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  • India Cities Old and New names

    India Cities Old and New names

    StateOld NameNew Name
    Andhra PradeshCocanadaKakinada
    Vizagapatnam (Waltair)Visakhapatnam
    AssamPragjyotishpura(Gauhati)Guwahati
    BiharPatliputraPatna
    GoaPanjimPanaji
        GujaratKarnavati (Ashapalli)Ahmedabad
    CambayKhambhat
    BulsarValsad
    BarodaVadodara
    HaryanaGurgaonGurugram
    MewatNuh
      Himachal PradeshSimlaShimla
    Mandav NagarMandi
    JharkhandSakchiJamshedpur
              KarnatakaBangaloreBengaluru
    BellaryBallari
    BelgaumBelagavi
    BijapurVijapura
    HubliHubballi
    MangaloreMangaluru
    MysoreMysuru
    MuhammadabadBidar
    AhsanabadKalaburagi (Gulbarga)
    TumkurTumakuru
            KeralaCalicutKozhikode
    CochinKochi
    PalghatPalakkad
    QuilonKollam
    AlleppeyAlappuzha
    Trichur(Thiru Siva Peroor)Thrissur
    TrivandrumThiruvananthapuram
    CranganoreKodungallur
        Madhya PradeshMhowDr. Ambedkar Nagar
    IndhurIndore
    JubbulporeJabalpur
    AvantikaUjjain
    Central ProvincesMadhya Pradesh
    MaharashtraBombayMumbai
    PoonaPune
    AurgangabadSambhaji Nagar
    PunjabJullundurJalandhar
    Nawanshahr DistrictShaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
    RajasthanAjaymeruAjmer
    Tami NaduMadrasChennai
    TuticorinThoothukudi
    Cape ComorinKanya Kumari
    Ooty (Ootacamund)Udhagamandalam
    TanjoreThanjavur
    PondicherryPuducherry
    TrichinapolyTiruchirapalli (Trichy)
    ConjeevaramKanchipuram (Kanchi)
    TelanganaBhagyanagarHyderabad
    Orugallu (Ekasila Nagaram)Warangal
    Uttar PradeshBenaresVaranasi
    PrayagAllahabad
    CawnporeKanpur
    Allygurh (Koil)Aligarh
    United ProvincesUttar Pradesh
    West BengalCalcuttaKolkata

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  • Important Days to Agriculture

     Important Days to Agriculture

    MonthDayDays
    JanuaryJanuary 12National Youth Day
    January 24National Girl Child Day
    FebruaryFebruary 10National Deworming Day
    February 20World Day of Social Justice
          MarchMarch 03World Wildlife Day
    March 08International Women’s Day
    March 21International Day of Forests
    March 22World Water Day
    March 25Earth Hour
     April 22World Earth Day
    April 24National Panchayati Day
     May 22International Day for Biological Diversity
      June  June 01World Milk Day
    June 05World Environment Day
     July 11World Population Day
     August 12International Youth Day
          SeptemberSeptember 01 to 07National Nutrition Week
    September 02World Coconut Day
    September 08International Literacy Day
    September 25Antyodaya Diwas
             OctoberOctober 11International Day of Girl Child
    October 15International Day of Rural Women
    October 16World Food Day
    October 17International Day of Eradication ofPoverty
     November 21World Fisheries Day
        DecemberDecember 05World Soil Day
    December 23Kisan Diwas

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  • Domestic Airports india

    Domestic Airports india

    StateAirport  NamesCity
    Arunachal Pradesh  Along AirportAlong
    Pasighat AirportPasighat
    Assam  Jorhat AirportJorhat
    Silchar AirportSilchar
    Tezpur AirportTezpur
    ChhattisgarhBilaspur AirportBilaspur
    Gujarat  Bhuj AirportBhuj
    Jamnagar AirportJamnagar
    Keshod AirportKeshod Airport
    Haryana  Bhiwani AirportBhiwani Airport
    Gurugram AirstripGurugram
    Hisar AirportHisar
    Karnal AirportKarnal
    Narnaul AirportNarnaul Airport
    Pinjore AirportPanchkula
    Jharkhand KarnatakaBokaro AirportBokaro
     Jakkur AirfieldBengaluru
    Madhya PradeshKhandwa AirportKhandwa
    ManipurKoirengei AirstripImphal
    MeghalayaBaljek AirportTura
    PunjabPatiala AirportPatiala
    Rajasthan  Kishangarh AirportAjmer
    Kolana AirportJhalawar
    Jodhpur AirportJodhpur
    Kota AirportKota
    Telangana  Begumpet AirportHyderabad
    Nadirgul AirportHyderabad
    Ramagundam AirportRamagundam
    Uttar Pradesh  Agra Air Force StationAgra
    Allahabad AirportAllahabad
    Bareilly AirportBareilly
    UttarakhandMaa Ganga AirstripChinyalisaur

