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Heads of Important Organizations

Chairman, IRDA T. S. Vijayan Chairman, LIC S.K. Roy President, FICCI NainaLalKidwai Chairman, TRAI - Rahul Khullar Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) -Pradeep Kumar Director, CBI RanjitSinha Chariman, CCI Ashok Chawla President, ASSOCHAM -RajkumarDhoot President, NASSCOM -Som Mittal Chairman, NASSCOM -Krishna kumarNatarajan Director, BARC -Dr.ShekharBasu Director, DRDO - Avinash Chander Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) - R K Sinha Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) -Satyanand Mishra Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) - Ramesh Sippy Chairman, ISRO - Dr. K Radhakrishnan Chairperson, CBDT Sudha Sharma Chairman, SEBI - U K Sinha Chairman, NABARD -Dr.PrakashBakshi Chief, Intelligence Bureau Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim Director, NCERT - Prof. P Sinclair Governor, RBI Dr. Raghuram Rajan. MD, NSE Chitra Ramakrishna President, ADB - Takehiko Nakao MD, BSE Ashish Chauhan Chariman, University Grant Commission Ved Prakash Chief, Indian Airforce Norman Anil Kumar Browne CEO, IFC Jim Yong Cai Chief, Indian Navy Devendra Kumar Joshi MD, IMF Christine Lagarde Director General, WHO Margarate Chan Chairman, NABARD Prakash Bakshi Chief, Indian Army Bikram Singh President, World Bank Jim Yong Kim Chairman, UPSC D. P. Agarwal President, FICCI Nainlal Kidwai Chief, RAW Alok Joshi

~*~ Presidents of India ~*~ 1) Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)

2) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1962-1967) 3) Zakir Hussain (1967-1969) 4) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1969-1974) 5) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-1977) 6) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977-1982) 7) Zail Singh (1982-1987) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1987-1992) 9) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992-1997) 10) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997-2002) 11) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen AbdulKalam (2002-2007) 12) Pratibha Patil (2007-2012) 13) Pranab Mukherjee (2012- )

::::~ INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES ~:::: 1) Golden City - Amristar 2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad 3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai 4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin 5) Space City - Bangalore 6) Garden City of India - Bangalore 7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore 8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore 9) Pink City - Jaipur 10) Gateway of India - Mumbai 11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad 12) City of Festivals - Madurai 13) Deccan Queen - Pune 14) City of Buildings - Kolkata 15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari 16) Old Ganga - Godavari

17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32)

Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh Manchester of the South - Coimbatore City of Nawabs - Lucknow Venice of the East - Cochin Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river Blue Mountains - Nilgiri Queen of the Mountains -Mussoorie Pittsburg of India- Jamshedpur Boston of india- Ahemdabad City of temples- Varanasi Hollywd of india- Mumbai Tiger capital of india- Nagpur Orange city of india- Nagpur Manchester of the east- Kanpur

~~~~ Knowledge Information ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Indias Only coal museum -------Margherita, Assam. . Indias Only glass mosque ------- Shillong, Meghalaya. . Indias Only active volcano ------Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Island. . Indias Only Floating National Park ------- Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur. . Indias Only Floating Lake ------- Loktak Lake, Manipur. . Indias Only Symphony Orchestra ------- Symphony Orchestra of India, Mumbai. . Indias Only Female Wildlife Photographer ------- Vasudha Chakravathi. . Indias Only two F1 Driver ------- Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok. . Indias Only Aircraft carries ------- INS Viraat. . Indias Only overseas Military Base ------- Farkhor Air Base, Tajikistan. . Indias Only licenced production and supply Unit for National Flag ------- Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha. . India's Only Satellite Launch Center ------- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. . Indias Only River Island ------- Majuli, Assam.

