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LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND SANCTUARIES

States National park Remarks -

Sri Venkateswara National Park - Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary -

Namdapha National Park - Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur Golden Langur, , UNESCO World Heritage Site - - -

Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary -

Kanger Valley National Park - Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park - Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary Mollem National Park -

Salim Sanctuary Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion

Blackbuck National Park Black Buck Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch - - Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary

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Haryana -

Sultanpur National Park - -

Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Inderkilla National Park - Khirganga National Park - - & Kashmir Kashmir stag

Hemis National Park - National Park - National Park - Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison Dandeli National Park - ( National Park) - - Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear National Park - Anshi national park - Pambadum Shola National Park -

Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ) Mathikettan Shola National Park - Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in ) Shola National Park - National Park - Bandhavgarh National Park -

Pench National Park - Kanha National Park - - Mandla Plant Fossils National Park - - - Satpura National Park -

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Van Vihar national park - Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -

Chandoli National Park - - Tadoba National Park - - Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the Keibul Lamjao National Park world

Sirohi National Park - Red Panda

Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve -

Phawngpui Blue National Park -

Dampa Reserve Ntangki National Park -

Odisha Similipal National Park -

Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sariska National Park -

Ranthambore National Park - Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park - Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer -

Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr (Annamalai) National Park - - Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Kasu Brahmananda National Park - Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park -

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Mrugavani National Park -

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Bison(Rajbari) National Park -

Clouded National Park - -

Jim Corbett National Park - - Valley of Flowers National Park - Govind Pashu Vihar - UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Leopard (Himalayan region) -

West Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Indian rhinoceros

Buxa National Park - Neora Valley NationalPark - - - Andaman and Mahatama Gandhi Marine Nicobar () National Park - Middle Button Island National Park - Mount Harriett National Park - North Button Island National Park - Rani Jhansi Marine National Park - Saddle Peak National Park - South Button Island National Park - Campbell Bay National Park - Galathea Bay National Park -

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List of World Heritage Sites in

Cultural Heritage sites in India

1 Fort Uttar Pradesh

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3 Maharashtra

4 Uttar Pradesh

5 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu

6 Sun Temple, Konârak Orissa

7 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa

8 Uttar Pradesh

9 Group of Monuments at Karnataka

10 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh

11 Maharashtra

12 Great Living Chola Temples 12 Tamil Nadu

13 Group of Monuments at Karnataka

14 Buddhist Monuments at Madhya Pradesh

15 Humayun's Tomb

16 and its Monuments Delhi

Mountain Railways of India (Includes Himachal 17 Himalayan Railway, the and Pradesh, Sikkim, the - Railway) Tamilnadu

18 Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar

19 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh

20 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria 21 Terminus)

22 Complex Delhi

23 The Jantar Mantar , Rajasthan

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, , 24 , , Amber Fort and Rajasthan )

25 Rani-ki-Vav at Patan Gujarat

Archaeological Site of Mahavihara (Nalanda 26 Bihar University)

Capitol Building Complex - The Architectural Work of Le 27 Corbusier

28 Historic City of Ahmadabad Gujarat

Mumbai, 29 Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles Maharashtra

Natural Heritage sites in India

1 Kaziranga National Park Assam

2 Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan

3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam

4 National Park

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National 5 Uttarakhand Parks

Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu 6 Western Ghats and Maharashtra

Great Himalayan National Park 7 Himachal Pradesh Conservation Area

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Mixed Heritage site in India-

1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim

List of Bird Sanctuaries in India

Name of the State Name of the Bird Sanctuary

Atapaka Bird Sanctuary Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh Pulicat Bird Sanctuary Sri Peninsula Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary

Bordoibam Beelmukh ’ Sanctuary Assam Deepor beel bird sanctuary Panidihing bird sanctuary

Nagi Bird Sanctuary Bihar Nakti Dam Bird SanctuaryBhimband Wildlife Sanctuary

Delhi bird sanctuary

Goa Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary Kutch Bustard Sanctuary Gujarat Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary Thol Lake

