Monday, 2 September 2013

List of Longest, Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Tallest, Highest

List of Longest, Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Tallest, Highest

1. Longest river (India) Ganges
2. Longest river (World) Nile
3. Longest tributary river of India Yamuna
4. Longest river of the south Godavari
5. Highest mountain peak Godwin Austin(k2)
6. Largest lake (Fresh water) Wular lake (Kashmir)
7. Highest Dam Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River
8. Largest Mosque Jama Masjid, Delhi
9. Longest Road Grand Trunk Road

10. State with longest coastline Gujarat
11. Longest tunnel Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
12. Longest national highway NH-7 from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
13. Longest Dam Hirakod Dam (Orissa)
14. Longest River Bride Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
15. Longest populated city Mumbai (1.60 crore)
16. Largest Museum National Museum, Kolkata
17. Largest Delta Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal
18. Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
19. Largest Zoo Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
20. Largest man-made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar(Rihand Dam)
21. Largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan)
22. Highest Tower Pitampura Tower, Delhi
23. Smallest State (Area) Goa
24. Smallest State (Population) Sikkim
25. Highest Waterfall Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)
26. Longest Electric railway line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
27. Densest populated State West Bengal
28. Largest cave temple Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
29. Largest animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)
30. Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
31. Biggest Hotel Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai)
32. Largest State (Area) Rajasthan
33. Largest State (Population) Uttar Pradesh
34. Place of heaviest rainfall Mausinram (Meghalaya)
35. Largest corridor Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
36. Largest cantilever span bride Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
37. Largest forest state M.P.
38. Highest straight gravity Dam Bhakra Dam
39. Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
40. Largest Stadium Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata
41. Largest Port Mumbai
42. Highest Lake Devatal (Garhwal)
43. Largest Lake (Saline water) Chika lake,Orissa
44. Highest Award Bharat Ratna
45. Highest Gallantry Award Paramveer Chakra
46. Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar
47. Deepest river valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
48. State with longest coastline of South India Andhra Pradesh
49. Longest river which forms estuary Narmada
50. Largest Church Saint Cathedral (Goa)
51. Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai
52. Highest Battle field Siachin Glacier
53. Highest Airport Len (Laddakh)
54. Largest river island Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam)
55. Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium.
Source : www.facebook.com

First in India and World


Aircraft Carrier Indian ShipI.N.S. Vikrant
American president to visit IndiaDwight David Eisenhower
Asian Games organized in IndiaDelhi (in 1951)
atomic Submarine of IndiaI.N.S. Chakra
British Prime Minister to visit IndiaHarold Mc Millon
British to visit IndiaHawkins
Chief justice of IndiaJustice Hiralal J. Kania
Chief of Air Staff of IndiaAir Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Chief of Army Staff of IndiaGeneral M.Rajendra Singh
Chief of Naval Staff of IndiaVice- Admiral R.D Katari
Chinese pilgrim to visit IndiaFa-hien
Commander-in-chief of free IndiaGeneral K.M. Cariappa
Commander-in-chief of Free IndiaGeneral Roy Bucher
Dalit Speaker of the Lok SabhaG.M.C. Balyogi
Deputy prime Minister of IndiaSardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
E-business news paper of IndiaFinancial Express
Education Minister of Independent IndiaMaulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Election Commissioner of IndiaSukumar Sen
Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in IndiaBabar
field Marshal of IndiaGeneral S.F.J. Manekshaw
Foreign recipient of Bharat RatnaKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Governor General of BengalWarren Hastings (1774-85)
Governor General of Ind. IndiaLord Mountbattten
Governor General of IndiaLord William Bentic (1833-35)
Governor of BengalLord Clive (1757-60)
Home Minister of Independent IndiaSardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Indian air Chief of IndiaAir Marshal S. Mukherjee
Indian author to get Anderson AwardRuskin Bond
Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space )Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
Cricketer to make double centuries 5 timesRahul Dravid
WOman to win in a Wimbledon touramentSania Mirza
Governor general of Independent IndiaC.Rajgopalachari (21 June,1948
I.C.S. OfficerSatyaendra Nath Tagore
Woman to win a medal in World AthleticsAnju Bobby George
MissilePrithvi
Woman to win the Miss Great Britain TitlePreeti Desai
PilotJ.R.D. Tata (1929)
Prime Minister to loose an electionIndira Ghandi
Prime Minister to resign from officeMorarji Desai
Recipient of Nobel Prize in EconomicsDr. Amartya Sen
Scientist to get Nobel PrizeC.V. Raman (Physics)
SubmarineI.N.S. Cauveri
United Nations Civilian Police AdvisorMs. Kiran bedi
To climb Mount AverestTenzing Norgay
To fly the U.S. space shuttleDr. Kalpana Chawla
To get Bhart Ratna AwardDr. S. Radhakrishnan
To get Jnanpeeth AwardG. Shankar Kurup
To get Paramvir ChakraMajor Somnath Sharma
To make printing press popular in IndiaJames Hicky
To pass ICSSurendra Nath Benerjee
To reach AntarcticaLt. Ram Charan (1960)
To reach the south PoleCol. I.K.Bajaj
To ski to the north poleAjeet Bajaj
To Swim Across English Channel in IndiaMihir Sen
To win Magsaysay AwardAcharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)
To win Stalin AwardSaiffudin Kichlu
To win world Billiards TrophyWilson Jones
Weightlifter to win bronze medal in OlympicsKarnam Malleshwari
Woman Airline PilotDurga Banerjee
Woman Air-vice-MarshalP. Bandopadhyaya
Woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARDMrs. Ranjana Kumar
Woman cricketer to score adouble centuryMithali Raj
Woman I.P.S. OfficerKiran Bedi
Woman Merchant Navy OfficerSonali Banerjee
Woman president of Indian National CongressSarojini Naidu (1925)
Woman Speaker of State Assembly in IndiaMrs. Shanno Devi
Woman to become Miss UniverseSushmita Sen
Woman to become Miss WorldMiss Reita Faria
Woman to get Ashok ChakraNirja Mishra
Woman to get Bharat RatnaSmt. Indira Gandhi
Woman to get Jnanpith AwardAshapurna Devi
Woman to get the Nobel PrizeMother Teresa (1979)
Woman to go into spaceKalpana Chawla
Woman Lt. General in the Indian ArmyPuneeta Arora
Woman to swim across the English ChannelMiss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
Woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian GamesKamaljeet Sandhu
Woman to win the Booker PrizeArundhati Roy
woman to win WTA TitleSania Mirza
Woman yo cross seven important seas by swimmingBula Chaudhury
World Chess ChampionVishwanathan Anand
Large-scale Atomic Reactor of IndiaApsara (1956)
Medium range Missile of IndiaAgni
Minister to resign form Union Cabinet of IndiaShyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)
Muslim President of Indian National CongressBadruddin Tayab Ji
Muslim President of Indian RepublicDr. Zakir Hussain
Nuclear Centre of IndiaTarapur
Paperless Newspaper of IndiaThe News Today
President of Constituent Assembly of IndiaDr. Rajendra Prasad
President of India to die in officeDr. Zakir Hussain
President of Indian National CongressW.C. Banerjee
to win Nobel prize in PhysicsSubrahmanium Chandrasekhar
Sikh Prime Minister of IndiaDr. Manmohan Singh
Speaker of lok SabhaG.V. Mavlankar (1952-57)
To win an individual Olympic gold for India.Abhinav Binra
Talkie Film in IndiaAlam Ara
Test Tube Baby of IndiaIndira (Baby Harsha)
University of IndiaNalanda University
Vice-President of India to die in harnessKrishna Kant
Woman Chief Justice of a High Court in IndiaSmt. Leela Seth
Woman Judge in Supreme Court in IndiaMrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

