INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS :- IMPORTANT YEARS..

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS :- IMPORTANT YEARS..

• Government of India Act 1858
• Indian National Congress (1885)
• Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Muslim League (1906)
• Swadeshi Movement (1905)
• Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
• Lucknow Pact (1916)
• Home Rule Movement (1915-­1916)
• The Gandhian Era (1918-1947)
• Khilafat Movement (1920)
• The Rowlatt Act (1919)
• Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)

• Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
• Swaraj Party (1922)
• Simon Commission (1927)
• Dandi March (1930)
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
• The Government of India Act, 1935
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
• Interim Government (1946)
• Formation of Constituent Assembly (1946)
• Mountbatten Plan (1947)
• The Indian Independence Act, 1947
• Partition of India (1947)

Classical Dances of India

 Classical Dances of India 

Bharat Natyam – Tamil Nadu
Bihu – Assam
Bhangra – Punjab
Chhau – Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand
Garhwali – Uttaranchal
Garba – Gujarat
Hattari – Karnataka
Kathak – North India
Kathakali – Kerala
Kutchipudi – Andhra Pradesh
Khantumm – Mizoram
Karma – Madhya Pradesh
Laho – Meghalaya
Mohiniattam – Kerala
Mando – Goa
Manipuri – Manipur
Nati – Himachal Pradesh
Nat-Natin – Bihar
Odissi – Orissa
Rauf – Jammu & Kashmir
Yakshagan – Karnataka

Top 5 Countries With The Fastest Internet Connection Speeds.

Top 5 Countries With The Fastest Internet Connection Speeds.

1. Hong Kong, 65.4 Mbps.
2. South Korea, 63.6 Mbps.
3. Japan, 52 Mbps 
4. Singapore, 50.1 Mbps 
5. Israel, 47.7 Mbps 

Indian Missiles

List of Indian Missiles :-

1. Prithvi-I (SS-150)(Range: 150 km, Payload: 1000 kg, User: Army)

2. Prithvi-II (SS-250)(Range: 250 km - 350 km, Payload: 500 kg - 1000 kg, User: Air Force, Army)

3. Prithvi-III (SS-350)(Range: 350 km - 600 km, Payload: 250 kg - 500 kg, User: Army, Air Force, Navy)

4. Agni-I(Range: 700 – 1,200 km, Type: MRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

5. Agni-II(Range: 2,000 – 2,500 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

6. Agni-III(Range: 3,000 – 5,000 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

7. Agni-IV(Range: 2,500 – 3,700 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

8. Agni-V(Range: 5,000 – 8,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)

9. Agni-VI(Range: 8,000 – 10,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)

10. K-15(Range: 750 km, Weight: 10 tonne, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: 10 m)

11. K-4(Range: 3,500-5,000 km, Weight: 17 tonnes, Warhead: 1 tonne - 2.5 tonnes, length: 10 m)

12. K-5(Range: 6,000 km, Weight: Unspecified, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: Unspecified)

13. BrahMos(Type: Supersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: Inducted)

14. Shaurya (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 1000-1800 Km, Status: Inducted)

15. SRSAM (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 15 Km, Status: Inducted)

16. Pinaka (Range: 40 km, Status: Inducted)

17. Nag (Range: 4km, Status: Induction)

18. Akash (Range: 30 Km , Status: Inducted)

19. Phase-I:(Status: Development completed)

20. MRSAM(Range: 70 km, Used: Air force)

Some other Indian Missiles that are either in development phase or in testing phase are :

1. BrahMos-2(Type: Hypersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: In development)

2. Long-Range Cruise Missile (LRCM) (Type: Supersonic, Range: 1000 km, Status: In development)

3. Pinaka 2 (Range: 120 km, Status: Design Phase)

4. Nag 2(Range: 7 km, Status: In development)

5. Akash MK2(Range: 45 -50 KM, Status: In development)

6. Astra missile Mk2(Range: 100-120 km, Status: Design Phase)

7. Phase-II(Status: In design Phase)

8. Prahaar(Range: 150 KM, Status: In Test Phase)

9. Astra(Range: 80 km, Status: In Trail Phase)

10. Helina(Range: 7Km, Status: In Test Phase)

11. LRSAM (Range: 70 Km, Status: testing phase)

12. Trishul (Range: 8-12 Km, Status: Closed)

List of laureates awarded with the Bharat Ratna:

List of laureates awarded with the Bharat Ratna:


