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List of Highest, Longest, Biggest in India & World

Highest Mountain in India : Kangchenjunga

Highest Mountain in world : Mt. Everest

Highest rainfall : Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India

Highest waterfall : Angel Falls

Longest river in India : Ganga

Longest river in World : Nile

Longest coastline of India : Gujrat

Biggest country : Russia

Biggest continent : Asia

Biggest forest in world : Amazon

Biggest forest in India : Van Vihar national Park

Coldest continent : Antartica

Largest & Deepest ocean : Pacific

List of Gardens in India

1. Hanging Gardens – Mumbai

2. Brindavan Garden – Mysore 3. Rock Garden – Chandigarh

4. Lodi Gardens – Delhi

5. Pinjore Gardens – Panchkula

6. Shalimar Bagh – Kashmir

7. Rock Garden – Darjeeling 8. Nishat Bagh – Srinagar

9. Company Garden – Allahabad

10. Lal Bagh – Bangalore

11. Tulip Garden – Srinagar

12. Sarita Udyan – Gandhinagar 13. Chambal Garden – Kota

14. Chashme Shahi Garden – Kashmir

15. Jallianwala Bagh – Amritsar

16. Kalindi Kunj – NCR

17. Indian Botanical Garden – Howrah 18. Lal Bagh Garden – Bangalore


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19. Lloyds Botanical Garden – Darjeeling

20. Law Garden – Ahmedabad

21. Mughal Garden – New Delhi

22. Nishat Bagh – Kashmir 23. Shalimar Garden – Jammu Kashmir

24. Shalimar Garden – New Delhi

25. Botanical Garden – Ooty

26. Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden – Udaipur

27. Sim Park – Tamilnadu 28. The Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden – Near gangtok

List of Sea Port & Location

Sea Port Name Location Chennai Port or Madras Port Chennai, Madras Haldia (Kolkata Dock System & Haldia Dock Complex)

Kolkata

Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as Nhava Sheva

Maharashtra, South Mumbai

Kamarajar Port or Ennore Port Ennore, Chennai Kandla Port Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch Kochi Port or Cochin Port Kochi, Kerala New Mangalore Port Manglore, Karnataka Mormugao Port Panaji, Goa Mumbai Port West Mumbai, Maharashtra Panaji Panaji Goa Paradip Jagatsinghpur, Odisha Tuticorin Port (now called V.O.Chidambaram Port)

Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu

Visakhapatnam Port Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

List of Important National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of India

Kaziranga National Park – Assam

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


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Valmiki National Park – Bihar Gautam Budha WLS – Bihar Kaimur WLS – Bihar Pant (Rajgir) WLS – Bihar Valmiki WLS – Bihar

Indravati National Park – Chhatisgarh Kanger Valley National Park – Chhatisgarh Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) – Chhatisgarh Badalkhol WLS – Chhatisgarh Bhairamgarh WLS – Chhatisgarh Bhoramdev WLS – Chhatisgarh Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS – Chhatisgarh

Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park – Goa Bondla WLS – Goa Madei WLS – Goa Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS – Goa Netravali WLS – Goa

Gir National Park & Sasan Gir Sanctuary – Gujarat

Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar – Gujarat Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch – Gujarat Bansda National Park – Gujarat Jambugodha WLS – Gujarat Jessore WLS – Gujarat Kutch Desert WLS – Gujarat Mitiyala WLS – Gujarat Porbandar Lake WLS – Gujarat Rampara Vidi WLS – Gujarat Ratanmahal WLS – Gujarat Shoolpaneswar (Dhumkhal) WLS – Gujarat Thol Lake WLS – Gujarat Wild Ass WLS – Gujarat

Kalesar National Park – Haryana Sultanpur National Park – Haryana Bhindawas WLS – Haryana Kalesar WLS – Haryana Khaparwas WLS – Haryana

Pin Valley National Park – Himachal Pradesh Great Himalayan National Park – Himachal Pradesh Inderkilla National Park – Himachal Pradesh Khirganga National Park – Himachal Pradesh Simbalbara National Park – Himachal Pradesh Bandli WLS – Himachal Pradesh Daranghati WLS – Himachal Pradesh Dhauladhar WLS – Himachal Pradesh Nargu WLS – Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Lake WLS – Himachal Pradesh Shilli WLS – Himachal Pradesh


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Talra WLS – Himachal Pradesh

Dachigam National Park – Jammu & Kashmir Hemis National Park – Jammu & Kashmir Kishtwar National Park – Jammu & Kashmir Salim Ali National Park – Jammu & Kashmir

Gulmarg WLS – Jammu & Kashmir Limber WLS – Jammu & Kashmir Nandini WLS – Jammu & Kashmir

Betla National Park – Jharkhand Lawalong WLS – Jharkhand Palkot WLS – Jharkhand Parasnath WLS – Jharkhand

Dandeli National Park – Karnataka

Nagarhole National Park – Karnataka

Bandipur National Park – Karnataka

Bannerghatta National Park – Karnataka Kudremukh National Park – Karnataka Anshi national park – Karnataka Arabithittu WLS – Karnataka Attiveri WLS – Karnataka Bhadra WLS – Karnataka Bhimgad WLS – Karnataka Brahmagiri WLS – Karnataka Cauvery WLS – Karnataka Nugu WLS – Karnataka Pushpagiri WLS – Karnataka Ranganathittu Bird WLS – Karnataka Sharavathi Valley WLS – Karnataka Someshwara WLS – Karnataka

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

Eravikulam National Park – Kerala Mathikettan Shola National Park – Kerala Silent Valley National Park – Kerala Anamudi Shola National Park – Kerala Pampadum Shola National Park – Kerala Aralam WLS – Kerala Chimmony WLS – Kerala Idukki WLS – Kerala Malabar WLS – Kerala Mangalavanam Bird WLS – Kerala Neyyar WLS – Kerala Periyar WLS – Kerala Thattekad Bird WLS – Kerala

Bandhavgarh National Park – Madhya Pradesh

Pench National Park – Madhya Pradesh


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Kanha National Park – Madhya Pradesh

