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PANORAMA u Indian u World

INDIAN PANORAMA
Foundation day of States 15th November Jharkhand Day
1st January Nagaland Day (Jharkhand Diwas)

21st January Manipur, Meghalaya 2nd June (2014) Telangana Day

and Tripura Day National Symbols of India
6th Febuary Jammu and Kashmir
National Flag Tricolour with saffron
Day
at the top, white in the
20th Mizoram and middle and India green
February Arunachal Pradesh
day at the bottom. The
centre has a navy blue
11th March Andman and Nicobar
wheel with twenty-
Islands Day
four spokes, known as
22nd March Bihar Day (Bihar the Ashoka Chakra.
Diwas)
The flag is designed by
30th March Rajasthan Day Pingali Venkayya.
1st April Utkal (Odisha) Day
National The national emblem
14th April Tamil Nadu Day
Emblem is the Lion Capital
15th April Himachal Pradesh of Asoka at Sarnath
Day which was adopted
1st May Gujarat and on 26th January 1950.
Maharashtra Day The motto inscribed
on the emblem is in
16th May Sikkim Day
Devanagari script:
1st November Chattisgarh “Satyameva jayate”
9th November Uttaranchal (Now which means Truth
Uttarakhand) Day Alone Triumphs.
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National The anthem was Important Books and Authors
Anthem composed by Transcendence: My Spiritual
Jana Gana Mana Rabindranath Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji:
Tagore; adopted Abdul Kalam
by the Constituent Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad:
Assembly on January Prof Bhim Singh
1950. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty
Eight Nights: Salman Rushdie
National Song Vande Mataram was Globalisation, Democratization and
Vande Mataram composed by Bankim Distributive Justice: Professor Mool
Chandra Chatterjee. Chand Sharma
It was adopted as the Making India Awesome: Chetan Bhagat
National song of India Flood of fire: Amitav Ghosh
in 1950. Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: Khurshid
National Flower Indian lotus is the M Kasuri
national flower. It is The Red Sari: Javier Moro
the representation of Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy
purity as it remains and Controversy: Saptarshi Sarkar
flawless despite China – Confucius in the Shadows:
growing in mud and Poonam Surie
water. Mrs Funnybones: Twinkle Khanna
R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music:
National Fruit Mango, also known as
Khagesh Dev Burman
the ‘King of Fruits’, is
Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi’s
the National Fruit of
India. Assassination: Teesta Setalvad
Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional
National River Ganga is the national Portrait: Dr Anna Suvorova
river of India. It is also Modi - Incredible emergence of a star:
the longest river of the Tarun Vijay
country. The Accidental Prime Minister – The
National Tree The Indian Banyan making and unmaking of Manmohan
(Ficus bengalensis) is Singh: Sanjaya Baru
the national tree. Hard Choices (Autobiography): Hillary
Rodham Clinton
National Bird Indian peacock I am Malala (Autobiography): Malala
(Pavo cristatus) is the Yousafzai
national bird of India. And Then One Day: Naseerudin Shah
Playing It My Way: Sachin Tendulkar
The Narrow Road To the Deep North:
National The Tiger known as Richard Flangan
Animal the Lord of the Jungle Go Set a Watchman: Harper Lee
is the national animal Super Economies: Raghav Bahl
of India. Family Life: Akhil Sharma
Lucknow Boy: A Memoir: Late Vinod
Mehta
National Saka calendar was A Brief History of Seven Killings:
Calendar introduced as the Marlon James
Saka Calendar National calendar Beyond 2020: A Vision for Tomorrow’s
by the Calendar
India: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Y. S. Rajan
Committee in 1957.
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Leading: Alex Ferguson With Michael Space mission 1975-2016
Moritz Satellite Launch Launch
The Outsider: Frederick Forsyth Date Vehicle
The Courage to Act – A Memoir of Aryabhata 19-Apr-75 u-11
a Crisis and Its Aftermath: Ben S. Interkosmos
Bernanke
Bhaskara-I 7-Jun-79 C-1
Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny
Interkosmos
of Bihar: Santosh Singh
Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and Rohini 10-Aug-79 SLV-3
the End of Empire: Janam Mukherjee Technology
To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Payload
Story: Jairam Ramesh Rohini RS-1 18-Jul-80 SLV-3
The Pakistan Paradox: Christrophe Rohini RS-D1 31-May-81 SLV-3
Jaffrelot
Crusader or Conspirator: P.C. Parakh Ariane 19-Jun-81 Ariane-1
Born Again On the Mountain: Arunima Passenger (V-3)
Sinha Payload
The China Model: Daniel A bell Experiment
Scion of Ikshvaku: Amish Tripathi Bhaskara -II 20-Nov-81 C-1
Purity: Jonathan Franzen Intercosmos
God Help the Child: Toni Morrison INSAT-1A 10-Apr-82 Delta 3910
Love + Hate: Stories and Essays: Hanif PAM-D
Kureishi
The Heart Goes Last: Margaret Atwood Rohini RS-D2 17-Apr-83 SLV-3
Deep South: Paul Theroux INSAT-1B 30-Aug-83 Shuttle
The Country of First Boys: Amartya Sen [PAM-D]
A Strangeness in My Mind: Orhan Stretched 24-Mar-87 ASLV
Pamuk Rohini
Autumn of the Matriarch: Indira Satellite Series
Gandhi’s Final Term in Office: Diego (SROSS-1)
Maiorano
Gods of Corruption: Promilla Shankar IRS-1A 17-Mar-88 Vostok
Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Stretched 13-Jul-88 ASLV
Economy: Mihir S. Sharma Rohini
The Tears of the Rajas: Ferdinand Mount Satellite Series
The Z factor - My journey as the wrong (SROSS-2)
man at the Right Time : Subhash INSAT-1C 21-Jul-88 Ariane-3
Chandra
Nathuram Godse - The Story of an INSAT-1D 12-Jun-90 Delta 4925
Assassin : Anup Ashok Sardesai IRS-1B 29-Aug-91 Vostok
The turbulent year - 1980-1996
INSAT-2DT 26-Feb-92 Ariane-44L
(Volume II) : Pranab Mukherjee.
H10
Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity
is Perspective : Prof (Dr) P.J. Alexander Stretched 20-May-92 ASLV
The Kiss of life - How a superhero Rohini
and my son defeated cancer : Emraan Satellite Series
Hashmi (SROSS-C)

