Sunday, January 13, 2019

List of State Birds of India

StateCommon nameBinomial nomenclature   
Andhra PradeshIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
Arunachal PradeshGreat hornbillBuceros bicornis
AssamWhite-winged wood duckAsarcornis scutulata
BiharIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
ChhattisgarhBastar hill mynaGracula religiosa peninsularis
GoaBlack-crested bulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
GujaratGreater flamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
HaryanaBlack francolinFrancolinus francolinus
Himachal PradeshWestern tragopan (Jujurana)Tragopan melanocephalus
Jammu and KashmirBlack-necked craneGrus nigricollis
JharkhandAsian koelEudynamys scolopaceus
KarnatakaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
KeralaGreat hornbillBuceros bicornis
Madhya PradeshAsian paradise flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
MaharashtraYellow-footed green pigeonTreron phoenicoptera
ManipurMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiae
MeghalayaHill mynaGracula religiosa peninsularis
MizoramMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiae
NagalandBlyth's tragopanTragopan blythii
OdishaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
PunjabNorthern goshawkAccipiter gentilis
RajasthanGreat Indian bustardArdeotis nigriceps
SikkimBlood pheasantIthaginis cruentus
Tamil NaduEmerald doveChalcophaps indica
TelanganaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
TripuraGreen imperial pigeonDucula aenea
UttarakhandHimalayan monalLophophorus impejanus
Uttar PradeshSarus craneGrus antigone
West BengalWhite-breasted kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Puducherry (UT)Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus
Lakshadweep (UT)Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus
Delhi(NCT)House sparrowPasser domesticus

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

List of Chief Election Commissioners of India Since 1950 to 2019

1Sukumar Sen : 21 March, 1950 to 19 December, 1958

2. K. V. K. Sundaram : 20 December, 1958 to 30 September, 1967
3. S. P. Sen Verma : 1 October, 1967 to 30 September, 1972
4. Nagendra Singh : 1 October, 1972 to 6 February, 1973
5. T. Swaminathan : 7 February, 1973 to 17 June, 1977
6. S. L. Shakdhar : 18 June, 1977 to 17 June, 1982
7. R. K. Trivedi : 18 June, 1982 to 31 December, 1985
8. R. V. S. Peri Sastri : 1 January, 1986 to 25 November, 1990
9. V. S. Ramadevi : 26 November, 1990 to 11 December, 1990
10. T. N. Seshan : 12 December, 1990 to 11 December, 1996
11. M. S. Gill : 12 December, 1996 to 13 June, 2001
12. J. M. Lyngdoh : 14 June, 2001 to 7 February, 2004
13. T. S. Krishnamurthy : 8 February, 2004 to 15 May, 2005
14. B. B. Tandon : 16 May, 2005 to 28 June, 2006
15. N. Gopalaswami : 29 June, 2006 to 20 April, 2009
16. Navin Chawla : 21 April, 2009 to 29 July, 2010
17. S. Y. Quraishi : 30 July, 2010 to 10 June, 2012

18. V. S. Sampath : 10 June, 2012 to 15 January, 2015
19. H. S. Brahma : 15 January, 2015 to 18 April, 2015
20. Nasim Zaidi : 19 April, 2015 to 6 July, 2017
21. Achal Kumar Jyoti : 6 July, 2017 to 22 January, 2018
22. Om Prakash Rawat : 23 January, 2018 to 2 December, 2018
23. Sunil Arora : December, 2018 to Incumbent 