Panna National Park – Madhya Pradesh

Madhav National Park – Madhya Pradesh Mandla Plant Fossils National Park – Madhya Pradesh Pench National Park – Madhya Pradesh Sanjay National Park – Madhya Pradesh Satpura National Park – Madhya Pradesh Van Vihar national park – Madhya Pradesh Bori WLS – Madhya Pradesh Gandhi Sagar WLS – Madhya Pradesh Ghatigaon WLS – Madhya Pradesh Ken Gharial WLS – Madhya Pradesh Narsighgarh WLS – Madhya Pradesh National Chambal WLS – Madhya Pradesh Orcha WLS – Madhya Pradesh Kuno WLS – Madhya Pradesh Sardarpur WLS – Madhya Pradesh Son Gharial WLS – Madhya Pradesh

Sanjay Gandhi National Park – Maharashtra

Chandoli National Park – Maharashtra Navegaon National Park – Maharashtra Tadoba National Park – Maharashtra Gugamal national park – Maharashtra Aner Dam WLS – Maharashtra Bhamragarh WLS – Maharashtra Bhimashankar WLS – Maharashtra Great Indian Bustard WLS – Maharashtra Jaikwadi WLS – Maharashtra Koyana WLS – Maharashtra Nagzira WLS – Maharashtra Painganga WLS – Maharashtra Radhanagari WLS – Maharashtra Sagareshwar WLS – Maharashtra Tipeshwar WLS – Maharashtra Tungareshwar WLS – Maharashtra

Keibul Lamjao National Park – Manipur Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS – Manipur

Balphakram National Park – Meghalaya Murlen National Park – Mizoram Phawngpui Blue National Park – Mizoram Mountain National Park – Mizoram Dampa WLS (TR) – Mizoram Ngengpui WLS – Mizoram Pualreng WLS – Mizoram Tokalo WLS – Mizoram Nokrek National Park – Mizoram Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS – Mizoram Nongkhyllem WLS – Mizoram


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Siju WLS – Mizoram

Intanki National Park – Nagaland Fakim WLS – Nagaland Puliebadze WLS – Nagaland Rangapahar WLS – Nagaland

Similipal National Park – Odisha

Bhitarkanika National Park – Odisha Badrama WLS – Odisha Baisipalli WLS – Odisha Chilika (Nalaban) WLS – Odisha Hadgarh WLS – Odisha Khalasuni WLS – Odisha Satkosia Gorge WLS – Odisha

Abohar WLS – Punjab Harike Lake WLS – Punjab Jhajjar Bacholi WLS – Punjab

Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/ Bharatpur National Park – Rajasthan

Sariska National Park – Rajasthan

Ranthambore National Park – Rajasthan

Darrah National Park – Rajasthan Desert National Park – Rajasthan Bundh Baratha WLS – Rajasthan Darrah WLS – Rajasthan Jawahar Sagar WLS – Rajasthan Kailadevi WLS – Rajasthan Mount Abu WLS – Rajasthan Ramsagar WLS – Rajasthan Sawai Man Singh WLS – Rajasthan Shergarh WLS – Rajasthan Sitamata WLS – Rajasthan

Khangchendzonga National Park – Sikkim Fambong Lho WLS – Sikkim Kitam WLS (Bird) – Sikkim Maenam WLS – Sikkim Pangolakha WLS – Sikkim

Mudumalai National Park – Tamil Nadu Mukurthi National Park – Tamil Nadu Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park – Tamil Nadu Guindy National Park – Tamil Nadu Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park – Tamil Nadu Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS – Tamil Nadu Kalakad WLS – Tamil Nadu Karaivetti WLS – Tamil Nadu Karikili WLS – Tamil Nadu Mudumalai WLS – Tamil Nadu Pulicat Lake WLS – Tamil Nadu Vaduvoor WLS – Tamil Nadu


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Vedanthangal WLS – Tamil Nadu Vettangudi WLS – Tamil Nadu

Bison(Rajbari) National Park – Tripura Clouded Leopard National Park – Tripura Gumti WLS – Tripura Rowa WLS – Tripura Sepahijala WLS – Tripura Trishna WLS – Tripura

Rajaji National Park – Uttrakhand

Jim Corbett National Park – Uttrakhand

Gangotri National Park – Uttrakhand Valley of Flowers National Park – Uttrakhand Askot Musk Deer WLS – Uttrakhand Binsar WLS – Uttrakhand Govind Pashu Vihar WLS – Uttrakhand Kedarnath WLS – Uttrakhand Sonanadi WLS – Uttrakhand

Dudhwa National Park – Uttar Pradesh

Hastinapur WLS – Uttar Pradesh Ranipur WLS – Uttar Pradesh Sohagibarwa WLS – Uttar Pradesh Sur Sarovar WLS – Uttar Pradesh Chandraprabha WLS – Uttar Pradesh National Chambal WLS – Uttar Pradesh

Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary – West Bengal

Buxa National Park – West Bengal Neora Valley NationalPark – West Bengal Singalila National Park – West Bengal Ballavpur WLS – West Bengal Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary – West Bengal Haliday Island WLS – West Bengal Lothian Island WLS – West Bengal Mahananda WLS – West Bengal

List of State, Nuclear Power Station and Thermal Power Station

State Nuclear Power Station Thermal Power Station Andhra Pradesh (i) Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant

(ii) Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station

Assam Bongaigaon Thermal Power Plant Bihar (i) Barauni Thermal Power Station

(ii) Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station

Chhattisgarh (i) Korba Super Thermal Power Plant (ii) Sipat Thermal Power Plant


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(iii) Bhilai Expansion Power Plant (iv) Hasdeo Thermal Power Station

Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station (i) Mundra (TPP) (ii) Ukai Thermal Power Station (iii) Sikka Thermal Power Station (iv) Akrimota Thermal Power Station

Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station (i) Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station (ii) Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station

Himachal Pradesh (i) Girinagar Hydel Project (ii) Binwa Hydel Project (iii) Rangtong Hydel Project (iv) Baner and Neugal Project

Jharkhand (i) Patratu Thermal Power Station (ii) Bokaro Thermal Power Station (iii) Chandrapura Thermal Power Station (iv) Koderma Thermal Power Station

Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station (i) Udupi Thermal Power Plant (ii) Bellary Thermal Power station (iii) Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant (iv) Raichur Thermal Power Station

