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This STATIC GK TORNADO is a complete docket of important news and events. The STATIC GK TORNADO is important and relevant for all competitive exams like – SBI PO Mains Exam 2016, SSC CGL 2016, Insurance and UPSC Exams. List of Highest, Highest, Longest, Biggest in India India & World             

Highest Mountain in India Highest Mountain in world Highest rainfall Highest waterfall Longest river in India Longest river in World Longest coastline of India Biggest country Biggest continent Biggest forest in world Biggest forest in India Coldest continent Largest & Deepest ocean

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Kangchenjunga Mt. Everest Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India Angel Falls Ganga Nile Gujrat Russia Asia Amazon Van Vihar national Park Antartica Pacific

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List of Gardens in India 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

Hanging Gardens Brindavan Garden Rock Garden Lodi Gardens Pinjore Gardens Shalimar Bagh Rock Garden Nishat Bagh Company Garden Lal Bagh Tulip Garden Sarita Udyan Chambal Garden Chashme Shahi Garden Jallianwala Bagh Kalindi Kunj Indian Botanical Garden Lal Bagh Garden

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STATIC GK TORNADO Dear readers,

This STATIC GK TORNADO is a complete docket of important news and events. The STATIC GK TORNADO is important and relevant for all competitive exams like – SBI PO Mains Exam 2016, SSC CGL 2016, Insurance and UPSC Exams. List of Highest, Highest, Longest, Biggest in India India & World             

Highest Mountain in India Highest Mountain in world Highest rainfall Highest waterfall Longest river in India Longest river in World Longest coastline of India Biggest country Biggest continent Biggest forest in world Biggest forest in India Coldest continent Largest & Deepest ocean

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Kangchenjunga Mt. Everest Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India Angel Falls Ganga Nile Gujrat Russia Asia Amazon Van Vihar national Park Antartica Pacific

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List of Gardens in India 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

Hanging Gardens Brindavan Garden Rock Garden Lodi Gardens Pinjore Gardens Shalimar Bagh Rock Garden Nishat Bagh Company Garden Lal Bagh Tulip Garden Sarita Udyan Chambal Garden Chashme Shahi Garden Jallianwala Bagh Kalindi Kunj Indian Botanical Garden Lal Bagh Garden

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Lloyds Botanical Garden Law Garden Mughal Garden Nishat Bagh Shalimar Garden Shalimar Garden Botanical Garden Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden Sim Park The Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden

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Darjeeling Ahmedabad New Delhi Kashmir Jammu Kashmir New Delhi Ooty Udaipur Tamilnadu Near gangtok

List of Sea Port & Location Sea Port Name

Location

Chennai Port or Madras Port Haldia (Kolkata Dock System & Haldia Dock Complex) Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as Nhava Sheva Kamarajar Port or Ennore Port Kandla Port Kochi Port or Cochin Port New Mangalore Port Mormugao Port Mumbai Port Panaji Paradip Tuticorin Port (now called V.O.Chidambaram V .O.Chidambaram Port) Visakhapatnam Port

Chennai, Madras Kolkata Maharashtra, South Mumbai Ennore, Chennai Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch Kochi, Kerala Manglore, Karnataka Panaji, Goa West Mumbai, Maharashtra Panaji Goa Jagatsinghpur, Odisha Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

List of Important National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of India           

Kaziranga National Park Dibru-Saikhowa Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Manas National Park Nameri National Park Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park Amchang WLS Chakrashila WLS Dihing Patkai WLS East Karbi Anglong WLS North Karbi Anglong WLS Nambor WLS

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Talra WLS Dachigam National Park Hemis National Park Kishtwar National Park Salim Ali National Park Gulmarg WLS Limber WLS Nandini WLS Betla National Park Lawalong WLS Palkot WLS Parasnath WLS Dandeli National Park Nagarhole National Park Bandipur National Park Bannerghatta National Park Kudremukh National Park Anshi national park Arabithittu WLS Attiveri WLS Bhadra WLS Bhimgad WLS Brahmagiri WLS Cauvery WLS Nugu WLS Pushpagiri WLS Ranganathittu Bird WLS Sharavathi Valley WLS Someshwara WLS Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Eravikulam National Park Mathikettan Shola National Park Silent Valley National Park Anamudi Shola National Park Pampadum Shola National Park Aralam WLS Chimmony WLS Idukki WLS Malabar WLS Mangalavanam Bird WLS Neyyar WLS Periyar WLS Thattekad Bird WLS Bandhavgarh National Park Pench National Park

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Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Kerala Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh

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Kanha National Park Panna National Park Madhav National Park Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Pench National Park Sanjay National Park Satpura National Park Van Vihar national park Bori WLS Gandhi Sagar WLS Ghatigaon WLS Ken Gharial WLS Narsighgarh WLS National Chambal WLS Orcha WLS Kuno WLS Sardarpur WLS Son Gharial WLS Sanjay Gandhi National Park Chandoli National Park Navegaon National Park Tadoba National Park Gugamal national park Aner Dam WLS Bhamragarh WLS Bhimashankar WLS Great Indian Bustard WLS Jaikwadi WLS Koyana WLS Nagzira WLS Painganga WLS Radhanagari WLS Sagareshwar WLS Tipeshwar WLS Tungareshwar WLS Keibul Lamjao National Park Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS Balphakram National Park Murlen National Park Phawngpui Blue National Park Mountain National Park Dampa WLS (TR) Ngengpui WLS Pualreng WLS Tokalo WLS Nokrek National Park Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Nongkhyllem WLS

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Manipur Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram

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Siju WLS Intanki National Park Fakim WLS Puliebadze WLS Rangapahar WLS Similipal National Park Bhitarkanika National Park Badrama WLS Baisipalli WLS Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Hadgarh WLS Khalasuni WLS Satkosia Gorge WLS Abohar WLS Harike Lake WLS Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/ Bharatpur National Park Sariska National Park Ranthambore National Park Darrah National Park Desert National Park Bundh Baratha WLS Darrah WLS Jawahar Sagar WLS Kailadevi WLS Mount Abu WLS Ramsagar WLS Sawai Man Singh WLS Shergarh WLS Sitamata WLS Khangchendzonga National Park Fambong Lho WLS Kitam WLS (Bird) Maenam WLS Pangolakha WLS Mudumalai National Park Mukurthi National Park Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park Guindy National Park Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS Kalakad WLS Karaivetti WLS Karikili WLS Mudumalai WLS Pulicat Lake WLS Vaduvoor WLS 7

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List of State, Nuclear Power Station and Thermal Power Station State

