MISCELLANY | iteinteasaage——_| 9 (Maley —~_ engal ‘! yvernor of Beng i ore onga ive (175% Pci »rnor of Beng Warren Fey (757 om 2 eng: Stings (1955 it ovemor General of Bengal Warren sige 0722- my P enera ia “SUNGS (1774 - pe * Governor General of India Lord William Rens qa 74 - 85) #cpvernor General and First Viceroy of ing, Lord Canning 2? i j , Anning (R56 45 Ee president of Indian National Congress i 15 (1856.62) ist 2 W.-C. Baneriog # Indian Governor General of Independent India ner firs c Rajgopalachari (21.06.1948 - 25.01.1959) fint Indian to pass Ics Sure en ER, Offices 'ndra Nath Banerje fist Indian LCS. Satyendra N fistGovernor General of India ( after independence) Lord Louis Mountbatten (15 Aug, 1947. fist Indian Cosmonaut (to go into sp. lath Tag 20 June, 1948) ace) Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma fistemporary President of the Constitutent Assembly Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha First Commander-in-Chief of Free India General K.M, Cariappa Fist Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore fist Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice Dy: Nagendra Singh First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award Dr: . Radhakrishnan First Field Marshal General S.FJ. Manekshaw The President of Constituent Assembly Dr. Rajendra Prasad fist Indian to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen Fist Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award G. Shankar Kurup fist Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr Zakir Hussain fst Indian to win Palk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest Baidyanath Nath First Speaker of Lok Sabha GV. a mma "Stetson to make Printing Press popular in India James Hick alam Azad 4 Abul Kalam Aza po Education Minister of Independent India Maulana Abul Prasad ist Prog f Dr. Rajendra hha President of Indian Republic pe Jawahar Lal Nehru Pa gent Minister of Independent indie ardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Fis “Me Minister of Independent India ‘ vadhakrishnan Fata tesident of Independent India Bes ne Elmhirst + Chieg of Ai P ‘Air Marshal Sit Thom Mukherjee Patina OC Alt State ‘Air Marshal Mable Fist oy tt Ait Chief of India $1 General M. Rajendra aa "fof Army Staffa 572 Lucent’s General Knowledge First Chief of Naval Staff of India Vice-Admiral Rp, x, First large-scale Atomic Reactor of India tari APsara (195, First Person to get Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath Shar, First Atomic Submarine of India INS, Chats, First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize CV. Raman Physics First Indian Submarine ENS. Couyer, First Scientist of Indian origin, to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science Dr. Hargovind Khurang First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship INS. Vikeant First Chinese pilgrim to visit India Fa-hien First Medium Range Missile Agni First e-business News Paper of India Financial Expros, First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics Subrahmanium Chandrashethar First Indian Missile Prithvi First Indian to win Stalin Award Saiffudin Kichls India’s first Nuclear Centre Tarapur First Indian to win Magsaysay Award India’s first Open University India’s first Lok Sabha Member to b number of votes Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958) Andhra Pradesh Open University e elected with a record maximum PV. Narasimha Rao India’s first minister to resign from Union Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950) First British to visit India Hawkins First Asian Games organised Delhi (in 1951) India’s first Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen First Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badiruddin Tayal First Chief Justice of India Justice Hiralal J. Kania First Person to submit the proposal of Indian Independnce in a Congress Session Hasrat Mohan’ Nalanda Universit First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxy. cylinder Sherpa Pht Do"! First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Gaftar