| Nick Name | Place |
|---|---|
| Golden City | Amritsar |
| Manchester of India | Ahmedabad |
| City of seven islands | Mumbai |
| Sorrow of Bengal | Damoda river |
| Sorrow of Bihar | Kosi River |
| Blue Mountains | Nilgiri |
| Queen of Arabian Sear | Kochi |
| Space City | Bengaluru |
| Garden City of India | Bengaluru |
| Silicon valley of India | Bengaluru |
| Electronic City of India | Bengaluru |
| Pink City | Jaipur |
| Gateway of India | Mumbai |
| Twin City | Hyderabad-Sikandarabad |
| City of festivals | Mudurai |
| Deccan Queen | Pune |
| City of Buildings | Kolkata |
| Dakshin Ganga | Godavari |
| Old Ganga | Godavari |
| Egg bowls of Asia | Andhra Pradesh |
| Soya region | Madhya Pradesh |
| Manchester of the South | Coimbator |
| City of Nawabs | Lucknow |
| Venice of the east | Kochi |
| Queen of the Mountains | Mussoorie (Uttarkhand) |
| Sacred river | Ganga |
| Hollywood of India | Mumbai |
| City of Castles | Kolkata |
| State of five rivers | Punjab |
| City of weavers | Panipat |
| City of lakes | Srinagar |
| Steel city of India | Jamshedpur (called Tatanagar) |
| City of Temples | Varanasi |
| Manchester of the north | Kanpur |
| City of Rallies | New Delhi |
| Heaven of India | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Boston of India | Ahmedabad |
| Garden of spices of India | Kerala |
| Switzerland of India | Kashmir |
| Abode of the God | Prayag (Allahabad) |
| Pittsburg of India | Jamshedpur |
Nick Names of Indian Places
Important Rivers of India
Following are the important rivers of India
| Name | Origin From | Fall into | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganges | Combined Sources | Bay of Bengal | 2525 |
| Satluj | Mansarovar Rakas Lakes | Chenab | 1050 |
| Indus | Near Mansarovar Lake | Arabian Sea | 2880 |
| Ravi | Kullu Hills near Rohtang Pass | Chenab | 720 |
| Beas | Near Rohtang Pass | Satluj | 470 |
| Jhelum | Verinag in Kashmir | Chenab | 725 |
| Yamuna | Yamunotri | Ganga | 1375 |
| Chambal | M.P. | Yamuna | 1050 |
| Ghagra | Matsatung Glacier | Ganga | 1080 |
| Kosi | Near Gosain Dham Park | Ganga | 730 |
| Betwa | Vindhyanchal | Yamuna | 480 |
| Son | Amarkantak | Ganga | 780 |
| Brahmaputra | Near Mansarovar Lake | Bay of Bengal | 2900 |
| Narmada | Amarkantak | Gulf of Khambat | 1057 |
| Tapti | Betul Distt. Of MP | Gulf of Khambat | 724 |
| Mahanadi | Raipur Distt. In Chattisgarh | Bay of Bengal | 858 |
| Luni | Aravallis | Rann of kuchchh | 450 |
| Ghaggar | Himalayas | Near Fatehabad | 494 |
| Sabarmati | Aravallis | Gulf of Khambat | 416 |
| Krishna | Western ghats | Bay of Bengal | 1327 |
| Godavari | Nasik distt. In Maharashtra | Bay of Bengal | 1465 |
| Cauvery | Brahmagir Range of Western Ghats | Bay of Bengal | 805 |
| Tungabhadra | Western Ghats | Krishna River | 640 |
Important National Highways
| National Highway | Route | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| NH-1 | Jalandhar – Uri | 663 |
| NH-1A | New Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar | 456 |
| NH-2 | Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Kolkata | 1465 |
| NH-3 | Agra-Gwalior-Nasik-Mumbai | 1161 |
| NH-4 | Thane and Chennai via Pune and Belgaun | 1235 |
| NH-5 | Kolkata - Chennai | 1533 |
| NH-6 | Kolkata – Dhule | 1949 |
| NH-7 | Varanasi – Kanyakumari | 2369 |
| NH-8 | Delhi-Mumbai-(vai Jaipur, Baroda and Ahmedabad) | 1428 |
| NH-9 | Mumbai-Vijaywada | 841 |
| NH-10 | Delhi-Fazilka | 403 |
| NH-11 | Agra- Bikaner | 582 |
| NH-12 | Jabalpur-Jaipur | 890 |
| NH-13 | Sholapur-Mangalore | 691 |
| NH-15 | Pathankot-Samakhiali | 1526 |
| NH-17 | Panvel-Edapally | 1269 |
| NH-22 | Ambala-Shipkitr | 459 |
| NH-28 | Lucknow-Barauni | 570 |
| NH-31 | Barhi-Guwahati | 1125 |
| NH-37 | Panchratna (near Goalpara) – Saiknoaghat | 680 |
| NH-44 | Shillong-Sabroom | 630 |
| NH-49 | Cochin-Dhanshkodi | 440 |
| NH-52 | Baihata-Junction NH-47 (near Saikhoaghat) | 850 |
| NH-58 | Delhi-Mana | 538 |
| NH-65 | Ambala-Pali | 690 |
| NH-75 | Gwalior-Ranchi | 955 |
| NH-76 | Pindwara-Allahabad | 1007 |
| NH-78 | Katni-Gumla | 559 |
| NH-86 | Kanpur-Dewas | 674 |
| NH-91 | Ghaziabad-Kanpur | 405 |
| NH-150 | Aizawl-Kohima | 700 |
| NH-200 | Raipur-Chandikhal | 740 |
| NH-205 | Ananthapur-Chennai | 442 |
| NH-209 | Dindigul-Bengaluru | 456 |
| NH-211 | Solapur-Dhule | 400 |
| NH-217 | Raipur-Gopalpur | 508 |
| NH-220 | Kollam (Quilon)-Teui | 265 |
Crematorium of Famous Persons
| Place | Person |
|---|---|
| Raj Ghat | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Vijay Ghat | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Kishan Ghat | Chaudhary Charan Singh |
| Veer Bhumi | Rajiv Ghandhi |
| Shanti Van | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| Shakri Sthal | Indira Gandhi |
| Abhay Ghat | Morarji Desai |
| Samata Sthal | Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Mahaprayan Ghat | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Ekta Sthal | Giani Zail Singh, Chandra Shekhar |
| Uday Bhoomi | K.R. Narayanan |
Famous Places Associated with Eminent PersonsFamous Places Associated with Eminent Persons
| Place | Person |
|---|---|
| Kapilvastu | Gautam Buddha |
| Macedonia | Alexander, the Great |
| Jalianwala Bagh | General Dyer |
| Anand Bhawan | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Chittore | Maharana Pratap |
| Haldi Ghati | Maharana Pratap |
| Sabarmati | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Sitab Diyara | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Shantiniketan | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Talwandi | Guru Nanak |
| Sevagram | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Pawapuri | Mahavir |
| Kushi Nagar | Gautam Buddha |
| Ibrahim Patti | Chandra Shekhar |
| Lumbini | Gautam Buddha |
| Mecca | Prophet Mohammed |
| Waterloo | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Porbandar | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Bardoli | Sardar Patel |
| Fatehpur Sikri | Akbar, the Great |
| Puducherry | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| Belur Math | Rama Krishna Paramhans |
| Pawanar | Vinoba Bhave |
| Seringapatnam | Tipu Sultan |
| Kundgram | Mahavir |
| Jeeradei | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Cuttack | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Trimurti Bhawan | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Jerusalem | Jesus Christ |
| Corsica | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Trafalgar | Nelson |
Famous Nicknames of Eminent Persons
| Nickname | Person |
|---|---|
| Father of the Nation | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Bapu | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Grand Old man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Strong (Iron) Man of India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Punjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Bengal Kesari | Ashutosh Mukherji |
| Bihar Kesari | Dr. Srikrishna Singh |
| Andhra Kesari | T. Prakasam |
| Sher-e-Kashmir | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Bangabandhu | Sheikh Mujibut Rahman |
| Deshbandhu | Chitta Ranjan Das |
| Deenbandhu | C.F. Andrews |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Loknayak | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Jana Nayak | Karpuri Thakur |
| Rajarshee | Purushottam Das Tandon |
| Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Guruji | M.S. Golvalkar |
| Desh Ratna | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Ajatshatru | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Mahamana | Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Chacha | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Rajaji/C.R. | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
| Sparrow | Major General Rajinder Singh |
| Young Turk | Chandra Shekhar |
| Tau | Chaudhury Devi Lal |
| Sahid-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Lady with the lamp | Florence Nightinga=-09> |
| Swar Kokila | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Udanpari | P.T. Usha |
| Mother | Mother Teresa |
| Vishwa Kavi | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Kaviguru | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Sardar | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Tota-e-Hind | Amir Khushro |
| Lal, Bal, Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Bihar Vibhuti | Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh |
| Babuji | Jagjeevan Ram |
| Napoleon of India | Samudra Gupta |
| Shakespeare of India | Mahakavi Kalidas |
| Machiavelli of India | Chanakya |
| Akbar of Kashmir | Jainul Abdin |
| Father of Gujarat | Ravi Shankar Maharaj |
| Grandfather of Indian Films | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
| Morning Star of India Renaissance | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| King Maker of Indian History | Sayyed Bandhu |
| Anna | C.N. Annadurai |
| G.B.S | George Bernard Shaw |
| Haryana Hurricane | Kapil Dev |
| Little Master | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Magician of Hockey | Dhyanchand |
| Deshpriya | Yatindra Mohan Sengupta |
| Kuvempu | K.V. Puttappa |
| Little Corporal | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Man of Destiny | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Fuehrer | Adolf Hitler |
| King Maker | Earl of Warwick |
| Uncle Ho | Ho Chi Minh |
| Bard of Avon | William Shakespeare |
| Li-Kwan | Pearl Buck |
| Father of English Poetry | Geoffery Chaucer |
| Grand Old man of Britain | Willium E. Gladstone |
| Maiden Queen | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Maid of Orleans | Joan of Arc |
| Man of Blood and Iron | Otto Van Bismark |
| II Duce | Benito Mussolini |
| Desert Fox | Gen Ervin Rommel |
| Quaid-i-Azam | Md. Ali Jinnah |
National Things
National Flag : The National Flag is the horizontal
tricolor of deep saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle, and
dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. At the center of the white
band is a navy blue wheel, which is a representation of the Ashoka
Chakra at Sarnath. Ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2:3.
