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NICK NAMES OF INDIAN CITIES
|
NICK NAME
|
CITY
|
STATE
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Golden City
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Amritsar
|
Punjab
|
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Pink City
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Jaipur
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Rajasthan
|
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Orange City
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Nagpur
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Maharashtra
|
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Golden City of India,
Sun City
|
Jaisalmer
|
Rajasthan
|
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City of Nawabs
|
Luck now
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
City of Seven Islands
and City of Dreams
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Mumbai
|
Maharashtra
|
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City of Festivals,
City of four Junctions
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Madurai
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Tamil Nadu
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Twin Cities
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Hyderabad, Secunderabad
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Andhra Pradesh
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City of Weavers
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Panipat
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Haryana
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The Lake City
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Sri Nagar
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Space City
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Benguluru
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Karnataka
|
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City of Lakes
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Udaipur
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Rajasthan
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City of Temples
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Varanasi
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
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City of Sages
|
Rishikesh
|
Uttarakhand
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City of Rallies
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New Delhi
|
New Delhi
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Garden City, Silicon
Valley of India
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Bengaluru
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Karnataka
|
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Temple City of India
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Bhubaneswar
|
Orissa
|
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Heaven of India
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Jammu & Kashmir
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
Switzerland of India
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Kashmir
|
Kashmir
|
|
Scotland of India
|
Coorg
|
Karnataka
|
|
Manchester of India
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Ahmedabad
|
Gujarat
|
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Manchester of South
India
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Coimbatore
|
Tamil Nadu
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|
Pitsburg of India
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Jamshedpur
|
Jharkhand
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Hollywood of India
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Mumbai
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Maharashtra
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Queen of the Hills
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Darjeeling
|
West Bengal
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Queen of the Arabian
Sea
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Kochi
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Kerala
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Queen of Deccan
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Pune
|
Maharashtra
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Gateway to the Duars
|
Siliguri
|
West Bengal
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Taj Nagri
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Agra
|
Uttar Pradesh
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Blue Mountains
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Nilgiri
|
Tamil Nadu
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Detroit of Asia,
Electronic Manufacturing Hub in India
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Chennai
|
Tamil Nadu
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AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS IN INDIA
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Revolution Name
|
Product
|
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Blue
Revolution
|
Fisheries
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Brown
Revolution
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Leather
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Gray
Revolution
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Housing Development
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Green
Revolution
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Agriculture
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Pink
Revolution
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Silver
Revolution
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Egg Production
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White
Revolution
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Dairy Development
|
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Yellow
Revolution
|
Oil Seed
|
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Black
Revolution
|
Petroleum
|
|
Golden
Fiber Revolution
|
Jute
|
|
Golden
Revolution
|
Horticulture
|
|
Grey
Revolution
|
Fertilizer
|
|
Red
Revolution
|
Meat & Tomato Production
|
|
Round
Revolution
|
Potato
|
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Silver
Fiber Revolution
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Cotton
|
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Silver
Revolution
|
Egg/Poultry
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Evergreen
Revolution
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Over all Agriculture
Development
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List of Famous Inventions, Discoveries and Their Inventors
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Invention
|
Inventor
|
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Television
|
J.L.
Baird
|
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Radio
|
Marconi
|
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Telephone
|
Alexander
Graham Bell
|
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Electricity
|
Benjamin
Franklin
|
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Electric Light Bulb
|
Thomas
Edison
|
|
Thermometer
|
Daniel
Gabriel Fahrenheit
|
|
Radium
|
Marie
Curie
|
|
Telescope
|
Galileo
|
|
Telegraph
|
Pavel
Schilling
|
|
Electromagnetic Theory
|
Heinrich
Hertz
|
|
Theory of Relativity
|
Albert
Einstein
|
|
X-rays
|
Wilhelm
Conrad Rontgen
|
|
Cosmic Rays
|
R.A.