Kerala (i) Brahmapuram Power Station (ii) Kayamkulam Power Station

Madhya Pradesh (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

Maharashtra (i) Tarapur Atomic power station (ii) Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project

(i) Tirora (TPP) (ii) Amravati (TPP) (iii) Chandrapur Super (TPP) (iv) Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station

Nagaland Dikhu Hydro Electric Power Plant Odisha (i) Talcher Super Thermal Power Station

(ii) Hirakud Captive Power Plant Punjab Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal

Power Plant Rajasthan (i) Chhabra (TPP)

(ii) Suratgarh Power Station Sikkim (i) Rangit Hydro Electric Power Prject Tamil Nadu Kundakulam Nuclear Power

Plant (i) Mettur Theral Power Station (ii) Neyveli Thermal (iii) Tuticorin Thermal Power Station

Tripura 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 Amritsar

Manchester of India Ahmedabad

City Of Seven Islands Mumbai

Queen Of Arabian Sea Cochin

Space City Bangalore

Garden City of India Bangalore

Silicon Valley of India Bangalore

Electronic City of India Bangalore

Pink City Jaipur

Gateway of India Mumbai

Twin City : Hyderabad, Secunderabad

City Of Festivals Madurai

Deccan Queen Pune

City Of Buildings Kolkata

Dakshin Ganga Godavari

List of State, River and Dam

State River Dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Tehri Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam Kerala Periyar Idukki arch Dam

Uttarakhand Yamuna Lakhwar Dam

Gujarat Narmada Sardar Sarover Dam

Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Srisailam Dam

Punjab Raavi Ranjit Sagar Dam

Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Baglihar Dam

Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar Dam


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Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Salal Dam

Maharashtra Koyna Koyna Dam

Uttar Pradesh Rihand Rihand Dam

Gujarat Tapi Ukai Dam

Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar Dam

Jammu & Kashmir (Kargil district)

Suru Chutak Hydroelectric Power plant

Jammu & Kashmir (Leh district)

Sindhu Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Power plant

Jammu & Kashmir (Baramula district)

Jhelum Uri Dam

Tamil Nadu Kaveri Mettur Dam

Odisha Mahanadi Hirakud Dam

Rajasthan Chambal Jawahar Sagar Dam

Rajasthan Chambal Rana Pratap Sagar Dam

Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Koteshwar Dam

Madhya Pradesh Chambal Gandhi Sagar Dam

Madhya Pradesh Narmada Omkareshwar Dam

Kerala (idukki district) Periyar Mullaperiyar Dam

List of Revolution and Field

Revolution Field

Black Revolution 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 Folk Dance Classical Dance

Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi

Assam Bihu

Bihar Chhau

Gujarat Garba

Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal Rauf

Kerala Padayani Kathakali

Karnataka Dollu Kunitha

Maharashtra Lavani

Madhya Pradesh Gaur

Manupur Manipuri

Odisha Changu Odissi

Punjab Bhangra

Rajasthan (i) Gair (ii) Ghoomar

Tamil Nadu Karagam Bharat Natyam

Uttar Pradesh Kathak

West Bengal Chhau

List of International Stadiums

Stadiums in Australia Adelaide Oval - Adelaide Bundaberg Rum Stadium - Cairns Telstra Dome - Melbourne Manuka Oval - Canberra Marrara Cricket Ground - Darwin Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney W.A.C.A. Ground - Perth

Stadiums in Bangladesh

Bangabandhu National Stadium - Dhaka Chittagong Stadium - Chittagong

Stadiums in England Edgbaston - Birmingham Headingley - Leeds Lord's - London Old Trafford - Manchester Sophia Gardens - Cardiff


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St Lawrence Ground - Canterbury The Brit Oval - London Trent Bridge - Nottingham

Stadiums in India Barabati Stadium - Cuttack Barkatullah Khan Stadium - Jodhpur Brabourne Stadium - Mumbai Eden Gardens - Kolkata Feroz Shah Kotla - Delhi Gandhi Stadium - Jalandhar Green Park - Kanpur Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium - Visakhapatnam Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - New Delhi Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium - Hyderabad M.Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bangalore MA Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground - Rajkot Moin-ul-Haq Stadium - Patna Sardar Vallabhai Patel Motera Stadium - Ahmedabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur Vidarbha CA Ground - Nagpur Wankhede Stadium – Mumbai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Kochi(Kerala) Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium - Guwahati(Assam) Dhyan Chand National Stadium - Delhi

Stadiums in New Zealand Basin Reserve - Wellington Eden Park - Auckland Jade Stadium - Christchurch John Davies Oval - Queenstown McLean Park - Napier

Stadiums in Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium - Peshawar Ayub National Stadium - Quetta Gaddafi Stadium - Lahore

Stadiums in South Africa Kingsmead - Durban New Wanderers Stadium - Johannesburg Newlands - Cape Town St George's Park - Port Elizabeth Centurion Super Sport Park - Pretoria

Stadium in Sri Lanka


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

Stadiums in West Indies Sabina Park Kingston - Jamaica Antigua Recreation Ground St John's - Antigua Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown - Guyana Kensington Oval Bridgetown - Barbados Mindoo Phillip Park Castries - St Lucia Albion Sports Complex Berbice - Guyana

Stadiums in Zimbabwe Bulawayo Athletic Club - Bulawayo Harare Sports Club - Harare Kwekwe Sports Club - Kwekwe Queens Sports Club - Bulawayo

Stadiums in United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi Sharjah Cricket Stadium - Sharjah

List of Awards & their fields

1. Bharat Ratna –

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

2. Nobel Prize –

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

3. Saraswati Samman – Literature

Note : The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

4. Jnanpith award – Literature

Note : The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

5. Vyas Samman – Literature

Note : Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.


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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

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

12. Dhyan Chand Award –

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

13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award –

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India.

14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – For Science & Technology

Note : The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.

15. Kalinga Prize – Science

Note : The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.

16. Pulitzer Prize – Journalism

Note : The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

17. Abel Prize – Mathematics

Note : The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.


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

Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

19. Stirling Prize - Architecture Note : The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in

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

Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement.

21. Pritzker Prize – Architecture Note : The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

Important Boundary Lines

Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.

Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I.

Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United States.

Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification built by France along its border with Germany before World War II, to protect its boundary from German attack.

Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim.

Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir. Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.

Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.

Order-neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Beisse rivers, adopted at the poland Conference (August 1945) after

Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India and Pakistan.

Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.

24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India.

26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which croses through Africa, Australia and South America.

30th PARALLEL north is a line of latitude that Stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole.

33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southeren United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.


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35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia the State of Alabama, and the State of Mississippi.

36030’ Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tennessee and Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missiouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.

37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.

39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.

40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland.

41th Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.

42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylania Border.

43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.

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 Headquarter Tagline Allahabad Bank Kolkata A Tradition of Trust Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks Bank of Baroda Vadodara India’s International Bank Bank of India Mumbai Relationship beyond Banking Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ek parivaar Ek Bank Bharatiya Mahila Bank Limited New Delhi Empowering Women, Empowering India Canara Bank Bangalore Together We Can Central Bank of India Mumbai Central to You Since 1911 Corporation Bank Mangalore Prosperity for all Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank Indian Bank Chennai Your Own Bank Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Good People to Grow With


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Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi Where Every Individual is Committed Punjab National Bank New Delhi The Name You can Bank Upon Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi Where Service is a way of Life State Bank of India Mumbai The Banker to Every Indian Syndicate Bank Manipal Faithful and Friendly Union Bank of India Mumbai Good People to Bank with United Bank of India Kolkata The Bank that begins with U UCO Bank Kolkata Honours your Trust Vijaya Bank Bangalore A Friend you can Bank upon IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai Bank aisa dost jaisa

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

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)

Manila, Philippines Takehiko Nakao

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde

World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim

United Nations Organization (UN)

New York, US Ban Ki – moon

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

New York, US Anthony Lake

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

New York, US Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi

World Health Organization (WHO)

Geneva, Switzerland Margaret Chan

World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder

World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevêdo

World Meteorological Organisation

Geneva, Switzerland Michel Jarraud (Secretary-General)

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry

International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer


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United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Paris, France Irina Bokova

Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

Paris, France José Ángel Gurría

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria Li Yong

International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Vienna, Austria Diezani Alison-Madueke

Amnesty International London, UK Salil Shetty

International Maritime Organisation

London, UK Koji Sekimizu

Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head - Queen Elizabeth II

Secretary-General-Kamalesh Sharma

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Secretary-General)

Association of South East Nations (ASEAN)

Jakarta, Indonesia Le Loung Minh

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Singapore Dr. Alan Bollard

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg

(Secretary-General)

International Cricket Council (ICC)

Dubai, UAE Zaheer Abbas

Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva

International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham

International Olympic Committee

Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Zurich, Switzerland Sepp Blatter

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Hague, The Netherlands Ahmet Üzümcü

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

Yolanda Kakabadse


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List of National and Internation Water Falls

India Water Falls International Water Falls

Odisha Barehipani Falls Venezuela Angel

Goa Dudhsagar Falls Venezuela Kukenaam

Meghalaya Nohkalikai Falls USA Ribbon

Meghalaya Langshiang Falls South Africa Tugela

Karnataka Jog Falls or Gersoppa falls

(Plunge waterfalls)

Australia Wollomombi

Karnataka Magod Falls Brazil Guaria

Karnataka Lushington Falls or Unchalli Falls or Keppa Jog falls

Canada Niagara

Karnataka Sivasamudram Falls Zimbabwe Victoria

Karnataka Kunchikal Falls (Tiered waterfalls)

Jharkhand Hundru Falls

Madhya Pradesh Kapildhara Falls

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


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List of Airport, City and State

Airport City State

Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair 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

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Nagpur Maharashtra

Tulihal Airport Imphal Manipur

Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar Odisha

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport

Amritsar Punjab

Jaipur International Airport Jaipur Rajasthan

Chennai International Airport Chennai Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Tiruchirapalli International Airport Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu

Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Kolkata West Bengal


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List of State, Capital, Governor & Chief Minister

State Capital Governor Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati)

Shri E. S. Lakshmi Narasimhan

Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Shri J.P. Rajkhowa Shri Kalikho Pul

Assam Dispur Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (Add. Charge)

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Bihar Patna Shri Ram Nath Kovind Shri Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh Raipur Shri Balramji Dass Tandon

Dr. Raman Singh

Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Goa Panaji Smt. Mridula Sinha Shri Laxmikant

Parsekar Gujarat Gandhinagar Shri Om Prakash Kohli Smt. Anandiben Patel Haryana Chandigarh Prof. Kaptan Singh

Solanki Shri Manohar Lal

Himachal Pradesh Shimla Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri Virbhadra Singh Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (summer),

Jammu (winter) Shri N. N. Vohra Mehbooba Mufti

Sayeed

Jharkhand Ranchi Shrimati Droupadi Murmu

Shri Raghubar Das

Karnataka Bengaluru Shri Vajubhai Vala Shri Siddaramaiah

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam

Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shri Ram Naresh Yadav

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra Mumbai Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao

Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Manipur Imphal Shri V. Shanmuganathan (Add. Charge)

Shri Okram Ibobi Singh

Meghalaya Shillong Shri V. Shanmuganthan

Dr. Mukul Sangma

Mizoram Aizawl Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma

Shri Lal Thanhawla

Nagaland Kohima Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

Shri. T R Zeliang

Odisha Bhubaneswar Dr. S. C. Jamir Shri Naveen Patnaik Puducherry (UT) Kiran Bedi Shri. V. Narayanasamy Punjab Chandigarh Shri Kaptan Singh

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Rajasthan Jaipur Shri Kalyan Singh Smt. Vasundhara Raje Sikkim Gangtok Shri Shriniwas

Dadasaheb Patil Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling

Tamil Nadu Chennai Dr. K. Rosaiah Selvi J. Jayalalithaa Telangana Hyderabad Shri E.S Lakshmi

Narasimhan (Add. Charge)

Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao

Tripura Agartala Shri Tathagata Roy Shri Manik Sarkar Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Shri Ram Naik Shri Akhilesh Yadav Uttarakhand Dehradun Dr. Krishan Kant Paul Shri Harish Rawat West Bengal Kolkata Shri Keshari Nath

Tripathi Km. Mamata Banerjee

List of Union Territory, Capital and Chief Minister/Governor

Union Territory Capital Chief Minister/ Governor

Delhi Arvind Kejriwal

Pondicheerry (Puducherry) Shri. V. Narayanasamy

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair A.K. Singh (L.G.)