Nuclear Power Station

Andhra Pradesh

Thermal Power Station

(i) Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant (ii) Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station Bongaigaon Thermal Power Plant (i) Barauni Thermal Power Station (ii) Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station (i) Korba Super Thermal Power Plant (ii) Sipat Thermal Power Plant

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Gujarat

Haryana Himachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura

(iii) Bhilai Expansion Power Plant (iv) Hasdeo Thermal Power Station Kakrapar Nuclear power station (i) Mundra (TPP) (ii) Ukai Thermal Power Station (iii) Sikka Thermal Power Station (iv) Akrimota Thermal Power Station Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station (i) Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station (ii) Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station (i) Girinagar Hydel Project (ii) Binwa Hydel Project (iii) Rangtong Hydel Project (iv) Baner and Neugal Project (i) Patratu Thermal Power Station (ii) Bokaro Thermal Power Station (iii) Chandrapura Thermal Power Station (iv) Koderma Thermal Power Station Kaiga Nuclear power station (i) Udupi Thermal Power Plant (ii) Bellary Thermal Power station (iii) Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant (iv) Raichur Thermal Power Station (i) Brahmapuram Power Station (ii) Kayamkulam Power Station (i) Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (ii) Sant Singaji (TPP) (iii) Satpura Thermal Power Station (iv) Amarkantak Thermal Power Station (v) Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (i) Tarapur Atomic power (i) Tirora (TPP) station (ii) Amravati (TPP) (ii) Jaitapur Nuclear Power (iii) Chandrapur Super (TPP) Project (iv) Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station Dikhu Hydro Electric Power Plant (i) Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (ii) Hirakud Captive Power Plant Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant (i) Chhabra (TPP) (ii) Suratgarh Power Station (i) Rangit Hydro Electric Power Prject Kundakulam Nuclear Power (i) Mettur Theral Power Station Plant (ii) Neyveli Thermal (iii) Tuticorin Thermal Power Station Palatana Thermal Power Plant 9


Uttar Pradesh

Narora Atomic Power Station

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

(i) Rihand Thermal Power Station (ii) Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station (iii) Anpara Thermal Power Station (iv) Obra Thermal Power Station (v) Rosa (TPS) (vi) Panki (TPS) (i) Chibro Power Plant (ii) Khodri Power Plant (iii) Chilla Power Plant Durgapur Thermal Power Station

List of Famous Places - Famous Names, Cities and Aliases               

Amritsar Ahmedabad Mumbai Cochin Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Jaipur Mumbai Hyderabad, Secunderabad Madurai Pune Kolkata Godavari

Golden City Manchester of India City Of Seven Islands Queen Of Arabian Sea Space City Garden City of India Silicon Valley of India Electronic City of India Pink City Gateway of India Twin City : City Of Festivals Deccan Queen City Of Buildings Dakshin Ganga

List of State, River and Dam State

Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Kerala Uttarakhand Gujarat Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Punjab Jammu & Kashmir Telangna/Andhra Pradesh

River

Bhagirathi Sutlej Periyar Yamuna Narmada Krishna Raavi Chenab Krishna

Dam

Tehri Dam Bhakra Dam Idukki arch Dam Lakhwar Dam Sardar Sarover Dam Srisailam Dam Ranjit Sagar Dam Baglihar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 10


Jammu & Kashmir Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir (Kargil district) Jammu & Kashmir (Leh district) Jammu & Kashmir (Baramula district) Tamil Nadu Odisha Rajasthan Rajasthan Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Kerala (idukki district)

Chenab Koyna Rihand Tapi Narmada Suru

Jhelum

Salal Dam Koyna Dam Rihand Dam Ukai Dam Indira Sagar Dam Chutak Hydroelectric Power plant Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Power plant Uri Dam

Kaveri Mahanadi Chambal Chambal Bhagirathi Chambal Narmada Periyar

Mettur Dam Hirakud Dam Jawahar Sagar Dam Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Koteshwar Dam Gandhi Sagar Dam Omkareshwar Dam Mullaperiyar Dam

Sindhu

List of Revolution and Field Revolution

Black Revolution Blue Revolution Brown Revolution Golden Fiber Revolution Golden Revolution Green Revolution Grey Revolution Pink Revolution Red Revolution Round Revolution Silver Fiber Revolution Silver Revolution White Revolution (In India : Operation Flood) Yellow Revolution Evergreen Revolution

Field

Petroleum Production Fish Production Leather/nonconventional(India)/Cocoa production Jute Production Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Food grains Fertilizer Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production Meat & Tomato Production Potato Cotton Egg/Poultry Production Milk/Dairy production Oil Seeds production Overall development of Agriculture 11


List of State, Folk Dance and Classical Dance State

Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat Jammu and Kashmir Kerala Karnataka Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Manupur Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Folk Dance

Classical Dance

Changu Bihu Chhau Garba Dumhal Padayani Dollu Kunitha Lavani Gaur

Kuchipudi

Rauf Kathakali

Manipuri Odissi

Changu Bhangra (i) Gair (ii) Ghoomar Karagam

Bharat Natyam Kathak Chhau

List of International Stadiums Stadiums in Australia

Adelaide Oval Bundaberg Rum Stadium Telstra Dome Manuka Oval Marrara Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground W.A.C.A. Ground

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Adelaide Cairns Melbourne Canberra Darwin Melbourne Sydney Perth

Stadiums in Bangladesh

Bangabandhu National Stadium Chittagong Stadium

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Dhaka Chittagong

Stadiums in England

Edgbaston Headingley Lord's Old Trafford Sophia Gardens

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Birmingham Leeds London Manchester Cardiff


St Lawrence Ground The Brit Oval Trent Bridge

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Canterbury London Nottingham

Stadiums in India

Barabati Stadium Barkatullah Khan Stadium Brabourne Stadium Eden Gardens Feroz Shah Kotla Gandhi Stadium Green Park Indira Gandhi Stadium Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium M.Chinnaswamy Stadium MA Chidambaram Stadium Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Sardar Vallabhai Patel Motera Stadium Sawai Mansingh Stadium Vidarbha CA Ground Wankhede Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium Dhyan Chand National Stadium

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Cuttack Jodhpur Mumbai Kolkata Delhi Jalandhar Kanpur Vijayawada Visakhapatnam New Delhi Hyderabad Bangalore Chennai Rajkot Patna Ahmedabad Jaipur Nagpur Mumbai Kochi(Kerala) Guwahati(Assam) Delhi

Stadiums in New Zealand

Basin Reserve Eden Park Jade Stadium John Davies Oval McLean Park

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Wellington Auckland Christchurch Queenstown Napier

