1. First in the World - Men ....................................................................

04
2. First in India – Men ........................................................................... 05
3. First in the World - Women ............................................................... 08
4. First in India - Women ....................................................................... 09
5. Musical Instruments & Artists .......................................................... 11
6. Country & Its Emblem ...................................................................... 11
7. Indian States - Nick Name ................................................................ 11
8. Geographical Epithets ....................................................................... 12
9. Training Institutes Under ICAR ......................................................... 14
10. Revolutions ....................................................................................... 15
11. Ofcial book ...................................................................................... 15
12. Wonders of the World (7) .................................................................. 16
13. Famous Leader’s Sobriquet ............................................................... 16
14. Cultural Activities ............................................................................. 17
15. Organization & its Founder ............................................................... 18
16. Important Ancient Symbols of Countries .......................................... 19
17. Awards in Various Field .................................................................... 19
18. Important Days ................................................................................. 25
19. Country - Capital - Currency ............................................................. 28
20. The Best Writers in the World ........................................................... 32
21. Famous Books / Dramas .................................................................... 33
22. Indian Writers ................................................................................... 39
23. Places with Memorials of Indian leaders .......................................... 40
 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

First in World - Men

First men to climb Mt. Everest Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary, (1953)
First Blind Man to Scale Mt. Everest Eric Weihenmayer (USA, 2001)
First Man to Climb Mt. Everest Twice Nawang Gombu, Nepal (1965)
First Man to reach Space Yuri Gagarin (Russia - 1961)
First Man to walk in the space Alexei Leonov (Russia - 1965)
First Man to walk on the moon Neil Armstrong (America, 1969)
First man to reach North Pole Robert Peary, U.S.A (1909)
First man to reach South Pole Roald Amundsen, Norway (1911)
First men to y an aeroplane Wright Brothers
First person to sail around the world Ferdinard Magellan, (1519 - 1521)
First Youngest man to climb Mt. Everest Jordan Romero (America)
First Oldest man to climb Mt. Everest Sherchan (76years) 2008 / Yuichiro Miura (80 years) 2013
First Double Amputee to Scale Mt. Everest Mark Inglis (2006)
First European to Attack India Alexander, The Great (B.C.326)
First European to Reach China Marco Polo
First Chinese Traveller to Visit India Fahien
First Space Astronaut to Go Into Space Jerry Ross (U.S.A.) (Seven Times Till Date)
First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature Sully Prudhomme (France, 1901)
Henry Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Passy (France,
First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace
1901)
First man to win Nobel prize for Physics W.C. Roentgen (Germany, 1901)
First man to win Nobel prize for Chemistry J.H. Van’t Hoff (Holand, 1901)
First man to win Nobel Prize for Medicine Emil Von Behring (Germany)
First man to win Nobel Prize for Economics Ranger Frisch (Norway)& Jan Tinbergen (Holland), 1969
First Hindu Chief Justice Of Pakistani Supreme Court Rana Bhagwan Das
First President of America George Washington
First Prime Minister of Britain Robert Wal
A Handicap who crossing the Gibraltar Strait Dharanath Senai (India, 1988)
First President of China Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1921 - 1925)
First Chairman of China Ma Se Thung (1949 - 1976)
Erling Khake (Norway)
First Man to Climb Everest without Ventilator Reinhold Messner (Italy) & Peter Gabler (Australia) 1978

First in India - Men

First President Of Indian National Congress W. C. Banerjee

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tyabji
First Muslim President Of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
First British Governor General Of India Lord William Bentinck (1833 - 1835)
First British Viceroy Of India Lord Canning
First Governor General Of Free India Lord Mountbatten
First and Last Indian Governor General of India C. Rajagopalachari
First Indian Member Of The Viceroy’s Executive Council S. P. Sinha
First Person To Resign From The Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First Governor Of Bengal Lord Robert Clive
First Governor General Of Bengal Warren Hastings
First President Of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Prime Minister Of Free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Prime Minister to resign before the end of his tenure Morarji Desai
First President of India to die while in Ofce Dr.Zakir Hussain
First Prime Minister of India who did not face Parliament Saran Singh
First Speaker Of The Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
First Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
First Education Minister Abul Kalam Azad
First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
India’s First Longest Serving Chief Minister Pawan Kumar (Sikkim)
Youngest Parliament Member (25 Years) Dhamendra Yadav (Manipur Samaj - Vaadi)
The First Sikh Prime Minister Of India Dr. Manmohan Singh
First Dalit President of India K.R.Narayanan
First Deputy Prime Minister Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Ethnic Indian Prime Minister Of Fiji Mahendra Chaudhury
First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker G M C Balayogi
First Indian Commander-in-Chief Of India General Cariappa
First Chief Of The Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh Ji
First Field Marshal Of India S. H. F. Manekshaw
First Indian Air Chief Marshal Subroto Mukherjee
First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
First Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
First Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
First Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hiralal J. Kania
First air Marshall Arjun Singh
First Fighter Pilot To Win The Param Vir Chakra Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon(Posthumous)
First Indian To Be Awarded With The ‘Victoria Cross’ Khuda-dad Khan
First Foriegn Secretary Of Free India K. P. S. Menon
First Indian To Win Nobel Price Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
First Indian To Get Nobel Price In Physics C. V. Raman (1930)
First Indian to circumnavigate the world by sea Lieut. Colonel K.S. Rao
First Indian To Recieve Bharat Ratna Award Rajaji (1954)
First Indian To Receive Jnanpith Award Sri Shankar Kurup (1965)
First person to receive Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
First person to receive Ramon Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)
First Indian of Indian descent to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind Quran
First person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlew
First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
First Indian to win Nobel Prize for Economics Amartya Sen (1998)
First Indian To Cross English Channel Mihir Sen
First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Phu Dorjee
First Indian Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma (1984)
First Indian Pilot J. R. D. Tata (1929)
First Indian to win bronze at Olympics Kashaba Jadhav
First Indian to win England Open Badminton Pullila Gopi Chand
First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship Owen Jones
First time won gold in the World Shooting Championship Player Abhinav Binra
First Indian Test cricketer K.S.Iranjit Singh
First Indian player to score 3 centuries in Test series Virender Sehwag
First European To Invade India Alexander (326 BC)
First Indian To Be Elected A Member Of British Parliament Dadabhai Naoroji
First Indian To Be Elected To The US House Of Representatives Dilip Singh Saund
First Indian To Hoist National Flag Over The North Pole Sanjay Thapar
First Indian Member Of House Of Lords (British) S. P. Sinha
First Chairman Of The University Grants Commission S. S. Bhatnagar
First Man Who Introduced Printing Press In Free India James Hicky
First person to climb Everest without oxygen Futorji (1984)
First Indian to join Indian Civil Service (now IAS) Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Sikh President In India Gyani Zail Singh (1982 - 89)
The rst king of the Mughal Empire Babar
The rst is a judge of the Supreme Court of India Syed Mehmood (1878)
First Indian leader to visit England Rajaram Mohan Roy (1832)
First to hold a Lawyer’s degree J.M. Tagore
First Chairman (Chairman) of Rajya Sabha Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952-62)
A judgment of no condence was brought against the First Jawaharlal Nehru (1963)
First Indian to reach the south pole Colonel J.K. Bajaj
First Judge to pass a no-condence motion in the Lok Sabha Justice V. Ramaswami (1993)
First Indian to Receive a Grand Slam Award Mahesh Bhupathi
Fastest shorthand writer Dr. G.T. Bist
India’s rst environmentalist Chandi Prasad
Narendra Modi
First President from TamilNadu Abdul Kalam
He became the President after becoming a Supreme Court Judge Hidayat Ullah
 First in World - Women

First woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher

First Muslim Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
First woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandara Naike (Sri Lanka) (1970 - 1977)
First woman Cabinet minister Margaret Bondeld
First woman to climb Mount Everest Mrs. Junko Taibei (Japan)
First woman cosmonaut of the world Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
First woman President of the U.N. General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First woman to win a Nobel Prize Madame Curie
First woman to swim the english channel Gertrude Ederle of the USA
First woman to reach the North Pole Ann Bancroft (USA)
First woman to win Magsaysay award M. S. Subbulakshmi (1974)
First woman to win the Templeton award Mother Teresa
First woman to win nobel prize in literature Selma Lagerlof (1909) (Swedan)
First woman to reach South pole Shirley M. Metz (USA)
First youngest Asian to swim across English channel Arti Pradhan at the age of 16 (India)
First woman to cross the Straits of Gibraltar Aarti Pradhan (India) 1988
First woman Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto
First woman airplane pilot in the World Amelia Earhart (America)
First woman Doctor in the World Elizabeth Blackwell (America)
First woman to circumnavigate the world Jeanne Baret (France)
First Oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest Tamae Watanabe (Japan), 2002
First woman to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Lydia Bradey (New Zealand), 1988
First Female President of Germany Angela Merkel
First woman to reach Antarctica Karoline Mikkelsen (Norway) 18 age
First woman to graduate in the World Elena Cornaro
A woman who climbed Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav (ITBP Ofcer)
Isabel Martinez de Barron (Argentina) (1974-
The world’s rst woman president
1976)
 First in India - Women

