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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, Longest, Biggest in 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

List of Gardens in India

1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.
7.
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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

Mumbai
Mysore
Chandigarh
Delhi
Panchkula
Kashmir
Darjeeling
Srinagar
Allahabad
Bangalore
Srinagar
Gandhinagar
Kota
Kashmir
Amritsar
NCR
Howrah
Bangalore

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20.
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28.

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

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

List of Sea Port & Location

Sea Port Name
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
Port)
Visakhapatnam Port

Location
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 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

Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam
Assam

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Valmiki National Park

Gautam Budha WLS
Kaimur WLS
Pant (Rajgir) WLS
Valmiki WLS
Indravati National Park
Kanger Valley National Park
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay)
Badalkhol WLS
Bhairamgarh WLS
Bhoramdev WLS
Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS
Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park
Bondla WLS
Madei WLS
Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS
Netravali WLS
Gir National Park & Sasan Gir Sanctuary
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch
Bansda National Park
Jambugodha WLS
Jessore WLS
Kutch Desert WLS
Mitiyala WLS
Porbandar Lake WLS
Rampara Vidi WLS
Ratanmahal WLS
Shoolpaneswar (Dhumkhal) WLS
Thol Lake WLS
Wild Ass WLS
Kalesar National Park
Sultanpur National Park
Bhindawas WLS
Kalesar WLS
Khaparwas WLS
Pin Valley National Park
Great Himalayan National Park
Inderkilla National Park
Khirganga National Park
Simbalbara National Park
Bandli WLS
Daranghati WLS
Dhauladhar WLS
Nargu WLS
Pong Dam Lake WLS
Shilli WLS
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Bihar
Bihar
Bihar
Bihar
Bihar
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Chhatisgarh
Goa
Goa
Goa
Goa
Goa
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Haryana
Haryana
Haryana
Haryana
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh

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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

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

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
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Mizoram
Nagaland
Nagaland
Nagaland
Nagaland
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Punjab
Punjab
Punjab
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

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Vedanthangal WLS
Vettangudi WLS
Bison(Rajbari) National Park
Clouded Leopard National Park
Gumti WLS
Rowa WLS
Sepahijala WLS
Trishna WLS
Rajaji National Park
Jim Corbett National Park
Gangotri National Park
Valley of Flowers National Park
Askot Musk Deer WLS
Binsar WLS
Govind Pashu Vihar WLS
Kedarnath WLS
Sonanadi WLS
Dudhwa National Park
Hastinapur WLS
Ranipur WLS
Sohagibarwa WLS
Sur Sarovar WLS
Chandraprabha WLS
National Chambal WLS
Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary
Buxa National Park
Neora Valley NationalPark
Singalila National Park
Ballavpur WLS
Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary
Haliday Island WLS
Lothian Island WLS
Mahananda WLS

Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Tripura
Tripura
Tripura
Tripura
Tripura
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal

List of State, Nuclear Power Station and Thermal Power Station

State
Andhra Pradesh

Nuclear Power Station

Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
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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
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Uttar Pradesh

Narora Atomic Power Station

(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)

Uttarakhand

(i) Chibro Power Plant

(ii) Khodri Power Plant
(iii) Chilla Power Plant

West Bengal

Durgapur Thermal Power Station

List of Famous Places - Famous Names, Cities and Aliases

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

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

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

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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

Field
Petroleum Production

Blue Revolution

Fish Production

Brown Revolution

Leather/nonconventional(India)/Cocoa
production

Golden Fiber Revolution

Jute Production

Golden Revolution

Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey

Production

Green Revolution

Food grains

Grey Revolution

Fertilizer

Pink Revolution

Onion production/Pharmaceutical
(India)/Prawn production

Red Revolution

Meat & Tomato Production

Round Revolution

Potato

Silver Fiber Revolution

Cotton

Silver Revolution

Egg/Poultry Production

White Revolution (In India : Operation Flood)

Milk/Dairy production

Yellow Revolution

Oil Seeds production

Evergreen Revolution

Overall development of Agriculture

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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
Kuchipudi