Stadiums in Pakistan

Arbab Niaz Stadium Ayub National Stadium Gaddafi Stadium

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Peshawar Quetta Lahore

Stadiums in South Africa

Kingsmead New Wanderers Stadium Newlands St George's Park Centurion Super Sport Park

Stadium in Sri Lanka 13

Durban Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth Pretoria


Colombo Cricket Club Ground Galle International Stadium P.Saravanamuttu Stadium R.Premadasa Stadium Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

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Colombo Galle Colombo Colombo Colombo

Stadiums in West Indies

Sabina Park Kingston Antigua Recreation Ground St John's Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown Kensington Oval Bridgetown Mindoo Phillip Park Castries Albion Sports Complex Berbice

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Jamaica Antigua Guyana Barbados St Lucia Guyana

Stadiums in Zimbabwe

Bulawayo Athletic Club Harare Sports Club Kwekwe Sports Club Queens Sports Club

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Bulawayo Harare Kwekwe Bulawayo

Stadiums in United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Stadium Sharjah Cricket Stadium

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Abu Dhabi Sharjah

List of Awards & their fields 1.

Bharat Ratna –

It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour". The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year. 2.

Nobel Prize –

The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. 3.

Saraswati Samman – Literature Note : The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award

given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 4.

Jnanpith award – Literature Note : The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a

trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 5.

Vyas Samman – Literature Note : Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the

Hindi literary work published in past 10 years. 14


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Bihari Puraskar – Literature Note : Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is

named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. 7.

Moorti Devi Award – Literature Note : The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya

Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. 8.

Booker Prize – Literature Note : It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and

published in the UK literary award 9.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Cinema/Films Note : The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented

annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 10. Arjuna Award –

Outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games. Note : The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award. 11. Dronacharya Award –

Eminent coaches of any particular sport Note : The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport. 12. Dhyan Chand Award –

The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games. 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award –

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India. 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – For Science & Technology Note : The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award

in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics. 15. Kalinga Prize – Science Note : The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for

exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people. 16. Pulitzer Prize – Journalism Note : The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism,

literature, and musical composition in the United States. 17. Abel Prize – Mathematics Note : The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway

to one or more outstanding mathematicians. 15


18. Grammy Award – Music Note : A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording

Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. 19. Stirling Prize - Architecture Note : The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in

architecture. 20. Aga Khan Award – Architecture Note : The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by

Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement. 21. Pritzker Prize – Architecture Note : The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

Important Boundary Lines               

Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was

drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand. Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I. Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United States. Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification built by France along its border with Germany before World War II, to protect its boundary from German attack. Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim. Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir. Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962. Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States. Order-neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Beisse rivers, adopted at the poland Conference (August 1945) after Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France. 17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united. 24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India. 26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which croses through Africa, Australia and South America. 30th PARALLEL north is a line of latitude that Stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole. 33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southeren United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. 16

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35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of

Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia the State of Alabama, and the State of Mississippi. 36030’ Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tennessee and Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missiouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. 37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. 39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degre es north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. 40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. 41th Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah. 42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylania Border. 43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.

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List of Banks, Headquarter and Tagline Banks

Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Bharatiya Mahila Bank Limited Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank

Headquarter

Kolkata Hyderabad Vadodara Mumbai Pune New Delhi Bangalore Mumbai Mangalore Mumbai Chennai Chennai

Tagline

A Tradition of Trust Where India Banks India’s International Bank

Relationship beyond Banking Ek parivaar Ek Bank Empowering Women, Empowering India Together We Can Central to You Since 1911 Prosperity for all Trusted Family Bank Your Own Bank Good People to Grow With 17


Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab National Bank Punjab & Sind Bank State Bank of India Syndicate Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India UCO Bank Vijaya Bank IDBI Bank Ltd

New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi Mumbai Manipal Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata Bangalore Mumbai

Where Every Individual is Committed The Name You can Bank Upon Where Service is a way of Life The Banker to Every Indian Faithful and Friendly Good People to Bank with The Bank that begins with U Honours your Trust A Friend you can Bank upon Bank aisa dost jaisa

List of Internation Organization, Headquarter & President/G.Sec. International Organizations

Headquarter

President/ General Secretary

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank Asian Development Bank (ADB) International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank United Nations Organization (UN)

Beijing, China

Jin Liqun

Shanghai, China

K.V. Kamath

Manila, Philippines

Takehiko Nakao

Washington DC, US

Christine Lagarde

Washington DC, US New York, US

Jim Yong Kim Ban Ki – moon

New York, US

Anthony Lake

New York, US

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Geneva, Switzerland

Mukhisa Kituyi

Geneva, Switzerland

Margaret Chan

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland

Klaus Schwab Guy Ryder

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland

Roberto Azevêdo Michel Jarraud (Secretary-General) Francis Gurry

Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Maurer

United Nations Children’s Fund

(UNICEF) United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) World Health Organization (WHO) World Economic Forum International Labour Organisation (ILO) World Trade Organisation World Meteorological Organisation World Intellectual Property Organisation International Committee of the Red Cross

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United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) International Atomic Agency Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Amnesty International International Maritime Organisation Commonwealth of Nations

Paris, France

Irina Bokova

Paris, France

José Ángel Gurría

Vienna, Austria

Li Yong

Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria

Yukiya Amano Diezani Alison-Madueke

London, UK London, UK

Salil Shetty Koji Sekimizu

London, UK

Jakarta, Indonesia

Head - Queen Elizabeth II Secretary-General-Kamalesh Sharma Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Secretary-General) Le Loung Minh

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Singapore

Dr. Alan Bollard

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Brussels, Belgium

Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary-General)

International Cricket Council (ICC)

Dubai, UAE

Zaheer Abbas

Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

Rome, Italy

José Graziano da Silva

International Court of Justice

The Hague, The Netherland

Ronny Abraham

International Olympic Committee

Lausanne, Switzerland

Thomas Bach

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Zurich, Switzerland

Sepp Blatter

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Hague, The Netherlands

Ahmet Üzümcü

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

Yolanda Kakabadse

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List of National and Internation Water Falls India

Water Falls

International

Water Falls

Odisha

Barehipani Falls

Venezuela

Angel

Goa

Dudhsagar Falls

Venezuela

Kukenaam

Meghalaya

Nohkalikai Falls

USA

Ribbon

Meghalaya

Langshiang Falls

South Africa

Tugela

Karnataka

Jog Falls or Gersoppa falls (Plunge waterfalls)