. Indias Only Stadium with Student Gallery------ Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, UP. . Indias Only Handwritten Newspaper ------- The Musalman. . Indias Only district borders with four States ------ Sonbhadra District, UP. . Indias Only Cattle Fair ------Sonepur Mela,

>> NEWLY ELECTED HEADS << * Iran president - Hassan Ruhani * Bangladesh president - Abdul Hamid * Venezuelan president - Nicolas Maduro * Chinese president - Xijin Ping * Russia - Vladmir Putin * South Korea - Park Geun Hey * Israel president - Shimon Perez * Italian president - Napolitano * Kenya - Uhuru Kenyata * Egyptian president - Adly Mansour * French president - Francois * Italy prime minister ----Enrico Letta * Australia prime minister--------Kevin Rudd

~*~ Important Timeline of Indian History ~*~

2800 BC Indus Valley Civilization begins in the northwestern region of India 2600 BC Mohenjo-daro and Harappa phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, in Punjab and Sindh. Other cities like Lothal, Mehrgarh also emerged during this period. 1600 BC India is invaded by the Aryans from the west 1400 BC The Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written 600 BC The Upanishads written 599 BC Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born 563 BC Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born in Lumbini 527 BC Nirvana of Mahavira 492 BC Bimbisara dies and is succeeded by Ajatashatru in Magadha Empire 483 BC Death of Gautama Buddha in Kushinagar 326 BC Alexander the Great moved into India, King Porus who ruled parts of the Pun jab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. 321 BC Chandragupta Maurya established Mauryan dynasty defeating Dhana Nanda 305 BC Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire. 300 BC Chola dynasty establishes his kingdom over southern India with capital in Thanjavur

269 BC Ashoka the Great, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, becomes the emperor of India 261 BC Kalinga War takes place between Magadha Empire and the kingdom of Kalinga. 232 BC Death of King Ashoka 185 BC The Mauryan Empire, collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty 50 AD Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises, first Buddhist stupa is constructed at Sanchi 300 The Pallava dynasty is established in Kanchi 320 The Gupta dynasty founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, reunited northern India initiating the "golden Age" of India 335 King Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire. 380 Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor. 450 Invasions by the Huna. 606 Harshavardhana crowned Monarch. 712 First Muslim, Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir 1021 Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab 1206 Qutb ub-din Aybak establishes the Delhi Sultanate 1221 Genghis Khan invades Punjab 1236 Razia Sultana, only lady ruler of Delhi 1290 Jalal ud-Din Firuz establishes the Khilji sultanate at Delhi 1298 Marco Polo visits India 1336 Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I 1398 Timur conquered India resulting in the decline of the Delhi Sultanate 1469 Birth of Guru Nanak Dev 1497 Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499) 1526 Babur established the Mughal Empire 1555 Mughal king Humayun comes to fight Sher Shah and regains India 1556 Humayun dies, and is succeeded by Akbar 1600 Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the East India Company established trading posts in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras 1605 Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir. 1612 British arrives India 1632 Taj Mahal construction initiated by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan 1653 Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangze b. 1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs. 1680 Shivaji dies at Raigad, Sambhaji became 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire 1707 Death of Aurangzeb the Mughal emperor. 1757 In Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive, leads British forces which defeated the Mughal governor of Bengal Mir Jafar 1774 Warren Hastings appointed the first governor general of India by the East India Company 1775 First Anglo-Maratha War 1799 Death of Tipu Sultan 1853 Started Post Service 1853 First Railway established between Bombay and Thane 1857 Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May) 1857 Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India 1858 The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General of India 1862 Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar 1869 "Arya Samaj" Established 1876 Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the British Parliament 1885 Burma became an Indian province 1885 The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December) 1905 The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections 1909 Morley-Minto Reforms 1914 World War 1 1915 Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April) 1920 Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National

Congress, Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement 1927 Simon Commission 1929 Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Du tt. 1930 Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started 1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March) 1935 Government of India Act 1939 World War 2 began 1940 Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed fr om India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan 1942 Quit India Movement 1942 Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose 1945 World War II ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August) 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny 1946 The British government agreed to grant India independence 1947 British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan 1947 India became independent (15th August) 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated Nathuram Godse (30th January) 1950 Constitution of India came into effect and Jawaharlal Nehru became the Indian first prime minister (26th January)