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary

Himachal Pradesh Gamgul

Attiveri Bird Sanctuary Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary Bonal Bird Sanctuary Karnataka Bird Sanctuary Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Bird Sanctuary Kerala Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary Kerala

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Pakshipathalam Bird Sanctuary

Mayani Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

Mizoram Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary

Odisha

Punjab Harike bird sanctuary

Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan Khichan Bird Sanctuary Tal Sanctuary

Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary Tamil Nadu Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Vellode Birds Sanctuary Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary

Bakhira Sanctuary Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh Bird Sanctuary Saman Sanctuary Samaspur Sanctuary Sandi Bird SanctuaryThasrana Bird Sanctuary

Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary West Bengal Wildlife Sanctuary

List of Famous Temples in India

No. Famous Temple Location Nearest River/Lake

1. Badrinath Temple Badrinath, Uttarakhand Alaknanda River

2. Kedarnath Temple Kedarnath, Uttarakhand Mandakini River

3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple , Uttar Pradesh Ganga River

4. Golden Temple , Ravi River

5. , Jammu & Kashmir River

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6. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir Devika River

7. Akshardham Temple River

8. Konark, Odisha Chandrabhaga River

9. Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River

10. Lingaraj Temple Bhubaneshwar, Odisha -

11. Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat -

12. Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Chilika Lake

13. Kamakhya Temple , Assam Brahmaputra River

14. Shingnapur Temple Ahmednagar, Maharashtra -

15. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra -

16. Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan Banas River

17. Khajuraho Temples Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh -

Tirupati Balaji Temple 18. Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh Pushkarini River (Tirumala Venkateshwara)

Virupaksha Temple 19. Hampi, Karnataka (Pampapathi temple)

Siddhivinayak Temple- 20. (Dedicated to Lord Mumbai, Maharashtra Bhima River )

21. Meenakshi Temple , Tamil Nadu Vaigai River

22. Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River

23. Ramanathaswamy Temple Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu Rameswaram

24. Airavateswara Temple Darasuram, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River

25. Sanchi , Madhya Pradesh -

26. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Yamunotri River

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27. Bahai Temple New Delhi -

Padmanabhaswamy 28. , Kerala - Temple

29. Dakshineswar Kali Temple , West Bengal Hooghly River

Kandariya Mahadeva 30. Madhya Pradesh - Temple

Gomateshwara Bahubali 31. Hassan district, Karnataka - Temple

32. Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu -

33. Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala

34. Mahakaleshwar Temple Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra River

35. Dwarkadhish temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gomti River

IMPORTANT WITH RIVERS Some Facts about dams- • Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Longest dam in India- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Highest dam in India- (Uttarakhand) • Highest straight gravity Dam in India- • First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)

LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA

State Dam River

Andhra Pradesh Srisailam Dam Polavaram Project Godavari Somasila Dam Penna

Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam River Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi

Kohira Dam Kohira Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Chhattisgarh Dam Hasdeo

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Dudhawa Dam Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti

Kadana Dam Mahi Narmada Karjan Dam Karjan Mitti Dam Mitti Aji Dam Aji Sipu Dam Sipu Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas

Bhakra Dam Satluj Kol Dam Satluj Chamera Dam Ravi Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab

Salal Dam Chenab Uri Dam Jhelum Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar

Maithon Dam Barakar Tenughat Dam Damodar Konar Dam Konar North Koel North Koel Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery

Basava Sagar Dam (Narayanpur Dam) Krishna Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy Kabini Dam Kabini Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha Almatti Dam Krishna Bhadra Dam Bhadra

Supa dam Kalinadi Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole

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Kerala Dam Cheruthoni

Kakki Dam Kakki Periyar Periyar Kilivillithode Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son

Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal Indira Sagar Dam Narmada

Omkareshwar Dam Narmada Tawa Dam Tawa Maharashtra Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna

Koyna Dam Koyna Warna Dam Varna Ujjani Dam Bhima Aruna Dam Aruna Upper Wardha Dam Wardha Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi

Indravati Dam Indravati Kapur Dam Kapur Podagada Dam Podagada Rengali Dam Brahmani Upper Kolab Dam Kapur Haladia Dam Haladia Lower Indra Dam Indra Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi

Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas

Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam Mahi Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi) Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit

Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani

Mettur Dam Kaveri

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Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar

Pillur Dam Bhavani

Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira

Musi Dam Musi

Singur Dam Manjira

Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu Project) Godavari Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola

Lakhwar Dam Yamuna

Koteshwar Bhagirathi

Ramganga Dam

Tehri Dam Bhagirathi

Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand

West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai

LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian 5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award award of the India. The award was given for annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in outstanding achievements in the arts, recognition of the literary work published literature, science and public services but the in past 10 years. government expanded the criteria to include 6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari "any field of human endeavour". The number Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of Birla Foundation. The award is named after the three in a particular year. famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an 2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely outstanding work published in Hindi or regarded as the most prestigious award Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. available in the fields of literature, medicine, 7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. annual literary award in India presented by the 3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla which emphasizes Indian philosophy and Foundation. It is an annual award given for culture. outstanding prose or poetry literary works in 8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual any 22 Indian . award for the best original novel, written in the 4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was English , and published in the UK instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by literary award the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the 9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the (Cinema/Films): It is India's highest award newspaper . It is an annual in cinema. It is presented annually at the award given for outstanding prose or poetry National Film Awards ceremony by the literary works in any 22 Indian languages. Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation

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set up by the Ministry of Information and notable and outstanding research, applied or Broadcasting. fundamental, in biology, chemistry, 10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding environmental science, engineering, performance from the sportspersons in sports mathematics, medicine and Physics. and games. 15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given The Government has modified the format of by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting Arjuna Award very recently and as per the scientific ideas to lay people. revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson 16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award must have very good consistent performances for achievements in newspaper and online for the previous 3 years at the international journalism, literature, and musical composition level to be considered as eligible for the Award. in the United States. 11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of 17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an any particular sport): The award is named international prize awarded annually by the after the very famous archery coach, Government of Norway to one or more mentioned in the epic of India known as the outstanding mathematicians. Mahabharata. This very award is not related 18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by with the sportspersons who are still playing in the National Academy of Recording Arts and the field; instead this is related to those Sciences of the United States to recognize eminent coaches of any particular sport. outstanding achievement in the music industry. 12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award 19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal that is given to the veteran sportspersons of Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a India for their lifetime achievement in their British prize for excellence in architecture. respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan 20. Aga Award (Architecture): It is an Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in architectural prize established by IV Sports and Games. in 1977. It aims to identify and reward 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the architectural concepts that successfully highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson address the needs and aspirations of Islamic for his/her achievements in India. societies in the fields of contemporary design, 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for social housing, community development and Science & Technology): It is a science award improvement. in India given annually by the Council of 21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for annually "to honour a living architect.

NUCLEAR & THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA

Andhra Pradesh Haryana • Simhadri Super Thermal power plant • Deenbandu Chhotu Thermal power plant • Sri Damodaram Sanjeeviah Thermal power plant • Rajiv Gandhi Thermal power plant Assam • Gorakhpur Atomic Power plant • Bongaigon Thermal power plant Himachal Pradesh Bihar • Girinagar Hydel Project • Barauni Thermal Power Station • Binwa Hydel Project • Kahalgon super thermal power plant • Shong tong Hydel Project • Barh super thermal power station Jammu & Kashmir Chhattisgarh • Salal Hydro Electric Power plant • Korba Super Thermal power plant Jharkhand • Sipat Thermal power plant • Patratu Thermal power plant • Expansion Power plant • Bokaro Thermal power station • Hasedo Thermal Power plant • Chandrapura Thermal power station Gujarat • Koderama Thermal power station • Mundra Thermal power plant Karnataka • Ukai Thermal power plant • Thermal power plant • Sikka Thermal Power plant • Bellary Thermal power plant • Karkapar Nuclear Power plant • Raichur Thermal Power plant • Akirmota Thermal power station • Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant

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Odisha Kerala • Talcher super Thermal power plant • Kayamkulam power station • Hirakund Hydro Electric Power plant • Brahmapuram power station Punjab • Idukki Hydro Electric Power plant • Gurgobind Singh Super Thermal power plant Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan • Vindhyachal Super Thermal power plant • Chabbra Thermal power plant • Sant Singaji Thermal power plant • Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant • Satpura Thermal Power Plant Sikkim • Amarkantak Thermal Power station • Rangit Hydro Electric Power Project • Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project • Teesta Hydro Electric Power plant • Essar Mahan Power Plant Tamil nadu Manipur • Mettur Thermal power plant • Loktak Hydro Electric Power plant • Neyveli Thermal power plant Maharashtra • Tuticorin Thermal Power plant • Tirora Thermal power plant • Kundankulam Nuclear power plant • Chandrapura super Thermal power plant Uttar Pradesh • Khaperkhada Thermal Power station • Narora Nuclear Power Plant • Tarapur Atomic Power Station • Obra Thermal Power Station • Jaitapur Nuclear Power project • Anapara Thermal Power Station Nagaland • Rosa Thermal Power Plant • Dikhu Hydro Electric power plant

LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES

Airport City State Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Telangana Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi Sardar International Airport Gujarat Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Maharashtra Chaudhary Airport Uttar Pradesh Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal Agatti Airport - (UT) Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Bihar Airport Chhattisgarh Dabolim Airport Goa Raja Bhoj Airport Madhya Pradesh Airport Dimapur Nagaland

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Maharana Pratap Airport Udaipur Rajasthan Andaman and Veer Savarkar International Airport Nicobar Jolly Grant Airport Or Airport renamed after former PM Dehradun Uttarakhand

LIST OF STATE, FOLK DANCE, AND CLASSICAL DANCE

State Folk Dance Classical Dance Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi Assam Bihu Sattriya Bihar Jat-Jatin Gujarat Garba Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal Kerala Padayani, Chakyar Koothu Kathakali, Mohiniyattam Karnataka Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Gaur, Grida, Maanch Manipur Manipuri Odisha Chhau, Goti Pua, Ghumra Odissi Punjab , Rajasthan Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Tera Tali Tamil Nadu Karagam, Kolattam, Thappattam, Bharatanatyam Bommalattam Uttar Pradesh Rasleela Kathak West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, Domni, Chow Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham Goa Fugdi Himachal Pradesh Nati Haryana Dhamal Dance, Manjira Dance Mizoram Cheraw dance

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUMS AND PLACE

International Cricket Stadiums Place Feroz Kotla Ground Delhi Mumbai, Maharashtra , Uttar Pradesh Mumbai, Maharashtra Barabati Stadium , Odisha Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium , Himachal Pradesh M Chinnaswamy Stadium , Karnataka M.A. Chidambaram Stadium , Tamil Nadu Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Punjab Cricket Association Stadium , Chandigarh JSCA International Cricket Stadium , Jharkhand Holkar Cricket Stadium , Madhya Pradesh Moti Bagh Stadium , Gujarat Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Stadium Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun, Uttarakhand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra Guwahati, Assam

LIST OF SPORTS AND TROPHIES/CUPS

Sports Trophies/ Cups Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani Cricket Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, , Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, , Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Hockey Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Football Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, , Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Champions League Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Badminton Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women) Table Tennis Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters Derby Rowing Wellington trophy

LIST OF SPORTS AND TERMINOLOGY

Sports Terminology Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault. Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out. Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off. Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch. Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks. Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check. Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, follow on, Googly, Gulley, Silly Point, , Run, Drive, no ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling.