Kh First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics Dr, Amatty eral First Army Institute of Information Technology founded Hyd vl First Test Tube Baby of India Indira ( Baby Fa" India’s first University 929! First Indian Pilot IRD. Tals oe 0) First Indian to reach Antarctica Le Ram Charny First Post- Office opened in India Kolkata tl i pate First Deputy Prime Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhat573 n Prime Minister to resign from office iat st indi? ime Minister to loose an Election i i pisst sant of India to die in office Dr. Celie e fist PN climb Mt. Everest twice Nawaneee fist Mer to reach the South Pole edi, ie fist ean recipient of ‘Oscar Award’ Bajaj first Bhanu Athaiya ‘American President to visit India Dwight David k first pritish Prime Minister to visit India First isenhower Harold Me Millon {Indian author to get Anderson Award firs Ruskin Bond indian to win World Billiards Trophy First Wilson Jones rit Indian Space Tourist Santosh George 2. Firsts in India (Female) Indis's first Woman President India’s first Woman Prime Minister India’s first Woman Governor India’s first Woman ruler (on Delhi's throne) India’s first Woman L.P.S. officer First Woman Chief Minister of a state First Woman Union Minister First Woman President of INC first Woman Judge of the Suprime Court First Woman to get Ashok Chakra rst Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations Vijay: Bist Indian Wor Rist Indian Wo, Smt. Pratibha Patil Smt. Indira Gandhi Sarojini Naidu Razia Sultan Kiran Bedi Sucheta Kripalani (U.P) Rajkumari Amrita Kaur Annie Besant Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi Nirja Bhanot alakshmi Pandit man to swim across English Channel Arati Saha (Gupta) man to get the Noble Prize Mother Teresa (1979) rtIndian Woman to climb the Mt. Everest Bachendri Pal | Fstingian Woman to become ‘Miss World’ Miss Reita Faria nian Woman to climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice Santosh Yadav rr'dian Woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ Sushmita Sen Han Woman to get Bharat Ratna Smt. Indira Gandhi Fat ingnt t© get Jnanpith Award Ashapua De Fase mae ‘oman to win WTA Title —_ 2 ‘ittngi VO™man Airline Pilot " K eet Sandhu Indign W™AN to win a Gold in Asian Games Ka” ae (sel i phate ) we oman President of I. N. Congress ee prandhal Bee n ‘Oman te . ‘ — e : W, aM fo win the Booker Brize M.S, Subbulakshmi . ‘USician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ Chawla Sn Woman toss, Kalpana Chawla 0 into spacef Lucent’s General Knowledge 574 3, Firsts in the world (Male & F male) First men to climb Mt. Everest ; , r Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Sit Edmund Hillary 2%h May, 1953) First man to reach North Pole Robert Peary First man to reach South Pole Ronald Amundsen First religion of the world Sanatan Dharma First country to print books China First country to issue paper currency China First country to start Civil Services Competetion China First President of United States of America George Washington First Prime Minister of Great Britain First Secretary General of United Nations First country to make education compulsory First country to win the World Cup Football Robert Walpole Trigve Li Prussia Uruguay (1930) United States of America Mohammed Ali Jinnah Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) Marco Polo Wright Brothers Ferdinand Magellan United States of America Russia (former USSR) First country to make a constitution Pakistan's first Governor General First summit of NAM was organised in First European to visit China First men to fly an aeroplane First person to sail around the world First country to send human to Moon First country to launch satellite into space First country to host the modern Olympic games Greece First President of the Republic of China Dr. Sun Yat-sen First city to be attacked with Atom bomb Heroshima (Japa) First Radio Telescope Satellite was launched into space Japan First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister to visit India