Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship | I.N.S. Vikrant |
American president to visit India | Dwight David Eisenhower |
Asian Games organized in India | Delhi (in 1951) |
atomic Submarine of India | I.N.S. Chakra |
British Prime Minister to visit India | Harold Mc Millon |
British to visit India | Hawkins |
Chief justice of India | Justice Hiralal J. Kania |
Chief of Air Staff of India | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst |
Chief of Army Staff of India | General M.Rajendra Singh |
Chief of Naval Staff of India | Vice- Admiral R.D Katari |
Chinese pilgrim to visit India | Fa-hien |
Commander-in-chief of free India | General K.M. Cariappa |
Commander-in-chief of Free India | General Roy Bucher |
Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha | G.M.C. Balyogi |
Deputy prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
E-business news paper of India | Financial Express |
Education Minister of Independent India | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
Election Commissioner of India | Sukumar Sen |
Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India | Babar |
field Marshal of India | General S.F.J. Manekshaw |
Foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
Governor General of Bengal | Warren Hastings (1774-85) |
Governor General of Ind. India | Lord Mountbattten |
Governor General of India | Lord William Bentic (1833-35) |
Governor of Bengal | Lord Clive (1757-60) |
Home Minister of Independent India | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
Indian air Chief of India | Air Marshal S. Mukherjee |
Indian author to get Anderson Award | Ruskin Bond |
Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space ) | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma |
Cricketer to make double centuries 5 times | Rahul Dravid |
WOman to win in a Wimbledon tourament | Sania Mirza |
Governor general of Independent India | C.Rajgopalachari (21 June,1948 |
I.C.S. Officer | Satyaendra Nath Tagore |
Woman to win a medal in World Athletics | Anju Bobby George |
Missile | Prithvi |
Woman to win the Miss Great Britain Title | Preeti Desai |
Pilot | J.R.D. Tata (1929) |
Prime Minister to loose an election | Indira Ghandi |
Prime Minister to resign from office | Morarji Desai |
Recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics | Dr. Amartya Sen |
Scientist to get Nobel Prize | C.V. Raman (Physics) |
Submarine | I.N.S. Cauveri |
United Nations Civilian Police Advisor | Ms. Kiran bedi |
To climb Mount Averest | Tenzing Norgay |
To fly the U.S. space shuttle | Dr. Kalpana Chawla |
To get Bhart Ratna Award | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
To get Jnanpeeth Award | G. Shankar Kurup |
To get Paramvir Chakra | Major Somnath Sharma |
To make printing press popular in India | James Hicky |
To pass ICS | Surendra Nath Benerjee |
To reach Antarctica | Lt. Ram Charan (1960) |
To reach the south Pole | Col. I.K.Bajaj |
To ski to the north pole | Ajeet Bajaj |
To Swim Across English Channel in India | Mihir Sen |
To win Magsaysay Award | Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958) |
To win Stalin Award | Saiffudin Kichlu |
To win world Billiards Trophy | Wilson Jones |
Weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics | Karnam Malleshwari |
Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
Woman Air-vice-Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
Woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD | Mrs. Ranjana Kumar |
Woman cricketer to score adouble century | Mithali Raj |
Woman I.P.S. Officer | Kiran Bedi |
Woman Merchant Navy Officer | Sonali Banerjee |
Woman president of Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
Woman Speaker of State Assembly in India | Mrs. Shanno Devi |
Woman to become Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
Woman to become Miss World | Miss Reita Faria |
Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Mishra |
Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
Woman to get the Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa (1979) |
Woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
Woman Lt. General in the Indian Army | Puneeta Arora |
Woman to swim across the English Channel | Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta) |
Woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
Woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
