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STATIC GK DIGEST-2016 Dear readers, This Static GK Digest is a complete docket of GK information asked in various Competitive Exams. The GK Digest is important and relevant for all exams like SBI PO, RBI Assistant, LIC ADO & LIC AAO, IBPS RRB, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SSC, Insurance and UPSC Exams.

International Organizations & their Headquarter Organization 1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 2. New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank) – 3. Asian Development Bank (ADB) 4. International Monetary Fund (IMF) 5. World Bank -

Headquarter Beijing, China

President/ General Secretary

Shanghai, China

K.V. Kamath

Manila, Philippines Washington DC, US Washington DC, US

Takehiko Nakao Christine Lagarde Jim Yong Kim

6. United Nations Organization (UN) 7. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 8. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) -

New York, US New York, US

Ban Ki – moon Anthony Lake

New York, US

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Geneva Geneva, Switzerland

Mukhisa Kituyi

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland

Margaret Chan Klaus Schwab Guy Ryder

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland

Roberto Azevêdo Michel Jarraud (Secretary-General)

Geneva, Switzerland

Francis Gurry

Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Maurer

New York

9. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) 10. World Health Organization (WHO) 11. World Economic Forum 12. International Labour Organisation (ILO) 13. World Trade Organisation 14. World Meteorological Organisation 15. World Intellectual Property Organisation 16. International Committee of the Red Cross -

Paris 17. United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 18. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

Paris, France

Irina Bokova

Paris, France

José Ángel Gurría

19. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Li Yong


20. International Atomic Agency

Vienna, Austria

Yukiya Amano

21. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Vienna, Austria

Diezani Alison-Madueke

22. Amnesty International 23. International Maritime Organisation 24. Commonwealth of Nations

London, UK London, UK

Salil Shetty Koji Sekimizu

London, UK

Head - Queen Elizabeth II Secretary-General -Kamalesh Sharma

25. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 26. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) 27. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 28. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 29. International Cricket Council (ICC) 30. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 31. International Court of Justice 32. International Olympic Committee

Kathmandu, Nepal

Arjun Bahadur Thapa (SecretaryGeneral)

33. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 34. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – 35. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

London

Jakarta, Indonesia Singapore

Dr. Alan Bollard

Brussels, Belgium

Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary-General)

Dubai, UAE Rome, Italy

Zaheer Abbas José Graziano da Silva

The Hague, The Netherland Lausanne, Switzerland

Ronny Abraham Thomas Bach

Zurich, Switzerland

Joseph S. Blatter

The Hague, The Netherlands

Ahmet Üzümcü

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

List of important dams in India Dam 1. Tehri Dam 2. Bhakra Dam 3. Idukki arch Dam 4. Lakhwar Dam 5. Sardar Sarover Dam 6. Srisailam Dam 7. Ranjit Sagar Dam 8. Baglihar Dam 9. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 10. Salal Dam 11. Koyna Dam 12. Rihand Dam 13. Ukai Dam 14. Indira Sagar Dam 15. Chutak Hydroelectric Power plant 16. Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Power plant 17. Uri Dam

River Bhagirathi Sutlej Periyar Yamuna Narmada Krishna Ravi Chenab Krishna Chenab Koyna Rihand Tapi Narmada Suru

State Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Kerala Uttarakhand Gujarat Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Punjab Jammu & Kashmir Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir (Kargil district)

Sindhu

Jammu & Kashmir (Leh district)

Jhelum

Jammu & Kashmir (Baramula district)


18. Mettur Dam 19. Hirakud Dam 20. Jawahar Sagar Dam 21. Rana Pratap Sagar Dam 22. Koteshwar Dam 23. Gandhi Sagar Dam 24. Omkareshwar Dam 25. Mullaperiyar Dam

Kaveri Mahanadi Chambal Chambal Bhagirathi Chambal Narmada Periyar

Tamil Nadu Odisha Rajasthan Rajasthan Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Kerala (idukki district)

Major Nuclear Power Stations in India Power Station 1. Kaiga Nuclear power station 2. Kakrapar Nuclear power station 3. Narora 4. Tarapur Atomic power station 5. Kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant 6. Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project Ratagiri 7. Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station

Location Kaiga

District Uttar Kannada

State Karnataka

Kakrapar

Surat

Gujarat

Narora Tarapur

Bulandshahr Thane

Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra

Kundankulam

Tirunelveli

Tamil Nadu

Madban

Ratnagiri

Maharashtra

Fatehabad

Fatehabad

Haryana

Major Thermal Power Plants (TPP) in India Power Station 1. Mundra (TPP)