Changu
Bihu
Chhau
Garba
Dumhal
Padayani
Dollu Kunitha
Lavani
Gaur

Rauf
Kathakali

Manipuri
Odissi

Changu
Bhangra
(i) Gair
(ii) Ghoomar
Karagam

Bharat Natyam
Kathak
Chhau

List of International Stadiums

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

Stadiums in Australia
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Adelaide
Cairns
Melbourne
Canberra
Darwin
Melbourne
Sydney
Perth

Stadiums in Bangladesh
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Chittagong Stadium
Edgbaston
Headingley
Lord's
Old Trafford
Sophia Gardens

Stadiums in England
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Chittagong
Birmingham
Leeds
London
Manchester
Cardiff

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St Lawrence Ground
The Brit Oval
Trent Bridge

Stadiums in New Zealand

Basin Reserve
Eden Park
Jade Stadium
John Davies Oval
McLean Park

Stadiums in Pakistan

Arbab Niaz Stadium

Ayub National Stadium
Gaddafi Stadium

Kingsmead
New Wanderers Stadium
Newlands
St George's Park
Centurion Super Sport Park
Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Galle International Stadium
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium
R.Premadasa Stadium
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Stadiums in South Africa

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Stadium in Sri Lanka

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

Stadiums in Zimbabwe
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Canterbury
London
Nottingham
Wellington
Auckland
Christchurch
Queenstown
Napier
Peshawar
Quetta
Lahore
Durban
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
Pretoria
Colombo
Galle
Colombo
Colombo
Colombo
Jamaica
Antigua
Guyana
Barbados
St Lucia
Guyana
Bulawayo
Harare
Kwekwe
Bulawayo

Stadiums in United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Sharjah Cricket Stadium

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List of Awards & their fields

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

6.

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

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12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.
20.

21.

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.
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.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her
achievements in India.
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.
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.
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.
Abel Prize Mathematics
Note : The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway
to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
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.
Stirling Prize - Architecture
Note : The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in
architecture.
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.
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.
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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.
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 degrees north of the Earths
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.
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The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the
Earths equatorial plane.
45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North
Pole. The
45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 45th parallel
of south latitude is the east-west line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the
equator and the South Pole.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada

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
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

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

Tagline
A Tradition of Trust
Where India Banks
Indias 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
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
Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
New Development Bank (BRICS
Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
(ADB)

Headquarter
Beijing, China

President/ General Secretary

Jin Liqun

Shanghai, China

K.V. Kamath

Manila, Philippines

Takehiko Nakao

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International Monetary Fund

(IMF)
World Bank
United Nations Organization
(UN)
United Nations Childrens 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
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

Washington DC, US

Christine Lagarde

Washington DC, US
New York, US

Jim Yong Kim

Ban Ki moon

New York, US

Sven Jurgenson

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 Azevedo
Petteri Taalas
(Secretary-General)
Francis Gurry

Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Maurer

Paris, France

Irina Bokova

Paris, France

Jose Angel Gurria

Vienna, Austria

Li Yong

Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria

Yukiya Amano
Diezani Alison-Madueke

London, UK
London, UK

Salil Shetty
Koji Sekimizu

London, UK

South Asian Association for

Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Head - Queen Elizabeth II

Secretary-General-Kamalesh
Sharma
Arjun Bahadur Thapa
(Secretary-General)

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Association of South East

Nations (ASEAN)
Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)
North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO)
International Cricket Council
(ICC)
Food & Agricultural
Organisation (FAO)
International Court of Justice
International Olympic
Committee
The Fdration Internationale
de Football Association (FIFA)
The Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW)
World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF)

Jakarta, Indonesia

Le Loung Minh

Singapore

Dr. Alan Bollard

Brussels, Belgium
Dubai, UAE

Jens Stoltenberg
(Secretary-General)
Zaheer Abbas

Rome, Italy

Jos Graziano da Silva

The Hague, The Netherland

Lausanne, Switzerland

Ronny Abraham
Thomas Bach

Zurich, Switzerland

Sepp Blatter

The Hague, The Netherlands

Ahmet zmc

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland,

Vaud, Switzerland

Yolanda Kakabadse

List of National and Internation Water Falls

India
Odisha

Water Falls
Barehipani Falls

International
Venezuela

Water Falls
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

Kunchikal Falls (Tiered waterfalls)