1954 - C. Rajagopalachari - Independence activist, last and the only Indian Governor-General of India
1954 - C. V. Raman Nobel laureate physicist (1930)
1954 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Philosopher, India's first Vice President (1952–62), and second President (1962–67)
1955 - Bhagwan Das - Independence activist, theosophist, and founder of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
1955 - Visvesvaraya - Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore (1912–18), and Knight Commander of the Indian Empire
1955 - Jawaharlal Nehru - Independence activist, author, and first Prime Minister of India (1947–64)
1957 - Govind Ballabh Pant - Independence activist, first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950–54)
1958 - Dhondo Keshav Karve - Social reformer
1961 - Bidhan Chandra Roy - Physician-Surgeon and second Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–62)
1961 - Purushottam Das Tandon - Independence activist, educator
1962 - Rajendra Prasad - Independence activist, lawyer, first President of India (1950–62)
1963 - Zakir Hussain - Independence activist, second Vice President of India (1950–62), and third President of India (1962–67)
1963 - Pandurang Vaman Kane - Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
1966 - Lal Bahadur Shastri - Independence activist and second Prime Minister of India (1964–67)
1971 - Indira Gandhi - Former Prime Minister of India (1966–77, 1980–84)
1975 - V. V. Giri Trade unionist, first Acting President of India, and fourth President of India (1969–74)
1976 - K. Kamaraj - Independence activist and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1954–57, 1957–62, 1962–63)
1980 - Mother Teresa - Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel peace prize laureate (1979)
1983 - Vinoba Bhave - Independence activist, social reformer, and Ramon Magsaysay Award laureate (1958)
1987 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan double- Independence activist
1988 - M. G. Ramachandran - Film actor and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1977–80, 1980–84, 1985–87)
1990 - B. R. Ambedkar - Chief architect of the Indian Constitution and social reformer
1990 - Nelson Mandela - Leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993)
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi - Sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–89)
1991 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Independence activist and first Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947–50)
1991 - Morarji Desai Independence activist and fourth Prime Minister of India (1977–79)
1992 - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Independence activist
1992 -J. R. D. Tata - Industrialist and philanthropist
1992 -Satyajit Ray - Filmmaker
1997 - Gulzarilal Nanda - Independence activist and two times interim Prime Minister of India
1997 - Aruna Asaf Ali - Independence activist
1997 - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Aerospace and Defense Scientist, eleventh President of India (2002–07)
1998 - M. S. Subbulakshmi - Carnatic classical vocalist
1998 - Chidambaram Subramaniam- Independence activist and former Minister of Agriculture of India (1964–66)
1999 - Jayaprakash Narayan - Independence activist and social reformer
1999 - Ravi Shankar - Hindustani classical Sitar player
1999 - Amartya Sen - Nobel laureate economist (1998)
1999 - Gopinath Bordoloi - dagger - Independence activist, first Chief Minister of Assam (1946–50)
2001 - Lata Mangeshkar - Playback singer
2001 - Bismillah Khan - Hindustani classical Shehnai player
2008 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - Hindustani classical vocalist
2013 - C. N. R. Rao - Chemist
2013 - Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer

Oscar 2014

Winners of Oscar 2014
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* Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave

* Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

* Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

* Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

* Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

* Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

* Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

* Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

* Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

* Best Documentary Feature - 20 Feet from Stardom

* Best Documentary Short - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

* Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

* Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)

* Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

* Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)

* Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen

* Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

* Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

* Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

* Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

* Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher
Benstead, Chris Munro)

* Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

* Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

* Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)

Intelligence Agencies in the World

 Intelligence Agencies in the World

• CIA – America
•  MI-6 – United Kingdom
•  RAW- India
•  ISI – Pakistan
•  MSS – China
•  Mossad – Israel
• ASIS – Australia
•  DGSE – France
•  FSB – Russia
• BND – Germany

FAMOUS PERSONS & THEIR NICKNAMES

FAMOUS PERSONS & THEIR NICKNAMES

1. Bengali Tiger –- Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari –- Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Sher- e -Punjab –- Ranjit Singh
4. Lion of Kashmir –- Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah
5. Mysore Tiger –- Tippu Sultan
6. Bard of Avon –- William Shakespeare
7. Sage of Kanchi –- Sankaracharya
8. Bird man of India –- Salim Ali
9. Maratha Kesari –- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Bapu –- Gandhiji
11. Babuji –- Jagjeevan Ram
12. Indian Machiavelli –- Chanakya
13. Indian Napoleon –- Samudragupta
14. Indian Bismarck –- Sardar Vallabhai Patel
15. Indian Shakespeare –- Kalidasa
16. Deenabandhu –- C.F Andrews
17. Deshabandhu –- C.R Das
18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars –- Madan Mohan Malaviya
19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots –- Subash Chandra Bose
20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs –- Bhagat Singh
21. Who is known as prince of Builders –- Shahjahan
22. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims –- Hiuen Tsang
23. Who is known as prince of Autobiography –- Babur
24. Who is known as prince of Money Makers –- Muhammad bin Tughlaq
25. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims –- Hiuen Tsang
26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism –- Tushar Kanti Ghosh
27. Man of Destiny –- Napoleon Bonaparte
28. Andhara Kesari –- T. Prakasam
29. Lok Nayak –- Jayaprkash Narayan
30. Father of Medicine –- Hippocrates
31. Lady with the lamp –- Florence Nightingale
32. Poet's Poet –- Edmund Spencer