District Kutch

State Gujarat

2. Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station 3. Tirora (TPP) 4. Amravati (TPP)

Singrauli

Madhya Pradesh

Gondia Amravati

Maharashtra Maharashtra

5. Korba Super Thermal Power Plant 6. Sant Singaji (TPP) 7. Chandrapur Super (TPP) 8. Sipat Thermal Power Plant 9. Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station 10. Satpura Thermal Power Station 11. Ukai Thermal Power Station 12. Bhilai Expansion Power Plant 13. Sikka Thermal Power

Korba

Chhattisgarh

East Nimar Chandrapur Bilaspur

Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Chattisgarh

Nagpur

Maharashtra

Betul

Madhya Pradesh

Tapi

Gujarat

Durg

Chhattisgarh

Jamnagar

Gujarat


Station 14. Talcher Super Thermal Power Station 15. Hirakud Captive Power Plant 16. Barauni Thermal Power Station 17. Patratu Thermal Power Station 18. Bokaro Thermal Power Station 19. Durgapur Thermal Power Station 20. Rihand Thermal Power Station 21. Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station 22. Anpara Thermal Power Station 23. Obra Thermal Power Station 24. Rosa (TPS) 25. Chhabra (TPP) 26. Panki (TPS) 27. Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant 28. Udupi Thermal Power Plant 29. Bellary Thermal Power station 30. Mettur Theral Power Station

Angul

Odisha

Sambalpur

Odisha

Begusarai

Bihar

Jaisalmer

Jharkhand

Bokaro

Jharkhand

Bardhaman

West Bengal

Sonebhadra

UP

Sonebhadra

UP

Sonebhadra

UP

Sonebhadra

UP

Shahjahanpur Baran Kanpur Vishakapatnam

UP Rajasthan Uttar Pradeh Andhra Pradesh

Udupi

Karnataka

Bellary

Karnataka

Salem

Tamil Nadu

List of Awards & their fields 1. Bharat Ratna – It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour". The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year. 2. Nobel Prize - The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. 3. Saraswati Samman – Literature Note: The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 4. Jnanpith award – Literature Note: The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the

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newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages. Vyas Samman – Literature Note: Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years. Bihari Puraskar – Literature Note: Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. Moorti Devi Award – Literature Note: The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. Booker Prize – Literature


Note: It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award 9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Cinema/Films Note: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 10. Arjuna Award - outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games. Note: The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award. 11. Dronacharya Award – eminent coaches of any particular sport Note: The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport. 12. Dhyan Chand Award - The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games. 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India. 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – for Science & Technology Note: The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given

annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics. 15. Kalinga Prize – Science Note: The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people. 16. Pulitzer Prize – Journalism Note: The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. 17. Abel Prize – Mathematics Note: The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. 18. Grammy Award – Music Note: A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. 19. Stirling Prize - Architecture Note: The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. 20. Aga Khan Award – Architecture Note: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement. 21. Pritzker Prize – Architecture Note: The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

List of Important National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of India       

Jim Corbett National Park – Uttrakhand Kaziranga National Park – Assam – Bandipur National Park – Karnataka Bandhavgarh National Park – Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park – Madhya Pradesh Gir National Park & Sasan Gir Sanctuary – Gujarat Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/ Bharatpur National Park – Rajasthan  Manas Wildlife Sanctuary – Assam  Sariska National Park – Rajasthan  Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

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Pench National Park – Madhya Pradesh Ranthambore National Park - Rajasthan Nagarhole National Park – Karnataka Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary– West Bengal Dudhwa National Park – Uttar Pradesh Panna National Park – Madhya Pradesh Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala Rajaji National Park – Uttrakhand Dandeli National Park – Karnataka Similipal National Park – Odisha Sanjay Gandhi National Park – Maharashtra


List of Important Temples        

Srisailam Temple – Andhra Pradesh Tirupathi Temple – Andhra Pradesh Kamakhya Temple - Assam Sukresvara temple – Assam Meenakshi temple – Madurai, Tamil Nadu Golden temple – Amritsar, Punjab Somnath temple – Gujarat Mahabodhi Temple – Gaya, Bihar

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Siddhivinayak Temple – Maharashtra Sabrimala Temple – Kerala Amarnath Temple – Jammu & Kashmir Markandeshwar Temple – Haryana Brihadeeswarar Temple – Tamil Nadu Konark Sun Temple – Odisha Birla Mandir – Jaipur