Woman yo cross seven important seas by swimming | Bula Chaudhury |
World Chess Champion | Vishwanathan Anand |
Large-scale Atomic Reactor of India | Apsara (1956) |
Medium range Missile of India | Agni |
Minister to resign form Union Cabinet of India | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950) |
Muslim President of Indian National Congress | Badruddin Tayab Ji |
Muslim President of Indian Republic | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
Nuclear Centre of India | Tarapur |
Paperless Newspaper of India | The News Today |
President of Constituent Assembly of India | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
President of India to die in office | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
President of Indian National Congress | W.C. Banerjee |
to win Nobel prize in Physics | Subrahmanium Chandrasekhar |
Sikh Prime Minister of India | Dr. Manmohan Singh |
Speaker of lok Sabha | G.V. Mavlankar (1952-57) |
To win an individual Olympic gold for India. | Abhinav Binra |
Talkie Film in India | Alam Ara |
Test Tube Baby of India | Indira (Baby Harsha) |
University of India | Nalanda University |
Vice-President of India to die in harness | Krishna Kant |
Woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India | Smt. Leela Seth |
Woman Judge in Supreme Court in India | Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi |
Friday, August 30, 2013
First in India and World
Women Chief Ministers of Various States
Name | State | Party | Term |
---|---|---|---|
Sushma Swaraj | Delhi | BJP | 13 Oct to 3 December 1998 |
Uma Bharti | MP | BJP | 2003-2004 |
Vasundhara Raje | Rajasthan | BJP | 2003-2008 |
Mamata Banerjee | W.Bengal | Trinamool Congress | 2011 – present |
Sheila Dikshit | Delhi | Congress | 1998-present |
Rabri Devi | Bihar | RJD | 1997—1999, 1999—2000, 2000—2005 |
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | Punjab | Congress | April 1996 to February 1997 |
Mayawati | Uttar Pradesh | BSP | 13 June 1995 – 18 October 1995, 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997, 2002–2003, 2007–2012 |
J Jayalalithaa | Tamilnadu | AIADMK | 1991–1996, 14 May 2001 – 16 September 2001, 2002–2006, 2011 – present |
Janaki Ramachandran | Tamilnadu | AIADMK | 7 to 30 January 1988 |
Syeda Anwara Taimur | Assam | Congress | December 1980 to June 1981 |
Shashikala Kakodkar | GOA | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 12 August 1973 to 27 April 1979 |
Nandini Satpathy | Orissa | Congress | June 1972 to December 1976 & August 1973 to April 1979 |
Sucheta Kriplani | Uttar Pradesh | Congress | October 1963 to May 1967 |
Facts about female chief ministers of Indian States
- Sucheta Kriplani is the first woman to be chief minister of any state in India.
- Syeda Anwara Taimur is the first muslim female who became the chief minister.
- J. Jayalalithaa is a film actress who became CM.
- Mayawait is the first dalit CM of any Indian state.
- Mamata Banerjee became CM after uprooting 34 year old Left front rule in the state.
- Vasundhara Raje belongs to royal Maratha Scindia family.
- Sheila Dikshit is the only woman chief minister to lead a government for a third consecutive term.
- Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is the first and only Female CM of Punjab till date.
- Janaki Ramachandran was CM only for 23 days.
- Shashikala Kakodkar is the first female CM of GOA.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Continents Lowest point
Continents | Lowest Point |
Asia | Dead Sea |
South America | Laguna del Carbón |
North America | Death Valley |
Africa | Lake Assal |
Europe | Caspian Sea |
Antarctica | Deep Lake |
Australia | Lake Eyre |
Continents and Highest Points
Continents | Highest Point |
Africa | Mount Kilimanjaro |
Antarctica | Vinson Massif |
Asia | Mount Everest |
Australia | Puncak Jaya |
Europe | Mount Elbrus |
North America | Mount McKinley |
South America | Aconcagua |
Saturday, August 3, 2013
List of International Currencies with Currency Codes
Country
|
Currency
|
ISO-4217 Code
|
A
| ||
Afghanistan
|
Afghan afghani
|
AFN
|
Albania
|
Albanian lek
|
ALL
|
Algeria
|
Algerian dinar
|
DZD
|
Andorra
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Angola
|
Angolan kwanza
|
AOA
|
Anguilla
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Argentina
|
Argentine peso
|
ARS
|
Armenia
|
Armenian dram
|
AMD
|
Aruba
