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LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
States National park Remarks
Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park -
Sri Venkateswara National Park -
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary
Arunachal
Pradesh Mouling National Park -
Namdapha National Park -
Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur
Manas National Park
Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage
Site
Nameri National Park -
Orang National Park -
Bihar Valmiki National Park -
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park -
Kanger Valley National Park -
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay)
National Park -
Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Goa Mollem National Park -
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion
Blackbuck National Park Black Buck
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Marine National Park, Gulf of
Kutch -
Vansda National Park -
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Haryana Kalesar National Park -
Sultanpur National Park -
Himachal
Pradesh Pin Valley National Park -
Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Inderkilla National Park -
Khirganga National Park -
Simbalbara National Park -
Jammu &
Kashmir Dachigam National Park Kashmir stag
Hemis National Park -
Kishtwar National Park -
Salim Ali National Park -
Jharkhand Betla National Park Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison
Karnataka Dandeli National Park -
Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv
Gandhi National Park) -
Bandipur National Park -
Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear
Kudremukh National Park -
Anshi national park -
Kerala Pambadum Shola National Park -
Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ghats)
Mathikettan Shola National Park -
Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats)
Anamudi Shola National Park -
Periyar National Park -
Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park -
Pench National Park -
Kanha National Park -
Panna National Park
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Madhav National Park -
Mandla Plant Fossils National
Park -
Pench National Park -
Sanjay National Park -
Satpura National Park -
Van Vihar national park -
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -
Chandoli National Park -
Navegaon National Park -
Tadoba National Park -
Gugamal national park -
Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park
Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the
world
Sirohi National Park -
Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Red Panda
Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve
Mizoram Murlen National Park -
Phawngpui Blue National Park -
Dampa Tiger Reserve
Nagaland Ntangki National Park -
Odisha Similipal National Park -
Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile
Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sariska National Park -
Ranthambore National Park -
Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National
Park -
Desert National Park Great Indian bustard
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer
Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Park -
Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr
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Indira Gandhi (Annamalai)
National Park -
Guindy National Park -
Gulf of Mannar Marine National
Park -
Telangana
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
National Park -
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali
National Park -
Mrugavani National Park -
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
Tripura Bison(Rajbari) National Park -
Clouded Leopard National Park -
Uttarakhand Rajaji National Park -
Jim Corbett National Park -
Gangotri National Park -
Valley of Flowers National Park -
Govind Pashu Vihar -
Nanda Devi National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World
Biosphere Reserve, Snow Leopard (Himalayan region)
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park -
West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve
Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Tigers
Jaldapara National Park Indian rhinoceros
Buxa National Park -
Neora Valley NationalPark -
Singalila National Park -
Gorumara National Park -
Andaman and
Nicobar
Mahatama Gandhi Marine
(Wandoor) National Park -
Middle Button Island National
Park -
Mount Harriett National Park -
North Button Island National
Park -
Rani Jhansi Marine National Park -
Saddle Peak National Park -
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South Button Island National
Park -
Campbell Bay National Park -
Galathea Bay National Park -
List of World Heritage Sites in India
Cultural Heritage sites in India
1 Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh
2 Ajanta Caves Maharashtra
3 Ellora Caves Maharashtra
4 Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh
5 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu
6 Sun Temple, Konârak Orissa
7 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa
8 Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh
9 Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka
10 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh
11 Elephanta Caves Maharashtra
12 Great Living Chola Temples 12 Tamil Nadu
13 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka
14 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh
15 Humayun's Tomb Delhi
16 Qutb Minar and its Monuments Delhi
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Mountain Railways of India (Includes Darjeeling
Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and
the Kalka-Shimla Railway)
Himachal
Pradesh, Sikkim,
Tamilnadu
18 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar
19 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh
20 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat
21 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria
Terminus) Mumbai
22 Red Fort Complex Delhi
23 The Jantar Mantar Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh,
Ranthambore Fort, Gagron Fort, Amber Fort and
Jaisalmer Fort)
Rajasthan
25 Rani-ki-Vav at Patan Gujarat
26 Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda
University) Bihar
27 Capitol Building Complex - The Architectural Work of Le
Corbusier Chandigarh
28 Historic City of Ahmadabad Gujarat
29 Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Natural Heritage sites in India
1 Kaziranga National Park Assam
2 Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan
3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam
4 Sundarbans National Park West Bengal
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5 Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National
Parks Uttarakhand
6 Western Ghats Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
and Maharashtra
7 Great Himalayan National Park
Conservation Area Himachal Pradesh
