashtra Cricket
Ground
Cricket
88. Wankhede Stadium Mumbai Maharashtra

Khuman Lampak Main

89. Imphal Manipur Football
Stadium
Biju Patnaik Hockey Sports
90. Bhubaneswar Odisha
Stadium complex
East Coast Railway
91. Bhubaneswar Odisha Cricket
Stadium
92. Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar Odisha Hockey
93. KIIT Stadium Bhubaneswar Odisha Cricket
Veer Surendra Sai
94. Sambalpur Odisha Cricket
Stadium
95. Barabati Stadium Cuttack Orissa Cricket
Maharashtra Cricket
96. Gahunje Pune district Cricket
Association Stadium
Currently
Gandhi Sports Complex
97. Amritsar Punjab Used for
Ground
Cricket
Guru Gobind Singh
98. Jalandhar Punjab Football
Stadium

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99. Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana Punjab Football

100 International Hockey
Ajitgarh Punjab Hockey
. Stadium
101
Lajwanti Stadium Hoshiarpur Punjab Football
.
Punjab Cricket
102
Association IS Bindra Mohali Punjab Cricket
.
Stadium
103
Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Punjab Cricket
.
104
Sector 42 Stadium Chandigarh Punjab Hockey
.
105
War Heroes Stadium Sangrur Punjab Hockey
.
106 Barkatullah Khan Mostly Used
Jodhpur Rajasthan
. Stadium for Cricket
107 Sawai Man Singh
Jaipur Rajasthan Cricket
. Stadium
108
Baichung Stadium Namchi Sikkim Football
.
109
Paljor Stadium Gangtok Sikkim Football
.
110 Sports
Anna Stadium Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
. complex
111 Chennai Jawaharlal Athletics,
Chennai Tamil Nadu
. Nehru Stadium Football
112 Jawahar Lal Nehru
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Cricket
. Stadium
113
Kari Motor Speedway Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Motorsport
.
114 M.A. Chidambaram
Chennai Tamil Nadu Cricket
. Stadium
115 Mahatma Gandhi
Salem Tamil Nadu Cricket
. stadium
116 Madras Motor Race
Chennai Tamil Nadu Motorsport
. Track
117 Salem Cricket
Salem Tamil Nadu Cricket
. Foundation Stadium
118 G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Athletics,
Hyderabad Telangana
. Stadium Cricket
119 Maharaja Bir Bikram
Agartala Tripura Cricket
. College Stadium

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Dhyan Chand Astroturf Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Hockey
.
121
Dr. Akhilesh Das Stadium Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Cricket
.
122 Ekana International
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Cricket
. Cricket Stadium
123
Green Park Stadium Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Cricket
.
124
K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose
.
125 Saifai International
Saifai Uttar Pradesh Cricket
. Cricket Stadium
Rajiv Gandhi
126
International Cricket Dehradun Uttarakhand Cricket
.
Stadium
127
Eden Gardens Kolkata West Bengal Cricket
.
128
East Bengal Ground Kolkata West Bengal Football
.
129
Jadavpur Stadium Kolkata West Bengal Football
.
130
Kanchenjunga Stadium Siliguri West Bengal Football
.
131
Kalyani Stadium Kalyani West Bengal Football
.
132
Mohun Bagan Ground Kolkata West Bengal Football
.
133 Mohammedan Sporting
Kolkata West Bengal Football
. Ground
134
Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata West Bengal Indoor Sports
.
135 Rabindra Sarobar Athletics,
Kolkata West Bengal
. Stadium Football
136 Athletics,
Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata West Bengal
. Football

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List of Mountain Peaks in India

Highest Mountain Peak Height State

Arama Konda 1680 m Andhra Pradesh

Kangto (divided with Tibet) 7060 m Arunachal Pradesh

Nyegyi Kansang 7047 m Arunachal Pradesh

Unamed Peak near Laike 6430 m Assam

Someshwar Fort 880 m Bihar

Bailadila Range 1276 m Chhattisgarh

Sosogad 1022 m Goa

Girnar 1069 m Gujarat

Karoh Peak 1467 m Haryana

Reo Purgyil 6816 m Himachal Pradesh

Apsarasas Kangri 7245 m Jammu and Kashmir

Chong Kumdang Ri 7071 m Jammu and Kashmir

Ghent Kangri 7,401 m Jammu and Kashmir

Nun Kun 7135 m Jammu and Kashmir

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Rimo I 7385 m Jammu and Kashmir

Teram Kangri 7,462 m Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Saltoro Kangri 7742 m
(Administered)

Jammu and Kashmir

K2 8611 m
(claimed)

Parasnath 1370 m Jharkhand

Mulayyanagiri 1930 m Karnataka

Anamudi 2695 m Kerala

Dhupgarh 1350 m Madhya Pradesh

Kalsubai 1646 m Maharashtra

Phawngpui 2157 m Mizoram

Mount Saramati 3826 m Nagaland

Deomali 1672 m Odisha

Unnamed Point on the Naina Devi

1000 m Punjab
range

Guru Shikhar 1722 m Rajasthan

Jongsong Peak 7,462 m Sikkim

Kabru 7338 m Sikkim

Kangchenjunga 8586 m Sikkim

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Kirat Chuli 7365 m Sikkim

Langpo 6965m Sikkim

Pauhunri 7128 m Sikkim

Doddabetta 2637 m Tamil Nadu

Betlingchhip 930 m Tripura

Chaukhamba 7138 Uttarakhand

Dunagiri 7,066 m Uttarakhand

Hardeol 7151 m Uttarakhand

Kalanka 6931 m Uttarakhand

Kamet 7756 m Uttarakhand

Kedarnath 6,940 m Uttarakhand

Nanda Devi 7816 m Uttarakhand

Satopanth 4,600 m Uttarakhand

Thalay Sagar 6,904 m Uttarakhand

Sandakphu 3636 m West Bengal

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List of Thermal Power Plants / Stations in India

S.No. Name of Plant State

1. Ramagundam Thermal Power plant Andhra Pradesh

2. Simhadri Thermal Power plant Andhra Pradesh

3. Barauni Thermal Power plant Bihar

4. Khalgaon Super Thermal Power Project Bihar

5. Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Plant Bihar

6. Barh Super Thermal Power Station Bihar

7. Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Station Bihar

8. Korba Thermal Power plant Chhattisgarh

9. Sipat Thermal Power plant Chhattisgarh

10. Bhilai Thermal Power plant Chhattisgarh

11. Dr Shyama Prakash Mukharjee Thermal Power Plant Chhattisgarh

12. Lara Super Thermal Power Plant Chhattisgarh

13. Badarpur Thermal Power Plants Delhi

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14. Indraprashta Power Station Delhi

15. Rajghat Power Station Delhi

16. Mudra Thermal Power plant Gujarat

17. Sikka Thermal Power plant Gujarat

18. Wanakbori Thermal Power plant Gujarat

19. Gujarat
Ukai Thermal Power plant

20. Gandhinagar Thermal Power plant Gujarat

21. Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station Gujarat

22. Akrimota Thermal Power Station Gujarat

23. Sabarmati Thermal Power Station Gujarat

24. Jhanor-Gandhar Thermal Power Station Gujarat

25. Kawas Thermal Power Station Gujarat

26. Surat Lignite Thermal Power Station Gujarat

27. Kalisindh Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

28. Chhabra Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

29. Kota Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

30. Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant Rajasthan

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31. Barsingsar Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

32. Anta Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

33. Ramgarh Gas Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

34. Bokaro Thermal Power plant Jharkhand

35. Patratu Thermal Power plant Jharkhand

36. Chandrapura Thermal Power Station Jharkhand

37. Bellary Thermal Power plant Karnataka

38. Udupi Thermal Power plant Karnataka

39. Raichur Super Thermal Power Station Karnataka

40. Yermarus Thermal Power Station Karnataka

41. Singrauli Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

42. Vindyachal Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

43. Satpura Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

44. Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

45. Sant Singaji Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

46. Amarkantak Thermal Power plant Madhya Pradesh

47. Tiroda Thermal Power plant Maharashtra

48. Chandrapur Thermal Power plant Maharashtra

49. Khaperkheda Thermal Power plant Maharashtra

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50. Amravati Thermal Power plant Maharashtra

51. Solapur Super Thermal Power Station Maharashtra

52. Mauda Super Thermal Power Plant Maharashtra

53. Bhusawal Thermal Power Station Maharashtra

54. Talcher Thermal Power plant Odisha

55. Jharsuguda Thermal Power plant Odisha

56. Hirakund Captive Thermal Power plant Odisha

57. Chhabra Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

58. Kalisindh Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

59. Kota Thermal Power plant Rajasthan

60. Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant Rajasthan

61. Barsingsar Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

62. Anta Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

63. Ramgarh Gas Thermal Power Station Rajasthan

64. Mettur Thermal Power plant Tamil Nadu

65. Ennore Thermal Power plant Tamil Nadu

66. Neyveli Thermal Power Station Tamil Nadu

67. North Chennai Thermal Power Station Tamil Nadu

68. Tuticorin Thermal Power Station Tamil Nadu

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69. Dadri Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

70. Rihand Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

71. Anpara Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

72. Obra Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

73. Rosa Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

74. Feroz Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

75. National Capital Thermal Power plant Uttar Pradesh

76. Farakka Thermal Power plant West Bengal

77. Durgapur Thermal Power plant West Bengal

78. Mejia Thermal Power Station West Bengal

79. Kolaghat Thermal Power Station West Bengal

80. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station West Bengal

81. Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station West Bengal

82. Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant West Bengal

83. Sagardighi Thermal Power Station West Bengal

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List of Famous Museums in India

Museums State City

Andaman and
Anthropological Museum Port Blair
Nicobar Islands

Andaman and
Samudrika (Naval Marine Museum Delanipur
Nicobar Islands

Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum Andhra Pradesh Kadapa

INS Kursura Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam

Victoria Jubilee Museum Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada

Visakha Museum (Visakhapatnam Municipal

Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam
Corporation Museum)

Salar Jung Museum- Andhra Pradesh Darushifa

Birla Science Museum Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad

Nizam Museum Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad

AP State Archaeology Museum or Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad
Museum

Jawaharlal Nehru Museum Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar

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Assam State Museum Assam Guwahati

Mayong Central Museum and Emporium Assam Mayong

Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra Assam Guwahati

Patna Museum Bihar Patna

Bihar Museum Bihar Patna

Gandhi Smriti Sangrahalaya Bihar Bhitiharwa

Gaya Museum Bihar Gaya

Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh Museum Bihar Darbhanga

Chandra Shekhar Singh Museum Bihar Jamui

Srikrishna Science Centre Bihar Patna

Bihar Police Museum Bihar Patna

Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya (Rajendra

Bihar Patna
Memorial Museum

Government Museum and Art Gallery- Chandigarh Chandigarh

International Dolls Museum Chandigarh Chandigarh

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Museum of Evolution of Life Chandigarh Chandigarh

Goa Chitra Museum Goa Benaulim

Goa Science Centre Goa Panaji

Goa State Museum Goa Panaji

Naval Aviation Museum Goa Vasco da Gama

Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery- Gujarat Vadodara

Calico Museum of Textiles Gujarat Ahmedabad

Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya Gujarat Ahmedabad

Gujarat Science City Gujarat Ahmedabad

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum Gujarat Ahmedabad

Kaba Gandhi No Delo Gujarat Rajkot

Kirti Mandir Gujarat Porbandar

Kutch Museum Gujarat Bhuj

Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum Gujarat Vadodara

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Sabarmati Ashram Gujarat Ahmedabad

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial Gujarat Ahmedabad

Swaminarayan Museum Gujarat Ahmedabad

Watson Museum Gujarat Rajkot

Kurukshetra
Dharohar Museum Haryana
University

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives- Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala

Shivalik Fossil Park Himachal Pradesh Saketi

Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian

Jammu and Kashmir Kargil
and –

Kargil Trade Artifacts- Dogra Art Museum Jammu and Kashmir Jammu

Ranchi Science Centre- Jharkhand Ranchi

State Museum Jharkhand Jharkhand

Government Museum Karnataka Bangalore

Kempegowda Museum Karnataka Bangalore

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Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological

Karnataka Bangalore
Museum

HAL heritage and Aerospace Museum- Karnataka Bangalore

Law Museum Karnataka Bangalore

Regional Museum of Natural History- Karnataka Mysore

Folklore Museum Karnataka Mysore

Jayachamarajendra Museum Karnataka Mysore

Mysore Rail Museum Karnataka Mysore

Government Museum (Shivappa Nayaka

Karnataka Shivamogga
Palace)

Arakkal Museum Kerala Ayikkara

Teak Museum- Kerala Nilambur

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum Kerala Kollam

Krishnapuram Palace Kerala Kayamkulam

Indo-Portuguese Museum Kerala Kochi

Vallathol Museum Kerala Thrissur

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Mural Art Museum Kerala Thrissur

Archaeological Museum- Kerala Thrissur

Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum Kerala Thrissur

Indian Business Museum Kerala Kozhikode

Kerala Soil Museum Kerala Thiruvananthapuram

Napier Museum Kerala Thiruvananthapuram

Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum Kerala Kozhikode

Wayanad Heritage Museum Kerala Ambalavayal

Hill Palace- Kerala Thrippunithura

Bharat Bhavan Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Regional Science Centre Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Remember Bhopal Museum Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Central Museum Madhya Pradesh Indore

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Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum Madhya Pradesh Dhubela

Rani Durgavati Museum Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur

Prince of Wales Museum (Chhatrapati Shivaji

Maharashtra Mumbai
Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya)

National Gallery of Modern Art Maharashtra Mumbai

Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Math) Maharashtra Kolhapur

Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum Maharashtra Kolhapur

National Maritime Museum Maharashtra Mumbai

Raman Science Centre Maharashtra Nagpur

Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum Maharashtra Pune

Nagpur Central Museum Maharashtra Nagpur

Mani Bhavan Maharashtra Mumbai

Mahatma Phule Museum Maharashtra Pune

Joshi’s Museum of Miniature Railway Maharashtra Pune

Darshan Museum Maharashtra Pune

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Cowasji Jehangir Hall Maharashtra Mumbai

Coin Museum Maharashtra Nasik

Cavalry Tank Museum Maharashtra Ahmednagar

Nehru Planetarium Maharashtra Mumbai

Nehru Science Center Maharashtra Mumbai

Ballard Bunder Gatehouse Maharashtra Mumbai

Bhau Daji Lad Museum Maharashtra Mumbai

Manipur State Museum Manipur Imphal

Sekta Archaeological Living Museum Manipur Imphal

Mizoram State Museum Mizoram Aizawl

National Capital
Indian Air Force Museum Palam, Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
National Gandhi Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

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National Capital
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Handicrafts and Handlooms National Capital

New Delhi
Museum Territory of Delhi

National Capital
National Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
National Museum of Natural History- New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
National Science Centre New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Parliament Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Teen Murti Bhavan New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Sanskriti Kendra Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

National Capital
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum New Delhi
Territory of Delhi

Odisha State Museum Odisha Bhubaneswar

Regional Museum of Natural History- Odisha Bhubaneswar

Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports

Punjab Patiala
(National Institute of Sports)

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Sanghol Museum Punjab Sanghol

Sikh Ajaibghar Punjab Balongi

Virasat E Khalsa Punjab Rupnagar

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum Punjab Amritsar

Punjab Agricultural University Museum Punjab Ludhiana

The Partition Museum Punjab Amritsar

Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum Punjab (Ludhiana

Punjab Rural Heritage Museum Punjab Ludhiana

Shaheed-E-Azam Museum Punjab Jalandhar

Sardar Bhagat Singh Museum Punjab Khatkar Kalan

Punjab State War Heroes Memorial &

Punjab Amritsar
Museum

City Palace Museum Rajasthan Jaipur

Albert Hall Museum Rajasthan Jaipur

Umaid Bhavan Palace Museum Rajasthan Jodhpur

Mehrangarh Museum Rajasthan Jodhpur

Govt. Museum Rajasthan Jodhpur

Govt. Museum Rajasthan Alwar

Govt. Museum Rajasthan Bharatpur

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Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum Rajasthan Udaipur

Govt. Museum Rajasthan Ajmer

Archaeological Museum Rajasthan Jaipur

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology Sikkim Gangtok

Gandhi Memorial Museum Tamil Nadu Madurai

Gass Forest Museum Tamil Nadu Coimbatore

Government Museum (Madras Museum) Tamil Nadu Chennai

Government Museum Tamil Nadu Karur

Government Museum Tamil Nadu Cuddalore

Government Museum Tamil Nadu Pudukkottai

Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial Library Tamil Nadu Erode

Regional Railway Museum Tamil Nadu Chennai

Railway Heritage Centre Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli

Government Museum Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli

AP State Archeology Museum (Hyderabad

Telangana Hyderabad
Museum)

Birla Science Museum Telangana Hyderabad

Salar Jung Museum Telangana Darushifa

Tripura Government Museum Tripura Agartala

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Allahabad Museum Uttar Pradesh Allahabad

Kanpur Sangrahalaya (Kanpur Museum) Uttar Pradesh Kanpur

Government Museum (Mathura Museum) Uttar Pradesh Mathura

Sarnath Museum Uttar Pradesh Varanasi

Jhansi Museum Uttar Pradesh Jhansi

Anand Bhavan Uttar Pradesh Allahabad

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum West Bengal Kolkata

Gurusaday Museum West Bengal Kolkata

Indian Museum Kolkata West Bengal Kolkata

Malda Museum West Bengal English Bazar

Rabindra Museum West Bengal Kalimpong

National Museum West Bengal Kolkata

Netaji Museum West Bengal Kolkata

List of Major Sea Ports in India

Major Sea
S.N. Location Major Export Features
Ports

The port was connected

Andaman Iron ore, to 1the Indian
1 Port Blair
Islands pharmaceutical subcontinent by ship and
products, processed air. This port is located
between the Saudi

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fish, cashew nuts, and Arabian and US

Indian IMF Singaporean shipping
lanes.