Design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22, 1947. Its design is that
National Emblem : The National Emblem of India is derived
from the time of the Emperor Ashoka. The emblem is a replica of the Lion
of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Lion Capital was
erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where
Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the
four quarters of the universe.
There are four lions standing back to back, mounted, on an abacus with the frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on the left and the outlines of the other wheel on extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad meaning. Truth Alone Triumphs inscribed below in Devanagari Script.
National Anthem : The Jana Gana Mana is the national
Anthem of India, composed by Rabindranath Tagore. It was officially
adopted by the constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on
January 24, 1950. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta
(now Kolkata) session of the Indian National Congress. Playing time of
the full version of national anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short
version consisting of the first and the last lines of the stanza
(playing time approximately 20 seconds) is also played on certain
occasions. The whole song consists of five stanzas.
National Song: Bankim Chandra Chatterji's composed song "Vande Mataram" was adopted as the National Song. It has an equal status with "Jana Gana Mana". It was first sung in the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
National Animal: Tiger is the National Animal of India. It
is symbol of India's wildlife wealth. The magnificent tiger, Panthera
tigris, is a striped animal. The combination of grace, strength and
agility and enormous power has earned the tiger its pride of place as
the national animal of India.
National Bird: The Peacock, Pavo cristatus, is the
national bird of India. Emblematic of qualities such as beauty grace,
pride. It is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of
feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck.
National Sport: Hockey is the national game of India. It
is played all across India. Indian Hockey Federation(IHF) was formed on
the 7th November, 1925 at Gwalior. In Olympics, India has won the hockey
title a maximum of 8 times.
National Fuit: Mango is the national fruit of India.
Described as the "Food of the Gods", in the sacred Vedas, the fruit is
grown almost in all parts of India.
National Flower: Lotus botanically known as the Nelumbo
Nucifera is the national flower of India. It is a sacred flower and
occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of the ancient India
and has been auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial.
National Tree: Banyan Tree is the National Tree of India.
This huge tree towers over its neighbours and has the widest reaching
roots of all known trees. It is the focal point of village life.
National River: Ganga is the national river of India. It
is one of the major river in Indian sub-continent. The Ganges is
mentioned in the Rig-Veda, the earliest of the Hindu scriptures. Some of
the most important Hindu festivals and religious worship happens on the
banks of the Ganga river.
National Calender: National Calender based on Saka Era with worlds "Chaitra Pratipada"
as its first month and the first day of a normal year of 365 days was
adopted from March 22, 1957 along with Gregorian Calender for the
official purposes. Dates of the national calender, 1 'Chaitra' falling
on 22 March normally and on 21 March in leap year.
National Days: 26th January (Republic Day)
15th August (Independence Day)
2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday)
Design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22, 1947. Its design is that
National Emblem : The National Emblem of India is derived
from the time of the Emperor Ashoka. The emblem is a replica of the Lion
of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Lion Capital was
erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where
Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the
four quarters of the universe. There are four lions standing back to back, mounted, on an abacus with the frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on the left and the outlines of the other wheel on extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad meaning. Truth Alone Triumphs inscribed below in Devanagari Script.
National Anthem : The Jana Gana Mana is the national
Anthem of India, composed by Rabindranath Tagore. It was officially
adopted by the constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on
January 24, 1950. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta
(now Kolkata) session of the Indian National Congress. Playing time of
the full version of national anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short
version consisting of the first and the last lines of the stanza
(playing time approximately 20 seconds) is also played on certain
occasions. The whole song consists of five stanzas.
National Song: Bankim Chandra Chatterji's composed song "Vande Mataram" was adopted as the National Song. It has an equal status with "Jana Gana Mana". It was first sung in the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
National Animal: Tiger is the National Animal of India. It
is symbol of India's wildlife wealth. The magnificent tiger, Panthera
tigris, is a striped animal. The combination of grace, strength and
agility and enormous power has earned the tiger its pride of place as
the national animal of India.
National Bird: The Peacock, Pavo cristatus, is the
national bird of India. Emblematic of qualities such as beauty grace,
pride. It is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of
feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck.
National Sport: Hockey is the national game of India. It
is played all across India. Indian Hockey Federation(IHF) was formed on
the 7th November, 1925 at Gwalior. In Olympics, India has won the hockey
title a maximum of 8 times.
National Fuit: Mango is the national fruit of India.
Described as the "Food of the Gods", in the sacred Vedas, the fruit is
grown almost in all parts of India.
National Flower: Lotus botanically known as the Nelumbo
Nucifera is the national flower of India. It is a sacred flower and
occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of the ancient India
and has been auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial.
National Tree: Banyan Tree is the National Tree of India.
This huge tree towers over its neighbours and has the widest reaching
roots of all known trees. It is the focal point of village life.
National River: Ganga is the national river of India. It
is one of the major river in Indian sub-continent. The Ganges is
mentioned in the Rig-Veda, the earliest of the Hindu scriptures. Some of
the most important Hindu festivals and religious worship happens on the
banks of the Ganga river.
National Calender: National Calender based on Saka Era with worlds "Chaitra Pratipada"
as its first month and the first day of a normal year of 365 days was
adopted from March 22, 1957 along with Gregorian Calender for the
official purposes. Dates of the national calender, 1 'Chaitra' falling
on 22 March normally and on 21 March in leap year.