Mixed Heritage site in India-
1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim
List of Bird Sanctuaries in India
Name of the State Name of the Bird Sanctuary
Andhra Pradesh
Atapaka Bird Sanctuary
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
Sri Peninsula Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary
Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary
Assam
Bordoibam Beelmukh Birds’ Sanctuary
Deepor beel bird sanctuary
Panidihing bird sanctuary
Bihar Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary
Nakti Dam Bird SanctuaryBhimband Wildlife Sanctuary
Delhi Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary
Goa Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat
Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
Kutch Bustard Sanctuary
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
Thol Lake
Haryana Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary
Himachal Pradesh Gamgul
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Karnataka
Attiveri Bird Sanctuary
Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary
Bonal Bird Sanctuary
Gudavi Bird Sanctuary
Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary
Magadi Bird Sanctuary
Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary
Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka)
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Kerala
Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary
Pathiramanal Kerala
Pakshipathalam Bird Sanctuary
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
Maharashtra Mayani Bird Sanctuary
Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
Mizoram Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Odisha Chilika Lake
Punjab Harike bird sanctuary
Rajasthan
Keoladeo National Park
Khichan Bird Sanctuary
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
Tamil Nadu
Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary
Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary
Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary
Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Vellode Birds Sanctuary
Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary
Uttar Pradesh
Bakhira Sanctuary
Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
Okhla Sanctuary
Patna Bird Sanctuary
Saman Sanctuary
Samaspur Sanctuary
Sandi Bird SanctuaryThasrana Bird Sanctuary
West Bengal Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary
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List of Famous Temples in India
No. Famous Temple Location Nearest River/Lake
1. Badrinath Temple Badrinath, Uttarakhand Alaknanda River
2. Kedarnath Temple Kedarnath, Uttarakhand Mandakini River
3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganga River
4. Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab Ravi River
5. Amarnath Temple Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir Amaravati River
6. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir Devika River
7. Akshardham Temple New Delhi Yamuna River
8. Konark Sun Temple Konark, Odisha Chandrabhaga River
9. Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River
10. Lingaraj Temple Bhubaneshwar, Odisha -
11. Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat -
12. Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Chilika Lake
13. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra River
14. Shani Shingnapur Temple Ahmednagar, Maharashtra -
15. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra -
16. Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan Banas River
17. Khajuraho Temples Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh -
18. Tirupati Balaji Temple
(Tirumala Venkateshwara) Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh Pushkarini River
19. Virupaksha Temple
(Pampapathi temple) Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River
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20.
Siddhivinayak Temple-
(Dedicated to Lord
Ganesha)
Mumbai, Maharashtra Bhima River
21. Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai River
22. Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River
23. Ramanathaswamy Temple Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu Rameswaram
24. Airavateswara Temple Darasuram, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River
25. Sanchi Stupa Raisen, Madhya Pradesh -
26. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Yamunotri River
27. Bahai Temple New Delhi -
28. Padmanabhaswamy
Temple Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala -
29. Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly River
30. Kandariya Mahadeva
Temple Madhya Pradesh -
31. Gomateshwara Bahubali
Temple Hassan district, Karnataka -
32. Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu -
33. Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala Pamba River
34. Mahakaleshwar Temple Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra River
35. Dwarkadhish temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gomti River
IMPORTANT DAMS WITH RIVERS
Some Facts about dams-
• Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa)
• Longest dam in India- Hirakund dam (Orissa)
• Highest dam in India- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand)
• Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam
• First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)
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LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA
State Dam River
Andhra Pradesh Srisailam Dam
Polavaram Project Godavari
Somasila Dam Penna
Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam
Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra
River
Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi
Kohira Dam Kohira
Chhattisgarh
Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango
Dam Hasdeo
Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi
Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti
Kadana Dam Mahi
Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada
Karjan Dam Karjan
Mitti Dam Mitti
Aji Dam Aji
Sipu Dam Sipu
Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas
Bhakra Dam Satluj
Kol Dam Satluj
Chamera Dam Ravi
Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj
Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab
Salal Dam Chenab
Uri Dam Jhelum
Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar
Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus
Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA
Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar
Maithon Dam Barakar
Tenughat Dam Damodar
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Konar Dam Konar
North Koel North Koel
Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery
Basava Sagar Dam
(Narayanpur Dam) Krishna
Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy
Kabini Dam Kabini
Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra
Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha
Almatti Dam Krishna
Bhadra Dam Bhadra
Supa dam Kalinadi
Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole
Kerala Cheruthoni Dam Cheruthoni
Kakki Dam Kakki
Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar
Idukki Dam Periyar
Kulamavu Dam Kilivillithode
Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son
Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal
Indira Sagar Dam Narmada
Omkareshwar Dam Narmada
Tawa Dam Tawa
Maharashtra Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna
Koyna Dam Koyna
Warna Dam Varna
Ujjani Dam Bhima
Aruna Dam Aruna
Upper Wardha Dam Wardha
Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi
Indravati Dam Indravati
Kapur Dam Kapur
Podagada Dam Podagada
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Rengali Dam Brahmani
Upper Kolab Dam Kapur
Haladia Dam Haladia
Lower Indra Dam Indra
Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi
Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas
Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam Mahi
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal
Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni
Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi)
Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit
Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani
Mettur Dam Kaveri
Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar
Pillur Dam Bhavani
Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)
Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)
Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira
Musi Dam Musi
Singur Dam Manjira
Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu
Project) Godavari
Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola
Lakhwar Dam Yamuna
Koteshwar Bhagirathi
Ramganga Dam Ramganga
Tehri Dam Bhagirathi
Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand
West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai
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LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS 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): 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): 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): The award
annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in
recognition of the Hindi literary work published
in past 10 years.
6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is 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): It 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): 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): It 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 (sports): Outstanding
performance from the sportspersons in sports
and games.
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): 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 (sports): 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: It is the
highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson
for his/her achievements in India.
14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for
Science & Technology): It 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): It is an award given
by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting
scientific ideas to lay people.
16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award
for achievements in newspaper and online
journalism, literature, and musical composition
in the United States.
17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an
international prize awarded annually by the
Government of Norway to one or more
outstanding mathematicians.
18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by
the National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences of the United States to recognize
outstanding achievement in the music industry.
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19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal
Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a
British prize for excellence in architecture.
20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It 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): It is awarded
annually "to honour a living architect.
NUCLEAR & THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA
Andhra Pradesh • Simhadri Super Thermal power plant• Sri Damodaram Sanjeeviah Thermal power plant
Assam • Bongaigon Thermal power plant
Bihar • Barauni Thermal Power Station• Kahalgon super thermal power plant• Barh super thermal power station
Chhattisgarh • Korba Super Thermal power plant• Sipat Thermal power plant• Bhilai Expansion Power plant• Hasedo Thermal Power plant
Gujarat • Mundra Thermal power plant• Ukai Thermal power plant• Sikka Thermal Power plant• Karkapar Nuclear Power plant• Akirmota Thermal power station
Haryana • Deenbandu Chhotu Thermal power plant• Rajiv Gandhi Thermal power plant• Gorakhpur Atomic Power plant
Himachal Pradesh • Girinagar Hydel Project• Binwa Hydel Project• Shong tong Hydel Project
Jammu & Kashmir • Salal Hydro Electric Power plant
Jharkhand • Patratu Thermal power plant• Bokaro Thermal power station• Chandrapura Thermal power station• Koderama Thermal power station
Karnataka • Udupi Thermal power plant• Bellary Thermal power plant• Raichur Thermal Power plant• Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant
Kerala • Kayamkulam power station• Brahmapuram power station• Idukki Hydro Electric Power plant
Madhya Pradesh • Vindhyachal Super Thermal power plant• Sant Singaji Thermal power plant• Satpura Thermal Power Plant• Amarkantak Thermal Power station• Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project• Essar Mahan Power Plant
Manipur • Loktak Hydro Electric Power plant
Maharashtra • Tirora Thermal power plant• Chandrapura super Thermal power plant• Khaperkhada Thermal Power station• Tarapur Atomic Power Station• Jaitapur Nuclear Power project
Nagaland • Dikhu Hydro Electric power plant
Odisha • Talcher super Thermal power plant• Hirakund Hydro Electric Power plant
Punjab • Gurgobind Singh Super Thermal power plant
Rajasthan • Chabbra Thermal power plant• Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant
Sikkim • Rangit Hydro Electric Power Project• Teesta Hydro Electric Power plant
Tamil nadu • Mettur Thermal power plant• Neyveli Thermal power plant• Tuticorin Thermal Power plant• Kundankulam Nuclear power plant
Uttar Pradesh • Narora Nuclear Power Plant• Obra Thermal Power Station• Anapara Thermal Power Station
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• Rosa Thermal Power Plant
LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES
Airport City State
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Telangana
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam
Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Maharashtra
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal
Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT)
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Bihar
Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur Chhattisgarh
Dabolim Airport Goa