Vi. Bulganin First University of the world Taxila Universit First man to set foot on the Moon. Neil Armstrong (USA) First man to go into space Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) First Space Shuttle launched. Columbia First Space Ship landed on Mars Viking-I (ily, 17°) First Woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thache? First Woman Prime Minister of any muslim country asi Foe Womandit nd Nici Benazir Bhutto na ana oe inister ofacountry S. Bhandarnayake (Sri Lav ‘onaut in space Valentina Tereshkov@ First Woman to climb Mt. Everest Janko Tabei UapMiscellany 575 and dumb to cross the Srait of Gibralter 7 - st deat farana ist ‘oman President of UN General Assembly ath Shenoy (India) jest Wome inst = ; mt. Vijavalakshmi Pandit (1953) ‘ander, The Great i M Caroline Michael: pst European Invader of Indian soil Alex F Woman to reach the North Pole ie Woman to reach Antartica i man to draw the map of earth Fi nan to compile Encyclopaedia ran con Anexemander Aspheosis (Athens) Richard Wass Arthur Ashe (U.S.A.) first man 7 jsteldest man to climb Mt. Everest jist Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy fist man to win Nobel Prize for Literature : Rene RA. & Sulli Pradhom (France) fist man to win Nobel Prize for Peace Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Peiry (France) first man to win Nobel Prize for Physics WK. Roentgen (Germany) First man to win Nobel Prize for Chemistry —_/./. Wenthoff (Howlland) First man to win Nobel Prize for Medicine A.E. Wonn Behrig (Germany) 4 fist man to win Nobel Prize for Economics Rangar Fish (Norway) & John Tinbergen (Howlland) First Woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron (Argentina) First Space Tourist (Male) Dennis Tito (U.S.A.) First Space Tourist (Female) Mrs. Anousheh Ansari (Irani American) Space Tourists : Ist : Dennis Tito (2001); 2nd : Mark Shuttleworth (2002); 5rd: Gregory Olsen (2003); 4th: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari (2004); 5th : Charles Simonyi (2006); 6th : Richards Gariatte (2008); 7th : Guy Laliberte (2009) 4, Superlatives : India (Biggest, Highest, Largest, Longest, , Smallest etc.) The longest river Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Seta Patna (5.575 km.) largest animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar) largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) largest Lake Wular Lake (J & K) highest Dam Bhakhra Dam, on Sutlej river (Punjab) “largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan) stlora, Maharashtra) “largest cave Temple Kailash Temple (Ellora Mi x 2 ae “largest Zoo Zoological Garden ( _ «largest Mos; Jama Masjid (Delhi) “Hithest Peak Godwin Austen/ 5? one Sngest Tunnel Jawahar Tanne, Banihal Pass O° gest D Sunderbans (W. Beng: Fr as ‘Madhya Pradesh State wo: With maximum forest area ——576 Lucent's General Krawled ge The longest Corridor Corridor of Ramnathawand Temple at Rameswaran (Lamit xy ady) The highest Waterfall log et Garsoppa (Karnatakay The longest Road Grand Trank Road (Kothata to Dy hi Bulan Dacwace, Fatehpur § th Hactian Museum, Kot ‘The highest Gate way The longest River The largest Museum ‘The largest Dome The tallest Statue The largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of Incg The biggest canti lever Bridge / rbindra Sets or Howrah Bridge (Kolkata The longest Canal fnilira Gandy Canal or Kap rsthan Canal (Rajasthan) Gorakhpur (UL) 1355.4 mp ‘ihe (Up) inisa (2040 kin, Gol Gumbue, Hijspur (in Karnataka) Gor iteswara (Karnataka) The longest Railway platform The longest Railway tunnel The bigest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium Kolkata The most populous City Mumbai (Maharashtra) The largest Sea Bridge Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu) The longest Passenger Train Route Pit Panjal Bly. Tunnel I & K) 11.215 km Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari The oldest Church St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala) The longest National Highway NH—7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari) The state