Australia

Wollomombi

Karnataka

Magod Falls

Brazil

Guaria

Karnataka

Lushington Falls or Unchalli Falls or Keppa Jog falls

Canada

Niagara

Karnataka

Sivasamudram Falls

Zimbabwe

Victoria

Karnataka Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh

Kunchikal Falls (Tiered waterfalls) Hundru Falls Kapildhara Falls

List of International Cricket Stadiums and Place International Cricket Stadiums

Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Brabourne Stadium Green Park Stadium Wankhede Stadium Barabati Stadium Eden Gardens Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium M Chinnaswamy Stadium M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Sawai Mansingh Stadium Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Green Park Stadium

Place

Delhi Mumbai, Maharashtra Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Mumbai, Maharashtra Cuttack, Odisha Kolkata, West Bengal Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Bangalore, Karnataka Chennai, Tamil Nadu Jaipur, Rajasthan Mohali, Chandigarh Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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List of Airport, City and State Airport

City

State

Veer Savarkar International Airport Visakhapatnam Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport Goa International Airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Kempegowda International Airport

Port Blair Visakhapatnam Hyderabad Guwahati

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Assam

New Delhi Goa Ahmedabad

Delhi Goa Gujarat

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Mangalore International Airport

Mangalore

Karnataka

Cochin International Airport

Kochi

Kerala

Calicut International Airport

Kozhikode

Kerala

Trivandrum International Airport

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Mumbai

Maharashtra

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Nagpur

Maharashtra

Tulihal Airport

Imphal

Manipur

Biju Patnaik International Airport

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport

Amritsar

Punjab

Jaipur International Airport

Jaipur

Rajasthan

Chennai International Airport

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore International Airport

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Tiruchirapalli International Airport

Tiruchirapalli

Tamil Nadu

Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Kolkata

West Bengal

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List of State, Capital, Governor & Chief Minister State

Capital

Governor

Arunachal Pradesh Assam

Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati) Itanagar Dispur

Bihar Chhattisgarh

Patna Raipur

Shri E. S. Lakshmi Narasimhan Shri J.P. Rajkhowa Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (Add. Charge) Shri Ram Nath Kovind Shri Balramji Dass Tandon

Andhra Pradesh

Delhi (NCT) Goa

Panaji

Smt. Mridula Sinha

Gujarat Haryana

Gandhinagar Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand

Shimla Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) Ranchi

Shri Om Prakash Kohli Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri N. N. Vohra

Karnataka Kerala

Bengaluru Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Manipur

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Nagaland

Kohima

Odisha Puducherry (UT) Punjab

Bhubaneswar Chandigarh

Shrimati Droupadi Murmu Shri Vajubhai Vala Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam Shri Ram Naresh Yadav Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Shri V. Shanmuganathan (Add. Charge) Shri V. Shanmuganthan Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Dr. S. C. Jamir Kiran Bedi Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki 22

Chief Minister

Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu Shri Kalikho Pul Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Shri Nitish Kumar Dr. Raman Singh Shri Arvind Kejriwal Shri Laxmikant Parsekar Smt. Anandiben Patel Shri Manohar Lal Shri Virbhadra Singh Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Shri Raghubar Das Shri Siddaramaiah Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shri Devendra Fadnavis Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Dr. Mukul Sangma Shri Lal Thanhawla Shri. T R Zeliang Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri. V. Narayanasamy Shri Parkash Singh Badal


Rajasthan Sikkim

Jaipur Gangtok

Tamil Nadu Telangana

Chennai Hyderabad

Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Agartala Lucknow Dehradun Kolkata

Shri Kalyan Singh Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil Dr. K. Rosaiah Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge) Shri Tathagata Roy Shri Ram Naik Dr. Krishan Kant Paul Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi

Smt. Vasundhara Raje Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Selvi J. Jayalalithaa Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Shri Manik Sarkar Shri Akhilesh Yadav Shri Harish Rawat Km. Mamata Banerjee

List of Union Territory, Capital and Chief Minister/Governor Union Territory

Capital

Delhi Pondicheerry (Puducherry) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Daman & Diu Dadar & Nagar Haveli Lakshadweep

Chief Minister/ Governor

Arvind Kejriwal Shri. V. Narayanasamy A.K. Singh (L.G.) Kaptan Singh Solanki (Administrator) Ashish Kundhra (Administrator) Ashish Kundra (Administrator) H. Rajesh Prasad (Administrator)

Port Blair Daman Silvasa Kavaratti

List of State, Monuments and Temples State

Monuments

Andhra Pradesh

(i) Srisailam Temple (ii) Tirupathi Temple (i) Kamakhya Temple (ii) Sukresvara Temple Mahabodhi Temple

Assam Bihar Delhi (NCT)

Temples

(i) Humayun’s Tomb

(ii) The Red Fort (iii) Qutub Minar (iv) Lotus Temple (v) Janatar Mantar Gujarat Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Kerala

Somnath Temple Markandeshwar Temple Amarnath Temple Sabrimala Temple

Dal Lake

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Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan

Darbar Sahib – Amritsar (i) Hawa Mahal – Jaipur (ii) Mehrangarh Fort – Jodhpur (iii) Jal Mahal – Jaipur

Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Siddhivinayak Temple Konark Sun Temple Golden Temple Birla Mandir

(i) Meenakshi Temple (ii) Brihadeeswarar Temple Salar Jung Museum – Hyderabad Taj Mahal – Agra Victoria Memorial - Kolkata

List of Sports and Trophies/Cups Sports

Cricket

Hockey

Football

Badminton Table Tennis Lawn Tennis Golf Horse Racing Rowing

Trophies/ Cups

Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Champions League Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women) Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters Derby Wellington trophy

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List of Sports and Terminology Sports

Badminton Baseball Billiards Boxing Bridge Chess Cricket Football Golf Hockey Horse Racing Lawn Tennis Rifle Shooting Swimming

Terminology

Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault. Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out. Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off. Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch. Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks. Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check. LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, Follow on, Googly, Gulley, Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, No ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling. Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Tick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green. Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, Under cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried. Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest. Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive. Bull's eyes. Stroke.