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  • Ports in India

     Ports in India

    StatePort
    Andhra PradeshVisakhapatnam
    GoaMormugao
    GujaratKandla
    KarnatakaMangalore
    KeralaKochi
      Maharashtra  Mumbai Port Trust
    Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) also known as Nhava Sheva, Navi Mumbai
    OdishaParadip
    Tamil Nadu  Chennai
    Ennore
    Tuticorin
    West BengalKolkata

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  • Lakes in India states

      Lakes in India states

    StateLakes Name
    Andhra Pradesh  Pulicat lake
    Kolleru Lake
    Assam Assam AssamHaflong Lake
    Deepor Beel
    Chandubi Lake
    BiharKanwar lake
    Gujarat  Hamirsar Lake
    Kankaria Lake
    Haryana  Badkhal Lake
    Brahma Sarovar
    Himachal Pradesh  Chandra Taal
    MaharanaPratap Sagar
    Jammu Kashmir  Dal Lake
    Wular Lake
    Karnataka  Agara Lake
    Ulsoor Lake
    KeralaKuttanad Lake
    Sasthamkotta
    Madhya PradeshBhojtal
    MaharashtraShivsagar
    ManipurLoktak lake
    MeghalayaUmiam Lake
    MizoramTam Dil
    OdishaChilika Lake
    Punjab  Harike
    Kanjli
    RajasthanSambhar Lake
    SikkimTsomgo Lake
      Tamil Nadu  Chembarambakkam
    Kaliveli
    TelanganaHussain Sagar
    Uttar Pradesh  Govind Bhallabh Pant Sagar
    Belasagar
    UttarakhandBhimtal

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  • Mountains in India with States

    Range/RegionStatePeakHeight 
    Aravalli RangeRajasthanGuru Shikhar1722 m
    Dantewada DistrictChhattisgarhBailadila Range1276 m
    Deccan PlateauBorder of Telangana and ChhattisgarhDoli Gutta965 m
    Eastern Ghats  Andhra PradeshArma Konda1680 m
    OdishaDeomali1672 m
    Eastern Himalaya  Arunachal PradeshKangto7060 m
    SikkimKanchenjunga8586 m
    West BengalSandakphu3636 m
    Garhwal HimalayaUttarakhandNanda Devi7816 m
    Jampui HillsTripuraBetalongchhip930 m
    Junagadh DistrictGujaratGirnar1069 m
    KarakoramJammu and KashmirK28611 m
    Khasi HillsMeghalayaShillong Peak1965 m
    Morni HillsHaryanaKaroh Peak1467 m
    Naga HillsNagalandMount Saramati3826 m
    Nilgiri HillsTamil NaduDoddabetta2637 m
    Parasnath HillsJharkhandParasnath1370 m
    Saiha DistrictMizoramPhawngpui2157 m
    SatpuraMadhya PradeshDhupgarh1350 m
    Senapati DistrictBorder of Manipur and NagalandMount Iso2994 m
    Shivalik HillsUttar PradeshAmsot Peak945 m
    West Champaran DistrictBiharSomeshwar Fort880 m
      Western Ghats  GoaSonsogor1166 m
    KarnatakaMullayanagiri1930 m
    KeralaAnamudi2695 m
    MaharashtraKalsubai1646 m
    Western HimalayaHimachal PradeshReo Purgyil6816 m

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  • india Historical Monuments

