1. City of seven hills: Rome. 2. Dry ice: Carbon dioxide. 3. The planet nearest to Sun: Mercury. 4. The word “United nations” is first of all suggested by: Franklin D. Roosevelt. 5. The 191th country which has taken membership in U.N.O. is= East Timor. The 192nd country is= Monte Negros (which got itself separated from Serbia and formed as independent country). 6. The world famous emperor of France, Napoleon spent his last days in exile: in Elba Island situated in Mediterranean Sea. 7. The modern Olympic games were first held in the year 1896 and the number of countries participated were= 14. 8. Ring of fire is present in = Pacific Ocean. 9. The first person who reached the North Pole = Robert Pierre. 10. “Boston Tea Party” is related to the independence movement of America. 11. “World Ozone day” is celebrated on= 16th October. 12. Old name of Present Thailand country is= Siam. 13. “Venice of Japan” is = Hiroshima city. 14. The first woman who occupied the Delhi throne is= Rajia Sultana. 15. “Sitar”, a musical instrument (like violin) is invented by= Ameer Khusru. 16. “Laws of Heredity” were founded by= Gregory Mendel. 17. The old name of Istanbul is= Byzantine. 18. “East India Company” was established by= Lord Cole Bird of England. This company arrived in India in 1604 AD, to do business and later on occupied the whole country and ruled it up to 1947 and India became independent on- 15TH august 1947. 19. The language called “The Italian of the East” (beautiful for its style of speaking) is: “Telugu language” (one of the South Indian languages). 20. Land … [Read more...]
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By: Umadevi Subramanian (Chennai) Important Days of India: January 12- National Youth DayJanuary 15 -Army DayJanuary 26 -Republic DayJanuary 30 -Martyrs' DayFebruary 24- Central Excise DayFebruary 28 -National Science DayApril 5- National Maritime DayMay 11- National Technology DayAugust 9- Quit India DayAugust 15- Independence DayAugust 29 -National Sports DaySeptember 5- Teachers' Day and Sanskrit DayOctober 8 -Indian Air Force DayOctober 10 -National Postal DayNovember 14- Children's DayDecember 18 -Minorities Rights DayDecember 23 -Farmers Day [Kisan Divas] Important days of World: January 10- World Laughter DayJanuary 26 -International Customs DayJanuary 30 -World Leprosy Eradication DayMarch 8 -International Womens DayInternational Literacy DayMarch 15 -World Disabled Day and World Consumer Rights DayMarch 21 -World Forestry Day and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.March 22 -World Day for WaterMarch 23 -World Meteorological DayMarch 24 -World TB DayApril 7- World Health DayApril 17- World Haemophilia DayApril 18 -World Heritage DayApril 22 -Earth DayApril 23 -World Book and Copyright DayMay 1 -International Labour DayMay 3- Press Freedom DayMay 8- World Red Cross DayMay 12- International Nurses DayMay 15 -International Day of the FamilyMay 24- Commonwealth DayMay 31 -Anti-tobacco DayJune 5- World Environment DayJune 20-(3rd Sunday in June) -- Father's DayJuly 1 -International Joke DayJuly 11 -World Population DayThird Sunday of July National … [Read more...]
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