Iron ore is sent to Japan

through this port, which
Visakhapatnam Andhra Coal, alumina, oil,
2 is India’s deepest. There
Port Pradesh and coals
are facilities for building
and maintaining ships.

It is situated on the
3 Marmugao Port Goa Iron ore
estuary of the river Zuari

It is known as Tidal Port

Textile, manganese,
and is acknowledged as
machinery, leather,
4 Kandla Port Gujarat Trade Free Zone.
chemical products,
It is the largest port by
etc
volume of cargo handled.

It deals with the iron ore

5 Mangalore Port Karnataka Iron ore
exports

Sited in the Vembanad

Tea, Coffee, Spices,
6 Kochi Port Kerala lake and use for exports
etc
of spices and salts.

Textile, chemicals, It is the largest Artificial

Jawaharlal
7 Maharashtra pharmaceuticals, Port It is the largest
Nehru port
carpets, etc Container Port in India.

Textile, manganese, It is the largest Natural

machinery, leather, Port and harbour In
8 Mumbai Port Maharashtra
chemical products, India. It is the busiest
etc port in India.

It is a natural harbour.
Iron ore, iron, and
9 Paradip Port Odisha Deals with the export of
aluminium
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Rice, textile, leather,

It is an artificial port and
10 Chennai port Tamil Nadu goods, etc… Read
the Second busiest port.
more at:

Iron ore, petroleum, It is India’s First

11 Ennore Port Tamil Nadu
coal, and chemicals corporatized port.

It is a significant port in
Salt, fertilizer, southern India that
12 Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu
petroleum, coal, etc handles petrochemical
and fertiliser products.

Jute, steel, iron ore,

13 Haldia Port West Bengal
etc

India’s only major

Riverine port Situated on
Iron ore, tea, coal,
14 Kolkata Port West Bengal the Hugli River, it is also
steel, etc
known as Diamond
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List of Waterfalls in India

Height
Waterfalls in
Location Metre / Feature
India
Feet

Shimoga district, 455 metres Tiered, Highest waterfall

Kunchikal Falls
Karnataka (1,493 ft) in India

Mayurbhanj district, 399 metres

Barehipani Falls 2 tiered waterfalls
Odisha (1,309 ft)

East Khasi Hills district, 340m (1115 tallest plunge type

Nohkalikai Falls
Meghalaya feet) waterfalls

Nohsngithiang Falls East Khasi Hills district, 315 metres segmented type
or Mawsmai Falls Meghalaya (1,033 ft) waterfalls

310 m (1017
Dudhsagar Falls Karnataka and Goa 4 tiered waterfalls
feet)

East Khasi Hills district,

305 metres
Kynrem Falls 3 tiered waterfalls
Meghalaya (1,001 ft)
300 metres 3 tiered waterfalls/
Meenmutty Falls Wayanad district, Kerala
(984 feet) segmented type
Batlagundu, Dindigul 297 metres
Thalaiyar Falls horsetail type waterfalls
district, Tamil Nadu (974 ft)
Satara district, 260 metres 3-tiered, 2nd tallest
Vajrai Falls
Maharashtra (853 ft) plunge type waterfall
Shimoga district, 259 metres
Barkana Falls tiered waterfalls
Karnataka (850 ft)
Shimoga district, 253 metres
Jog Falls cascade waterfalls
Karnataka (830 ft)
Kendujhar district &
244 metres
Khandadhar Falls Sundergarh district, Horse tail type falls
(801 ft)
Odisha
Serchhip district, 229 metres
Vantawng Falls 2 tiered waterfalls
Mizoram (751 ft)
Pune district, 200 metres
Kune Falls 3 tiered waterfalls
Maharashtra (660 ft)
Soochipara Falls, Wayanad district,
200 metres
Thoseghar Kerala, Satara district 3 tiered waterfalls
(656 feet)
Waterfalls Maharashtra

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Uttara Kannada district, 198 metres 2 tiered/Segmented

Magod Falls
Karnataka (650 ft) waterfalls
Mayurbhanj district, 181 metres
Joranda Falls plunge type waterfalls
Odisha (594 ft)
Chikkamagaluru district, 168 metres
Hebbe Falls 2 tiered waterfalls
Karnataka (551 ft)
the border of Koraput
(Odisha) and 157 metres
Duduma Falls plunge type waterfalls
Visakhapatnam (Andhra (515 ft)
Pradesh)
Kullu district, Himachal 150 metres
Palani Falls Surge waterfalls
Pradesh (490 ft)
Latehar district, 143 metres
Lodh Falls 2 tiered waterfalls
Jharkhand (469 ft)
2 tiered waterfalls, tallest
Mauganj, Rewa district, 198 metres
Bahuti Falls waterfall in madhya
Madhya Pradesh (650 ft)
Pradesh
East Khasi Hills district, 135 metres
Bishop Falls 3 tiered waterfalls
Meghalaya (443 ft)
Rewa district, Madhya 130 metres on bihad river, comes
Chachai Falls
Pradesh (430 ft) down from Rewa Plateau
Rewa district, Madhya 130 metres segmented type
Keoti Falls
Pradesh (430 ft) waterfall
Chikkamagaluru district, 122 metres
Kalhatti Falls –
Karnataka (400 ft)
East Khasi Hills district, 120 metres 3-tiered waterfall, twin
Beadon Falls
Meghalaya (390 ft) of Bishop Falls
Uttara Kannada district, 116 metres
Keppa Falls fan type waterfall
Karnataka (381 ft)
116 metres
Koosalli Falls Udupi, Karnataka 6-tiered waterfall
(381 ft)
Shivamogga, Sagar, 110 metres
Dabbe falls –
Karnataka (360 ft)
107 metres
Pandavgad Falls Thane, Maharashtra Plunge waterfall
(351 ft)
Hoshangabad district, 107 metres
Rajat Prapat horsetail type waterfall
Madhya Pradesh (351 ft)
100 metres
Bundla Falls kaimur district bihar –
(330 ft)
Serchhip district, 230 metres
Vantawng Falls 2 tiered waterfalls
Mizoram (750 ft)
Shivanasamudra Chamarajanagar 98 metres
segmented type
Falls District, Karnataka (322 ft)
Latehar district, 98 metres
Lower Ghaghri Falls cascade waterfalls
Jharkhand (322 ft)

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Ranchi district, 98 metres

Hundru Falls segmented type
Jharkhand (322 ft)
East Khasi Hills district, 96 metres
Sweet Falls horsetail type
Meghalaya (315 ft)
92 metres 1 tiered/segmented
Agaya Gangai Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
(302 ft) waterfall
Panna district, Madhya 91 metres
Gatha Falls –
Pradesh (299 ft)
Baster district, 91 metres
Teerathgarh Falls Block type Waterfall
Chhattisgarh (299 ft)
91 metres
Kiliyur Falls Yercaud, Tamil Nadu fan type waterfall
(299 ft)
Udupi district, 91 metres
Kudumari Falls horsetail type waterfall
Karnataka (299 ft)
Muthyala Maduvu Bangalore rural district, 91 metres
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Falls Karnataka (299 ft)
Bastar district, 91 metres
Tirathgarh Falls horsetail type waterfall
Chhattisgarh (299 ft)
West Khasi Hills district, 85 metres
Langshiang Falls –
Meghalaya (279 ft)
Chittoor district, Andhra 82 metres highest waterfall in
Talakona falls
Pradesh (269 ft) Andhra Pradesh
50 metres
Kakolat Falls Nawada district, Bihar cataract waterfall
(160 ft)
25 metres Block/Segmented type
Athirappilly Falls Thrissur district, Kerala
(82 ft) waterfall

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List International Airport in India

Name of
Airports
S.N. International Airports City State
Status
in India

1 Veer Savarkar Port Blair Andaman and Operational

International Airport Nicobar Islands

2 Bhogapuram Airport Visakhapatnam Andhra Under

Pradesh Construction

3 Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad Andhra Operational

International Airport Pradesh

4 Tirupati International Tirumala Andhra Operational

Airport Pradesh

5 Vijayawada Airport Vijayawada Andhra Operational

Pradesh

6 Lok Priya Gopinath Guwahati Assam Operational

Bordoloi International
Airport

7 Gaya Airport Gaya Bihar Operational

8 Jay Prakash Narayan Patna Bihar Operational
Airport
9 Swami Vivekananda Raipur Chhattisgarh Operational
International Airport
10 Dabolim Airport Goa Goa Operational
11 Manohar International Goa Goa Operational
Airport
12 Dholera Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat Proposed
13 Rajkot Greenfield Rajkot Gujarat Under
International Airport Construction
14 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ahmedabad Gujarat Operational
International Airport
15 Surat International Surat Gujarat Operational
Airport
16 Mandi Airport Mandi Himachal Proposed
Pradesh
17 Sheikh ul-Alam Srinagar Jammu & Operational
International Airport Kashmir
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18 Kempegowda Bengaluru Karnataka Operational

International Airport
19 Mangalore International Mangalore Karnataka Operational
Airport
20 Calicut International Kozhikode Kerala Operational
Airport
21 Cochin International Kochi Kerala Operational
Airport
22 Kannur International Kannur Kerala Operational
Airport
23 Sabarimala Greenfield Kottayam Kerala Proposed
Airport
24 Trivandrum International Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Operational
Airport
25 Chhatrapati Shivaji Mumbai Maharashtra Operational
International Airport
26 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagpur Maharashtra Operational
International Airport
27 Nashik Airport Nashik Maharashtra Operational
28 Navi Mumbai Mumbai Maharashtra Under
International Airport Construction
29 New Pune Airport Pune Maharashtra Under
Construction
30 Imphal International Imphal Manipur Operational
Airport/Tuli Hal Airport
31 Indira Gandhi New Delhi New Delhi Operational
International Airport
32 Biju Patnaik Airport Bhubaneshwar Orrisa Operational
33 Ludhiana International Ludhiana Punjab Under
Airport Construction
34 Sri Guru Ram Das Ji Amritsar Punjab Operational
International Airport
35 Jaipur International Jaipur Rajasthan Operational
Airport
36 Chennai International Chennai Tamil Nadu Operational
Airport
37 Coimbatore International Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Operational
Airport
38 New Chennai greenfield Sriperumbudur Tamil Nadu Proposed
airport, Parandur
39 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu Operational
International Airport
40 Chaudhary Charan Singh Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Operational
International Airport
41 Kushinagar International Kushinagar Uttar Pradesh Operational
Airport

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42 Lal Bahadur Shastri Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Operational

International Airport
43 Maryada Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh Under
Purushottam Shriram Construction
Airport
44 Noida International Gautam Buddha Uttar Pradesh Under
Airport Nagar Construction
45 Netaji Subhash Chandra Kolkata West Bengal Operational
Bose International
Airport

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List of Biosphere Reserves in India

General Knowledge about the Biosphere, List of Biosphere Reserves in India and PDF
of list for free download. A Biosphere Reserve is a unique and crucial concept in the
realm of conservation and sustainable development. These designated areas play a
pivotal role in safeguarding biodiversity, conducting scientific research, and promoting
sustainable practices.

What is a Biosphere Reserve?

A Biosphere Reserve is a specific type of protected area recognized by the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It serves as a
model for harmonizing the conservation of biodiversity, fostering sustainable
development, and promoting scientific research and environmental education.
Biosphere Reserves are typically established in regions with significant ecological,
cultural, scientific, and economic value.

Functions of Biosphere Reserves:

Conservation of Biodiversity: The primary function of a Biosphere Reserve is to

conserve biological diversity. These areas serve as sanctuaries for a wide variety of
plant and animal species, including many endangered or rare ones.

Scientific Research: Biosphere Reserves provide a platform for scientists to conduct

research on various ecological processes, species interactions, and environmental
changes. The data generated contributes to our understanding of ecosystems.

Promotion of Sustainable Development: Biosphere Reserves aim to promote

sustainable development by harmonizing the needs of local communities with
environmental conservation. This involves sustainable land and resource management
practices.

Environmental Education: These reserves often serve as centers for environmental

education and awareness programs. This help educate local communities and the
public about the importance of biodiversity and sustainable living.

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List of Biosphere Reserves in India

India is home to 18 Biosphere Reserves, each unique in its ecological, cultural, and
geographical aspects. List of all 18 Biosphere Reserves in India with brief details:

1. Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

• Location: West Bengal
• Area: 9,630 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1989
• Notable Features: World’s largest delta, Royal Bengal Tigers, vital coastal
protection.
2. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka
• Area: 5,520 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1986
• Notable Features: Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed
macaque.
3. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Uttarakhand
• Area: 5,860 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1988
• Notable Features: Nanda Devi peak, alpine flora, snow leopards.
4. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Tamil Nadu
• Area: 10,500 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1989
• Notable Features: Marine diversity, dolphins, dugongs, coral reefs.
5. Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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• Area: 885 sq. km

• Designated Year: 1989
• Notable Features: Unique island biodiversity, Nicobar megapode, saltwater
crocodile.
6. Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
• Area: 3,500 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2001
• Notable Features: Agasthyamalai hills, medicinal plants, tribal communities.
7. Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
• Area: 3,835 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2005
• Notable Features: Unique flora and fauna, tiger and leopard habitat.
8. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Madhya Pradesh
• Area: 4,926 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2009
• Notable Features: Satpura Range, diverse vegetation, wildlife.
9. Simlipal Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Odisha
• Area: 5,569 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1994
• Notable Features: Bengal tigers, elephants, diverse forests.
10. Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Sikkim
• Area: 2,619 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2000
• Notable Features: Khangchendzonga peak, snow leopards, red panda habitat.
11. Manas Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Assam
• Area: 2,837 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1989
• Notable Features: Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros, grasslands.
12. Seshachalam Hills Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Andhra Pradesh
• Area: 5,698 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2010
• Notable Features: Eastern Ghats biodiversity, sacred groves.
13. Panna Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Madhya Pradesh
• Area: 5,998 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2011
• Notable Features: Tigers, leopards, and critical vulture habitat.
14. Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Assam
• Area: 765 sq. km

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• Designated Year: 1997

• Notable Features: Diverse wetland ecosystem, feral horses.
15. Kachchh Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Gujarat
• Area: 12,454 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2008
• Notable Features: Rann of Kachchh, Greater and Lesser Flamingos.
16. Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
• Area: 3,835 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2005
• Notable Features: Unique flora and fauna, tiger and leopard habitat.
17. Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve
• Location: Himachal Pradesh
• Area: 7,770 sq. km
• Designated Year: 2009
• Notable Features: Cold desert ecosystem, snow leopards.
18. Saddle Peak National Park
• Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Area: 32 sq. km
• Designated Year: 1989
• Notable Features: Tropical rainforests, Andaman wild pig, and the Andaman
hill myna.
These Biosphere Reserves represent India’s commitment to preserving its rich natural
heritage, fostering scientific research, and promoting sustainable development in
harmony with the environment. Biosphere Reserves are vital components of global
conservation efforts and stand as living examples of the coexistence of humans and
nature.