Millikan
|
|
Automobile
|
Ferdinand
Verbiest
|
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Penicillin
|
Sir
Alexander Fleming
|
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Insulin
|
Frederick
Banting
|
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Magnetic Tape
|
Fritz
Pfluemer
|
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Raman Effect
|
Sir
C.V. Raman
|
|
Bohr
|
Electron
Theory
|
|
Boyle
|
Boyle’s
Law
|
|
Dalton
|
Atomic
Theory
|
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Periodic Table
|
Dmitri
Mendeleev
|
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Transformer and Electric Motor
|
Michael
Faraday
|
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Geometry
|
Euclid
|
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Structure of Atom
|
Ernest
Rutherford
|
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Law of Gases
|
Gay
Lussac
|
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Electromagnetic Field
|
James
Clerk Maxwell
|
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Motion of Planets
|
Johannes
Kepler
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Principle of relativity
|
Galileo
Galilei
|
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Newtons Law of Motion
|
Galileo
Galilei and Isaac Newton
|
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Electron
|
J.J.
Thomson
|
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Photon
|
Albert
Einstein
|
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Theory of Atom
|
John
Dalton
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Blood Groups
|
Karl
Landsteiner
|
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Quantum Mechanics
|
Max
Born
|
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Quantum Theory
|
Max
Plank, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein
|
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Law of Conservation of Mass
|
Antoine
Lavoisier
|
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Age of the Earth
|
C.C.
Patterson
|
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Heliocentrism
|
Aristarchus
of Samos
|
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Heliocentric Model
|
Nicolaus
Copernicus
|
|
Periodic law
|
Mendeleef
|
|
Venn Diagram
|
John
Venn
|
|
Vierner Scale
|
Pierre
Vernier
|
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Atomic Number
|
Mosley
|
|
Law of Motion & Gravitation
|
Newton
|
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Laws of Electrical Resistance
|
Ohm
|
|
Nuclear Reactor
|
Enrico
Fermi
|
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Fuel Cell
|
William
Robert Glove
|
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Celluloid
|
Alexander
Parkes
|
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Hydrogen Bomb
|
Edward
Teller
|
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Computer Architecture
|
John
Von Neumann
|
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Airplane
|
Wright
Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)
|
|
Steam Engine
|
James
Watt
|
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Logarithms
|
John
Napier
|
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Theory of Evolution
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Charles
Darwin
|
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Transformer
|
Otto
Blathy
|
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Cinematography
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Edison
|
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Stethoscope
|
Rane
Laennec
|
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Thermo Flask
|
Dewar
|
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Battery
|
Alessandro
Volta
|
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Barometer
|
Evangelista
Torricelli
|
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Camera
|
Steven
Sasson
|
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Analytical Engine
|
Thomas
Edison
|
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Diesel Engine
|
Rudolf
Diesel
|
|
Helicopter
|
Broquet
|
|
Dynamite
|
Alfred
Nobel
|
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First Computer
|
John
Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
|
|
Lift
|
Otis
|
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Guitar
|
Adolph
Rickenbacker
|
|
Light Emission Diode
|
Nick
Holonyak and Oleg Losev
|
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Laser Printer
|
Gary
Starkweather
|
|
Mobile Phone
|
Martin
Cooper
|
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Micro Scope
|
Zacharias
Janssen
|
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Microwave Oven
|
Percy
Spencer
|
|
Printing Press
|
Johannes
Gutenberg
|
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Video
Games
|
Ralph H. Baer
|
|
Google
|
Larry Page
|
|
Mozilla
|
Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross
|
|
Facebook
|
Mark Zuckerberg
|
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Twitter
|
Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone
|
|
Microsoft
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen
|
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Internet
|
Vint Cerf
|
|
Email
|
Shiva Ayyadurai
|
|
Apple Computers
|
Steve Jobs
|
|
World Wide Web (WWW)
|
Sir Tim Berners- Lee
|
|
IP Address
|
Robert E. Kahn
|
|
Micro Processor
|
Federico Faggin
|
List of Firsts in India
|
First
President
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
|
First
Women President
|
Pratibha Patil
|
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First
Vice- President
|
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
|
First
Home Minister of India
|
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
|
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First
Women Chief Minister
|
Sucheta Kriplani
|
|
First
Women Cabinet Minister
|
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
|
|
First
Women Railway Minister
|
Mamata Banerjee
|
|
First
Female Home Minister
|
Sabitha Indra Reddy
|
|
First
Women Governor
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
|
Women
Speaker of Lok Sabha
|
Meira Kumar
|
|
Speaker
of Lok Sabha
|
G.V. Mavlankar
|
|
Finance
Minister of Independent India
|
R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty
|
|
Prime
Minister
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
|
First
Women Prime Minister
|
Indira Gandhi
|
|
Miss
World
|
Reita Faria
|
|
Miss
Universe
|
Sushmita Sen
|
|
Man
Booker Prize
|
Arundhati Roy for “ The God of
Small Things”
|
|
Bharat
Ratna
|
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
C. Rajagopalachari and C. V. Raman
|
|
Dadasaheb
Phalke Award
|
Devika Rani
|
|
Stalin
Peace Prize
|
Saifuddin Kitchlew
|
|
Magsaysay
Award
|
Vinoba Bhave
|
|
Oscar
for Life Time Achievement
|
Satyajit Roy
|
|
First
Nobel Prize for Women
|
Mother Teresa
|
|
First
Man in Space
|
Rakesh Sharma
|
|
First
Women in Space
|
Kalpana Chawla
|
|
First
Satellite
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Aryabhatta
|
|
First
Satellite for education
|
EDUSAT
|
|
Metro
Railway System
|
Calcutta
|
|
First
Technology park (Techno Park)
|
Trivandrum
|
|
First
Women IPS Officer
|
Kiran Bedi
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Literature
|
Rabindranath Tagore
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Physics
|
C. V. Raman
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Medicine
|
Har Gobind Khorana
|
|
Nobel
Peace Prize
|
Mother Teresa
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Economics
|
Amartya Sen
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Literature
|
V. S. Naipaul
|
|
Nobel
Prize in Chemistry
|
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
|
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SL.NO
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Name of the Port &
Location
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Sl. No
|
Name of the Port &
Location
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MAJOR PORTS
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25
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Ratnagiri
(Maharashtra)
|
|
|
1
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CALCUTTA (West
Bengal)
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26
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Redi (Maharashtra)
|
|
2
|
CHENNAI (Tamil Nadu)
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27
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Salaya (Gujarat)
|
|
3
|
COCHIN (Kerala)
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28
|
Sikka (Gujarat)
|
|
4
|
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT
(Mumbai, Maharashtra)
|
29
|
Trivandrum (Kerala)
|
|
5
|
KANDLA (Gujarat)
|
30
|
Veraval (Gujarat)
|
|
6
|
MARMUGAO (Goa)
|
MINOR PORTS
|
|
|
7
|
MUMBAI (Maharashtra)
|
31
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Azhikkal (Kerala)
|
|
8
|
NEW MANGALORE
(Karnataka)
|
32
|
Belikeri (Karnataka)
|
|
9
|
PARADEEP (Orissa)
|
33
|
Beypore (Kerala)
|
|
10
|
TUTICORIN (Tamil
Nadu)
|
34
|
Cannanore (Kerala)
|
|
11
|
VISAKHAPATNAM
(Andhra Pradesh)
|
35
|
Coondapur (Karnataka)
|
|
MEDIUM PORTS
|
36
|
Dahej (Gujarat)
|
|
|
12
|
Bedi Bunder (Gujarat)
|
37
|
Jafrabad (Gujarat)
|
|
13
|
Calicut (Kerala)
|
38
|
Jarkhau (Gujarat)
|
|
14
|
Cuddalore (Tamil
Nadu)
|
39
|
Kasergode (Kerala)
|
|
15
|
Gopalpur (Orissa)
|
40
|
Mundra (Gujarat)
|
|
16
|
Kakinada (Andhra
Pradesh)
|
41
|
Neendakara (Kerala)
|
|
17
|
Karwar (Karnataka)
|
42
|
Pindhara (Gujarat)
|
|
18
|
Bedi Bunder (Gujarat)
|
43
|
Pipavav (Gujarat)
|
|
19
|
Magdalla (Gujarat)
|
44
|
Ponnani (kerala)
|
|
20
|
Mandavi (Gujarat)
|
45
|
Tellicherry (Kerala)
|
|
21
|
Navlakhi (Gujarat)
|
PRIVATE PORTS
|
|
|
22
|
Nagpatnam (Tamil
Nadu)
|
46
|
