| State | Common name | Binomial nomenclature |
| Andhra Pradesh | Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Great hornbill | Buceros bicornis |
| Assam | White-winged wood duck | Asarcornis scutulata |
| Bihar | Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| Chhattisgarh | Bastar hill myna | Gracula religiosa peninsularis |
| Goa | Black-crested bulbul | Pycnonotus flaviventris |
| Gujarat | Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Haryana | Black francolin | Francolinus francolinus |
| Himachal Pradesh | Western tragopan (Jujurana) | Tragopan melanocephalus |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Black-necked crane | Grus nigricollis |
| Jharkhand | Asian koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| Karnataka | Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| Kerala | Great hornbill | Buceros bicornis |
| Madhya Pradesh | Asian paradise flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi |
| Maharashtra | Yellow-footed green pigeon | Treron phoenicoptera |
| Manipur | Mrs. Hume's pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae |
| Meghalaya | Hill myna | Gracula religiosa peninsularis |
| Mizoram | Mrs. Hume's pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae |
| Nagaland | Blyth's tragopan | Tragopan blythii |
| Odisha | Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| Punjab | Northern goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Rajasthan | Great Indian bustard | Ardeotis nigriceps |
| Sikkim | Blood pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus |
| Tamil Nadu | Emerald dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| Telangana | Indian roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| Tripura | Green imperial pigeon | Ducula aenea |
| Uttarakhand | Himalayan monal | Lophophorus impejanus |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sarus crane | Grus antigone |
| West Bengal | White-breasted kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| Puducherry (UT) | Asian koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| Lakshadweep (UT) | Sooty tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| Delhi(NCT) | House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
Monday, November 9, 2015
List of State Birds of India
Friday, November 6, 2015
Man Booker Prize Winners Complete List (1969-2015)
2015 : Marlon James, Jamaica (A Brief History of Seven Killings - Novel)
2014 : Richard Flanagan, Australia (The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Historical Novel)
2013 : Eleanor Catton (Born-New Zealand), Canada (The Luminaries - Historical novel)
2012 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Bring Up the Bodies - Historical novel)
2011 : Julian Barnes, United Kingdom (The Sense of an Ending - Novel)
2010 : Howard Jacobson, United Kingdom (The Finkler Question - Comic novel)
2009 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Wolf Hall - Historical novel)
2008 : Aravind Adiga, India (The White Tiger - Novel)
2007 : Anne Enright, Ireland (The Gathering - Novel)
2006 : Kiran Desai, India (The Inheritance of Loss - Novel)
2005 : John Banville, Ireland (The Sea - Novel)
2004 : Alan Hollinghurst, United Kingdom (The Line of Beauty - Historical novel)
2003 : DBC Pierre, Australia (Vernon God Little - Black comedy)
2002 : Yann Martel, Canada (Life of Pi - Fantasy and adventure novel)
2001 : Peter Carey, Australia (True History of the Kelly Gang - Historical novel)