Notable features of Biosphere Reserve

1. First Biosphere Reserve in India: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

• The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, designated in 1986, was the first Biosphere
Reserve to be established in India. It is renowned for its lush Western Ghats
biodiversity, including the Nilgiri tahr and lion-tailed macaque.
2. Largest Biosphere Reserve in India: Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
• The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, covering an extensive area of 10,500
square kilometers, is the largest among India’s Biosphere Reserves. It is a marine
paradise with diverse aquatic life and vibrant coral reefs.
3. Only Island Biosphere Reserve: Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
• The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, located in the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, is unique as it is the only Biosphere Reserve in India that encompasses
an entire island. It plays a crucial role in the preservation of island biodiversity
and indigenous tribes.
4. High-Altitude Biosphere Reserve: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

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• The Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is notable for hosting the Nanda Devi peak,
the second-highest mountain in India. It is a high-altitude reserve characterized
by alpine flora and fauna, including snow leopards.
5. Mangrove Marvel: Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
• The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve is world-famous for its vast mangrove
forests. It is the largest mangrove ecosystem globally and is home to the iconic
Royal Bengal Tiger.
6. Cultural and Medicinal Heritage: Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
• The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve is not only known for its ecological
importance but also for its rich cultural heritage. It is a treasure trove of
medicinal plants and supports indigenous tribal communities.
7. Eastern Ghats Gem: Seshachalam Hills Biosphere Reserve
• The Seshachalam Hills Biosphere Reserve, situated in Andhra Pradesh, is a part
of the Eastern Ghats. It is known for its diverse range of flora and fauna and is
dotted with sacred groves.
8. Himalayan Biodiversity: Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve
• The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, located in Sikkim, is a Himalayan
treasure. It is home to the majestic Khangchendzonga peak and supports
snow leopards and red pandas.
9. Unique Wetland Ecosystem: Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve
• The Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve, located in Assam, is characterized by
its diverse wetland ecosystem. It provides refuge to several avian species and
is known for its feral horses.
10. Desert Beauty: Kachchh Biosphere Reserve
• The Kachchh Biosphere Reserve, situated in Gujarat, showcases the stunning
Rann of Kachchh. It is renowned for hosting Greater and Lesser Flamingos.

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List of 50 Famous Temples in India

Temple City State

Kanaka Temple Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh

Tirupati Balaji Tirumala Andhra Pradesh

Malinithan Temple Lower Siang, Likabali Arunachal Pradesh

Kamakhya Temple Guwahati Assam

Amarkantak Temple Anuppur Chhattisgarh

Akshardham Temple Delhi Delhi
Laxminarayan Temple Delhi Delhi
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir Delhi Delhi
Dwarkadhish Temple Dwarka Gujarat
Somnath Temple Somnath Gujarat
Manikaran Temple Manikarn Himachal Pradesh
Amarnath Cave Temple Pahalgam, Anantnag Jammu & Kashmir
Shankaracharya Temple Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir
Vaishno Devi Reasi Jammu & Kashmir
Angrabadi Temple Khunti Jharkhand
Chennakesava Temple Hassan, Belur taluk Karnataka
Gomateshwara Temple Shravanabelagola Karnataka
Hoysaleswara Temple Halebidu Karnataka
Virupaksha Temple Hampi Karnataka
Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta Kerala
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trivandrum Kerala
Khajuraho Temple Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh
Sanchi Stupa Sanchi Madhya Pradesh
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi Maharashtra
Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai Maharashtra
Lotus Temple Delhi New Delhi
Konark Sun Temple Konark Odisha
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar Odisha
Lord Jagannath Temple Puri Odisha
Durgiana Temple Amritsar Punjab
Golden Temple Amritsar Punjab
Ram Tirath Temple Amritsar Punjab
Ranakpur Temple Pali Rajasthan
Annamalaiyar Temple Thiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu

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Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur Tamil Nadu

Kanchipuram Temples Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu
Kumbakonam Temples Thanjavur Tamil Nadu
Meenakshi Temple Madurai Tamil Nadu
Nellaiappar Temple Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Rameshwaram Tamil Nadu
Temple
Thillai Nataraja Temple Chidambaram Tamil Nadu
Iskcon Temple Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Badrinath Temple Chamoli Uttarakhand
Gangotri Temple Uttarkashi Uttarakhand
Kedarnath Temple Rudraprayag Uttarakhand
Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi Uttarakhand
Kalighat Mandir Kolkata West Bengal

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List of Major Crops and Producing States

Crops States

Food grains

Rice West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab

Wheat Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

Maize Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

Total Nutri/ Coarse Cereals Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra

Tur Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh

Gram Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

Total Pulses Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

Total Foodgrains Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

Oil seeds

Groundnut Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu

Rapeseed & Mustard Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana

Soyabean Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

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Sunflower Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha

Total Oilseeds Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

Sugarcane Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka

Cotton Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana

Jute & Mesta West Bengal, Assam, Bihar

Major Crops

India is an agricultural country and producing a diverse range of crops due to its varied
climate and topography. The country is known for its major crops, and different states
contribute significantly to the agricultural output.

Overview of some of the major crops and their producing states in India:

1. Rice:

• Leading States: West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Odisha.
• India is one of the largest rice producers globally and is known for its wide variety of
rice, including Basmati and non-Basmati varieties.
2. Wheat:

• Leading States: Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
• Wheat is a staple food in India and is primarily grown in the northern regions.
3. Sugarcane:

• Leading States: Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra
Pradesh.
• India is the second largest producers of sugarcane in world.
4. Cotton:

• Leading States: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Haryana.

• Cotton is a major cash crop in India, and the country is renowned for producing high-
quality cotton.

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5. Pulses:

• Leading States: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and

Karnataka.
• Pulses such as lentils, chickpeas, and mung beans are essential sources of protein in
the Indian diet.
6. Tea:

• Leading States: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

• India is one of the world’s largest tea producers, known for its Darjeeling and Assam
teas.
7. Coffee:

• Leading States: Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

• The southern states of India, especially Karnataka, produce high-quality coffee beans,
including Arabica and Robusta varieties.
8. Oilseeds:

• Leading States: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.
• India cultivates various oilseeds, including groundnuts, soybeans, and sunflower seeds,
to meet its cooking oil needs.
9. Fruits and Vegetables:

• Leading States: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Gujarat.
• India produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including mangoes, bananas,
potatoes, and tomatoes.
10. Spices:

• Leading States: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal.
• India is renowned for its rich spice production, including black pepper, cardamom, and
turmeric.

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List of Famous Indian Personalities and their Nicknames:

Nickname Personality

Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Tota-e-Hind Amir Khushro

Bengal Kesari Ashutosh Mukherji

Iron Lady of India/ Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi

Guruji M S Gohlwalkar

Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev

Jana Nayak Karpuri Thakur

Shakespeare of India Kalidasa

Kuvempu K.V.Puttappa

Young Turk Chandra Sekhar

Indian Machiavelli/ Machiavelli of India Chanakya

Tau Chaudhury Devi Lal

Babuji Jagjivan Ram

J P / Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan

Chacha/ Panditji Jawaharlal Nehru

Akbar of Kashmir Jainul Abdin

Andhra Kesari T Prakasam

Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan

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Bihar Kesari Dr. Srikrishna Singh

Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anurag Narayan Singh

Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Martin Luther of India Dayanand Saraswati

Grand Old Man of India Dadabhai Naoroji

Grandfather of Indian Films Dhundiraj Govind Phalke

Hockey Wizard/ Magician of Hockey Dhyan Chand

Indian Einstein Nagarjuna

Payyoli Express/ Udanpari P. T. Usha

Sahitya Samrat Bamkim Chandra Chattopadhay

Prince of Autobiography Babur

Lion of Maratha/ Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bengal Tiger Bipin Chandrapal & Saurav

Ganguli

Sahid-e-Azam Bhagat Singh

Mahamana/ Prince of Beggers Madan Mohan Malaviya

Saint of the Gutters Mother Teresa

Vizzy Maharaja Kumar of Vizianagara

Flying Sikh Milkha Singh

Wise Fool King Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Sparrow Major General Rajinder Singh

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Bapu/ Father of Nation (India)/ Gandhiji/ Saint of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Sabarmati

Qaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Deshpriya Yatindra Mohan Sengupta

Father of Gujrat Ravi Sankar Maharaj

Biswa Kavi/ Gurudev/ Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore

Purushottam Das Tandon Rajarshee

Morning Star of India Renaissance Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar

Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal, Bal, Pal/ Panjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Ganghadhar
Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

Father of the Local Self Government Lord Rippon

Iron Man/ Bismark of India/ Strong Man of India Vallabhbhai Patel

Adi Kavi Valmiki

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Sage of Kanchi Sankaracharya

Prince of Builders Shah Jahan

Banga Bandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Lion of Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

Light of Asia Gautam buddha

The Little Master Sachin Tendulkar

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Napolean of India Samudragupta

Kathasilpi Sarat Chandra Chattopadhay

Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu

Bird Man of India Salim Ali

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama

Anna C N Annadurai

Deenabandhu C F Andrews

C R/ Rajaji C Rajagopalachari

Desabandhu C R Das (Chitta Ranjan Das)

Little Master Sunil Gavaskar

Netaji / Patriot of Patriots Subhash Chandra Bose

King Maker of Indian History Sayyed Bandhu

Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly

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Nicknames of Sports Personalities

Name of famous Indian sports
Nickname
personality

Jumbo Anil Kumble

Gauti Gautam Gambhir

Turbanator Harbhajan Singh

Mysore Express Javagal Srinath

Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev

Mr. Cool / Captain Cool / Mahi Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Hockey Wizard / Magician of Hockey Major Dhyan Chand

Magnificent Mary / Meethoileima Mary Com

Flying Sikh Milkha Singh

Payyoli Express / Udanpari P. T. Usha

Jamie / The Wall Rahul Dravid

Hitman Rohit Sharma

Master Blaster / Bombay Bomber Sachin Tendulkar

Prince of Kolkata / Dada / Bengal Tiger / God Saurav Ganguly

of the Off Side

Little Master / Sunny Sunil Gavaskar

Cheeku / King Kohli Virat Kohli

Veeru Virendra Sehwag

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Baroda Express Zaheer Khan

List of Space Centres and Agency with Location in India

Space Centres and Agency Location

Space Applications Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad

Development and Educational Communication

Ahmedabad
Unit (DECU)

Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad

Department of Space
Bangalore

Indian Space Research Organisation HQ Bangalore

U R Rao Satellite Centre Bangalore

Antrix Corporation Limited Bangalore

New Space India Limited (NSIL) Bangalore

Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) Bangalore

Defense Space Agency Bangalore

National Natural Resources Management

Bangalore
System

ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command

Bangalore / Lucknow
Network (ISTRAC)

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Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) Chandigarh

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Dehradun

The Earth Station Delhi

Master Control Facility (MCF) Hassan and Bhopal

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) Hyderabad / Balasore

Infra-red Observatory Mt. Abu

ISRO Liaison office Mumbai

Nagpur, Delhi, Bangalore, Jodhpur, and

The Regional Remote Sensing Centres
West Bengal

The downrange station Port Blair

North-Eastern Space Applications Centre Shillong

Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Sriharikota

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Thiruvananthapuram

The Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental

Thiruvananthapuram
Plant

ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) Thiruvananthapuram

Indian Institute of Space Science and

Thiruvananthapuram
Technology (IIST)

Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) Thiruvananthapuram / Bangalore

National Atmospheric Research Laboratory Tirupati

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Solar Observatory Udaipur

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List of Important Full Forms

1. AI: Artificial Intelligence
2. ASAP: As Soon As Possible
3. ATM: Automated Teller Machine
4. CEO: Chief Executive Officer
5. CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
6. CPU: Central Processing Unit
7. DIY: Do It Yourself
8. DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
9. FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
10. FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out
11. GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
12. GPS: Global Positioning System
13. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
14. HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
15. IBM: International Business Machines Corporation
16. IQ: Intelligence Quotient
17. IRS: Internal Revenue Service
18. ISP: Internet Service Provider
19. JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
20. LAN: Local Area Network
21. LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
22. NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
23. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
24. PDF: Portable Document Format
25. PIN: Personal Identification Number
26. RAM: Random Access Memory
27. SMS: Short Message Service
28. TBA: To Be Announced
29. UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
30. URL: Uniform Resource Locator
31. USB: Universal Serial Bus
32. VIP: Very Important Person
33. VPN: Virtual Private Network
34. WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
35. WiFi: Wireless Fidelity
36. WWW: World Wide Web
37. 3D: Three-Dimensional
38. 4G: Fourth Generation
39. 5G: Fifth Generation
40. AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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41. AMA: Ask Me Anything

42. API: Application Programming Interface
43. AR: Augmented Reality
44. B2B: Business-to-Business
45. B2C: Business-to-Consumer
46. CAD: Computer-Aided Design
47. CEO: Chief Executive Officer
48. COBOL: Common Business-Oriented Language
49. CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
50. DNS: Domain Name System
51. EOD: End Of Day
52. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
53. GDP: Gross Domestic Product
54. GUI: Graphical User Interface
55. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
56. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
57. ICU: Intensive Care Unit
58. JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
59. KPI: Key Performance Indicator
60. LAN: Local Area Network
61. LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
62. LED: Light-Emitting Diode
63. MBA: Master of Business Administration
64. MP3: MPEG Audio Layer III
65. NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement
66. OCR: Optical Character Recognition
67. P2P: Peer-to-Peer
68. PAN: Permanent Account Number
69. PC: Personal Computer
70. PDF: Portable Document Format
71. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
72. PIN: Personal Identification Number
73. PNG: Portable Network Graphics
74. PPP: Purchasing Power Parity
75. QR Code: Quick Response Code
76. RAM: Random Access Memory
77. ROI: Return On Investment
78. RSS: Really Simple Syndication
79. SaaS: Software as a Service
80. SEO: Search Engine Optimization
81. SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
82. SQL: Structured Query Language
83. SSD: Solid State Drive

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84. TBA: To Be Announced

85. TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
86. UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
87. URL: Uniform Resource Locator
88. USB: Universal Serial Bus
89. VPN: Virtual Private Network
90. VR: Virtual Reality
91. WIFI: Wireless Fidelity
92. XML: Extensible Markup Language
93. ZIP Code: Zone Improvement Plan Code
94. API: Application Programming Interface
95. B2B: Business-to-Business
96. B2C: Business-to-Consumer
97. CAD: Computer-Aided Design
98. CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
99. DNS: Domain Name System

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List of International Boundary Lines

Name of the Between the Year of
Important features
Boundary countries formation

a) It was divided under the Geneva

South Vietnam
Accords in 1954
17th Parallel and North 1954
b) 17th latitude from the equator that
Vietnam
divides North and South Vietnam

Libya and a) It is located at the 20th latitude north of

20th Parallel
Sudan the equatorial plane

Egypt and a) It is located at the 22nd latitude north

22nd Parallel
Sudan of the equatorial plane.

Mauritania and a) It marks the northernmost section of

25th Parallel
Mali the Mali-Mauritania border.

a) It marks the border between Iraq and

Iran
31st Parallel Iraq and Iran
b) It also marks the borders between the
states of Louisiana and Mississippi

a) It demarcates the central part of the

South Korea Demilitarized zone between North and
38th Parallel and North South Korea
Korea b) It is most guarded international
boundary line.

a) It Forms the International border

The USA and between the USA and Canada
49th Parallel
Canada b) It is located 49 degrees north of the
equator.

Pakistan and a) It was delimited by Sir Mortimer Durand

Durand Line 1893
Afghanistan in 1893 in undivided India.

Hinden Burg Poland and a) A defensive line in French Territory

line Germany during World War I

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China and a) Sir Henry McMahon drew IT in

McMahon line 1914
India consultation with Tibetan representatives.

Germany and a) A defensive line on the French border

Maginot line
France towards Germany before World War II.

Mannerheim Russia and a) A defensive line against the Soviet

Line Finland Union built by Finland during World War II.

a) Demarcates Polish and German border

according to the Potsdam conference,
Oder-Neisse Poland and
recognized by Unified Germany in 1990.
line Germany
b) It runs along the rivers Oder and Lustian
Neisse rivers.

a) Demarcated for the Partition of India

India and and the formation of East (now
Radcliffe Line
Pakistan Bangladesh) and West Pakistan.
b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe demarcated it.

France and An extension of the Hindenburg defensive

Seigfried line
Germany line on the western front of World War I

Blue Line A border demarcation

Lebanon and
between Lebanon and Israel was
Israel
established by the United Nations.
1964,
extended in
Green Line/ Turkish Cyprus
1974 after It is a dimilitarizes zone patrolled by the
UN Buffer and the
the United Nations Peacekeeping force in
Zone/ Attila Republic of
ceasefire of Cyprus
Line Cyprus
16 August
1974.

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List of Important Institutions in India

Art and Culture Institute
Name of the Institute City State

Uttar
Allahabad Museum Allahabad
Pradesh

Madhya
Indira Gandhi National Human Museum Bhopal
Pradesh

Nav Nalanda Mahabihar Nalanda Bihar

Kala Chitra Foundation Chennai Tamil Nadu

Salarjanj Museum Hyderabad Telangana

Jawahar Lal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy Imphal Manipur

Asiatic Society
Kolkata West Bengal

Indian Anthropology Survey Kolkata West Bengal

Indian Museum Kolkata West Bengal
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Asian Studies Institute Kolkata West Bengal
National Science Museum Parishad Kolkata West Bengal
National Modern Art Technique Kolkata West Bengal
National Library Kolkata West Bengal
Raja Rammohan Rai Library Foundation Kolkata West Bengal
Ram Krishan Mission Sanskrit Institute Kolkata West Bengal
Victoria Memorial Hall Kolkata West Bengal
Central Buddh Education Institute Leh J&K
National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Uttar
Lucknow
Heritage Pradesh
Institute of National Museum History for Art Conservation
New Delhi Delhi
and Science Museum
Indian National Archives New Delhi Delhi
Central Secretariat Library (1981) New Delhi Delhi
Cultural Institute and Training Centre (1979) New Delhi Delhi
Delhi Public Library New Delhi Delhi
Gandhian Recollection and Philosophy Recollection New Delhi Delhi
Indira Gandhi National Art Centre New Delhi Delhi
Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi Delhi
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National Drama Vidyalaya New Delhi Delhi

National Museum New Delhi Delhi
National School of Drama New Delhi Delhi
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library New Delhi Delhi
Sahitya Academy New Delhi Delhi
Sangeet Natak Academy New Delhi Delhi
Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library Patna Bihar
Uttar
Rampur Raja Library Rampur
Pradesh
Institute of Indian Diamond Surat Gujarat
Uttar
Central High Tibetean Educational Institute Varanasi
Pradesh

Education Institute
Name of the Institute City State

Central Hindi Institute Agra Uttar Pradesh

Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Karnataka

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Gwalior Madhya

Management Pradesh

Central Institute of English and Foreign Language Hyderabad Telangana

Institute of Central Indian Language Mysore Karnataka

Commission of Scientific and Technical Words New Delhi

Terminology Delhi Delhi

Indian Institute of Social Sciences and Research New Delhi Delhi

Institute of National Sanskrit New Delhi Delhi
Rashtriya Bal Bhavan New Delhi Delhi
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth New Delhi Delhi
Council of Indian Philosophy Research New Delhi Lucknow

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Indian Council of Higher Research Shimla Himachal

Pradesh
National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati Andhra Pradesh

Environmental Institutes
Name of the Institute City State

Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology Allahabad Uttar Pradesh

G. B. Pant Himdoya Environment and Development Almora Uttarakhand

Institute

Institute of Indian Plywood Industry and Research Bengaluru Karnataka

Institute of Lumbering Science and Technology Bengaluru Karnataka

Institute of Indian Forest Management Bhopal Madhya

Pradesh

Institute of Forest Research and Human Resource Chindwara Madhya

Development Pradesh

Institute of Forest Genetic Tree Breeding Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Indian Forest Research and Education Council Dehradun Uttarakhand

Institute of National Science & Technology Faridabad Haryana

Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur Rajasthan

Institute of Rainforest Jorhat Assam

Indian Forest Survey Jorhat Assam

Indian Botanical Survey Kolkata West Bengal

Indian Anthropology Survey Kolkata West Bengal

Central Pollution Control Board New Delhi Delhi

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Central Museum Authority New Delhi Delhi

Forest Productive Centre Ranchi Jharkhand
Himalayan Forest Research Centre Shimla Himachal
Pradesh

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Defence Institutes
Name of the Institute City State

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School Baroda Gujarat

Air Force Technical College Bengaluru Karnataka

Hindustan Aeronautic Limited Bengaluru Karnataka

Indian Air Force Training Centre Chennai Tamil Nadu

Officers Training Academy Chennai Tamil Nadu

Indian Military Academy Dehradun Uttarakhand

Air Force Academy Hyderabad Telangana

National Defence Academy Kharagwasala Pune

Naval College of Engineering Lonavala Maharashtra

Directorate General N.C.C New Delhi Delhi

Directorate of National Cadet Core New Delhi Delhi

College of Military Engineering Pune Maharashtra

Institute of Armament Technology Pune Maharashtra
Defence Management Institute Sikandrabad Uttar Pradesh
Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Sikandrabad Uttar Pradesh

Food and Civil Supply Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Indian Standard Bureau Delhi

New Delhi

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Indian Examination House Kolkata West Bengal

Health and Family Welfare Institute

Name of the Institute City State

National Yunani Institute Bengaluru Karnataka

National Siddh Institute Chennai Tamil Nadu

National Ayurvedic Institute Jaipur Rajasthan

National Homeopathic Institute Kolkata West Bengal

Central Health Education Bureau New Delhi Delhi

National Medical Science Academy New Delhi Delhi

Morarji Desai National Yog Institute Delhi

New Delhi

National Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth New Delhi Delhi

National Natural Medical Institute Pune Maharashtra

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. Rasoyni Maharashtra

Industries Institute

Name of the Institute City State

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National Aluminium Co. Ltd. Bhubaneswar Orissa

Plastic Engineering and Technology Institute (Sepate) Chennai Tamil Nadu

South India Textile Research Association Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

North India Cloth Research Institute Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh

Pesticide Technology Institute Gurgaon Haryana

Indian Jute Industry Research Association West Bengal

Kolkata

Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association Mumbai Maharashtra

Indian Bureau of Mines Nagpur Maharashtra

Hindustan Antibiotic Ltd. Pune- Pimpri Maharashtra

Wool Research Institute Thane Maharashtra

National Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. Trombay Maharashtra

Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Udaipur Rajasthan

Law and Justice Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Madhya
National Justice Academy Bhopal
Pradesh

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Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad Telangana

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain National Crime and Justice

Institute New Delhi Delhi

Labour Institute
Name of the Institute City State

Labour Bureau Institute Chandigarh Chandigarh

Shimla

Central Education Media Institute Chennai Tamil Nadu

Director General of Mines Security Dhanbad Jharkhand,

Institute of Central government Training and Research Kolkata West Bengal

Central Labour Board Nagpur Maharashtra

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute Noida Uttar Pradesh

Mass Communication Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Satyajeet Ray Film and Television Institute West Bengal

Kolkata

Film Department Mumbai Maharashtra

Indian Committee of Children Film Mumbai Maharashtra

Testimony Board of Central Movie Mumbai Maharashtra

Directorate of Publications and Visual Publicity New Delhi Delhi

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Directorate of Regional Publicity New Delhi Delhi

Institute of Indian Film and Television Pune Maharashtra

National Film Archieves Pune West Bengal

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Institute of Science and Technology Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Science Expansion (Vigyan Prasar) New Delhi

Institute for Plasma Research Ahmedabad Gujarat

Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad Gujarat

Indian Science Academy Allahabad Gujarat

Indian Astro physics Institute Bengaluru Karnataka

Jawahar Lal Nehru Developed Scientific Research

Bengaluru Karnataka
Centre

Indian Science Academy Bengaluru Karnataka

National Biological Science Centre Bengaluru Karnataka

Liquid Crystal Research Institute Bengaluru Karnataka

National Biology Centre Bengaluru Karnataka

Physics Institute Bhubaneshwar Odisha

Life Science Institute Bhubaneshwar Odisha

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Institute of Physics Bhubaneshwar Odisha

Indian Oceanic Technical Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Harish Chand Research Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Sea

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Coast Management

Institute of Mathematical Science Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sea- biotic Resources and Ecology Centre Cochin Kerala

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun Uttarakhand

Cosmic Rays Research Institute Gauribidanur Karnataka

National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre Goa Goa

Indian National Oceanic Information Service Centre Hyderabad Telangana

Survey Training Institute Hyderabad Telangana

Director of Atomic Mineral Investigation and

Hyderabad Telangana
Research

Nuclear Fuel Campus Hyderabad Telangana

D. N. A. Finger Print and Centre Hyderabad Telangana

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Biotic Resources and Continuous Development

Imphal Manipur
Centre

Indian Uranium Corporation Ltd. Jaduguda Jharkhand

Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. Jaduguda Jharkhand

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology Kocchi Kerala

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science West Bengal

Kolkata

Indian Science Congress Association Kolkata West Bengal

Bose Institute Kolkata West Bengal

N. N. Bose National Fundamental Science Centre Kolkata West Bengal

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata West Bengal

Saha Nuclear Physics Institute Kolkata West Bengal

Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo botany Lucknow Uttarakhand

Centre of National Mental Research Manesar Haryana

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Mumbai Maharashtra

Heavy Water Board Mumbai Maharashtra

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai Maharashtra

Deptt. of Atomic Energy Mumbai Maharashtra

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai Maharashtra

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Vishveshraiya National Technical Institute Nagpur Maharashtra

Aryabhatta Research Observatory Nainital Uttaranchal

Indian National Science Academy New Delhi Delhi

Indian National Engineering Academy New Delhi Delhi

National Institute of Reservation New Delhi Delhi

National Plant Genome Research Centre New Delhi Delhi

National Earthquake Science Data Centre New Delhi Delhi

Technology Information, Forecasting and

New Delhi Delhi
Assessment Council

Shri Ram Institute of Chemical Research New Delhi Delhi

Shri Ram Chennai Research Institute New Delhi Delhi

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune Maharashtra

Centre of National Cell Science Pune Maharashtra

Agarkar Research Institute Pune Maharashtra

S. V. National Technical Institute Surat Gujarat

Sri Chitra Triunal Medical Science and Technical

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Institute

Hindustan Zinc Limited Udaipur Rajasthan

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Transport Institute
Name of the Institute City State

Rail Wheel Factory Bengaluru Karnataka

Chitranjan Locomotive Works Chitranjan West Bengal

Indira Gandhi National Flying Academy Furshatganj (U. P.)

National Water Sporting Institute Goa Goa

Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute Gwalior Madhya

Pradesh

Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Punjab

Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Kolkata West Bengal

Marine Engineering and Research Institute Kolkata West Bengal

Marine Engineering and Research Institute Mumbai Maharashtra
Lal Bahadur Shastri Coastal Research and Higher Study Mumbai Maharashtra
Institute
Maritime Training Institute Powai Mumbai Maharashtra
Fire Service Training School Narainpur WB
(Kolkata)
Civil Aviation Security Bureau Delhi New Delhi Delhi Delhi
National Aviation Management and Research Institute New Delhi Delhi
Fire Training Centre New Delhi Delhi
Indian Inland Waterways Authority Noida Uttar Pradesh
Integral Coach Factory Perambur Kapurthala
Diesel Locomotive Works Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Hindustan Shipyard Limited Visakhapatnam Andhra
Pradesh

Water Resources Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Central Water and Electric Research Centre Kharagwasala Pune

Central Soil and Material Research Centre New Delhi Delhi

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National Project Construction Corporation Ltd. New Delhi Delhi

National Hydrology Institute Roorkee Uttarakhand
Welfare Institute
Name of the Institute City State

Multi- disabled Strengthen Institute Chennai Tamil Nadu

National Rehabilitation Training and Research Institute Cuttack Odisha

National Blind Institute Dehradun Uttarakhand

National Orthopedic Disabled Institute Kolkata West Bengal

Aliyawarjung National Hard of Hearing Institute Mumbai Maharashtra

Physically Disabled Institute New Delhi
Delhi Delhi
National Public Cooperation and Child Development New Delhi Delhi
Institute
National Mental Disabled Institute Sikandrabad Uttar
Pradesh

Youth Work and Play Institute

Name of the Institute City State

Laxmibai National Physical Education Institute Gwalior Madhya Pradesh

Rajeev Gandhi National Youth Development Institute Perambur Tamil Nadu

Energy Institute
Name of the Institute City State

National Thermal Power Corporation New Delhi Delhi

Electric Finance Corporation Ltd New Delhi Delhi

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Communication Institute
Name of the Institute City State

High Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad Uttar

Pradesh

Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad Uttar

Pradesh

National Telecommunication Finance and Management Hyderabad Telangana

Academy

Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Jabalpur Madhya

Training Institute Pradesh

Telecommunication Engineering Centre New Delhi Delhi

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List of Countries and their Parliament

Country Capital Currency Parliament

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Shora

Albania Tirana Lek People’s Assembly

Algeria Algiers Dinar National People’s Assembly

Andorra Andorra La Euro General Council

Vella

Angola Luanda New Kwanza National People’s Assembly

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso National Congress

Australia Canberra Australian dollar Federal Parliament

Austria Vienna Euro (formerly National Assembly
schilling)
Azerbaijan Baku Manat Melli Majlis
Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar General Assembly
Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Consultative Council
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Jatia Parliament
Belize Belmopan Belize dollar National Assembly
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Tsogdu
Bolivia Sucre Boliviano National Congress
Botswana Gaborone Pula National Assembly
Brazil Brasilia Real National Congress
Britain London British pound Parliament (House of Commons
and House of Lords)
Brunei Bandar Seri Brunei dollar National Assembly
Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia Lev Narodno Sabranie
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel National Assembly
Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar Parliament
China Beijing Chinese Yuan National People’s Assembly
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Congress
Comoros Moroni Franc Legislative Council and Senate
Costa Rice San Jose Colón Legislative Council and Senate
Croatia Zagreb Croatian Sabor
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso National Assembly of People’s
Power

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Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Folketing

East Timor Dili U.S. dollar Constituent Assembly
Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar National Congress
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound People’s Assembly
El Salvador San Salvador U.S. dollar Legislative Assembly
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Federal Council and House of
Representative
Fiji Islands Suva Fiji dollar Senate & House of Representative
Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Eduskusta (Parliament)
markka)
France Paris Euro (formerly National Assembly
French franc)
Germany Berlin Euro (formerly Bundestag (Lower House) &
Deutsche mark) Bundesrat (Upper House)
Great Britain London British pound Parliament
Greece Athens Euro (formerly Chamber Of Deputies
drachma)
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar National Assembly
Hungary Budapest Forint National Assembly
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Althing
India New Delhi Indian Rupee Sansad
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah People’s Consultative Assembly
Iran Tehran Rial Majlis
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar National Assembly
Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Irish Oireachtas
pound [punt])
Israel Jerusalem Shekel The Knesset
Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira) Chamber Of Deputies and Senate
Japan Tokyo Yen Diet
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar National Assembly
Korea Pyongyang Won Supreme People’s Assembly
(North)
Korea Seoul Won National Assembly
(South)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dollar National Assembly
Laos Vientiane New Kip People’s Supreme Assembly
Latvia Riga Lats Saeima
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound National Assembly
Lesotho Maseru Maluti National Assembly and Senate
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar General People’s Congress
Lithuania Vilnius Litas Seimas
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly Chamber Of Deputies
Luxembourg franc)
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary National People’s Assembly
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Majilis
Maldives Male Rufiyaa Majilis
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Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Togrog Great People’s Khural

Montenegro Podgorica Euro Federal Assembly
Mozambique Maputo Metical People’s Assembly
Myanmar Naypyidaw Kyat Pyithu Hluttaw
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Federal Parliament of Nepal
Netherlands Amsterdam Euro (formerly States-General (Staten-General)
guilder)
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar Parliament (House of
Representatives)
Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Storting
Oman Muscat Omani rial Monarchy
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee National Assembly & Senate
Papua New Port Moresby Kina National Parliament
Guinea
Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní Senate & Chamber of Deputies
Philippines Manila Peso The Congress
Poland Warsaw Zloty Sejm
Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Great National Assembly
Russia Moscow Ruble Duma & Federal Council
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Majlis Al-Shura
South Africa Pretoria Rand Parliament
Spain Madrid Euro (formerly Crotes
peseta)
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Yuan
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL) Grand National Assembly
Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso General Assembly
USA Washington Dollar Congress
D.C.
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Oliy Majlis
Vietnam Hanoi Dong National Assembly
Zambia Lusaka Kwacha National Assembly
Zimbabwe Harare United States dollar Parliament

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Important Awards and their fields

International Award
Name of the Country of Origin Field
Award

Abel Norwegian Mathematics

Grammy Awards United States Music

Juliet Curie Award French Peace

Lenin Peace Prize Soviet Union Peace and Friendship

Man Booker United Kingdom Literature

Merlin United States Magic

Nelson Rolihlahla South Africa Humanity, Social Activities

Mandela Prize

Nobel prize Sweden Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics,

Chemistry, Medical science

Oscar Awards United States Film

Pulitzer Prize United States Journalism and Literature

Ramon Magsaysay Philippines Public Service, Leadership, Journalism,

Award Literature and creative arts and international
understanding

Right Livelihood Sweden Field of environment and social justices

Award

BAFTA Awards United Kingdom Television, Films, Video Games and

Animation

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National Award and their Field

Name of the Award Field

Aga khan Architecture Award Architecture

Anand Coomaraswamy Fellowships Literature

Arjun Award Sports

Ashok Chakra Civilians

Awadh Samman Government of Uttar Pradesh

Bharat Ratna Art, Science, Public services, Sports

Bhartiya Jnanpith Award Literary

Bhatnagar Science

Bihari Award Literature

Bowley Award Agriculture

Dada sahib Phalke Film

Dhanvantri Award Medical Sciences

Dhyan Chand Sports

Dronacharya Award Sports

Ekalavya Award Sports

Gomant Vibhushan Award the highest civilian honour of the State of Goa

Indira Gandhi Prize Peace, Disarmament and Development

Kabir Samman literature (Madhya Pradesh)

