*Highest peak - Mt.K2 (Godwin Austin) *Highest Stone Tower - Qutub (Qutb) Minar *Highest Multiple Arch dam - Idukki (Kerala) *Highest polling Booth - Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh) *Highest Lake - Cholamoo Lake *Longest River Barrage - Farakka Barrage I *Longest Canal - Indira Gandhi Canal *Longest Glacier - Siachen Glacier *Longest Bridge - Bandra - Warli(Rajiv Gandhi sealink, Mumbai) *Longest Natural Cave - Krem Liat Prah (Meghalaya) *Longest Railway Tunnel - Pir Panjal Tunnel (Jammu - Kashmir) *Longest River Bridge -Mahatma Gandhi Sethu *Longest Rail bridge - Vembanad Rail Bridge (Edappally-Vallarpadam) *Longest Beach - Marina Beach, Chennai *Longet National Highway - NH 7 (NewnameNH 44) *Longest railway platform - Gorakhpur (U.P) *Largest Desert - Thar (Rajasthan) *Largest Church - Se Cathedral (Old Goa) *Biggest Temple - Sri. Ranganathaswami Temple (Trichy) *Largest river island - Majuli (Brahmaputra) *Largest state - Rajasthan *Largest populated city - Mumbai *Largest populated state - Uttarpradesh *Largest Museum - Indian Museum (Kolkata) *Largest Zoo - Zoological Garden (Kolkata) *Largest Gurudwara - Golden Temple (Amritsar) *Largest Residence - Rashtrapathi Bhavan *Largest Stupa - Great stupa at Sanchi *Longest River - Ganga *Longest Dam - Hirakud (Orissa) *Longest Train Service - Vivek Express,(Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari) *Fastest Train - Gatimaan Express (New Delhi - Agra) *Largest salt water lake - Chilka Lake (Odisha) . *Most Saltiest Lake - Sambar Lake *Largest dome - Gol Gumbaz(Bijapur (Karnataka)] *Largest Plateau - Deccan Plateau *Longest river in South India - Godavari *Oldest Oil Refinery - Digboi (Assam) *Highest waterfalls Ans : Jog waterfalls (Sharawati river) *Highest Dam Ans : Tehri Dam (Uttarakhand) *Highest Airport Ans : Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport in Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. * Largest Concrete Dam - Nagarjuna Sagar (Krishna River) *Largest Exhibition ground - Pragati Maidan (New Delhi) *Largest Public Sector Bank - State Bank of India (SBI) *Largest Planetarium - Birla Planetarium Kolkata *Largest Auditorium - Sri Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai) *Largest Mosque - Juma Masjid *Largest GPO - Mumbai GPO *Largest Aircraft carrier - INS Vikramaditya. *Largest Animal Fair - Sonpur fair (Bihar) *Largest Library - National Library (Kolkata) *Largest Monastery - Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) *Largest National Park - Hemis National Park (Jammu & Kashmir) *Largest Hydro Electric Power Station - Tehri Dam (2400 MW) *Largest Thermal Power Station - Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station (Madhya Pradesh) (4760MW) *Largest Atomic Power Station - Tarapur Atomic Power Station *Biggest Paramilitary - CRPF *Biggest Fort - Chittorgarh *Fort Biggest Tributary River - Yamuna *Fastest Flowing River - Teesta River *Biggest Private Sector Bank - ICICI Bank *Largest Cave - Amamath Cave *Largest Waterway - National Waterway *Largest Oil Refinery - Jamnagar Refinery (Gujarat) *Longest Express Highway - Yamuna Express Highway (UP) *Largest Mobile Phone Provider - Bharati Airtel *Largest Company - Indian Oil Corporation *Largest Private Sector Company - Reliance *Tallest statue in India - Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami (Hyderabad)
National Animals
Bulgaria - Lion Srilanka - Lion Netherland - Lion England - Lion Singapore - Lion South Korea - Tiger Bangladesh - Tiger Afghanistan - Snow Leopard Nepal - Cow Bhutan - Takin Pakistan - Markhor China - Dragon, Giant Panda Australia - Kangaroo Russia - Bear
News Papers
*The Daily Mirror, The Times, The Sun, Morning Star, The Guardian, The Daily Express - England *Daily Telegraph - UK *The New York Times, The Morning News,Washington Post - USA *Yomiuri Shimbun - Japan *The Island - Srilanka *The Dawn - Pakistan * Trud - Russia *People’s Daily - China *Eastern Sun - Singapore *Daily express - Malaysia
*National Youth Day - January 12 *Army Day - January 15 *Netaji Day ,Desh Prem Divas - January 23 *National Tourism Day - January 25 *Republic Day - January 26 *Indian Newspaper Day - January 29 *Martyr’s Day - January 30 *Central Excise Day - February 24 *National Science Day - February 28 *National Security Day - March 4 *National Maritime Day - April 5 *Safe Motherhood day -April 11 *Jallianwalabagh Day - April 13 *Fire Force Day - April 14 *Civil Service Day - April 21 *Panchayati Raj Day - April 24 *Anti Terrorism Day - May 21 *Statistics Day - June 29