Jharkhand

Hundru Falls

Madhya Pradesh

Kapildhara Falls

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List of International Cricket Stadiums and Place

International Cricket Stadiums

Place

Feroz Shah Kotla Ground

Delhi

Brabourne Stadium

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Green Park Stadium

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Wankhede Stadium

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Barabati Stadium

Cuttack, Odisha

Eden Gardens

Kolkata, West Bengal

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Bangalore, Karnataka

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Mohali, Chandigarh

Green Park Stadium

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

List of Airport, City and State

Airport
Veer Savarkar International Airport

City
Port Blair

State
Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Visakhapatnam Airport

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International

Airport

Guwahati

Assam

Indira Gandhi International Airport

New Delhi

Delhi

Goa International Airport

Goa

Goa

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International

Airport

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Kempegowda International Airport

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

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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

List of State, Capital, Governor & Chief Minister

State
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

Capital
Hyderabad (Proposed
Capital Amaravati)
Itanagar

Assam

Dispur

Bihar
Chhattisgarh

Patna
Raipur

Governor
Shri E. S. Lakshmi
Narasimhan
Shri V.
Shanmuganthan
Shri Banwarilal
Purohit
Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Shri Balramji Dass
Tandon

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

Bengaluru

Shrimati Droupadi
Murmu
Shri Vajubhai Vala
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Chief Minister
Shri. Nara
Chandrababu Naidu
Shri Pema Khandu
Shri Sarbananda
Sonowal
Shri Nitish Kumar
Dr. Raman Singh
Shri Arvind Kejriwal
Shri Laxmikant
Parsekar
Shri Vijay Rupani
Shri Manohar Lal
Shri Virbhadra Singh
Mehbooba Mufti
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Shri Raghubar Das
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Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Manipur

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Nagaland

Kohima

Odisha
Puducherry (UT)
Punjab

Bhubaneswar

Rajasthan
Sikkim

Jaipur
Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

Telangana

Hyderabad

Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal

Agartala
Lucknow
Dehradun
Kolkata

Shri Justice (Retd.)

Palaniswamy
Sathasivam
Shri Om Prakash Kohli
Shri Chennamaneni
Vidyasagar Rao
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
Shri V.
Shanmuganthan
Lt. General (Retd.)
Nirbhay Sharma
Shri Padmanabha
Balakrishna Acharya
Dr. S. C. Jamir
Kiran Bedi
Shri V. P. Singh
Badnore
Shri Kalyan Singh
Shri Shriniwas
Dadasaheb Patil
Shri Ch. Vidyasagar
Rao
Shri E.S Lakshmi
Narasimhan (Add.
Charge)
Shri Tathagata Roy
Shri Ram Naik
Dr. Krishan Kant Paul
Shri Keshari Nath
Tripathi

Chandigarh

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
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

Chief Minister/ Governor

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

Arvind Kejriwal
Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS, (Retd.) (Lieutenant
Governor)
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (Lieutenant Governor)
Shri.V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (Administrator)
Shri Farooq Khan, IPS (Retd.)
(Administrator)

Port Blair
Daman
Silvasa
Kavaratti
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List of State, Monuments and Temples

State
Andhra Pradesh

Monuments

Temples
(i) Srisailam Temple
(ii) Tirupathi Temple

Assam

(i) Kamakhya Temple

(ii) Sukresvara Temple

Bihar

Mahabodhi Temple

Delhi (NCT)

(i) Humayuns Tomb

(ii) The Red Fort
(iii) Qutub Minar
(iv) Lotus Temple
(v) Janatar Mantar

Gujarat

Somnath Temple

Haryana

Markandeshwar Temple

Jammu and Kashmir

Dal Lake

Amarnath Temple

Kerala

Sabrimala Temple

Maharashtra

Siddhivinayak Temple

Odisha

Konark Sun Temple

Punjab

Darbar Sahib Amritsar

Golden Temple

Rajasthan

(i) Hawa Mahal Jaipur

(ii) Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur
(iii) Jal Mahal Jaipur