List of All Cabinet Ministers Cabinet Ministers

Ministries

Shri Raj Nath Singh Sushma Swaraj Shri Arun Jaitley

Minister of Home Affairs Minister of External Affairs Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs Minister of Urban Development, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Venkaiah Naidu Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Shri Manohar Parrikar Shri Suresh Prabhu Shri D V Sadananda Gowda Sushri Uma Bharati Shri Ramvilas Paswan Shri Kalraj Mishra Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Shri Ananthkumar Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping Minister of Defence Minister of Railways Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of Women and Child Development Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 25


Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Shri Anant Geete Harsimrat Kaur Badal Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Shri Jual Oram Shri Radha Mohan Singh Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Smriti Zubin Irani Harsh Vardhan Shri Prakash Javadekar

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Civil Aviation Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister of Food Processing Industries Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister of Steel Minister of Tribal Affairs Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of Textiles Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Minister of Human Resource Development

List of Country, Capital, Currency, President and Prime Minister Country

Capital

Currency

President

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Bujar Nishani Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Albania Algeria

Tirane Algiers

Lek Dinar

Andorra Angola

Andorra la Vella Luanda

Euro New Kwanza

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia

Saint John's Buenos Aires Yerevan

East Caribbean dollar Peso Dram

Australia

Canberra

Australian dollar Sir Peter Cosgrove

Austria

Vienna

Azerbaijan The Bahamas

Baku Nassau

Euro (formerly schilling) Manat Bahamian dollar

Bahrain

Manama

Bahrain dinar

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Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Sir Rodney Williams Mauricio Macri Serzh Sargsyan

Prime Minister

Edi Rama Abdelmalek Sellal

Gaston Browne Hovik Abrahamyan Malcolm Turnbull

Heinz Fischer Ilham Aliyev Marguerite Pindling Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Artur Rasizade Perry Gladstone Christie Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa


Bangladesh Barbados Belarus

Dhaka Bridgetown Minsk

Abdul Hamid Elliot Belgrave Aleksandr Lukashenko Philippe

Sheikh Hasina Freundel Stuart Andrei Kobyakov

Belmopan

Taka Barbados dollar Belorussian ruble Euro (formerly Belgian franc) Belize dollar

Belgium

Brussels

Belize

Sir Colville Young

Benin Bhutan

Porto-Novo Thimphu

CFA Franc Ngultrum

Bolivia

La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) Sarajevo

Boliviano

Patrice Talon Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Juan Evo Morales Ayma

Dean Oliver Barrow Lionel Zinsou Tshering Tobgay

Marka

Gaborone

Pula Real Brunei dollar

Bulgaria Burkina Faso

Brasilia Bandar Seri Begawan Sofia Ouagadougou

Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde

Bujumbura Phnom Penh Yaounde Ottawa Praia

Central African Republic Chad

Bangui

Burundi franc Riel CFA Franc Canadian dollar Cape Verdean escudo CFA Franc

N'Djamena

CFA Franc

Rosen Plevneliev (Acting) Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Pierre Nkurunziza Norodom Sihamoni Paul Biya David Johnston Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca Faustin-Archange Touadéra Idriss Deby Itno

Santiago Beijing Bogota Moroni Brazzaville

Chilean Peso Yuan/Renminbi Colombian Peso Franc CFA Franc

Michelle Bachelet Xi Jinping Juan Manuel Santos Ikililou Dhoinine Clement Mouamba

Kinshasa

Congolese franc

Joseph Kabila

San Jose Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

Colón CFA Franc

Luis Guillermo Solís Alassane Dramane Ouattara

Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei

Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire

Lev CFA Franc

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Seretse Khama Ian Khama Dilma Rousseff Sir Hassanal Bolkiah

Charles Michel

Sir Hassanal Bolkiah Boyko Borisov Paul Kaba Thieba Hun Sen Philemon Yang Justin Trudeau Ulisses Correia e Silva Simplice Sarandji Albert Pahimi Padacke Li Keqiang

Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon Daniel Kablan Duncan


Croatia

Zagreb

Kuna

Cuba

Havana

Cuban Peso

Cyprus Czech Republic

Nicosia Prague

Cyprus pound Koruna

Denmark

Copenhagen

Krone

Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti franc

Dominica

Roseau

Dominican Republic East Timor (Timor-Leste) Ecuador Egypt El Salvador

Santo Domingo

East Caribbean dollar Dominican Peso

Dili

U.S. dollar

Quito Cairo San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia

Asmara Tallinn Addis Ababa

U.S. dollar Rafael Correa Delgado Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Colón; U.S. dollar Salvador Sánchez Cerén CFA Franc Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Nakfa Isaias Afwerki Kroon Toomas Hendrik Ilves Birr Mulatu Teshome

Fiji

Suva

Fiji dollar

George Konrote

Finland

Helsinki

Sauli Niinisto

France

Paris

Francois Hollande

Manuel Valls

Gabon

Libreville

Euro (formerly markka) Euro (formerly French franc) CFA Franc

Taavi Roivas Hailemariam Desalegn Frank Bainimarama Juha Sipila

Daniel Ona Ondo

The Gambia Georgia

Banjul Tbilisi

Dalasi Lari

Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba Yahya Jammeh Giorgi Margvelashvili

Germany

Berlin

Ghana

Accra

Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) Cedi

Greece

Athens

Grenada

Saint George's

Euro (formerly drachma) East Caribbean dollar 28

Kolinda GrabarTihomir Kitarovic Oreskovic General Raul Modesto Raúl Castro Castro Ruz Nicos Anastasiades Milos Zeman Bohuslav Sobotka Queen-Margrethe II Lars Løkke Rasmussen Ismail Omar Guelleh Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Charles Savarin Roosevelt Skerrit Danilo Medina Sanchez

Joachim Gauck

Sherif Ismail Vicente Ehate Tomi

Giorgi Kvirikashvili ChancellorAngela Merkel

John Dramani Mahama Prokopis Pavlopoulos

Alexis Tsipras

Cecile La Grenade

Keith Mitchell


Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

Guatemala City Conakry Bissau Georgetown

Quetzal Guinean franc CFA Franc Guyanese dollar

Jimmy Morales Alpha Conde José Mário Vaz David A. Granger

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Gourde

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

Lempira

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

(Acting) Jocelerme Privert Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado Janos Ader

Iceland

Reykjavik

Icelandic króna

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

India

New Delhi

Rupee

Pranab Mukherjee

Narendra Modi

Indonesia

Jakarta

Rupiah

Joko Widodo

Iran

Tehran

Rial

Hassan Rouhani

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi Dinar

Fuad Masum

Haider al-Abadi

Ireland

Dublin

Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Michael Daniel Higgins

Enda Kenny

Israel

Jerusalem

Shekel

Reuven Rivlin

Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu

Italy

Rome

Sergio Mattarella

Matteo Renzi

Jamaica

Kingston

Euro (formerly lira) Jamaican dollar

Sir Patrick Allen

Andrew Holness

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

Emperor-Akihito

Shinzo Abe

Jordan Kazakhstan

Amman Astana

Jordanian dinar Tenge

Kenya Kiribati Korea, North

Nairobi Tarawa Atoll Pyongyang

Korea, South Kosovo

Seoul Pristina

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

King-Abdallah II Nursultan Nazarbayev Kenya shilling Uhuru Kenyatta Australian dollar Taneti Mamau Won Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un Won Park Geun-Hye Hashim Thaçi Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) Kuwaiti dinar Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