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Fathers of Different Fields

Who is the father of Modern Physics – Galileo Galilei
Who is the father of the Green Revolution – Norman Ernest Borlaug
Who is the father of Microbiology – Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
Who is the father of Modern Astronomy – Nicolaus Copernicus
Who is the father of Nuclear Physics – Ernest Rutherford
Who is the father of Nuclear Science – Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Who is the father of Computer Science – George Boole and Alan Turing
Who is the father of Biology – Aristotle
Who is the father of the Green Revolution in India – M. S. Swaminathan
Who is the father of the Indian Constitution – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Who is the father of American Football – Walter Chauncey Camp
Who is the father of Evolution – Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Modern Olympic – Pierre De Coubertin
Who is the father of Numbers – Pythagoras
Who is the father of Genetics – Gregor Mendel
Who is the father of Internet – Vint Cerf
Who is the father of Botany – Theophrastus
Who is the father of Scientific Management – Frederick Winslow Taylor
Who is the father of Electricity – Benjamin Franklin
Who is the father of Electronics – Michael Faraday
Who is the father of Television – Philo Farnsworth
Who is the father of Nuclear Chemistry – Otto Hahn
Who is the father of Periodic Table – Dmitri Mendeleev
Who is the father of Humanism – Francesco Petrarca
Who is the father of Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell
Who is the father of Mobile Phone – Martin Cooper
Who is the father of Geometry – Euclid
Who is the father of Microscopy – Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
Who is the father of Laptop – Bill Moggridge
Who is the father of Psychology – Sigmund Freud
Who is the father of Surgery – Sushruta
Who is the father of New France – Samuel de Champlain
Who is the father of the American Constitution – James Madison
Who is the father of Plastic Surgery – Sir Harold Gillies
Who is the father of Ayurveda – Dhanwantari
Who is the father of Western Medicine – Hippocrates
Who is the father of Modern Medicine – Hippocrates
Who is the father of Cloning – Sigmund Freud
Who is the father of Printing – Guttenberg
Who is the father of History – Herodotus
Who is the father of Economics – Adam Smith
Who is the father of Philosophy – Socrates
Who is the father of Sociology – Augustys Comte
Who is the father of English Poetry – Geoffrey Chaucer
Who is the father of Essay – Montaigne
Who is the father of Homeopathy – Samuel Haniman
Who is the father of Socialism – Robert Owen
Who is the father of Scientific Socialism – Karl Marx
Who is the father of Co-operation – Robert Obeea
Who is the father of Jurisprudence – John Locke
Who is the father of Atom Bomb – Otto Wahn
Who is the father of Motar Car – Henry Ford
Who is the father of Reformation – Martin Luther
Who is the father of Greek Democracy – Clesthenes
Who is the father of Bangladesh – Sheikh Majibur Rehman
Who is the father of Pakistan – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Who is the father of Modern Cartoon – William Hogarth
Who is the father of Modern Computer – Charles Babbage
Who is the father of Modern Drama – Henrik J. Ibsen
Who is the father of Modern Tourism – Tlemas Cook
Who is the father of Painting – Leonardo da Vinci
Who is the father of Green Revolution – Norman Borlaug
Who is the father of Renaissance – Petrarch

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Padma Awards 2018

Padma Vibhushan Award 2018 Winners :
Sl. No
NameFieldState
1.Shri IllaiyarajaArt-MusicTamil Nadu
2.Shri Ghulam Mustafa KhanArt-MusicMaharashtra
3.Shri Parameswaran ParameswaranLiterature and EducationKerala

Padma Bhushan Award 2018 Winners: 
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award (after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan) in the Republic of India. Padma Bhushan is given for distinguished service of high order.

Sl. NoNameFieldState
4.Shri Pankaj AdvaniSports-Billiards/SnookerKarnataka
5.Shri Philipose Mar ChrysostomOthers-SpiritualismKerala
6.Shri Mahendra Singh DhoniSports-CricketJharkhand
7.Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous)Public AffairsRussia
8.Shri Ramachandran NagaswamyOthers-ArchaeologyTamil Nadu
9.Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI)Literature and EducationUSA
10.Shri Laxman PaiArt-PaintingGoa
11.Shri Arvind ParikhArt-MusicMaharashtra
12.Ms. Sharda SinhaArt-MusicBihar

Padma Shri Award 2018 Winners :
 Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award (after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan) in the Republic of India. Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field.