National Days: 26th January (Republic Day)
15th August (Independence Day)
2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday)
| National Flag Code Amended |
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The National Flag is the symbol of dignity and freedom. The Central
Government has agreed to Supreme Court's suggestion to liberate the
National Flag from the mindless code which prevent citizens from
unfurling it at their surrounding areas. The Union Cabinet declared that a member of public, a private organisation or an educational institution may hoist/display the National Flag on all days and occassions, consistent with its dignity and honour. The Flag code of India, 2002, takes effect from 26 January 2002 and supersedes the 'Flag Code India' as it existed. As per the provisions of the Flag Code of India, 2002, among the restrictions are bans on as under the following :-
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Players in Sports
| Sports | Number of Players |
|---|---|
| Baseball | 9 |
| Rugby football | 15 |
| Polo | 4 |
| Water Polo | 7 |
| Kho Kho | 9 |
| Kabaddi | 7 |
| Hockey | 11 |
| Football (Soccer) | 11 |
| Cricket | 11 |
| Netball | 7 |
| Volleyball | 6 |
| Badminton | 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) |
| Tennis | 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) |
| Table Tennis | 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) |
| Basketball | 5 |
| Gymnastic | Several individuals compete simultaneously |
| Billiards/Snooker | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 |
| Chess | 1 |
| Bridge | 2 |
| Croquet | 13 or 15 |
| Golf | Several individuals compete simultaneously |
| Lacrosse | 12 |
| Court/Campus/Field | Games/Sports |
|---|---|
| Court | Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Handball, Volleyball, Squash, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi |
| Diamond | Baseball |
| Ring | Sketing, Boxing |
| Course | Golf |
| Pool | Swimming |
| Board | Table Tennis |
| Mat | Judo, Karate, Taikwondo |
| Arena | Horse riding |
| Vellodrome | Cycling |
| Field | Polo, Football, Hockey |
| Track | Athletics |
| Pitch | Cricket |
| Greens | Bowls |
| Rink | Curling, Ice Hockey |
| Range | Shooting, Archery |
Famous Sport and Stadium
| Stadium | Sports | Place |
|---|---|---|
| In India | ||
| Indraprastha Stadium | Indoor Games | Delhi |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Athletics | Delhi |
| Ferozeshah Kotla Ground | Cricket | Delhi |
| Ambedkar Stadium | Football | Delhi |
| Shivaji Stadium | Hockey | Delhi |
| National Stadium | Hockey | Delhi |
| National Stadium | Hockey and Others | Mumbai |
| Wankhede Stadium | Cricket | Mumbai |
| Brabourne Stadium | Cricket | Mumbai |
| Eden Gardens | Cricket | Kolkata |
| Green Park Stadium | Cricket | Kanpur |
| Keenan Stadium | Cricket | Jamshedpur |
| Nehru (Chepak) Stadium | Cricket | Chennai |
| Varabati Stadium | Cricket | Cuttack |
| In World | ||
| Aintree, Doncaster, Epsom | Horse racing | England (UK) |
| Flemington | Horse racing | Melbourn (Australia) |
| Headingley Manchester | Cricket | England (UK) |
| Lords, Oval, Leeds | Cricket | England (UK) |
| Black Heath | Rugby Football | London (UK) |
| Wimbledon | Lawn Tennis | London (UK) |
| Wembley Stadium | Football | London (UK) |
| Brookland | Football | England (UK) |
| Twickenham | Rugby Football | England (UK) |
| Putney Mart Lake | Boat Race | England (UK) |
| Trent Bridge | Cricket | England (UK) |
| White City | Dog race | England (UK) |
| Hurlington | Polo | England (UK) |
| Henlay | Regata | England |
| Brisbane, Melbourne | Cricket | Australia |
| Perth, Sydney | Cricket | Australia |
| Yankee Stadium | Boxing | New York (USA) |
| Brooklyn | Baseball | New York (USA) |
| Forest Hill | Tennis | USA |
| Sendy Lodge | Golf | Scotland |
Important session of Congress
Important session of Congress:
| Year | Residents | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 | W.C. Bannerjee | Bombay |
| 1886 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta |
| 1887 | Badruddin Tyabji | Madras |
| 1888 | George Yule | Allahabad |
| 1889 | Sir William Wedderburn | Bombay |
| 1890 | Pherozshah Mehta | Calcutta |
| 1891 | P. Ananda Charlu | Nagpur |
| 1892 | W.C. Bannerjee | Allahabad |
| 1893 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Lahore |
| 1894 | Alfred Webb | Madras |
| 1895 | S.N. Banerjea | Poona |
| 1896 | Rahimtulla M Sayani | Calcutta |
| 1897 | C. Sankaran nair | Amravati |
| 1898 | Ananda Mohan Bose | Madras |
| 1899 | R.C Dutt | Lucknow |
| 1900 | N.G. Chandavarkar | Lahore |
| 1901 | D.E. Wacha | Calcutta |
| 1902 | Hasan Imam, S.N Bonerjea | Bombay, Ahmedabad |
| 1903 | Lal Mohan Ghose | Madras |
| 1904 | Sir Henry Cotton | Bombay |
| 1905 | G.K Gokhale | Benaras |
| 1906 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta |
| 1907 | Dr Rash Behari Ghosh(suspended) | Surat |
| 1908 | Dr Rash Behari Ghost | Madras |
| 1909 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya | Lahore |
| 1910 | Sir William Wedderburn | Allahabad |
| 1911 | Pandit B.N Dar | Calcutta |
| 1912 | R.N. Mudholkar | Bankipore |
| 1913 | Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur | Karachi |
| 1914 | Bhupendra Nath Basu | Madras |
| 1915 | Lord Satyendra Prasad Singha | Bombay |
| 1916 | Ambica Charan Majumdar | Lucknow |
| 1917 | Dr. Annie Besant | Calcutta |
| 1918 | Hassan Imam (special session) | - |
| 1918 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya | Delhi |
| 1919 | Motilal Nehru | Amritsar |
| 1920 | Lala Lajpat Rai (suspended) C.Vijayraghavachariar (annual) | Calcutta Nagpur |
| 1921 | C.R Das (in prison) Hakim Ajmal Khan(acting) | Ahmedabad |
| 1922 | Desbhandu Chittaranjan Das | Gaya |
| 1923 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (suspended) Muaulana Mohammad Ali(annual) | Kakinada |
| 1924 | Mahatma Ghandi | Belgaum |
| 1925 | Mrs Sarojini naida | Cawnpore |
| 1926 | S. Srinivasa lyengar | Guwahati |
| 1927 | Dr. M A Ansari | Madras |
| 1928 | Pandit Motilal Nehur | Calcutta |
| 1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Lahore |
| 1930 | (no session) but Independece Day Pledge was adopted on 26th January 1930. | - |
| 1931 | Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel | Karachi |
| 1932 | R. Amritlal (session was banned) | - |
| 1933 | Mrs. J. M Sen Gupta(session was banned) | Calcutta |
| 1934 | Dr Rajendra Prasad(continued again for 1935) | Bombay |
| 1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Lucknow |
| 1937 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Faizpur |
| 1938 | S.C Bose | Haripur |
| 1939 | S.C Bose(re-elected for 1939) | Tripuri |
| 1940 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | Ramgarh |
| 1941-45 | (No session caused by arrest and Jailing) | - |
| 1946 | Acharya J. B kripalani | Merrut |
| 1948 | B. Pattabhi Sitamayya | Jaipur |
Imp Dates of Indian History
Following are some Important dates of Indian History
| Periods | Events/Significance |
|---|---|
| BC | |
| 300-5000 | Indus Valley Civilisation |
| 563 | Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources) |
| 527-540 | Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana |
| 327-326 | Alexander's invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe |
| 313 | Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions. |
| 305 | Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya |
| 273-232 | Ashoka's reign |
| 261 | Conquest of Kalinga |
| 145-101 | Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka |
| 58 | Beginning of Vikrami Era |
| AD | |
| 78 | Beginning of Saka Era |
| 120 | Accession of Kanishka |
| 320 | Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India |
| 380 | Accession of Vikramaditya |
| 405-411 | Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien |
| 415 | Accession of Kumara Gupta I |
| 455 | Accession of Skanda Gupta |
| 606-647 | Harshavardhan's reign |
| 712 | First invasion in Sindh by Arabs |
| 836 | Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj |
| 985 | Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler |
| 998 | Accession of Sultan Mahmud |
| 1001 | First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab. |
| 1025 | Destruction of Somnatd Temple by Mahmud Ghazni |
| 1191 | First Battle of Tarain |
| 1192 | Second Battle of Tarain |
| 1206 | Accession of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak to tde tdrone oof Delhi |
| 1210 | Deatd of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak |
| 1221 | Changez Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion) |