with longest Coast line Gujarat The highest Lake Devtlal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) Chilka Lake (Odisha) Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh) The largest saline water Lake The largest fresh water Lake Largest Cave Amarnath (J&K) The longest river of southern India Godawati The longest Dam Hirakud Dam (Odisha) The highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra The highest Award Bharat Ratna The largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar The biggest Church Saint Cathedral at old Goa (Goa) The tallest TV Tower Fazilka (Panjab) The southern Indian state with Longest Coast line Andhra Pradesh The longest Sea Beach Marina Beach (Chennai) The Highest Road Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sete? The largest Artificial Lake Govind Sagar (Bhakhra Nang®) The deepest River Valley Bhagirathi and A Jaknand? The largest River without delta ‘Narmada and Tap! The highest battle field and the longest Glacier Siachen Glace The biggest river Island Majuli Bramhaputra river (ASS The largest Planetarium Birla Planetorium (Kolkata) The Highest Airport Leh Airport (Ladatl aldNMScellany 5. Superlatives 377 . SW (the Largest, Biggest. Smaliest, og i gest Animal (on Tand) * “ighest etc. ‘tat Bell . Giraffe ig Grea fe sa Bird at Bell at Moscow i t Bird Swift allest Bird zs Ostric h Bridge (Railway) ‘umming Bird tonges in Lower Zamboji (A frica ) sallest Building Burj Khalita, Dub, ai (U.A,E.) lest Office Building Petronas Tivin Towve, ala Lumpur (lV Z ¥ 1s Ku, Longest Bigship Canal Suez canal (linking Red Sea and Medi eee es = ! ane. gusiest Canal (Ship) Baltic White Sea Ca giggest Cinema House an) nal (152 miles) Roxy (New York) gts City Wen Chuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft Largest City (in population) Tokyo /(3,43,00,000), Fst Population in 2011] siggest City (in area) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (41,22 5 sq. km.) largest Continent ‘asia Smallest Continent Mianteniia Highest Country Tibet (The Pamirs) largest Country (in population) China largest Country (in area) Russia Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) Largest dam Grand Coulee — Concrete Dam (U.S.A.) longest Day June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere) Shortest Day Dee, 22 (in Northern Hemisphere) largest Delta Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles) largest Desert (world) Sahara, Africa (84,00,000 sq. km) largest Diamond The Cullinan (over 1 #4 Ib.) ‘82st Dome Gol Gumbaz (Bizapur), (Old archi) 144 ft. diameter ¥esest Dome (New archi) Astrodome, Sports Best Epic The Mahabharata ‘Island Greenland (renamed Kalaatdlit pee "Best Lake (Artificial Lake Mead (Bouler) pest L ve skal (Siberia) average depth 2300 feet Ki ake Baikal (Siberia); averag cxgoasttil ‘Bh jt 5 ft. above $ea lage Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) eats superior USA. i lake (Fresh water) ; steel 71,000 sy. kx) \azest ‘ake (Salt water) Caspian oa 10,000 59-4) Mosque Jama Magid, Delhi (3P°578 Lucent's General Knowledge Biggest Library National Kiev Library: Moscow and Li Highest Mountain Peak (world) Highest Mountain Range Himalayas Antes (S. America) 5,500 mites in ley brary of the Congress, Washington Bverest (Nepal) 29.039 4 Longest Mountain Range in Biggest Museum British Museum (London) Tallest Minaret (Free standing) Qutub Minar, Dethi 238 4, Tallest minaret Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca, Moroceo Deepest And Biggest Ocean The Pacitie Largest Palace Imperial Palace (Gugong), Beijing (c hina) Largest Park National Park, Greenland Largest Peninsula Arabia (32.50,000 sq. km.) Coldest Place or Region Vostok (Antarctica), Temperature -89.2°C Dryest Place Death Valley (California); rainfall 14% inch Hottest Place (world) Death Valley (California, U.S.A.) (56.7°C, 134.06°F) Largest Planet Jupiter Brightest and Hottest Planet (also nearest to Earth) Venus Farthest Planet (from the sun) Neptune Nearest Planet (to the sun) Mercury Smallest Planet Mercury Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet) Longest