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Kalidas Samman Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts (Madhya

Pradesh)

Kalinga Science

Kanakshree Award Literature awards by Karnataka

Kolanka Cup Sports

Kumar Gandharva Award Classical Music (Madhya Pradesh)

Lalit Kala Akademi Award Arts

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award Sports (by Punjab Government)

Mahavir Chakra second highest military

Nandi Awards Telgu Cinema (by Andhra & Telangana

Government)

Padma Bhushan Third degree honour

Padma Shri Fourth degree honour

Padma Vibhushan Second degree honour

Pampa Award Highest literary award of Karnataka

Param Vir Chakra Military

R.D. Birla Award Medical sciences

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Sports

Sahitya Akademi Award Literary

Sangeet – Natak Akademi Award Music, dance and Drama

Saraswati Samman Literature

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award Science and Technology

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Shaurya Chakra Civilian or Military Personnel

Tansen Award Music

Vachaspati Samman Sanskrit Literature

Vir Chakra Third in precedence in the awards for wartime

gallantry

Vyas Samman Literature

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Important Invention and their Inventor List

Invention Inventor Year

Adding Machine Blaise Pascal 1642

Adhesive tape Richard G. Drew 1925

Air Conditioner Willis Carrier 1902

Airplane Wright Brothers 1920

Anemometer Leon Battista Alberti 1450

Animation Émile Cohl 1907

Aspirin Dr. Felix Hoffman 1899

Atom Bomb Julius Robert Oppenheimer 1945

Automatic Calculator Wilhelm Schickard 1623

Ball Point Pen John J Loud 1888

Balloon Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier 1824

Barbed Wire Joseph F. Glidden 1873

Barometer Evangelista Torricelli 1643

Bicycle Tyre J.B. Dunlop 1888

Bifocal Lens Benjamin Franklin 1784

Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner 1900s

Electron Theory Rutherford–Bohr 1913

Boyle’s Law Robert Boyle 1662

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Calculating Machine Pascal 1642

Centigrade Scale Anders Celsius 1742

Cine Camera Friese-Greene 1889

Cinematographe A.L. and J.L. Lumiere 1895
Clock (Mechanical) Hsing and Ling –Tsan 1725
Clock (Pendulum) Christiaan Huygens 1656
Computer Charles Babbage 1822
Cosmic Rays Victor Hess 1912
Dalton John Dalton 1808
Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel 1892
Dynamite Alfred Nobel 1867
Dynamo Michael Faraday 1831
Electric Iron H.W. Seeley 1882
Electric lamp Thomas Alva Edison 1879
Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison 1879
Electricity Benjamin Franklin 1752
Electromagnet W. Sturgeon 1824
Electromagnetic Field James Clerk Maxwell 1864
Electron J.J. Thomson 1897
Film Dr Lee de forest 1873
Fountain Pen LE. Waterman 1884
Gas Lighting William Murdoch 1792
Geometry Euclid 300 BC
Gramophone Emil Berliner 1877
Insulin Frederick Banting 1921
Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle 1928
Law of Gases Gay Lussac 1808
Lift E.G. Otis 1852
Locomotive Richard Trevithick 1804
Machine Gun Richard Gatling 1862
Magnetic Tape Fritz Pfluemer 1928
Match (Safety) Johan Edvard Lundstrom 1844
Microphone Charles Wheatstone 1827
Microphone David Edward Hughes 1878
Microscope Hans and Zacharias Janssen 1590
Motion of Planets Johannes Kepler 1609-1619
Motor Car (Petrol) Karl Benz 1886
Neon Lamp G. Claude 1910
Newtons Law of Motion Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton 1687
Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming 1928
Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev 1869
Photon Albert Einstein 1905
Principle of relativity Galileo Galilei 1632

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Quantum Mechanics Max Born 1920s

Radio Marconi 1895
Radium Marie Curie 1898
Raman Effect Sir C.V. Raman 1928
Refrigerator J. Harrison and A. Catlin Fred W. Wolf 1913
Structure of Atom, Rutherford Ernest Rutherford 1911
model
Schilling telegraph Pavel Schilling 1832
Telephone Alexander Graham Bell 1876
Telescope Galileo 1610
Television J.L. Baird 1926
Atomic Theory John Dalton 1804
Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein 1905
Mercury Thermometer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1714
Transformer and Electric Motor Michael Faraday 1831
Type Writer Christopher Latham Sholes 1867
X-rays Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen 1895

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List of Famous Books and Authors

Ancient Period – India

20 important books that were written during ancient India:

1. “The Vedas” – The sacred texts of Hinduism, consisting of Rigveda, Yajurveda,

Samaveda, and Atharvaveda.
2. “Upanishads” – Philosophical texts exploring the nature of reality and the self.
3. “Mahabharata” – An epic poem containing the Bhagavad Gita and narratives of
ancient Indian kings and heroes.
4. “Ramayana” – Another ancient epic depicting the journey of Lord Rama to rescue his
wife, Sita.
5. “Arthashastra” by Chanakya – An ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic
policy, and military strategy.
6. “Bhagavad Gita” – A part of the Mahabharata, it is a spiritual and philosophical
conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna.
7. “Panchatantra” – A collection of ancient Indian fables and moral stories.
8. “Ashtadhyayi” by Panini – A foundational work on Sanskrit grammar.
9. “Sushruta Samhita” – A treatise on surgery and medicine, attributed to the ancient
sage Sushruta.
10. “Charaka Samhita” – An ancient text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine),
attributed to the sage Charaka.
11. “Nyaya Sutras” by Gautama – A text on the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy, which
deals with logic and reasoning.
12. “Yoga Sutras” by Patanjali – A seminal text on the philosophy and practice of yoga.
13. “Manusmriti” (Laws of Manu) – An ancient legal code and moral guidelines for
society.
14. “Natya Shastra” by Bharata Muni – A treatise on performing arts, covering drama,
dance, and music.
15. “Siddhartha” by Herman Hesse – A fictional novel inspired by the life of Gautama
Buddha.
16. “Aitareya Brahmana” – An ancient Vedic text dealing with ritual ceremonies.
17. “Taittiriya Upanishad” – A philosophical Upanishad, part of the Krishna Yajur Veda.
18. “Rigveda Samhita” – The oldest of the four Vedas, containing hymns and prayers.
19. “Jataka Tales” – A collection of stories about the previous births of Buddha.
20. “Thirukkural” by Thiruvalluvar – A Tamil work containing profound ethical and moral
insights.
Medieval Period – India

20 important books that were written during the medieval history of India:

1. “Tuzk-e-Babri” (Baburnama) by Emperor Babur – An autobiography of the first

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2. “Akbarnama” by Abu’l-Fazl – A biographical account of the reign of Emperor Akbar,

written by one of his courtiers.
3. “Tawarikh-i-Firoz Shahi” by Ziauddin Barani – A historical account of the Delhi
Sultanate during the reign of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
4. “Kitab-i-Yamini” by Al-Biruni – An important work on Indian history and culture
written by the Persian scholar Al-Biruni.
5. “Khulasatut-Tawarikh” by Sujan Rai – A historical chronicle of the Mughal Empire,
covering the period from Babur to Shah Jahan.
6. “Rajatarangini” by Kalhana – A historical chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, covering
ancient to medieval periods.
7. “Fatwa-i-Jahandari” by Ziauddin Barani – A collection of letters and edicts of Sultan
Muhammad bin Tughlaq, written by his courtier Ziauddin Barani.
8. “Tuhfat al-Mujahidin” by Malik Muhammad Jayasi – A famous epic poem in Awadhi
language, narrating the love story of Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji.
9. “Chandayan” by Padmanabha – A medieval Sanskrit epic about the love story of
Chandra and Kamalavati.
10. “Gita Govinda” by Jayadeva – A lyrical poem in Sanskrit, celebrating the love between
Krishna and Radha.
11. “Futuhat-i-Alamgiri” by Muhammad Amin Qazvini – A Persian work describing the
military campaigns of Emperor Aurangzeb.
12. “Shahnama-e-Islam” by Jafer Thanesari – A Persian epic celebrating the reign of
various Indian Muslim kings.
13. “Padshahnama” by Abdul Hamid Lahori – An official history of Emperor Shah Jahan’s
reign, written in Persian.
14. “Tuhfat al-Mujahidin” by Malik Muhammad Jayasi – A Sufi romance epic in Awadhi
language, depicting the love story of Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji.
15. “Gulshan-i-Ishq” by Nusrati – A Persian romance poem narrating the love story of
prince Salim (Emperor Jahangir) and Anarkali.
16. “Bhaktamal” by Nabhadas – A hagiography of various Hindu saints and poets, written
in Braj Bhasha.
17. “Kitab-i-Nauras” by Abdul Haq Dehlavi – A collection of Urdu poetry and biographies
of poets from medieval India.
18. “Kavirajamarga” by King Amoghavarsha I – An early medieval Kannada work on
poetics and aesthetics.
19. “Kirti-Kalpa” by King Bhoja – A Sanskrit text on the art of poetry and aesthetics.
20. “Lilavati” by Bhaskara II – An important medieval Indian mathematical treatise in
Sanskrit.
Modern India Period

20 important books that were written during modern Indian history:

1. “An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth” by Mahatma Gandhi –

Gandhi’s autobiography detailing his life, principles, and struggle for India’s
independence.
2. “India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy” by Ramachandra
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3. “The Discovery of India” by Jawaharlal Nehru – A historical and philosophical

narrative by India’s first Prime Minister.
4. “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie – A fictional work depicting India’s
independence and post-independence period.
5. “Train to Pakistan” by Khushwant Singh – A novel set during the partition of India in
1947.
6. “Freedom at Midnight” by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins – A historical account
of India’s struggle for independence and the events leading to the partition.
7. “The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture, and Identity” by
Amartya Sen – A collection of essays exploring India’s history and diversity.
8. “India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the
Global Information Age” by Gurcharan Das – A book on India’s economic
transformation after independence.
9. “The Great Indian Novel” by Shashi Tharoor – A satirical novel retelling India’s history
using characters from the Indian epics.
10. “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy – A novel set in Kerala, exploring the
complexities of India’s social and political landscape.
11. “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found” by Suketu Mehta – A non-fiction work on
the city of Mumbai, its people, and its contradictions.
12. “In an Antique Land” by Amitav Ghosh – A historical narrative intertwining the
author’s experiences in Egypt with the life of a 12th-century Indian slave.
13. “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga – A novel that explores the darker aspects of
modern India through the life of a driver.
14. “India: A History” by John Keay – A comprehensive history of India from ancient to
modern times.
15. “The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857” by William Dalrymple – A
historical account of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and its aftermath.
16. “Five Point Someone” by Chetan Bhagat – A popular novel set in an Indian
engineering college, addressing the pressures of the education system.
17. “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” by Shashi Tharoor – A critique of
British colonial rule in India.
18. “The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma” by Gurcharan Das – A
philosophical exploration of dharma and moral choices.
19. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” by
Katherine Boo – A non-fiction work based on the lives of slum dwellers in Mumbai.
20. “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh – A novel exploring the impact of historical
events on individuals and families in India and Bangladesh.
Books related to Indian history

1. “India’s Struggle for Independence” by Bipan Chandra

2. “The Discovery of India” by Jawaharlal Nehru
3. “Ancient India: From the Earliest Times to the First Century AD” by Romila Thapar
4. “The Wonder That Was India” by A.L. Basham
5. “The Argumentative Indian” by Amartya Sen
6. “A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th
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7. “India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy” by Ramachandra
Guha
8. “The Great Indian Novel” by Shashi Tharoor
9. “The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857” by William Dalrymple
10. “Freedom at Midnight” by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
11. “The Emergency: A Personal History” by Coomi Kapoor
12. “The Hindus: An Alternative History” by Wendy Doniger
13. “Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent” by Pranay Lal
14. “The White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India” by William
Dalrymple
15. “India: A History” by John Keay
16. “The Idea of India” by Sunil Khilnani
17. “The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories” by Partha
Chatterjee
18. “The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture, and Identity” by
Romila Thapar
19. “Gandhi: An Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments with Truth” by Mahatma
Gandhi
20. “The Indian War of Independence 1857” by V.D. Savarkar
21. “The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier That Divided a People” by
Roy Moxham
22. “India: From Midnight to the Millennium” by Shashi Tharoor
23. “India’s Ancient Past” by R.S. Sharma
24. “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh
25. “India: A Portrait” by Patrick French
26. “A History of Modern India” by Rajiv Ahir
27. “In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India” by Edward Luce
28. “The Life of the Buddha” by Ashvaghosha
29. “The Scramble for India: Lessons of the 2009 Elections” by Sagarika Ghose
30. “The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi” by Ranajit Guha

Famous Books and Authors generic Category wise

Classic Literature:

1. “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

2. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
3. “1984” by George Orwell
4. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville
6. “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy
7. “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
8. “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
9. “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë
10. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker

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Modern Fiction:

1. “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
3. “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. “The Harry Potter Series” by J.K. Rowling
5. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
6. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown
7. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
8. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson
9. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
10. “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini
Mystery and Thriller:

1. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle

2. “Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie
3. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson
5. “The Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris
6. “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie
7. “The Shining” by Stephen King
8. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown
9. “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly
10. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides
Science Fiction:

1. “Dune” by Frank Herbert

2. “1984” by George Orwell
3. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
4. “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
6. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
7. “Neuromancer” by William Gibson
8. “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells
9. “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson
10. “The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fantasy:

1. “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. “Harry Potter Series” by J.K. Rowling
3. “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis
4. “A Song of Ice and Fire” (Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin
5. “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss
7. “Mistborn: The Final Empire” by Brandon Sanderson
8. “The Final Empire” by Brandon Sanderson

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9. “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman

10. “The Belgariad” by David Eddings
Romance:

1. “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

2. “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell
3. “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon
4. “The Notebook” by Nicholas Sparks
5. “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
6. “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes
7. “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë
8. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
9. “The Bridges of Madison County” by Robert James Waller
10. “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion
Historical Fiction:

1. “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr

2. “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
3. “The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett
4. “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel
5. “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell
6. “Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden
7. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
8. “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
9. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris
10. “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead
Non-Fiction (Biographies and Autobiographies):

1. “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank

2. “Long Walk to Freedom” by Nelson Mandela
3. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson
4. “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
5. “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah
6. “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
7. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert
8. “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer
9. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls
10. “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China” by Jung Chang
Self-Help and Personal Development:

1. “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey

2. “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
3. “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck
4. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear
5. “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle
6. “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman

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7. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson

8. “You Are a Badass” by Jen Sincero
9. “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth
10. “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz
Philosophy:

1. “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius

2. “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” by Friedrich Nietzsche
3. “Beyond Good and Evil” by Friedrich Nietzsche
4. “The Republic” by Plato
5. “The prince” by Niccolò Machiavelli
6. “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau
7. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
8. “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse
9. “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri
10. “The Stranger” by Albert Camus
Science and Nature:

1. “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking

2. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
3. “Cosmos” by Carl Sagan
4. “The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins
5. “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson
6. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot
7. “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert
8. “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond
9. “The Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin
10. “The Emperor of All Maladies” by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Psychology:

1. “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

2. “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
3. “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain
4. “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell
5. “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg
6. “Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman
7. “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
8. “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely
9. “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk
10. “Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert
Business and Economics:

1. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki

2. “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries
3. “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
4. “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel

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5. “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman

6. “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss
7. “Freakonomics” by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. “The Innovator’s Dilemma” by Clayton Christensen
9. “The E-Myth Revisited” by Michael E. Gerber
10. “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek
Politics and Social Issues:

1. “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

2. “The Federalist Papers” by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
3. “The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan
4. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
5. “The Road to Serfdom” by Friedrich Hayek
6. “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
7. “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
8. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance
9. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond
10. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
Poetry:

1. “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman

2. “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
3. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
4. “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg
5. “Beowulf” (Anonymous)
6. “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer
7. “Paradise Lost” by John Milton
8. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
9. “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri
10. “The Iliad” by Homer
Travel and Adventure:

1. “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer

2. “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
3. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed
5. “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
6. “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” by John Steinbeck
7. “In Patagonia” by Bruce Chatwin
8. “Seven Years in Tibet” by Heinrich Harrer
9. “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer
10. “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson
Religion and Spirituality:

1. “The Bible” (Various authors)

2. “The Quran” (Various authors)