Sl. NoNameField
State
13.Shri Abhay Bang (Duo)MedicineMaharashtra
Ms. Rani Bang (Duo)MedicineMaharashtra
14.Shri Damodar Ganesh BapatSocial WorkChhattisgarh
15.Shri Prafulla Govinda BaruahLiterature and Education-JournalismAssam
16.Shri Mohan Swaroop BhatiaArt-Folk MusicUttar Pradesh
17.Shri Sudhanshu BiswasSocial Work
West Bengal
18.Ms. Saikhom Mirabai ChanuSports-WeightliftingManipur
19.Shri Pandit Shyamlal ChaturvediLiterature and Education-JournalismChhattisgarh
20.Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner)Trade & IndustryPhilippines
21.Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani DeviArt-WeavingManipur
22.Shri Somdev DevvarmanSports-Tennis
Tripura
23.Shri Yeshi DhodenMedicineHimachal Pradesh
24.Shri Arup Kumar DuttaLiterature and EducationAssam
25.Shri Doddarange GowdaArt-LyricsKarnataka
26.Shri Arvind GuptaLiterature and EducationMaharashtra
27.Shri Digamber HansdaLiterature and EducationJharkhand
28.Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner)Art-DanceMalaysia
29.Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous)Literature and EducationUttar Pradesh
30.Shri Piyong Temjen JamirLiterature and EducationNagaland
31.Ms. Sitavva JoddatiSocial WorkKarnataka
32.Ms. Malti JoshiLiterature and EducationMadhya Pradesh
33.Shri Manoj JoshiArt-ActingMaharashtra
34.Shri Rameshwarlal KabraTrade & IndustryMaharashtra
35.Shri Pran Kishore KaulArtJammu and Kashmir
36.Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner)Others-ArchitectureLaos
37.Shri Vijay KichluArt-MusicWest Bengal
38.Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner)Public AffairsSingapore
39.Ms. LakshmikuttyMedicine-TraditionalKerala
40.Ms. Joyshree Goswami MahantaLiterature and EducationAssam
41.Shri Narayan Das MaharajOthers-SpiritualismRajasthan
42.Shri Pravakara MaharanaArt-SculptureOdisha
43.Shri Hun Many (Foreigner)Public AffairsCambodia
44.Ms. Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner)Others- YogaSaudi Arabia
45.Shri Zaverilal MehtaLiterature and Education-JournalismGujarat
46.Shri Krishna Bihari MishraLiterature and EducationWest Bengal
47.Shri Sisir Purushottam MishraArt-CinemaMaharashtra
48.Ms. Subhasini MistrySocial WorkWest Bengal
49.Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner)Literature and EducationJapan
50.Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner)Others-SpiritualismThailand
51.Shri Keshav Rao MusalgaonkarLiterature and EducationMadhya Pradesh
52.Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner)Public AffairsMyanmar
53.Ms. V NanammalOthers-YogaTamil Nadu
54.Ms. Sulagitti NarasammaSocial WorkKarnataka
55.Ms. Vijayalakshmi NavaneethakrishnanArt-Folk MusicTamil Nadu
56.Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner)Art- SculptureIndonesia
57.Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner)Social WorkBrunei Darussalam
58.Shri Gobaradhan PanikaArt-WeavingOdisha
59.Shri Bhabani Charan PattanaikPublic AffairsOdisha
60.Shri Murlikant PetkarSports-SwimmingMaharashtra
61.Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner)Literature and EducationTajikistan
62.Shri M R RajagopalMedicine-Palliative CareKerala
63.Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous)Social WorkMaharashtra
64.Shri Chandra Sekhar RathLiterature and EducationOdisha
65.Shri S S RathoreCivil ServiceGujarat
66.Shri Amitava RoyScience and EngineeringWest Bengal
67.Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner)Medicine-OphthalmologyNepal
68.Shri R SathyanarayanaArt-MusicKarnataka
69.Shri Pankaj M ShahMedicine-OncologyGujarat
70.Shri Bhajju ShyamArt-PaintingMadhya Pradesh
71.Shri Maharao Raghuveer SinghLiterature and EducationRajasthan
72.Shri Kidambi SrikanthSports-BadmintonAndhra Pradesh
73.Shri Ibrahim SutarArt-MusicKarnataka
74.Shri Siddeshwara SwamijiOthers-SpiritualismKarnataka
75.Ms. Lentina Ao ThakkarSocial WorkNagaland
76.Shri Vikram Chandra ThakurScience and EngineeringUttarakhand
77.Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo)Art-MusicKarnataka
Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo)Art-MusicKarnataka
78.Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner)Others-SpiritualismVietnam
79.Shri Bhagirath Prasad TripathiLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh
80.Shri Rajagopalan VasudevanScience and EngineeringTamil Nadu
81.Shri Manas Bihari VermaScience and EngineeringBihar
82.Shri Panatawane Gangadhar VithobajiLiterature and EducationMaharashtra
83.Shri Romulus WhitakerOthers-Wildlife ConservationTamil Nadu
84.Shri Baba YogendraArtMadhya Pradesh
85.Shri A ZakiaLiterature and EducationMizoram