Coconada (Andhra
Pradesh)
|
|
23
|
Okha (Gujarat)
|
47
|
Tuticorin Container
Terminal (Tamil Nadu)
|
|
24
|
Porbandar (Gujarat)
|
48
|
Pipavav (Gujarat)
|
IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR HEAD QUARTERS
|
SL NO
|
ORGANISATION
|
HEAD QUARTERS
|
|
1
|
United Nations Organizations
(UNO)
|
New york
|
|
2
|
United Nations Childrens
Fund (UNICEF)
|
New york
|
|
3
|
United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
|
New york
|
|
4
|
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and cultural organizations (UNESCO)
|
Paris
|
|
5
|
World Health Organization
(WHO)
|
Geneva
|
|
6
|
World Trade Organization
(WTO)
|
Geneva
|
|
7
|
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
|
Geneva
|
|
8
|
International Telecommunication
Union
|
Geneva
|
|
9
|
World Meteorological
Organization
|
Geneva
|
|
10
|
International committee of the
red cross
|
Geneva
|
|
11
|
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
|
Geneva
|
|
12
|
World bank
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
|
13
|
International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
|
14
|
International court of justice
|
The hague
|
|
15
|
International Criminal Police
Organization (Interpol)
|
Lyon
|
|
16
|
International atomic energy
agency
|
Vienna
|
|
17
|
International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
|
Montral
|
|
18
|
Amnesty international
|
London
|
|
19
|
International maritime
organization
|
London
|
|
20
|
Common wealth of nations
|
London
|
|
21
|
World Tourism Organization
|
London
|
|
22
|
Universal postal union
|
Berne
|
|
23
|
Food and agriculture
organization
|
Rome
|
|
24
|
SAARC
|
Kathmandu
|
|
25
|
World Tourism Organization
|
Spain
|
|
26
|
Transparency international
|
Berlin
|
|
27
|
International renewable energy
agency
|
Abu Dhabi
(UAE)
|
|
28
|
International standard
organization
|
Geneva
|
|
29
|
United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO)
|
Vienna
|
|
Temple Name
|
Location
|
|
Rameshwaram Temple
|
Ramanathapuram
|
|
Sun Temple
|
Konark
|
|
Lotus Temple
|
New Delhi
|
|
Akshardam Temple
|
New Delhi
|
|
Jagannath Temple
|
Puri
|
|
Sree Padmanabhaswamy
Temple
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
|
Meenakshi Amman
Temple
|
Madhurai
|
|
Golden Temple
|
Amritsar
|
|
Sai Baba Temple
|
Shirdi
|
|
Vaishno Devi Mandir
|
Katra
|
|
Shravana Belgola
|
Hassan
|
|
Chennakesava Temple
|
Belur
|
|
Hoysaleswara Temple
|
Halebidu
|
|
Sabarimala
|
Kottayam
|
|
Murugan Temple
|
Palani
|
|
Badrinarayan Temple
|
Badrinath
|
|
Dwarakadish Temple
|
Dwarka
|
|
Siddhivinayak Temple
|
Mumbai
|
|
Tirumala Venkateswara
Temple
|
Tirupathi
|
|
Brihadeeswarar Temple
|
Thanjavur
|
|
Guravayur Temple
|
Kerala
|
|
Lakshminarayan Temple
|
Delhi
|
|
Ekambareswarar Temple
|
Kanchipuram
|
|
Lingaraja Temple
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
Kamakya Temple
|
Guwahati
|
|
Ghana Saraswati
Temple
|
Basar
|
|
Vadakkunnathan Temple
|
Thrissur
|
|
Bhadrachalam Temple
|
Bhadrachalam
|
|
Thyagaraja Temple
|
Tiruvottiyur
|
|
Yogmaya Temple
|
Kerala
|
|
Somnath Temple
|
Gujarath
|
|
Kashi Vishwanath
Temple
|
Varanasi
|
|
Mansa Devi Temple
|
Haridwar
|
|
Mahabaleshwar Temple
|
Gokarna
|
|
Trimbakeshwar Temple
|
Nashik
|
|
Brahma Temple
|
Pushkar
|
|
Mahabodhi Temple
|
Bodh Gaya
|
|
Ram Janmbhoomi Temple
|
Ayodhya
|
Important Books And Authors List
|
BOOKS
|
AUTHOR
|
|
Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3
Million, The luminous Spark, India 2020, Mission India, Indomitable Spirit,
The Life Tree, India My Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for Change,
Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies, India Wins Freedom, You
are Born to Blossom, Turning Point
|
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
|
|
The 3 Mistakes of My
Life, Five Point Someone, Two States, Revolution 2020, One Night at the Call
Center
|
Chetan
Bhagat
|
|
Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living
at the State, Way of the Saint, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, My Master, Women of
India, Vedanta Philosophy
|
Swami
Vivekananda
|
|
Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali,
Gora, Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini, Sacrifice, Two Sisters , Bhaire, Chaturanga
|
Rabindranath Tagore
|
|
Arthashastra
|
Koutilya
|
|
My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting
for the Mahatma, The Dark Room, The Bachelors of Art, The English Teacher,
The Financial Expert
|
R.K.
Narayanan
|
|
My Truth
|
Indira
Gandhi
|
|
My Life in Action
|
Jackie
Chan
|
|
Glimpses of World History
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
|
My Struggle
|
E K
Nayanar
|
|
Arthashastra
|
Kautilya
|
|
Ashtadhyayi
|
Panini
|
|
Ayodhya
|
P. V.
Narasimha Rao
|
|
Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata
|
Veda
Vyas
|
|
Ramayana
|
Valmiki
|
|
Panchatantra
|
Vishnu
Sharma
|
|