|
Aruban florin
|
AWG
|
Australia
|
Australian dollar
|
AUD
|
Austria
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Azerbaijan
|
Azerbaijani manat
|
AZN
|
B
| ||
Bahamas
|
Bahamian dollar
|
BSD
|
Bahrain
|
Bahraini dinar
|
BHD
|
Bangladesh
|
Bangladeshi taka
|
BDT
|
Barbados
|
Barbadian dollar
|
BBD
|
Belarus
|
Belarusian ruble
|
BYR
|
Belgium
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Belize
|
Belize dollar
|
BZD
|
Benin
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Bhutan
|
Bhutanese ngultrum
|
BTN
|
Bolivia
|
Bolivian boliviano
|
BOB
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka
|
BAM
|
Botswana
|
Botswana pula
|
BWP
|
Brazil
|
Brazilian real
|
BRL
|
Brunei
|
Brunei dollar
|
BND
|
Bulgaria
|
Bulgarian lev
|
BGN
|
Burkina Faso
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Burundi
|
Burundi franc
|
BIF
|
C
| ||
Cambodia
|
Cambodian riel
|
KHR
|
Cameroon
|
Central African CFA franc
|
XAF
|
Canada
|
Canadian dollar
|
CAD
|
Cape Verde
|
Cape Verdean escudo
|
CVE
|
Cayman Islands
|
Cayman Islands dollar
|
KYD
|
Central African Republic
|
Central African CFA franc
|
XAF
|
Chad
|
Central African CFA franc
|
XAF
|
Chile
|
Chilean peso
|
CLP
|
China
|
Chinese renminbi
|
CNY
|
Colombia
|
Colombian peso
|
COP
|
Comoros
|
Comorian franc
|
KMF
|
Congo
|
Central African CFA franc
|
XAF
|
Congo, Democratic Republic
|
Congolese franc
|
CDF
|
Costa Rica
|
Costa Rican colon
|
CRC
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Croatia
|
Croatian kuna
|
HRK
|
Cuba
|
Cuban peso
|
CUC
|
Cyprus
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Czech Republic
|
Czech koruna
|
CZK
|
D
| ||
Denmark
|
Danish krone
|
DKK
|
Djibouti
|
Djiboutian franc
|
DJF
|
Dominica
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Dominican Republic
|
Dominican peso
|
DOP
|
E
| ||
East Timor
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Ecuador
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Egypt
|
Egyptian pound
|
EGP
|
El Salvador
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
Central African CFA franc
|
GQE
|
Eritrea
|
Eritrean nakfa
|
ERN
|
Estonia
|
Estonian kroon
|
EEK
|
Ethiopia
|
Ethiopian birr
|
ETB
|
F
| ||
Falkland Islands
|
Falkland Islands pound
|
FKP
|
Fiji
|
Fijian dollar
|
FJD
|
Finland
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
France
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
French Polynesia
|
CFP franc
|
XPF
|
G
| ||
Gabon
|
Central African CFA franc
|
XAF
|
Gambia
|
Gambian dalasi
|
GMD
|
Georgia
|
Georgian lari
|
GEL
|
Germany
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Ghana
|
Ghanaian cedi
|
GHS
|
Gibraltar
|
Gibraltar pound
|
GIP
|
Greece
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Grenada
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Guatemala
|
Guatemalan quetzal
|
GTQ
|
Guinea
|
Guinean franc
|
GNF
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Guyana
|
Guyanese dollar
|
GYD
|
H
| ||
Haiti
|
Haitian gourde
|
HTG
|
Honduras
|
Honduran lempira
|
HNL
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong dollar
|
HKD
|
Hungary
|
Hungarian forint
|
HUF
|
I
| ||
Iceland
|
Icelandic króna
|
ISK
|
India
|
Indian rupee
|
INR
|
Indonesia
|
Indonesian rupiah
|
IDR
|
International Monetary Fund
|
Special Drawing Rights
|
XDR
|
Iran
|
Iranian rial
|
IRR
|
Iraq
|
Iraqi dinar
|
IQD
|
Ireland
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Israel
|
Israeli new sheqel
|
ILS
|
Italy
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
J
| ||
Jamaica
|
Jamaican dollar
|
JMD
|
Japan
|
Japanese yen
|
JPY
|
Jordan
|
Jordanian dinar
|
JOD
|
K
| ||
Kazakhstan
|
Kazakhstani tenge
|
KZT
|
Kenya
|
Kenyan shilling
|
KES
|
Kiribati
|
Australian dollar
|
AUD
|
Korea North
|
North Korean won
|
KPW
|
Korea South
|
South Korean won
|
KRW
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwaiti dinar
|
KWD
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Kyrgyzstani som
|
KGS
|
L
| ||
Laos
|
Lao kip
|
LAK
|
Latvia
|
Latvian lats
|
LVL
|
Lebanon
|
Lebanese lira
|
LBP
|
Lesotho
|
Lesotho loti
|
LSL
|
Liberia
|
Liberian dollar
|
LRD
|
Libya
|
Libyan dinar
|
LYD
|
Liechtenstein
|
uses the Swiss Franc
|
CHF
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuanian litas
|
LTL
|
Luxembourg
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
M
| ||
Macau
|
Macanese pataca
|
MOP
|
Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.)