Som

Almazbek Atambaev

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Mamady Youla Carlos Correia Moses Nagamootoo (Acting) Enex Jean-Charles Viktor Orban

Abdullah Ensour Karim Massimov

Hwang Kyo-ahn Isa Mustafa

Jabir Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad AlSabah Sooronbay Jeenbekov


Laos

Vientiane

New Kip

Bounnhang Vorachith

Thongsing Thammavong

Latvia

Riga

Lats

Raimonds Vējonis

Maris Kucinskis

Lebanon

Beirut

Lebanese pound

(Acting) Tammam Salam

Tammam Salam

Lesotho

Maseru

Maluti

King-Letsie III

Pakalitha Mosisili

Liberia

Monrovia

Liberian dollar

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Libya

Tripoli

Libyan dinar

Aguila Salah Issa

Fayez al-Sarraj

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Swiss franc

Prince - Hans Adam II

Adrian Hasler

Lithuania

Vilnius

Litas

Dalia Grybauskaite

Algirdas Butkevicius

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Monarch – Henri

Xavier Bettel

Macedonia

Skopje

Denar

Gjorge Ivanov

Emil Dimitriev

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Malagasy franc

Olivier Solonandrasana

Malawi Malaysia

Lilongwe Kuala Lumpur

Kwacha Ringgit

Maldives

Male

Rufiya

Mali

Bamako

CFA Franc

Malta

Valletta

Maltese lira

Marshall Islands Mauritania

Majuro

U.S. Dollar

Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari Peter Mutharika King-Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Marie Louise Coleiro Preca Hilda Heine

Nouakchott

Ouguiya

Mauritius

Port Louis

Mauritian rupee

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Ameenah Gurib

Yahya Ould Hademine Anerood Jugnauth

Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia

Mexico City Palikir

Mexican peso U.S. Dollar

Enrique Pena Nieto Peter M. Christian

Chisinau Monaco Ulaanbaatar

Leu Euro Tugrik

Nicolae Timofti

Pavel Filip

Tsakhia Elbegdorj

Chimed Saikhanbileg

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Najib Razak

Modibo Keita Joseph Muscat


Montenegro Morocco

Podgorica Rabat

Euro Dirham

Filip Vujanovic King-Mohammed VI

Mozambique

Maputo

Metical

Filipe Nyusi

Myanmar (Burma)

Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) Windhoek

Kyat

Htin Kyaw

Namibian dollar

Hage Geingob

Namibia Nauru

Nepal Netherlands

no official capital; Australian dollar Baron Divavesi Waqa government offices in Yaren District Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi Bhandari

New Zealand

Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) Wellington

Nicaragua

Managua

Niger Nigeria Norway

Niamey Abuja Oslo

Oman

Muscat

Pakistan Palau Panama

Islamabad Melekeok Panama City

Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru

Port Moresby

Philippines Poland Portugal

Manila Warsaw Lisbon

Qatar

Doha

Asuncion Lima

Euro (formerly guilder)

King-WillemAlexander

New Zealand dollar Gold cordoba

Governor GeneralJerry Mateparae Daniel Ortega Saavedra Mahamadou Issoufou Muhammadu Buhari King-Harald V

CFA Franc Naira Norwegian krone Omani rial Pakistani rupee U.S. dollar balboa; U.S. dollar Kina Guaraní Nuevo sol (1991) Peso Zloty Euro (formerly escudo) Qatari riyal 31

Milo Dukanovic Abdelillah Benkirane Carlos Agostinho do Rosário

Saara KuugongelwaAmadhila

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Mark Rutte John Phillip Key

Brigi Rafini Erna Solberg

Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said Mamnoon Hussain Tommy Remengesau Juan Carlos Varela

Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said Md Nawaz Sharif

Michael Ogio

Peter Paire O'neill

Horacio Cartes Jara Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso Rodrigo Duterte Andrzej Duda Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Emir - Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Pedro Cateriano Beata Szydło

António Costa Abdallah Bin Nasir Bin Khalifa


Al Thani Romania Russia

Bucharest Moscow

Leu Ruble

Klaus Iohannis Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Rwanda

Kigali

Rwanda franc

Paul Kagame

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia

Basseterre

East Caribbean dollar East Caribbean dollar East Caribbean dollar

Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton Dame Pearlette Louisy Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa

Castries Kingstown Apia

Tala

San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia

San Marino Sao Tome

Euro Dobra

Riyadh

Riyal

Senegal Serbia

Dakar Belgrade

Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia

Victoria Freetown Singapore Bratislava

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Solomon Islands Somalia

Honiara

CFA Franc Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro & the Yugoslav dinar are legal Seychelles rupee James Alix Michel Leone Ernest Bai Koroma Singapore dollar Tony Tan Keng Yam Euro (from Andrej Kiska 01/01/09), Koruna Slovenian tolar; Borut Pahor euro (as of 1/1/07) Solomon Islands Frank Ofagioro Kabui dollar Somali shilling Hassan Sheikh Mahamud Rand Jacob Zuma

South Africa

South Sudan

Mogadishu Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) Juba

Dacian Cioloș

Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev Anastase Murekezi Timothy Harris Kenny Davis Anthony Ralph Everard Gonsalves Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

Manuel Pinto Da Costa King-Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Macky Sall Tomislav Nikolic

Sudanese Pound 32

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Patrice Trovoada

Md. Dionne Aleksandar Vučić

Lee Hsien Loong Robert Fico Miro Cerar Manasseh Sogavare Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke


Spain

Madrid

Sri Lanka

Swaziland

Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) Khartoum Dinar Paramaribo Surinamese dollar Mbabane Lilangeni

Sweden Switzerland Syria

Stockholm Bern Damascus

Krona Swiss franc Syrian pound

Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania

Taiwan dollar Somoni Tanzanian shilling

Ma Ying-Jeou Emomali Rahmon John Magufuli

Thailand

Taipei Dushanbe Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) Bangkok

Baht

Togo

Lome

CFA Franc

Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej Faure Gnassingbe

Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey

Nuku'alofa Port-of-Spain

Pa'anga Trinidad and Tobago dollar Tunisian dinar Turkish lira (YTL) Manat

Sudan Suriname

Tunis Ankara

Euro (formerly peseta) Sri Lanka rupee

Ashgabat

Tuvalu

Vaiaku village, Funafuti province Ugandan new Kampala shilling Kyiv Hryvna

Ukraine

Mariano Rajoy

Maithripala Sirisena

Ranil Wickremesinghe

Omar al-Bashir Dési Bouterse King-Mswati III Carl XVI Gustaf Bashar Al-Asad

Wael Nader alHalqi Kohir Rasulzoda Kassim Majaliwa Prayut Chan-ocha Komi Sélom Klassou Akilisi Pohiva Keith Rowley Habib Essid Ahmet

Erdoğan

Davutoğlu

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Petro Poroshenko

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

U.A.E. dirham

Khalifa Bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan

United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay

London

Pound sterling

Queen-Elizabeth II

Washington D.C.

