Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Famous Explorations







Famous Explorations



AchievementExplorer (Year)Nationality
Possible the first European landfall in North AmericaEricon, Leif(1003)Norse
Travels in Central Asia and ChinaPolo, Marci (1271-1295)Italian
Voyage around the Cape of Good HopeDias, Bartholomew (1487)Portuguese
Exploration of the CaribbeanColumbs, Christopher (1492-1504)Italian
Landfall in Canada, with his Brother SebastianCabot, John (1497)Italian
First to sail around Africa to IndiaDaGama Vasco (1497-98)Portuguese
First sea journey around the worldMagellanPortugusese
Conquest and Exploration of MexicoCortes, Fernando (1519-1521)Spanish
Conquest and Exploration of PeruPozarro Francisco (1530-1538)Spanish
Discovery of Tasmania and New ZealandAbel Janszoon (1642)Dutch
Exploration of the South PacificCook, James (1768-1779)English
Exploration of Southern and Central AfricaLivingstone, DavidScotish
First north-south crossing of AustraliaBurke, Robert O'Hana (1860-1861)Irish
Exploration of Central AfricaStanley, Henry Morton (1874-1889)Welsh
First man to reach the North PolePeary, Robert E (1909)American
First man to reach the South PoleAmudsen Ruald (1911)Norwegian
First man to orbit the EarthGagarian, Yuri (April 1961)Russian
First man to step onto the MoonArmstrong, Neil (July 1969)American


Foundation and persons





Foundation and persons


WorksPersons
Foundation of Red CrossHenery Dunant
Foundation of ScoutBaden Powell
Foundation of Red GaurdsGarrywaldy
Founder of SocialismArcharya Narendra Dev
Father of Sanskrit GrammerPanini
Founder of Anand VanBabe Amte
Founder of 'Auroville Ashram'Aurobindo Ghosh
Founder of ShantiniketanRabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of VishwabharatiRabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of Pawnar AshramVinoba Bhave
Founder of Bhudan MovementVinoba Bhave
Founder of League of NationsWooden Willson
Founder of Golden TempleGuru Arjun Dev
Founder of Khalsa (Panth)Guru Gobind Singh

Famous Nicknames of Eminent Persons





Famous Nicknames of Eminent Persons



NicknamePerson
Father of the NationMahatma Gandhi
BapuMahatma Gandhi
Frontier Gandhi, Badshah KhanKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Grand Old man of IndiaDadabhai Naoroji
Strong (Iron) Man of IndiaSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Man of PeaceLal Bahadur Shastri
Punjab KesariLala Lajpat Rai
Bengal KesariAshutosh Mukherji
Bihar KesariDr. Srikrishna Singh
Andhra KesariT. Prakasam
Sher-e-KashmirSheikh Abdullah
BangabandhuSheikh Mujibut Rahman
DeshbandhuChitta Ranjan Das
DeenbandhuC.F. Andrews
LokmanyaBal Gangadhar Tilak
LoknayakJayaprakash Narayan
Jana NayakKarpuri Thakur
RajarsheePurushottam Das Tandon
GurudevRabindranath Tagore
GurujiM.S. Golvalkar
Desh RatnaDr. Rajendra Prasad
AjatshatruDr. Rajendra Prasad
MahamanaPt. Madan Mohan Malaviya
NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose
ChachaJawaharlal Nehru
Rajaji/C.R.Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
SparrowMajor General Rajinder Singh
Young TurkChandra Shekhar
TauChaudhury Devi Lal
Sahid-e-AzamBhagat Singh
Nightingale of IndiaSarojini Naidu
Lady with the lampFlorence Nightinga=-09>
Swar KokilaLata Mangeshkar
UdanpariP.T. Usha
MotherMother Teresa
Vishwa KaviRabindranath Tagore
KaviguruRabindranath Tagore
SardarVallabhbhai Patel
Tota-e-HindAmir Khushro
Lal, Bal, PalLala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Bihar VibhutiDr. Anugrah Narayan Singh
BabujiJagjeevan Ram
Napoleon of IndiaSamudra Gupta
Shakespeare of IndiaMahakavi Kalidas
Machiavelli of IndiaChanakya
Akbar of KashmirJainul Abdin
Father of GujaratRavi Shankar Maharaj
Grandfather of Indian FilmsDhundiraj Govind Phalke
Morning Star of India RenaissanceRaja Ram Mohan Roy
King Maker of Indian HistorySayyed Bandhu
AnnaC.N. Annadurai
G.B.SGeorge Bernard Shaw
Haryana HurricaneKapil Dev
Little MasterSunil Gavaskar
Magician of HockeyDhyanchand
DeshpriyaYatindra Mohan Sengupta
KuvempuK.V. Puttappa
Little CorporalNapoleon Bonaparte
Man of DestinyNapoleon Bonaparte
FuehrerAdolf Hitler
King MakerEarl of Warwick
Uncle HoHo Chi Minh
Bard of AvonWilliam Shakespeare
Li-KwanPearl Buck
Father of English PoetryGeoffery Chaucer
Grand Old man of BritainWillium E. Gladstone
Maiden QueenQueen Elizabeth I
Maid of OrleansJoan of Arc
Man of Blood and IronOtto Van Bismark
II DuceBenito Mussolini
Desert FoxGen Ervin Rommel
Quaid-i-AzamMd. Ali Jinnah

