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Fascinating Facts About Gold

The world's largest gold bar weighs 250 kg. Gold is edible. Gold has been discovered on every continent on earth. Our bodies contain about 0.2 milligrams of...

Surprising facts about Earth’s Ocean

Water pressure at the deepest point in the earth's ocean is more than 8 tons per square inch, the equivalent of one person trying to...

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Top 10 Major Lakes of the World

Here is a list of the major lakes of the world, which includes important features and attributes of these lakes viz. its span/size, nature...

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World’s 10 Greatest – Ocean or Seas, Deserts, and Mountains

The world's 10 greatest Oceans and Seas Pacific Ocean                     16,62,40,000 sq kms Atlantic Ocean                   8,65,60,000 sq kms Indian Ocean                     7,34,30,000 sq kms Arctic Ocean                       1,32,30,000 sq...

Sports in India

Athletics Athletics is also known as track and field athletics. It is a collection of sports events that involve jumping, running and throwing. In 1896,...

Governors of Reserve Bank of India

The Governors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the chief executive of India's central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board...

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COUNTRIES & ITS PARLIAMENT

COUNTRIES & ITS PARLIAMENT Afghanistan — ShooraAndorra — General CouncilAlbania — People's AssemblyAzerbaijan — Melli MajlisAlgeria — National People's AssemblyAngola — National People's AssemblyArgentina —...

Facts of Athens Games

The first celebration of the modern Olympic Games took place in its ancient birthplace of Athens. The Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with...

Nick name of Indian Places

Nick name Place Golden City Amritsar Manchester of India Ahmadabad City of seven islands Mumbai Sorrow of Bengal Damodar river Sorrow of Bihar Kosi River Blue Mountains Nilgiri Queen of Arabian Sear Kochi Space City Bengaluru Garden City of India Bengaluru Silicon valley of...

Players in Sports

Sports Number of Players Baseball 9 Rugby football 15 Polo 4 Water Polo 7 Kho Kho 9 Kabaddi 7 Hockey 11 Football (Soccer) 11 Cricket 11 Netball 7 Volleyball 6 Badminton 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Tennis 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Table Tennis 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Basketball 5 Gymnastic Several individuals...

Great Works and Award & Titles

WorksPersonsFoundationof Red CrossHeneryDunantFoundationof ScoutBadenPowellFoundationof Red GaurdsGarrywaldyFounderof SocialismArcharyaNarendra DevFather ofSanskrit GrammerPaniniFounderof Anand VanBabe AmteFounderof 'Auroville Ashram'AurobindoGhoshFounderof ShantiniketanRabindraNath TagoreFounderof VishwabharatiRabindraNath TagoreFounderof Pawnar AshramVinobaBhaveFounderof Bhudan MovementVinobaBhaveFounderof League...

Indian States and their Official Languages

States (Established on) Official Languages Arunachal Prades (20-02-87) English Assam (15-08-47) Assamese, Bodo, Karbi Bihar (22-03-56) Hindi, Urdu, Maithili, Magadhi Chhatishgarh (01-11-2000) Chhattishgarhi, Hindi Goa (30-05-87) Konkani Gujraat (01-05-60) Gujarati, Hindi, English Haryana (01-11-66) Haryanvi, Hindi Himachal Pradesh(25-01-71) Hindi Jammu & Kashmir (26-10-47) Urdu,...

Places associated with Eminent Persons

Place Person Kapilvastu Gautam Buddha Macedonia Alexander, the Great Jalianwala Bagh General Dyer Anand Bhawan Jawaharlal Nehru Chittore Maharana Pratap Haldi Ghati Maharana Pratap Sabarmati Mahatma Gandhi Sitab Diyara Jai Prakash Narayan Shantiniketan Rabindra Nath Tagore Talwandi Guru Nanak Sevagram Mahatma Gandhi Pawapuri Mahavir Kushi Nagar Gautam Buddha Ibrahim Patti Chandra Shekhar Lumbini Gautam Buddha Mecca Prophet Mohammed Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte Porbandar Mahatma Gandhi Bardoli Sardar Patel Fatehpur Sikri Akbar, the Great Puducherry Aurobindo Ghosh Belur Math Rama Krishna Paramhans Pawanar Vinoba Bhave Seringapatnam Tipu Sultan Kundgram Mahavir Jeeradei Dr. Rajendra Prasad Cuttack Subhash Chandra Bose Trimurti Bhawan Jawaharlal Nehru Jerusalem Jesus Christ Corsica Napoleon Bonaparte Trafalgar Nelson  

Arjun Awardees in Cricket

The Arjuna Award instituted in 1961 by Government of India recognises outstanding achievements of sportspersons in the field of sports at international level. The...

Most Expensive Substances in the World

Ranging from foods to creams to gems to things the average person can't fathom, we pulled together a list of 19 of the most...

States in India created after 1950

  Following are the new states in India created after 1950. Andhra Pradesh Created by the State of Andhra Pradesh Act 1953 by carving our some areas from Madras Presidency....

All Presidents of India and their Tenure

NAME TENURE Dr. Rajendra Prasad 26.01.1950 to 13.05.1962 Dr. S. Radhakrishan 13.05.1962 to 13.05.1967 Dr. Zakhir Hussain 13.05.1967 to 03.05.1969 V.V. Giri 03.05.1969 to 20.07.1969 Justice M. Hidayatullah 20.07.1969 to 24.08.1969 V.V. Giri 24.08.1969 to 24.08.1974 F. Ali...

Olympic Games fact

The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan...