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Mary Kom Playing it my way ‘Sachin Tendulkar & Boria Majumdar ‘A Shot at History: My ‘Abhinav Bindra Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold ‘SixMachine:Idont like | Chris Gayle cricket. love it ‘Ace Against Odds Sania Mirza Playing to Win Saina Nehwal Serve to Win Novak Djokovic Born Again on the Mountain | Arunima Sinha Wide Angle Anil Kumble Straight from the Heart, | Kapil Dev Cricket, My Style Ang Innings Vijay Hazare One More Over EAS Prasanna ‘Sunny Days; Idols; Runs & — | Sunil Gavaskar Ruins The Test of My Life Yuvraj Singh All Round View Imran Khan Wasim Wasim Akram Controversially Yours Shoalb Akhtar Faster than Lightning: My | Usain Bott Story Open: An Autobiography _| Andre Agassi No Limits: The Will to Michael Phelps Succeed Rafa: My Story Rafael Nadal Undisputed Truth: My Mike Tyson Autobiography Its not about the Bike: My | Lance Armstrong Journey Back to Life No Holding Back Michael Holding Menace: The Autobiography | Dennis Lille Hitting Across the Line Vivian Richards ‘Shape Yourself; Killer Martina Navratilova Instinct; Tennis my Way Head On; Beefy Cricket _| lan Botham. Tales One Century is Not Enough | Saurav Ganguly Imperfect Sanjay Manjrekar No Spin: My Autobiography | Shane Ware Unguarded Mithali Raj Mind Master Vishwanathan aaae&. Additional Information SPORTS [CUPS and TROPHY Ashes, Reliance Cup, Rothman’s Trophy, C.K. Naidu Trophy William’s Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup Thomas Cup, Agarwal Cup, Chadha Cup, Divan Cup Football = |Colombo Cup, Merdeka Cup, Durand Cup Cricket Basketball Badminton Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup Ryder Cup (men), Solheim Cup (women), Walker Cup rchery — |Archery World Cup Volleyball Golf French open cup, US open cup, Australian L ae lopen cup, Davis cup(men), Fed Cup (women), Wightman Cup (women) able Travancore cup (women), Swaythling Cup ennis (men), Bama Belleek cupRIVERS *Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar *Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi *Sorrow of Odisha - Mahanadi *Sorrow of Assam - Brahmaputra *Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh - Narmada *Lifeline of Andhra Pradesh - Godavari *Lifeline of Goa - Mandovi *Lifeline of Sikkim - Teesta *Red River - Brahmaputra *Vridha Ganga - Godavari *Ardha Ganga - Krishna *Dakshina Ganga - KaveriRailway RRB GROUP D NTPC SSC GD Z Major festivals of some states Flamingo Festival - Andhra Pradesh A Paddy Travel Festival - Odisha 4 Nuakhai Festival - Odisha A Interpolation Festival - Telangana A Bonalu Festival - Telangana A Mercury Festival - Telangana 4 Lai Haroba festival - Tripura 4 Losar festival - Himachal Pradesh A Fagli Festival - Himachal Pradesh Dev Surya Festival - Bihar 4 Chapar Koot Festival - Mizoram A Fuldei festival - Uttarakhand A Chili Festival - Madhya Pradesh A Shirui Lily - Manipur A Adi Mahotsav - Leh, Ladakh 4 Losar Festival - Ladakh A Hornbill Festival - Nagaland A Mandu Festival - Madhya Pradesh A International Cherry Blossom Festival - Meghalaya