     india Historical Monuments

    BuiltHistorical MonumentsPlace
        Akbar  Agra FortAgra
    Akbar Rsquo TombSikandra
    Fatehpur SikriAgra
    Alauddin KhiljiHauz KhasDelhi
    Anantavarman GangaJagannath TemplePuri
    Asaf AliNishat GardenSrinagar
    Asaf-ud-daulaBada ImambaraLucknow
        Aurangzeb  Moti MasjidDelhi
    Bibi Ka MaqbaraAurangabad
    BaburAram BaghAgra
    Birla FamilyLakshmi Narayan TempleDelhi
            British Govt. .GolgharPatna
    President HouseDelhi
    Gateway Of IndiaMumbai
    Victoria MemorialKolkata
    BuddhistsKanheri FortMumbai
    East India CompanySaint George FortChennai
    Empress Bega BegumHumayun TombDelhi
    Ferozshan TughlaqFeroz Shah KotlaDelhi
    Ghyasuddin TughlaqKhirki MasjidDelhi
    Gupta rulersAjanta- Ellora CavesAurangabad
    Guru RamdasGolden TempleAmritsar
    JahangirShalimar GardenSrinagar
    Maharaja Pratap SinghHawa MahalJaipur
    Maharana KumbhaVijaya StambhaChittorgarh
    Mahatma GandhiSabarmati AshramAhmadabad
    Motilal NehruAnand BhawanAllahabad
    Muhammad Ali ShahChhota ImambaraLucknow
    Narasimhadeva ISun TempleKonark
    NurjahanTomb of Itmad-Ud-DaulaAgra
    Pervez ShahPathar Ki MasjidPatna
    Quli Qutub Shah  Char- MinarHyderabad
    Makka MasjidHyderabad
    Qutubuddin Aibak  Qutub MinarDelhi
    Adhai Din Ka JhonpraAjmer
    Rabindranath TagoreShantiniketanWest Bengal
    Raja Bhagwan DasSati BurjMathura
    Raja Surajmal SinghBharatpur FortBharatpur
    Rani AhilyabaiVishnupad TempleGaya
    Rao JodhaJodhpur FortJodhpur
    Rashtrakuta rulersElephanta CaveMumbai
        Sawai Jai Singh  Jantar-MantarDelhi
    Jaigarh FortJaipur
    Nahargarh FortJaipur
              Shahjahan  Jama MasjidDelhi
    Red FortDelhi
    Deewan-E- KhasAgra Fort
    Jama MasjidAgra
    Moti MasjidAgra
    Shish MahalAgra
    Taj MahalAgra
    Sher Shah SuriPurana QilaDelhi
    Sher Shah’s sonSher Shah’s TombSasaram
    Shuja-ud-daulaSafdarjung TombDelhi
    SiddharajaDilwara Jain TempleMount Abu
    Sultan ShyasuddinAjmer Sharif DargahAjmer
    Swami VivekanandaBelur MathKolkata
    Yaqut of DabulGol GumbazBijapur
    Zainul AbedinCharar-E- SharifBudgam

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  • Headquarters & International organizations

     Headquarters & International organizations

    HeadquartersInternational organizations
    Abu Dhabi (UAE)International Renewable Energy Agency
    Berlin, GermanyTransparency International
    Berne, SwitzerlandUniversal Postal Union
    Brussels, BelgiumNorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
    Cologny-Geneva, SwitzerlandWorld Economic Forum
    Ebene, MauritiusIndian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
                Geneva, Switzerland  World Health Organisation (WHO)
    International Labour Organisation
    International Committee of the Red Cross
    World Trade Organisation
    World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
    International Organization for Standardization
    UNAIDS
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
    UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
    International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    Gland, Switzerland  Worldwide Fund for Nature
    International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
    Jakarta, IndonesiaAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
    Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaOrganization of Islamic Cooperation
    Kathmandu, NepalSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
    Lausanne, SwitzerlandInternational Olympic Committee
        London, United Kingdom  International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
    Commonwealth of Nations
    Amnesty International
    Madrid, SpainUnited Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
    Montreal, CanadaInternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
    Nairobi, KenyaUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Nairobi, KenyaUN-Habitat
            New York, USA  United Nations Organisation
    United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
    United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
    UN Women
    United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    North CarolinaInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
        Paris, France  United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
    International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
    Queenstown, SingaporeAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
          Rome, Italy  Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
    International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    World Food Programme (WFP)
    The Hague, NetherlandsInternational Court of Justice (ICJ)
    The Hague, The NetherlandsOrganization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
    Tokyo, JapanUnited Nations University (UNU)
    Turin, ItalyUnited Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
          Vienna, Austria  United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
    Washington DC, United StatesInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)
    World Bank Group (WBG)

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  • indian cities and rivers