Dollar

Barack Obama

Montevideo

Uruguay peso

Tabaré Vázquez

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Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini Stefan Lofven

King-Tupou VI Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona Beji Caid Essebsi Recep Tayyip

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Australian dollar Iakoba Italeli

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Monarch - Felipe VI

Enele Sopoaga Ruhakana Rugunda Volodymyr Groysman Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum David William Donald Cameron


Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Uzbekistani sum

Islom Karimov

Vanuatu Vatican City (Holy See) Venezuela

Port-Vila Vatican City

Vatu Euro

Baldwin Lonsdale

Caracas

Bolivar

Vietnam

Hanoi

Dong

Nicolas Maduro Moros Tran Dai Quang

Yemen

Sanaa

Rial

Zambia Zimbabwe

Lusaka Harare

Kwacha Zimbabwean dollar

Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi Edgar Lungu Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Shavkat Mirziyoyev Charlot Salwai

Nguyen Xuan Phuc Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr

List of Country, Central Bank and Stock Exchange Country

AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ANGUILLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA

Central Bank

Bank of Afghanistan Bank of Albania Bank of Algeria National Bank of Angola Central Bank of Argentina Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Central Bank of Armenia Central Bank of Aruba Reserve Bank of Australia European Central Bank Central Bank of the Rep. of Azerbaijan Central Bank of the Bahamas Central Bank of Bahrain Bangladesh Bank Central Bank of Barbados National Bank of the Rep. of Belarus European Central Bank Central Bank of Belize Central Bank of West African States Bermuda Monetary Authority 34

Stock Exchange

MERVAL

S&P/ASX 200 WBI

ALL SHARE DSE GENERAL

BEL20


BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAYMAN ISLANDS CAPE VERDE CEN. AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA CONGO CONGO DEM. REP. COSTA RICA CROATIA CUBA CURACAO & ST. MAARTEN CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DOMINICAN REPL. ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Central Bank of Bolivia Central Bank of Bosnia & Herzegovina Bank of Botswana Central Bank of Brazil Bulgarian National Bank Central Bank of West African States Bank of the Rep. of Burundi National Bank of Cambodia Bank of Central African States Bank of Canada Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Bank of Cape Verde Bank of Central African States Bank of Central African States Central Bank of Chile People’s Bank of China Central Bank of Colombia Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Bank of Central African States Central Bank of Congo Central Bank of Costa Rica Croatian National Bank Central Bank of Cuba Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten European Central Bank Czech National Bank National Bank of Denmark Central Bank of the Dominican Rep. Central Bank of Ecuador Central Bank of Egypt Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Bank of Central African States European Central Bank National Bank of Ethiopia Reserve Bank of Fiji European Central Bank European Central Bank Bank of Central African States 35

SASX10 BGSMDC BOVESPA SOFIX

S&P/TSX

IGPA SHCOMP IGBC

CRSMBCT CROBEX

GENERAL SE PX OMX COPENHAGEN ECU EGX30

OMX TALLIN HEX25 CAC 40


GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GRENADA

LAOS_(Lao People’s Dem.

Central Bank of The Gambia National Bank of Georgia European Central Bank Bank of Ghana Henry European Central Bank Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Bank of Guatemala Central Bank of the Rep. of Guinea Central Bank of West African States Bank of Guyana Bank of the Republic of Haiti Central Bank of Honduras Hong Kong Monetary Authority Central Bank of Hungary Central Bank of Iceland Reserve Bank of India Bank Indonesia Central Bank of Islamic Rep. of Iran Central Bank of Iraq European Central Bank Bank of Israel European Central Bank Central Bank of West African States Bank of Jamaica Bank of Japan Central Bank of Jordan National Bank of Kazakhstan Central Bank of Kenya Bank of Korea Central Bank of the Republic of Kozovo Central Bank of Kuwait National Bank of the Kyrgyz Repl.Abdygulo Bank of Latvia Bank of the Lao

Repl.) LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LITHUANIA

Central Bank of Lebanon Central Bank of Lesotho Central Bank of Liberia Central Bank of Libya Bank of Lithuania

GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSEAU GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY IVORY COAST JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA

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DAX 30 GGSECI ASE

HIS BUX SE ICEX SENSEX JCI

ISEQ TA-100 FTSE MIB STOCK NIKKEI 225 ASE GENERAL KASE NSE20

STOCK OMX RIGA LSXC MSCI

OMX VILNIUS


LUXEMBOURG MACAO MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALESTINE PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAMOA SAINT LUCIA

European Central Bank Monetary Authority of Macao National Bank of the Rep. of Macedonia Central Bank of Madagascar Reserve Bank of Malawi Bank Negara Malaysia Maldives Monetary Authority Central Bank of West African States European Central Bank Central Bank of Mauritania Central Bank of Mauritius Bank of Mexico National Bank of Moldova Bank of Mongolia Central Bank of Montenegro Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Bank of Morocco Bank of Mozambique Central Bank of Myanmar Bank of Namibia European Central Bank Reserve Bank of New Zealand Central Bank of Nicaragua Central Bank of West African States Central Bank of Nigeria Norges Bank Central Bank of Oman State Bank of Pakistan Palestine Monetary Authority Bank of Papua New Guinea Central Bank of Paraguay Central Reserve Bank of Peru Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas National Bank of Poland European Central Bank Qatar Central Bank National Bank of Romania Bank of Russia National Bank of Rwanda Central Bank of Samoa Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 37

LUXX MBI 10

FTSE KLCI

MSE SEMDEX IPC MSETOP MONEX20 MASI FTSE JSE AEX NZX 50

NSE 30 OSEAX MSM 30 KSE100

IGBVL PSEI WIG PSI20 QE GENERAL BET MICEX


SAN MARINO SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TANZANIA TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TOGOLESE REPUBLIC TONGA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY

Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority Central Bank of West African States National Bank of Serbia Central Bank of Seychelles Bank of Sierra Leone Monetary Authority of Singapore European Central Bank European Central Bank Central Bank of Solomon Islands Central Bank of Somalia South African Reserve Bank Bank of Korea European Central Bank Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Bank of Sudan Central Bank of Swaziland The Riksbank Stefan Swiss National Bank Central Bank of Syria Bank of Tanzania Central Bank of the Rep. of China National Bank of Tajikistan Bank of Thailand Central Bank of Togo National Reserve Bank of Tonga Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank of Tunisia Central Bank of Republic of Turkey Central Bank of Turkmenistan Central Bank of United Arab Emirates Bank of Uganda National Bank of Ukraine Bank of England Central Bank of Uruguay 38

TASI

BELEX15 STI SAX SBITOP

FTSE/JSE KOSPI IBEX 35 CSE ALL SHARE OMX 30 SMI ALL SHARE DSEI TWSE SET50

TUNINDEX XU100

UAE ADX GENERAL PFTS FTSE 100


United States of America UZBEKISTAN

Federal Reserve Central Bank of the Rep. of Uzbekistan Reserve Bank of Vanuatu Central Bank of Venezuela State Bank of Vietnam Central Bank of Yemen Bank of Zambia Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

VANUATU VENEZUELA VIETNAM YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

DOW JONES

IBVC VN-

List of Important Dates – National & International January

9th January 10th January 12th January 15th January 18th January 23rd January

-

24th January 25th January 26th January 27th January

-

28th January 30th January

-

Pravasi Bhartiya Divas ( NRI Day) World Hindi Day/ World Laughter Day National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) Army Day National Immunization Day (Polio Day) 118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose / National Day of Patriotism National Girl Child Day National Voters Day India’s Republic Day/ International Customs day

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Birth Anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi (Martyrs’ / Sarvodaya Day)

30th January

-

World Leprosy Eradication Day

1st Feb 2nd Feb 4th Feb 6th Feb

-

10th Feb 13th Feb 20th Feb 21st Feb 24th Feb 28th Feb

-

Indian Coast Guard Day World Wetland Day World Cancer Day International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation National Deworming Day World Radio Day World Day of Social Justice International Mother Language Day Central Excise Day National Science Day

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Zero Discrimination Day World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day

February

March

1st March 3rd March

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4th March

-

National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas), World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.

8th March 10th March 12th March 13th March 14th March 15th March 18th March 20th March 21st March 21st March 21st March 22nd March 23rd March 24th March 25th March

-

International Women’s Day

27th March 28th March

-

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day World Kidney Day World Rotaract Day Pi Day World Consumer Rights Day Ordnance Factories’ Day

World Sparrow Day, International Day of Happiness International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz International Day of Forests, World Down Syndrome Day World Water Day World Meteorological Day World Tuberculosis Day International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade World Theatre Day Earth Hour

April

2nd April 4th April

-

6th April 7th April 11th April 12th April 17th April 18th April 21st April 22nd March 23rd April 24th April 25th April 26th April 28th April 29th April

-

30th April

-

World Autism Awareness Day International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action International Day of Sport for Development and Peace World Health Day National Safe Motherhood Day 2015 International Day of Human Space Flight World Hemophilia Day World Heritage Day National Civil Services Day World Earth Day World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day National Panchayati Day World Malaria Day World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) World Day for Safety and Health at Work World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare International Jazz Day

May

1st May 3rd May

-

International Labour Day World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, International Energy Day 40


May 04 1st Tuesday of May

-

1st Sunday of May May 05 May 06 May 08

-

May 09 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 15 May 17

-

May 18 May 20 May 21

-

May 22 May 24 May 25 May 29 May 31

-

Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first

Tuesday in May. World Laughter Day World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day World No Diet Day World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War World Thalassaemia Day International Migratory Bird Day National technology day International Nurses Day International Criminal Court Day International Day of the Families World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia World Museum Day World Meteorology Day National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development International Day for Biological Diversity Commonwealth Day World Missing Childrens day International Day of Peacekeepers World Anti Tobacco Day

June

June 1 June 4 June 5 June 8 June 12 June 14 June 15 3rd Sunday of June June 16 June 18 June 20 June 21 June 23

-

June 26

-

World Milk Day World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression World Environment Day World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day World Day Against Child Labor World Blood Donor Day World elder abuse awareness day World Father’s Day

International Integration Day International Picnic Day World Refugee Day World Music Day International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture

July

July 1 July 2 1st Saturday of July

-

International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day

World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day International Day of Cooperatives 41


July 06 July 07 July 11 July 12 July 18 July 26

-

July 28 July 29

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World Zoonoses Day World Chocolate Day World Population Day International Malala Day International Nelson Mandela Day Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day International Tiger Day

August

First Sunday in August August 6 August 8 August 9

-

August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 19 August 20

-

August 21 August 23

-

August 29 August 30

-

International Friendship Day Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day World Senior Citizen Day Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous

People, Quit India Day International Youth Day International Left Handers Day Pakistan’s Independence Day India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day

World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas National Senior Citizen Day International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

September

September 2 September 5

-

September 7 September 8 September 10 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 20 September 21

-

September 22 September 23 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29

-

World Coconut Day National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day,

Sanskrit Day World Forgiveness Day World Literacy Day World Anti-Suicide Day Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day

World Ozone Day RPF Foundation day World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer ’s Day World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day International Day of the Deaf World Contraception Day, World Tourism Day World Rabies Day World Heart Day 42


October

1st Monday of October October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 2nd Thursday of October October 12 October 13 October 14 October 15

-

October 16 October 17 October 20

-

October 24

-

October 27 October 28 October 31

-

World Habitat Day World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence World Nature Day World Animal Day World Teacher’s Day

World Wildlife Day Indian Air Force Day World Postal or Post-office Day World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day International Day of the Girl Child World Sight Day World Arthritis Day International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Standards Day Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day World Food Day International Poverty Day for it's Eradication World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day World day for Audio Visual Heritage International Animation Day World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November

November 1 November 6

-

November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10

-

November 11 November 12 November 13 November 14 November 16 November 17

-

November 19

-

World Vegan Day International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day World Radiology Day World Legal Service Day World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day National Education Day World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day World Kindness Day Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day

International Day for Endurance or Tolerance International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National

Integration Day November 20 3rd Sunday of November

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Universal Children’s Day

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3rd Thursday of November November 21 November 25

-

November 26 November 30

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World Philosophy Day World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day National Law Day or National constitution Day National Flag Day

December

December 1 December 2

-

December 3

-


-

December 7

-


-

December 11 December 14 December 16 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 23 December 25

-

World AIDS Day World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day Indian Navy Day International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day The International Anti-Corruption Day World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of Broadcasting International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day National Energy Conservation Day(India) Vijay Diwas International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day Goa’s Libration Day

International Human Solidarity Day National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas

Good Governance day

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