First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi Razia Sultana

First Woman President of India Pratibha Patil (2007 - 2012)
First Woman Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi (1966)
First Woman governor of Independent India Sarojini Naidu, in charge of Uttar Pradesh
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar (2009)
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani (U.P)
First Woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi (1989)
First Woman president of UN General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress Mrs. Annie Besant (1917)
First Indian women president of Indian national congress Sarojini naidu (1925)
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Indian Woman to become “Miss World” Reita Faria (1966)
First Indian Woman to become “Miss universe” Sushmita sen (1994)
First Woman IPS Ofcer of India Kiran Bedi (1972)
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman chairman of UPSC Rose Millian Bathew
First Woman Lieutenant General Indian army Punita Arora
First Woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandyopadhyaya
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawala
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize Arundhati Roy (1997)
First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Neerja Bhanot (1987)
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal (1984)
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav (1993)
First woman amputee to scale Everest Arunima Sinha (2016)
First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest Tashi and Nancy Malik
First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental
Premlata Agarwal
peaks and also the oldest women
First Woman to cross English Channel Arati Saha (now Arati Gupta)
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica Mahel Musa
Maharshi Karve, SNDT University in Pune
First Women University
in 1916
First Woman Doctor (Indian) Anandibai Josi (1886)
First Woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Indian woman who become an individual member of
Nita Ambani (2016)
International Olympic Committee
First Women Cabinet Minister (Health) Rajkumari Kaur
First Indian Origin woman go to space Kalpana Chawla
First Woman Advocate in India Cornelia Sorabji
First Women in India to Circumnavigate the world by sea Ujjwala Rai
First Women IAS Ofcer Anna George Malhotra
First Woman Judge and then High Court Judge Anna Chandy
First Chief Justice of High Court Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
First Women Speaker in Vidhan Sabha Shano Devi (Haryana)
First Women to Conferred Post Graduate degree Chandra Mukhi Bose
First Women Editor of English Newspaper Dina Vakil
First Women Chief Engineer B.K. Terasiy
First Women who conferred with sena Medal Bimala Devi (1990)
First Youngest women to climb Mt. Everest Dicky Dolma (1993)
First Women Magistrate Omana Kunjamma
First Woman to become “Miss India” Pramitha (1947)
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa (1979)
First Women in Rajya Sabha Rukkumani Devi arundale
First Women to win olympic medal (Bronze) Karnam Malleswari (Andhra)
First Tamil women Supreme Court Judge Banumathi
First Indian Women to win an Oscar Bhanu Athaiya
First Woman Finance Minister Indira Gandhi
First Woman Defence Minister Nirmala Seetha Raman
 Musical Instruments & Artists Bangladesh Water lily
Netherlands Lion
Musical
Artists U.K Rose
Instrument
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Panna Lal U.S.A Bald eagle
Flute Ghosh, T.R. Mahalingam, N.Ramni, Italy White lily
Vijaya Raghava Rao
Australia Kangaroo
Allah Rakha, Gudai Maharaj, Latif
Tabla New zealand Kiwi
Khan, Zakir Hussain
Lalgudi Jayaraman, L.Subra- Germany Corn Flower
Violin maniam, M.S. Gopal Krishnan, Norway Lion
S.Subrahmaniam, V.G.Jog, N.Rajan France Lily
Bismilla Khan, Imrat Khan, AliAk-
Iran Rose
Shehnai Sarod bar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Alaud-
din Khan, Saren Rani, Brij Narayan Spain Eagle
Sitar Pandit Ravishankar, Vilayat Khan Japan Chrysanthemum
Santur Shiv Kumar Sharma Canada White lily
Rudravenna Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Srilanka Lion holding a sword
Totaram Sharma, Ayodhya Prasad, Russia Sickle
Pakhawaj
Gopal Das, Ram Shankar Das
Ireland Shamrock
Mridanga Palghat R.Raghu, U.S.Burman
Purushottam Walawakar, M.Dhaul- Denmark Beach
Harmonium
puri
Indian States - Nick Name
Pt.Vishnu Mohan Bhatt, Brij
Guitar
Bhushan Kalra
Nick Name City
Ghatam T.H. Vinayakaram
Kanjira V.Nagarajan Garden City of India, Silicon
Symphony Jubin Mehta valley of India, Space City, Bengalore
Electronic City, Science City
Piano Ludwig van Bethoven
Madhubani (Bihar), Pith (Rajast- City of Palaces, City of Build-
Kolkata
Painting han), Padachithra (Odissa), Kalam ings, City of Castles
Haari (Andhra Pradesh) Gateway of India, Hollywood
Mumbai
of India, Seven Islands of City
Country & its Emblem
Hi-Tech City, City of Nizams,
Hyderabad
Bangle City
Country Emblem
Queen of Arabia Sea Cochin
India Lion
Pakistan Crescent & star Venice of the East Alappuzha
Switzerland of India, Heaven
Kashmir Gods own land of India Kerala
of India, Paradise on Earth
Pink City Jaipur Abode of the God/ city of PM/
Prayag (Allahabad)
Sangam city
Weavers City of India, Panipat
City of festivals, Athens of
Pearl of Orient, Pearl of the East Goa Madurai
East, Thoonganagaram
Steel City of India, Pittsburg
Jamshedpur Deccan Queen Pune
of India, Tatanagar
Egg bowl of India Andhra Pradesh
Boston of India, Manchester
Ahmedabad Soya Region Madhya Pradesh
of India
Manchester of South Coimbatore City of Nawabs Lucknow

Manchester of North Kanpur Sacred River Ganga

City of Orange Nagpur City of Temples Varanasi

The city of Beautiful Chandigarh Bhubaneswar /

Temple city
Madurai
City of Diamonds Surat
City of Rallies New Delhi
Hyderabad
Twin City Small Japan Sivakasi
Secundarabad
Granary of India, Land of Five Rockfort city Trichy
Punjab
Rivers Tirunelveli (Palay-
Oxford of South India
Old Ganga, Dakshin Queen Godavari amkottai)

Sorrow of Bengal River Damodar

Geographical Epithets
Sorrow of Bihar River Kosi
Sorrow of Assam Brahmaputra Epithet Country
All Season State Himachal Pradesh
Britain of the south New Zealand
Blue Mountains Nilgiri
The Battleeld of Europe Belgium
City of Golden temple Amritsar
Lake City Udaipur Bengal’s Sorrow Damodar river (India)
City of Lakes Srinagar Blue mountains Nilgiri Hills
Mini-Switzerland of India Khajjar(HP) China’s Sorrow (yellow
Hwang Ho
Aromatic Garden Kerala River)
Sugar Bowl of India Uttar Pradesh City of Arabian Nights Baghdad (Iraq)
Tea City of India Assam City of Dreaming Spires Oxford (England)
Detroit of India Pitampur & chennai
Land of Sunrise in India Arunachal Pradesh City of Golden Gate San Francisco (US)