Famous Places in India       

Taj Mahal – Agra Darbar Sahib – Amritsar, Punjab Humayun’s Tomb – Delhi The Red Fort – Delhi Qutub Minar – Delhi Hawa Mahal – Jaipur, Rajasthan Lotus Temple – Delhi

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Mehrangarh Fort – Jodhpur, Rajasthan Janatar Mantar – Delhi Cubbon Park – Bangalore Dal Lake – Jammu & Kashmir Jal Mahal – Jaipur, Rajasthan Salar Jung Museum – Hyderabad, Telangana Victoria Memorial - Kolkata

List of 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 Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy,

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Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Aga khan Cup Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy,

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Rovers Cup Bandodkar Trophy Merdeka Cup Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B.C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy,

Cricket –           

Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy.

Hockey –    

Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup

Football         

Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Champions League


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Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup,

 Travancore Cup (women)  Swathling Cup (men)    

Davis Cup Australian Open French Open Wimbledon

 Augusta Masters  British Open Horse Racing  Derby Rowing  Wellington trophy

Badminton     

Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women)

Table Tennis  Bama Belleck Cup Lawn Tennis  US Open  Heineken Cup Golf  US Maters

States & Capital & Chief Minister State 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Assam 4. Bihar 5. Chhatisgarh 6. Goa 7. Gujarat 8. Haryana 9. Himachal Pradesh 10. Jammu & Kashmir 11. Jharkhand 12. Karnataka 13. Kerala 14. Madhya Pradesh 15. Maharashtra 16. Manipur 17. Meghalya 18. Mizoram 19. Nagaland 20. Odisha 21. Punjab 22. Rajasthan 23. Sikkim 24. Tamil Nadu 25. Telangana 26. Tripura 27. Uttar Pradesh 28. Uttarakhand 29. West Bengal

Capital Hyderabad Itanagar Dispur Patna Raipur Panaji Gandhinagar Chandigarh Shimla Srinagar Ranchi Bengaluru Thiruvananthapuram Bhopal Mumbai Imphal Shillong Aizwal Kohima Bhubaneswar Chandigarh Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Hyderabad Agartala Lucknow Dehradun Kolkata

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Nabam Tuki Tarun Gogoi Nitish Kumar Dr. Raman Singh Laxmikant Pareskar Anandiben Patel Manohar Lal Khattar Virbhadra Singh Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Raghubar Das Siddaramaiah Oommen Chandy Shivraj Singh Chouhan Devendra Fadanvis Okram Ibobi Singh Mukul Sangma Pu Lal Thanhawla T. R. Zeliang Naveen Patnaik Prakash Singh Badal Vasundhra Raje Pawan Chamling J. Jayalalithaa K. Chandrasekhara Rao Manik Sarkar Akhilesh Yadav Harish Rawat Mamata Banerjee


List of Chief Minister of India’s Union Territory Union Territory

Capital

Delhi Pondicheerry (Puducherry) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Daman & Diu Dadar & Nagar Haveli Lakshadweep

Chief Minister/ Lt. Governors/Administrator Arvind Kejriwal N. Rangaswamy A.K. Singh (L.G.) Kaptan Singh Solanki (Administrator) Ashish Kundhra (Administrator) Ashish Kundra (Administrator) H. Rajesh Prasad (Administrator)

Port Blair Daman Silvasa Kavaratti

Folk dances in India  Bhangra: Punjab  Changu: Odissa and Andhra Pradesh  Gair: Rajastha  Garba: Gujarat.  Ghoomar: Rajasthan.

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Karagam: Tamil Nadu. Dumhal: Kashmir. Lavani: Maharashtra Odissi: Orissa

Classical dances in India  Kathak: Uttar Pradesh.  Bihu: Assam  Bharat Natyam: Tamil Nadu.  Kuchipudi: Andhra Pradesh

 Kathakali: Kerala.  Chhau: Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal  Rauf – Jammu & Kashmir

Revolutions in the field of agriculture in India  Black Revolution - Petroleum Production  Blue Revolution - Fish Production  Brown Revolution Leather/nonconventional(India)/Cocoa production  Golden Fiber Revolution - Jute Production  Golden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production  Green Revolution - Food grains  Grey Revolution – Fertilizer  Pink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production

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Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production Round Revolution – Potato Silver Fiber Revolution – Cotton Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) Milk/Dairy production  Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production  Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture


Important Dates – National & International January  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   18th January - National Immunization Day (Polio Day)   23rd January - 118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose / National Day of Patriotism   24th January - National Girl Child Day  25th January - National Voters Day

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1st Feb - Indian Coast Guard Day 2nd Feb - World Wetland Day 4th Feb - World Cancer Day 6th Feb - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation  10th Feb - National Deworming Day

February     

26th January - India’s Republic Day/ International Customs day 27th January - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 28th January - Birth Anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai 30th January - Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi (Martyrs’ / Sarvodaya Day) 30th January - World Leprosy Eradication Day

13th Feb - World Radio Day 20th Feb - World Day of Social Justice 21st Feb- International Mother Language Day 24th Feb - Central Excise Day 28th Feb - National Science Day

March

 1st March- Zero Discrimination Day  3rd March - World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day  4th March - National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas), World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.  8th March - International Women’s Day  10th March - Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day  12th March - World Kidney Day  13th March - World Rotaract Day  14th March - Pi Day  15th March - World Consumer Rights Day  18th March - Ordnance Factories’ 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  22nd March - World Water Day  23rd March - World Meteorological Day  24th March - World Tuberculosis Day  25th March - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade  27th March - World Theatre Day  28th March - Earth Hour

April  2nd April- World Autism Awareness Day  4th April- International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action  6th April- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace  7th April- World Health Day  11th April - National Safe Motherhood Day 2015  12th April - International Day of Human Space Flight  17th April - World Hemophilia 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  25th April - World Malaria Day  26th April- World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)  28th April- World Day for Safety and Health at Work  29th April - World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare  30th April- International Jazz Day


May  1st May - International Labour Day  3rd May - World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, International Energy Day  May 04 - Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day  1st Tuesday of May – World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May.  1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day  May 05 - World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day  May 06 - World No Diet Day  May 08 - World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War  May 09 - World Thalassaemia Day  May 10 - International Migratory Bird Day  May 11 - National technology day  May 12 - International Nurses Day

 May 13 - International Criminal Court Day  May 15 - International Day of the Families  May 17 - World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia  May 18 - World Museum Day  May 20 - World Meteorology Day  May 21 - National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development  May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity  May 24 - Commonwealth Day  May 25 - World Missing Childrens day  May 29 - International Day of Peacekeepers  May 31 - World Anti Tobacco Day June

 June 1 - World Milk Day  June 4 - World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression  June 5 - World Environment Day  June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day  June 12 - World Day Against Child Labor  June 14 - World Blood Donor Day  June 15 - World elder abuse awareness day  3rd Sunday of June - World Father’s Day  June 16 - International Integration Day

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June 18 - International Picnic Day June 20 - World Refugee Day June 21 - World Music Day June 23 - International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day  June 26 - International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture July :-

 July 1 - International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day  July 2 - World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day  1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives  July 06 - World Zoonoses Day  July 07 - World Chocolate Day  July 11 - World Population Day  July 12 - International Malala Day         

First Sunday in August - International Friendship Day August 6 - Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day August 8 - World Senior Citizen Day August 9 - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day August 12 - International Youth Day August 13 - International Left Handers Day August 14 - Pakistan’s Independence Day August 15 - India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day August 19 - World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day

 July 18 - International Nelson Mandela Day  July 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day  July 28 - World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day  July 29 - International Tiger Day August : August 20 - National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas  August 21 - National Senior Citizen Day  August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition  August 29 - National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday  August 30 - International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances


September : September 2 - World Coconut Day   September 5 - National Teacher’s Day or Dr.  Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day  September 7 - World Forgiveness Day  September 8 - World Literacy Day   September 10 - World Anti-Suicide Day   September 14 - Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First  Aid Day   September 15 - International Day of Democracy,  International Engineer’s Day   September 16 - World Ozone Day October : 1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day   October 1 - World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly   October 2 - Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non Violence  October 3 - World Nature Day   October 4 - World Animal Day   October 5 - World Teacher’s Day  October 6 - World Wildlife Day   October 8 - Indian Air Force Day  October 9 - World Postal or Post-office Day   October 10 - World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day   October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child   2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day   October 12 - World Arthritis Day November : November 1 - World Vegan Day   November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed  Conflict  November 7 - Infant Protection Day, World Cancer  Awareness Day   November 8 - World Radiology Day  November 9 - World Legal Service Day   November 10 - World Science day for Peace and  Development, Public Transport Day  November 11 - National Education Day   November 12 - World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day   November 13 - World Kindness Day  November 14 - Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes  Day  November 16 - International Day for Endurance or Tolerance December : December 1 - World AIDS Day   December 2 - World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery   December 3 - International Day of People with  Disability or World Disability Day  December 4 - Indian Navy Day   December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