Space Science INSAT-2A 10-Jul-92 Ariane-44L

H10
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INSAT-2B 23-Jul-93 Ariane-44L INSAT-4C 10-Jul-06 GSLV-F02
H10+
CARTOSAT-2 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7
IRS-1E 20-Sep-93 PSLV-D1
Space Capsule 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7
Stretched 4-May-94 ASLV Recovery
Rohini Experiment
Satellite Series (SRE-1)
(SROSS-C2)
INSAT-4B 12-Mar-07 Ariane-
IRS-P2 15-Oct-94 PSLV-D2 5ECA
INSAT-2C 7-Dec-95 Ariane-44L INSAT-4CR 2-Sep-07 GSLV-F04
H10-3
CARTOSAT-2A 28-Apr-08 PSLV-C9
IRS-1C 29-Dec-95 Molniya
IMS-1 (Third 28-Apr-08 PSLV-C9
IRS-P3 21-Mar-96 PSLV-D3 World Satellite
INSAT-2D 4-Jun-97 Ariane-44L – TWsat)
H10-3 Chandrayaan-1 22-Oct-08 PSLV-C11
IRS-1D 29-Sep-97 PSLV-C1 RISAT-2 20-Apr-09 PSLV-C12
INSAT-2E 3-Apr-99 Ariane-42P
ANUSAT 20-Apr-09 PSLV-C12
H10-3
Oceansat-2 23-Sep-09 PSLV-C14
Oceansat-1 26-May-99 PSLV-C2
(IRS-P4)
(IRS-P4)
INSAT-3B 22-Mar-00 Ariane-5G GSAT-4 15-Apr-10 GSLV-D3

GSAT-1 18-Apr-01 GSLV-D1 CARTOSAT-2B 12-Jul-10 PSLV-C15

StudSat 12-Jul-10 PSLV-C15
Technology 22-Oct-01 PSLV-C3
Experiment GSAT-5P / 25-Dec-10 GSLV-F06
Satellite (TES) INSAT-4D
INSAT-3C 24-Jan-02 Ariane-42L RESOURC- 20-Apr-11 PSLV-C16
H10-3 ESAT-2
Kalpana-1 12-Sep-02 PSLV-C4 Youthsat 20-Apr-11 PSLV-C16
(METSAT)
GSAT-8/ 21-May-11 Ariane-5
INSAT-3A 10-Apr-03 Ariane-5G INSAT-4G VA-202
GSAT-2 8-May-03 GSLV-D2 GSAT-12 15-Jul-11 PSLV-C17
INSAT-3E 28-Sep-03 Ariane-5G Megha- 12-Oct-11 PSLV-C18
RESOURCE- 17-Oct-03 PSLV-C5 Tropiques
SAT-1 (IRS-P6) Jugnu 12-Oct-11 PSLV-C18
EDUSAT 20-Oct-04 GSLV-F01 RISAT-1 26-Apr-12 PSLV-C19
HAMSAT 5-May-05 PSLV-C6 SRMSAT 26-Apr-12 PSLV-C18
CARTOSAT-1 5-May-05 PSLV-C6 GSAT-10 29-Sep-12 Ariane-5
VA-209
INSAT-4A 22-Dec-05 Ariane-5GS
SARAL 25-Feb-13 PSLV-C20
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IRNSS-1A 1-Jul-13 PSLV-C22 GSAT -29 1 Nov GSLV Mk III
2018 D2
INSAT-3D 26-Jul-13 Ariane-5
GSAT-11 5 Dec 2018 Ariane
GSAT-7 30-Aug-13 Ariane-5 5-VA246
Mars Orbiter 5-Nov-13 PSLV-C25 Microsat-R 23 January PSLV-C44
Mission 2019
(MOM)
KalamSAT-V 23 January PSLV-C44
GSAT-14 5-Jan-14 GSLV-D5 2019
IRNSS-1B 4-Apr-14 PSLV-C24 EMISAT 01 April PSLV-C45
IRNSS-1C 10-Nov-14 PSLV-C26 2019
GSAT-16 7-Dec-14 Ariane-5 Chandrayaan 22nd July GSLV-MK III
IRNSS-1D 28-Mar-15 PSLV-C27 Nuclear Explosion in India
GSAT-6 27-Aug-15 GSLV-D6 First-explosion carried out on 18 May
Astrosat 28-Sep-15 PSLV-C30 1974 at Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar)
GSAT-15 11-Nov-15 Ariane 5 VA- desert. Its code name was “Smiling
227 Buddha”.
IRNSS-1E 20-Jan-16 PSLV-C31 Second N. Explosion code name
“Operation Shakti-98” having 5 series
IRNSS-1F 10-Mar-16 PSLV-C32
Shakti-I, II & III were tested on 11 May,
IRNSS-1G 28-Apr-16 PSLV-C33 1998 at 3.43 p.m. and Shakti-IV & V on 13
Cartosat-2C 22-Jun-16 PSLV-C34 May at 12.21 p.m. at Pokhran (Rajasthan).
INSAT-3DR 8-Sep-16 GSLV-F05 Dr. A.P.J. Kalam was the Project Leader.
SCAT SAT-1 26-Sep-2016 PSLV-C35 He was also scientific advisor to Defence
Minister and head of DRDO too. George
Cartosat-2D 15-Feb-2016 PSLV-C37
Fernandes was Defence Minister. “India is
IRNSS-1H 2-Sept-17 PSLV-C39 now a nuclear weapon state”. – Said P.M.
Cartosat-2 22-Jun-18 PSLV-C40 A.B.Vajapayee on Thursday 14 May 1998.
Series (31
Satellites)