Birla Mandir

Tamil Nadu

(i) Meenakshi Temple

(ii) Brihadeeswarar Temple

Telangana

Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad

Uttar Pradesh

Taj Mahal Agra

West Bengal

Victoria Memorial - Kolkata

List of Sports and Trophies/Cups

Sports

Cricket

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.
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Hockey

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

Football

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

Badminton

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)

Table Tennis

Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup

Lawn Tennis

Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open,

Heineken Cup

Golf

Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters

Horse Racing

Derby

Rowing

Wellington trophy

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.

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List of All Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers
Shri Raj Nath Singh

Ministries
Minister of Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj

Minister of External Affairs

Shri Arun Jaitley

Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Venkaiah Naidu

Minister of Urban Development, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty

Alleviation and Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Shri Nitin Jairam

Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping

Shri Manohar Parrikar

Minister of Defence

Shri Suresh Prabhu

Minister of Railways

Shri D V Sadananda
Gowda

Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sushri Uma Bharati

Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

Rejuvenation

Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Shri Kalraj Mishra

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

Minister of Women and Child Development

Shri Ananthkumar

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary

Affairs

Shri Ravi Shankar

Prasad

Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and

Information Technology

Shri Jagat Prakash

Nadda

Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Shri Ashok Gajapathi

Raju Pusapati

Minister of Civil Aviation

Shri Anant Geete

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

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

Country
Afghanistan

Capital
Kabul

Currency
Afghani

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

Federal Chancellor

Azerbaijan
The Bahamas

Baku
Nassau

Euro (formerly
schilling)
Manat
Bahamian dollar

Bahrain

Manama

Bahrain dinar

Hamad bin Isa Al

Khalifa

Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus

Dhaka
Bridgetown
Minsk

Belgium

Brussels

Abdul Hamid
Elliot Belgrave
Aleksandr
Lukashenko
Philippe

Belize

Belmopan

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

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

Gaborone

Pula

Brasilia
Bandar Seri
Begawan

Real
Brunei dollar

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei

President
Mohammad Ashraf
Ghani
Bujar Nishani
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Jose Eduardo Dos
Santos
Sir Rodney Williams
Mauricio Macri
Serzh Sargsyan

Ilham Aliyev
Marguerite Pindling

Sir Colville Young

Prime Minister
Edi Rama
Abdelmalek
Sellal

Gaston Browne
Karen
Karapetyan
Malcolm
Turnbull
Christian Kern
Artur Rasizade
Perry Gladstone
Christie
Khalifa Bin
Salman Al
Khalifa
Sheikh Hasina
Freundel Stuart
Andrei Kobyakov
Charles Michel
Dean Oliver
Barrow
Tshering Tobgay

Marka

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Khama
Michel Temer
Sir Hassanal
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Bulgaria
Burkina Faso

Sofia
Ouagadougou

Lev
CFA Franc

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

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

Santiago
Beijing
Bogota
Moroni
Brazzaville

Chilean Peso
Yuan/Renminbi
Colombian Peso
Franc
CFA Franc

Michelle Bachelet
Xi Jinping
Juan Manuel Santos
Azali Assoumani

Kinshasa

Congolese franc

Joseph Kabila

Coln
CFA Franc

Luis Guillermo Sols

Alassane Dramane
Ouattara

Croatia

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

Kuna

Cuba

Havana

Cuban Peso

Cyprus
Czech Republic

Nicosia
Prague

Cyprus pound
Koruna

Kolinda GrabarKitarovic
General Raul Modesto
Castro Ruz
Nicos Anastasiades
Milos Zeman