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3. “The Bhagavad Gita” (Various authors)

4. “The Tao Te Ching” by Laozi
5. “The Dhammapada” (Various authors)
6. “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
7. “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis
8. “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle
9. “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse
10. “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield
Science Fiction and Fantasy Series:

1. “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. “Harry Potter Series” by J.K. Rowling
3. “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis
4. “A Song of Ice and Fire” (Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin
5. “Dune Series” by Frank Herbert
6. “The Wheel of Time” by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
7. “The Foundation Trilogy” by Isaac Asimov
8. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
9. “The Dark Tower Series” by Stephen King
10. “The Discworld Series” by Terry Pratchett
Young Adult and Children’s Fiction:

1. “Harry Potter Series” by J.K. Rowling

2. “The Hunger Games Trilogy” by Suzanne Collins
3. “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis
4. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
5. “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
6. “The Percy Jackson Series” by Rick Riordan
7. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
8. “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton
9. “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
10. “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mystery and Detective Series:

1. “Sherlock Holmes” Series by Arthur Conan Doyle

2. “Hercule Poirot” Series by Agatha Christie
3. “Miss Marple” Series by Agatha Christie
4. “Nancy Drew” Series by Carolyn Keene
5. “The Hardy Boys” Series by Franklin W. Dixon
6. “Alex Cross” Series by James Patterson
7. “Inspector Morse” Series by Colin Dexter
8. “Stephanie Plum” Series by Janet Evanovich
9. “Jack Reacher” Series by Lee Child
10. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Series by Stieg Larsson

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List Of Important Books & Authors

Name of the Book Name of the Author

2014: The Election That Changed India Rajdeep Sardesai
30 Women in Power Their Voices, Their Stories- Naina Lal Kidwai
50 years of man in space Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher
A Bend in the river V S Naipaul
A Brush with Life Satish Gujral
A Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru
A China Passage J.K. Galbraith
A Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Granth S S Kohli
Sahib
A Dangerous place D.P. Moynihan
A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
A Foreign Policy for India I K Gujral
A Haunted House Virginia Woolf
A Himalayan Love Story Namita Gokhale
A Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid Bette Dam
Karzai Came to Power
A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare
A Million Mutinies, now V.S. Napal
A Nation Flawed-Lesson from Indian History P N Chopra
A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy
A Passage to India E.M. Forster
A Peep into the Past Vasant Navrekar
A Possible India Partha Chatterjee
A Prisoner’s Scrapbook L.K. Advani
A Psychoanalysis of the Prophets Abdulla Kamal
A Reveolutionary Life Laxmi Sehgal
A Season of Ghosts Ruskin Bond
A Secular Agenda Arun Shourie
A Story of History Arnold Toynbee
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
A Village by the Sea Anita Desai
A Week with Gandhi Louis Fischer
A Woman’s Life Guy de Maupassant
Acoession to Extinction D R Mankekar
Across Borders, Fifty-years of India’s Foreign J N Dixit
Policy
Adhe Adhure Mohan Rakesh
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Tom Saweyer Mark Twain
Aesop’s Fables Aesop
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After the Dark Night S M Ali

Against the Tide Minoo Masani
Age of Reason Jean Paul Sartre
Agni Pariksha Acharya Tulsi
Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal
Ajatshatru Jai Shankar Prasad
Akbar – The Aesthete Dr. Indu Anand
Akbarnama Abul Fazal
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Amar Kosh Amar Singh
An idealist View of Life Dr S Radhakrishnan
An iron Will Swett Marden
Anand Math Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
Anatomy of a Flawed inheritance J N Dixit
Anguish of Deprived Lakshmidhar Mishra
Animal Farm George Orwell
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Arabian Nights Sir Richard Burton
Area of Darkness V S Naipaul
Arion and the Dolphin Vikram Seth
Around the World in eighty days Jules Verne
Arthashastra Kautilya
As You Like It W. Shakespeare
Ashtadhyayi Panini
Asia and Western Dominance K M Panikkar
Asian Drama Gunnar Myrdal
Assassination of a Prime Minister S Anandram
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Faraz Ahmad
Job?
Assignment Colombo J N Dixit
Atoms of Hope Mohan Sundara Rajan
Avanti Sundari Dandi
Avigyan Sakuntalam Kalidas
Awakening India’s Social Conscience Dr. Narendra Jadhav
Baburnama Babur
Bachelor of Arts R. K. Narayan
Backward Place Ruth Prawer Jhabwala
Bal Gitayan D.P. Maheshwari
Bandicoot Run Manohar Malgonkar
Bang-i-Dara Mohammad lqbal
Beginning of the Beginning Acharya Rajneesh
Bend in the Ganges Manohar Malgonkar
Between the Lines Kuldeep Nayyar
Bewildered India-Identity, Pluralism, Rasheedud-din Khan
Discord
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Beyond Boundaries: A Memoire Swaraj Paul

Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi’s Teesta Setalvad
Assassination
Beyond Modernisation, Beyond Self Sisir Kumar Ghose
Bhagwat Gita Veda Vyas
Bharaitya Parampara Ke Mool Swar Govind Chandra Pande
Bharal Aur Europe Nirmal Verma
Bharat Bharati Maithili Sharan Gupta
Bisarjan R N Tagore
Bitter Sweet Noel Coward
Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai Sandeep Unnithan
26/11
Blind Men of Hindustan indo-Pak Nuclear Gen Krishnaswamy Sundarji
War
Bliss was it in that Dawn Minoo Masani
Borders & Boundaries: Ritu Menon & Kamla
Born Again on the Mountain Arunima Sinha
Bostaan Sheikh Saadi
Bread, Beauty and Revolution Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
Breaking the Silence Anees Jung
Breakthrough Gen Moshe Dayan
Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories Khushwant Singh
Bridge’s Book of Beauty Mulk Raj Anand
Brishbikkha Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Britain’s True History Prem Bhatia
Broken Wings Sarojini Naidu
Bubble Mulk Raj Anand
Buddha Charitam Ashvaghosha
Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru
By God’s Decree Kapil Dev
Canterbury Tales Chaucer
Chemmeen Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Chidambara Sumitra Nandan Pant
Chikaveera Rajendra Masti Venkatesh lyengar
Childe Harold Lord Byron
China Passage John Kenneth Galbraith
China: Confucius in the Shadow Poonam Surie
Chinese Betrayal B N Mullick
Chithirappaavai P V Akilandam
Chitra Rabindranath Tagore
Chitralekha Bhagwati Charan Verma
Chittirappavai One World to Share Sridath P.V. Akhilandam
Ramphal
Comedy of Errors Shakespeare
Communist Manifesto Karl Marx

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Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Pradeep Baijal

Power & Private Enterprise
Confessions of a Lover Mulk Raj Anand
Confidential Clerk T.S. Eliot
Confrontation with Pakistan Gen B M Kaul
Conquest of Self Mahatma Gandhi
Continent of Circle Nirad C Chaudhuri
Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore
Crescent Moon Rabindranath Tagore
Crescent Over Kashmir Anil Maheshwari
Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky
Crisis into Chaos E M S Namboodiripad
Crossing the Sacred Line- Women’s Abhilasha Kumari, Sabina
Crown and the Loincloth Chaman Nahal
Cuckold Kiran Nagar Kar
Culture in the Vanity Bag Nirad C Chaudhuri
Curtain Raisers K Natwar Singh
Dark Room R K Narayan
Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Gautam Chintamani
Khanna
Das Kapital Karl Marx
Dashkumar Charitam Dandi
Daughter of the East Benazir Bhutto
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Day in Shadow Nayantara Sehgal
Days of My Years H P Nanda
Death of a City Amrita Pritam
Death-The Supreme Friend Kakasaheb Kalelkar
Decline and fall of Indira Gandhi D R Mankekar and Kamala Mankekar
Degeneration of India T.N. Seshan
Democracy Redeemed V K Narsimhan
Deserted Village Goldsmith
Devadas Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Dharmashastra Manu
Diana, The True Story A. Morton
Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Distant Drums Manohar Malgonkar
Distant Neighbours Kuldip Nayar
Divine Comedy Dante
Divine Life Swami Sivananda
Don’t Laugh-We are Police Bishan Lal Vohra
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde R.L. Stevenson
Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak
Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years Pranab Mukherjee
Dream in Hawaii Bhabani Bhattacharya
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Durgesh Nandini Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Dynamics of Social Change Chandra Shekhar
East of Eden B N Mullick
East West Salman Rushdie
Economic Planning of India Ashok Mehta
Economics of the Third World S K Ray
Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas Vinod Mehta
and Me
Education of Muslims Professor JS Rajput
Eight Lives Rajmohan Gandhi
End of an Era C S Pandit
Ends and means Aldous Huxley
English August Upamanyu Chatterjee
Essays for Manmohan Singh I J Ahluwalia & M D Little
Essays on Gita Sri Aurbindo Ghosh
Eternal Himalayas Major H P S Ahluwalia
Eternal India Indira Gandhi
Every Man a King Swett Marden
Faces and Places Prof. Deepak Nayyar
Faces to Everest Maj H P S Ahluwalia
Facts are Facts Khan Abdul Wali Khan
Faith & Fire: A Way Within Madhu Tandon
Fall of a Sparrow Salim Ali
Family Life Akhil Sharma (winner of the Folio Prize 2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
Farewell to a Ghost Manoj Das
Fasana-i-Azad Ratan Nath Sarkar
Father and Sons Ivan Turganev
Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar Dilip D’Souza
Five Point Someone Chetan Bhagat
Flames from the Ashes P D Tandon
Flood of Fire Amitav Ghosh
Food for All Uma Lele
Food, Nutrition and Poverty in India V K R V Rao
For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway
Forbidden Sea Tara Ali Baig
Forsyte Saga John Galsworthy
Fortynine Days Amrita Pritam
Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of SK Rath
Mumbai Terror Attacks
Freedom at Midnight Dominique Lapierre
French Revolution Thomas Carlyle
Friends and Foes Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Friends, Not Masters Ayub Khan
From India to America S Chandrashekhar
From Rajpath to Lokpath Vijaya Raja Scindia
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Future of NPT Savita Pande

Ganadevata Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
Gardener Rabindra Nath Tagore
Gathering Storm Winston Churchill
Geeta Govind Jaya Dev
Geetanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ghasiram Kotwal Vijay Tendulkar
Ghosts of Calcutta Sebastian Ortiz
Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gitanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore
Glimpses of Indian Ocean Z A Quasim
Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru
Globalisation, Democratization and Dr. Mool Chand Sharma
Distributive Justice
Godrej: A Hundred Years B K Karanjia
Golden Gate Vikram Seth
Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu
Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore
Grammar of Politics Harold T.Laski
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
Great Depression of 1990 Ravi Batra
Great Tragedy Z.A. Bhutto
Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Jairam Ramesh
Democracy in India
Gul-e-Naghma Raghupati Sahai‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri
Gulistan Boston Sheikh Saadi
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
Gulzari Lal Nanda: A Peep Promilla Kalhan
Gurusagaram O V Vijayan
Half Girlfriend Chetan Bhagat
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Harsha Charit Bana Bhatt The Legacy of Nehru K. Natwar
Singh
Harvest Majula Padmanabhan
Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabwala
Heavy Weather P G Wodehouse
Heir Apparent Dr Karan Singh
Henry Esmond Thackeray
Higher than Hope Fatima Meer
Himalayan Blunder Brig J P Dalvi
Hind Swaraj M K Gandhi
Hindi Sahitya Aur Samvedna Ka Vikas R S Chaturvedi
Hindu Civilisation J M Barrie
Hindu View of Life Dr S Radhakrishnan
Hinduism Nirad C Chaudhary
History of Hindu Chemistry Sir P C Ray
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Hitopadesh R K Narayan
House Divided Pearl S. Buck
Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo
Hungry Stones Rabindranath Tagore
I am Malala Malala Yousufzai and Christina Lamb
I am not an Island K A Abbas
I Dare Parmesh Dangwal
I follow the Mahatma K M Munshi
I Muse; Therefore, I am V N Narayanan
Idle Hours R.K. Laxman
Idols Sunil Gavaskar
If I am Assassinated Z.A. Bhutto
In the Light of the Black Sun Rohit Manchanda
In the Shadow of Pines Mandeep Rai
India 2020: A Vision for the New Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Millennium
India at Risk Jaswant Singh
India Divided Dr.Rajendra Prasad
India in Transition Prof Jagdish Bhagwati
India is for Sale Chitra Subramaniam
India of Our Dreams M V Kamath
India Today Rajni Palme Dutt
India Wins Freedom Maulana Azad
India, the Critial Years Kuldip Nayar
India’s Culture the State the Arts & Beyond B P Singh
India’s Economic Crisis Dr Bimal Jalan
India-A Wounded Civilisation V S Naipaul
India-From Curzon to Nehru and After Durga Dass
India-From Midnight to the Millennium Shashi Tharoor
India-Independence Festival (1947-1997) Raghu Rai
Indian Arms Bazaar Maj-Gen, Pratap Narain
Indian Home Rule M K Gandhi
Indian Muslims Prof Mohd Mujeeb
Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Meira Kumar
Perspective
Indian Philosophy Dr S Radhakrishnan
Indian War of Independence V.D. Savarkar
Indira Gandhi’s Emergence Nayantara Sehgal
Indira’s India S Nihal Singh
Inside the C.B.I. Joginder Singh
Insider P V Narsimha Rao
Intelligence Services Dr Bhashyam Kasturi
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
It is Always Possible Kiran Bedi
Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie
Jai Somnath K M Munshi
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Jajar, Churashir Maa Mahashweta Devi

Jankijeevanam Prof Rajendra Mishra
Jawaharlal Nehru, Rebel and Statesman B R Nanda
Jawaharlal Nehru-A Communicator Damodaran, A. K.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir Book Salman Rushdie
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Junglee Girl Ginu Kamani
Jurassic Park Michael Chrichton
Kadambari Bana Bhatt
Kagaz Te Kanwas Amrita Pritam
Kali Aandhi Kamleshwar
Kamadhenu Kubernath Ray
Kamasutra Vatsyayan
Kamasutra S.H. Vatsayayan
Kamayani Jai Shankar Pandit
Kanthapura Raja Rao
Kanyadaan Vijay Tendulkar
Kapal Kundala Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Kashmir A Tragedy of Errors Tavleen Singh
Kashmir Diary: Psychology of Militancy Gen Arjun Ray
Kashmir in the Crossfire Victoria Shaffield
Kashmir-A Tale of Shame Hari Jaisingh
Kashmir-Behind the Vale M J Akbar
Kashmir-The Wounded Valley Ajit Bhattacharjee
Katghare Main Ram Sharan Joshi
Kaya Kulp Premchand
Kayakalp Munshi Prem Chand
Kayar Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Keepers of the Keys Milan Kundera
Khushwantnama -The Lessons of My Life Khushwant singh
King of Dark Chamber Rabindra Nath Tagore
Kiratarjuniya Bharavi
Kitni Navon Main Kitni Bar S H Vatsyayan
Koraner Nari Taslima Nasreen
Kore Kagaz Amrita Pritam
Kulliyat Ghalib
Kumar Sambhava Kalidas
Lady Chhatterley’s Lover D.H. Lawrence
Lajja Tasleem Nasreen
Lal Bahadur Shastri C P Srivastava
Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership Pavan Choudary
Law, Lawyers & Judges H R Bhardwaj
Laws Versus Justice V R Krishna Iyer
Le Contract Social Jean Jacques Rousseau
Less Miserable Victor Hugo
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Life Divine Shri Aurobindo

Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera
Lipika Rabindranath Tagore
Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton
Living with Honour Shiv Khera
Lolita Vladimir Nobokov
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
Lost Child Mulk Raj Anand
Love and Longing in Bombay Vikram Chandra
Love in A Blue Time Hanif Khureshi
Love, Truth and A Little Malice Khushwant Singh
Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
Madhushala Harivansh Rai ‘Bachchan’
Magnificent Maharaja K Natwar Singh
Mahabharata Maharshi Ved Vyas
Mahatma Gandhi Girija Kumar Mathur
Making India Awesome Chetan Bhagat
Malati Madhav Bhavabhuti
Malavikagnimitra Kalidas
Malti Madhav Bhavbhuti
Malvikagnimitra Kalidas
Man, and Superman G. B. Shaw
Manviya Sanskriti Ke Rachnatmak Aayam Prof Raghuvansh
Many Worlds K P S Menon
Mati Matal Gopinath Mohanty
Meghdoot Kalidas
Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler
Memoris of a Bystander: Life in Diplomacy lqbal Akhund
Men Who Killed Gandhi Manohar Malgonkar
Merchant of Venice Shakespeare
Meri Rehen Meri Manzil Krishna Puri
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie
Million Mutinies Now V S Naipaul
Missed Oppertunites: Indo-Pak War 1965 Maj-Gen, Lakshman Singh
Mistaken identity Nayantara Sehgal
Modernity Morality and The Mahatma Madhuri Santhanam Sondhi
Modi – Incredible emergence of a star (in Tarun Vijay
Chinese language)
Mondays on Dark Night of Moon Kirin Narayan
Mookhajjiva Kanasugalu K Shivram Karanth
Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie
Mother Maxim Gorky
Mrinalini Bankim Chandra Charrerjee
Mritunjaya Shivaji Sawant
Mrs Funny bones Twinkle Khanna
Mrs Gandhi’s Second Reign Arun Shourie
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Mudra Rakshasa Vishakha Datt