POWER STATION IN INDIA

Power station Operator Establishment Location State
Date
Tarapur Atomic Power Sta- NPCIL 1969 Tarapur Maharashtra
tion
Rajasthan Atomic Power NPCIL 1973 Rawatbhata Rajasthan
Station
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station NPCIL 1993 Kakrapar Gujarat
Kudankulam Nuclear Power NPCIL 2013 Ku- Tamil Nadu
Plant dankulam
Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant NPCIL 2000 Kaiga Karnataka
Madras Atomic Power Station NPCIL 1984 Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu
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Narora Atomic Power Station NPCIL 1991 Narora Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur Atomic Power NPCIL Fatehabad Haryana
Station
Talcher Super Thermal Power NTPC 1995 Kaniha Odisha
Station
Sipat Thermal Power Plant NTPC 2008 Sipat Chhattisgarh
Vindhyachal Super Thermal NTPC 2013 Singrauli Madhya
Power Station Pradesh
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Tata 2009 Mundra Gujarat
Project Power
Korba Super Thermal Power NTPC 1983 Jamani Palli Chattish
Plant Gahr
Bhusawal Thermal Power MAHA- 1968 Deepnagar Maharastra
Station GENCO
Satpura Thermal Power Station MPPGCL 1967 Sarni Madhya
Pradesh
Sterlite Jharsuguda Power Station Vedanta 2006 Jharsuguda Odisha
Durgapur Thermal Power DVC 1996 Durgapur West Bengal
Station
FOUR ENDS OF INDIA
End Points Places
Northern most Siachen Glacier
Southern most Kanya Kumari District (Cape Comorin)
Eastern most Kibithu Village, Arunachal Pradesh
Western most Guhar Moti in Kutch, Gujarat
FIRST IN INDIA (MALE)
First governor of Bengal Lord Clive(1758-60)
Last governor of Bengal Warren Hastings(1772-74)
The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning(1856-62)
The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten(1947-1948)
The first and the last Indian to be Governor C. Rajgopalachari(1948-1950)
General of free India
The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji
Congress
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
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The first man who introduced printing press in James Hicky
India
The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned Morarji Desai
without completing the full term
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first President of India who died while in Dr. Zakhir Hussain
office
The first Prime Minister of India who did not Charan Singh
face the Parliament
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first chief of Army staff K.M. Cariappa
The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without Sherpa Anga Dorjee
oxygen
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Hargovind Khurana
Prize in Medicine
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Amartya Sen
Economics
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)
FIRST IN INDIA (FEMALE)
The first lady to become Miss World Reita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free Sarojini Naidu
India
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
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The first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Annie Besant
Congress
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and
Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee
The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Kamlijit Sandhu
Winner
The first woman President of United Nations Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
General Assembly
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Roze Millian Bethew
Service Commission
The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Neerja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Gyanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel Arati Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi

FIRST IN OTHERS
First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Indrani Rehman
Miss Universe
First Judge in International Court of Dr. Nagender Singh
Justice
First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India’s First University Nalanda University
India’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University
India’s First Lok Sabha Member to P.V.Narasimha Rao
be elected with a record
maximum number of votes
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
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First British to Visit India Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata (1727)