2000 : Margaret Atwood, Canada (The Blind Assassin - Historical novel)
1999 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Disgrace - Novel)
1998 : Ian McEwan, United Kingdom (Amsterdam - Novel)
1997 : Arundhati Roy, India (The God of Small Things - Novel)
1996 : Graham Swift, United Kingdom (Last Orders - Novel)
1995 : Pat Barker, United Kingdom (The Ghost Road - War novel)
1994 : James Kelman, United Kingdom (How Late It Was, How Late - Stream of consciousness)
1993 : Roddy Doyle, Ireland (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Novel)
1992 : Michael Ondaatje, Canada (The English Patient - Historiographic metafiction)
1992 : Barry Unsworth, United Kingdom (Sacred Hunger - Historical novel)
1991 : Ben Okri, Nigeria (The Famished Road - Magic realism)
1990 : A. S. Byatt, United Kingdom (Possession - Historical novel)
1989 : Kazuo Ishiguro, United Kingdom (The Remains of the Day - Historical novel)
1988 : Peter Carey, Australia (Oscar and Lucinda - Historical Novel)
1987 : Penelope Lively, United Kingdom (Moon Tiger - Novel)
1986 : Kingsley Amis, United Kingdom (The Old Devils - Comic novel)
1985 : Keri Hulme, New Zealand (The Bone People - Mystery novel)
1984 : Anita Brookner, United Kingdom (Hotel du Lac - Novel)
1983 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Life and Times of Michael K- Novel) South Africa
1982 : Thomas Keneally, Australia (Schindler's Ark - Biographical novel)
1981 : Salman Rushdie, United Kingdom (Midnight's Children - Magic realism)
1980 : William Golding, United Kingdom Rites of Passage - Novel)
1979 : Penelope Fitzgerald, United Kingdom (Offshore - Novel)
1978 : Iris Murdoch (Born-United Kingdom), Ireland (The Sea, the Sea - Philosophical novel)
1977 : Paul Scott, United Kingdom (Staying On - Novel)
1976 : David Storey, United Kingdom (Saville - Novel)
1975 : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Born-Germany), United Kingdom (Heat and Dust - Historical novel)
1974 : Nadine Gordimer, South Africa (The Conservationist - Novel)
1974 : Stanley Middleton, United Kingdom (Holiday - Novel)
1973 : J. G. Farrell (Born-Ireland), United Kingdom (The Siege of Krishnapur - Novel)
1972 : John Berger, United Kingdom (G. - Experimental novel)
1971 : V. S. Naipaul (Born- Trinidad and Tobago), United Kingdom (In a Free State - Short story)
1970 : J. G. Farrell(Born- Ireland), United Kingdom (Troubles - Novel)
1970 : Bernice Rubens, United Kingdom (The Elected Member - Novel)
1969 : P. H. Newby, United Kingdom (Something to Answer For - Novel)
2014 : Richard Flanagan, Australia (The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Historical Novel)
2013 : Eleanor Catton (Born-New Zealand), Canada (The Luminaries - Historical novel)
2012 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Bring Up the Bodies - Historical novel)
2011 : Julian Barnes, United Kingdom (The Sense of an Ending - Novel)
2010 : Howard Jacobson, United Kingdom (The Finkler Question - Comic novel)
2009 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Wolf Hall - Historical novel)
2008 : Aravind Adiga, India (The White Tiger - Novel)
2007 : Anne Enright, Ireland (The Gathering - Novel)
2006 : Kiran Desai, India (The Inheritance of Loss - Novel)
2005 : John Banville, Ireland (The Sea - Novel)
2004 : Alan Hollinghurst, United Kingdom (The Line of Beauty - Historical novel)
2003 : DBC Pierre, Australia (Vernon God Little - Black comedy)
2002 : Yann Martel, Canada (Life of Pi - Fantasy and adventure novel)
