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Static GK Digest
Dear Readers, This Static GK Digest is a complete docket of important information of Static topics. The Static GK Digest is important and relevant for all competitive exams like SSC, Railways and Govt. Exams.
LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
States National park Remarks Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park -
Sri Venkateswara National Park - Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary Arunachal Pradesh Mouling National Park -
Namdapha National Park - Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage Manas National Park Site Nameri National Park - Orang National Park - Bihar Valmiki National Park -
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park -
Kanger Valley National Park - Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park - Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary Goa Mollem National Park -
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion
Blackbuck National Park Black Buck Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch - Vansda National Park - Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
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Haryana Kalesar National Park -
Sultanpur National Park - Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Park -
Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Inderkilla National Park - Khirganga National Park - Simbalbara National Park - Jammu & Kashmir Dachigam National Park Kashmir stag
Hemis National Park - Kishtwar National Park - Salim Ali National Park - Jharkhand Betla National Park Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison Karnataka Dandeli National Park - Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) - Bandipur National Park - Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear Kudremukh National Park - Anshi national park - Kerala Pambadum Shola National Park -
Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ghats) Mathikettan Shola National Park - Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats) Anamudi Shola National Park - Periyar National Park - Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park -
Pench National Park - Kanha National Park - Panna National Park Madhav National Park - Mandla Plant Fossils National Park - Pench National Park - Sanjay National Park - Satpura National Park -
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Van Vihar national park - Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -
Chandoli National Park - Navegaon National Park - Tadoba National Park - Gugamal national park - Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park world
Sirohi National Park - Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Red Panda
Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve Mizoram Murlen National Park -
Phawngpui Blue National Park -
Dampa Tiger Reserve Nagaland Ntangki National Park -
Odisha Similipal National Park -
Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sariska National Park -
Ranthambore National Park - Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park - Desert National Park Great Indian bustard Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Park -
Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park - Guindy National Park - Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Telangana National Park - Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park -
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Mrugavani National Park -
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Tripura Bison (Rajbari) National Park -
Clouded Leopard National Park - Uttarakhand Rajaji National Park -
Jim Corbett National Park - Gangotri National Park - Valley of Flowers National Park - Govind Pashu Vihar - UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Nanda Devi National Park Biosphere Reserve, Snow Leopard (Himalayan region) Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park -
West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Tigers Jaldapara National Park Indian rhinoceros
Buxa National Park - Neora Valley NationalPark - Singalila National Park - Gorumara National Park - Andaman and Mahatama Gandhi Marine Nicobar (Wandoor) 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 -
IMPORTANT DAMS 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- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand) • Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam
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• First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)
LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA
State Dam River
Andhra Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 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
Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti
Kadana Dam Mahi Sardar Sarovar Dam 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
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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 Kerala Cheruthoni Dam Cheruthoni
Kakki Dam Kakki Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar Idukki Dam Periyar
Kulamavu Dam 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
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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
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 Ramganga
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 "any field of human endeavour". The number award of the India. The award was given for of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of outstanding achievements in the arts, three in a particular year. literature, science and public services but the 2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely government expanded the criteria to include regarded as the most prestigious award
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available in the fields of literature, medicine, Mahabharata. This very award is not related physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. with the sportspersons who are still playing in 3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award the field; instead this is related to those was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla eminent coaches of any particular sport. Foundation. It is an annual award given for 12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award outstanding prose or poetry literary works in that is given to the veteran sportspersons of any 22 Indian languages. India for their lifetime achievement in their 4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sports and Games. Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson award given for outstanding prose or poetry for his/her achievements in India. literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for 5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award Science & Technology): It is a science award annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in in India given annually by the Council of recognition of the Hindi literary work published Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for in past 10 years. notable and outstanding research, applied or 6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari fundamental, in biology, chemistry, Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. environmental science, engineering, Birla Foundation. The award is named after the mathematics, medicine and Physics. famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an 15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given outstanding work published in Hindi or by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. scientific ideas to lay people. 