Superlatives : India •• Longest Railway Tunnel- Pir Panjal

Structures Railway Tunnel (11 km)
•• Highest Tower (Minaret) – Qutub Minar •• Longest Road Tunnel - 9.2 km long
tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National
•• Higher Gateway – Buland Darwaza Highway
at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra. Built by
Akbar (53.5 m /175 ft High) •• Largest Church- Se Cathedral at Old
Goa, 10 km from Panaji.
•• Highest Dam – Bhakra Dam
•• Largest Delta- Sunderbans (75,000
•• Highest Bridge – Chenab Bridge sq km) formed by the Ganga and
•• Highest Airport- Leh Air Port in Brahmaputra in West Bengal and
Ladakh (3256 m/ 16080 ft high) Bangladesh
•• Highest Hydel Power Station- •• Largest Stupa- Kesariya Stupa in Bihar
Rongtong Hydel Project in Kinnaur •• Largest Library- National Library,
district of Himachal Pradesh. Kolkata
•• Highest Mountain Peak- Kanchenjunga •• Largest Planetarium- Birla Planetarium,
•• Highest Road- Road at Khardungla in Kolkata.
the Leh-Manali Sector •• Largest Prison- Tihar Jail, Delhi
•• Highest Waterfall- Jog Waterfall, •• Longest River Bridge – Bandra-
Karnataka Worli sea link which is 5.6 km.
•• Largest Residence – Antilia Bhawan •• Largest Corridor – Rameshwaram
built by Mukesh Ambani Temple Corridor
•• Largest Cinema Hall – Prasad Max,
•• Largest irrigation Canal-Indira
Hyderabad
Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (959
•• Largest Museum – National Museum
km long)
Delhi
•• Largest River Barrage – Farakka •• Longest Dam-Hirakund Dam on
Barrage Mahan-adi river in Odisha (24.4 km
•• Biggest Auditorium (Mumbai) – Sri long)
Shanmukhanand Hall •• Longest Railway Bridge – Nehru
•• Largest zoo – Arignar Anna Zoological Setu Bridge (4.62 km) long
Park •• Tallest Statues – Statue of Jain Saint
•• Largest Cave Temple – Ellora Gomateswara at Sravanabelagola in
•• Largest Gurudwara – Golden Karnataka
Temple, Amritsar •• Oldest Church- St. Thomas Church
•• Largest Mosque – Taj-ul-Masjid at at Palayar in Trichur district in Kerala
Bhopal(M.P) with area-430,000 sq. ft, built in 52 AD.
& capacity 1.75 lakh people. •• Oldest Monastery- Buddhist
•• Largest Man-made Lake – Govind Monastery, (situated at an altitude
Sagar (Bhakra) of 3,048 m /10,000 ft) at Tawang in
Arunachal Pradesh.
•• Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz
(Karnataka) •• Largest mall- Lulu Mall Kochi
•• Largest Cantilever Bridge – Howrah Natural
Bridge •• Longest River – Ganges
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•• Largest Desert – Thar ( Rajasthan) •• Siri- Alaudden Khilji
•• Largest Fresh Water Lake-Kolleru •• Vijayanagaram - Hariharan 1
in Andhra Pradesh SOBRIQUETS
•• Largest Cave- Amarnath (about 44 A sobriquet is a nickname, Occasionally
km from Pahalgam in Jammu and assumed and often given by another.
Kashmir)
Person Primary Names
Founders of Indian Institutions Anna C N Annadurai
•• Arya Samaj-Swami Dayanand Badshah Khan/ Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Saraswathi Frontier Gandhi
•• Athmiya Sabha-Raja Ram Mohan Roy Buddha Siddhartha Gautama
•• Brahma Samaj-Raja Ram Mohan Roy Chacha/Panditji Jawaharlal Nehru
•• Deccan Education Society- Grand Old Man of Dadabhai Naoroji
G.G.Agarkar, M.G.Ranade, V.G.Gibhongar
India
•• Dharma Sabha-Radhakanthadev
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
•• Indian Brahma Samaj-Keshav
Chandra Sen Guruji M S Gohlwalkar
•• Manavadharma Sabha-Durgaram Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore
Manjaram Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
•• Prarthana Samaj-Athmaram Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan
Pandurang Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri
•• Pune Sewa S adan-Smt.Remabhai Manitas de Plate Flamenco guitarist
Ranade, G.K.Devdhar Ricardo Baliardo
•• Ramakrishna Mission-Swami Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Vivekananda
Punjab kesari Lala Lajpat Rai
•• Sadharan Brahma Samaj-Shivananda
Sashtri, Anand Mohan Bose Rajaji C Rajagopalachari
•• Servants of India Society- Saint of the Mother Teresa
Gopalakrishna Gokhale Gutters
•• Sewa Sadan-Bahuramji M.Malabari Haryana Kapil Dev
•• Sewa Samithi-H.N.Kunsru Hurricane
•• Social Service League-N.M.Joshi Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly
•• Thathwabodhini Sabha- Debendranatha Places Primary Names
Tagore Bengal’s Sorrow Damodar Rever, India
•• Theosophical Society-Madam H.P. Blue Mountain Niligiri Hills, India
Blava-dski, Col.H.L.Olkott City of Golden Amritsar, India
Founders of Towns in India Temple
•• Agra- Sikkandar Lodhi City of Palaces Kolkata, India
•• Ahmedabad - Ahmed Shah Diamond City in Surat, Gujarat
•• Ajmeer- Ajaypal Chauhan India
•• Allahabad- Akbar Garden City of Bengaluru
•• Culcutta- Job Charnok India
•• Delhi- Anankapalan Garden of India Kashmir
•• Fathepur Sikri - Akbar
•• Hisar- Ferozshah Tuglaq Gateway of India Mumbai
•• Hyderabad - Quli Qutabshah God’s Own Kerala
•• Jodhpur- Rao Jodha Country
•• Mahabalipuram - Narasimhawarman
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Land of Five Punjab, India The City of Kolkata, India
Rivers Palaces
Pink City Jaipur, India Venice of East Alleppey, India
Queen of Arabian Kochi, India Queen of Arabian Kochi, India
Sea Sea
Spice Garden of Kerala Garden City of Bangalore
India India
The City of Joy Kolkata, India Blue Mountains Niligiri Hills, India
CREMATORIUM OF FAMOUS PERSONS
Rajghat Mahatma Gandhi Shanti Van Jawahar Lal Nehru
Vijay Ghat Lal Bahadur Shastri Shakti Sthal Indira Gandhi
Kishan Ghat Ch. Charan Singh Abhay Ghat Morarji Desai
Veer Bhumi Rajiv Gandhi Samata Sthal Jagjivan Ram
Ekta Sthal Giani Zail Singh Karma Bhumi Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Uday Bhoomi K.R. Narayanan Mahaprayan Ghat Dr. Rajendra Prasad
FAMOUS NICKNAMES OF EMINENT PMMY = Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana
PERSONS PMJJY = Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana
Nickname Person PMSBY = Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Father of the Mahatma Gandhi Yojana
Nation, Bapu APY = Atal Pension Yojana
Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai KVP = Kissan Vikas Patra
Patel GMS = Gold Monetisation Schemes
Napoleon of India Samudragupta Agriculture & Rural Development
PMFBY = Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Shakespeare of Kalidasa Yojana
India PMGSY = Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai
Mahamana Pt. Madan Yojana
Mohan Malaviya SHCS = Soil Health Card Scheme
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das SAGY = Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Deenabandhu C.F.Andrews DDUGJY = Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana
Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai SPMRM = Syama Prasad Mukherji Rurban
Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu Mission
Lady with the lamp Florence Nightingale RGSA = Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
RGM = Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Tota-e-Hind Amir Khushro
(Parrot of India) PMAY = Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
AMRUT = Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
Shri Guruji M.S.Golwalkar and Urban Transformation
Abbreviations of Latest Schemes/ HRIDAY = National Heritage City
Programmes Development and Augmentation Yojana
Banking & Insurance Education & Skill
PMJDY = Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana DDUGKY = Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
PMSSY = Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Grameen Kaushal Yojana
Samriddhi Yojana PMKVY = Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
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Yojana UDAY = Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
NAPS = National Apprenticeship PMUA = Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Promotion Scheme Pilgrimage & Tourism
PMYY = Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana SDY = Swadesh Darshan Yojana
Employment & Poverty PRASAD = Pilgrimage Rejuvenation &
PMGKY = Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Spiritual Augmentation Drive
Yojana Others
Health and Sanitation BBBPY = Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana
SBA = Swachh Bharat Abhiyan PDUSJY = Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
NGP = Namami Gange Project Shramev Jayate Yojana
NBSM = National Bal Swachhta Mission NSTSS = National Sports Talent Search
PMJAY = Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Scheme
Yojana DBTL = Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG
PMSMA = Pradhan Mantri Surakshit PMKKKY = Pradhan Mantri Khanij
Matritva Abhiyan Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
Electrification SBP = Setu Bharatam Project
IPDS = Integrated Power Development RTIS = Railway Travel Insurance Scheme
Scheme

WORLD PANORAMA
Geographical Discoveries •• Kepler-Discovered the Laws of
•• Amundsen (Norwegian)- Planetary Motion in 1609.
Discovered South Pole in 1912. •• Magellan-Commanded the first
•• Byrd-American aviator and polar expedition in 1519 to sail round the
explorer. Flew over the North Pole world.
in 1926. •• Marco Polo-Venetian traveller who
•• Cabot (Venetian)-Discovered New explored China, India. He was the first
Foundland in 1494. European to visit China.
•• Captain Cook (English)-Discovered •• Nansen-Norwegian explorer who
Sandwich (now Hawaiian) Isles in explored across Greenland.
1770. •• Peary, Robert-First to reach the
•• Columbus-Discovered West Indies in North Pole in 1909.
1492 and South America in 1498. •• Pedro Alvares Cabral (Portuguese)
•• Copernicus-Discovered Solar - Discovered Brazil in 1500.
System in 1540. Propounded the •• Iksman-Dutch navigator, discovered
astronomical system which bears his the Tasmania Island and New Zealand
name. in 1642.
•• Edmund Hillary-Joint conqueror of •• Tenzing (Indian)-First to reach
Mount Everest with Tenzing. Mount Everest on 29th May, 1953
•• Ferdinand de Lesseps-Conceived along with Edmund Hillary.
the plan of the Suez Canal on which •• Vasco da Gama (Portuguese)-
work was completed in 1869 through Rounded the Cape of Good Hope and
his efforts. discovered the sea route to India in
1498.
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NATIONAL ANIMALS OF THE MAJOR COUNTRIES
Country Animals Country Animal
Afghanistan Snow Leopard Nepal Cow
Albania Golden Eagle New Zealand Kiwi
Australia Kangaroo Pakistan Markhor
Bangladesh Royal Bengal tiger South Africa Springbok
Brazil Macaw Spain Bull
Canada North American beaver United Kingdom Barbary Lion
China Panda, Red Crowned Crane United States Bald Eagle
Denmark Mute Swan India Bengal Tiger
Japan Green Pheasant Kuwait Camel
Myanmar Tiger Belgium Lion

OFFICIAL BOOKS
Blue Book : An official report of the British Government
Green Book : An official publication of Italy and Persia
Grey Book : An official reports of the Government of Japan and Belgium
Orange Book : An official Publications of the Government of Netherlands
White Book : An official Publications of China, Germany and Portugal
Yellow Book : French official Book
White Paper : An official paper of the Government of Britain and India on a particular
issue
Red Data Book: Russian official book which contains lists of species whose continued
existence is threatened
WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
Detective Agency Country Detective Agency Country
Ministry of State Security China VAJA Iran
Australian Secret Australia MOSSAD Israel
Intelligence Service (ASIS)
FSB Russia Egyption Homeland Egypt
Security
State Security Agency South Africa PSIA Japan
Inter Service Intelligence Pakistan Iraqi National Iraq
(ISI) Intelligence Service
MI (Military Intelligence) 5 UK Central Intelligence USA
and 6, Special Branch, Joint Agency (CIA),
Intelligence org. Federal Bureau of
investigation (FBI)
Research and Analysis Wing INDIA DGSE (Direction France
(RAW), Intelligence Bureau General Dela
(IB) Securite Exterieure
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International Awards Magsaysay Awards
Nobel Prize • Instituted in 1957. Named after Ra-
mon Magsaysay, the former President
• It was set up in 1895 under the will of
of Philippines.
Alfred Nobel. • The award is given annually on August
• The Nobel prizes are presented annu- 31, the birth anniversary of Magsaysay,
ally on 10 December (The death anni- for outstanding contributions in Public
versary of the founder). service, Community Leadership, Jour-
• It is given in the fields of Peace, Lit- nalism, Literature & Creative Arts and
erature, Physics, Chemistry, Physi- International Understanding.
ology or Medicine (from 1901) and Man Booker Prize
Economics (from 1969). • Instituted in 1968, is the highest lit-
Nobel Prize (Indian/ Indian origin) erary award of the world, setup by
1913: L
 iterature – Rabindranath Tagore; the Booker Company and the British
was also the first Asian to win the Publishers Association along the lines
prize of the Pulitzer Prize of USA.

1930: Physics – C. V. Raman Oscar Awards

• Instituted in 1929, are conferred an-
1968: M
 edicine – Har Gobind Khorana; nually by the Academy of Motion Pic-
US citizen of Indian origin tures, Arts and Sciences, USA, in rec-
ognition of outstanding contribution
1979: P
 eace – Mother Teresa; Indian
in the various fields of film making.
citizen of Albanian origin

1998: Economics – Amartya Sen UN Human Rights Award

• Instituted in 1966, this award is given
2009: Chemistry – Venkatraman Ra- every 5 years for individual contribu-
makrishnan; US citizen of Indian tions to the establishment of human
origin rights.
2014: Peace – Kailash Sathyarthi UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize
• Instituted by UNESCO (1995) for the
Pulitzer Prize promotion of tolerance and non-vio-
• Instituted in 1917 and named after US lence on the occasion of the UN Year
publisher Joseph Pulitzer. of Tolerance and the 125th bir th An-
• It is conferred annually in the United niversary of Mahatma Gandhi funded
by a donation from Madanjeet Singh.
States for the accomplishments in
journalism, literature and music.
FATHER OF VARIOUS FIELDS
Field Father Field Father
Atom Bomb Dr. Robert Oppenheime Computer Charles Babbage
Aviation Sir George Cayley Biology Aristotle
Chemistry Robert Boyle Microbiology Louis pasteur and
Robert koch
Comedy Aristophanes Political Science Aristotle
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Economics Adam Smith Modern Philosphy Rene Descartes
English Poetry Geoffrey Chaucer Psychology Wilhelmam Wun-
dt
Greek Tragedy Aeschylus Modern Observational Galileo Galilei
Astronomy
Immunology Edward Jenner Modern Physics Science Galileo Galilei
Modern Chem- Antoini Lavoisier Modern Science Galileo Galilei
istry
Nuclear Physics Ernest Rutherford Nano technology Richard Smalley
Sanskrit Gram- Panini Indian Nuclear Science Homi Jehangir
mar Bhabha
Geography Eratosthenes Anatomy Andreas Vesalius
Sociology Auguste Comte Geometry Euclid
Mathematics Archimedes Internet Vinton Cerf
SOBRIQUETS Sobriquets Person Primary Names
Sobriquets Person Primary Names Little Richard Rev. Richard Wayne
Angel of Death Josef Mengele Penniman.
Madge Madonna
Bard of Avon William
Shakespeare Madiba Nelson Mandela
Bard of Alexander Pope Maid of Orleans Joan of Arc
Twickenham Man of Blood and Otto Von Bismark
Bloody Mary Mary I of England Iron
Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Man of Destiny Napolean Bonaparte
Charlie Stuart Old Blood and George S. Patton
Desert Fox Erwin Rommel Guts
Diamond Dave David Lee Roth, Old Hickory Andrew Jackson,
Singer 7th President of the
Digger Australian soldier United States
Dr. Death Jack Kevorkian Old Kinderhook Martin Van Buren,
(OK) 8th President of the
Dubya George W. Bush United States
Father of his George Washington Old Nick Santa
country
Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler Jinnah
Genghis Khan Temüjin Saint Jimmy Billie Joe Armstrong
Grand Old Man of Willian Ewart
Satchmo Louis Armstrong
Britain Glandstone
Honest Abe Abraham Lincoln Slick Willy U.S. President Bill
Iron Duke Duke of Wellington Clinton
Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher
King James LeBron James, The Bard William
Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale Shakespeare
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Sobriquets Person Primary Names The first President of George
the U.S.A Washington
The Bird Mark Fidrych,
Baseball pitcher The first Prime Robert
Minister of Britain Walpole
The Cincinnatus George Washington
The first Secretary Trygve Lie
of the Americans
General of the United
The Duke John Wayne Nations
The Godfather of James Brown The first country to U.S.A
Soul prepare a constitution
The Greatest Muhammad Ali, The first Governor Mohd. Ali
Boxer General of Pakistan Jinnah
The King (of golf) Arnold Palmer The first country to Belgrade
host NAM summit (Yugoslavia)
The King of Pop Michael Jackson The first European to Alexander, The
The Material Girl Madonna attack India Great
The Red Baron Manfred von The first European to Marco Polo
Richthofen, World War reach China
I, German flying ace The first person to fly Wright
The Rock David Bowie aeroplane Brothers
Chemeleon The first person to sail Magellan
round the world
The Tiger of Georges Clemenceau
France The first country to U.S.A
send man to the moon
Tricky Dick Richard Nixon, 37th
President of the The first country Russia
United States to launch Artificial
satellite in the space
Uncle Sam The U.S.A. or
The first country Greece
sometimes the
to host the modern
government
Olympics
Wizard of the Walter Scott The first city on which Hiroshima
North the atom bomb was (Japan)
dropped
FIRST IN THE WORLD
The first person to land Neil Armstrong
The first person to Sherpa on the moon followed by
reach Mount Everest Tenzing, Edwin E. Aldrin
Edmund
Hillary The first shuttle to go Columbia
The first person to Robert Peary in space
reach North Pole The first spacecraft to Viking-I
The first person to Amundsen reach on Mars
reach South Pole The first woman Prime Margaret
The first religion of the Hinduism Minister of England Thatcher
world The first Muslim Prime Benazir Bhutto
The first country to China Minister of a country (Pakistan)
print book The first woman Prime Mrs. S.
The first country to China Minister of a country Bandamaike
issue paper currency
(Sri Lanka)
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The first woman to Mrs. Junko Longest Desert Sahara, Africa (84,
climb Mount Everest Tabei (Japan) (World) 00,000 sq. km.)
The first woman Velentina Biggest Dome Gol Gumbaz
cosmonaut of the world Tereshkova (Bijapur), (Old archi)
(Russia) 144 ft. diameter.
The first woman Vijaya Lakshmi Longest Epic The Mahabharata
President of the U.N. Pandit Largest Island Greenland (renamed
General Assembly Kalaallit Nunaat)
The first man to fly into Yuri Gagarin Largest Lake Lake Mead (Bouler)
space (Russia) (Artificial)
The first batsman to Mohd. Deepest Lake Baikal (Siberia);
score three test century Azharuddin average depth2300 ft.
in three successive tests
Highest Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) 12645
on debut
ft. above sea level.
The first U.S. President to Richard Nixon
Largest Lake Lake Superior, U.S.A
resign Presidency
(Fresh Water)
SUPERLATIVES Largest Lake Caspian Sea 3, 71,000
(Salt Water) sq. km.)
Tallest Animal Giraffe
on (land) Largest Mosque Masjid-al-Haram
(Mecca-Saudi Arabia)
Fastest Bird Swift
Surrounds the Kaaba.
Largest Bird Ostrich
Highest Himalayas – Mt.
Smallest Bird Humming Bird Mountain peak Everest
Longest Bridge Lower Zambeji (Africa) (World)
(Railway) Longest Andes (S.America)
Tallest Building Burj khalifa, Dubai Mountain Range 5,500 miles in length
(U.A.E) Tallest Minaret Qutub Minar, Delhi
Longest Big Ship Seuz Canal (Free Standing) 238 ft.
Canal (Linking red sea & Tallest Minaret Great Hassan Mosque,
Mediterranean) Casablanca, Morocco
Busiest Canal Baltic White Sea Canal Deepest & The Pacific
(Ship) (152 miles) Biggest Ocean
Largest Asia Largest Palace Imperial Palace
Continent (Gugong), Beijing
Smallest Australia (China)
Continent Coldest Place or Verkhoyansk
Largest Coral The Great Barrier Region (Syberia),
Formation Reef (Australia) Temperature – 85° C
Largest Dam Grand Coulee- Driest Place Death Valley
Concrete Dam (U.S.A) (California); rainfall 1
Longest Day June 21 (in Northern ½ inch.
Hemisphere) Hottest Place Al-Aziziyah (Libya,
Shortest Day Dec. 22(in Northern (World) Africa) 136°F or
Hemisphere) 57.8°C
Largest Delta Sundarbans, India Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet)
(8000 sq. miles)