Chandigarh Kaptan Singh Solanki (Administrator)

Daman & Diu Daman Ashish Kundhra (Administrator)

Dadar & Nagar Haveli Silvasa Ashish Kundra (Administrator)

Lakshadweep Kavaratti H. Rajesh Prasad (Administrator)

List of State, Monuments and Temples

State Monuments Temples

Andhra Pradesh (i) Srisailam Temple

(ii) Tirupathi Temple

Assam (i) Kamakhya Temple

(ii) Sukresvara Temple

Bihar Mahabodhi Temple

Delhi (NCT) (i) Humayun’s 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


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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 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


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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-Tick, 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.

List of All Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers Ministries

Shri Raj Nath Singh 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

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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 Minister of Food Processing Industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Steel

Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles

Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development

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

Country Capital Currency President Prime Minister Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Mohammad Ashraf

Ghani

Albania Tirane Lek Bujar Nishani Edi Rama Algeria Algiers Dinar Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelmalek

Sellal Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Angola Luanda New Kwanza Jose Eduardo Dos

Santos

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint John's East Caribbean dollar

Sir Rodney Williams Gaston Browne

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Mauricio Macri Armenia Yerevan Dram Serzh Sargsyan Hovik

Abrahamyan Australia Canberra Australian dollar Sir Peter Cosgrove Malcolm

Turnbull Austria Vienna Euro (formerly

schilling) Heinz Fischer

Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev Artur Rasizade The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar Marguerite Pindling Perry Gladstone

Christie Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Hamad bin Isa Al

Khalifa Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa


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Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar Elliot Belgrave Freundel Stuart Belarus Minsk Belorussian

ruble Aleksandr Lukashenko

Andrei Kobyakov

Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Belgian franc)

Philippe Charles Michel

Belize Belmopan Belize dollar Sir Colville Young Dean Oliver Barrow

Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc Patrice Talon Lionel Zinsou Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Jigme Khesar

Namgyel Wangchuck Tshering Tobgay

Bolivia La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Boliviano Juan Evo Morales Ayma

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Marka

Botswana Gaborone Pula Seretse Khama Ian Khama

Brazil Brasilia Real Dilma Rousseff Brunei Bandar Seri

Begawan Brunei dollar Sir Hassanal Bolkiah Sir Hassanal

Bolkiah Bulgaria Sofia Lev Rosen Plevneliev Boyko Borisov Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc (Acting) Roch Marc

Christian Kaboré Paul Kaba Thieba

Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Pierre Nkurunziza Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Norodom Sihamoni Hun Sen Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc Paul Biya Philemon Yang Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar David Johnston Justin Trudeau Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean

escudo Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca

Ulisses Correia e Silva

Central African Republic

Bangui CFA Franc Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Simplice Sarandji

Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc Idriss Deby Itno Albert Pahimi Padacke

Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Michelle Bachelet China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Juan Manuel Santos Comoros Moroni Franc Ikililou Dhoinine Congo, Republic of the

Brazzaville CFA Franc Clement Mouamba

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Kinshasa Congolese franc Joseph Kabila Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon

Costa Rica San Jose Colón Luis Guillermo Solís Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro

(official); Abidjan (de facto)

CFA Franc Alassane Dramane Ouattara

Daniel Kablan Duncan


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Croatia Zagreb Kuna Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Tihomir Oreskovic

Cuba Havana Cuban Peso General Raul Modesto Castro Ruz

Raúl Castro

Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Nicos Anastasiades Czech Republic Prague Koruna Milos Zeman Bohuslav

Sobotka Denmark Copenhagen Krone Queen-Margrethe II Lars Løkke

Rasmussen Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Ismail Omar Guelleh Abdoulkader

Kamil Mohamed Dominica Roseau East Caribbean

dollar Charles Savarin Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Danilo Medina Sanchez

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Dili U.S. dollar

Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Rafael Correa Delgado Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Sherif Ismail El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar Salvador Sánchez

Cerén

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo CFA Franc Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Vicente Ehate Tomi

Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Isaias Afwerki Estonia Tallinn Kroon Toomas Hendrik Ilves Taavi Roivas Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Mulatu Teshome Hailemariam

Desalegn Fiji Suva Fiji dollar George Konrote Frank

Bainimarama Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly

markka) Sauli Niinisto Juha Sipila

France Paris Euro (formerly French franc)

Francois Hollande Manuel Valls

Gabon Libreville CFA Franc Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba

Daniel Ona Ondo

The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Yahya Jammeh Georgia Tbilisi Lari Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi

Kvirikashvili Germany Berlin Euro (formerly

Deutsche mark) Joachim Gauck Chancellor-

Angela Merkel Ghana Accra Cedi John Dramani

Mahama

Greece Athens Euro (formerly drachma)

Prokopis Pavlopoulos Alexis Tsipras

Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean dollar

Cecile La Grenade Keith Mitchell


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Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Jimmy Morales Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Alpha Conde Mamady Youla Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc José Mário Vaz Carlos Correia Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar David A. Granger Moses

Nagamootoo Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde (Acting) Jocelerme

Privert (Acting) Enex Jean-Charles

Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado

Hungary Budapest Forint Janos Ader Viktor Orban

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

India New Delhi Rupee Pranab Mukherjee Narendra Modi

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo

Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Fuad Masum Haider al-Abadi

Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Michael Daniel Higgins

Enda Kenny

Israel Jerusalem Shekel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu

Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira)

Sergio Mattarella Matteo Renzi

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar Sir Patrick Allen Andrew Holness

Japan Tokyo Yen Emperor-Akihito Shinzo Abe

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar King-Abdallah II Abdullah Ensour

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Nursultan Nazarbayev

Karim Massimov

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 Thaçi Isa Mustafa

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

Jabir Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Almazbek Atambaev Sooronbay Jeenbekov


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Laos Vientiane New Kip Bounnhang Vorachith Thongsing Thammavong

Latvia Riga Lats Raimonds Vējonis Maris Kucinskis

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (Acting) Tammam Salam

Tammam Salam

Lesotho Maseru Maluti King-Letsie III Pakalitha Mosisili

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Aguila Salah Issa Fayez al-Sarraj