Famous Places associated with Eminent Persons







Famous Places associated with Eminent Persons


PlacePerson
KapilvastuGautam Buddha
MacedoniaAlexander, the Great
Jalianwala BaghGeneral Dyer
Anand BhawanJawaharlal Nehru
ChittoreMaharana Pratap
Haldi GhatiMaharana Pratap
SabarmatiMahatma Gandhi
Sitab DiyaraJai Prakash Narayan
ShantiniketanRabindra Nath Tagore
TalwandiGuru Nanak
SevagramMahatma Gandhi
PawapuriMahavir
Kushi NagarGautam Buddha
Ibrahim PattiChandra Shekhar
LumbiniGautam Buddha
MeccaProphet Mohammed
WaterlooNapoleon Bonaparte
PorbandarMahatma Gandhi
BardoliSardar Patel
Fatehpur SikriAkbar, the Great
PuducherryAurobindo Ghosh
Belur MathRama Krishna Paramhans
PawanarVinoba Bhave
SeringapatnamTipu Sultan
KundgramMahavir
JeeradeiDr. Rajendra Prasad
CuttackSubhash Chandra Bose
Trimurti BhawanJawaharlal Nehru
JerusalemJesus Christ
CorsicaNapoleon Bonaparte
TrafalgarNelson

Crematorium of Famous Persons







Crematorium of Famous Persons




PlacePerson
Raj GhatMahatma Gandhi
Vijay GhatLal Bahadur Shastri
Kishan GhatChaudhary Charan Singh
Veer BhumiRajiv Ghandhi
Shanti VanJawahar Lal Nehru
Shakri SthalIndira Gandhi
Abhay GhatMorarji Desai
Samata SthalDr Shankar Dayal Sharma
Mahaprayan GhatDr Rajendra Prasad
Ekta SthalGiani Zail Singh, Chandra Shekhar
Uday BhoomiK.R. Narayanan

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India


                


Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

                   

Highest AwardBharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry AwardParam Vir Chakra
Longest River in IndiaThe Ganges
Longest Tributary river of IndiaYamuna
Largest LakeWular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water)Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made LakeGovind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water LakeKolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest LakeDevtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest LakeDevatal (Gharhwal)
Highest PeakKarkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated CityMumbai
Largest StateRajasthan
Highest rainfallCherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest WatefallGersoppar Waterfall (292 meters high) in Mysore
State wise largest area under forestMadhya Pradesh
Largest DeltaSunderbans Delta
Largest River without DeltaNarmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridgeHowrah Bridge
Longest River BridgeMahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave templeEllora
Longest RoadGrand Trunk Road
Highest RoadRoad at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest MosqueJama Masjid at Delhi
Highest GatewayBuland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest StatueStatue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector BankState Bank of India
Longest CanalIndira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest DomeGol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest ZooZoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest MuseumIndia Museum at Kolkata
Longest DamHirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest DamBhakra Dam ( 225.5 meters high)
Highest TowerKutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest DesertThar (Rajasthan)
Largest DistrictLadakh
Fastest TrainShatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastlineGujarat
State with longest coastline of South IndiaAndhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway LineFrom Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway RouteFrom Jammu to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway PlatformKharagpur (W. Bengal)
Longest PlatformKharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest TunnelJawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest HighwayNH-7 which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population)Sikkim
Smallest State (Area)Goa
Largest State (Area)Rajasthan
Largest State (Population)Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated StateWest Bengal
Largest CaveAmarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave TempleKailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal FairSonepur (Bihar)
Largest AuditoriumSri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest HotelOberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest PortMumbai
Largest GurudwaraGolden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River ValleyBhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest ChurchSaint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest ChurchSt. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest RiverGanga (2640 km long)
Longest BeachMarina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle FieldSiachin Glacier
Highest AirportLeh (Laddakh)
Biggest StadiumYuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River IslandMajuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest PlanetariumBirla Planetarium (Kolkata)


Important Battles Indian History





Important Battles Indian History


Important Battles of Indian History
BC
327-26Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC
305Chandragupta Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus.
216The Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka.
c. 155Menander's invasion of India
c. 90The Saka invade India
AD
454The first Huna invasion
495The second Huna invasion
711-712The Arab invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim
1000-27Mahmud Ghazni invades India 17 times
1175-1206Invasions of Muhammad Ghori. First Battle of Tarain.
1191 - Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeats Muhammad Ghori; Second Battle of Tarain,
1192 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithvi Chauhan; Battle of Chandawar,
1194 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Jayachandra Gahadvala of Kanauj.
1294Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan.
1398Timur invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi
1526Babur invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the first Battle of Panipat.
1539-40Battles of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah defeats Humayun.
1545Battle (siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri.
1556Second Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu.
1565Battle of Rakatakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota) in which the forces of the empire of Vijanagar under King Sadasiva Raya and his regent Rama Raya are routed by the confederate forces of the Deccani states of Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, and Bidar.
1576Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar.
1632-33Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan.
1658Battles of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb.
1665Shivaji defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar.
1739Invasion of India by Nadir Shah.
1746First Carnatic War.
1748-54Second Carnatic War.
1756-63Third Carnatic War.
1757Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive.
1760Battle of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French under Lally.
1762Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali.
1764Battle of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh.
1767-69First Mysore War.
1774The Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East India Company.
1775-82First Maratha War
1780-82Maratha War
1780-84Second Mysore War
1792Third Mysore War
1799Fourth Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan
1802-04Second Maratha War
1817-18Third Maratha War
1845-46first Sikh War
1846Battle of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated.
1848-49Second Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India.
1857The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)