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Longest Kharagpur W.B, India Longest English Channel
Platform (833m) Swimming Course
(Railway) Tallest Tower C.N Tower Toronto
Largest Platform Grand Central (Canada)
(Railway) terminal, New York Longest Train Flying Scoutsman
(U.S.A) nonstop
Largest Port Port of New York & Longest Tunnel Seikan Rail Tunnel
(Railway) (Japan), (53.85 km.)
New Jersey (U.S.A)
Longest & Le Rove Tunnel
Busiest Port Rotterdam (the Largest Canal (South of France)
Netherlands) Tunnel
Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Longest Tunnel Laerdal, Norway
Railway (6,000 miles (Road)
Long) Highest Volcano Ojos Del Salado,
Longest River Nile (6690 km), Andes Argentine-Chile
Amazon (6570 km.) (6,885 m.)
Longest River Hirakund Dam Largest Volcano Mauna Lao (Hawaii)
Dam (Orissa), India 15.8 Longest Wall Great Wall of China
miles. (1500 miles)
Largest sea-bird Albatross Highest Salto Angel Falls
Largest Sea Mediterranean Waterfall (Venezuela)
(inland) Longest Strait Tartar Strait (Sakhalin
Tallest statue Statue of Liberty, New Island & the Russian
York (U.S.A), 150 ft. mainland)
high.
The National Emblems of Different Countries
Country Emblem Country Emblem
Australia Kangaroo Bangladesh Water Lily
Barbados Head of a Trident Belgium Lion
Canada White Lily Chile Candor & Huemul
Denmark Beach Dominica Sisserou Parrot
France Lily Germany Corn Flower
Guyana Canje Pheasant Hong Kong Bauhinia (Orchid Tree)
India Lioned Capital Iran Rose
Ireland Shamrock Israel Candelabrum
Italy White Lily Ivory Coast Elephant
Japan Chrysanthemum Lebanon Cedar Tree
Luxembourg Lion with Crown Mongolia The Soyombo
Netherlands Lion New Zealand Southern Cross, Kiwi, Fern
Norway Lion Pakistan Crescent
Papua New Guinea Bird of paradise Spain Eagle
Sierra Leone Lion
Sri Lanka Lion Sudan Secretary Bird
Syria Eagle Turkey Crescent & Star
U.K. Rose
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LIST OF PARLIAMENT OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Country Parliament Name Country Parliament Name
India Sansad/Parliament Maldeep Majlis
Pakistan National Assembly Span Cortes
Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad Nepal Rastriya Panchayat
China National Peoples Congress Russia Duma
Bhutan Tsondu France National Assembly
Srilanka Parliament of Sri Lanka Iran Majlis
Afganistan Shora Malasiya Diwan Nigara
England Parliament Switzerland Fedral Assembly
Canada Parliament Turkey Grand National Assembly
Australia Parliament
USA Congress
Germany Wondstag
Taiwan Yuan
Japan Diet
Israil Neset
SEVEN WONDERS OF ANCIENT WORLD
Wonder Date of Builder Date of Cause of Modern
construction destruction destruction location
Great 2584-2561 BC Egyptians Still in Still in Giza
Pyramid of existence existence Necropolis,
Giza Egypt
Hanging Around 600 Chaldeans After 1st Earthquakes Al Hillah, Babil
Gardens of BC (evident) century BC Province, Iraq,
Babylon or Kouyunjik,
Nineveh
Province
Temple of c 550 BC Lydians, 356 BC (by Arson by near Selcuk,
Artemis at Greeks Herostratus) Herostratus, Izmir
Ephesus AD 262 (by Plundering Province,
the Goths) Turkey
Statue of Zeus 466-456 BC Greeks 5th-6th Fire Olympia,
at Olympia (Temple) centuries AD Greece
435 BC
(Statue)
Mausoleum of 351 BC Carians, by AD 1494 The original Bodrum,
Halicamassus Greeks structure was Turkey
destroyed by
flood
Colossus of 292-280 BC Greeks 226 BC Earthquake Rhodes,
Rhodes Greece
Lighthouse of c 280 BC Plolomaic AD 1303- Earthquake Alexandria,
Alexandria Egypt, 1480 Egypt
Greeks
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NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Wonder Date of construction Location
Great Wall of China Since 7th century BC China
Petra 100 BC Jordan
Christ the Redeemer Opened October 12, 1931 Brazil
Machu Picchu AD 1450 Peru
Chichen Itza AD 600 Mexico
Colosseum Completed AD 80 Italy
Taj Mahal Completed AD 1648 India
United Nations •• The Republic of France;
Quick Facts •• The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland;
•• Membership: 193 Member States
•• The Russian Federation; and
•• Established: 24 October 1945
•• The United States of America.
•• Official languages: Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Russian, Spanish. The UN Flag and the Emblem
•• United Nations Day, 24 October The UN General Assembly adopted the
•• Based on five principal organs UN flag on 20 Oct. 1947. The white UN
(formerly six–the Trusteeship emblem is super-imposed on a light blue
Council suspended operations in back ground.
1994, upon the independence of
Aims and Objectives
Palau, the last remaining UN trustee
territory); the General Assembly, The Main objectives of the UN are :
the Security Council, the Economic (1) To maintain peace and security in the
and Social Council (ECOSOC), the world.
Secre-tariat, and the International (2) To work together to remove poverty,
Court of Justice. disease and illiteracy and encourage
•• General Assembly: 193 Member States respect for each other’s rights of basic
•• Security Council: 5 permanent freedom.
members and 10 non-permanent (3) To develop friendly relations among
The Permanent Members of the nations.
Security Council (4) To be a centre to help nations achieve
these common goals.
•• The Peoples’ Republic of China;
SECRETARY GENERALS OF UNO AND THEIR TENURE
Name Country Tenure
Trigve Lie Norway 1946-1952
Dag Hammarskjoeld Sweden 1953-1961
U-Thant Myanmar (Burma) 1961-1971
Kurt –Waldheim Austria 1972-1982
Javier Perez de Cuellar Peru 1982-1991
Boutros Boutros Ghali Egypt 1992-1996
Kofi Annan Ghana 1997-2006
Ban-Ki-moon S. Korea 2007- 2 Jan, 2017
Antonio Guterres Portugal 3 January, 2017 - till date
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WORLD ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manila (Philippines)
ASEAN (Association of South –East Asian Nations) Jakarta (Indonesia)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Brussels (Belgium)
African Union (AU) Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia)
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Corporation) Kathmandu (Nepal)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi (Kenya)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna (Austria)
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Vienna (Austria)
(UNIDO)
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Geneva, Switzerland
Development)
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) Gland (Switzerland)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Lausanne
OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Vienna
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Paris
Development)
Commonwealth of Nations London
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) Nairobi
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund New York
(UNICEF)
United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) New York
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New York
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Geneva
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Geneva
(UNRISD)
World Food Programme (WFP) Rome (Italy)
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Montreal (Canada)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington
Universal Postal Union (UPU) Berne (Switzerland)
World Health Organisation (WHO) Geneva