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc Prince - Hans Adam II Adrian Hasler

Lithuania Vilnius Litas Dalia Grybauskaite Algirdas Butkevicius

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Monarch – Henri Xavier Bettel

Macedonia Skopje Denar Gjorge Ivanov Emil Dimitriev

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari

Olivier Solonandrasana

Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha Peter Mutharika Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit King-Abdul Halim

Mu'adzam Shah Najib Razak

Maldives Male Rufiya Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom

Mali Bamako CFA Franc Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Modibo Keita

Malta Valletta Maltese lira Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

Joseph Muscat

Marshall Islands

Majuro U.S. Dollar Hilda Heine

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Yahya Ould Hademine

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee Ameenah Gurib Anerood Jugnauth

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Enrique Pena Nieto Micronesia, Federated States of

Palikir U.S. Dollar Peter M. Christian

Moldova Chisinau Leu Nicolae Timofti Pavel Filip

Monaco Monaco Euro

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik Tsakhia Elbegdorj Chimed Saikhanbileg


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Montenegro Podgorica Euro Filip Vujanovic Milo Dukanovic

Morocco Rabat Dirham King-Mohammed VI Abdelillah Benkirane

Mozambique Maputo Metical Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho do Rosário

Myanmar (Burma)

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

Kyat Htin Kyaw

Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar Hage Geingob Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila

Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Australian dollar Baron Divavesi Waqa

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi Bhandari Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli

Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

Euro (formerly guilder)

King-Willem-Alexander

Mark Rutte

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar

Governor General-Jerry Mateparae

John Phillip Key

Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Daniel Ortega Saavedra

Niger Niamey CFA Franc Mahamadou Issoufou Brigi Rafini Nigeria Abuja Naira Muhammadu Buhari Norway Oslo Norwegian

krone King-Harald V Erna Solberg

Oman Muscat Omani rial Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Mamnoon Hussain Md Nawaz Sharif Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar Tommy Remengesau Panama Panama City balboa; U.S.

dollar Juan Carlos Varela

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby Kina Michael Ogio Peter Paire O'neill

Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní Horacio Cartes Jara Peru Lima Nuevo sol

(1991) Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso

Pedro Cateriano

Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte Poland Warsaw Zloty Andrzej Duda Beata Szydło Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly

escudo) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

António Costa

Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Emir - Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Abdallah Bin Nasir Bin Khalifa


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Al Thani Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Dacian Cioloș Russia Moscow Ruble Vladimir

Vladimirovich Putin Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev

Rwanda Kigali Rwanda franc Paul Kagame Anastase Murekezi

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre East Caribbean dollar

Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton

Timothy Harris

Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean dollar

Dame Pearlette Louisy

Kenny Davis Anthony

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown East Caribbean dollar

Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne

Ralph Everard Gonsalves

Samoa Apia Tala Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

San Marino San Marino Euro Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome Dobra Manuel Pinto Da Costa

Patrice Trovoada

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal King-Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Senegal Dakar CFA Franc Macky Sall Md. Dionne Serbia Belgrade Yugoslav new

dinar. In Kosovo both the euro & the Yugoslav dinar are legal

Tomislav Nikolic Aleksandar Vučić

Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee James Alix Michel Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Ernest Bai Koroma Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Tony Tan Keng Yam Lee Hsien Loong Slovakia Bratislava Euro (from

01/01/09), Koruna

Andrej Kiska Robert Fico

Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Borut Pahor Miro Cerar

Solomon Islands

Honiara Solomon Islands dollar

Frank Ofagioro Kabui Manasseh Sogavare

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Hassan Sheikh Mahamud

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke

South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Rand Jacob Zuma

South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Salva Kiir Mayardit


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Spain Madrid Euro (formerly peseta)

Monarch - Felipe VI Mariano Rajoy

Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sri Lanka rupee Maithripala Sirisena Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sudan Khartoum Dinar Omar al-Bashir

Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar

Dési Bouterse

Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni King-Mswati III Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini

Sweden Stockholm Krona Carl XVI Gustaf Stefan Lofven

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc

Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar Al-Asad Wael Nader al-Halqi

Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Ma Ying-Jeou Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Emomali Rahmon Kohir Rasulzoda Tanzania Dar es Salaam;

Dodoma (legislative)

Tanzanian shilling

John Magufuli Kassim Majaliwa

Thailand Bangkok Baht Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej

Prayut Chan-o-cha

Togo Lome CFA Franc Faure Gnassingbe Komi Sélom Klassou

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 Habib Essid

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Australian dollar Iakoba Italeli Enele Sopoaga

Uganda Kampala Ugandan new shilling

Yoweri Kaguta 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

London Pound sterling Queen-Elizabeth II David William Donald Cameron

United States of America

Washington D.C. Dollar Barack Obama

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabaré Vázquez


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Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Islom Karimov Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Baldwin Lonsdale Charlot Salwai

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

List of Country, Central Bank and Stock Exchange

Country Central Bank Stock Exchange AFGHANISTAN Bank of Afghanistan ALBANIA Bank of Albania ALGERIA Bank of Algeria ANGOLA National Bank of Angola ARGENTINA Central Bank of Argentina MERVAL ANGUILLA Eastern Caribbean Central

Bank

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

ARMENIA Central Bank of Armenia ARUBA Central Bank of Aruba AUSTRALIA Reserve Bank of Australia S&P/ASX 200 AUSTRIA European Central Bank WBI AZERBAIJAN Central Bank of the Rep. of

Azerbaijan

BAHAMAS Central Bank of the Bahamas BAHRAIN Central Bank of Bahrain ALL SHARE BANGLADESH Bangladesh Bank DSE GENERAL BARBADOS Central Bank of Barbados BELARUS National Bank of the Rep. of

Belarus

BELGIUM European Central Bank BEL20 BELIZE Central Bank of Belize BENIN Central Bank of West African

States

BERMUDA Bermuda Monetary Authority


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BHUTAN Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

BOLIVIA Central Bank of Bolivia BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Central Bank of Bosnia &

Herzegovina SASX10

BOTSWANA Bank of Botswana BGSMDC BRAZIL Central Bank of Brazil BOVESPA BULGARIA Bulgarian National Bank SOFIX BURKINA FASO Central Bank of West African

States

BURUNDI Bank of the Rep. of Burundi CAMBODIA National Bank of Cambodia CAMEROON Bank of Central African States CANADA Bank of Canada S&P/TSX CAYMAN ISLANDS Cayman Islands Monetary

Authority

CAPE VERDE Bank of Cape Verde CEN. AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bank of Central African States CHAD Bank of Central African States CHILE Central Bank of Chile IGPA CHINA People’s Bank of China SHCOMP COLOMBIA Central Bank of Colombia IGBC COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

CONGO Bank of Central African States CONGO DEM. REP. Central Bank of Congo COSTA RICA Central Bank of Costa Rica CRSMBCT CROATIA Croatian National Bank CROBEX CUBA Central Bank of Cuba CURACAO & ST. MAARTEN Central Bank of Curacao and St.