Clouds of House Megalaya City of Magnicent Dis-

Washington DC (US)
Spice city Kozhikode (Kerala) tance
City of Palaces Kolkata (India) Land of Golden Fleece Australia
City of Popes Rome (Italy) Land of Kangaroos Australia
City of Seven Hills Rome (Italy) Land of Lilies Canada
City of Skyscrapers New York (US) Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
Cockpit of Europe Belgium Land of Morning Calm Korea
Dark Continent Africa Land of the Flying Fish Barbados
Dairy of Northern Europe Denmark Land of the Golden Pa-
Myanmar
goda
Emerald Island Ireland
Land of the Humming
Empire City New York Trinidad
Bird
Eternal City of Hopes Rome (Italy)
Land of the Midnight
Norway
Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet) Sun
Garden of England Kent (England) Land of the Rising Sun Japan
Garden of India Bangalore (India) Land of Thousand Lakes Finland
Gate of Tears Bab-el-mandab (Israel) Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Gateway of India Mumbai (India) Land of White Elephants Thailand
Gift of the Nile Egypt Little Venice Venezuela
Golden City Johannesburg (S. Africa) Mother -in-Law of Eu-
Denmark
rope
Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland)
Manchester of the East Osaka (Japan)
Great White way Broadway (New York)
Never, Never Land Pearl Prairies (N. Australia)
Hermit Kingdom Korea
of Antilles Cuba
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Pearl of Orient Hong Kong
Holy Land Palestine
Land of Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)
Island of Cloves Zanzibar
Guayaquil port (Equa-
Pearl of the Pacic
Island Continent Australia dor)
Island (Isle) of Pearls Bahrain Pillars of Hercules Straits of Gibralter
Key to the Mediterra- Playground of Europe Switzerland
Gibraltar
nean
Power keg of Europe Balkans
Land of Snow Canada
Quaker City Philadelphia
Land of Cakes (or Oat
Scotland
cakes) Queen of the Adriatic Venice
Queen of the Arabian Training Institutes Under ICAR
Kochi (India)
Sea
Roof of the world The Pamirs (Tibet ) Agriculture NewDelhi
Rice Cuttack (Odisha)
Rich Coast Costa Rica
Potato Simla (Himachal Pradesh)
Rich Port Puerto Rico
Sugarcane Plantation Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
Sick man of Europe Turkey
Sugarcane Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Sorrow of China River Hwang Ho
Horticulture Karkode (Kerala)
Spice Garden of India Kerala (India)
Cotton Nagpur (Maharastra)
Sugar Bowl of the World Cuba
Cotton technology Mumbai (Maharastra)
The Down Under Australia
Jute Barakpur (West Bengal)
The Eye of Greece Athens
Jute technology Kolkata (West Bengal)
The Imperial City Rome
Tobacco Rajamunderi (Andhra)
The Isle of Spring Jamaica
Marine sheries Kochi (Kerala)
The Modern Babylon London
Lac Ranchi (Jharkhand)
The Promised Land Canaan Agricultural Engineering Bhopal
The Saw milk of Europe Sweden Soil & water protection Dehradun (Uttarkand)
The Sea of Mountains British Columbia Vetrinary Isatnagar (Uttarpradesh)
The Store house of the Milk Karnal (Haryana)
Mexico
world
Aika Nagar (Himachal Pradesh)
Twin City Budapest
Inland Fisheries Barakpur (West Bengal)
Valley of Kings Thebes
Agricultural Statistics New Delhi
Bangkok (Thailand) and
Venice of the East ICAR (North East) Shillong (Manipur)
Allapuzha (India)
Banana Trichy
Venice of the North Stockholm
Citrus Nagpur
White City Belgrade
Cashew Puttur
White Man’s Grave Guinea Coast (W. Africa)
Soil Sciences Bhopal
Windy City Chicago (US)
Pulses Pudukkottai
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
Tuber crops Thiruvanthapuram
World’s Bread Basket Prairies of N.America
Salinity Soil Karnal (Haryana)
World’s Loneliest Island Tristan Da Cumha Indian Horticultural
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Research Institute
l Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukkural is called “Tamil Bible”. l First PM of India to resign the Prime Minister Post
- Morarji Desai.
l Manimegalai written by Sitalai Chathanar is called
“Tamil Odyssey”. l First PM to resign after a no-condence Motion
- V.P.Singh.
l The World’s First Postage Stamp is the Penny
l First Lok Sabha Speaker - GV Mavlankar. Meera Ku-
Block (Briton).
mar was the rst woman speaker of the Lok Sabha.
l India’s rst postage stamp is Sindhtak (1852,
l The President appoints two members (Anglo In-
Karachi) dians) to the Lok Sabha.
l Dr.Atmaram Pandurang, Founder of Prarthana
Samaj (1867), Jyothiba Phule, founder of Satyas- l The President appoints 12 members to the Rajya
Sabha (experienced in various elds).
odhak Samaj (1873)
l Gopala Krishna Gokhale’s political guru was Revolutions
Mahadev Govinda Ranade. Mahatma Gandhi’s
Political Guru Gopala Krishna Gokhale. Revolution Year Country
l Rajaji was the rst Indian Governor General of
Carnation Revolution 1974 Portugal
Independent India. Rajaji was also the last Gov-
ernor General Velvet Revolution 1984 Czechoslovakia
l Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori in Yellow Revolution 1986 Philippines
the First Battle of Tarein (1191). Muhammad Khori
defeated Prithvi Raj Chouhan in the second Battle Bulldozer revolution 2000 Yugoslavia
of Tarein (1192). Rose Revolution 2003 George
l Babur defeated Ibhrahim Lodi in the rst Battle Orange Revolution 2005 Ukraine
of Panipat (1526). In the second Battle of Panipat
(1556), Akbar defeats Hemu. Purple Revolution 2005 Iraq
l Buddha’s wife Yasodarai, Mother Maya Devi. Cedar Revolution 2005 Labanon
Mahavira’s wife Yasoda, Mother Trisala. Blue Revolution 2005 Kuwait
l The First Jain religious Conference was held at
Jeans Revolution 2006 Belarus
Padaliputra.
l The rst Buddhist Conference was held at Raja- Saffron Revolution 2007 Myanmar
kiruga (BC 83). Grape Revolution 2009 Iran
l Harshavardhan was the last Hindu emperor of Jasmine Revolution 2010 Tunisia
North India Prithviraj Chauhan III was the Last
Hindu King of Delhi. Jasmine Revolution 2011 China
l Rajaram Mohan Roy was the founder of Brahma Lotus Revolution 2011 Egypt
Samaj.
l Swami Dayananda Saraswati was the founder of Ofcial Book
Arya Samaj.
Government of Italy and Iran
l Longest Serving Prime Minister of India-Jawaharlal Green Book
(Persia)
Nehru.
Shortest Serving Prime Minister of India - Charan Ofcial publication of Germany,
l White Book
Singh. Portugal and China
 Issued by the Government of Dada bai Nairoji Grand old man
Yellow Book
France Duke of Wellington Iron Duke
Orange Book Government of the Netherlands Kamarajar India’s King Maker
White Paper Issued by the Government of General Erwin Rommel Desert fox
(Shwet Patrika) India
Florescence Nightin-
Lady with the Lamp
Japanese and Belgium Govern- gale
Grey Book
ment Francisco Franco El Caudillo
Report by the British Govern- Geoffery Chaucer Father of English Poetry
Blue Book
ment
George Benardshaw G.B.S
Wonders of the World (7) Jawaharlal Nehru Chacha, Pandit
Jayprakash Narayan J.P, Loknayak
Colosseum Italy
John of Arc Maid of Orleans
The Great Wall of India China
Lal Bahadur Shastri Man of Peace
Petra Jordan
Sher-e-punjab, Lion of
Redeemer of Christ Brazil Lala Lajpat Roy
Punjab Kesari
Machupicchu Peru Babu, Mahatma, Father
M.K. Gandhi
Chichen Itza Mexico of Indian Nation

TajMahal India M.S. Gowalkar Guruji

Madan Mohan Malviya Mahamana
Famous Leader’s Sobriquet Man of Destiny, Little
Napoleon
Carboral
Original Name Title
Narendra Dutta Swami Vivekananda
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Pacha Khan, Frontier Field Marshal K.M.
Khan Gandhi Kipper
Cariappa
Adolf Hitler Fuehrer Iron chancellor, Man of
Ottovan Bismark
Bala Gangadar Tilak Lokmanya Blood and Iron
Queen Elizebeth I Maiden Queen
Benito Mussolini II Duce
Rabindranath Tagore Gurudev
C.F. Andrews Deenabandu
Major General Rajen-
C.N. Annadurai Anna Sparrow
der singh
Rajaji, C.R.Mango of Samuel Long horn cle-
C. Rajagopalachari Mark Twain
Salem mens
C.R. Das Deshbandhu Mother Terasa Saint of the Gutters

Bangabandhu (Friend of Sardar Vallabai Patel Strong Man of India

Mujapur Rahman
Bengal) Sarojini Naidu Nightangle of India
 Lion of Kashmir Mountain rat, Deccan
Veera Shivaji
Subash Chandra Bose Netaji Cancer Disease

Mountaineer (Tiger of Birbal MageshDas

Tensing Norgay
Snows) Surendranath Banerjee Burgh of India
D. Prakasam Lion of Andhra E.V.R. Periyar Secrates of South Asia
Sir. Walder scott Wizard of North Indira Gandhi Priyadharshini
William Edward Grand old man of Britain Wizard of the North Walter Scott
William Shaesphere The Bard Akbar of the East India
Lord Wellesly
Samutra Gupta Indian Nepoleon Company