Denmark

Copenhagen

Krone

Queen-Margrethe II

Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti franc

Ismail Omar Guelleh

Dominica

Roseau

Charles Savarin

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

U.S. dollar
Rafael Correa Delgado
Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
Sherif Ismail
Coln; U.S. dollar Salvador Snchez
Cern
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(Acting) Roch Marc
Christian Kabor
Pierre Nkurunziza
Norodom Sihamoni
Paul Biya
David Johnston
Jorge Carlos De
Almeida Fonseca
Faustin-Archange
Touadra
Idriss Deby Itno

Danilo Medina
Sanchez
Taur Matan Ruak

Boyko Borisov
Paul Kaba Thieba
Hun Sen
Philemon Yang
Justin Trudeau
Ulisses Correia e
Silva
Simplice Sarandji
Albert Pahimi
Padacke
Li Keqiang
Clement
Mouamba
Augustin Matata
Ponyo Mapon
Daniel Kablan
Duncan
Andrej Plenkovic
Ral Castro
Bohuslav
Sobotka
Lars Lkke
Rasmussen
Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
Roosevelt Skerrit

Rui Maria de
Araujo

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Equatorial
Guinea

Malabo

CFA Franc

Eritrea
Estonia

Asmara
Tallinn

Nakfa
Kroon

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Birr

Brig. General Teodoro

Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo
Isaias Afwerki
Francisco Pascual
Obama Asue
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

Hailemariam
Desalegn
Frank
Bainimarama
Juha Sipila

Emmanuel
Issoze-Ngondet

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

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

Guatemala City
Conakry
Bissau
Georgetown

Euro (formerly
drachma)
East Caribbean
dollar
Quetzal
Guinean franc
CFA Franc
Guyanese dollar

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Gourde

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

Lempira

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

Iceland

Reykjavik

Icelandic krna

Olafur Ragnar
Grimsson

Guani Th.
Johannesson

India

New Delhi

Rupee

Pranab Mukherjee

Narendra Modi

Indonesia

Jakarta

Rupiah

Joko Widodo

Iran

Tehran

Rial

Hassan Rouhani

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi Dinar

Fuad Masum

Joachim Gauck

Taavi Roivas

Giorgi
Kvirikashvili
ChancellorAngela Merkel

John Dramani
Mahama
Prokopis Pavlopoulos

Alexis Tsipras

Cecile La Grenade

Keith Mitchell

Jimmy Morales
Alpha Conde
Jose Mario Vaz
David A. Granger
(Acting) Jocelerme
Privert
Juan Orlando
Hernandez Alvarado
Janos Ader

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Francisco
Pascual Obama
Asue

Mamady Youla
Baciro Dja
Moses
Nagamootoo
(Acting) Enex
Jean-Charles

Viktor Orban

Haider al-Abadi

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Ireland

Dublin

Euro (formerly
Irish pound
[punt])
Shekel

Michael Daniel
Higgins

Enda Kenny

Israel

Jerusalem

Reuven Rivlin
Sergio Mattarella

Kingston

Euro (formerly
lira)
Jamaican dollar

Binyamin "Bibi"
Netanyahu
Matteo Renzi

Italy

Rome

Jamaica

Sir Patrick Allen

Andrew Holness

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

Emperor-Akihito

Shinzo Abe

Jordan

Amman

Jordanian dinar

King-Abdallah II

Hani Al-Mulki

Kazakhstan

Astana

Tenge

Nursultan
Nazarbayev

Bakhytzhan
Sagintayev

Kenya

Nairobi

Kenya shilling

Uhuru Kenyatta

Kiribati

Tarawa Atoll

Australian dollar

Taneti Mamau

Korea, North

Pyongyang

Won

Supreme leader: Kim

Jong-un

Korea, South

Seoul

Won

Park Geun-Hye

Hwang Kyo-ahn

Kosovo

Pristina

Euro (German
Mark prior to
2002)