Raja Bhoj Airport Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
Dimapur Airport Dimapur Nagaland
Maharana Pratap Airport Udaipur Rajasthan
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Andaman and
Nicobar
Jolly Grant Airport Or Dehradun Airport renamed
after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dehradun Uttarakhand
LIST OF STATE, FOLK DANCE, AND CLASSICAL DANCE
State Folk Dance Classical Dance
Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi
Assam Bihu Sattriya
Bihar Jat-Jatin
Gujarat Garba
Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal
Kerala Padayani, Chakyar Koothu Kathakali, Mohiniyattam
Karnataka Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase
Maharashtra Lavani
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Madhya Pradesh Gaur, Grida, Maanch
Manipur Manipuri
Odisha Chhau, Goti Pua, Ghumra Odissi
Punjab Bhangra, Giddha
Rajasthan Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Tera Tali
Tamil Nadu Karagam, Kolattam, Thappattam,
Bommalattam
Bharatanatyam
Uttar Pradesh Rasleela Kathak
West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, Domni, Chow
Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham
Goa Fugdi
Himachal Pradesh Nati
Haryana Dhamal Dance, Manjira Dance
Mizoram Cheraw dance
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
JSCA International Cricket Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand
Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara, Gujarat
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana
Cricket Stadium
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra
Barsapara Stadium Guwahati, Assam
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LIST OF SPORTS AND TROPHIES/CUPS
Sports Trophies/ Cups
Cricket
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.
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 Terminology
Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault.
Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out.
Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off.
Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch.
Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks.
Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.
Cricket 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.
Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper
Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green.
Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, under cutting, Scoop,
Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried.
Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest.
Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive.
Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes.
Swimming Stroke.
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LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS & CONSTITUENCY 2019
Portfolio (Department) Minister Name Constituency
Prime Minister and Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions; Department of Atomic
Energy; Department of Space; and All-
important policy issues; and All other
portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
Narendra Modi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of Home Affairs Amit Shah Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Ministry of Defence Rajnath Singh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar -
Minister of Finance; and Minister of
Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Karnataka, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Road Transport and
Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari Nagpur, Maharashtra
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda
Gowda Bangalore North, Karnataka
Minister of Health and Family Welfare;
Minister of Science and Technology;
and Minister of Earth Sciences
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk, Delhi
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan --
Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of
Communications; and Minister of
Electronics and Information Technology
Ravi Shankar Prasad Patna Sahib, Bihar
Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;
Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines Prahlad Joshi Dharwad, Karnataka
Minister of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship
Mahendra Nath
Pandey Chandauli. Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises Arvind Sawant Mumbai South, Maharashtra
Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda, Punjab
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare; Minister of Rural
Development; and Minister of
Panchayati Raj.
Narendra Singh Tomar Morena, Madhya Pradesh
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda Khunti, Jharkhand
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries Giriraj Singh Begusarai, Bihar
Minister of Women and Child
Development; and Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
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Minister of Human Resource
Development
Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Minister of Social Justice and
Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change; and Minister of
Information and Broadcasting
Prakash Javadekar Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas;
and Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Railways; and Minister of
Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha
Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Shekhawat Jodhpur, Rajasthan
LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Minister Name Portfolio
Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Rao Inderjit Singh Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and
Ministry of Planning.
Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Ministry of Defence.
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s
Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space.
Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and the Ministry of Minority
Affairs.
Prahalad Singh Patel Ministry of Culture; and Ministry of Tourism.
Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Ministry of Civil Aviation;
and Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Shipping; and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE 2019
Minister Name Portfolio
Faggan Singh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises.
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
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Krishan Pal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Raosaheb Danve Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
G. Kishan Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Purushottam Rupala Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Rural Development.
Babul Supriyo Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
Ministry of Human Resource Development; Ministry of
Communications; and the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology.
Anurag Thakur Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs.