Li-Kwan Pearl Pug Father of India Numis-

Shersha Sur
matics
BKS Iyengar Father of Modern Yoga
Aravind Ghosh Bengal Lion
George Gander Chettyari’s Father
Dalhousie Creator of Modern India
Tipu Sultan Tiger of Mysore
Father of Indian Civil
Kalidasar Indian Shakespeare Cornwallis
Service
India’s Makiavalli,
Kautilyar Muhammad Bin Tu- Junacon, Total form of
Chanakya
ghluq Parodox
Nagarjeenar Einstein of India
Margaret Thatcher Iron Lady of England
Swami Dayananda Martin Lutner of Hindu-
Saraswati ism Indira Gandhi Iron Lady of India

Muthurama Lingam Hindu Buddhist Genius Abdul Kalam Missile Hero

Kanishkar Ashoka II
Cultural Activities
Robert Clive Arcott Hero
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Eyr Coot Wandavasi Hero
l Established in 1954. (National Academy of Arts)
Father of Indian Renais-
Rajaram Mohan Roy Lalit Kala Akademi strives for the popularisation
sance, the dawn of India of Indian art within the country and in various
Kirumi Kanda Cholan, countries of the world through exhibitions, pub-
Sungam Thavirtha lications, workshops and camps.
Kulothungan I
Cholan, Gangai Kondan, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Kadaram Kondan l Opened by Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Set-up in 1953,
Avani Simmon Lion of the world aims at the promotion and development of dance,
drama and music.
Ashoka Priyadharshika
Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
Paranthagan I Ponveintha Cholan
l Established in 1954, has the main functions of
Mahendra Varman I Chithirakara Puli
development of Indian letters.
l Regional ofces at Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru Organization & its Founder
and Chennai. It recognised 24 languages. It gives
the prestigious “Fellow” award to writers. Vinayak Damodar Sa-
Abhinav Bharat Society
National School of Drama varkar
l Set up in 1959 under Sangeet Natak Akademi but Amnesty International Peter Benenson
was later made autonomous organisation in 1975. Anushilan Samiti Pramathanath Mitra
l Every year, it celebrated children’s drama festival
Ahmadiyya Movement Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
“Jashne Bachpan”
l National Drama Festival (Bharat Rang Mohatsav) Atmiya Sabha Raja Ram Mohan Rai
get celebrated every year Arya Smaj Dayananda Saraswati
Archaeological Survey of India, Indian Independence
Ras Bihari Bose
League
New Delhi
Indian National Congress Allan Octavian Hume
l Set up in 1861, is responsible for preservation and
maintenance of sculptures and historical monu- Muhammad Ali, Shau-
Khilafat Movement
ments and manages a number of archaeological kat Ali
museums. Satya Shodhak Samaj Jyotirao Phule
National Archives of India, New Delhi Servants of India Society Gopal Krishna Gokhale
l Established in 1891, it is the ofcial custodian of Sarvodaya Movement Jaya Prakash Narayan
all noncurrent records of permanent value of the
Chipko Movement Sunderlal Bahuguna
Government of India and its predecessor bodies.
Before Independence, it remained as “Imperial Swami Dayanand Saras-
l Shuddhi Movement
Record of Department”. wathi

Anthrobiological Survey of India, Kolkata Red Cross Henry Dunant

l Set up in 1949, with the Head Quarters Kolkata Seva Samiti Hridayanath Kunzru
under the Ministry of Human Resources. Social Service League Narayan Malhar Joshi
National Museum, New Delhi Brahmo Sama Raja Ram mohan Roy
l Setup in August 15, 1949. India’s largest Musuem Prarthana Samaj Atmaram Pandurang
Central Secretariat, New Delhi Bhoodan Movement Vinoba Bhave
l Started as Imperial Secreterial Library in 1981, Naujawan Bharat Sabha Bhagat Singh
later shifted to Delhi in 1969.
Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda
National Gallery, New Delhi
Scout and guide Robert Baden Powell
l Setup in 1954, for the development of Indian arts
Indian National Army Mohan Singh
National Library, Kolkatta
Thathuvabothini Sabha Devendranath Tagore
l Setup in 1948, India’s largest library with around
30 acre located in “Belvedere Estate”. Vana Magothsavam K.M.Munshi
 Important Ancient Symbols of l The Femur is the longest bone in the Human Bone.
The Smallest Bone in the Human Body stapes
Countries (Located inside the ear).
l Qutbuddin Aibak of Slave Dynasty who fell and
Imperial Palace Japan died in Polo Game.
Leaning Tower Italy l King Humayun who fell and died in Palace steps.
Eiffel Tower France l The Headquarter of the World Bank is Washington.
l Headquarter of Asian Development Bank in Manila.
Pyramid Egypt
l A Gas released by Plants during the day is oxygen,
The Great Wall of China China a gas released by plants at night in Carbon-dioxide.
Opera House Australia l Candide was written by Voltaire. Canida was writ-
ten by Bernard Shah.
Kremlin Palace Russia
l First 70 M.M. Movie released in India around the
Statue of Liberty Devi USA world. First 70 M.M. Movie made in India - Sholay.
Kinder Disc Denmark l Atomic Bomb is based on Nuclear Fission, Hydro-
gen bomb works on the basis of Nuclear Fusion.
Taj Mahal India
Awards in Various Field
Saint Basil’s Cathedral Russia
White House USA Prize Year Department
l The term of ofce of a Lok Sabha member is 5 years. Peace, Literature,
The tenure of Rajya Sabha Member is 6 years. Economics, Physics,
RBI Issues currency notes other than one rupee in In- Nobel Prize 1901
l
Chemistry, Medical
dia. A one ruppee note issued by Ministry of Finance. science
l American War of Independence - 1776, French
Pulitzer 1917 Journalism
Revolution - 1789, Chinese Revolution - 1911,
Russian Revolution - 1917. Oscar 1929 Film (World)
l Sanyat Sen was the rst President of the Republic Kalinga 1952 Science
of China.
Man Booker Prize 1969 Authors of Novel
l Mao Zedong was the First Leader of the People’s
Republic of China. Grammy Award 1958 Music
l The Blue Book is an ofcial Publication of British
Government.
l The Yellow Book is an ofcial Publication of French Magsaysay Award 1957
Government.
l The First US President to die while in ofce - Wil-
liam Henry Harrison.
Art, Science, Public
l Abraham Lincoln was the rst US President to be
Bharat Ratna 1954 services, Sports &
assassinated.
Literature
l Official Languages of UN : Spanish, Chinese,
Arabic, French, English, Russian. The Written Dadasaheb
1969 Film
Language of UN are French, English. Phalke Award
Bhartiya Jnanpith Top awards from many Countries
1961 Literarture
Award
1991 Literature Country The highest award
1992 Sanskrit literature India Bharat Ratna
Indian Philosophy, Pakistan Nishan-e-Pakistan
Shankar Award
Art (M)Culture
Kuwait Mubarak-al-Kabeer-Award
Vyas Summons 1991 Literature
Saudi Arabia Shah-Abdul Ajin Award
Kabir Samman 1986-87 Social-folk music
Argentina Order of Sona Martin Award
Sahitya Akademi Books in Indian Lan-
1954 Nicaragua Augusto-Cesar Santino Award
Award guages & English
1985 Sports coaches Vietnam Order of the Golden Star
Arjuna Award 1961 Sports Hungary Order of Banner
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Britain
1991-92 Sports
Ratna
Japan Moulovenis Sun
Bhatnagar 1957 Science
Denmark Order of Diana Prague
Dhanvantari
1971 Medical Science France Chevalier
Award
Norman Borlaug 1970 America President’s Peace Award
Abel 2003 Maths Netherlands Netherlands Lion

National Awards

Year of Con-
Name of Award Reason
struction

Dadasaheb Phalke 1969

The highest literary award, awarded to a person who has

Bharatiya Gnan Peetha
1961 achieved merit in writing in any language recognized by the
Award
Constitution of India.
Arjuna Award 1961 Awarded to those who have excelled in various elds of sports
The award is given in the name of Guru Dronacharya, who taught
the art of war to the Kauravas and the Pancha Pandavas in the
Dronaharya Award 1985
Mahabharata. This award is given to the coaches who have
been the best coaches for three consecutive years.
The highest award given to sports persons (1st award - Viswa-
Khel Ratna Award 1991-1992
nathan Anand)
 Thanvanthri Medicine

Saraswati Summon 1991 Award for Best Language in Literature (10 Lakh Prize)

Nobel Foundation ($58,960,000) was established

Nobel Prize by will of Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896).
m Started in the year : 1895 l Nobel Swedish scientist who discovered nitroglyc-
erin (C, H, N, O) and he also discovered a way to
m First Award was given on 1901
use it as an explosive drug. This award is given
m Founder : Alfred Bernard Nobel by the king of Sweden on December 10, the day
m Award is given on : 10th December of every Alfred Nobel died.
year (Death Anniversary of Alfred Bernard l The peace prize is awarded by Oslo (Norway) and
Nobel) other awards by Stockhold (Sweden)
m Categories : 6 l The country that has received the most Nobel
Peace Prize - USA.
1. Physics
l Intially only 5 categories were awarded. The
2. Chemistry Swedish Bank also decided to award the Nobel
3. Medicine Prize in Economics in 1968 to celebrate its 300th
4. Literature anniversary. This prize is called the Nobel Memo-
rial Prize in Economics
5. Peace
l The Nobel Prize for Children has been awarded in
6. Economics (1969) Stockholm, Sweden since 2000 to those who ght
for Children’s education and rights. The Nobel
l It is the most valuable Prize in world. In 1900, the Prize for literature for 2018 has been put on hold.