| 1236 | Accession of Razia Sultan to tde tdrone of Delhi |
| 1240 | Deatd of Razia Sultan |
| 1296 | Accession of Ala-ud-Din Khilji |
| 1316 | Deatd of Ala-ud-Din Khilji |
| 1325 | Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq |
| 1327 | Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan by tde Tughlaqs |
| 1336 | Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in Soutd |
| 1351 | Accession of Feroze Shah |
| 1398 | Invasion of India by Timur |
| 1469 | Birtd of Guru Nank |
| 1494 | Accession of Babur in Farghana |
| 1497-98 | First Voyage of Vasco de Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope) I |
| 1526 | First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur |
| 1527 | Battle of Kanwaha-Babur defeated Rana Sanga |
| 1530 | Death of Babur and Accession of Humayun |
| 1539 | Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became India's empreor |
| 1555 | Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi |
| 1556 | Second battle of Panipal |
| 1565 | Battle of Talikota |
| 1576 | Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar |
| 1582 | Din-e-IIahi founded by Akbar |
| 1600 | East India Company established |
| 1605 | Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir |
| 1606 | Execution of Guru Arjun Dev |
| 1611 | Jehangir marries Nur Jahan |
| 1616 | Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir |
| 1627 | Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir |
| 1628 | Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India |
| 1631 | Death of Mumtaz Mahal |
| 1634 | The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal) |
| 1659 | Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned |
| 1665 | Shivaji imprisoned, by Aurangzeb |
| 1666 | Death of Shah Jahan |
| 1675 | Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs |
| 1680 | Death of Shivaji |
| 1707 | Death of Aurangzeb |
| 1708 | Death of Guru Gobind Singh |
| 1739 | Nadir Shah Invades India |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive |
| 1761 | Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes India's emperor |
| 1764 | Battle of Buxer |
| 1765 | Clive appointed Company's Governor of India |
| 1767-69 | First Mysore War |
| 1780 | Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
| 1780-84 | Second Mysore War |
| 1784 | Pitt's India Act |
| 1790-92 | Third Mysore War |
| 1793 | The Permanent Settlement of Bengal |
| 1799 | Fouth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan |
| 1802 | Treaty of Bassein |
| 1809 | Treaty of Amritsar |
| 1829 | Practice of Sati Prohibited |
| 1830 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy visits England |
| 1833 | Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| 1839 | Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
| 1839-42 | First Afghan War |
| 1845-46 | First Anglo-Sikh War |
| 1852 | Second Anglo-Burmese War |
| 1853 | First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta |
| 1857 | The Sepoy Mutiny of First War of Independence |
| 1861 | Birth of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 1869 | Birth of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1885 | Foundation of Indian National Congress |
| 1889 | Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1897 | Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 1904 | Tibet Expedition |
| 1905 | First Battle of Bengal under Lord Curzon |
| 1906 | Foundation of Muslim League |
| 1911 | Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the Capital of India |
| 1914 | World War I begins |
| 1916 | Lucknow Pact Signed by Muslim League and Congress |
| 1918 | World War I ends |
| 1919 | Montague-Chemsford Reforms introduced; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar |
| 1920 | Khilafat Movement launched |
| 1927 | Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India |
| 1928 | Death of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 1929 | Lord Irwain's Pact; resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress |
| 1930 | Civil disobedience movement launched; Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (6 April, 1930) |
| 1931 | Gandhi Irwin Pact |
| 1935 | Government of India Act enacted |
| 1937 | Provincial Autonomy; Congress forms ministries |
| 1939 | Word War II begins (September 1) |
| 1941 | Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India and death of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 1942 | Arrival of Cripps Mission in India; Quit India Movement launched (August 8) |
| 1943-1944 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provisional Azad Hind Fauj and Indian National Army; Bengal Famine |
| 1945 | Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla Conference; World War II ends |
| 1946 | British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim government formed at centre |
| 1947 | Division of India; Indian and Pakistan seperate independent dimensions |
| 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jannuary 30); integration of princely states |
Imp Battles of Indian History
| Important Battles of Indian History | |
|---|---|
| BC | |
| 327-26 | Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC |
| 305 | Chandragupta Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus. |
| 216 | The Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka. |
| c. 155 | Menander's invasion of India |
| c. 90 | The Saka invade India |
| AD | |
| 454 | The first Huna invasion |
| 495 | The second Huna invasion |
| 711-712 | The Arab invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim |
| 1000-27 | Mahmud Ghazni invades India 17 times |
| 1175-1206 | Invasions of Muhammad Ghori. First Battle of Tarain. 1191 - Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeats Muhammad Ghori; Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithvi Chauhan; Battle of Chandawar, 1194 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Jayachandra Gahadvala of Kanauj. |
| 1294 | Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan. |
| 1398 | Timur invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi |
| 1526 | Babur invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the first Battle of Panipat. |
| 1539-40 | Battles of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah defeats Humayun. |
| 1545 | Battle (siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri. |
| 1556 | Second Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu. |
| 1565 | Battle of Rakatakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota) in which the forces of the empire of Vijanagar under King Sadasiva Raya and his regent Rama Raya are routed by the confederate forces of the Deccani states of Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, and Bidar. |
| 1576 | Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar. |
| 1632-33 | Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan. |
| 1658 | Battles of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb. |
| 1665 | Shivaji defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar. |
| 1739 | Invasion of India by Nadir Shah. |
| 1746 | First Carnatic War. |
| 1748-54 | Second Carnatic War. |
| 1756-63 | Third Carnatic War. |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive. |
| 1760 | Battle of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French under Lally. |
| 1762 | Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali. |
| 1764 | Battle of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh. |
| 1767-69 | First Mysore War. |
| 1774 | The Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East India Company. |
| 1775-82 | First Maratha War |
| 1780-82 | Maratha War |
| 1780-84 | Second Mysore War |
| 1792 | Third Mysore War |
| 1799 | Fourth Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan |
| 1802-04 | Second Maratha War |
| 1817-18 | Third Maratha War |
| 1845-46 | first Sikh War |
| 1846 | Battle of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated. |
| 1848-49 | Second Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India. |
| 1857 | The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence) |
Book by Indian Authors
Following are some of the books by Indian Authors
| Book Name | Author |
|---|---|
| A bend in the river | V.S. Naipal |
| A brush with life | Satish Gujral |
| A House of Mr. Biswar | V.S. Naipal |
| A Million Mutinies Now | V.S. Naipal |
| A Passage to England | Nirad C.Chodhury |
| A Prisoner's Scrapbook | L.K. Advani |
| A River Sutra | Gita Mehra |
| A sense of time | H.S.Vatsyayan |
| A strange and subline address | Amit Chaudhary |
| A suitable boy | Vikram Seth |
| A village by the sea | Anita Desai |