September 20 - RPF Foundation day September 21 - World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day September 22 - World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day September 23 - International Day of the Deaf September 26 - World Contraception Day, September 27 - World Tourism Day September 28 - World Rabies Day September 29 - World Heart Day October 13 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction October 14 - World Standards Day October 15 - Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day October 16 - World Food Day October 17 - International Poverty Day for it's Eradication October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day October 24 - UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day October 27 - World day for Audio Visual Heritage October 28 - International Animation Day October 31 - World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November 17 - International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day November 19 - World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day November 20 - Universal Children’s Day 3rd Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 3rd Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day November 21 - World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day November 26 - National Law Day or National constitution Day November 30 - National Flag Day

December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day December 9 - The International Anti-Corruption Day December 10 - World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of Broadcasting December 11 - International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day


 December 14 - National Energy Conservation Day(India)  December 16 - Vijay Diwas  December 18 - International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day  December 19 - Goa’s Libration Day

 December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day  December 23 - National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas  December 25 - Christmas Day

Country, Capital & their Currency Country Name

Capital

Currency

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

Albania

Tirane

Lek

Algeria

Algiers

Dinar

Andorra

Andorra la Vella

Euro

Angola

Luanda

New Kwanza

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint John's

East Caribbean dollar

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Peso

Armenia

Yerevan

Dram

Australia

Canberra

Australian dollar

Austria

Vienna

Euro (formerly schilling)

Azerbaijan

Baku

Manat

The Bahamas

Nassau

Bahamian dollar

Bahrain

Manama

Bahrain dinar

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Taka

Barbados

Bridgetown

Barbados dollar

Belarus

Minsk

Belorussian ruble

Brussels

Euro (formerly Belgian franc)

Belize

Belmopan

Belize dollar

Benin

Porto-Novo

CFA Franc

Bhutan

Thimphu

Ngultrum

Bolivia

La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Boliviano

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Marka

Botswana

Gaborone

Pula

Brazil

Brasilia

Real

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei dollar

Belgium


Bulgaria

Sofia

Lev

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

CFA Franc

Burundi

Bujumbura

Burundi franc

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Riel

Cameroon

Yaounde

CFA Franc

Canada

Ottawa

Canadian dollar

Cape Verde

Praia

Cape Verdean escudo

Central African Republic

Bangui

CFA Franc

Chad

N'Djamena

CFA Franc

Chile

Santiago

Chilean Peso

China

Beijing

Yuan/Renminbi

Colombia

Bogota

Colombian Peso

Comoros

Moroni

Franc

Congo, Republic of the

Brazzaville

CFA Franc

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Kinshasa

Congolese franc

Costa Rica

San Jose

Colón

Cote d'Ivoire

Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

CFA Franc

Croatia

Zagreb

Kuna

Cuba

Havana

Cuban Peso

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus pound

Czech Republic

Prague

Koruna

Denmark

Copenhagen

Krone

Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti franc

Dominica

Roseau


Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

Dominican Peso

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Dili

U.S. dollar

Ecuador

Quito

U.S. dollar

Egypt

Cairo

Egyptian pound

El Salvador

San Salvador

Colón; U.S. dollar

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

CFA Franc

Eritrea

Asmara

Nakfa

Estonia

Tallinn

Kroon


Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Birr

Fiji

Suva

Fiji dollar

Finland

Helsinki

Euro (formerly markka)

Paris

Euro (formerly French franc)

Gabon

Libreville

CFA Franc

The Gambia

Banjul

Dalasi

Georgia

Tbilisi

Lari

Berlin

Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)

Ghana

Accra

Cedi

Greece

Athens

Euro (formerly drachma)

Grenada

Saint George's


Guatemala

Guatemala City

Quetzal

Guinea

Conakry

Guinean franc

Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

CFA Franc

Guyana

Georgetown

Guyanese dollar

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Gourde

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

Lempira

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

Iceland

Reykjavik

Icelandic króna

India

New Delhi

Rupee

Indonesia

Jakarta

Rupiah

Iran

Tehran

Rial

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi Dinar

Dublin

Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Israel

Jerusalem*

Shekel

Italy

Rome

Euro (formerly lira)