Nobel Prize Winners of India

Year Discipline Details

l Rabindranath Tagore )1861 - 1941)
l Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore is one of our country’s most distinguished
1913 Literature and respected men of letters. He was the rst Indian to have won the Nobel
Prize for his love lyrics Gitanjali. He was a great author and educationist
who founded the Vishvabharti University (Shantiniketan, Bolepur, 1901).
l C.V. Raman (1888 - 1970)
l The rst Indian Scientist to have won the Nobel Prize for his study of the
scattering of light known as the ‘Raman Effect’. The theory describes change
1930 Physics in the frequency of light passing through a transparent medium. He was the
rst Indian and Asian to receive the Nobal Prize in Physics.
l Feb 28, the day which the Raman effect introduced is considered as National
Science day
 l Hargobind Khorana (1922 - 2011)
1968 Medicine l An Indian-born American citizen, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for the
laboratory synthesis of a yeast gene for the rst time.
l Mother Teresa (1910 - 1998)
l Born in Albania (Yugoslavia), she came to India in 1929 at the age of 19 and
become and Indian citizen. She established the Missionaries of Charity and
1979 Peace won the Nobel Prize for her missionary services. She was also awarded the
Bharat Ratna (1980), Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
(1969), Ramon Magasaysay Award (1962) and Templeton Foundation Award
(1973), to name a few. For her, life was a mission to serve the suffering humanity
l S. Chandrasekhar (1910 - 1995)
l He was born in Lahore (now in Pakistan). He was awarded the Nobel Prize
1983 Physics
for his work, ‘Chandrasekhar’s Limit’, which determines the minimum mass
of a dying star that enables it to survive.
l Amartya Sen (1933)
1998 Economics l Awarded the Nobel for his insightful analysis in Welfare Economics wherein
the Bengal Famine formed the basis
l Venkatraman Rama Krishnan (1952)
2009 Chemistry
l For his research relating Ribosome structure and its working
l Kailash Satyatri (1954)
2014 Peace
l For his “Bachpan Bachao Andolan” to take care of Child Labours
l Abhijit Banerjee
2019 Economics
l For a pilot approach to global poverty alleviation.

Other Important Award

Name of Award Year Reason

l Presented in honor of American Publisher Pulitzer. It is
awarded annually to those who have achieved achieve-
Pulitzer Prize 1917
ments in the elds of Journalism, Literature and Music in
the United States.
l Commemorated by President Raman Magasaysay of the
Philippines
Raman Magasaysay
Award (Asia’s Nobel 1957 l The Award is given in the categories of Public Service, Com-
Prize) munity leadership, Journalism, Literature, creative arts and
international understanding, Besta Wilson (Social Science)
awarded Since 1958.
 l Presented by Templeton Foundation for Religious Develop-
Templeton Award 1972 ment. Built by John M.Templeton, a Presbyterian (Protestan)
from Nassau, Bahamas.
l Biggest Literary award. Presented by the Booker Company
Booker Prize 1968
and the British Publishers Association.
l Swadish - German Author Stamp Lifetime Collection.
l Enthusiast Jacob von Wechsel established the award with
Right Livelihood
proceeds from the sale of his rare achievement stamps. An
(Lifetime Achieve- 1980
Alternative Noble Prize would also be appreciated. The Prize
ment Award)
is awarded annually to individuals who present outstanding
practicals solutions to contemporary problems.
l Built by Government of India. Awarded annually to indi-
Jawaharlal Nehru
1965 viduals who strive to promote international understanding,
Award
goodwill & friendship.
l The award is presented annually by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Science. It is awarded for recognized achie-
ments in the lm industry.
l Most Oscar winners for Men-Walt Disney (22 times)
l Most Oscar winners for women - Edith Head (8 times)
Oscar Award 1929
l Most awarded lm. BenHerr, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings
(11 Awards)
l Country with the most awards, in terms of Foreign lms -
Italy (14 times)
l Nobel Prize & Oscar winners - George Berndette & Bob Dylan.
l Produced by the International Amateur Athletic Federation
Jesse Owens Award 1992 Award.
l The award is given to persons with background.
Abel Award 2001 l A Norwegian equivalent of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics

Indian National Awards

In Hindi, it means the Medal of Honor, the highest award of India. The highest
award for Indian soliders who have shown outstanding gallantry and seless
Param Vir Chakra sacrice in the face of enemy forces. First IC 521 - Major Somnath Sharma (4)
Award Battalion Kumaon Regimend) Last IC 57556 - Capt- Vikram Patra (13th Battalion,
J & K, July 6, 1999) 21 people bought so far. 26.01.1950 created Awarded since,
November 3, 1947.
 Maha Vir Chakra It is the 2nd highest award given for outstanding gallantry and seless sacrice
Award in the face of enemy forces.

Third highest Award. Awarded to veterans who have shown exceptional gal-
Vir Chakra Award
lantry and seless sacrice with enemy forces during wartime.

Ashoka Chakra Highest Award given for unrepentant sacrice during Non-Combantant peacetime
Award service. Mohan Nath Goswami

2nd Highest Award given to serviceman for heroic acts of service and seless
Kirti Chakra Award
sacrice of life in Non-Combatant Peacetime.

Saurya Chakra 3rd Highest Award for gallantry in peacetime

Param Vishisht Seva

Instituted in 1960. During peacetime in the Military, Distinguished service medal.
Medal

Ati Vishisht Seva 2nd Highest peacetime medal in India in recognition of meritorious service at a
Medal high level

Vishisht Seva Medal 3rd highest medal awarded in recognition of peacetime meritorious service

Sena Medal-Army / Provided for ground operations at all levels of the Indian Army. It is also given af-
Nao Seno Medal ter the death of the player. A medal awarded for meritorious service in peacetime.

Sena Medal - Army Service in the Army (Wartime / Peacetime) is awarded for gallantry.

Nao Sena Medal Highest Award for gallantry in the Navy.

Vayu Sena Medal Air Force’s highest award for gallantry by airmen

Savottam Yudh
Highest medal awarded for distinguished wartime service in the Defence Forces
Sena Medal

Uttam Yudh Seva

2nd Highest medal is a wartime award
Medal

Yudh Seva Medal 3rd Superior award for distinguished service in wartime
 Important Days World Radio Day, Birth Anniversary of
February 13
Sarojini Naidu, National Women’s Day
January February 14 Valentine’s Day, Pulwama Attack
Army Medical Corps Establishment February 21 International Mother Language Day
January 1
Day
February 23 World Climate day
January 4 World Baraille Day
February 24 Central Excise day
January 9 NRI Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
February 28 National Science Day
January 10 World Laugh day
March
Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur-
January 11 World Wildlife day, National defence
Shastri March 3
day
National Youth Day or Birthday of
January 12 March 4 National Security day
Swami Vivekananda
March 8 International Women’s Day
January 15 Indian Army Day
Mauritius Day, Central Industrial
January 17 Election Commission Day March 12
Security, Force Day
January 18 National Immunization Day World Consumer Rights Day, World
March 15
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Slave Day
January 23
Anniversary March 16 National Vaccine Day
January 24 National Girl Child Day of India International Day of Sparrows, Inter-
March 20
national Day of Happiness
National Tourism Day, National Vot-
January 25
ers Day, International Customs Day March 21 International Day of Forest