Maarten

CYPRUS European Central Bank GENERAL CZECH REPUBLIC Czech National Bank SE PX DENMARK National Bank of Denmark OMX COPENHAGEN DOMINICAN REPL. Central Bank of the Dominican

Rep.

ECUADOR Central Bank of Ecuador ECU EGYPT Central Bank of Egypt EGX30 EL SALVADOR Central Reserve Bank of El

Salvador

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Bank of Central African States ESTONIA European Central Bank OMX TALLIN ETHIOPIA National Bank of Ethiopia FIJI Reserve Bank of Fiji FINLAND European Central Bank HEX25 FRANCE European Central Bank CAC 40 GABON Bank of Central African States


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GAMBIA Central Bank of The Gambia GEORGIA National Bank of Georgia GERMANY European Central Bank DAX 30 GHANA Bank of Ghana Henry GGSECI GREECE European Central Bank ASE GRENADA Eastern Caribbean Central

Bank

GUATEMALA Bank of Guatemala GUINEA Central Bank of the Rep. of

Guinea

GUINEA-BISSEAU Central Bank of West African States

GUYANA Bank of Guyana HAITI Bank of the Republic of Haiti HONDURAS Central Bank of Honduras HONG KONG Hong Kong Monetary Authority HIS HUNGARY Central Bank of Hungary BUX ICELAND Central Bank of Iceland SE ICEX INDIA Reserve Bank of India SENSEX INDONESIA Bank Indonesia JCI IRAN Central Bank of Islamic Rep. of

Iran

IRAQ Central Bank of Iraq IRELAND European Central Bank ISEQ ISRAEL Bank of Israel TA-100 ITALY European Central Bank FTSE MIB IVORY COAST Central Bank of West African

States

JAMAICA Bank of Jamaica STOCK JAPAN Bank of Japan NIKKEI 225 JORDAN Central Bank of Jordan ASE GENERAL KAZAKHSTAN National Bank of Kazakhstan KASE KENYA Central Bank of Kenya NSE20 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Bank of Korea KOSOVO Central Bank of the Republic of

Kozovo

KUWAIT Central Bank of Kuwait STOCK KYRGYZSTAN National Bank of the Kyrgyz

Repl.Abdygulo

LATVIA Bank of Latvia OMX RIGA LAOS_(Lao People’s Dem. Repl.)

Bank of the Lao LSXC

LEBANON Central Bank of Lebanon MSCI LESOTHO Central Bank of Lesotho LIBERIA Central Bank of Liberia LIBYA Central Bank of Libya LITHUANIA Bank of Lithuania OMX VILNIUS


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LUXEMBOURG European Central Bank LUXX MACAO Monetary Authority of Macao MACEDONIA National Bank of the Rep. of

Macedonia MBI 10

MADAGASCAR Central Bank of Madagascar MALAWI Reserve Bank of Malawi MALAYSIA Bank Negara Malaysia FTSE KLCI MALDIVES Maldives Monetary Authority MALI Central Bank of West African

States

MALTA European Central Bank MSE MAURITANIA Central Bank of Mauritania MAURITIUS Central Bank of Mauritius SEMDEX MEXICO Bank of Mexico IPC MOLDOVA National Bank of Moldova MONGOLIA Bank of Mongolia MSETOP MONTENEGRO Central Bank of Montenegro MONEX20 MONTSERRAT Eastern Caribbean Central

Bank

MOROCCO Bank of Morocco MASI MOZAMBIQUE Bank of Mozambique MYANMAR Central Bank of Myanmar NAMIBIA Bank of Namibia FTSE JSE NETHERLANDS European Central Bank AEX NEW ZEALAND Reserve Bank of New Zealand NZX 50 NICARAGUA Central Bank of Nicaragua NIGER Central Bank of West African

States

NIGERIA Central Bank of Nigeria NSE 30 NORWAY Norges Bank OSEAX OMAN Central Bank of Oman MSM 30 PAKISTAN State Bank of Pakistan KSE100 PALESTINE Palestine Monetary Authority PAPUA NEW GUINEA Bank of Papua New Guinea PARAGUAY Central Bank of Paraguay PERU Central Reserve Bank of Peru IGBVL PHILIPPINES Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas PSEI

POLAND National Bank of Poland WIG

PORTUGAL European Central Bank PSI20

QATAR Qatar Central Bank QE GENERAL

ROMANIA National Bank of Romania BET

RUSSIA Bank of Russia MICEX

RWANDA National Bank of Rwanda

SAMOA Central Bank of Samoa

SAINT LUCIA Eastern Caribbean Central Bank


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SAN MARINO Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino

SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority

TASI

SENEGAL Central Bank of West African States

SERBIA National Bank of Serbia BELEX15 SEYCHELLES Central Bank of Seychelles SIERRA LEONE Bank of Sierra Leone SINGAPORE Monetary Authority of

Singapore STI

SLOVAKIA European Central Bank SAX SLOVENIA European Central Bank SBITOP SOLOMON ISLANDS Central Bank of Solomon

Islands

SOMALIA Central Bank of Somalia SOUTH AFRICA South African Reserve Bank FTSE/JSE SOUTH KOREA Bank of Korea KOSPI SPAIN European Central Bank IBEX 35 SRI LANKA Central Bank of Sri Lanka CSE ALL SHARE SUDAN Central Bank of Sudan SWAZILAND Central Bank of Swaziland SWEDEN The Riksbank Stefan OMX 30 SWITZERLAND Swiss National Bank SMI SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Central Bank of Syria TANZANIA Bank of Tanzania ALL SHARE DSEI TAIWAN Central Bank of the Rep. of