Jamaica

Kingston

Jamaican dollar

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

Jordan

Amman

Jordanian dinar

Kazakhstan

Astana

Tenge

France

Germany

Ireland


Kenya

Nairobi

Kenya shilling

Kiribati

Tarawa Atoll

Australian dollar

Korea, North

Pyongyang

Won

Korea, South

Seoul

Won

Pristina

Euro (German Mark prior to 2002)

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti dinar

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

Som

Laos

Vientiane

New Kip

Latvia

Riga

Lats

Lebanon

Beirut

Lebanese pound

Lesotho

Maseru

Maluti

Liberia

Monrovia

Liberian dollar

Libya

Tripoli

Libyan dinar

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Swiss franc

Lithuania

Vilnius

Litas

Luxembourg

Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Macedonia

Skopje

Denar

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Malagasy franc

Malawi

Lilongwe

Kwacha

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

Ringgit

Maldives

Male

Rufiya

Mali

Bamako

CFA Franc

Malta

Valletta

Maltese lira

Marshall Islands

Majuro

U.S. Dollar

Mauritania

Nouakchott

Ouguiya

Mauritius

Port Louis

Mauritian rupee

Mexico

Mexico City

Mexican peso

Micronesia, Federated States of

Palikir

U.S. Dollar

Moldova

Chisinau

Leu

Monaco

Monaco

Euro

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Tugrik

Kosovo

Luxembourg


Montenegro

Podgorica

Euro

Morocco

Rabat

Dirham

Mozambique

Maputo

Metical

Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)

Kyat

Windhoek

Namibian dollar

no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Australian dollar

Nepal

Kathmandu

Nepalese rupee

Netherlands

Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

Euro (formerly guilder)

New Zealand

Wellington

New Zealand dollar

Nicaragua

Managua

Gold cordoba

Niger

Niamey

CFA Franc

Nigeria

Abuja

Naira

Norway

Oslo

Norwegian krone

Oman

Muscat

Omani rial

Pakistan

Islamabad

Pakistani rupee

Palau

Melekeok

U.S. dollar

Panama

Panama City

balboa; U.S. dollar

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

Kina

Paraguay

Asuncion

Guaraní

Peru

Lima

Nuevo sol (1991)

Philippines

Manila

Peso

Poland

Warsaw

Zloty

Portugal

Lisbon

Euro (formerly escudo)

Qatar

Doha

Qatari riyal

Romania

Bucharest

Leu

Russia

Moscow

Ruble

Rwanda

Kigali

Rwanda franc

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre


Saint Lucia

Castries


Myanmar (Burma) Namibia

Nauru


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown


Samoa

Apia

Tala

San Marino

San Marino

Euro

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome

Dobra

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Riyal

Senegal

Dakar

CFA Franc

Belgrade

Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal

Seychelles

Victoria

Seychelles rupee

Sierra Leone

Freetown

Leone

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore dollar

Slovakia

Bratislava

Euro (from 01/01/09) ,Koruna

Ljubljana

Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Solomon Islands

Honiara

Solomon Islands dollar

Somalia

Mogadishu

Somali shilling

Rand

South Africa

Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

South Sudan

Juba

Sudanese Pound

Spain

Madrid

Euro (formerly peseta)

Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sri Lanka rupee

Sudan

Khartoum

Dinar

Suriname

Paramaribo

Surinamese dollar

Swaziland

Mbabane

Lilangeni

Sweden

Stockholm

Krona

Switzerland

Bern

Swiss franc

Syria

Damascus

Syrian pound

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan dollar

Tajikistan

Dushanbe

Somoni

Serbia

Slovenia

Sri Lanka


Tanzania

Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)

Tanzanian shilling

Thailand

Bangkok

Baht

Togo

Lome

CFA Franc

Tonga

Nuku'alofa

Pa'anga

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Tunisia

Tunis

Tunisian dinar

Turkey

Ankara

Turkish lira (YTL)

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

Manat

Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Australian dollar

Uganda

Kampala

Ugandan new shilling

Ukraine

Kyiv

Hryvna

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

U.A.E. dirham

United Kingdom

London

Pound sterling

United States of America

Washington D.C.

Dollar

Uruguay

Montevideo

Uruguay peso

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Uzbekistani sum

Vanuatu

Port-Vila

Vatu

Vatican City (Holy See)

Vatican City

Euro

Venezuela

Caracas

Bolivar

Vietnam

Hanoi

Dong

Yemen

Sanaa

Rial

Zambia

Lusaka

Kwacha

Zimbabwe

Harare

Zimbabwean dollar

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu


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