| A voice for freedom | Nayantara Sehgal |
| Aansoo | Jayashankar Prasad |
| Afternoon Raag | Amit Chaudhari |
| Ageless Body, Timeless Mind | Deepak Chopra |
| Agni Veena | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
| Ain-i-Akbari | Abul Fazal |
| Amar Kosh | Amar Singh |
| An autobiography | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| An Equal Music | Vikram Seth |
| An Idealist View of life | Dr. S. Radhakrishan |
| Amrit Aur Vish | Amrit Lal Nagar |
| Anamika | Suryakant Tripathi Nirala |
| Anandmath | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Areas of Darkness | V.S. Naipal |
| Arthashastra | Kautilya |
| Ashtadhyayi | Panini |
| Autobiography of an Unknown India | Nirad C. Choudhury |
| Bandicoot Run | Manohar Malgonkar |
| Beginning of the Beginning | Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh |
| Between the Lines | Kuldip Nayyar |
| Beyond Modernisation, Beyond Self | Sisirkumar Ghose |
| Bhagvad Gita | Ved Vyas |
| Bharat Bharati | Maithilisharan Gupt |
| Bharat Durdasha | Bhartendu Harischandra |
| Border and Boundaries: women in India's Partition | Ritu Menon & Kamla Bhasin |
| Bharat Bharati | Maithili Saran Gupt |
| Breaking the Silence | Anees Jung |
| Bride and the Sahib and the other stories | Khushwant Singh |
| Broken Wings | Sarojini Naidu |
| Bubble, The | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Buddha Charitam | Ashwaghosh |
| By God's Decree | Kapil Dev |
| Chandalika | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Chandrakanta Santati | Devkinandan Khatri |
| Chemmen: Thakazhi | Sivasankara Pillai |
| Chitra | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Chitralekha | Bhagwati Charan Verma |
| Chitrangada | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Circle of Reason | Amitav Ghosh |
| Clear Light of Day | Anita Desai |
| Confessions of a Lower | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Confrontation with Pakistan | B. M. Kaul |
| Conquest of Self | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| Continent of Crime | Nirad C Chaudhary |
| Coolie | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Court Dancer | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Culture in the Vanity Bag | Nirad C Chaudhury |
| Days of My Years | H.P. Nanda |
| Daybhag | Jeemootwahan |
| Death of a City | Amrita Pritam |
| Devdas | Sharat Chandra Chatterjee |
| Discovery of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Distant Drums | Manohar Malgonkar |
| Distint Neighbours: India | Kuldip Nayar |
| Divine Life | Swami Shivananda |
| Durgesh Nandini | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Dynamics of Social Change | Chandra Shekhar |
| Eight Lives | Rajmohan Gandhi |
| English August | Upamanyu Chatterjee |
| Essays on Gita | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh |
| Eternal Himalayas | Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia |
| Eternal India | Mrs Indira Gandhi |
| Faces of Everest | Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia |
| Foreign Policy of India | I.K. Gujral |
| Forty Nine Days | Amrita Pritam |
| From Rajpath to Lokpath | Vijaya Raje Scindia |
| Gaban | Munsi Premchand |
| Ganadevata | Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya |
| Gardener | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Geet Govind | Jayadev |
| Ghasiram Kotwal | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Gitanjali | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Gita Rahasya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Glimpses of World History | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Godan | Prem Chand |
| Golden Threshold | Sarojini Naidu |
| Gora | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Guide | R.K. Narayanan |
| Harsha Charita | Bana Bhatta |
| Harvest | Manjula Padmanabhan |
| Heir Apparent | Dr. Karan Singh |
| Himalayan Blunder | Brigadier J.P. Dalvi |
| Hind Swaraj | M.K. Gandhi |
| Hindu View of Life | Dr. S. Radhakrishan |
| Hinduism | Nirad C. Choudhury |
| History of India | Romila Thapar |
| Hullabaloo in a Guava Orchard | Kiran Desai |
| Humanyunama | Gulbadan Beghum |
| Hungary Stones | Rabindranath Tagore |
| I follow the Mahatma | K.M. Munshi |
| Idols | Sunil Gavaskar |
| India After Nehru | Kuldip Nayyar |
| India Divided | Rajendra Prasad |
| India Unbound | Gurcharan Das |
| India of Our Dreams | M.V. Kamath |
| India Wins Freedom | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| India's Priceless Heritage | N.A. Palkhivala |
| Indian Philosophy | Dr. S. Radhakrishan |
| Indira Ghandi Returns | Khushwant Singh |
| Indira Gandhi: Badhate Kadam | Khushwant Singh |
| Inscrutable Americans | Anurag Mathur |
| Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| It's Always Possible | Kiran Bedi |
| Jai Somnath | K.M. Munshi |
| Jayadev | Geet Govind |
| Jhansi Ki Rani | Vrindavanlal Verma |
| Kadambari | Bana Bhatt |
| Kagaz Te Kanwas | Amrita Pritam |
| Kamasutra | S.H. Vatsyayan |
| Kanthapura | Raja Rao |
| Kapala Kundala | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Karmabhumi | Munsi Premchand |
| Kashmir: A Tale of Shame | Hari Jaisingh |
| Kashmr: A Tragedy of Errors Kayar | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
| Kitab-ul-Hind | Al-Beruni |
| Kitni Nawon Kitni Bar | S.H. Vatsyayan |
| Kulliyat | Ghalib |
| Kumar Sambhava | Kalidas |
| Kurukshetra | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
| Last Burden | Upamanyu Chatterjee |
| Life Divine | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh |
| Lipika | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Lost Child | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Mahabharta | Ved Vyas |
| Mahatma Gandhi and his Apolstles | Ved Mehta |
| Malgudi Days | R.K. Narayanan |
| Malti Madhav | Bhavabhuti |
| Meghdootam | Kalidasa |
| Mitakshara | Vigyaneshwar |
| Mrichhakatikam | Shudrak |
| My Days | R.K. Narayanan |
| My India | S. Nihal Singh |
| My Life and Times | V.V. Giri |
| My Music, My Life | Pt. Ravi Shankar |
| My Presidental Years | R. Venkatraman |
| My Truth | Indira Gandhi |
| Mudra Rakshas | Vishakhadatta |
| Natural History | Plini |
| New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy | A.B. Vajpayee |
| Nisheeth | Uma Shankar Joshi |
| Operation Bluestar: The True Story | Lt. Gen K.S. Brar |
| Our Films, Their Films | Satyajit Ray |
| Padmavat | Malik Mohammed Jayasi |
| Painter of Signs | R.K. Narayan |
| Panchatantra | Vishnu Sharma |
| Parineeta | Sharat Chandra Chatterji |
| Past Forward | G.R. Narayanan |
| Pather Panchali | Bibhuti Bhushan |
| Plain Speaking | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Portrait of India | Ved Mehta |
| Post Office | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Prem Pachisi | Munsi Prem Chand |
| Prem Vatika | Raskhan |
| Rajatarangini | Kalhana |
| Ram Charita Manas | Tulsidas |
| Ramayana | Maharishi Valmiki |
| Raghuvamsa | Kalidas |
| Ranghbhommi | Munsi Premchand |
| Ratnavali | Harsha Vardhan |
| Ravi Paar (Across the River) | Gulzar |
| Red Earth and Pouring Rain | Vikram Chandra |
| Ritu Samhara | Kalidas |
| Saket | Maithili Sharan Gupta |
| Satya Karischandra | Bhartendu Harischandra |
| Sakharam Binder | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Secular Agenda | Arun Shourie |
| Seven Summers | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Shadow from Ladakh | Bhabani Bhattacharya |
| Shahnama | Firdausi |
| Shrikant | Sharat Chandra Chatterji |
| Snakes and Ladders: Essays on India | Gita Mehta |
| Social Change in Modern India | M.N. Srinivas |
| Sultry Days | Shobha De |
| Sunny Days | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Sursagar | Sur Das |
| Swami and Friends | R.K. Narayanan |
| The Bride's Book of Beauty | Mulk Raj Anand |
| The Cat and Shakespeare | Raja Rao |
| The Company of Women | Khushwant Singh |
| The Critical Years: In Jail | Kuldip Nayyar |
| The Dark Room | R.K. Narayanan |
| The Degeneration of India | T.N. Seshan |
| The Glass Palace | Amitav Ghosh |
| The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy |
| The Golden Gate | Vikram Seth |
| The Judgement | Kuldip Nayyar |
| The Men Who Killed Gandhi | Manohar Malgonkar |
| The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success | Deepak Chopra |
| The Songs of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| The Story of My Experiments with Truth | Mahatma Gandhi |
| The Strange and Subline Address | Amit Chaudhuri |
| The Sword and the Sickle | Mulk Raj Anand |
| The vendor of Sweets | R.K. Narayanan |
| The way of the Wizard | Deepak Chopra |
| Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh |
| Two Leaves and a Bud | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Untold Story | B. M. Kaul |
| Urvashi | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
| Visarjana | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Waiting for the Mahatma | R.K. Narayanan |
| Wake up India | Annie Besant |
| We, Indians | Khushwant Singh |
| Wreck, The | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Yama | Mahadevi Verma |
| Yashodhara | Maithili Sharan Gupt |
| Years of Pilgrimage | Dr. Raja Ramana |
Anniversaries and Days
Following are some of the Important Indian and International Anniversaries and Days.
| January | |
| Army Corsp Establishment Day | January 1 |
| Infant Protection Day | Januray 7 |
| African National Congress Foundation Day | January 8 |
| NRI Day | January 9 |
| National Youth Day | January 12 |
| Army Day | January 15 |
| International Custom Duty Day, Indian Tourism Day | January 25 |
| Republic Day (India), International Customs Day;Law Day | January 26 |
| International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian | January 29 |
| Martyrs' Day (India), World Leprosy Eradication Day | January 30 |
| Sarvodaya Day | January 30 |
| February | |
| Rose Day | February 12 |
| Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary | February 13 |
| World Marriage Day | Second Sunday of Februrary. (February 13) |
| Valentine Day | February 14 |
| Delhi Police Day, National Day, Lithuania | February 16 |
| Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram Day | Feburary 20 |
| Mother Tongue Day (World) | February 21 |
| Central Excise Day | February 24 |
| National Science Day | February 28 |
| March | |
| National Safety Day | May 4 |
| International Women's Day International Literacy Day | March 8 |
| World Kidney Day | May 9 |
| CISF Foundation Day | May 12 |
| World Consumer Day | May 14 |
| World Disabled Day World Consumer Rights Day | March 15 |
| World Forestry Day International Day for Elimination of Racial | March 21 |
| World Day for Water | March 22 |
| World Meteorological Day | March 23 |
| Ram Manohar Lohia's Birth Day (Anniversary) | March 23 |
| Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru's Martyrdam Day | March 23 |
| World TB Day | March 24 |
| Rural Postal Life Insurance Day | March 24 |
| National Day of Bangladesh | March 26 |
| World Threatre Day | March 27 |
| April | |
| National Day, Senegal | April 4 |
| National Maritime Day | April 5 |
| SPG(Special Protection Group) | April 7 |
| World Health Day | April 7 |
| CRPF Valour Day | April 9 |
| Water Resources Day/National Survey Day | April 10 |
| World Homeopathy Day (Birth day of Samuel Hanimen) | April 10 |
| B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Fire Extinguishing Day | April 14 |
| National Day, Syria World Haemophilia Day | April 17 |
| World Heritage Day National Day Zimbabwe | April 18 |
| Secretaries's Day,Indian Civil Service Day | April 21 |
| Earth Day | April 22 |
| World Books and Copyright Day | April 23 |
| Panchayat Divas | April 24 |
| National Day, Tanzania | April 26 |
| South Africa Freedom Day | April 27 |
| May | |
| Worker's Day (International Labour Day) | May 1 |
| World Asthma Day | First Tuesday of May |
| World Press Freedom Day | May 3 |
| Coal Miner's Day | May 4 |
| World Red Cross Day | May 8 |
| World Migratory Birds Day | May 8 |
| World Laughter Day | First Sunday of May |
| World Mother's Day | Second Sunday of May |
| World Thalassaemia Day | May 9 |
| National Technology Day | May 11 |
| International Nurses day | May 12 |
| Natioanl Solidarity Day | May 13 |
| International Day of the Family | May 15 |
| World Telecommunication Day | May 17 |
| Anti-Terrorism Day | May 21 |
| National Day, Yemen | May 22 |
| Africa Day | May 23 |
| Commonwealth Day | May 24 |
| National Day, Argentina | May 25 |
| Death Anniversary of Jawahar Lal Nehru | May 27 |
| National Day, Ethiopia | May 28 |
| Everest Day | May 29 |
| Anti-Tobacco Day (No Smoking Day) | May 31 |
| June | |
| International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression | June 4 |
| World Environment Day | June 5 |
| National Day, Sweden | June 6 |
| National Day, Portugal | June 10 |
| National Day, Seychelles | June 14 |
| World Blood Donation Day | June 14 |
| World Consumer Rights Day World | June 15 |
| National Day, Iceland | June 17 |
| Father's Day | Third Sunday of June |
| World Refugee Day | June 20 |
| U.N. Charter Signing Day | June 25 |
| International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking | June 26 |
| Poor's Day | June 28 |
| National Day, Congo | June 30 |
| July | |
| Doctor's Day (Birth of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy) | July 1 |
| State Bank of India Foundation Day | July 1 |
| American Independence Day | July 4 |
| World Zoonosis Day | July 6 |
| World Population Day | July 11 |
| Kargil Memorial Day | July 26 |
| August | |
| World Breast Feeding Day | August 1-7 |
| International Friendship Day | August 3 |
| World Peace Day, Hiroshima Day | August 6 |
| World Senior Citizen's Day | August 8 |
| Quit India Day Nagasaki Day | August 9 |
| World Youth Day | August 12 |
| Indian Independence Day | August 15 |
| International Day of the World's Indigenous People | August 18 |
| Photography Day | August 19 |
| Sabdhavna Divas | August 20 |
| National Sports Day (Birth Day of Dhyanchand) | August 29 |
| Small Industry Day | August 30 |
| September | |
| World Yoga Day | September 2 |
| Coconut Day | September 2 |
| Teacher's Day (Birth Day of S.Radhakrishan) | September 5 |
| Sanskrit Day | September 5 |
| Forgiveness Day | September 7 |
| World (International) Literacy Day | September 8 |
| Hindi Day | September 14 |
| All India Flag Day | September 15 |
| Engineer's Day | September 15 |
| World Ozone Day | September 16 |
| RPF(Railway Protection Force) Foundation Day | September 20 |
| Alzheimer's Day | September 21 |
| Day for Peace & Non-Violence (UN) | September 21 |
| Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer Patients) | September 22 |
| World Heart Day, Social Justice Day International Tiger Day | September 25 |
| Day of the Deaf | September 26 |
| World Tourism Day | September 27 |
| October | |
| International Day of the Elderly | October 1 |
| Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence | October 2 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri's Birth Anniversary | October 2 |
| World Animal Day | October 2 |
| World Vegetarian Day | October 2 |
| World Habitat Day | October 3 |
| World Animal Welfare Day | October 4 |
| World Teacher's Day | October 5 |
| World Wild Animal Day | October 6 |
| Indian Air Force Day | October 8 |
| World Post Office Day | October 9 |
| National Post Day | October 10 |
| World Sight Day | Second Thrusday of October |
| UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | October 13 |
| World Standards Day | October 14 |
| World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) | October 15 |
| World Food Day | October 16 |
| World Allergy Awareness Day | October 16 |
| Police Commemoration Day | October 21 |
| UN Day | October 24 |
| World Development Information Day | October 24 |
| Infants Day | October 27 |
| World Thrift Day | October 30 |
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सामान्य ज्ञान
©®™सामान्य ज्ञान™®©
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• प्रधानमंत्रीयोंमें सबसे बड़ा कार्यकाल किनका रहा।
→→→ जवाहर लाल नेहरू (16 वर्ष नौ माह 13 दिन)
• संविधान में उपराष्ट्रपति से संबंधित प्रावधान किस
देश के संविधान से लिया गया है।
→→→ अमेरिका के संविधान से
• राज्य सभा के सदस्यों की अधिकतम
संख्या कितनी हो सकती है।
→→→ 250
• लोक सभा में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा कितने सदस्य मनोनित
होते हैं।
→→→ दो
• राज्य सभा में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा कितने सदस्य
मनोनित किये जाते हैं।
→→→ 12
• मरुभूमि विकास कार्यक्रम किस वर्ष शुरू किया गया।
→→→ 1977-78
• जवाहर रोजगार योजना किस वर्ष शुरू की गई।
→→→ 1989
• राष्ट्रीय रोजगार गारंटी कार्यक्रम कब शुरू हुआ।
→→→ 2006
• देश में पहला लौह इस्पात कारखान कहां पर स्थापित
किया गया।
→→→ कुल्टी (पश्चिम बंगाल में 1874)
• भारत का रूर किस पठार को कहा जाता है।
→→→ छोटानागपुर का पठार
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• प्रधानमंत्रीयोंमें सबसे बड़ा कार्यकाल किनका रहा।
→→→ जवाहर लाल नेहरू (16 वर्ष नौ माह 13 दिन)
• संविधान में उपराष्ट्रपति से संबंधित प्रावधान किस
देश के संविधान से लिया गया है।
→→→ अमेरिका के संविधान से
• राज्य सभा के सदस्यों की अधिकतम
संख्या कितनी हो सकती है।
→→→ 250
• लोक सभा में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा कितने सदस्य मनोनित