Mughal Maharajas and The Mahatma K R N Swami
Munger through the Ages Late DP Yadav
Murder in the Cathedral T.S. Eliot
Muslim Law and the Constitution A M Bhattacharjea
My country My Life L.K. Advani
My Days R K Narayan
My Experiment with Truth M K Gandhi
My India S Nihal Singh
My Life and Times V V Giri
My Music My Life Pt Ravi Shankar
My Music, My Love Ravi Shankar
My Own Boswell M Hidayatullah
My Presidential Years Ramaswamy Venkataraman
My Prison Diary J P Narayan
My South Block Years J N Dixit
My Struggles E K Nayanar
My Truth Indira Gandhi
My Unforgettable Memories Mamata Banerjee
My Years with Rajiv and Sonia - R.D.Pradhan
n the Service of the People Promilla Kalhan
Naari Humayun Azad
Naganandan Harsha Vardhana
Nai Duniya Ko Salam & Pathor Ki Dewar Ali Sardar Jafri
Naivedyam (The Offering) N Balamani Amma
Naked Triangle Balwant Gargi
Naku Thanthi D R Bendre
Natya Shastra Bharat Muni
Nehru Family and Sikhs Harbans Singh
Neither a Hawk nor a dove Khurshid M Kasuari
Netaji-Dead or Alive Samar Guha
New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy Atal Behari Vajpayee
Nice Guys Finish Second B K Nehru
Nine Days’ Wonder John Mansfield
Nineteen Eighty-four George Orwell
Nirbashita Narir Kabita Taslima Nasreen
Nisheeth Uma Shankar Joshi
Niti-Sataka Bhartrihari
Non-Violence in Peace and War M K Gandhi
Not Just an Accountant Vinod Rai
Nuclear India G G Mirchandani and P K S
Nurturing Development Ismail Serageldin
of Human Bondage Somerset Maugham
Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Life is Not Enough Natwar Singh
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One-eyed Uncle Laxmikant Mahapatra

Operation Bluestar-the True Story Lt-Gen K S Brar
Origin of species Charles Darwin
Othello Shakespeare
Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray
Our India Minoo Masani
Out of Dust F D Karaka
Padmavati Malik Mohammed Jayasi
Painter of Signs R K Narayan
Pakistan Cut to Size D R Mankekar
Pakistan in the 20th Century Lawrence Ziring
Pakistan Papers Mani Shankar Aiyer
Pakistan, The Gathering Storm Behazir Bhutto
Panchagram Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya
Paradise Lost John Milton
Passage to England Nirad C Chaudhuri
Past Forward G R Narayanan
Pather Panchali Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyaya
Peace has no Alternative Mikhail Gorbachev
Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan
Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that John Bunyan
which is to come
Plans for Departure Nayantara Sehgal
Playing It My Way Sachin Tendulkar and Boria Mazumder
Political Economy Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal
Portrait of India Ved Mehta
Post Office Rabindranath Tagore
Prathma Pratishruti Ashapoorna Devi
Prem Pachisi Prem Chand
Price of Partition Rafiq Zakaria
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Principia Isaac Newton
Prison and Chocolate Cake Nayantara Sehgal
Prison Diary Jayaprakash Narayan
Prisoner’s Scrapbook L K Advani
Prithviraj Raso Chand Bardai
Profiles & Letters K Natwar Singh
Public Issues Before Parliament Vijay Darda
Punjab, The Knights of Falsehood K P S Gill
Quest for Conscience Madhu Dandavate
R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music Khagesh Dev Burman
Radharani Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Raghuvansha Kalidasa
Rajtarangini Kalhana
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Ram Charit Manas Tulsidas

Ramayana Maharishi Valmiki (in Sanskrit)
Ramayana Dharshanam K V Puttappa
Ramcharitmanas (105-year-old Urdu copy) Shiv Brat Lal
Rangbhoomi Prem Chand
Rang-e-Shairi Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri
Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri Dr R L Bhat
Ratnavali Harsha Vardhan
Ravi Paar (Across the Ravi) Gulzar
Rediscovering Gandhi Yogesh Chadha
Reminiscences of the Nehru Age M O Mathai
Return of the Aryans Bhagwan S Gidwani
Returning to the Source Acharya Rajneesh
Revenue Stamp Amrita Pritam
Rich Like Us Nayantara Sehgal
Ritu Ka Pehla Phool Vijendra
Ritu Samhara Kalidas
River Sutra Gita Mehta
Road to Freedom K K Khullar
Robaiyat Omar Khayyam
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Rugby Chapel Mathew Arnold
Rukh Te Rishi Harbhajan Singh
Runs in Ruins Sunil Gavaskar
Sader-i-Riyasat Karan Singh
Sakharam Binder Vijay Tendulkar
Sardar Patel and Indian Muslims Rafiq Zakaria
Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie
Satyartha Prakash Swami Dayanand
Savitri Aurobindo Ghosh
Sceptred Flute Sarojini Naidu
Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C Chaudhuri
Scope of Happiness Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Search for Home Sasthi Brata
Search for Political Power Abhilasha & Sabina Kidwai
Sense of Time S H Vatsyayan
Seven Summers Mulk Raj Anand
Shah Nama Firdausi
Shahnama Firdausi
Shakuntalam Kalidas
Shape of Things to Come H. G. Wells
Silas Marner George Eliot
Social Contract Rousseau Sursagar
Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence
Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Saptarshi Sarkar
Controversy
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Strictly Personal Manmohan and Gursharan- Daman Singh

Sunny Days Sunil Gavaskar
Super Economies Raghav Bahl
Tehriq-e-Mujahideen Dr Sadiq Hussain
the Accidental Prime Minister the making and unmaking of Manmohan
Singh - Sanjaya Baru
The Affluent Society J.K. Galbraith
The Assassination K Mohandas
The Betrayal of East Pakistan Lt Gen A A K
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
The Bubble Mulk Raj Anand
The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh
The Career & Legend of Vasco de Gama Sanjay Subramanyam
The Castle Franz Kalka
The Chinese Betrayal B N Mullick
The City of Joy Dominique Lapierre
The Class Erich Byron
The Clown Heinrich Boll
The Congress Splits R P Rao
The Courage to Act – A Memoir of a Crisis Ben S. Bernanke
and Its Aftermath
The Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon
The Defeat or Distant Drumbeats Bhaskar Roy
The Elephant Paradigm Gurcharan Das
The Emperor’s New Suit Hans Chrishtian Anderson
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
The Godfather Mario Puzo
The Guide R K Narayan
The Inheritance of Loss Anita Desai
The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Tarun Khanna
Megacity
The Lady of the Last Minstrel Sir Walter Scott
The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee
The Masters C. P. Shaw
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
The Moon and Six pence Somerset Maughan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan
The One Day Wonders Sunil Gavaskar
The Other Side of Midnight Sidney Sheldon
The Otherness of Self Feroz Varun Gandhi
The Tempest Shakespeare
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith
The Wrong Enemy America in Afghanistan, 2001- 2014 - Carlotta
Gall
Three Musketeers Alexander Dumas
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Time Machine H.G. Wells

To the Brink and Back:India’s 1991 Story Jairam Ramesh
Tom Jones Henry Fielding
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Trail of Jesus John Masefield
Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences Abdul Kalam
with Pramukh Swamiji
Treasure Island R.L. Stevenson
Truth Always Prevails Sadruddin Hashwani
Two Year Eight Months and Twenty –Eight Salman Rushdi
Night
Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri
Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad Prof Bhim Singh
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Mrs. Haraiet Stowe
Unhappy India Lala Lajpat Rai
Universe Around Us James Jeans
Until Darkness Parvin Ghaffari
Unto The Last John Ruskin
Untold Story Gen B M Kaul
Urvashi Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
Utopia Sir Thomas Moor
Utouchable Mulk Raj Anand
Uttar Ramcharita Bhava Bhuti
Vanity Fair Thackeray
Vanity Fair Thackeray
Vendor of Sweets R K Narayan
Venisamhara Narayana Bhatt
Village Mulk Raj Anand
Village by the Sea Anita Desai
Vinay Patrika Tulsidas
Virangana Maithili Sharan Gupta
Vish Vriksha Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Voice of Conscience V V Giri
Voice of Freedom Nayantara Sehgal
Waiting for God Thomas Becket
Waiting for the Mahatma R K Narayan
Walking with Giants G. Ramachandran (former Finance Secretary)
Walls of Glass K A Abbas
War and No Peace Over Kashmir Maroof Raza
War and peace and Style Leo Tolstoy
War of Indian Independence Vir Savarkar
Waste Land T.S.Eliot
Water, Peace and War –Confronting the Brahma Chellaney Ambedkar
Global Water Crisis
We Indians Khushwant Singh
We, the People N A Palkhivala
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Wealth of Nations Adam Smith

Why I Assassinated Gandhi Nathuram Godse
Widening Divide Rafiq Zakaria
Wings of Fire Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Without Fear or Favour Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Witness to History Prem Bhatia
Women and Men in My Life Khushwant Singh
Women in India’s Partition Bhasin
Worshipping False Gods Arun Shourie
Worthy Fights A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace -
Leon Panetta and Jim Newton
Wreck Rabindra Nath Tagore
Yajnaseni Dr Pratibha Roy
Yama Mahadevi Verma
Yashodhara Maithili Sharan Gupta
Yayati V S Khandekar
Year of the Vulture Amita Malik
Years of Pilgrimage Dr Raja Ramanna
Yesterday and today K P S Menon
Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed Ravinder Singh
him What Love
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto & Pakistan Rafi Raza

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List of Famous Gardens in India

Name of the Garden City State

Rock Garden of Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh

Kalindi Kunj New Delhi Delhi

Lodi Garden New Delhi Delhi

Mughal Garden New Delhi Delhi

Balasinor Dinosaur Fossil Park Mahisagar Gujarat

Law Garden Ahmedabad Gujarat

Sarita Udyan Gandhinagar Gujarat

Pinjore Garden Panchkula Haryana

Chashme Shahi Srinagar J&K

Nishat Bagh Srinagar J&K

Shalimar Bagh Srinagar J&K

Tulip Garden Srinagar J&K

Brindhavan Garden Mysore Karnataka

Lal Bagh Bangalore Karnataka

Pilikula Botanical Garden Mangalore Karnataka

Malampuzha Garden Palakkad Kerala

Hanging Garden Mumbai Maharashtra

Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar Punjab

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Chambal Garden Kota Rajasthan

Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park Jodhpur Rajasthan

Sajjan Niwas Garden (Gulab Bagh) Udaipur Rajasthan

Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden Gangtok Sikkim

Auroville Botanical Gardens Auroville Tamil Nadu

Government Botanical Garden Ooty Tamil Nadu

Sim’s Park Coonoor Tamil Nadu

Company Garden Allahabad Uttar Pradesh

Jhansi Botanical Garden Jhansi Uttar Pradesh

Mehtab Bagh Agra Uttar Pradesh

Saharanpur Botanical Garden Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh

Chaubatia Garden Chaubatia Uttarakhand

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Kolkata West Bengal

Lloyd’s Botanical Garden Darjeeling West Bengal

Rock Garden Darjeeling West Bengal

The Royal Botanical Garden Howrah West Bengal

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List of Important and Famous Forts

Name Place Built by Year Notes

Neemrana is an
ancient historical
town in Alwar district
of Rajasthan. It is the
site of a 16th-century
Alwar, Prithviraj hill-fort occupied by
Neemrana Fort 16th Century
Rajasthan Chauhan Chauhans till 1947.
The erstwhile ruling
family is considered to
be of the direct
lineage of Prithviraj
Chauhan.

Lohagarh Fort (or Iron

Fort) is situated at
Bharatpur in
Rajasthan. It was
constructed by
Bharatpur, Maharaja
Lohagarh Fort 18th Century Bharatpur Jat rulers.
Rajasthan Suraj Mal
Maharaja Suraj Mal
built the Lohagarh
Fort, one of the
strongest ever built in
Indian history.

-Described as a
paradox between
Medieval Military &
Bikaner, Maharaja Rai Meticulous interiors.
Junagarh Fort 1588
Rajasthan Singh -Fort has number of
palaces & Temples
made of sandstone
and marbles.

This fort was once

self-Sufficient in water
Chittorgarh, Maharana
Chittorgarh Fort 15th Century with 84 water bodies
Rajasthan Kumbha
however, remaining
are only 21.

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-Known as “Gateway
of Rajasthan”
Amber,
Raja Man 10th Century – originally built by
Amber Fort Jaipur,
Singh 1599 the Meenas
Rajasthan
-The Fort is believed
to be unconquered.

Amalgamation of
various styles of
Jaipur, Sawai Jai architecture, namely
City Palace 18th Century
Rajasthan Singh II. the Mughal,
Rajputana and
European Styles.

Jaigarh Fort is situated

on the promontory
called the Cheel ka
Teela (Hill of Eagles)
of the Aravalli range;
it overlooks the Amer
Fort and the Maota
Jaipur,
Jaigarh Fort Jai Singh II 1726 Lake, near Amer in
Rajasthan
Jaipur, Rajasthan,
India. The fort was
built by Jai Singh II in
1726 to protect the
Amer Fort and its
palace complex and
was named after him.

Nahargarh Fort stands

on the edge of the
Aravalli Hills, in Jaipur,
Rajasthan. Along with
Jaipur, Sawai Jai
Nahargarh Fort 1734 Amer Fort and Jaigarh
Rajasthan Singh II
Fort, Nahargarh once
formed a strong
defense ring for the
city.

-One of the largest

Jaisalmer, desert forts in the
Jaisalmer Fort Rawal Jaisal 12th Century world in fact a large
Rajasthan
population of the city
resides in the fort.
-Fort is built without
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using water,
therefore, is a marvel
of architecture.

Ranthambore Fort lies

within the
Ranthambore
National Park, near
the city of Sawai
Madhopur. The fort
was held by the
Chahamanas
(Chauhans) until the
13th century, when
Sawai the Delhi Sultanate
Ranthambore
Madhopur, Chauhan 13th century captured it. In 2013,
Fort
Rajasthan at the 37th session of
the World Heritage
Committee,
Ranthambore Fort,
along with 5 other
Forts of Rajasthan,
was declared a
UNESCO World
Heritage Site under
the group Hill Forts of
Rajasthan.

-Known as “The Sun

Fort”
Jodhpur,
Mehrangarh Fort Rao Jodha 15th Century – “Not a work of men
Rajasthan
but giants”
– Rudyard Kipling

Kumbhalgarh (literally
“Kumbhal fort”) is a
Mewar fortress on the
westerly range of
Rajsamand, Aravalli Hills, in the
Kumbhalgarh Fort Rana Kumbha 15th Century Rajsamand district
Rajasthan
near Udaipur of
Rajasthan. It is a
World Heritage Site
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the 15th century by

Rana Kumbha.

Malhargarh is a hill
fort in western India,
near Saswad, 30
kilometers from Pune.
It is also known as
Sonori, Sonori Fort due to its
Malhargad/Sonori
Pune, Marathas 1775 location in Sonori
Fort
Maharashtra village. The fort was
named for Lord
Malhari and was the
last fort built by the
Marathas in about
1775.

Sinhagad is a hill
fortress located at
around 35 km
southwest of the city
of Pune. Some of the
information available
at this fort suggests
that the fort could
have been built 2000
Pune, years ago. The caves
Sinhagad Fort Shivaji 14th Century
Maharashtra and the carvings in
the Kaundinyeshwar
temple stand as
proofs for the same.
Previously known as
Kondhana, the fort
had been the site of
many battles, most
notably the Battle of
Sinhagad in 1670.

Purandar Fort is
known as the
Pune, Yadava birthplace of
PurandarFort 11th Century Chatrapati Sambhaji
Maharashtra Dynasty
Maharaj, the son of
Chatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj. The fort is
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in the rising of Shivaji

against the Adil Shahi
Bijapur Sultanate and
the Mughals. The fort
of Purandhar stands
at 4,472 ft (1,387 m)
above the sea level in
the Western Ghats, 50
km to the southeast
of Pune.