CMDs and CEOs of Banks in India 2013 (As of 12.08.2013) SBI & Associates State State State State State State Bank Bank Bank Bank Bank Bank of of of of of of India Pratip Chaudhuri, CMD Bikaner And Jaipur B. Sriram,MD Hyderabad M Bhagavantha Rao,MD Mysore Sharad Sharma,MD Patiala Achal Kumar Gupta,MD Travancore P. Nanda Kumaran,MD

Nationalised Banks Allahabad Bank S. A. Panse,CMD Andhra Bank B. A. Prabhakar,CMD Bank of Baroda S. S. Mundra,CMD Bank of India Smt V. R. Iyer ,CMD Bank of Maharashtra Narendra Singh,CMD Canara Bank R. K. Dubey ,CMD Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi,CMD Corporation Bank Vacant Dena Bank Ashwani Kumar ,CMD IDBI Bank Ltd M.S. Raghavan,CMD Indian Bank T. M. Bhasin,CMD Indian Overseas Bank M.Narendra,CMD Oriental Bank of Commerce S. L. Bansal,CMD Punjab And Sind Bank Devendra Pal Singh, IAS,CMD Punjab National Bank K. R. Kamath,CMD

Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain, CMD UCO Bank Arun Kaul,CMD Union Bank of India D.Sarkar,CMD United Bank of India Archana Bhargava,CMD Vijaya Bank H.S Upendra Kamath,CMD Private Banks Axis Bank Smt. Shikha Sharma,MD & CEO Catholic Syrian Bank Shri.V.P Iswardas ,MD & CEO City Union Bank Balasubramanian S, Development Credit Bank Murali M. Natrajan,MD & CEO Dhanalakshmi Bank Amitabh Chaturvedi,MD & CEO Federal Bank Shyam Srinivasan,MD & CEO HDFC Bank Adtya Puri, MD & CEO ICICI Bank Smt Chanda Kochar, MD & CEO Indusind Bank Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO ING Vysya Bank Shailendra Bhandari, MD & CEO Jammu & Kashmir Bank Mushtaq Ahmad, MD & CEO Karnataka Bank P. Jayarama Bhat, MD & CEO Karur Vysya Bank K. Venkataraman, MD & CEO Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak , MD Lakshmi Vilas Bank P.R. Somasundaram, MD Nainital Bank Devendra Pratap Singh,Chairman CEO Ratnakar Bank Vishwavir Ahuja, MD & CEO South Indian Bank Dr.V.A.JOSEPH, MD & CEO Tamilnad Mercantile Bank K.B. Nagendra Murthy, MD & CEO Yes Bank's Ltd Rana Kapoor, Founder/MD & CEO Foriegn bank ..country Head India City Bank Pramit Jhaveri, Citi Country Officer, India HSBC Bank Naina Lal Kidwai,Country Head, HSBC Standard Chartered Bank Sunil Kaushal, chief of India operations

India's Only : Indias Only Indias Only Indias Only Indias Only Indias Only Indias Only Indias Only

coal museum------- Margherita, Assam glass mosque------- Shillong, Meghalaya active volcano------- Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Island Floating National Park------- Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur Floating Lake------- Loktak Lake, Manipur Symphony Orchestra------- Symphony Orchestra of India, Mumbai Female Wildlife Photographer------- Vasudha Chakravathi

Indias Only two F1 Driver------- Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok Indias Only Aircraft carries------- INS Viraat Indias Only overseas Military Base------- Farkhor Air Base, Tajikistan Indias Only licenced production and supply Unit for National Flag ------- Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha India's Only Satellite Launch Center------- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh Indias Only River Island------- Majuli, Assam Indias Only Stadium with Student Gallery------- Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, UP Indias Only Handwritten Newspaper------- The Musalman Indias Only district borders with four States------- Sonbhadra District, UP Indias only tobacco free village------- Shankarpura, Haryana Indias Only Cattle Fair------- Sonepur Mela, Bihar

PRIME MINISTERS of INDIA Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) 15 August 1947-27 May 1964 Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) 27 May 1964- 9 June 1964 (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) 9 June 1964-11 January 1966 Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) 11 January 1964 - 24 January 1966 (Acting) Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 24 January 1966 -24 March 1977 Morarji Desai (1896-1995) 24 March 1977- 28 July 1979 Charan Singh (1902-1987) 28 July 1979- 14 January 1980 Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 14 January 1980- 31 October 1984 Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) 31 October 1984- 1 December 1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh (b-1931) 2 December 1989- 10 November 1990 Chandra Shekhar (b-1927) 10 November 1990- 21 June 1991 P.V Narasimha Rao (b-1921) 21 June 1991- 16 May 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 16 May 1996- 01 June 1996 H.D Deva Gowda (b-1933) 01 June 1996- 21 April 1997 I.K Gujral (b-1933) 21 April 1997- 18 March 1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 19 March 1998- 13 October 1999 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) 13 October 1999- 22 May 2004 Dr. Manmohan Singh (b-1932) 22 May 2004- till date

First Person in India First Governor-General of Independent IndiaLord Lewis Mountbatten Indian Governor-General of Independent IndiaChakravarti Rajgopalachari Chief of the Indian Armed ForcesGeneral K. M. Carriappa Field MarshallGeneral S. H. F. J. Manekshaw PresidentDr. Rajendra Prasad Vice-PresidentDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