होते हैं।
→→→ दो
• राज्य सभा में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा कितने सदस्य
मनोनित किये जाते हैं।
→→→ 12
• मरुभूमि विकास कार्यक्रम किस वर्ष शुरू किया गया।
→→→ 1977-78
• जवाहर रोजगार योजना किस वर्ष शुरू की गई।
→→→ 1989
• राष्ट्रीय रोजगार गारंटी कार्यक्रम कब शुरू हुआ।
→→→ 2006
• देश में पहला लौह इस्पात कारखान कहां पर स्थापित
किया गया।
→→→ कुल्टी (पश्चिम बंगाल में 1874)
• भारत का रूर किस पठार को कहा जाता है।
→→→ छोटानागपुर का पठार
प्रमुख व्यक्ति एवं उनके गुरु
1. चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य - चाणक्य |
2. सिकन्दर महान - अरस्तू |
3. अरस्तू - प्लूटो |
4. प्लूटो - सुकारात |
5. महात्मा गांधी - गोपाल कृष्ण गोखले |
6. गोपाल कृष्ण गोखले- एम. जी. रानाडे |
7. सुभासचन्द्र बोस - चित्तरंजन दास |
8. शिवाजी - दादाजीकोण्डदेव |
9. बिरसा मुण्डा - आनन्द पाण्डेय |
10. स्वामी विवेकानन्द - रामकृष्ण परमहंस |
11. स्वामी दयानन्द सरस्वती - स्वामी बृजानन्द ||
Important Facts
इम्पोर्टेन्ट फैक्ट्स
01. ग्रीन हाउस गैस का एक मुख्य
कारण रैफ्रिजरेटर में पायी जाने
वाली गैस क्लोरो_फ्लोरो__
कार्बन (CFC) है। यह गैस ओजोन परत
के क्षरण के लिए भी उत्तरदायी है।
02. सामान्य बातचीत
की ध्वनि तीव्रता 30-50 dB
होती है।
03. अन्तर्राष्ट्रीयन्यायालय
नीदरलैंड देश के हेग नगर में स्थित है।
04. पंचशील के सिध्दान्त
का प्रतिपादन जवाहरलाल नेहरू ने
किया था।
05. सार्क की स्थापना सन 1985
में हुई थी।
06. विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन
का मुख्यालय स्विट्जरलैंड के
जेनेवा शहर में है।
07. लैड Pb अतिबिषैला तत्व है।
08. शरीर के 99%कंकाल में मुख्य रूप
से कैल्शियम - कैल्सियम फॉस्फेट के
रूप में
जमा रहता है।
09. मानव शरीर में रक्त
का थक्का जमाने के लिए आवश्यक
विटामिन K है।
10. एल्कैप्टोन्यूरिया बीमारी में
मनुष्य का मूत्र वायु के संपर्क में आकर
काला पड जाता है।
01. ग्रीन हाउस गैस का एक मुख्य
कारण रैफ्रिजरेटर में पायी जाने
वाली गैस क्लोरो_फ्लोरो__
कार्बन (CFC) है। यह गैस ओजोन परत
के क्षरण के लिए भी उत्तरदायी है।
02. सामान्य बातचीत
की ध्वनि तीव्रता 30-50 dB
होती है।
03. अन्तर्राष्ट्रीयन्यायालय
नीदरलैंड देश के हेग नगर में स्थित है।
04. पंचशील के सिध्दान्त
का प्रतिपादन जवाहरलाल नेहरू ने
किया था।
05. सार्क की स्थापना सन 1985
में हुई थी।
06. विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन
का मुख्यालय स्विट्जरलैंड के
जेनेवा शहर में है।
07. लैड Pb अतिबिषैला तत्व है।
08. शरीर के 99%कंकाल में मुख्य रूप
से कैल्शियम - कैल्सियम फॉस्फेट के
रूप में
जमा रहता है।
09. मानव शरीर में रक्त
का थक्का जमाने के लिए आवश्यक
विटामिन K है।
10. एल्कैप्टोन्यूरिया बीमारी में
मनुष्य का मूत्र वायु के संपर्क में आकर
काला पड जाता है।
प्रमुख अन्तरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे
[देश के प्रमुख अन्तरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे]
1) इन्दिरा गाँधी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → नई दिल्ली
2) छत्रपति शिवाजी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → मुम्बई
3) नेताजी सु॰ बोस अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोलकाता
4) अन्ना अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → चेन्नई
5) बाबा साहेब अम्बेदकर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → नागपुर
6) स॰ बल्लभभाई पटेल अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → अहमदाबाद
7) गोपीनाथ बारडोली अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → गुवाहटी
8) चौधरी चरण सिंह अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → लखनऊ
9) श्री गुरु रामदास जी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → अम्रतसर
10) त्रिवेन्द्रम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → तिरुअनन्तपुरम
11) कालीकट अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोझीकोड
12) शेख अलआलम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → श्रीनगर
13) राजीव गाँधी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → हैदराबाद
14) कोचीन अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोच्चि
15) वीर सावरकर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → पोर्ट ब्लेया
16) दाबोलिम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → गोवा
17) देवी अहिल्याबाई होल्कर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → इंदौर
18) लाल बहादुर शास्त्री अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → वाराणसी
19) मंगलुरु अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → मंगलुरु
20) जयपुर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → जयपुर
1) इन्दिरा गाँधी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → नई दिल्ली
2) छत्रपति शिवाजी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → मुम्बई
3) नेताजी सु॰ बोस अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोलकाता
4) अन्ना अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → चेन्नई
5) बाबा साहेब अम्बेदकर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → नागपुर
6) स॰ बल्लभभाई पटेल अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → अहमदाबाद
7) गोपीनाथ बारडोली अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → गुवाहटी
8) चौधरी चरण सिंह अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → लखनऊ
9) श्री गुरु रामदास जी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → अम्रतसर
10) त्रिवेन्द्रम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → तिरुअनन्तपुरम
11) कालीकट अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोझीकोड
12) शेख अलआलम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → श्रीनगर
13) राजीव गाँधी अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → हैदराबाद
14) कोचीन अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → कोच्चि
15) वीर सावरकर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → पोर्ट ब्लेया
16) दाबोलिम अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → गोवा
17) देवी अहिल्याबाई होल्कर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → इंदौर
18) लाल बहादुर शास्त्री अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → वाराणसी
19) मंगलुरु अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → मंगलुरु
20) जयपुर अं॰ हवाई अड्डा → जयपुर
सामान्य ज्ञान
©®™सामान्य ज्ञान™®©
• सौर मण्डल का सबसे छोटा ग्रह कौन-सा है?
→→→बुध ग्रह
• भारत में निम्न में से सबसे बड़ा पोत प्रांगण कहाँ है
→→→कोच्ची
• 'बैरोमीटर' के पाठ्यांक में अचानक गिरावट आ जाये, तो कौनसी दशा इंगित होती है
→→→तूफानी मौसम
• कौनसा एक तारा पृथ्वी के सर्वाधिक समीप है
→→→सूर्य_तारा
• उत्तर प्रदेश की सबसे लम्बी नहर कौनसी है
→→→शारदा_नहर
• सबसे बड़ा ग्रह कौनसा है
→→→बृहस्पति_ग्रह
• किस शहर की आबादी सबसे ज़्यादा है
→→→बीजिंग
• 'पेंगुइन' चिड़िया कहाँ पाई जाती है
→→→अंटार्कटिका
• भारत का प्राचीनतम पर्वत कौनसा है
→→→अरावली_पर्वतमाला
• अंग्रेजों ने भारत में अपनी प्रथम फैक्ट्री कहाँ पर स्थापित की थी
→→→सूरत
• सौर मण्डल का सबसे छोटा ग्रह कौन-सा है?
→→→बुध ग्रह
• भारत में निम्न में से सबसे बड़ा पोत प्रांगण कहाँ है
→→→कोच्ची
• 'बैरोमीटर' के पाठ्यांक में अचानक गिरावट आ जाये, तो कौनसी दशा इंगित होती है
→→→तूफानी मौसम
• कौनसा एक तारा पृथ्वी के सर्वाधिक समीप है
→→→सूर्य_तारा
• उत्तर प्रदेश की सबसे लम्बी नहर कौनसी है
→→→शारदा_नहर
• सबसे बड़ा ग्रह कौनसा है
→→→बृहस्पति_ग्रह
• किस शहर की आबादी सबसे ज़्यादा है
→→→बीजिंग
• 'पेंगुइन' चिड़िया कहाँ पाई जाती है
→→→अंटार्कटिका
• भारत का प्राचीनतम पर्वत कौनसा है
→→→अरावली_पर्वतमाला
• अंग्रेजों ने भारत में अपनी प्रथम फैक्ट्री कहाँ पर स्थापित की थी
→→→सूरत
विज्ञान प्रश्नोत्तरी
01. सामान्य ट्यूबलाइट में कौन सी गैस होती है? --- आर्गन के साथ मरकरी वेपर
02. वैज्ञानिक ‘एडबर्ड जेनर’ निम्नलिखित में से किस रोग से सम्बन्धित हैं --- चेचक
03. मानव में गुर्दे का रोग किसके प्रदूषण से होता है? --- कैडमियम (Cd)
04. बी.सी.जी. का टीका निम्न में से किस बीमारी से बचाव के लिए लगाया जाता है? --- क्षय रोग
05. प्रकाश संश्लेषण के दौरान पैदा होने वाली ऑक्सीजन का स्रोत क्या है? --- जल
06. पौधे का कौन-सा भाग श्वसन क्रिया करता है? --- पत्ती
07. कच्चे फलों को कृत्रिम रूप से पकाने के लिए किस गैस का प्रयोग किया जाता है? --- एसिटिलीन
08. वृक्षों की आयु किस प्रकार निर्धारित की जाती है? --- वार्षिक वलयों की संख्या के आधार पर
09. नेत्रदान में दाता की आँख का कौन-सा भाग उपयोग में लाया जाता है? --- रेटिना
10. साधारण मानव में गुणसूत्रों की संख्या कितनी होती है? --- 46
11. मानव शरीर के किस अंग की हड्डी सबसे लम्बी होती है? --- ऊरु (जांघ)
12. गाय और भैंस के थनों में दूध उतारने के लिए किस हार्मोन की सुई लगाई जाती है? --- ऑक्सीटोसिन
13. परखनली शिशु के सम्बन्ध में कौन-सा कथन सत्य है? --- शिशु का परिवर्धन परखनली के अन्दर होता
GK 2015
प्र.1- : हाल ही में, भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने रेपो दर 8% से हटा कर कितनी कर दी है ?
उत्तर : 7.75 %
प्र.2- : हाल ही में, किसने भारत के "सेंसर बोर्ड" के अध्यक्ष पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया है ?
उत्तर : लीला सैमसन
प्र.3- : किस एशियाई और सबसे कम उम्र की लड़की ने एक डिग्री सेल्सियस के तापमान पर अंटार्कटिक महासागर में 52 मिनट में 1.4 मील की दूरी तैर की है ?
उत्तर : भक्ति शर्मा
प्र.4- : 15 जनवरी 2015 किस रूप में मनाया गया ?
उत्तर : 67वां सेना दिवस
प्र.5- : भारत के इटरनेट और मोबाईल एसोसिएशन द्वारा वर्ष-2015 का सोशल मीडिया व्यक्ति पुरस्कार किसे दिया गया है ?