Megdoot, kumarasambhava, Swapnavasavadatta,
Malavikagnimitra
|
Kalidasa
|
|
Broken Wing
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
|
End of the Era
|
C.S. Pandit
|
|
Eternal India
|
Mrs.
Indira Gandhi
|
|
Imagining India
|
Nandan
Nilekani
|
|
A Better India A Better World
|
N.R.
Narayan Murthy
|
|
Fasting, Feasting
|
Anita
Desai
|
|
Forty Nine Days
|
Amrita
Pritam
|
|
Golden Threshold
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
|
Indian Philosophy
|
Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan
|
|
Life of Pi
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Yann
Martel
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When Loss is Gain
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Diplomat Pavan K.Varma
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One Day Wonders
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Sunil
Gavaskar
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My life and Times
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V.V.
Giri
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Kalpana Chawla – A Life
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Anil
Padmanaban
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Kamasutra
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Vatsayana
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War and Piece
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Leo
Tolstoy
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Devdas
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Sharat
Chandra Chatterjee
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Half a Life
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V.S
Naipoul
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Unhappy India
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Lala
Lajpat Rai
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Jyoti punj
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Narendra Modi
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Economic History of India
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R. C.
Dutt
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The book of Indian Birds
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Dr.
Salim Ali
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Living with Honour
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Shiv
Khera
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We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men
in My Life
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Khuswant Singh
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The Discovery of India
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Indian Philosophy
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Dr. S.
RadhaKrishnan
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Gulliver Travels
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Jonathan
Swift
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My Nation My Life
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L.K.
Advani
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Independence
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S.K.
Banerjee
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Last Days of Nethaji
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G.D.
Khosla
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My Experiments with Truth
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Mahatma
Gandhi
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The God of Small Things
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Arundhati Roy
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War and Piece
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Tolstoy
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Wakeup India
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Annie Besant
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Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy,
Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal Music, From Heaven Lake:Travels
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Vikram
Seth
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India First
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K. R.
Malkani
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My Life
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Bill
Clinton
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Dreams From My Father
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Barack
Obama
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The Future of India
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Dr. Bimal
Jalan
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Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear
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Shakespeare
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