    Indian cities and rivers

    RiversIndian Cities
    AlaknandaBadrinath
    At the confluence of the Ganga and YamunaAllahabad
    Brahmaputra
    Dibrugarh
    Guwahati
    CauveryTiruchirapalli
    ChambalKota
    GangaHardwar
    Kanpur
    Patna
    Varanasi
    GodavariNasik
    Gomti  Jaunpur
    Lucknow
    HooghlyKolkata
    JhelumSrinagar
    KrishnaVijayawada
    KshipraUjjain
    Mahanadi  Cuttack
    Sambalpur
    MandaviPanji
    MusiHyderabad
    NarmadaJabalpur
    Ram GangaBareilly
    SabarmatiAhmedabad
    SaryuAyodhya
    Satluj  Ferozpur
    Ludhiana
    SubarnarekhaJamshedpur
    TaptiSurat
    TungabhadraKurnool
          Yamuna  Agra
    Delhi
    Mathura

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  • National Parks in India

    National Parks in India

    State       National Park NameYear of Establishment
                  Andaman & Nicobar Islands  Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park1983
    Middle Button Island National Park1987
    Mount Harriet National Park1987
    North Button Island National Park1987
    Saddle Peak National Park1987
    South Button Island National Park1987
    Campbell Bay National Park1992
    Galathea Bay National Park1992
    Rani Jhansi Marine National Park1996
          Andhra Pradesh  Sri Venkateswara National Park1989
    Rajiv Gandhi (Rameswaram) National Park2005
    Papikonda National Park2008
      Arunachal Pradesh  Namdapha National Park1983
    Mouling National Park1986
            Assam  Kaziranga National Park1974
    Manas National Park1990
    Nameri National Park1998
    Dibru-Saikhowa National Park1999
    Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park1999
    BiharValmiki National Park1989
      Chhattisgarh  Guru Ghasidas (Sanjay) National Park1981
    Indravati National Park1982
    Kanger Valley National Park1982
    GoaMollem National Park1992
              Gujarat  Gir National Park1975
    Blackbuck National Park1976
    Vansda National Park1979
    Marine National Park1982
    Haryana  Sultan National Park1989
    Kalesar National Park2003
            Himachal Pradesh  Great Himalayan National Park1984
    Pin Valley National Park1987
    Inderkilla National Park2010
    Khirganga National Park2010
    Simbalbara National Park2010
          Jammu & Kashmir  Dachigam National Park1981
    Hemis National Park1981
    Kishtwar National Park1981
    City Forest (Salim Ali) National Park1992
    JharkhandBetla National Park1986
            Karnataka  Bandipur National Park1974
    Bannerghatta National Park1974
    Anshi National Park1987
    Kudremukh National Park1987
    Nagarahole (Rajiv Gandhi) National Park1988
            Kerala  Eravikulam National Park1978
    Periyar National Park1982
    Silent Valley National Park1984
    Anamudi Shola National Park2003
    Mathikettan Shola National Park2003
    Pampadum Shola National Park2003
                      Madhya Pradesh  Kanha National Park1955
    Madhav National Park1959
    Bandhavgarh National Park1968
    Pench National Park1975
    Van Vihar National Park1979
    Panna National Park1981
    Sanjay National Park1981
    Satpura National Park1981
    Fossil National Park1983
              Maharashtra  Tadoba National Park1955
    Gugamal National Park1975
    Navegaon National Park1975
    Sanjay Gandhi National Park1983
    Chandoli National Park2004
    ManipurKeibul-Lamjao National Park1977
    Meghalaya  Balpakram National Park1985
    Nokrek Ridge National Park1986
    Mizoram  Murlen National Park1991
    Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park1992
    NagalandIntanki National Park1993
    Odisha  Simlipal National Park1980
    Bhitarkanika National Park1988
    Rajasthan  Ranthambore National Park1980
    Keoladeo Ghana National Park1981
    Desert National Park1992
    Sariska National Park1992
    Mukundra Hills National Park2006
    SikkimKhangchendzonga National Park1977
              Tamil Nadu  Guindy National Park1976
    Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park1980
    Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park1989
    Mudumalai National Park1990
    Mukurthi National Park1990
        Telangana  Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park1994
    Mahaveer Harina Vanasthali National Park1994
    Mrugavani National Park1994
     Clouded Leopard National Park2007
    Bison National Park2007
    Uttar PradeshDudhwa National Park1977
          Uttarakhand  Corbett National Park1936
    Nanda Devi National Park1982
    Valley of Flowers National Park1982
    Rajaji National Park1983
    Gangotri National Park1989
    Govind National Park1990
                West Bengal  Sunderban National Park1984
    Neora Valley National Park1986
    Singalila National Park1986
    Buxa National Park1992
    Gorumara National Park1992
    Jaldapara National Park2014

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