China TWSE

TAJIKISTAN National Bank of Tajikistan

THAILAND Bank of Thailand SET50

TOGOLESE REPUBLIC Central Bank of Togo

TONGA National Reserve Bank of Tonga

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

TUNISIA Central Bank of Tunisia TUNINDEX

TURKEY Central Bank of Republic of Turkey

XU100

TURKMENISTAN Central Bank of Turkmenistan

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Central Bank of United Arab Emirates

UAE ADX GENERAL

UGANDA Bank of Uganda UKRAINE National Bank of Ukraine PFTS UNITED KINGDOM Bank of England FTSE 100 URUGUAY Central Bank of Uruguay


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United States of America Federal Reserve DOW JONES UZBEKISTAN Central Bank of the Rep. of

Uzbekistan

VANUATU Reserve Bank of Vanuatu VENEZUELA Central Bank of Venezuela IBVC VIETNAM State Bank of Vietnam VN- YEMEN Central Bank of Yemen ZAMBIA Bank of Zambia ZIMBABWE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

List of Important Dates – National & International

January 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 18th January - National Immunization Day (Polio Day) 23rd January - 118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose / National Day of Patriotism 24th January - National Girl Child Day 25th January - National Voters Day 26th January - India’s Republic Day/ International Customs day 27th January - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 28th January - Birth Anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai 30th January - Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi (Martyrs’ / Sarvodaya Day) 30th January - World Leprosy Eradication Day

February 1st Feb - Indian Coast Guard Day

2nd Feb - World Wetland Day

4th Feb - World Cancer Day

6th Feb - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10th Feb - National Deworming Day

13th Feb - World Radio Day

20th Feb - World Day of Social Justice

21st Feb - International Mother Language Day

24th Feb - Central Excise Day

28th Feb - National Science Day

March 1st March - Zero Discrimination Day 3rd March - World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day


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4th March - National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas),

World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.

8th March - International Women’s Day 10th March - Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day

12th March - World Kidney Day

13th March - World Rotaract Day

14th March - Pi Day

15th March - World Consumer Rights Day

18th March - Ordnance Factories’ 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

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

4th April - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 6th April - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7th April - World Health Day

11th April - National Safe Motherhood Day 2015

12th April - International Day of Human Space Flight

17th April - World Hemophilia 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 25th April - World Malaria Day

26th April - World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)

28th April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29th April - World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

30th April - International Jazz Day

May 1st May - International Labour Day 3rd May - World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, International Energy Day


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May 04 - Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day 1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May. 1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day May 05 - World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day May 06 - World No Diet Day May 08 - World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War May 09 - World Thalassaemia Day May 10 - International Migratory Bird Day May 11 - National technology day May 12 - International Nurses Day May 13 - International Criminal Court Day May 15 - International Day of the Families May 17 - World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia May 18 - World Museum Day May 20 - World Meteorology Day May 21 - National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity May 24 - Commonwealth Day May 25 - World Missing Childrens day May 29 - International Day of Peacekeepers May 31 - World Anti Tobacco Day

June

June 1 - World Milk Day June 4 - World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5 - World Environment Day June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day June 12 - World Day Against Child Labor June 14 - World Blood Donor Day June 15 - World elder abuse awareness day 3rd Sunday of June - World Father’s Day June 16 - International Integration Day June 18 - International Picnic Day June 20 - World Refugee Day June 21 - World Music Day June 23 - International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day June 26 - International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture

July July 1 - International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day July 2 - World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day

1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives


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July 06 - World Zoonoses Day

July 07 - World Chocolate Day

July 11 - World Population Day July 12 - International Malala Day

July 18 - International Nelson Mandela Day

July 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day

July 28 - World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day

July 29 - International Tiger Day

August First Sunday in August - International Friendship Day August 6 - Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day August 8 - World Senior Citizen Day August 9 - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day August 12 - International Youth Day August 13 - International Left Handers Day August 14 - Pakistan’s Independence Day August 15 - India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day August 19 - World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day August 20 - National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas August 21 - National Senior Citizen Day August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition August 29 - National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday August 30 - International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

September September 2 - World Coconut Day September 5 - National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day September 7 - World Forgiveness Day September 8 - World Literacy Day September 10 - World Anti-Suicide Day September 14 - Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day September 15 - International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day September 16 - World Ozone Day September 20 - RPF Foundation day September 21 - World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day September 22 - World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day September 23 - International Day of the Deaf September 26 - World Contraception Day, September 27 - World Tourism Day September 28 - World Rabies Day September 29 - World Heart Day


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October 1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day October 1 - World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly October 2 - Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence October 3 - World Nature Day October 4 - World Animal Day October 5 - World Teacher’s Day October 6 - World Wildlife Day October 8 - Indian Air Force Day October 9 - World Postal or Post-office Day October 10 - World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child 2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day October 12 - World Arthritis Day October 13 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction October 14 - World Standards Day October 15 - Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day October 16 - World Food Day October 17 - International Poverty Day for it's Eradication October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day October 24 - UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day October 27 - World day for Audio Visual Heritage October 28 - International Animation Day October 31 - World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November November 1 - World Vegan Day November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict November 7 - Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day November 8 - World Radiology Day November 9 - World Legal Service Day November 10 - World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day November 11 - National Education Day November 12 - World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day November 13 - World Kindness Day November 14 - Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day November 16 - International Day for Endurance or Tolerance November 17 - International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day November 19 - World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day November 20 - Universal Children’s Day 3rd Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims


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3rd Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day November 21 - World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day November 26 - National Law Day or National constitution Day November 30 - National Flag Day

December December 1 - World AIDS Day December 2 - World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery December 3 - International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day December 4 - Indian Navy Day December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day December 9 - The International Anti-Corruption Day December 10 - World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of Broadcasting December 11 - International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day December 14 - National Energy Conservation Day(India) December 16 - Vijay Diwas December 18 - International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day December 19 - Goa’s Libration Day December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day December 23 - National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas December 25 - Good Governance day


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