Hashim Thai

Isa Mustafa

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti dinar

Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad
al-Jabir al-Sabah

Jabir Al-Mubarak
Al-Hamad AlSabah

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

Som

Almazbek Atambaev

Sooronbay
Jeenbekov

Laos

Vientiane

New Kip

Bounnhang Vorachith

Latvia
Lebanon

Riga
Beirut

Lats
Lebanese pound

Lesotho

Maseru

Maluti

Raimonds Vjonis
(Acting) Tammam
Salam
King-Letsie III

Thongsing
Thammavong
Maris Kucinskis
Michel Aoun

Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania

Monrovia
Tripoli
Vaduz
Vilnius

Liberian dollar
Libyan dinar
Swiss franc
Litas

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Aguila Salah Issa
Prince - Hans Adam II
Dalia Grybauskaite

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Monarch Henri

Macedonia

Skopje

Euro (formerly
Luxembourg
franc)
Denar

Fayez al-Sarraj
Adrian Hasler
Algirdas
Butkevicius
Xavier Bettel

Gjorge Ivanov

Emil Dimitriev

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Pakalitha
Mosisili

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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

Olivier
Solonandrasana

Mauritian rupee

Mohamed Ould Abdel

Aziz
Ameenah Gurib

Yahya Ould
Hademine
Anerood
Jugnauth

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

Montenegro
Morocco

Podgorica
Rabat

Euro
Dirham

Filip Vujanovic
King-Mohammed VI

Mozambique

Maputo

Metical

Filipe Nyusi

Jargaltulgyn
Erdenebat
Milo Dukanovic
Abdelillah
Benkirane
Carlos Agostinho
do Rosrio

Myanmar
(Burma)

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

Kyat

Htin Kyaw

Namibian dollar

Hage Geingob

no official capital;
government
offices in Yaren
District
Kathmandu

Australian dollar

Baron Divavesi Waqa

Nepalese rupee

Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Malagasy franc

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

Nouakchott

Ouguiya

Mauritius

Port Louis

Mexico
Micronesia,
Federated
States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia

Namibia
Nauru

Nepal

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Modibo Keita
Joseph Muscat

Saara
KuugongelwaAmadhila

Pushpa Kamal
Dahal

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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

Netherlands

Asuncion
Lima

Euro (formerly
guilder)

King-WillemAlexander

Mark Rutte

New Zealand
dollar
Gold cordoba

Governor GeneralJerry Mateparae

Daniel Ortega
Saavedra
Mahamadou Issoufou
Muhammadu Buhari
King-Harald V

John Key

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

CFA Franc
Naira
Norwegian
krone
Omani rial
Pakistani rupee
U.S. dollar
balboa; U.S.
dollar
Kina

Doha

Guaran
Nuevo sol
(1991)
Peso
Zloty
Euro (formerly
escudo)
Qatari riyal

Horacio Cartes Jara

Pedro Pablo
Kuczynski
Rodrigo Duterte
Andrzej Duda
Marcelo Rebelo de
Sousa
Emir - Tamim bin
Hamad 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

Saint Vincent
and the
Grenadines
Samoa

Kingstown

East Caribbean
dollar
East Caribbean
dollar
East Caribbean
dollar

Samuel Weymouth
Tapley Seaton
Dame Pearlette
Louisy
Sir Frederick
Nathaniel Ballantyne

Apia

Tala

San Marino

San Marino

Euro

Castries

Brigi Rafini
Erna Solberg

Fernando Zavala

Beata Szydo
Antnio Costa
Abdallah Bin
Nasir Bin Khalifa
Al Thani
Dacian Ciolo
Dmitriy
Anatolyevich
Medvedev
Anastase
Murekezi
Timothy Harris
Allen Chastanet
Ralph Everard
Gonsalves
Tuilaepa Aiono
Sailele
Malielegaoi

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Sao Tome and

Principe
Saudi Arabia

Sao Tome

Dobra

Evaristo Carvalho

Patrice Trovoada

Riyadh

Riyal

Senegal
Serbia

Dakar
Belgrade

Md. Dionne
Aleksandar Vui

Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia

Victoria
Freetown
Singapore
Bratislava

Danny Faure
Ernest Bai Koroma
Tony Tan Keng Yam
Andrej Kiska

Lee Hsien Loong

Robert Fico

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Borut Pahor

Miro Cerar

Solomon
Islands
Somalia

Honiara

CFA Franc
Yugoslav new
dinar. In Kosovo
both the euro &
the Yugoslav
dinar are legal
Seychelles rupee
Leone
Singapore dollar
Euro (from
01/01/09),
Koruna
Slovenian tolar;
euro (as of
1/1/07)
Solomon Islands
dollar
Somali shilling