*Kargil Vijay Day - July 26 *Quit India Day - August 9 *Independence Day - August 15 *Sadbhavana Day - August 20 *National Sports Day - August 29 *Teacher’s Day - September 5 *Hindi Day - September 14 *Engineers Day - September 15 *Gandhi Jayanti - October 2 *Air Force Day - October 8 *National Postal Day - October 10 *Azad Hind Foundation Day - October 21 *National Rededication Day - October 31 *Legal Service Day - November 9 *Education Day - November 11 *Children’s Day - November 14 *Citizen Day - November 19 *Law Day - November 26 *Milk Day - November 26 *Navy Day - December 4 *Armed Force Flag Day - December 7 *Vijay Divas - December 16 *National Minorities Rights Day - December 18 *Farmers Day - December 23 *National Consumer Day - December 29 *National Day for Good Governance - December 25 *Nirbhaya Day - December 29 *Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - January 9 *National Day for Unity/Rashtriya Ekata Divas - October 31 * National Water Day - April 14 (Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar)
Father (India)
*Father of Nation - Mahatma Gandhi *Father of Indian Renaissance - Rajaram Mohan Roy *Father of Indian Nationalism - Surendranatha Banaijee *Father of Indian Unrest - Bal Gangadhara Tilak *Father of Indian Economy- Dadabhai Naoroji Father of Economics and Politics- Dadhabhai Navroji *Father of Missile Technology in India (Missile man of India)- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam *Father of Indian Engineering, *Father of Planning - M. Visvesvaraya *Father of Atomic Science - H.J. Bhabha. *Father of Atom Bomb - Dr. Rajaramanna *Father of Space Science - Dr. Vikram Sarabhai *Father of Indian Industry - J.N. Tata *Father of Civil Aviation - J.R.D. Tata *Father of Indian Budget - Prof.Mahalanobis *Father of Indian Ornithology - A.O. Hume *Father of Ayurveda - Athreya *Father of Surgery - Susruta *Father of Journalism - M. Chalapathi Rao *Father of Indian Anthropology -SC Roy *Father of Indian IT - Rajiv Gandhi *Father of Indian Sports Education - H. C. Buck *Father of Sanskrit Drama - Kalidasa *Father of Indian Cinema - Dada Sahib Phalke *Father of Indian Painting - Nandalal Bose *Father of Local Self Govt, in India - Lord Ripon *Father of Co-operative Movement in India - Frederic Nicholson *Father of Indian Railway - Lord Dalhousie *Father of Indian Printing - James Augustus Hickey *Father of Indian Archaeology - Alexander Cunningham *Father of Green Revolution - M,S. Swaminathan *Father of White Revolution - Verghese Kurien *Father of Indian History - Kalhanan *Father of Indian English Novel - Mulk Raj Anand *Father of Indian Botany - William Roxburgh *Father of Indian Super Computer- Vijay P. Bhatkar
First Men in India
*First Muslim President of India Ans : Dr. Zakir Hussain *First president who died in harness Ans : Dr. Zakir Hussain *First Vice-President who died in harness Ans : Krishan Kant *First Dalit President Ans : K.R. Narayanan *First Dalit Speaker of Lok Sabha Ans : G.M.C. Balayogi *First Chief Justice of India Ans : Harilal J. Kania *First Dalit Chief Justice of India Ans : K.G. Balakrishnan *First Indian to become the Governor General free India Ans : C. Rajagopalachari *First Indian to join I.C.S. (now IAS) Ans : Satyendranath Tagore *First Indian to become the member of Viceroy’ Executive Council Ans : Lord S.P. Sinha *First President of India-Dr. Rajendra Prasad *First Vice-President of India-Dr. S. Radhakrishnan *First Prime Minister of India-Jawaharlal Nehru *First Governor General of Bengal-Warren Hastings *First Governor General of British India-William Bentick *First Viceroy of British India-Lord Canning *First Governor General of Independent India-Lord Mount Batten *First Deputy Prime Minister-Vallabhbhai Patel *First Speaker of Lok Sabha-G.V.Mavalankar *First Indian to get Nobel Prize-Rabindra Nath Tagore *First Indian to get ‘Bharat Ratna’-C. Rajagopalachari *First Judge to face impeachment in the Lok Sabha(1993) Ans : Justice V. Ramaswami *First Judge to face impeachment in the Rajya Sabha Ans : Justice Soumitra Sen (2011) *First Indian High Court Judge (1878) Ans : Justice Syed Mahmood *First Indian to become the Judge of