January 26 Republic Day March 22 World Water Day

January 28 Birth anniversary of LalaLajpatRai March 23 World Meteorological Day

January 29 National Newspaper Day March 24 World TB Day

Martyr’s day (or) Death Anniversary March 26 Independence day of Bangladesh

January 30 of Mahatma Gandhi, World Leprosy March 28 National Marine Day
Eradication Day, Non-Violence Day April
February April 1 Orissa Day (Fooler’s Day)
February 2 World Wetlands Day April 5 National Maritime Day
World Cancer Day, National Day of International day of Sports for de-
February 4 April 6
Sri Lanka velopment and peace
February 5 Kashmir Day (Formation of Pakistan) April 7 World Health day
February 9 National Census Day April 10 World Homeopathy day
April 12 International Street Children’s Day June
April 13 Jallianwalabagh Massacre Day June 1 World Milk day
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Birthday, June 5 World Environment Day
April 14
National Fire Service Day
June 8 World Ocean Day
April 15 Transgender Welfare Board Day
June 12 World Day Against Child Labour
April 18 World Heritage Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
Civil services day, Birth Anniversary
April 21 June 20 World Refugee Day
of Sardar Vallapai Patel
June 21 International Yoga Day
April 22 World Earth Day
UN Public Service Day, International
World Book Day, International Book June 23
April 23 Olympic Day
Translation Day
International Day Against Drug
April 24 National Panchayat day June 26
Abuse and Illicit Trafcking
April 25 World Malaria Day June 29 National Statistics day
April 29 International Dance Day
July
May National Doctor’s Day, International
July 1
May 1 International Labour day, Gujarat Day Joke Day
World Press Freedom Day, World July 4 Independence Day of America (USA)
May 3
Solar Energy Day July 6 World Zoonosis Day
May 5 International Hand Hygiene Day July 11 World Population Day
May 8 World Red Cross day July 12 Malala Day
May 11 National Technology Day July 15 World Youth Skills Day
May 12 International Nurses day July 16 Public Service Center Day
May 15 International Day of the Family Nelson Mandella International Day
July 18
May 17 World telecommunication Day (UNO)

May 21 Anti-terrorism day, World day July 26 Kargil Vijay Divas

International day for Biological July 27 Kalpana Dutt’s Birth Day

May 22
Diversity World Hepatitis Day, World Nature
July 28
May 23 World Turtle day Conservation Day

May 24 Common Wealth Day July 29 International Tiger Day

International day of UN peacekeep- July 30 International Friendship Day

May 29
ers, International Mount Everest Day August
May 31 World No Tobacco Day August 6 Hiroshima Day
 August 7 National Handloom day October 8 Indian Air force Day
August 8 Quit India Movement Day October 9 World Post Day, World Egg Day
August 12 International Youth Day World Mental Health day, National
October 10
Post Day
August 14 Independence Day of Pakistan
October 11 International Girl Child Day
August 15 Independence day of India
October 12 World Arthritis Day, World Sight Day
August 19 World Photography Day
Sadbhavana Diwas (Rajiv Gandhi’s International day for Disaster Risk
August 20 October 13
Birth Anniversary) Reduction

August 26 Equality Day for Women October 14 World Standards Day

National Sports Day, Diyan Santh October 15 White Cane Safety Day
August 29
Birthday October 16 World Food day
August 30 Small Industry Day International Day for the Eradication
October 17
September of Poverty

National Teacher’s Day(Dr Radha World Statistics Day, World Osteo-

October 20
September 5 Krishnan’s Birthday), International porosis Day
day of Charity October 24 UN day, World Polio Day
September 7 Clean Air Day October 30 World Thrift Day
September 8 International Literacy Day
October 31
September 14 Hindi diwas
September 15 Engineers day (India) November
International day for preservation of National Cancer Awareness Day,
September 16 November 7
Ozone layer Infant Protection Day

September 21 World Alzheimer’s Day November 9 Law Services Day

September 27 World Tourism Day World Science Day, Public Transport

November 10
Day
October
November 11 National Education Day
October 1 International Day of Older Persons
November 14 Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day
International day of Non-Violence,
October 2 November 17 International Students Day
Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
October 3 Nature Day November 19 World Citizenship Day
October 4 World Animal Day November 20 Universal Children’s Day
October 5 World Teacher’s Day November 26 Constitution Day(Samvidhan Divas)
October 6 World Food Security Day November 30 National Flag Day
 December Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee
December 1 World AIDS day Sri Jayawarde-
National Population Control day, Sri Lanka nepura Kotte, Sri Lankan rupee
December 2 colombo
World Computer Literacy day
December 4 Navy Force Day Iran Tehran Iranian rial

December 7 International Army Flag Day Oman Muscat Omani rial

The International Day Against Cor- Yemen Sana’a Yemeni rial

December 9
ruption, Anti Genocide Day Qatar Doha Qatari riyal
December 10 Human Rights day Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal
International Mountain day, UN Cambodia Phnom Penh Cambodian reil
December 11 International Children Education
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani som
Justice Day
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som
December 18 International Migrants day
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won
December 19 Goa Freedom Day
South Korea Seoul South Korean won
December 20 International Human Solidarity day
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound
December 22 National Mathematics day
Syria Damascus Syrian pound
Kisan Diwas (Farmers Day), Birth
December 23
Anniversary of Saran Singh Russia Moscow Russian ruble
December 24 National Consumer Day Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni/ ruble
Good Governance Day, Birth An- Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijani manat
December 25
niversary of Vajibai
Turkmen new
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
December 29 International Biodiversity day manat
Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar
Country - Capital - Currency
Jordon Amman Jordonian dinar
Country Capital Currency Iraq Baghbad Iraq dinar

1. Asia Kuwait Kuwait city Kuwaiti dinar

Country Capital Currency Bander seri

Brunei Brunei dollar
Begawan
India New Delhi Indian rupee
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar
Maldives Male Maldivian ruyaa
Timor-Leste/
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Dili US dollar
East Timor
Afghanistan Kabul Afghan afghani Cote D’ivoive/
Yamoussokro CFA franc
Ivory coast
Armenia Yerevan Armenian dram
Equatorial
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Malabo CFA franc
Guinea
Bhutanese ngul- Gabon Libraville CFA franc
Bhutan Thimphu
trum
Guinea Bis-
China Beijing Renminbi (Yuan) Bissau CFA franc
sau
Cyprus Nicosia Euro Mali Bamako CFA franc
Georgia Tbilisi/T’bilisi Lari Niger Niamey CFA franc
Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel Senegal Dakar CFA franc
Japan Tokyo Yen Togo Lome CFA franc
Kazakhstan Nur - Sultan Kazakhstani tenge Bujumbura (eco-
Laos Vientiane Lao kip Burundi nomical) Gitega Burundi franc
(Political)
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
Comoros Moroni Comorian franc
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian togrog
Democratic
Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw Kyat Republic of Kinshasa Congolese franc
the Congo
Philippines Manila Philippine peso
Djibouti Djibouti City
Thailand Bangkok Baht
Guinea Conakry Guinean franc
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc
United Arab
Abu Dhabi UAE dirham Mauritius Port Louis
Emirates
Vietnam Hanoi Dong Seychelles Victoria

2. Africa Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar

Benin Porto-Novo CFA franc Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA franc Zimbabwean dol-

Zimbabwe Harare
lar
Cameroon Yaounde CFA franc
Algeria Algiers Algerian dinar
Central Afri-
Bangui CFA franc Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar
can Republic
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar
Chad N’Djamena CFA franc
Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling
Republic of
Brazzaville CFA franc
the Congo Somalia Mogadishu Shilling
Tanzania Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Lobamba, Mba-
Swaziland Lilangeni
bane
Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound 3. Europe

South Sudanese Aland Islands Mariehamn Euro

South Sudan Juba
pound Andorra Andorra La Vella Euro
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound Austria Vienna Euro
Angola Luanda Kwanza Belgium Brussels Euro
Malawian kwa-
Malawi Lilongwe Estonia Tallinn Euro
cha
Finland Helsinki Euro
Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha
France Paris Euro
Botswana Gaborone Pula
Cape Verde Es- Germany Berlin Euro
Cape Verde Praia
cudo Greece Athens Euro
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Ireland Dublin Euro
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Italy Rome Euro
Gambia Banjul Dalasi Kosovo Pristina Euro
Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi
Latvia Riga Euro
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Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham
Monaco Monaco Euro
Mozambican met-
Mozambique Maputo Montenegro Podgorica Euro
ical
Nigeria Abuja Naira Netherlands Amsterdam Euro

Sao Tome Portugal Lisbon Euro

Sao Tome Dobra
and Principe
San Marino San Marino Euro
Sierra Leonean
Sierra Leone Freetown Slovakia Bratislava Euro
Leone
Slovenia Ljubljana Euro
Bloemfontein
(Judicial) Cape Spain Madrid Euro
South African
South Africa Town (Legisla-
rand Vatican City/
tive) Pretoria Vatican City Euro
(Administrative) Holy See
Czech Repub- Ukraine Kiev Ukranian hryvnia
Prague Czech koruna
lic
United King-
London Pound sterling
Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone dom
Norway Oslo Norwegian krone 4. North America
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona Antigua & East Caribbean
St. John’s
Barbuda dollar
Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona
East Caribbean
Macedonia Skopje Macedonia Dinar Dominica Roseau
dollar
Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar East Caribbean
Grenada St. George’s
Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc dollar