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Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green. Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, under cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried. Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest. Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive. Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes. Swimming Stroke.

LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS & CONSTITUENCY

Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio Minister Name Constituency

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Department of Atomic Energy, Space

Ministry of Home Affairs Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Ministry of External Affairs Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

Ministry of Commerce and Industry Andhra Pradesh,

Ministry of Railways & Coal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha

Ministry of Finance, Corporate Arun Jaitely Uttar Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Affairs

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Nitin Jairam Nagpur, Maharashtra Resources, River Development and Gadkari Ganga Rejuvenation

Ministry of Statistics and D.V. Sadananda Bangalore North, Karnataka Programme Implementation Gowda

Ministry of Drinking Water & Uma Bharati Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh Sanitation

Ministry of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Dr. Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk, Delhi Forest and Climate Change

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food Ramvilas Paswan Hajipur, Bihar and Public Distribution

Ministry of Women and Child Maneka Sanjay Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh Development Gandhi

Ministry of Chemicals and D.V. Sadananda Bangalore North, Karnataka Fertilizers Gowda

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Bihar, Rajya Sabha Prasad Justice

Ministry of Health and Family Jagat Prakash Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Welfare Nadda

Chaudhary Birender Ministry of Steel Haryana, Rajya Sabha Singh

Ministry of Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Anant Geete Raigad, Maharashtra Public Enterprises

Ministry of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur , Punjab Industries Badal

Ministry of , Narendra Singh , Madhya Pradesh Panchayati Raj, Mines Tomar

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Sundargarh, Odisha

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Radha Mohan Singh Purvi Champaran, Bihar Welfare

Ministry of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani Gujarat, Rajya Sabha

Ministry of Information and Rajyavardhan Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan Broadcasting Rathore

Ministry of Social Justice and Thaawar Chand Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Empowerment Gehlot

Ministry of Human Resource Prakash Javadekar Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha Development

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Dharmendra Gas, Skill Development and Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Pradhan

Ministry of Defence Karnataka, Rajya Sabha

Mukhtar Abbas Ministry of Minority Affairs Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha Naqvi

Narendra Singh Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Tomar

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LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio Minister Name

Ministry of Planning Inderjit Singh Rao

Santosh Ministry of Labour and Employment Gangwar

Department of AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in Dr. Jitendra Singh the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space

Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh

Ministry of Communications

Rajyavardhan Singh Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Rathore

Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Alphons Ministry of Tourism Kannanthanam

LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE

Ministers of State (Important)

Portfolio Minister Name

Ministry of External Affairs V.K. Singh

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel

Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Arjun Ram Rejuvenation Meghwal

Ministry of Civil Aviation

Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S.S. Ahluwalia

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LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

January 4th January World Braille Day 9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day) 10th January World Hindi Day World Laughter Day 12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) 15th January Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day 25th January National Voters Day National Tourism Day 26th January India’s Republic Day International Customs day 29th January National Immunization Day February 1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day 2nd Feb World Day 4th Feb World Cancer Day 10th Feb National Deworming Day 13th Feb World Radio Day 21st Feb International Mother Language Day 28th Feb National Science Day March 1st March Zero Discrimination Day 3rd March World Wildlife Day National Defence Day 8th March International Women’s Day 14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”) 15th March World Consumer Rights Day 20th March World Sparrow Day International Day of Happiness 21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz 21st March International Day of Forests World Down Syndrome Day 22nd March World Water Day 23rd March World Meteorological Day 24th March World Tuberculosis Day International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic 25th March Slave Trade