Padma Awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year

Monday, November 20, 2017

List of Miss World Winners (1951-2017)

Miss World 1951 - Kiki Haakonson, Sweden
Miss World 1952 - May Louise Flodin, Sweden
Miss World 1953 - Denise Perrier, France
Miss World 1954 - Antigone Costanda, Egypt
Miss World 1955 - Carmen Zubillaga, Venezuela
Miss World 1956 - Petra Schurmann, Germany

Miss World 1957 - Marita Lindahl, Finland
Miss World 1958 - Penelope Coelen, South Africa
Miss World 1959 - Corine Rottschafer, Holland
Miss World 1960 - Norma Cappagli, Argentina
Miss World 1961 - Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom
Miss World 1962 - Catharine Lodders, Holland
Miss World 1963 - Carole Crawford, Jamaica
Miss World 1964 - Ann Sidney, United Kingdom
Miss World 1965 - Lesley Langley, United Kingdom
Miss World 1966 - Reita Faria, India
Miss World 1967 - Madeiline Hartog Bel, Peru

Miss World 1969 - Eva Reuber Staier, Austria
Miss World 1970 - Jennifer Hosten, Grenada
Miss World 1971 - Lucia Petterle, Brazil
Miss World 1972 - Belina Green, Australia
Miss World 1973 - Marjorie Wallace, USA
Miss World 1974 - Anneline Kriel, South Africa
Miss World 1975 - Winelia Merced, Puerto Rico
Miss World 1976 - Cindy Breakspeare, Jamaica
Miss World 1977 - Mary Stavin, Sweden
Miss World 1978 - Silvana Suarez, Argentina
Miss World 1979 - Gina Swainson, Bermuda
Miss World 1980 - Kimberly Santos, Guam
Miss World 1981 - Pilin Leon, Venezuela
Miss World 1982 - Mariasela Lebron, Dominican Republic
Miss World 1983 - Sarah Jane Hutt, United Kingdom
Miss World 1984 - Astrid Herrera, Venezuela
Miss World 1985 - Hofi Karlsdottir, Iceland
Miss World 1986 - Giselle Laronde, Trinidad
Miss World 1987 - Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria
Miss World 1988 - Linda Petursdottir, Iceland
Miss World 1989 - Andeta Kreglicka, Poland
Miss World 1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson, USA
Miss World 1991 - Ninebeth Jiminez, Venezuela
Miss World 1992 - Julia Kourotchkina, Russia
Miss World 1993 - Lisa Hanna, Jamaica
Miss World 1994 - Aishwariya Rai, India
Miss World 1995 - Jacqueline Aquilera, Venezuela
Miss World 1996 - Irene Skliva ,Greece
Miss World 1997 - Diana Hayden, India
Miss World 1998 - Linor Abargil, Israel
Miss World 1999 - Yukta Mookhey, India 
Miss World 2000 - Priyanka Chopra, India
Miss World 2001 - Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego—Nigeria
Miss World 2002 - Azra Akin—Turkey
Miss World 2003 - Rosanna Davidson, Ireland
Miss World 2004 - Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Peru
Miss World 2005 - Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, Iceland
Miss World 2006 - Tat’ana Kucharova, Czech Republic
Miss World 2007 - Zhang Zhi Li, China PR
Miss World 2008 - Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia
Miss World 2009 - Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar
Miss World 2010 - Alexandria Mills, USA
Miss World 2011 - Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela
Miss World 2012 - Wen Xia Yu, China PR
Miss World 2013 - Megan Young, Philippines
Miss World 2014 - Rolene Strauss, South Africa
Miss World 2015 - Mireia Lalaguna Royo, Spain
Miss World 2016 - Stephanie Del Valle, Puerto Rico 
Miss World 2017 - Manushi Chhillar, India