Platform (Railway) Gorakhpur (U.P) India (1 Largest Platform (Railway) Grand Central Terminal, New York (US.A.) Largest Port Port of New York and New Jersey (USA) Busiest Port Rotterdam (the Netherlands) Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Railway (6,000 miles long) Longest River Nile (6690 km), Amazon (6570 km) Longest River Dam Hirakud Dam (Odisha), India 15.8 miles Largest Sea-bird Albatross Largest Sea (inland) Mediterranea” Brightest Star Sirius (also called Deg St) Tallest Statue Statue of Liberty; New York (USA), 150 feet his! Tallest Statue (bronze) ) Bronze Statue of Lrod Buddha, Tokyo Jap” Longest Swimming Course English Chante! Tallest Tower Tokyo Sky Tree Japan) 2080" Longest Train Nonstop "Flying Scouts” Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel Seikan Tunnel Japan), G3.85 La Longest and Largest Canal Tunnel Le Rove Tunnel (South of RaaMiscellany onset Junnel (Road) iy _ est Volcano Ojos del Salado, ndes, Argent, Laerda}, Norway target volcano ie (6.885 my Fi t Wall Great Watt ohh (Hawaii) righes* Wate se Salto Anget iit si miles) gest Strait Jartar Straits (Sakhalin Island an d the Ruse 8 (Venezuela) jroadest Strait Davis Straits (Greenland and Battin San mainland ) narrowest Strait Chalik ~ 45 yards (Between the Greek ma and, Canada) island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea) mainland and the Largest Bay Hudson Bay, Canada (shore line 7623 miles Lorgest Gulf Gulf of Mexico, Shoreline 2100 a Largest Archipelago Indonesia (over 3000 islands) tallest Active Geyser Giant (geyser) Yolowstone Park U.S.A, 200 feet high Largest River Basin Amazon basin- 7,20,000 sq. miles World’s Rainiest spot Cherrapunji (Mawsynram), India Largest Gorge Grand Canyon, on the Colorado river, U.S.A. Lightest Gas Hydrogen Lightest Metal Lithium Highest Melting Point Tungsten, 341°C Hardest Substance Diamond Longest Animal Blue whale, (recorded length 106 feet, weight ~ 195 tons) Longest Life-span of an Animal 190 to 200 years, (Giant tortoise) Largest Land Animal African Bush Elephant Fastest Animal Cheetah (Leopard) 70 mp.h. Longest juinp Animal Rana Longest wing spread bird Alain Slowest Ani: na Domestic me Irish Wolf Hound “8 eed 43 mp.h) Fastest i “ey hound (sp Dog Persian grey emailed "Best Poisonous Snake Raffesia (Java) est Flower » Czech Republic) "Best Stadium Strahov Stadium in Prague (the kee ea ret Church Rasilica of St. Peter, Vatican CY: —_ aa) a Angkor Vat (Com wes vo ‘Kimbarley (SAlrica) iver in Volume ‘dor (5000 feet) “8St Comidor Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor (% 580 Lucent’s General Knowledge Highest Straight Dam Highest Capital City Largest Asian desert Largest Democracy Longest Thoroughfare Largest Neck Animal Largest Animal of the Cat Family Most Intelligent Animal Bird, that never makes its nest Wingless Bird Reptile which changes its colours Largest Mammal Verazano-Narrows, New 6. Some Important Monuments / Structures of the World Monuments / Structure Country |Monuments / Structure Country The Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy | Kremlin (Moscow) Russia Imperial Palace (Tokyo) Japan Parthanon (Athens) — Greece Statue of Liberty (New York) U.S.A. | Pyramid (Giza) Egypt Opera House (Sydney) Australia| Wailing Wall Jerusalem Eiffel Tower (Paris) France Taj Mahal (Agra) India Great Wall (North China) China 7. National Emblems of some important Countries ' Country Emblem Country Emblem India Lioned Capitol |New Zealand Kiwi Pakistan” Crescent & Star |Germany Corn Flower Bangladesh Water Lily Norway Lion Netherlands Lion France Lily UK. Rose Tran Rose USA. Golden Rod Spain Eagle ay : White Lily Japan Chrysanthemum ustralia Kangaroo i * Jasmin and four main aie ot Paki Manieneerey 8. International Boundaries Germany é& France| Me Mahon Line India & China Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan 4th Parallel USA. & Canada Maginot Line Mannerhiem Line Russia & Finland Durand Line Pakistan & Afghanisto” SSth Parallel North & South Kore# Hindenburg Line Germany & Poland