International Court of Justice Ans : Dr. B. N. Rao *First Indian to become the President of ICJ Ans : Justice Nagendra Singh *First Indian in British Parliament Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) Ans : S.P. Sinha *First Industrial department minister Ans : M. Vishweswarayya *First Education Minister Ans : Abul Kalam Azad *First Indian to visit England (1832) Ans : Raja Ram Mohan Roy *First Chairman of Rajya Sabha Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan *First Election Commissioner Ans : Sukumar Sen *First Chairman of UGC Ans : Shantiswarup Bhatnagar *First Indian to swim across the English Channel Ans : Mihir Sen *First Indian to make a solo air flight Ans : JRD Tata *First Chief of the Air Staff Ans : Subroto Mukherjee *First to climb Mount Everest without oxygen Ans : Phu Dorjee *First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) Ans : Rakesh Sharma *First Indian to circumnavigate the globe Ans : Lt. Col. K.S. Rao *First Indian to reach the South Pole Ans : Col. J.K. Bajaj *First Indian to reach the North Pole Ans : Jaganathan Srinivasaraghavan *First Indian to land on Antartica Ans : Ram Charan *First Magsaysay Award winner Ans : Achaiya Vinoba Bhave *First Indian Air force flying officer to get Param Vir Chakra Ans : Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon (Posthumously) *First to get ‘Param Vir Chakra’ Ans : Major Somnath Sharma *First Cricket (Test Cricket) Captain Ans : C.K Nayudu *First one day cricket Captain Ans : Ajit Wadekar *First Cricketer to score a Test Century Ans : LalaAmamath *First Twenty -Twenty Cricket Captain Ans : Virender Sehwag *First Indian bowler who got hatrick in world cup cricket Ans : Chetan Sharma *First Indian bowler who got hatrick in test cricket Ans : Harbhajan Singh *First Indian tennis player to win a grandslam event Ans : Mahesh Bhupathi
First woman in India
*First Woman President Ans : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil *First woman speaker of Lok Sabha Ans : Mirakumar *First woman Prime Minister Ans : Indira Gandhi *First woman Minister Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit *First woman Central Minister Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur *First woman Chief Minister of a State Ans : Sucheta Kripalani *First woman Governor of a State Ans : Sarojini Naidu *First woman president of Indian National Congress Ans : Annie Besant *First woman Ambassador Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit *First woman President of UN General Assembly Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit *First woman to become the Police advisor of UNO Ans : Kiran Bedi *First woman IAS Officer Ans : Anna Malhotra *First woman IPS Officer Ans : Kiran Bedi *First Indian woman to win IMO bravery Award Ans : Capt. Radhika Menon *First Indian woman to be the member of IOC Ans : Nita Ambani *First woman Advocate Ans : Cornelia Sorabji *First Woman Magistrate Ans : Omana Kunjamma *First woman legislator Ans : Muthu Lakshmi Reddy *First woman mayor Ans : Tara Cherian *First woman Judge of High Court Ans : Anna Chandi *First woman Judge of Supreme Court Ans : M. Fathima Beevi *First woman Chief Justice of High Court Ans : Leila Seth *First woman Election Commissioner Ans : VS Rama Devi *First woman Chairperson of U.G.C. Ans : Maduri Shah *First woman Director General of Police Ans : Kanchan Bhattacharya *First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi Ans : Razia Sultana *First woman to swim across the strait of gibralter Ans : Aarti Pradhan *First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world) - Ujwala Rai First woman to go into space Ans : Kalpana Chawla *First woman to climb Mount Everest Ans : Bachendri Pal *Youngest woman to Climb Mount Everest two times Ans : Santhosh Yadav *First Miss India Ans : Pramila *First to be crowned the Miss Universe Ans : Sushmita Sen *First woman piolet Ans : Prem Mathur *First woman piolet in Indian Air Force Ans : Haritha Kaur Deol *First woman Lt. General Ans : Punita Arora *First woman Air marshal Ans : Padmavathy Bandopadhyay *First Station Master Ans : Rinku Sinha Roy *First woman to win Nobel Prize Ans : Mother Teresa *First woman to win Bharat Ratna Ans : Indira Gandhi *First woman musician to get ‘Padmabhushan’, ‘Padma Vibhushan', 'Bharat Ratna’ Ramon Magsaysay award Ans : M.S. Subbulakshmi *First woman