Suresh Angadi Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Ratanlal Kataria Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Som Parkash Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Rameswar Teli Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Ministry of
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
Kailash Choudhary Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Debasree Chaudhuri Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
January
4th January World Braille Day
9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day)
10th January World Hindi Day
World Laughter Day
12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January Army Day
24th January National Girl Child Day
25th January National Voters Day
National Tourism Day
26th January India’s Republic Day
International Customs day
29th January National Immunization Day
February
1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd Feb World Wetland Day
4th Feb World Cancer Day
10th Feb National Deworming Day
13th Feb World Radio Day
21st Feb International Mother Language Day
28th Feb National Science Day
March
1st March Zero Discrimination Day
3rd March World Wildlife Day
National Defence Day
8th March International Women’s Day
14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”)
15th March World Consumer Rights Day
20th March World Sparrow Day
International Day of Happiness
21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz
21st March International Day of Forests
World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March World Water Day
23rd March World Meteorological Day
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24th March World Tuberculosis Day
25th March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade
27th March World Theatre Day
28th March Earth Hour
April
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day
International Children’s Book Day
5th April National Maritime Day
6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April World Health Day
18th April World Heritage Day
21st April National Civil Services Day
22nd March World Earth Day
23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
24th April National Panchayati Day
Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India
25th April World Malaria Day
26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)
29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30th April International Jazz Day
Anti-Child Labour Day
May
1st May International Labour Day
May Day
Maharashtra Day
3rd May World Press Freedom Day
International Sun Day
International Energy Day
08th May
World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second
World War
08th May World Thalassaemia Day
10th May International Migratory Bird Day
11 th May National technology day
12th May International Nurses Day
17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day,
Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day,
International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
20th May World Meteorology Day
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21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
22th May International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May Commonwealth Day
31th May World Anti Tobacco Day
June
01 Jun World Milk Day
05 Jun World Environment Day
08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor
14 Jun World Blood Donor Day
3rd Sunday of
June World Father’s Day
20 Jun World Refugee Day
21 Jun World Music Day
International Yoga Day
23 Jun
International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows
Day
26 Jun
International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in
support of Victims of torture
July
01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day
07 Jul World Chocolate Day
11 Jul World Population Day
12 Jul International Malala Day
18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day
26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
29 Jul International Tiger Day
August
06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
12 Aug International Youth Day
14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day
15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
20 Aug
National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain
Akshay Urja Diwas
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23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday
September
05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
08 Sep World Literacy Day
14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
16 Sep World Ozone Day
21 Sep
World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World
Alzheimer’s Day
27 Sep World Tourism Day
28 Sep World Rabies Day
October
1st Monday of
October World Habitat Day
01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence
03 Oct World Nature Day
04 Oct World Animal Day
05 Oct World Teacher’s Day
06 Oct World Wildlife Day
08 Oct Indian Air Force Day
09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day
10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day
11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child
13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16 Oct World Food Day
17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication
20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
28 Oct International Animation Day
November
06 Nov
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and
Armed Conflict
10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day
11 Nov National Education Day
12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
14 Nov Children’s Day (India), World Diabetes Day
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17 Nov
International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy
day
19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
20 Nov Universal Children’s Day
26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day