|
Macedonian denar
|
MKD
|
Madagascar
|
Malagasy ariary
|
MGA
|
Malawi
|
Malawian kwacha
|
MWK
|
Malaysia
|
Malaysian ringgit
|
MYR
|
Maldives
|
Maldivian rufiyaa
|
MVR
|
Mali
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Malta
|
European Euro
|
EUR
|
Mauritania
|
Mauritanian ouguiya
|
MRO
|
Mauritius
|
Mauritian rupee
|
MUR
|
Mexico
|
Mexican peso
|
MXN
|
Micronesia
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Moldova
|
Moldovan leu
|
MDL
|
Monaco
|
European Euro
|
EUR
|
Mongolia
|
Mongolian tugrik
|
MNT
|
Montenegro
|
European Euro
|
EUR
|
Montserrat
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Morocco
|
Moroccan dirham
|
MAD
|
Mozambique
|
Mozambican metical
|
MZM
|
Myanmar
|
Myanma kyat
|
MMK
|
N
| ||
Namibia
|
Namibian dollar
|
NAD
|
Nauru
|
Australian dollar
|
AUD
|
Nepal
|
Nepalese rupee
|
NPR
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
Netherlands Antillean gulden
|
ANG
|
Netherlands
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
New Caledonia
|
CFP franc
|
XPF
|
New Zealand
|
New Zealand dollar
|
NZD
|
Nicaragua
|
Nicaraguan cordoba
|
NIO
|
Niger
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Nigeria
|
Nigerian naira
|
NGN
|
Norway
|
Norwegian krone
|
NOK
|
O
| ||
Oman
|
Omani rial
|
OMR
|
P
| ||
Pakistan
|
Pakistani rupee
|
PKR
|
Palau
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Panama
|
Panamanian balboa
|
PAB
|
Panama Canal Zone
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Papua New Guinean kina
|
PGK
|
Paraguay
|
Paraguayan guarani
|
PYG
|
Peru
|
Peruvian nuevo sol
|
PEN
|
Philippines
|
Philippine peso
|
PHP
|
Poland
|
Polish zloty
|
PLN
|
Portugal
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Puerto Rico
|
uses the U.S. Dollar
|
USD
|
Q
| ||
Qatar
|
Qatari riyal
|
QAR
|
R
| ||
Romania
|
Romanian leu
|
RON
|
Russia
|
Russian ruble
|
RUB
|
Rwanda
|
Rwandan franc
|
RWF
|
S
| ||
Saint Helena
|
Saint Helena pound
|
SHP
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Saint Lucia
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
East Caribbean dollar
|
XCD
|
Samoa (Western)
|
Samoan tala
|
WST
|
San Marino
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
Sao Tome and Principe dobra
|
STD
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Saudi riyal
|
SAR
|
Senegal
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Serbia
|
Serbian dinar
|
RSD
|
Seychelles
|
Seychellois rupee
|
SCR
|
Sierra Leone
|
Sierra Leonean leone
|
SLL
|
Singapore
|
Singapore dollar
|
SGD
|
Slovakia
|
Slovak koruna
|
SKK
|
Slovenia
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Solomon Islands
|
Solomon Islands dollar
|
SBD
|
Somalia
|
Somali shilling
|
SOS
|
South Africa
|
South African rand
|
ZAR
|
South Sudan
|
Sudanese pound
|
SDG
|
Spain
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Sri Lanka
|
Sri Lankan rupee
|
LKR
|
Sudan
|
Sudanese pound
|
SDG
|
Suriname
|
Surinamese dollar
|
SRD
|
Swaziland
|
Swazi lilangeni
|
SZL
|
Sweden
|
Swedish krona
|
SEK
|
Switzerland
|
Swiss franc
|
CHF
|
Syria
|
Syrian pound
|
SYP
|
T
| ||
Taiwan
|
New Taiwan dollar
|
TWD
|
Tajikistan
|
Tajikistani somoni
|
TJS
|
Tanzania
|
Tanzanian shilling
|
TZS
|
Thailand
|
Thai baht
|
THB
|
Togo
|
West African CFA franc
|
XOF
|
Tonga
|
Paanga
|
TOP
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
|
TTD
|
Tunisia
|
Tunisian dinar
|
TND
|
Turkey
|
Turkish new lira
|
TRY
|
Turkmenistan
|
Turkmen manat
|
TMM
|
Tuvalu
|
Australian dollar
|
AUD
|
U
| ||
Uganda
|
Ugandan shilling
|
UGX
|
Ukraine
|
Ukrainian hryvnia
|
UAH
|
United Arab Emirates
|
UAE dirham
|
AED
|
United Kingdom
|
British pound
|
GBP
|
United States of America
|
United States dollar
|
USD
|
Uruguay
|
Uruguayan peso
|
UYU
|
Uzbekistan
|
Uzbekistani som
|
UZS
|
V
| ||
Vanuatu
|
Vanuatu vatu
|
VUV
|
Vatican
|
European euro
|
EUR
|
Venezuela
|
Venezuelan bolivar
|
VEB
|
Vietnam
|
Vietnamese dong
|
VND
|
W
| ||
Wallis and Futuna Islands
|
CFP franc
|
XPF
|
Y
| ||
Yemen
|
Yemeni rial
|
YER
|
Z
| ||
Zambia
|
Zambian kwacha
|
ZMK
|
Zimbabwe
|
Zimbabwean dollar
|
ZWD
|
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