2001 : Peter Carey, Australia (True History of the Kelly Gang - Historical novel)
2000 : Margaret Atwood, Canada (The Blind Assassin - Historical novel)
1999 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Disgrace - Novel)
1998 : Ian McEwan, United Kingdom (Amsterdam - Novel)
1997 : Arundhati Roy, India (The God of Small Things - Novel)
1996 : Graham Swift, United Kingdom (Last Orders - Novel)
1995 : Pat Barker, United Kingdom (The Ghost Road - War novel)
1994 : James Kelman, United Kingdom (How Late It Was, How Late - Stream of consciousness)
1993 : Roddy Doyle, Ireland (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Novel)
1992 : Michael Ondaatje, Canada (The English Patient - Historiographic metafiction)
1992 : Barry Unsworth, United Kingdom (Sacred Hunger - Historical novel)
1991 : Ben Okri, Nigeria (The Famished Road - Magic realism)
1990 : A. S. Byatt, United Kingdom (Possession - Historical novel)
1989 : Kazuo Ishiguro, United Kingdom (The Remains of the Day - Historical novel)
1988 : Peter Carey, Australia (Oscar and Lucinda - Historical Novel)
1987 : Penelope Lively, United Kingdom (Moon Tiger - Novel)
1986 : Kingsley Amis, United Kingdom (The Old Devils - Comic novel)
1985 : Keri Hulme, New Zealand (The Bone People - Mystery novel)
1984 : Anita Brookner, United Kingdom (Hotel du Lac - Novel)
1983 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Life and Times of Michael K- Novel) South Africa
1982 : Thomas Keneally, Australia (Schindler's Ark - Biographical novel)
1981 : Salman Rushdie, United Kingdom (Midnight's Children - Magic realism)
1980 : William Golding, United Kingdom Rites of Passage - Novel)
1979 : Penelope Fitzgerald, United Kingdom (Offshore - Novel)
1978 : Iris Murdoch (Born-United Kingdom), Ireland (The Sea, the Sea - Philosophical novel)
1977 : Paul Scott, United Kingdom (Staying On - Novel)
1976 : David Storey, United Kingdom (Saville - Novel)
1975 : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Born-Germany), United Kingdom (Heat and Dust - Historical novel)
1974 : Nadine Gordimer, South Africa (The Conservationist - Novel)
1974 : Stanley Middleton, United Kingdom (Holiday - Novel)
1973 : J. G. Farrell (Born-Ireland), United Kingdom (The Siege of Krishnapur - Novel)
1972 : John Berger, United Kingdom (G. - Experimental novel)
1971 : V. S. Naipaul (Born- Trinidad and Tobago), United Kingdom (In a Free State - Short story)
1970 : J. G. Farrell(Born- Ireland), United Kingdom (Troubles - Novel)
1970 : Bernice Rubens, United Kingdom (The Elected Member - Novel)
1969 : P. H. Newby, United Kingdom (Something to Answer For - Novel)
List of Congress Presidents till independence
Name of President
|
Life span
|
Year of Presidency
|
Place of Conference
|
|---|---|---|---|
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
|
29 Dec 1844 – 21 July 1906
|
1885
|
Bombay
|
Dadabhai Naoroji
|
4 Sep 1825 – 30 June 1917
|
1886
|
Calcutta
|
Badruddin Tyabji
|
10 Oct 1844 – 19 Aug 1906
|
1887
|
Madras
|
George Yule
|
1829–1892
|
1888
|
Allahabad
|
William Wedderburn
|
25 Mar 1838– 25 Jan 1918
|
1889
|
Bombay
|
Pherozeshah Mehta
|
4 Aug 1845 – 5 Nov 1915
|
1890
|
Calcutta
|
Anandacharlu
|
1843– 1908
|
1891
|
Nagpur
|
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
|
29 Dec 1844 – 21 July 1906
|
1892
|
Allahabad
|
Dadabhai Naoroji
|
4 Sep 1825 – 30 June 1917
|
1893
|
Lahore
|
Alfred Webb
|
1834–1908
|
1894
|
Madras
|
Surendranath Banerjee
|
10 Nov 1848 – 6 Aug 1925
|
1895
|
Poona
|
Rahimtulla M. Sayani