30 Nov National Flag Day
December
01 Dec World AIDS Day
02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day
04 Dec Indian Navy Day
07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day
09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day
10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting
11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India)
16 Dec Vijay Diwas
18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
25 Dec Good Governance day
LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES
Country Name Capital Currency President Prime Minister
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Mohammad
Ashraf Ghani
-
Algeria Algiers Dinar
Angola Luanda Kwanza Joao Lourenco -
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Mauricio Macri -
Armenia Yerevan Dram Armen
Sarkissian
-
Australia Canberra Australian dollar - Scott
Morrison
Austria Vienna Euro (formerly
schilling)
Alexander Van
der Bellen
-
Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev -
Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar
- Khalifa bin
Salman Al
Khalifa
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina
Belgium Brussels Euro - Charles Michel
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Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum
King- Jigme
Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck
Lotay Tshering
Bolivia La Paz
(administrative);
Sucre (judicial)
Boliviano
Evo Morales -
Botswana Gaborone Pula Mokgweetsi
Masisi
-
Brazil Brasilia Real Jair Bolsonaro -
Brunei Bandar Seri
Begawan Brunei dollar
- Hassanal
Bolkiah
Bulgaria Sofia Lev Rumen Radev Boyko Borisov
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Pierre
Nkurunziza
-
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - Hun Sen
Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar - Justin Trudeau
Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Sebastián
Piñera
-
China Beijing Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Ivan Duque -
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Miguel Díaz-
Canel
-
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Nicos
Anastasiades
Czech Republic Prague Koruna Miloš Zeman Andrej Babiš
Denmark Copenhagen Krone - Lars Løkke
Rasmussen
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Ismail Omar
Guelleh
Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Lenín Moreno -
Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Abdel Fattah el-
Sisi
Mostafa
Madbouly
El Salvador San Salvador U.S. dollar Nayib Bukele -
Estonia Tallinn Euro - -
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Sahle-Work
Zewde
Abiy Ahmed
Fiji Suva Fiji dollar Jioji Konrote Frank
Bainimarama
Finland Helsinki Euro Sauli Niinistö Antti Rinne
France Paris Euro (formerly
French franc)
Emmanuel
Macron
-
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Adama Barrow -
Georgia Tbilisi Lari Salome
Zourabichvili
Mamuka
Bakhtadze
Germany Berlin Euro Frank-Walter
Steinmeier
Chancelor -
Angela Merkel
Greece Athens Euro Prokopis
Pavlopoulos
Alexis Tsipras
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar David Granger Moses
Nagamootoo
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Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde Jovenel Moise Jean-Henry
Céant
Hungary Budapest Forint János Áder Viktor Orbán
India New Delhi Rupee Ram Nath
Kovind
Narendra Modi
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo
Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani -
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Barham Salih Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Ireland Dublin Euro Michael D.
Higgins
Leo Varadkar
Israel Jerusalem Shekel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin
Netanyahu
Italy Rome Euro Sergio Mattarella Giuseppe Conte
Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - Andrew Holness
Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar - Omar al-Razzaz
Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan Tenge - -
Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Uhuru Kenyatta -
Korea, North Pyongyang Won King-Kim Jong-
un
-
Korea, South Seoul Won Moon Jae-in Lee Nak-yeon
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar
- Sheikh Jaber Al-
Mubarak Al-
Hamad Al-
Sabah
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Sooronbay
Jeenbekov
Muhammetkaliy
Abulgaziyev
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar - Fayez al-Sarraj
Lithuania Vilnius Litas Dalia
Grybauskaitė
Saulius
Skvernelis
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro - Xavier Bettel
Macedonia Skopje Denar Stevo
Pendarovski
Zoran Zaev
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Andry Rajoelina Christian Ntsay
Malawi Lilongwe kwacha Peter Mutharika
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit - Mahathir Bin
Mohamad
Maldives Male Rufiya Ibrahim Mohamed
Solih -
Mali Bamako CFA Franc Ibrahim Boubacar
Keita
Soumeylou
Boubèye Maïga
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - Pravind Jugnauth
Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Andrés Manuel
López Obrador
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik (tögrög) Khaltmaagiin
Battulga
Ukhnaagiin
Khürelsükh
Morocco Rabat Dirham King - Mohammed
VI
Saadeddine
Othmani
Mozambique Maputo Metical Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho
do Rosário
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Myanmar Naypyidaw or
Nay Pyi Taw Kyat
Win Myint
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi
Bhandari
Khadga Prasad
Oli
Netherlands Amsterdam; The
Hague (seat of
government)
Euro
- Mark Rutte
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand
dollar
- Jacinda Ardern
Nigeria Abuja Naira Muhammadu
Buhari
-
Norway Oslo Norwegian
krone
- Erna Solberg
Oman Muscat Omani rial Qaboos bin Said al
Said
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Arif Alvi Imran Khan
Panama Panama City balboa; U.S.
