Friday, August 30, 2013

First in India and World

Aircraft Carrier Indian ShipI.N.S. Vikrant
American president to visit IndiaDwight David Eisenhower
Asian Games organized in IndiaDelhi (in 1951)
atomic Submarine of IndiaI.N.S. Chakra
British Prime Minister to visit IndiaHarold Mc Millon
British to visit IndiaHawkins
Chief justice of IndiaJustice Hiralal J. Kania
Chief of Air Staff of IndiaAir Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Chief of Army Staff of IndiaGeneral M.Rajendra Singh
Chief of Naval Staff of IndiaVice- Admiral R.D Katari
Chinese pilgrim to visit IndiaFa-hien
Commander-in-chief of free IndiaGeneral K.M. Cariappa
Commander-in-chief of Free IndiaGeneral Roy Bucher
Dalit Speaker of the Lok SabhaG.M.C. Balyogi
Deputy prime Minister of IndiaSardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
E-business news paper of IndiaFinancial Express
Education Minister of Independent IndiaMaulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Election Commissioner of IndiaSukumar Sen
Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in IndiaBabar
field Marshal of IndiaGeneral S.F.J. Manekshaw
Foreign recipient of Bharat RatnaKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Governor General of BengalWarren Hastings (1774-85)
Governor General of Ind. IndiaLord Mountbattten
Governor General of IndiaLord William Bentic (1833-35)
Governor of BengalLord Clive (1757-60)
Home Minister of Independent IndiaSardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Indian air Chief of IndiaAir Marshal S. Mukherjee
Indian author to get Anderson AwardRuskin Bond
Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space )Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
Cricketer to make double centuries 5 timesRahul Dravid
WOman to win in a Wimbledon touramentSania Mirza
Governor general of Independent IndiaC.Rajgopalachari (21 June,1948
I.C.S. OfficerSatyaendra Nath Tagore
Woman to win a medal in World AthleticsAnju Bobby George
MissilePrithvi
Woman to win the Miss Great Britain TitlePreeti Desai
PilotJ.R.D. Tata (1929)
Prime Minister to loose an electionIndira Ghandi
Prime Minister to resign from officeMorarji Desai
Recipient of Nobel Prize in EconomicsDr. Amartya Sen
Scientist to get Nobel PrizeC.V. Raman (Physics)
SubmarineI.N.S. Cauveri
United Nations Civilian Police AdvisorMs. Kiran bedi
To climb Mount AverestTenzing Norgay
To fly the U.S. space shuttleDr. Kalpana Chawla
To get Bhart Ratna AwardDr. S. Radhakrishnan
To get Jnanpeeth AwardG. Shankar Kurup
To get Paramvir ChakraMajor Somnath Sharma
To make printing press popular in IndiaJames Hicky
To pass ICSSurendra Nath Benerjee
To reach AntarcticaLt. Ram Charan (1960)
To reach the south PoleCol. I.K.Bajaj
To ski to the north poleAjeet Bajaj
To Swim Across English Channel in IndiaMihir Sen
To win Magsaysay AwardAcharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)
To win Stalin AwardSaiffudin Kichlu
To win world Billiards TrophyWilson Jones
Weightlifter to win bronze medal in OlympicsKarnam Malleshwari
Woman Airline PilotDurga Banerjee
Woman Air-vice-MarshalP. Bandopadhyaya
Woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARDMrs. Ranjana Kumar
Woman cricketer to score adouble centuryMithali Raj
Woman I.P.S. OfficerKiran Bedi
Woman Merchant Navy OfficerSonali Banerjee
Woman president of Indian National CongressSarojini Naidu (1925)
Woman Speaker of State Assembly in IndiaMrs. Shanno Devi
Woman to become Miss UniverseSushmita Sen
Woman to become Miss WorldMiss Reita Faria
Woman to get Ashok ChakraNirja Mishra
Woman to get Bharat RatnaSmt. Indira Gandhi
Woman to get Jnanpith AwardAshapurna Devi
Woman to get the Nobel PrizeMother Teresa (1979)
Woman to go into spaceKalpana Chawla
Woman Lt. General in the Indian ArmyPuneeta Arora
Woman to swim across the English ChannelMiss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
Woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian GamesKamaljeet Sandhu
Woman to win the Booker PrizeArundhati Roy
woman to win WTA TitleSania Mirza
Woman yo cross seven important seas by swimmingBula Chaudhury
World Chess ChampionVishwanathan Anand
Large-scale Atomic Reactor of IndiaApsara (1956)
Medium range Missile of IndiaAgni
Minister to resign form Union Cabinet of IndiaShyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)
Muslim President of Indian National CongressBadruddin Tayab Ji
Muslim President of Indian RepublicDr. Zakir Hussain
Nuclear Centre of IndiaTarapur
Paperless Newspaper of IndiaThe News Today
President of Constituent Assembly of IndiaDr. Rajendra Prasad
President of India to die in officeDr. Zakir Hussain
President of Indian National CongressW.C. Banerjee
to win Nobel prize in PhysicsSubrahmanium Chandrasekhar
Sikh Prime Minister of IndiaDr. Manmohan Singh
Speaker of lok SabhaG.V. Mavlankar (1952-57)
To win an individual Olympic gold for India.Abhinav Binra
Talkie Film in IndiaAlam Ara
Test Tube Baby of IndiaIndira (Baby Harsha)
University of IndiaNalanda University
Vice-President of India to die in harnessKrishna Kant
Woman Chief Justice of a High Court in IndiaSmt. Leela Seth
Woman Judge in Supreme Court in IndiaMrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

Women Chief Ministers of Various States

NameStatePartyTerm
Sushma SwarajDelhiBJP13 Oct to 3 December 1998
Uma BhartiMPBJP2003-2004
Vasundhara RajeRajasthanBJP2003-2008
Mamata BanerjeeW.BengalTrinamool Congress2011 – present
Sheila DikshitDelhiCongress1998-present
Rabri DeviBiharRJD1997—1999, 1999—2000, 2000—2005
Rajinder Kaur BhattalPunjabCongressApril 1996 to February 1997
MayawatiUttar PradeshBSP13 June 1995 – 18 October 1995, 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997, 2002–2003, 2007–2012
J JayalalithaaTamilnaduAIADMK1991–1996, 14 May 2001 – 16 September 2001, 2002–2006, 2011 – present
Janaki RamachandranTamilnaduAIADMK7 to 30 January 1988
Syeda Anwara TaimurAssamCongressDecember 1980 to June 1981
Shashikala KakodkarGOAMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party12 August 1973 to 27 April 1979
Nandini SatpathyOrissaCongressJune 1972 to December 1976 & August 1973 to April 1979
Sucheta KriplaniUttar PradeshCongressOctober 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


 ContinentsHighest Point
AfricaMount Kilimanjaro
AntarcticaVinson Massif
AsiaMount Everest
AustraliaPuncak Jaya
EuropeMount 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