|
5 April 1847 – 1902
|
1896
|
Calcutta
|
C. Sankaran Nair
|
11 July 1857 – 1934
|
1897
|
Amraoti
|
Ananda Mohan Bose
|
23 Sep 1847 – 20 Aug 1906
|
1898
|
Madras
|
Romesh Chunder Dutt
|
13 Aug 1848 – 30 Nov 1909
|
1899
|
Lucknow
|
N. G. Chandavarkar
|
2 Dec 1855 – May 14 1923
|
1900
|
Lahore
|
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
|
1844 – 1936
|
1901
|
Calcutta
|
Surendranath Banerjee
|
10 Nov 1848 – 6 Aug 1925
|
1902
|
Ahmedabad
|
Lalmohan Ghosh
|
1849–1909
|
1903
|
Madras
|
Henry Cotton
|
13 Sep 1845– 22 Oct 1915
|
1904
|
Bombay
|
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
|
9 May 1866 – 19 Feb 1915
|
1905
|
Benares
|
Dadabhai Naoroji
|
4 Sep 1825 – 30 June 1917
|
1906
|
Calcutta
|
Rashbihari Ghosh
|
23 Dec 1845 – 1921
|
1907
|
Surat
|
Rashbihari Ghosh
|
23 Dec 1845 – 1921
|
1908
|
Madras
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya
|
1861 – 1946
|
1909
|
Lahore
|
William Wedderburn
|
25 Mar 1838– 25 Jan 1918
|
1910
|
Allahabad
|
Bishan Narayan Dar
|
1864–1916
|
1911
|
Calcutta
|
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
|
1857–1921
|
1912
|
Bankipore
|
Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur
|
- 1919
|
1913
|
Karachi
|
Bhupendra Nath Bose
|
1859–1924
|
1914
|
Madras
|
Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha
|
24 Mar 1863– 4 Mar 1928
|
1915
|
Bombay
|
Ambica Charan Mazumdar
|
1850–1922
|
1916
|
Lucknow
|
Annie Besant
|
1 Oct 1847 – 1933
|
1917
|
Calcutta
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya
|
1861 – 1946
|
1918
|
Delhi
|
Syed Hasan Imam
|
1871 – 6 Feb 1931
|
1918
|
Bombay (Special Session)
|
Motilal Nehru
|
6 May 1861– 6 Feb 1931
|
1919
|
Amritsar
|
Lala Lajpat Rai
|
28 Jan 1865– 17 Nov 1928
|
1920
|
Calcutta (Special Session)
|
C. Vijayaraghavachariar
|
18 June 1852– 19 Apr 1944
|
1920
|
Nagpur
|
Ajmal Khan
|
1868– 1927
|
1921
|
Ahmedabad
|
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
|
5 Nov 1870– 16 June 1925
|
1922
|
Gaya
|
Mohammad Ali Jouhar
|
10 Dec 1878– 4 Jan 1931
|
1923
|
Kakinada
|
Abul Kalam Azad
|
1888– 22 Feb 1958
|
1923
|
Delhi (Special Session)
|
Mohandas Gandhi
|
2 Oct 1869– 30 Jan 1948
|
1924
|
Belgaum
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
13 Feb 1879– 2 Mar 1949
|
1925
|
Kanpur
|
S. Srinivasa Iyengar
|
Sep 11, 1874– 19 May 1941
|
1926
|
Gauhati
|
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
|
25 Dec 1880– 1936
|
1927
|
Madras
|
Motilal Nehru
|
6 May 1861– 6 Feb 1931
|
1928
|
Calcutta
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
14 Nov 1889– 27 May 1964
|
1929 & 30
|
Lahore
|
Vallabhbhai Patel
|
31 Oct 1875– 15 Dec 1950
|
1931
|
Karachi
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya
|
1861 – 1946
|
1932
|
Delhi
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya
|
1861 – 1946
|
1933
|
Calcutta
|
Nellie Sengupta
|
1886–1973
|
1933
|
Calcutta
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
3 December 1884– 28 February 1963
|
1934 & 35
|
Bombay
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
14 November 1889– 27 May 1964
|
1936
|
Lucknow
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
14 November 1889– 27 May 1964
|
1936& 37
|
Faizpur
|
Subhas Chandra Bose
|
23 January 1897 – Unknown
|
1938
|
Haripura
|
Subhas Chandra Bose
|
23 January 1897 – Unknown
|
1939
|
Tripuri
|
Abul Kalam Azad
|
1888– 22 February 1958
|
1940–46
|
Ramgarh
|
J. B. Kripalani
|
1888– 19 March 1982
|
1947
|
Meerut
|
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