dollar
Juan Carlos Varela -
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina - James Marape
Peru Lima Sol Martín Vizcarra Salvador del Solar
Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte -
Poland Warsaw Zloty Andrzej Duda Mateusz
Morawiecki
Portugal Lisbon Euro Marcelo Rebelo de
Sousa
António Costa
Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Emir - Tamim bin
Hamad
Abdullah bin
Nasser
Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Viorica Dăncilă
Russia Moscow Ruble Vladimir Putin Dmitry
Medvedev
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
King-Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al
Saud
-
Seychelles Victoria Seychelles
rupee
Danny Faure -
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Julius Maada Bio -
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Halimah Yacob Lee Hsien Loong
Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Mohamed Abdullahi
Mohamed
Hassan Ali Khayre
South Africa
Pretoria
(administrative);
Cape Town
(legislative);
Bloemfontein
(judiciary)
Rand
Cyril Ramaphosa -
South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Salva Kiir Mayardit -
Spain Madrid Euro King - Felipe VI Pedro Sánchez
Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Maithripala Sirisena Ranil
Wickremesinghe
Sweden Stockholm Krona - Stefan Löfven
Switzerland Bern Swiss franc Ueli Maurer -
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Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar al-Assad Imad Khamis
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Tsai Ing-wen Su Tseng-chang
Tanzania Dar es Salaam;
Dodoma
(legislative)
Tanzanian
shilling
John Magufuli Kassim Majaliwa
Thailand Bangkok baht King - Maha
Vajiralongkorn
Prayut Chan-o-cha
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan
-
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow
-
Uganda Kampala Ugandan new
shilling
Yoweri Museveni -
Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna Volodymyr
Zelensky
Volodymyr
Groysman
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham
Khalifa bin
Zayed Al
Nahyan
Mohammed bin
Rashid Al
Maktoum
United Kingdom London Pound sterling Queen-
Elizabeth II
Theresa May
United States of
America Washington D.C. dollar
Donald Trump -
Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabaré Vázquez -
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Shavkat Mirziyoyev Abdulla Aripov
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Nicolás Maduro -
Vietnam Hanoi Dong Nguyễn Phú Trọng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Yemen Sanaa Rial Abdrabbuh Mansur
Hadi
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LIST OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTER &
PRESIDENT/GENERAL SECRETARY
International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB)
Beijing, China Jin Liqun
New Development Bank (BRICS
Development Bank)
Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mandaluyong (Manila)
Philippines
Takehiko Nakao
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (MD)
World Bank Washington DC, US David Malpass
United Nations Organization (UN) New York, US António Guterres (Secretary-
General)
United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA)
New York, US Miroslav Lajčák
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
New York, US Henrietta H. Fore (Executive
Director)
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United Nations Conference on Trade &
Development (UNCTAD)
Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi (Secretary-General)
World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland Tedros Adhanom (Director-
General)
World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General)
World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo
World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General),
David Grimes (President)
World Intellectual Property
Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Francis Gurry
International Committee of the Red
Cross
Geneva, Switzerland Director-General: Yves Daccord
United Nations Educational Scientific &
Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation
& Development (OECD)
Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary-
General)
International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria
Yukiya Amano
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary
General)
Amnesty International London, UK Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General)
International Maritime Organisation London, UK Head: Kitack Lim
Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head: Prince Charles
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC)
Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-
General)
Association of South East Nations
(ASEAN)
Jakarta, Indonesia Chairman- Rodrigo Duterte
Secretary General- Le Luong Minh
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC)
Singapore -
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(NATO)
Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg
(Secretary-General)
International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE CEO - Manu Sawhney
Chairman- Shashank Manohar
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva (Director
General)
International Court of Justice The Hague, The
Netherland
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (President)
International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach (President)
The Fédération Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA)
Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Avenue du Mont-Blanc,
Gland, Vaud, Switzerland
-
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL,
CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS
States Capital
Current Chief
Minister Current governor
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati
Y. S. Jaganmohan
Reddy E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal
Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra
Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Lalji Tandon
Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Anandiben Patel
Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Satyadev Narayan Arya
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd
capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu and
Kashmir
Srinagar (summer), Jammu
(winter) _____ Satya Pal Malik
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Bengaluru H.D. Kumaraswamy Vajubhai Vala
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Kamal Nath Anandiben Patel
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Tathagata Roy
Mizoram Aizawl Zoramthanga Jagdish Mukhi
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Tamang Ganga Prasad
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Edappadi K.
Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit
Telangana Hyderabad
K. Chandrashekar
Rao
E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional
Charge)
Tripura Agartala Biplab Kumar Deb Kaptan Singh Solanki
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Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Dehradun
Trivendra Singh
Rawat Baby Rani Maurya
West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
Union Territories Capital Current Chief Minister Current lieutenant governor
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi
Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel
Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel
Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal
Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Farooq Khan
Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi
Important Cities on River Bank
City River
Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati
Surat, Gujarat Tapi
Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada
Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges
Patna, Bihar Ganges
Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana)
Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra
Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra
Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly
Pune, Maharashtra Mula, Mutha
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Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari
Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi
Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani
Bengaluru, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra
Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Krishna
New Delhi Yamuna
Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges
Hyderabad, Telangana Musi
Kota, Rajasthan Chambal
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum
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