King-Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Macky Sall
Tomislav Nikolic

Frank Ofagioro Kabui

Manasseh
Sogavare
Omar Abdirashid
Ali Sharmarke

South Africa

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

South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania

Mogadishu

Rand

Sudanese Pound
Euro (formerly
peseta)
Sri Lanka rupee

Hassan Sheikh
Mahamud
Jacob Zuma

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Monarch - Felipe VI

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

Maithripala Sirisena

Stockholm
Bern
Damascus
Taipei
Dushanbe
Dar es Salaam;
Dodoma
(legislative)

Carl XVI Gustaf

Krona
Swiss franc
Syrian pound
Taiwan dollar
Somoni
Tanzanian
shilling
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Mariano Rajoy
Ranil
Wickremesinghe

Omar al-Bashir
Dsi Bouterse
King-Mswati III

Bashar Al-Asad
Ma Ying-Jeou
Emomali Rahmon
John Magufuli

Barnabus
Sibusiso Dlamini
Stefan Lofven
Imad Khamis
Kohir Rasulzoda
Kassim Majaliwa

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Thailand

Bangkok

Baht
CFA Franc

Monarch - Bhumibol
Adulyadej
Faure Gnassingbe

Prayut Chan-ocha
Komi Slom
Klassou

Togo

Lome

Tonga

Nuku'alofa

Pa'anga

King-Tupou VI

Akilisi Pohiva

Trinidad and
Tobago

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad and
Tobago dollar

Anthony Thomas
Aquinas Carmona

Keith Rowley

Tunisia

Tunis

Tunisian dinar

Beji Caid Essebsi

Turkey

Ankara

Turkish lira
(YTL)

Recep Tayyip
Erdoan

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

Manat

Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow

Tuvalu

Vaiaku village,
Funafuti province

Australian dollar

Iakoba Italeli

Enele Sopoaga

Uganda

Kampala

Ugandan new
shilling

Yoweri Museveni

Ruhakana
Rugunda

Ukraine

Kyiv

Hryvna

Petro Poroshenko

Volodymyr
Groysman

United Arab
Emirates

Abu Dhabi

U.A.E. dirham

Khalifa Bin Zayid Al

Nuhayyan

Muhammad Bin
Rashid Al
Maktum

United
Kingdom
United States of
America

London

Pound sterling

Queen-Elizabeth II

Theresa May

Washington D.C.

Dollar

Barack Obama

Uruguay

Montevideo

Uruguay peso

Tabar Vzquez

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Uzbekistani sum

Vanuatu

Port-Vila

Vatu

Vatican City
(Holy See)

Vatican City

Euro

Venezuela

Caracas

Bolivar

Nicolas Maduro
Moros

Vietnam

Hanoi

Dong

Tran Dai Quang

Nguyen Xuan
Phuc

Yemen

Sanaa

Rial

Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh

Mansur Hadi

Ahmed Obeid bin

Daghr

Zambia

Lusaka

Kwacha

Edgar Lungu

Zimbabwe

Harare

Zimbabwean
dollar

Robert Gabriel
Mugabe

Baldwin Lonsdale

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Binali Yldrm

Shavkat
Mirziyoyev
Charlot Salwai

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List of Country, Central Bank and Stock Exchange

Country
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BELGIUM
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ECUADOR
EGYPT
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KUWAIT
LATVIA