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc Saint Kitts Basseterre, East Caribbean

and Nevis Charlestown dollar
Moldova Chisinau Moldovan leu
East Caribbean
Romania Bucharest Romanian leu Saint Lucia Castries
dollar
Albania Tirana Albanian lek St. Vincent & East Caribbean
Kingstown
grenadies dollar
Belarus Minsk Belarusian ruble
Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar
Bosnia and
Sarajevo Mark
Herzegovina Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian dollar
Bulgaria Soa Bulgarian lev Belize Belmopan Belize dollar
Croatia Zagreb Croatian kuna Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar
Faroe Islands Torshavn Faroese krona Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar
Gibraltar Gibraltar Pound sterling Trinidad & To-
Port of Spain T&T Dollar
bago
Guernsey Saint Peter Port Guernsey pound
Cuba Havana Cuban peso
Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint
Dominican
Manx pound, Dominican peso
Isle of Man Douglas Republic
Pound Sterling
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Je r se y po un d,
Jersey Saint Helier United States dol-
Pound Sterling El Salvador San Salvador
lar
Poland Warsaw Polish zloty
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Svalbard Longyearbyen Norwegian krone Panama Panama city
boa
Transnistrian ru- United States dol-
Transnistria Tiraspol United States
ble lar
Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rican colon Nauru Yaren Australian dollar
Guatemalan quet- Australian dollar,
Guatemala Guatemala city Tuvalu Funafuti
zal Tuvaluan dollar
Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde Fiji Suva Fiji dollar
Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira New Zea- New Zealand dol-
Wellington
Nicaraguan cor- land lar
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doba Solomon Solomon Islands
Honiara
5. South America Islands dollar

Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso Papua New

Port Moresby Kina
Guinea
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Vanuatu Port Vila Vatu
United states dol-
Ecuador Quito
lar
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Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar 1. Adam Smith Wealth of the country

Bolivia Sucre Bolivian Boliviano 2. Hitler Main-Comp (My Struggle)

Brazil Brasilia Brazilian real 3. Einstein I see the world
Paraguayan gua- 4. Aristotle Constitution
Paraguay Asuncion
rani
5. Thande Aligarh Divine Comedy
Peruvian Nuevo
Peru Lima 6. E.M. Barster Way to India
sol
Venezuelan bo- 7. Homer Odyssey, Iliad
Venezuela Caracas
livar
8. Henry Miller Latitude
6. Oceania / Australia
9. Kathryn Mayo Mother India
Marshall
Majuro US dollar 10. Machiavelli Prince
Islands
Micronesia Palikir US dollar 11. Plato Republic

Palau Ngerulmud US dollar 12. Rousseau Social contract

Australia Canberra Australian dollar 13. John Milton Paradise Lost

Australian dollar, Destiny of Man, Principles

Kiribati Tarawa 14. Charles Darwin
Kiribati dollar of Evolution
 A jeweled taste by mistake An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser
As you wish An Idealist View of Life Dr S. Radhakrishnan
William Shake-
15. The Traveler of Venice Anandmath Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
speare
Hamlet Animal Farm George Orwell
Similar Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare
George Berna- Ape and Essence Aldous Huxley
16. Geezer and Cleopatra
dette
Arabian Nights Sir Richard Burton
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver
17. Charles Dickenson Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw
Twist, David Coppereld
Around the World in
18. Gunnar Myrtle Asian drama Jules Verne
Eighty Days
19. Leo - Tolstoy War and Peace Arthashastra Kautilya
20. Z.A. Bhutto Great sadness As you like it W. Shakespeare
Scriptures of Satan, Mid- Ascent to Everest Sir John Hunt
21. Salman Rusty
night’s Children
Asian Drawa Gunnar Myrdal
Famous Books / Dramas Autobiography of an
Nirad C. Choudhuri
Unknown Indian
Books / Dramas Author After the dark night S.M. Ali
Adventures of Sherlock Airport Arthur Hayley
Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes
Ambassador’s General J.K. Kalprith
Adventures of Tom Saw-
Mark Twain
yer Ambassador’s Report Chester Bowles
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal Apple cart George Barnard Shah
Alchemist, goesto ‘T’ Ben Johnson Area of Darkens V.S. Naipaul
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Arrival and Debenture Arthur Costler
Carl Bernstein and Bob Atoms of Hope Mohan Soundarajan
All the President’s Men
Woodward
A punch of old letters Nehru
All the Prime Minister’s
Janardhan Thakur A mid Summer night
Men William Shaesphere
Dream
All Things Bright & Beau-
James Herriot
tiful A church for Home Sasthi Pratha
All’s Well that Ends Well William Shakespeare A tale of two cities Charles Dickens
Baburnama Babur Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw Dilemma of Our Time Harold Joseph Laski
Bang-e-Dara Mohd Iqbal Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Ben Hur Lewis Wallace Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri
Bharat Bharati Maithili Saran Gupta Divine Life Swami Sivananda
Birth and Death of the Doctor’s Dilemma George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
sun
Don Juan Lord Byron
Born Free Joy Adamson
Darkers and Noon Arthur Gostler
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Death of the President William Monchester
Bread, Beauty & Revolu-
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Defence without Defeat P.V.R. Rao
tion
Broken Wing Sarojini Naidu Decline of the west O.Spencler

Best & the Brightest David Holperstain Distant Neighbours Kulpith Nayar

Between the Lines Kuldip Nayar Doctor Zhivago Bovis Pasternak

Caesar and Cleopatra George Bernard Shaw Directions Leo Tolsey
Candida George Bernard Shaw Eye of the storm Fedrick White
Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer End of an Era C.S. Pandit
Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Ends and Means Aldous Huxley
Coolie Mulk Raj Anand Essays for poor to the
John Kenneth Galbraith
Crime and Punishment Feodor Dostoyevsky Rich

Chithra Rabindranath Tagore Essays of Elia Charles Lamb

Crisis in India Ronald Segal Eternal Himalayas Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia

Das Kapital Karl Marx Arthur Stanley Edding-

Expanding Universe
ton
David Coppereld Charles Dickens
Experiments with Un-
Authur Ashe & Arnold Michael Anderson
Days of Grace truth
Ramprasad
Face to face Lecie & Lisa Perk
Death of a City Amrita Pritam
First among Equals Jeffery Archer
Decline and Fall of the
Edward Gibbon
Roman Empire Friends, Not Masters Ayuf Khan
Descent of Man Charles Darwin Future Shock Alwin Doffer
Faces of Everest Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabwala
Family Reunion T.S. Eliot Heroes and Hero Wor-
Thomas Carlyle
ship
Far from the Madding
Thomas Hardy
Crowd Himalayan Blunder Brigadier J.P.Dalvi

Farewell the Trumpets James Morris Hindu Civilisation J.M. Barrie

Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Hindu View of Life Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Father and Sons Ivan Turgenev House Divided Pearl S. Buck

For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway Human Factor Graham Greene

Freedom at Midnight Larry Collins Hungry Stones Rabindra Nath Tagore

From Here to Eternity James Jones History of the congress

Doctor Sankar Kosh
Party
First world war’s Indian
Ashok Mukerjee If I am Assassinated Z.A. Bhutoo
war Memories
Gardener Rabindra Nath Tagore India Divided Rajendra Prasad

Geet Govinda Jayadev India from Curzon to

Durgadas
Nehru and After
Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
India Wins Freedom Abul Kalam Azad
Gitanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore
India-China War Neville Maxwell
Godan Prem Chand
Indian Home Rule M.K. Gandhi
Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu
Indian Philosophy Dr S. Radhakrishnan
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
Inside Asia, Inside Eu-
Good Earth Pearl S.Buck John Gunther
rope, Inside Africa, etc
Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore Invisible Man H.G. Wells
Grammar of Politics Harold Joseph Laski I am not an Island K.A. Abbas
Great Expectations Charles Dickens I follow Mahatma K.M. Munshi
Great Illusion Norman Angell Illiet Homer
Guide R.K. Narayan Importance of being Ernest Oscar weld
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift Jai Somnath K.M. Munshi
Golden Gate Vikram Seth Jane Eyre Charlottee Bronte
Hamlet William Shakespeare Jean Christophe Romain Rolland
Harsha Charita Bana Bhatt The Judgement ‘T’ Kuldip
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Meghdoot Kalidas
Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Men Who Kept the Se-
Thomas Powers
crets
Kadambari Bana Bhatt
Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
Kagaz Te Kanwas Amrita Pritam
Middle March George Eliot
Kamasutra Vatsyayana
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie
Kamayani Jai Shanker Prasad
Mill on the Floss George Eliot
Kayakalp Prem Chand
Modern Painters John Ruskin
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
Mother India Katherine Mayo
King Lear William Shakespeare
Mother Maxim Gorky
Kumar Sambhava Kalidas
Much Ado About Noth-
Killer Angels Michael Sahara William Shakespeare
ing
King of Dark Chamber Ravindranath Tagore Mudra Rakshas Vishakadutta
Lady Chatterley’s Lover D.H. Lawrence Murder in the Cathedral T.S. Eliot
Life Divine Sri Aurobindo Muslim Dilemma in India M.R.A. Baig
Light That Failed Rudyard Kipling My Experiments with
Mahatma Gandhi
Lipika Rabindra nath Tagore Truth