to win Magsaysay Award Ans : Mother Teresa *First woman to win the Booker Prize Ans : Arundhati Roy *First woman to receive the Sahithya Academy Award Ans : Amrita Pritam *First female child artist in Indian cinema Ans : Kamalabai Gokhale *First Indian woman to get an Oscar Ans : Bhanu Athaiya *First woman to win Urvasi Award Ans : Nargis Datt *First Gold Medal winner in Asian Games Ans : Kamaljeet Sandhu *First woman to win an Olympic medal Ans : Kamam Malleswari *First woman Olympic finalist Ans : P.T. Usha *The first Indian athlete to win a Medal in world championship Ans : Anju Bobby George *First woman to get ‘Gallantry Award’ in army Ans : Major Mitali Madhumita *First Woman Cricketer to score double century Ans : Mithali Raj *First Indian woman who was honoured as huma computer Ans : Shakuntala Devi *First woman to swim across the English Channe Ans : Arati Saha *First to be crowned the Miss World Ans : Reita Faria *First woman to win Jnanpith Award Ans : Asha Puma Devi
Sobriquets-Persons
*Bengal Tiger-Bipin Chandra Pal *Lion of Punjab -Lala Lajpat Rai *Lion of Kashmir-Sheikh Mohammed Abdulla *Sage of Sabarmati -Mahatma Gandhi *Indian Machiavelli -Chanakya *Indian Napoleon -Samudra Gupta *Indian Bismark -Sardar Vallabhai Patel *Lokmanya C.R. -Bal Gangadhara Tilak *Rajaji -C. Rajagopalachari *Gurudev -Rabindranath Tagore *Guruji-M.S. Golwalkar *Lok nayak, J.P-Jayaprakash Narayan *Gladstone of India - Dadabhai Naoroji *Grand old man of India - Dadabhai Naoroji Priyadarshini, Iron Lady of India-Indira Gandhi *Barefooted painter - M.F Hussain *Kipper -K.M. Kariyappa *Maratha Kesari-Balagangadhara Tilak **Badshah Khan, Faker-e-Afghan, *Frontier Gandhi-Khan Abdul Gafferkhan *Netaji, Prince of Patriots-Subhash Chandra Bose Birdman of India-Salim Ali *Andhra Kesari-T. Prakasam *Grand Old Man of Indian Journalism- Tushar Kanti Ghosh *Acharya, Sage of Paunar - Vinoba Bhave *Babuji-Jagjeevan Ram *Mysore Tiger -Tippu Sultan *Indian Shakespear-Kalidasa *Sage of Kanchi -Sankaracharya *Saint of Gutter-Mother Teresa *Kuvembu -K.V. Puttappa *Kalainjar -Karunanidhi *Natikar Tilakam -Sivaji Ganesan *Chachaji -Jawaharlal Nehru *Sher-e-Punjab-Ranjit Singh *Man of Peace -Lal Bahadur Shastri *Nightingale of India -Sarojiji Naidu *Daughter of the East -Benazir Bhutto *Shaheed-e-Azam -Bhagat Singh *Quaid-e-Azam-Muhammad Ali *Deshabandhu - C.R. Das *Deenabandhu - C.F. Andrews *Bengabandhu-Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Committees and Commission
*Kalelkar Commission -Backward Class Commission *Mandal Commission -Backward Class *Rangarajan Committee -Computarisation of banks *Justice Jain -Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi *J.S. Verma--Security lapses that led to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi *Dr. D.R. Karthikeyan-Led the special investigation team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which enquired into the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi *Kelkar Committee -Direct and Indirect Tax *Raja Chelliah Committee -Tax Reforms *Asoka Mehta Committee -Panchayati Raj *Justice B.N. Sri Krishna Commission -Communal riots in Mumbai *Justice B.N. Sri Krishna Commission -Committee for separate Telangana *R.S. Sarkaria Committee -Centre State Relations *Swaminathan Committee -Agricultural Reform *Sen Committee-Decentralisation of power to Panchayati Raj Institutions *T.S.R Subrahmanian -New Education Policies of India *J.A. Patil Committee -Adarsh Scam *Shivaraj Patil committee-2 G Spectrum *A.N.Mukherjee Committee -Netaji’s mysterious disappearance. *Lakdawala Commission-Studied about the percentage of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in India. *Sachar Commission-Social economic and educational conditions of muslim community in India *Fazal Ali Commission-Re-organisation of states on linguistic basis (1953) *Dhar Committee-Formation of provinces on linguistic basis (1948) *Harold Gehman Commission-Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy (2003) *Jain Commission-Security failures behind the assasination of Rajiv Gandhi. *Malhotra Committee-Insurance privatisation *Ashok Kumar Mathur Commission-7th pay commission central *Narasimham Committee-Banking sector reforms *Balwant Rai Mehta Committee-Panchayati Raj *Roopanwal Commission-Rohith Vemula suicide case
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