Prime-MinisterPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Non-Congress Prime-MinisterAtal Behari Bajpai British Governor-General of BengalWarren-Hastings Space travellerS. Leader-Rakesh Sharma I. C. S.Satendra Nath Tagore Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimmingMihir Sen Raman-Magsaysay awardeeAcharya Vinoba Bhave Novel prize winnerRabindra Nath Tagore President of National CongressVyomesh Chand Banerjee Chairman of Lok SabhaG. B. Mavlankar Chief Election CommissionerSukumar Sen Indian Chairman in International CourtJustice Dr. Nagendra Singh Foreigner awardee of Bharat RatnaKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan Leader of the Indian Antarctica MissionDr. Syed Zahuv Quasim Chief Justice of Supreme CourtJustice Hiralal J. Kaniya Awarded with Bharat RatnasDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman Posthumally Bharat Ratna AwardeeLal Bahadur Shastri Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth PurskarG. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam1965) Successful Surgeon who transplanted heartDr. P. Venugopal Successful heart transplanted personDevi Ram (1994) President of National Human Rights CommissionJustice Rangnath Mishra Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth PurskarSumitra Nandan Pant (1968) Indian who won the World Billiard awardWilson Jans Indian who won the Grammy awardPt. Ravi Shankar Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O. Atal Behari Bajpai (1977) Indian member in British House of Commons Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892) First President of Indian Science CongressSir Asutosh Mukherjee Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 timesSherpa-Augarita Writer who was awarded Vyas SammanRamvilas Sharma Indian Managing Director of World BankGautam Kazi Player awarded Padam BhusanC. K. Naidu Indian players played Davis CupM. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921) Indian player who played the test cricketK. S. Ranjeet Single (from England) Scientist elected for Lok SabhaDr. Meghnad Saha Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla awardProf. Ashish Datta (1991) Literature who was awarded Murti Devi PurskarC. K. Nagraj Rao (1993) Person, who became High Commission in Great BritainV. K. Krishna-Menon Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace PrizeDr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952) First Indian who contested the election for British ParliamentLal Mohan Ghose An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period Ram Prasad Ram Indian member of Viceroy Executive CouncilSir. S. P. Sinha Chairman of Finance CommissionK. C. Niogi Indian member of American CongressDeleep Singh

Bowler who made hat-trick in Test CricketHarbhajan Singh Batsman who made 300 runs in test CricketVirendra Sehwag First Marshal of Indian Air ForceArjan Singh First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic gamesAbhinav Bindra First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games Vijendra Kumar

First in India 1. British Governor General of Bengal - Warren Hastings 2. Governor General of Independent India Lord Mountbatten 3. Commander-in-chief of Free India General Roy Bucher 4. Cosmonaut Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma 5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India Babar 6. Field Marshal S. H. F. J. Manekshaw 7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union C. Rajagopalachari 8. Indian I.C.S. Officer Satyendra Nath Tagore 9. Indian Member of Viceroys Executive Council Sri S.P. Sinha 10. Indian to swim across English Channel Mihir Sen 11. Indian woman to swim across-English Channel Miss Arati Saha 12. Man to climb Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay 13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen Phu Dorjee 14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice Nwang Gombu 15. Nobel Prize winner Rabindra Nath Tagore 16. President of Indian National Congress W. C. Banerjee 17. President of Indian Republic - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 18. Talkie Film Alam Ara (1931) 19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) Indira 20. Viceroy of India Lord Canning 21. Woman Minister of Indian Union Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 22. Woman Chief Minister of State Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani 23. Woman Governor Mrs. Sarojini Naidu 24. Woman President of Indian National Congress Dr. Annie Besant 25. Woman Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi 26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly Mrs. Shanno Devi 27. Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 28. Muslim President of Indian Union Dr. Zakir Hussain 29. Speaker of Lok Sabha G. V. Mavlankar 30. Woman to climb mount Everest Bachhendri Pal 31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi 32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court Smt. Leela Seth 33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) Kalpana Chawla 34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics - Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000) 35. The First Indian World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand 36. Indias first paperless Newspaper The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)

37. Indias First woman Merchant Navy Officer Sonali Banerjee 38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha G. M. C. Balyogi 39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness Krishna Kant 40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England) 41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya 42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor Ms. Kiran Bedi 43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003) 44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India- K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003) 45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament Sania Mirza (2003) 46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003) 47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD Mrs. Ranjana Kumar 48. The highest individual test scorer of India Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth africa) 49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times- Rahul Dravid 50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003) 51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh 52. The first woman Director General of Police of a State Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal) 53. The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police) 54. The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune) 55. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming Bula Chaudhury 56. The first woman to become Indian Air Forces first woman Air Marshal Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay 57. The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP) 58. Indias first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad) 59. The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.) 60. The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. Budhia (May 2006) 61. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro (Chennai Metro Police) Letika Saran 62. The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006) 63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006) 64. The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title Preeti Desai (2006) 65. The first woman President of the Republic of India Pratibha Patil