Central Bank
Central Bank of Argentina
Reserve Bank of Australia
European Central Bank
Central Bank of Bahrain
Bangladesh Bank
European Central Bank
Central Bank of Bosnia &
Herzegovina
Bank of Botswana
Central Bank of Brazil
Bulgarian National Bank
Bank of Canada
Central Bank of Chile
Peoples Bank of China
Central Bank of Colombia
Central Bank of Costa Rica
Croatian National Bank
European Central Bank
Czech National Bank
National Bank of Denmark
Central Bank of Ecuador
Central Bank of Egypt
European Central Bank
European Central Bank
European Central Bank
European Central Bank
Bank of Ghana Henry
European Central Bank
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Central Bank of Hungary
Central Bank of Iceland
Reserve Bank of India
Bank Indonesia
European Central Bank
Bank of Israel
European Central Bank
Bank of Jamaica
Bank of Japan
Central Bank of Jordan
National Bank of Kazakhstan
Central Bank of Kenya
Central Bank of Kuwait
Bank of Latvia
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Stock Exchange
MERVAL
S&P/ASX 200
WBI
ALL SHARE
DSE GENERAL
BEL20
SASX10
BGSMDC
BOVESPA
SOFIX
S&P/TSX
IGPA
SHCOMP
IGBC
CRSMBCT
CROBEX
GENERAL
SE PX
OMX COPENHAGEN
ECU
EGX30
OMX TALLIN
HEX25
CAC 40
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

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LAOS
(Lao Peoples Dem. Repl.)
LEBANON
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACEDONIA

Bank of the Lao

LSXC
MSCI
OMX VILNIUS
LUXX
MBI 10

THAILAND

Central Bank of Lebanon

Bank of Lithuania
European Central Bank
National Bank of the Rep. of
Macedonia
Bank Negara Malaysia
European Central Bank
Central Bank of Mauritius
Bank of Mexico
Bank of Mongolia
Central Bank of Montenegro
Bank of Morocco
Bank of Namibia
European Central Bank
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Central Bank of Nigeria
Norges Bank
Central Bank of Oman
State Bank of Pakistan
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
Saudi Arabian Monetary
Authority
National Bank of Serbia
Monetary Authority of
Singapore
European Central Bank
European Central Bank
South African Reserve Bank
Bank of Korea
European Central Bank
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
The Riksbank Stefan
Swiss National Bank
Bank of Tanzania
Central Bank of the Rep. of
China
Bank of Thailand

TUNISIA

Central Bank of Tunisia

TUNINDEX

MALAYSIA
MALTA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO
MOROCCO
NAMIBIA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
QATAR
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SERBIA
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TANZANIA
TAIWAN

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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
TASI
BELEX15
STI
SAX
SBITOP
FTSE/JSE
KOSPI
IBEX 35
CSE ALL SHARE
OMX 30
SMI
ALL SHARE DSEI
TWSE
SET50

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TURKEY

Central Bank of Republic of

Turkey

XU100

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Central Bank of United Arab

Emirates
National Bank of Ukraine
Bank of England
Federal Reserve
Central Bank of Venezuela
State Bank of Vietnam

UAE ADX GENERAL

UKRAINE
UNITED KINGDOM
United States of America
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM

PFTS
FTSE 100
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

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
Indias 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)
World Leprosy Eradication Day

February
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

Zero Discrimination Day

World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day

March
1st March
3rd March

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4th March

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

27th March
28th March

National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas),

World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.
International Womens Day
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
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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 Fathers 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 Doctors Day

World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day
International Day of Cooperatives
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July 06
July 07
July 11
July 12
July 18
July 26

July 28
July 29

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

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

International Friendship Day

Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
World Senior Citizen Day
Nagasaki Day, International Day of the Worlds Indigenous
People, Quit India Day
International Youth Day
International Left Handers Day
Pakistans Independence Day
Indias 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
World Coconut Day
National Teachers 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 Engineers Day
World Ozone Day
RPF Foundation day
World Peace Day or International day for Peace and
Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimers 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
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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

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

November 20
3rd Sunday of November

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 Teachers 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
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
Childrens 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 Mens Day, National
Integration Day
Universal Childrens Day
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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3rd Thursday of November

November 21
November 25

November 26
November 30

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 4
December 5

December 7

December 9
December 10

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
Goas Libration Day
International Human Solidarity Day
National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas
Good Governance day

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