Lolita Vladimir Nabakov My India S. Nihal Singh

Love Story Erich Segal My Life, Law and Other

M.C. Setalvad
Things
Light on Yoga RKS. Iyengar
My Truth Indira Gandhi
Living Room Graham Greene
Mahabartam Maharishi Veda Viyasar
Letters from father to his
Jawaharlal Nehru Man of Destiny George Bernard Shah
Daughter
Man, the unknown Lewis Carrol
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Man for All Seasons Robert Bold
Magic Mountain Thomas Mann
Muthu Mahal Gopinath Mohindi
Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw
Mount batten and Inde- Larry Collins & Domi-
Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw
pendent India nique Lapierre
Marriage and Morals Bertrand Russell
Mount batten and Britri- Larry Collins & Domi-
Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy sian of India nique Lapierre
Miss Lawrence Founda- Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma
George Bernard shah
tion
Paradise Lost John Milton
My Early Life Mahatma Gandhi Past and Present Thomas Carlyle
Naganandan King Harsha Vardhan Patriot Buck
Nehru : The Making of Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
M.J. Akbar
India
Pinjar Amrita Pritam
Netaji Dead or Alive Samar Guha
Post Ofce Rabindra Nath Tagore
Nine Days Wonder John Maseeld
Prem Pachisi Prem Chand
Nineteen Eighty Four George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Non-Violence in Peace Mahatma Gandhi
Principia CK Isaac Newton
Naked Game, the strang-
Beno Bell Ash Prison Diary Jayaprakash Narayan
er
Tarasanth Bandopady-
Naked Triangle Balwant Karki Panchakram
ayay
Natya Sasthram Bharata Muni
Subramaniya Bharathi-
Odakkuzhal G.Shankara Kurup Panchali Sabatham
yar
Of Human Bondage W.Somerset Maugham Passage to England Nirath C. Chowdhary
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Passage to India A.M. Parrister
One Hundred Years of Promotions P.N.Haksar
Gabriel Gracia Marquez
Solitude
Promise to keep Chester Bowles
One World Wendell Wilkie
Raghuvamsa Kalidas
Origin of Species Charles
Ramayana Maharishi Valmiki
Othello William Shakespeare
Ramcharitamanas Tulsidas
Odissi Homer
Rangbhoomi Prem Chand
O. Calcutta Kennet Diyon
Rape of Bangladesh Anthony Mascarenhas
Our India Mino Misani
Ratnavali Harsha Vardhan
Painter of Signs R.K. Narayan
Red Star Over China Edgar Snow
Pair of Eyes Hardy
Reminisces of the Nehru
M.O. Mathai
Pakistan Crisis David Loshak Age
Pakistan Cut to Size D.R. Mankekar Ritu Samhara Kalidas
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb
Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam Tempest William Shakespeare
Republic Plato Time Machine H.G. Wells
Road to Bali Leslie Sport To Live or Not to Live Nirad C Choudhury
Sadar-i-Riyasat Karan Singh Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Saket Maithili Sharan Gupta Triumph John Kenneth Galbraith
Satyartha Prakash Swami Dayanand Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
Savitri Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Twenty Years After Alexander Dumas
Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C Choudhury Two Leaves and a Bud Mulk Raj Anand
Seven Lamps of Archi- The Blind Beauty K.M.Peyton
John Ruskin
tecture
The Prides Book of Beau-
Mulk Raj Anand
Seven Summers Mulk Raj Anand ty
Shukuntala Kalidas The Dark Room R.K. Narayan
Shame Salman Rushdie The man who hit Gandhi Manohar Milkonkar
Shape of Things to Come H.G. Wells The Night Cabs Sidney Sheldon
She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith The old man and the sea Ernest Hemingve
Shivaji, The Great Patriot Lala Lajpat Rai The other side of mid-
Sidney Sheldon
night
Sohrab and Rustam Mathew Arnold
The Rainbow Pears. S. Buck
Sons and Lovers D.H. Lawrence
The Rope L.C. Dauglus
Story of My Life Moshe Dayan
The song of India Sarojini Naidu
Sunny Days Sunil Gavaskar
Tales of D Urberville Thomas Hardy
Sense & Sensibility John Austin
To each his stranger S.H. Vathyasan
Saataanin Vedangal Salman Rushdie
Ulysses James Joyce
Sipco’s Experience Chandi Prasad
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
Shah Nama Ferdoshi
Unhappy India Lala Lajpat Rai
Shall we Tell the presi-
Jeffry Archer
dent Unto The Last John Ruskin
Saas-a-vathan Munshi Prem Chand Utopia Thomas More
Saint John George George Bernard shah Uttar Ramcharita Bhavbhuti
Valley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann Kalganar Rajatarangani
Vanity Fair William Thackeray Blaney Natural history
View from the UN U Thant Kautilya Artha Shastra
Vinay Patrika Tulsidas Avanti Sundari, Dasakumara
Punish
Charitam
Bankim Chandra Chat-
Vish Vriksha
terjee Vedaviasa Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata
Wake Up India Annie Besant Ashwagor Buddhist history
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Jayadevar Geetha Govindam
War of Indian Indepen- Panabhata Gadambari
Vir Savarkar
dence
Bhavabhuti Maldi month
War of the Worlds H.G. Wells
Amersingh Amarkosh
We Indians Khuswant Singh
Firdausi Shah Nama
Wings of re Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Abul Basal Ayani-Akbari, Akbarnama
Yama Mahadevi Varma
Kulpatan Begum Himayun Nama
Yashodhara Maithili Sharan Gupt
Alberuni Kitab-ul-Hind

Indian Writers Mulk-Raj-Anand Cooley, a budding two

Hinduism, Biography of the
Writer Creations Niraj-C-Chowdhury Unknown Indian, Road to
England
Vishnu Sharma Pancha Tantra
Arvind Ghosh Life is divine
Mudraraksakam, Goddess
Visakha Dutta Verdict, India, on the prison
Chandragupta
Kuldip Nair road, India after Nehru, be-
Rashkhan Prem Vadika tween two lines
Panini Ashtadyayi Swami Sivananda Divine Life
Sutragar A bitter bite Amrittha Pritham Death of City, 49 Days
Raghuvamsam, Kumara Kodan, Gabon, Karabhumi,
Kalidasa Incident Meghadhootam, Munsi Prem Chand
Rangabhumi
Sakundalam
Darkroom, Malgudi Days,
Vatsayanar Kama Sutra Narayanan Guide, My Days, Swami and
Vigneshwar Midaxara Friends
Khushwan Singh Visit of Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi Inevitable India
Radhakrishnan Indian Philosophy A Bend in the River Area &
V.S. Naipaul
Darkness
Golden Threshold, Broken
Sarojini Naidu
Winks Sarath Chandra
Devdas, Srikanth
Chatterjee
Kamayani, Anso, Skanda-
Jai Shankar Prasad
gupta, Ajatsatru Gandhi Experiments with Truth

Places with memorials of Indian leaders

Mahatma Gandhi Father of India Iraj Kot

Nehru First Prime Minister Shantiwan
Lal Bahadur Shastri 2nd Prime Minister Vijay Ghat
Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister Shakti Sthal
Morarji Desai 4th Prime Minister Abai Ghat
Charan Singh 5th Prime Minister Kisan Ghat
Rajiv Gandhi 6th Prime Minister Heroic land
Giani Jail Singh 7th President of the Republic Ekta Sthal
Shankar Dayal Sharma 9th President of the Republic Karma Bhumi
Narayanan 10th President of the Republic Ekta Sthal
Gulsari Lal Nanda Caretaker Prime Minister Narayan Ghat
Krishna Kant 10th Vice President Nigambooth Ghat
Jagjeevan Ram Deputy Prime Minister Samda Sthal
Ambedkar Political Leader & Philosopher Syedia land
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