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27th March World Theatre Day 28th March Earth Hour April 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day International Children’s Book Day 5th April National Maritime Day 6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 7th April World Health Day 18th April World Heritage Day 21st April National Civil Services Day 22nd March World Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day 24th April National Panchayati Day Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India 25th April World Malaria Day 26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) 29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 30th April International Jazz Day Anti-Child Labour Day May 1st May International Labour Day May Day Maharashtra Day 3rd May World Press Freedom Day International Sun Day International Energy Day World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second 08th May World War 08th May World Thalassaemia Day 10th May International Migratory Bird Day 11 th May National technology day 12th May International Nurses Day 17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia 20th May World Meteorology Day 21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development 22th May International Day for Biological Diversity 24th May Commonwealth Day 31th May World Anti Tobacco Day

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June

01 Jun World Milk Day 05 Jun World Environment Day 08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day 12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor 14 Jun World Blood Donor Day 3rd Sunday of June World Father’s Day 20 Jun World Refugee Day 21 Jun World Music Day International Yoga Day International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows 23 Jun Day International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in 26 Jun support of Victims of torture July 01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day 07 Jul World Chocolate Day 11 Jul World Population Day 12 Jul International Malala Day 18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day 26 Jul Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day 28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day 29 Jul International Tiger Day August 06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day 09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day 12 Aug International Youth Day 14 Aug ’s Independence Day 15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day 19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain 20 Aug Akshay Urja Diwas

23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday September 05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day 08 Sep World Literacy Day 14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day 15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day 16 Sep World Ozone Day

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World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World 21 Sep Alzheimer’s Day 27 Sep World Tourism Day 28 Sep World Rabies Day October 1st Monday of October World Habitat Day 01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly 02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence 03 Oct World Nature Day 04 Oct World Animal Day 05 Oct World Teacher’s Day 06 Oct World Wildlife Day 08 Oct Indian Air Force Day 09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day 10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day 11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child 13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 16 Oct World Food Day 17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication 20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day 24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day 28 Oct International Animation Day November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and 06 Nov Armed Conflict 10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day 11 Nov National Education Day 12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day 14 Nov Children’s Day (India), World Diabetes Day International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy 17 Nov day 19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day 20 Nov Universal Children’s Day 26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day 30 Nov National Flag Day December 01 Dec World AIDS Day 02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day 04 Dec Indian Navy Day 07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day

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09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day 10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting 11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day 14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India) 16 Dec Vijay Diwas 18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day 23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas 25 Dec Good Governance day

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES

Country Name Capital Currency President Prime Minister Mohammad - 1. Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Ashraf Ghani 2. Algeria Algiers Dinar 3. Angola Luanda New Kwanza - - 4. Argentina Buenos Aires Peso - - 5. Armenia Yerevan Dram - - - Scott 6. Canberra Australian dollar Morrison Euro (formerly - - 7. Austria Vienna schilling) 8. Azerbaijan Baku Manat - - - Khalifa bin 9. Manama Bahrain dinar Salman Al Khalifa 10. Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Belorussian - - 11. Belarus Minsk Ruble Euro (formerly - - 12. Belgium Brussels Belgian franc) King- Jigme Lotay Tshering 13. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck La Paz - - 14. Bolivia (administrative); Boliviano Sucre (judicial) 15. Botswana Gaborone Pula - - 16. Brazil Brasilia Real Jair Bolsonaro - Bandar Seri - - 17. Brunei Brunei dollar Begawan 18. Bulgaria Sofia Lev - - Pierre - 19. Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Nkurunziza 20. Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - - 21. Canadian dollar -