Recent Appointments in 2013 / Important Appointments / Recent appointment in India / Recent Appointments in world

1) 68th Secretary of State of the United States : John Kerry. 2) New Chief Minister of Nagaland : Neiphiu Rio. 3) New Chief Minister of Meghalaya : Mukul Manda Sangma. 4) New Pope (head of the Roman Catholic Church) : Jorge Bergoglio. 5) New Prime Minister of Nepal : Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. 6) New President of China : Xi Jinping. 7) New President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India : Rajan Bharti Mittal. 8) New President of Kenya : Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the President of Kenya. 9) New President of Venezuela : Nicolas Maduro. 10) New Chief of NASSCOM : Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM. 11) Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians : Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien elected as the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians. 12) New President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) : Takehiko Nakao appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by the Board of Governors. He succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda. 13) New President of Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid was sworn in as Bangladesh President replaced Zillur Rahman. 14) New Prime Minister of Malaysia : Najib Razak . 15) New Chief Minister of Karnataka : Y. Siddaramaiah . 16) New Comptroller & Auditor General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma Appointed as the new CAG after replacing Vinod Rai. 17) 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI) appointed : P. Sathasivam appointed as the Next Chief Justice of India. 18) New PM of Palestine : Rami Hamdallah 19) New PM of Pakistan : Nawaz Sharif sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. 20) New Australian Prime Minister Appointed : Kevin Rudd. 21) John Ashe elected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th Session. 22) New FBI Director : James Comey appointed as next FBI director by Barack Obama. 23) New Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) : Avinash Chander. Avinash Chander, will succeed V.K. Saraswat. 24) New Chairman of LIC : The Government of India appointed SK Roy as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). 25) New President of Iran : Hassan Rohani Won Presidential Elections of Iran. 26) New Chief Minister of Jarkhand : Hemant Soren sworn in as Ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. 27) New Prime Minister of Egypt Appointed : Hazem El-Beblawi. 28) The Institute of Cost Accountants of India announced Suresh Chandra Mohanty as the new president of the body. Suresh Chandra Mohanty replaced Rakesh Singh. 29) New Governor of Meghalaya : KK Paul took over as the New Governor of Meghalaya. 30) Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim 31) Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). 32) Indias next Foreign Secretary Appointed : Sujata Singh. 33) Anil Goswami Took Over as the Union Home Secretary. 34) New Governor of RBI : Raghuram Govind Rajan, the Chief Economic Adviser was appointed as the

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a time period of three years. He succeeds D. Subbarao. 35) New President of Iran : Hassan Rouhani sworn in as the new President of Iran. 36) New President of Zimbawe : Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th term as President of Zimbabwe. 37) New Director General of the CRPF : Dilip Trivedi. 38) New Member of UPSC Appointed : Vinay Mittal appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is the eighth members in the Commissi

Governors/ Lt. Governors & Administrators of Indian States Andhra PradeshShri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma AssamShri Janaki Ballav Patanaik BiharShri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil ChhattisgarhShri Shekhar Dutt GoaShri B. V. Wanchoo Gujarat Dr. Kamla Beniwal Haryana Shri Jagannath Pahadia Himachal PradeshSmt. Urmila Singh Jammu and KashmirShri N. N. Vohra JharkhandDr. Syed Ahmed KarnatakaShri H.R. Bhardwaj KeralaShri Nikhil Kumar Madhya PradeshShri Ram Naresh Yadav MaharashtraShri Kateekal Sankaranarayanan Manipur Dr. Ashwani Kumar (Additional Charge) Meghalaya Dr. K.K. Paul MizoramShri Vakkom Purushothaman NagalandDr. Ashwani Kumar OdishaShri S.C. Jamir Punjab Shri Shivraj Patil RajasthanSmt Margaret Alva Sikkim Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil Tamil NaduDr. K. Rosaiah Tripura Shri Devanand Konwar Uttar Pradesh Shri B.L. Joshi UttarakhandShri Aziz Qureshi West Bengal Shri M.K. Narayanan Lt. Governors & Administrators Andaman and Nicobar Island (UT) Lt. General A.K. Singh (Retd.), (Lieutenant Governor) Chandigarh (UT) Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT) Shri B. S. Bhalla, IAS (Administrator) Daman and Diu (UT) Shri B. S. Bhalla, IAS (Administrator) Delhi (NCT) Shri Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant Governor)

Lakshadweep (UT) Shri H. Rajesh Prasad, IAS (Administrator) Puducherry (UT) Shri Virendra Kataria (Lieutenant Governor)

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