Rajgad is a hill fort

situated in the Pune
district of
Maharashtra.
Formerly known as
Murumdev, the fort
was the capital of the
Maratha Empire
under the rule of
Pune, Chhatrapati
Rajgad Fort 1674 Shivaji for almost 26
Maharashtra Shivaji
years, after which the
capital was moved to
the Raigad Fort.
Treasures discovered
from an adjacent fort
called Torna were
used to completely
build and fortify the
Rajgad Fort.

Shaniwarwada is a
historical fortification
in the city of Pune in
Maharashtra. Built in
1732, it was the seat
of the Peshwas of the
Pune, Bajirao
Shaniwar Wada 1732 Maratha Empire until
Maharashtra Peshwa
1818, when the
Peshwas lost control
to the British East
India Company after
the Third Anglo-
Maratha War.

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Shivneri Fort is a
17th-century military
fortification located
near Junnar in Pune
district in
Maharashtra. It is the
birthplace of Shivaji,
the founder of
Maratha Empire.
Pune,
Shivneri Fort the Yadavas 17th Century Shivneri is known to
Maharashtra
be a place of Buddhist
dominion from the
1st century AD. Its
caves, rock-cut
architecture and
water system indicate
the presence of
habitation since 1st
century AD.

Torna Fort, also

known as
Prachandagad, is a
large fort located in
Pune district, of
Maharashtra. It is
Pune, historically significant
Torna Fort Shiva Panth 13th Century
Maharashtra because it was the
first fort captured by
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj in 1646, at
the age of 16, forming
the nucleus of the
Maratha empire.

Murud-Janjira is the
local name of a
famous fort and
tourist place situated
Itbarrao Koli on an island just off
Raigad,
Murud-Janjira & Malik 15th Century the coastal city of
Maharashtra
Ambar Murud, in the Raigad
district of
Maharashtra. Murud-
Janjira Fort is situated
on an oval-shaped
rock off the Arabian
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Sea coast near the

port city of Murud.
Janjira is considered
one of the strongest
marine forts in India.

Pratapgad literally
‘Valour Fort’ is a large
Satara, Ch. Shivaji
Pratapgad fort 1656 fort located in Satara
Maharashtra Maharaj
district, in
Maharashtra.

Sindhudurg Fort is a
historical fort that
occupies an island in
the Arabian Sea, just
off the coast of
Maharashtra. The fort
Sindhudurg, was built by Shivaji.
Sindhudurg Fort Shivaji 1664
Maharashtra The fortress lies on
the shore of Malvan
town of Sindhudurg
District in the Konkan
region of
Maharashtra. It is a
protected monument.

Vijaydurg (sometimes
written as Viziadurg),
the oldest fort on the
Sindhudurg coast, was
constructed during
Vijaydurg, the regime of Raja
Vijaydurg Fort Raja Bhoja II 12th Century
Maharashtra Bhoja II of the
Shilahar dynasty
(construction period
1193-1205) and
restructured by
Shivaji.

-Architecture of the
Kolhapur, Bhoja II, Adil fort is Bijapur style
Panhala Fort 1178
Maharashtra Shah with a peacock motif
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-The Fort was built to

confuse attackers with
its narrow and curvy
Aurangabad, Muhammad path.
Daulatabad Fort 14th Century
Maharashtra Bin Tughluq -Major attraction of
the place is a Maze
built to baffle
attackers.

Bekal Fort was built

by Shivappa Nayaka of
Keladi in 1650 AD, at
Shivappa
Bekal Fort Bekal, Kerala 12th Century Bekal. It is the largest
Nayaka
fort in Kerala,
spreading over 40
acres.

Palakkad Fort is an old

fort situated in the
heart of Palakkad
town of Kerala. It was
recaptured and
Palakkad,
Palakkad Fort Hyder Ali 1766 rebuilt grandly by
Kerala
Sultan Hyder Ali in
1766 ACE and remains
one of the best-
preserved forts in
Kerala.

Bidar Fort is a fort

situated in the Bidder,
Karnataka, India.
Sultan Alla-Ud Din
Bahman of the
Bahmanid Dynasty
shifted his capital
Bidder, Ahmed Shah
Bidar Fort 1427 from Gulbarga to
Karnataka Wali Bahmani
Bidar in 1427 and
built his fort along
with a number of
Islamic monuments.
There are over 30
monuments inside
Bidar fort.

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Chitradurga Fort or as
the British called it
Chitaldoorg, is a
fortification that
straddles several hills
and a peak
overlooking a flat
valley in the
Chitradurga District,
Karnataka, India. The
Chitradurga, 11th and
Chitradurga Fort Chalukyas fort was built in
Karnataka 13th Centuries
stages between the
11th and 13th
centuries by the
dynastic rulers of the
region including the
Chalukyas and
Hoysalas, later the
Nayakas of
Chitradurga of the
Vijayanagar Empire.

-Also called “Tipu

Sultan’s Palace”
Sriranga
Sriranga Patnam Timmanna -Inside the Fort there
Patnam, 1454
Fort Nayaka are many military,
Karnataka
religious and civic
Structures.

-Lies on the bank of

river Yamuna.
-Powerful symbol of
India’s sovereignty.
Red Fort Delhi Shah Jahan 1648 -India’s PM addresses
the nation & hosts
flag on Independence
Day & Republic Day
here.

Uparkot is a fort
located in east side of
Junagadh, Chandragupta Junagadh, Gujarat. A
Uparkot Fort 319 BC
Gujarat Maurya fort and town was
established at the
foothills of Girnar hill
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Maurya Empire and

continued to be used
during Gupta period.

Bhujia Fort, also

spelled as Bhujiya
Fort, is a fort located
in the outskirts of the
town of Bhuj in the
district of Kutch,
Gujarat, India. The
fort is built atop
Bhujia Hill overlooking
the town. The fort
Bhuj, Kutch, was constructed for
Bhujia Fort Rao Godji I (1715–1718)
Gujarat the defense of the city
by Jadeja Chiefs. The
construction of Bhujia
fort was started by
Rao Godji I (1715–
1718) ruler of
Kingdom of Kutch.
The completion was
done during the rule
of his son, Deshalji I
(1718–1741).

-Situated on the
Confluence of
Kangra, Banganga &Manjhi
Kangara Fort Himachal Bhuma Chand 4300 B.C River.
Pradesh -Largest Fort in
Himachal & Oldest in
India.

Leh Palace is a former

royal palace
overlooking the town
of Leh, Ladakh. It was
Sengge constructed circa
Leh Palace Leh, Ladakh 19th Century
Namgyal 1600 by Sengge
Namgyal. The palace
was abandoned when
Dogra forces took
control of Ladakh in
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and forced the royal

family to move to
Stok Palace.

The Orchha Fort

complex, which
houses a large
number of ancient
monuments
consisting of the fort,
palaces, temple, and
other edifices, is
located in the Orchha
Orchha,
Rudra Pratap town, Madhya
Orchha Fort Madhya 16th Century
Singh Pradesh. The fort and
Pradesh
other structures
within it were built by
the Bundela Rajputs
starting from the early
16th century by King
Rudra Pratap Singh of
the Orchha State and
others who followed
him.

-Ruled by 110 rules.

-Ceramic glaze tiles,
Gwalior, beautiful motifs &
Rana Man
Gwalior Fort Madhya 15th Century intricate lattice work
Singh Tomar
Pradesh all contribute in
making it a very
appealing structure

Jhansi Fort or Jhansi

ka Kila is a fortress
situated on a large
hilltop called Bangira,
Jhansi, Uttar Raja Bir Singh in Uttar Pradesh. It
Jhansi Fort 17th Century served as a
Pradesh Ju Deo
stronghold of the
Chandela Kings in
Balwant Nagar from
the 11th through the
17th century. The
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in the middle of
Jhansi city.

Warangal Fort is
located in Warangal
District, Telangana. It
was the capital city of
Kakatiyas and
Kakateya King
Warangal, Musunuri Nayakas. It
Warangal Fort Ganapati 13th Century
Telangana appears to have
Deva
existed since at least
the 12th century
when it was the
capital of the Kakatiya
dynasty.

-Got its name form

“Shepherd’s Hill”
-One can experience
an excellent sense of
Hyderabad, Kakatiya 12th & engineering due to
Golconda Fort
Telangana Kings 16th Century the acoustic effects
produced when
clapping hands can
heard even a
kilometre away.

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List of Bilateral Military Exercise of Indian Army,

Indian Airforce and Indian Navy
Military Exercise Participants Type of First Edition
Exercise
Vajra Prahar 2010 (India)
Army
Yudh Abhyas 2004 (Mizoram)
1975 (Nevada)
India-United
RED FLAG Air Force India Joined for the first time in
Stats
2008 in Nevada.
2019 (Visakhapatnam and
Tiger Triumph Triservice
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh)
Austra Hind Army 2015 (India)
India-Australia
AUSINDEX Navy 2015 (India)
Sampriti Army 2009 (Assam, India)
IN-BN CORPAT Navy 2018 (Visakhapatnam, Andhra
India-Bangladesh
Pradesh)
Bongosagar Navy 2019
Hand in Hand Army 2007 (China)
India-China Rare exercise
Chang Thang Army
Latest held in 2019 in Ladakh
Shakti Army 2011 (Chaubatia, Uttarakhand)
Varuna India-France Navy 1983
Garuda Air Force 2003 (Gwalior, MP)
Garuda Shakti Army 2012 (India)
IND_INDO CORPAT Navy 2002
India-Indonesia
IND-INDO BILAT Navy 2015
Samudra Shakti Navy 2018 (Indonesia)
SHINYUU Maitri Air force
Dharma Guardian Joint
military 2018 (Mizoram, India)
exercise
India-Japan
Sahyog-Kaijin Coast
Guards
JIMEX Navy
2012 (Japan)
(biennial)
Prabal Dostyk
(renamed as Kazlnd in India-Kazakhstan Army 2016 (Kazakhstan)
2018)
Khanjar Indai-Kyrgyzstan Army 2011 (Nahan, India)
Ekuverin India-Maldives Army 2009 (Pune, India)
Harimau Shakti India-Malaysia Army 2012 (Malaysia)
Nomadic Elephant India-Mongolia Army 2004 (Mongolia)

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Imbex Army 2017 (Meghalaya)

India-Myanmar
IMCOR Navy 2013
Surya Kiran India-Nepal Army 2011 (Vairengte, India)
AL NAGAH Army 2015 (Oman)
Naseem-al-Bahr Navy 1993
India-Oman
EASTERN BRIDGE Air Force 2009 (Oman)
(biennial)
Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Road of India-Qatar Navy 2019 (Doha, Qatar)
the sea)
Tri-
INDRA India-Russia services 2003
(biennial)
India-Seychelles Army
LAMITYE 2001
(biennial)
SIMBEX Navy 1994
Agni Warrior India-Singapore Army 2004 (India)
Bold Kurushetra Army 2007
MITRA SHAKTI Army 2014 (Sri Lanka)
India-Sri Lanka
SLINEX Navy 2005
MAITREE India-Thailand Army 2006
AJEYA WARRIOR Army 2005
India-United
KONKAN Navy 2004
Kingdom
Indradhanush Air Force 2006 (India)
DESERT EAGLE India-UAE Air Force 2008 (UAE)
Dustlik India-Uzbekistan Army 2019 (Uzbekistan)
VINBAX India-Vietnam Army 2018 (Jabalpur, MP, India)

Multilateral Exercise of Indian Army, Airforce and Navy

Military Exercise Participants Type of First Edition

Exercise
IBSAMAR India, Brazil & South Navy 2008- South Africa
Africa
Blue Flag India, Israel, USA, Air Force 2013 (Israel)
Poland, Greece, India Participated for the first
Italy, UK time in 2017
1992- Bilateral exercise-USA and
India, United States, India-held in India.
MALABAR Navy
Australia and Japan 2015-Japan joined
2020-Australia joined
Bay of Bengal Initiative Field
for Multi-Sectoral training
Milex 2018-Pune
Technical and military
Economic Cooperation exercise
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(BIMSTEC)-India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Myanmar, Thailand
PASSEX India-Russia, USA, Navy
Australia, Vietnam
SITMEX India, Thailand and Navy 2019 (Port Blair, India)
Singapore
Russia, China, India,
Kazakhstan,
Belarus joining in 2017 and China
TSENTR Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Army
Pakistan and
and Mongolia in 2018.
Uzbekistan
Canada, France (New
Caledonia), Germany,
Indonesia, 1981-Australia
Pitch Black Netherlands, New Air Force Indian Air Force participated for
Zealand, Singapore, the first time in 2018.
Thailand, Malaysia
and the United States
25 member countries
IONS Maritime
and other observe Navy 2022 in Goa and Arabian Sea.
Exercise states of IONS

Domestic Exercise of Indian Armed Forces

Military Exercise Participants

Suraksha Kavach Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercise between Army and Police

Bull Strike Army, Navy and Air force of Andaman and Nicobar Command.

HimVijay Army’s mountain combat exercise

Changthang Prahar Indian Army
Drad Sankalp Indian Army
Shatrujeet Indian Army
Megh Prahar Indian Army
Chakravyuh Indian Army
Gandiv Vijay South Western Command of Indian Army
Vayu Shakti Air Force
Gagan Shakti Air Force
Sudarshan Prahar Indian Army

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Nobel Prize 2024

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
2024 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to John H. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton

U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey

Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their
pioneering work that laid the foundation for machine
learning. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences highlighted
that their discoveries, rooted in physics, have contributed to
the development of artificial neural networks, which are
revolutionizing various fields.

Hopfield, a Princeton professor, created an associative

memory model that stores and reconstructs patterns, while
Hinton, from the University of Toronto, developed methods that autonomously detect properties in
data, enabling tasks like identifying elements in images.

Hinton, an AI pioneer, quit Google in 2023 to freely address the dangers of AI, expressing concerns
about computers potentially surpassing human intelligence sooner than expected.

The prize includes 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million), shared between the winners. The Nobel
Prize, established by Alfred Nobel’s will in 1901, is one of the most prestigious global honors for
scientific achievements.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

David Baker, John Jumper, and Demis Hassabis awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry

David Baker, John Jumper, and Demis Hassabis

were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for their groundbreaking contributions to protein
structure research.
Baker received half of the prize for his work in
computational protein design, where he developed
new types of proteins. The other half was jointly
awarded to Jumper and Hassabis for their role in
creating an AI model that solved a long-standing challenge in predicting complex
protein structures. Baker is based at the University of Washington, while Jumper and
Hassabis are part of Google DeepMind in London.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for microRNA discovery

On October 7, 2024, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-
transcriptional gene regulation. This discovery is crucial for
understanding how gene activity is regulated and how
organisms develop and function.

The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute made

the announcement, highlighting the discovery’s
fundamental importance. The winners will receive a prize of $1.1 million. This is the 115th Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine since 1901, with only 13 women among the 229 laureates.

Nobel Prize in Literature 2024

Nobel Prize 2024 in Literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South

Korean author Han Kang for her powerful poetic prose that
addresses historical traumas and highlights the fragility of
human life. The announcement was made by the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Han Kang is renowned for her novel The Vegetarian, which

consists of three parts, and she is the first South Korean
writer to receive this prestigious award. She began her
literary career in 1993 with poems published in Literature and Society and made her prose debut in
1995 with the short story collection Love of Yeosu, followed by several other novels and short stories.

Nobel Peace Prize 2024

Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize
2024

On October 11, 2024, Nihon Hidankyo, a

grassroots organization representing atomic
bomb survivors (Hibakusha) from Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize. The Nobel Committee recognized their
efforts to advocate for a nuclear-free world and
their powerful witness testimonies, highlighting
the catastrophic effects of nuclear weapons.
The Hibakusha, as survivors of the only nuclear bombs ever used in conflict, have
devoted their lives to the anti-nuclear cause. The award follows the Nobel Committee’s

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past focus on nuclear disarmament, including its 2017 award to the International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The prize, valued at around $1 million,
will be presented in Oslo on December 10, 2024, in honor of Alfred Nobel.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of

Alfred Nobel 2024
Nobel Prize 2024 in Economics awarded to to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A.
Robinson

On October 14, 2024, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in

Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was
awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and
James A. Robinson for their research on how
institutions are formed and their impact on a
nation’s prosperity. Their work demonstrates that
societal institutions, especially those introduced
during European colonization, play a crucial role in
determining a country’s long-term economic success or stagnation.
They found that inclusive institutions, which benefit society as a whole, promote growth, while extractive
institutions, which exploit the population for the benefit of those in power, hinder development. The laureates’
research also explains why reforms are often difficult to implement in countries with extractive institutions and
why, in some cases, democratization occurs as a solution to this problem. Their work sheds light on the
challenge of reducing global income disparities by emphasizing the critical role of institutions.

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