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22. Central African - - Bangui CFA Franc Republic 23. Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc - - 24. Chile Santiago Chilean Peso - - 25. Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang 26. Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Ivan Duque - 27. Cuba Havana Cuban Peso - - Nicos 28. Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Anastasiades 29. Czech Republic Prague Koruna - - 30. Denmark Copenhagen Krone - - Ismail Omar Abdoulkader 31. Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Guelleh Kamil Mohamed 32. Dominican - - Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Republic 33. Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar - - 34. Egypt Egyptian pound - - Colón; U.S. - - 35. El Salvador San Salvador dollar 36. Eritrea Asmara Nakfa - - 37. Estonia Tallinn Kroon - - Sahle-Work Abiy 38. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Zewde Ahmed - Voreqe 39. Fiji Suva Fiji dollar Bainimarama Euro (formerly - - 40. Finland Helsinki markka) Euro (formerly Emmanuel - 41. Paris French franc) Macron 42. The Gambia Banjul Dalasi - - 43. Georgia Tbilisi Lari - - Frank-Walter Chancelor - 44. Germany Berlin Euro Steinmeier Angela Merkel 45. Greece Athens Euro - - 46. Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Alpha Condé Mamady Youla 47. Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar - - 48. Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde - - 49. Hungary Budapest Forint - - Ram Nath Narendra Modi 50. India New Delhi Rupee Kovind 51. Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo 52. Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani - 53. Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Barham Salih Adil Abdul- 54. Ireland Dublin Euro - - Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi" 55. Israel Jerusalem Shekel Netanyahu 56. Rome Euro Sergio Mattarella Giuseppe Conte 57. Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - - 58. Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe 59. Amman Jordanian dinar - Omar al-Razzaz 60. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge - - 61. Kenya shilling - -

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King-Kim Jong- - 62. Korea, North Pyongyang Won un 63. Korea, South Seoul Won Moon Jae-in Lee Nak-yeon 64. Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar - - 65. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som - - 66. Laos Vientiane New Kip - - 67. Latvia Riga Lats - - 68. Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound - - 69. Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar - - 70. Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar - - 71. Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc - - 72. Lithuania Vilnius Litas - - 73. Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro - - 74. Macedonia Skopje Denar - - 75. Antananarivo Malagasy franc - - 76. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit - - Ibrahim Mohamed 77. Maldives Male Rufiya - Solih Ibrahim Boubacar - 78. Bamako CFA Franc Keita 79. Nouakchott Ouguiya - - 80. Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - Pravind Jugnauth Enrique Peña 81. Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Nieto 82. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik - - 83. Montenegro Podgorica Euro - - 84. Rabat Dirham - - 85. Mozambique Maputo Metical - - Naypyidaw or Win Myint 86. Myanmar Kyat Nay Pyi Taw Bidhya Devi Khadga Prasad 87. Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bhandari Oli Amsterdam; The - - 88. Netherlands Hague (seat of Euro government) - Jacinda Ardern 89. New Zealand Wellington dollar 90. Nigeria Abuja Naira - - Norwegian - Erna Solberg 91. Norway Oslo krone 92. Oman Muscat Omani rial - - Arif Alvi Imran Khan 93. Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee

balboa; U.S. - - 94. Panama Panama City dollar 95. Papua New - - Port Moresby Kina Guinea Nuevo sol - - 96. Peru Lima (1991) 97. Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte - 98. Poland Warsaw Zloty - - Euro (formerly - - 99. escudo)

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100. Qatar Doha Qatari riyal - - 101. Romania Bucharest Leu - - Vladimir Putin Dmitry 102. Russia Moscow Ruble Medvedev King-Salman bin - 103. Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Abdulaziz Al Saud Seychelles - - 104. Seychelles Victoria rupee 105. Sierra Leone Freetown Leone - - 106. Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Halimah Yacob Lee Hsien Loong 107. Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling - - Pretoria Cyril - (administrative); Ramaphosa Cape Town 108. South Africa Rand (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) 109. South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound - - 110. Madrid Euro - - Maithripala Ranil 111. Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Sirisena Wickremesinghe - Moutaz Mousa 112. Sudan Khartoum Dinar Abdallah 113. Sweden Stockholm Krona - - 114. Switzerland Bern Swiss franc - - 115. Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar al-Assad Imad Khamis 116. Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar - - ; - - Tanzanian 117. Tanzania Dodoma shilling (legislative) 118. Thailand Bangkok baht - - 119. Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar - - Turkish lira - - 120. Turkey Ankara (YTL) 121. Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat - - Vaiaku village, - - 122. Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar province Ugandan new - - 123. shilling 124. Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna - - Khalifa bin Mohammed bin 125. United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham Zayed Al Rashid Al Emirates Nahyan Maktoum Queen- Theresa May 126. London Pound sterling Elizabeth II 127. United States of Donald Trump - Washington D.C. dollar America 128. Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso - - 129. Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum - - 130. Vatican City Vatican City Euro - - 131. Venezuela Caracas Bolivar - - 132. Vietnam Hanoi Dong - -