7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an 16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award annual literary award in India presented by the for achievements in newspaper and online Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work journalism, literature, and musical composition which emphasizes Indian philosophy and in the United States. culture. 17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an 8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual international prize awarded annually by the award for the best original novel, written in the Government of Norway to one or more English language, and published in the UK outstanding mathematicians. literary award 18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by 9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award the National Academy of Recording Arts and (Cinema/Films): It is India's highest award Sciences of the United States to recognize in cinema. It is presented annually at the outstanding achievement in the music industry. National Film Awards ceremony by the 19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a set up by the Ministry of Information and British prize for excellence in architecture. Broadcasting. 10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports
and games. 20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It is The Government has modified the format of an architectural prize established by Aga Khan Arjuna Award very recently and as per the IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson architectural concepts that successfully must have very good consistent performances address the needs and aspirations of Islamic for the previous 3 years at the international societies in the fields of contemporary design, level to be considered as eligible for the Award. social housing, community development and 11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of improvement. any particular sport): The award is named 21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded after the very famous archery coach, annually "to honour a living architect. mentioned in the epic of India known as the
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NUCLEAR & THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA
Andhra Pradesh • Kayamkulam power station • Simhadri Super Thermal power plant • Brahmapuram power station • Sri Damodaram Sanjeeviah Thermal power plant • Idukki Hydro Electric Power plant Assam Madhya Pradesh • Bongaigon Thermal power plant • Vindhyachal Super Thermal power plant Bihar • Sant Singaji Thermal power plant • Barauni Thermal Power Station • Satpura Thermal Power Plant • Kahalgon super thermal power plant • Amarkantak Thermal Power station • Barh super thermal power station • Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project Chhattisgarh • Essar Mahan Power Plant • Korba Super Thermal power plant Manipur • Sipat Thermal power plant • Loktak Hydro Electric Power plant • Bhilai Expansion Power plant Maharashtra • Hasedo Thermal Power plant • Tirora Thermal power plant Gujarat • Chandrapura super Thermal power plant • Mundra Thermal power plant • Khaperkhada Thermal Power station • Ukai Thermal power plant • Tarapur Atomic Power Station • Sikka Thermal Power plant • Jaitapur Nuclear Power project • Karkapar Nuclear Power plant Nagaland • Akirmota Thermal power station • Dikhu Hydro Electric power plant Haryana Odisha • Deenbandu Chhotu Thermal power plant • Talcher super Thermal power plant • Rajiv Gandhi Thermal power plant • Hirakund Hydro Electric Power plant • Gorakhpur Atomic Power plant Punjab Himachal Pradesh • Gurgobind Singh Super Thermal power plant • Girinagar Hydel Project Rajasthan • Binwa Hydel Project • Chabbra Thermal power plant • Shong tong Hydel Project • Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant Jammu & Kashmir Sikkim • Salal Hydro Electric Power plant • Rangit Hydro Electric Power Project Jharkhand • Teesta Hydro Electric Power plant • Patratu Thermal power plant Tamil nadu • Bokaro Thermal power station • Mettur Thermal power plant • Chandrapura Thermal power station • Neyveli Thermal power plant • Koderama Thermal power station • Tuticorin Thermal Power plant Karnataka • Kundankulam Nuclear power plant • Udupi Thermal power plant Uttar Pradesh • Bellary Thermal power plant • Narora Nuclear Power Plant • Raichur Thermal Power plant • Obra Thermal Power Station • Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant • Anapara Thermal Power Station • Rosa Thermal Power Plant Kerala
LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES
Airport City State Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Telangana Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Maharashtra Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT) Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Bihar Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur Chhattisgarh Dabolim Airport Goa Raja Bhoj Airport Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Dimapur Airport Dimapur Nagaland Maharana Pratap Airport Udaipur Rajasthan Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun Uttarakhand Andaman and Veer Savarkar International Airport Nicobar 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 Lavani Madhya Pradesh Gaur, Grida, Maanch Manipur Manipuri Odisha Chhau, Goti Pua, Ghumra Odissi Punjab Bhangra, Giddha 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
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LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUMS AND PLACE
International Cricket Stadiums Place Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Brabourne Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Chandigarh Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore, Madhya Pradesh Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara, Gujarat
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, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja 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, Subroto 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 Travancore 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 Horse Racing Derby Rowing Wellington trophy
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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, Duck, Run, Drive, no ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling. 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 Narendra Modi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Department of Atomic Energy, Space
Ministry of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Coal, Railways Piyush Goyal 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 & 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
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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 Ananth Kumar Bangalore South, Karnataka Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Electronics and Ravi Shankar 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 Bathinda, Punjab Industries Badal
Ministry of Rural Development, Narendra Singh Gwalior, 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 Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Coal, Railways Piyush Goyal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Karnataka, Rajya Sabha
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Mukhtar Abbas Ministry of Minority Affairs Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha Naqvi
LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Portfolio Minister Name
Ministry of Planning Inderjit Singh Rao
Santosh Kumar 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 Manoj Sinha
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 Hardeep Singh Puri
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 Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel
Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Arjun Ram Rejuvenation Meghwal
Ministry of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S.S. Ahluwalia
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 Wetland 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
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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 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
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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 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 Kargil 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 Pakistan’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
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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 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 World Habitat Day October 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
06 Nov International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and 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 17 Nov International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day 19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day 20 Nov Universal Children’s Day
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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 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. Australia Canberra Australian dollar Morrison Euro (formerly - - 7. Austria Vienna schilling) 8. Azerbaijan Baku Manat - - - Khalifa bin 9. Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Salman Al Khalifa 10. Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Belorussian - - 11. Belarus Minsk Ruble Euro (formerly - - 12. Belgium Brussels Belgian franc) King- Jigme Tshering Tobgay 13. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck La Paz - - 14. Bolivia (administrative); Boliviano Sucre (judicial) 15. Botswana Gaborone Pula - - 16. Brazil Brasilia Real Michel Temer -
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Bandar Seri - - 17. Brunei Brunei dollar Begawan 18. Bulgaria Sofia Lev - - Pierre - 19. Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Nkurunziza 20. Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - - 21. Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar - Justin Trudeau 22. Central African - - Bangui CFA Franc Republic 23. Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc - - 24. Chile Santiago Chilean Peso - - 25. China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang 26. Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso - - 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 Cairo Egyptian pound - - Colón; U.S. - - 35. El Salvador San Salvador dollar 36. Eritrea Asmara Nakfa - - 37. Estonia Tallinn Kroon - - Mulatu Abiy 38. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Teshome Ahmed 39. Fiji Suva Fiji dollar - - Euro (formerly - - 40. Finland Helsinki markka) Euro (formerly Emmanuel - 41. France Paris French franc) Macron 42. The Gambia Banjul Dalasi - - 43. Georgia Tbilisi Lari - - 44. Germany Berlin Euro - - 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 - - 54. Ireland Dublin Euro - - Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi" 55. Israel Jerusalem Shekel Netanyahu 56. Italy Rome Euro - Giuseppe Conte
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57. Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - - 58. Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe 59. Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar - - 60. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge - - 61. Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling - - 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. Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc - - 76. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit - - 77. Maldives Male Rufiya Abdulla Yameen - 78. Mali Bamako CFA Franc - - 79. Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya - - 80. Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - - Enrique Peña 81. Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Nieto 82. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik - - 83. Montenegro Podgorica Euro - - 84. Morocco Rabat Dirham - - 85. Mozambique Maputo Metical - - Naypyidaw or Win Myint Aung San Suu 86. Myanmar Kyat Nay Pyi Taw Kyi Bidhya Devi Khadga Prasad 87. Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bhandari Oli Amsterdam; The - - 88. Netherlands Hague (seat of Euro government) New Zealand - Jacinda Ardern 89. New Zealand Wellington dollar 90. Nigeria Abuja Naira - - Norwegian - - 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)
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97. Philippines Manila Peso - - 98. Poland Warsaw Zloty - - Euro (formerly - - 99. Portugal Lisbon escudo) 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 - 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. Spain Madrid Euro - - Maithripala Ranil 111. Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Sirisena Wickremesinghe 112. Sudan Khartoum Dinar - - 113. Sweden Stockholm Krona - - 114. Switzerland Bern Swiss franc - - 115. Syria Damascus Syrian pound - - 116. Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar - - Dar es Salaam; - - 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. Uganda Kampala 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. United Kingdom 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 - -
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130. Vatican City Vatican City Euro - - 131. Venezuela Caracas Bolivar - - 132. Vietnam Hanoi Dong - - 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 & Geneva, 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 Commonwealth of Nations 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 governor Hyderabad (Proposed Capital N. Chandrababu Andhra Pradesh Amaravati) Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Lalji Tandon Chhattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh Anandiben Patel (Acting) Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Satyadev Narayan Arya Himachal Pradesh Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Srinagar (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 Shivraj Singh Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Chouhan Anandiben Patel
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Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Tathagata Roy Kummanam Rajasekharan
Mizoram Aizawl Lal Thanhawla Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Jaipur Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh Pawan Kumar Sikkim Gangtok Chamling Ganga Prasad Edappadi K. Tamil Nadu Chennai Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit K. Chandrashekar E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional Telangana Hyderabad Rao Charge) Tripura Agartala Biplab Kumar Deb Kaptan Singh Solanki 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 Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Farooq Khan Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi
Important Cities on River Bank
City River Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
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Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati Surat, 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 Pune, Maharashtra Mula, Mutha Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani Bangalore, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Krishna New Delhi Yamuna Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges Hyderabad, Telangana Musi Kota, Rajasthan Chambal Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum
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