उत्तर : अमिताभ बच्चन
प्र.6- : "एच.एस. ब्रह्मा" को नए मुख्य निर्वाचन आयुक्त के रूप में नियुक्त किया है । एक मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त का कार्यकाल कितना होता है ?
उत्तर : 6 साल
प्र.7- : किस राज्य ने पंचायत चुनाव के उम्मीदवारों के लिए न्यूनतम शैक्षिक योग्यता निर्धारित की है ?
उत्तर : राजस्थान
प्र.8- : किसे संस्कृत के लिए "साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार-2014" प्राप्त हुआ है ?
उत्तर : प्रभु नाथ द्विवेदी
प्र.9- : हाल ही में, किस मुद्रा का यूरो के साथ उच्च सीमा का संबंध हटा दिया गया है ?
उत्तर : स्विस फ़्रैंक
उत्तर : 7.75 %
प्र.2- : हाल ही में, किसने भारत के "सेंसर बोर्ड" के अध्यक्ष पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया है ?
उत्तर : लीला सैमसन
प्र.3- : किस एशियाई और सबसे कम उम्र की लड़की ने एक डिग्री सेल्सियस के तापमान पर अंटार्कटिक महासागर में 52 मिनट में 1.4 मील की दूरी तैर की है ?
उत्तर : भक्ति शर्मा
प्र.4- : 15 जनवरी 2015 किस रूप में मनाया गया ?
उत्तर : 67वां सेना दिवस
प्र.5- : भारत के इटरनेट और मोबाईल एसोसिएशन द्वारा वर्ष-2015 का सोशल मीडिया व्यक्ति पुरस्कार किसे दिया गया है ?
उत्तर : अमिताभ बच्चन
प्र.6- : "एच.एस. ब्रह्मा" को नए मुख्य निर्वाचन आयुक्त के रूप में नियुक्त किया है । एक मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त का कार्यकाल कितना होता है ?
उत्तर : 6 साल
प्र.7- : किस राज्य ने पंचायत चुनाव के उम्मीदवारों के लिए न्यूनतम शैक्षिक योग्यता निर्धारित की है ?
उत्तर : राजस्थान
प्र.8- : किसे संस्कृत के लिए "साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार-2014" प्राप्त हुआ है ?
उत्तर : प्रभु नाथ द्विवेदी
प्र.9- : हाल ही में, किस मुद्रा का यूरो के साथ उच्च सीमा का संबंध हटा दिया गया है ?
उत्तर : स्विस फ़्रैंक
General knowledge questions about Jainism
Answer: Rishabha dev
2. Who is the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism ?
Answer: Parshvanath
2. Who is the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism ?
Answer: Parshvanath
3. Who is the last Tirthankara (24th) of Jainism ?
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
4. When did Vardhamana Mahavira born ?
Answer: BC 540
5. Where did Vardhamana Mahavira born ?
Answer: Kundala grama, Vaisali (Bihar)
6. What is the meaning of 'Jina' ?
Answer: Conqueror
7. Vardhamana Mahavira attained full enlightenment (kaivalya) at _________ ?
Answer: Jhrimbikagrama
8. Vardhamana Mahavira attained Nirvana at _________ ?
Answer: Pavapuri
10. What is the Holy book of Jains ?
Answer: Angas
11. What is the language used by Jains ?
Answer: Prakrit
U.N.O & their Headquarters
Specialized Agencies of the U.N.O with their Headquarters - 2015 Gk questions
1. Headquarters of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is in >>>> Rome
2. Headquarters of International Labour Organisation (ILO) is in >>>> Geneva
3. Headquarters of World Health Organisation (WHO) is in >>>> Geneva
4. Headquarters of World meteorological Organisation (WMO) is in >>>> Geneva
5. Headquarters of International Telecommunication Union (ITD) is in >>>> Geneva
6. Headquarters of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in >>>> Washington
7. Headquarters of International Finance Corporation (IFC) is in >>>> Washington
8. Headquarters of International Bank For Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank is in >>>> Washington
9. Headquarters of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is in >>>> Montreal
10. Headquarters of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is in >>>> Paris
11. Headquarters of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is in >>>> New York
12. Headquarters of Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) is in >>>> London
13. Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is in >>>> Vienna
* 14. Headquarters of United Nations Industrial Development Organizations (UNIDO) is in >>>> Vienna, (Austria)
* 15. Headquarters of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) is in >>>> New York
* 16. Headquarters of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is in >>>> New york
* 17. Headquarters of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is in >>>> Geneva (Switzerland)
* 18. Headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is in >>>> Nairobi (Kenya)
* 19. Headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU) is in >>>> Berne (Switzerland)
General knowledge questions about Buddhism
1. Who is known as Light of Asia ?
Answer: Gautama Buddha
2. When did Gautama Buddha born ?
Answer: BC 563
3. Where did Gautama Buddha born ?
Answer: Lumbini in Kapilavasthu
4. Gautama Buddha attained full enlightenment at _________ ?
Answer: Bodh Gaya (named by Edvin Arnold)
5. Where did the 1st Buddhist Council held ?
Answer: Rajgirh
6. What is the name of worship place of Buddhists ?
Answer: Pagoda
7. What is the Holy book of Buddhists ?
Answer: Tripitika
8. What is the language used by Buddhists ?
Answer: Pali
* 9. Which river flows through Bodh Gaya ?
Answer: Niranjana River (Phalgu River)
Important Regional (folk) Dances and States
RRB General knowledge questions 2015
Bihu - Assam
Ottam Thullal - Kerala
* Kathakali - Kerala
Yakshagana - Karnataka
Bhangra - Punjab
Tamasha - Maharashtra
Koli - Maharashtra
Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh
Garba - Gujarat
Chau dance - Orissa ,Bihar
Cheraw (Bamboo Dance) - Mizoram
Kummi - Tamil Nadu
Bharatanatyam - Tamil Nadu
Lahoo Dance - Meghalaya
Kalbelia - Rajasthan ( UNESCO heritage list)
Kuchipudi - Andhra pradesh
Kottam - Andhra pradesh
Important GK Questions about Dance
1. Which place did bharatanatyam originate?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
2. Which dance is associated with the personality Rukmini Devi Arundale ?
Answer: Bharatanatyam
3. Which dance is known as the "Ballet of East" ?
Answer: Manipuri
4. Which dance is based on Geethagovindam wrote by Jayadevan ?
Answer: Odissi dance
5. Which place did Kuchipudi dance originate?
Answer: kuchipudi village in Andhra Pradesh
6. Which dance is associated with the personality Siddhendra Yogi ?
Answer: Kuchipudi dance
7. Where did the dance Kathak originate?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
* 8. What is the total number of classical dances in India ?
Answer: 8
* 9. Which state has most number of classical dances ?
Answer: Kerala (Kathakali,Mohiniyattam)
* 10. Which dance form was originated in majuli island ?
Answer: Sattriya
Indian Railway Important GK questions
RRB Important General knowledge question 2015
1. Where is Railway Staff College situated ?
Answer: Baroda
2. What is the width of Broad gauge rail ?
Answer: 1.676
3. Which is the First Electric Train in India ?
Answer: Deccan Queen (Kalyan - Pune)
4. When did Life Line Express (Jeevan Rekha) Started ?
Answer: In 1991
5. Which year is declared as "Year of Rail Users" by the Indian Railways ?
Answer: 1995
6. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel ?
Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)
7. Which is the Longest Railway platform in the World ?
Answer: Gorakhpur station platform (UP)
8. Which is the train running between India and Bangladesh ?
Answer: Maitree Express
9. Which are the states have no Railway ?
Answer: Meghalaya and Sikkim (building new railway lines)
10. Which is the Worlds oldest working steam locomotive engine (train) ?
Answer: Fairy Queen runs in India
11. What is the width of Narrow gauge rail ?
Answer: 0.762
12. Where is the Headquarters of Konkan railway ?
Answer: Bilapur
13. Which is the fastest train in India ?
Answer: Shatabdi Express
14. In which year Indian Railway board established ?
Answer: 1905
15. Which is the first Railway station in India ?
Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria terminal)
* 16. Who is the first Indian to present Railway Budget ?
Answer: John Mathai
* 17. Who is the first railway minister in India ?
Answer: John Matthai
* 18. Who is the first lady Railway minister of India ?
Answer: Mamta Benergy
* 19. Which is the highest railway station in India ?
Answer: Ghum railway station
* 20. Which is the longest Railway bridge in India ?
Answer: Vallarpadam Bridge (kerala)
* 21. What is the slogan of Indian Railway ?
Answer: lifeline of the nation
* 22. Where is the Museum of Indian Railway situated?
Answer: Chanakyapuri (New Delhi)