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133. Yemen Sanaa Rial - - Emmerson - 134. Zimbabwe Harare - Mnangagwa

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTER & PRESIDENT/GENERAL SECRETARY

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Beijing, China Jin Liqun (AIIB) New Development Bank (BRICS Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath Development Bank Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mandaluyong, Philippines Takehiko Nakao International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (MD) World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim United Nations Organization (UN) New York, US António Guterres (Secretary- General) United Nations General Assembly New York, US Miroslav Lajčák (UNGA) United Nations Children’s Fund New York, US Henrietta H. Fore (Executive (UNICEF) Director) United Nations Conference on Trade & , Switzerland - Development (UNCTAD) World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland Tedros Adhanom (Director- General) World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General) World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General), David Grimes (President) World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Francis Gurry Organisation International Committee of the Red Geneva, Switzerland Director-General: Yves Daccord Cross United Nations Educational Scientific & Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General) Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary- & Development (OECD) General) International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary Countries (OPEC) General) Amnesty International London, UK Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General) International Maritime Organisation London, UK Head: Kitack Lim London, UK Head: Prince Charles

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South Asian Association for Regional Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary- Cooperation (SAARC) General) Association of South East Nations Jakarta, Indonesia Chairman- Rodrigo Duterte (ASEAN) Secretary General- Le Luong Minh Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Singapore - (APEC) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg (NATO) (Secretary-General) International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE President- Zaheer Abbas Chairman- Shashank Manohar Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy - International Court of Justice The Hague, The Ronny Abraham Netherland International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach The Fédération Internationale de Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino Football Association (FIFA) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Avenue du Mont-Blanc, - Gland, Vaud, Switzerland Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Dhaka, Bangladesh Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL, CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS

Current Chief States Capital Minister Current Hyderabad (Proposed Capital N. Chandrababu Andhra Pradesh Amaravati) Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Lalji Tandon Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Anandiben Patel Goa Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha Gujarat Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and (summer), Jammu Kashmir (winter) _____ Satya Pal Malik Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Bengaluru H.D. Kumaraswamy Vajubhai Vala Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Kamal Nath Anandiben Patel

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Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Conrad Sangma Tathagata Roy Kummanam Rajasekharan Mizoram Zoramthanga Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Punjab Chandigarh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalyan Singh Pawan Kumar Sikkim Chamling Edappadi K. Tamil Nadu Chennai Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit K. Chandrashekar E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional Telangana Hyderabad Rao Charge) Tripura Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik Trivendra Singh Uttarakhand Dehradun Rawat Baby Rani Maurya West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

Union Territories Capital Current Chief Minister Current lieutenant governor Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Devendra Kumar Joshi Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore Dadra and Nagar Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Lakshadweep - Farooq Khan Puducherry V. Narayanasamy

Important Cities on River Bank

City River Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna , Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges

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Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti Ahmedabad, Gujarat , Gujarat Tapi Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges Patna, Bihar Ganges Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana) Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly , Maharashtra Mula, Mutha , Maharashtra Godavari Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani Bengaluru, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal , Madhya Pradesh Narmada Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar , Tamil Nadu Noyyal Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River , Andhra Pradesh Krishna New Delhi Yamuna , Uttarakhand Ganges Hyderabad, Telangana Musi Kota, Rajasthan Chambal Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum

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