List of International Currencies with Currency Codes



Country

Currency

ISO-4217 Code

A

Afghanistan

Afghan afghani

AFN

Albania

Albanian lek

ALL

Algeria

Algerian dinar

DZD

Andorra

European euro

EUR

Angola

Angolan kwanza

AOA

Anguilla

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Antigua and Barbuda

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Argentina

Argentine peso

ARS

Armenia

Armenian dram

AMD

Aruba

Aruban florin

AWG

Australia

Australian dollar

AUD

Austria

European euro

EUR

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani manat

AZN

B

Bahamas

Bahamian dollar

BSD

Bahrain

Bahraini dinar

BHD

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi taka

BDT

Barbados

Barbadian dollar

BBD

Belarus

Belarusian ruble

BYR

Belgium

European euro

EUR

Belize

Belize dollar

BZD

Benin

West African CFA franc

XOF

Bhutan

Bhutanese ngultrum

BTN

Bolivia

Bolivian boliviano

BOB

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka

BAM

Botswana

Botswana pula

BWP

Brazil

Brazilian real

BRL

Brunei

Brunei dollar

BND

Bulgaria

Bulgarian lev

BGN

Burkina Faso

West African CFA franc

XOF

Burundi

Burundi franc

BIF

C

Cambodia

Cambodian riel

KHR

Cameroon

Central African CFA franc

XAF

Canada

Canadian dollar

CAD

Cape Verde

Cape Verdean escudo

CVE

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands dollar

KYD

Central African Republic

Central African CFA franc

XAF

Chad

Central African CFA franc

XAF

Chile

Chilean peso

CLP

China

Chinese renminbi

CNY

Colombia

Colombian peso

COP

Comoros

Comorian franc

KMF

Congo

Central African CFA franc

XAF

Congo, Democratic Republic

Congolese franc

CDF

Costa Rica

Costa Rican colon

CRC

Côte d'Ivoire

West African CFA franc

XOF

Croatia

Croatian kuna

HRK

Cuba

Cuban peso

CUC

Cyprus

European euro

EUR

Czech Republic

Czech koruna

CZK

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Denmark

Danish krone

DKK

Djibouti

Djiboutian franc

DJF

Dominica

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Dominican Republic

Dominican peso

DOP

E

East Timor

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Ecuador

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Egypt

Egyptian pound

EGP

El Salvador

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Equatorial Guinea

Central African CFA franc

GQE

Eritrea

Eritrean nakfa

ERN

Estonia

Estonian kroon

EEK

Ethiopia

Ethiopian birr

ETB

F

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands pound

FKP

Fiji

Fijian dollar

FJD

Finland

European euro

EUR

France

European euro

EUR

French Polynesia

CFP franc

XPF

G

Gabon

Central African CFA franc

XAF

Gambia

Gambian dalasi

GMD

Georgia

Georgian lari

GEL

Germany

European euro

EUR

Ghana

Ghanaian cedi

GHS

Gibraltar

Gibraltar pound

GIP

Greece

European euro

EUR

Grenada

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Guatemala

Guatemalan quetzal

GTQ

Guinea

Guinean franc

GNF

Guinea-Bissau

West African CFA franc

XOF

Guyana

Guyanese dollar

GYD

H

Haiti

Haitian gourde

HTG

Honduras

Honduran lempira

HNL

Hong Kong

Hong Kong dollar

HKD

Hungary

Hungarian forint

HUF

I

Iceland

Icelandic króna

ISK

India

Indian rupee

INR

Indonesia

Indonesian rupiah

IDR

International Monetary Fund

Special Drawing Rights

XDR

Iran

Iranian rial

IRR

Iraq

Iraqi dinar

IQD

Ireland

European euro

EUR

Israel

Israeli new sheqel

ILS

Italy

European euro

EUR

J

Jamaica

Jamaican dollar

JMD

Japan

Japanese yen

JPY

Jordan

Jordanian dinar

JOD

K

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani tenge

KZT

Kenya

Kenyan shilling

KES

Kiribati

Australian dollar

AUD

Korea North

North Korean won

KPW

Korea South

South Korean won

KRW

Kuwait

Kuwaiti dinar

KWD

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstani som

KGS

L

Laos

Lao kip

LAK

Latvia

Latvian lats

LVL

Lebanon

Lebanese lira

LBP

Lesotho

Lesotho loti

LSL

Liberia

Liberian dollar

LRD

Libya

Libyan dinar

LYD

Liechtenstein

uses the Swiss Franc

CHF

Lithuania

Lithuanian litas

LTL

Luxembourg

European euro

EUR

M

Macau

Macanese pataca

MOP

Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.)

Macedonian denar

MKD

Madagascar

Malagasy ariary

MGA

Malawi

Malawian kwacha

MWK

Malaysia

Malaysian ringgit

MYR

Maldives

Maldivian rufiyaa

MVR

Mali

West African CFA franc

XOF

Malta

European Euro

EUR

Mauritania

Mauritanian ouguiya

MRO

Mauritius

Mauritian rupee

MUR

Mexico

Mexican peso

MXN

Micronesia

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Moldova

Moldovan leu

MDL

Monaco

European Euro

EUR

Mongolia

Mongolian tugrik

MNT

Montenegro

European Euro

EUR

Montserrat

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Morocco

Moroccan dirham

MAD

Mozambique

Mozambican metical

MZM

Myanmar

Myanma kyat

MMK

N

Namibia

Namibian dollar

NAD

Nauru

Australian dollar

AUD

Nepal

Nepalese rupee

NPR

Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antillean gulden

ANG

Netherlands

European euro

EUR

New Caledonia

CFP franc

XPF

New Zealand

New Zealand dollar

NZD

Nicaragua

Nicaraguan cordoba

NIO

Niger

West African CFA franc

XOF

Nigeria

Nigerian naira

NGN

Norway

Norwegian krone

NOK

O

Oman

Omani rial

OMR

P

Pakistan

Pakistani rupee

PKR

Palau

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Panama

Panamanian balboa

PAB

Panama Canal Zone

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinean kina

PGK

Paraguay

Paraguayan guarani

PYG

Peru

Peruvian nuevo sol

PEN

Philippines

Philippine peso

PHP

Poland

Polish zloty

PLN

Portugal

European euro

EUR

Puerto Rico

uses the U.S. Dollar

USD

Q

Qatar

Qatari riyal

QAR

R

Romania

Romanian leu

RON

Russia

Russian ruble

RUB

Rwanda

Rwandan franc

RWF

S

Saint Helena

Saint Helena pound

SHP

Saint Kitts and Nevis

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Saint Lucia

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

East Caribbean dollar

XCD

Samoa (Western)

Samoan tala

WST

San Marino

European euro

EUR

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principedobra

STD

Saudi Arabia

Saudi riyal

SAR

Senegal

West African CFA franc

XOF

Serbia

Serbian dinar

RSD

Seychelles

Seychellois rupee

SCR

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leonean leone

SLL

Singapore

Singapore dollar

SGD

Slovakia

Slovak koruna

SKK

Slovenia

European euro

EUR

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands dollar

SBD

Somalia

Somali shilling

SOS

South Africa

South African rand

ZAR

South Sudan

Sudanese pound

SDG

Spain

European euro

EUR

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan rupee

LKR

Sudan

Sudanese pound

SDG

Suriname

Surinamese dollar

SRD

Swaziland

Swazi lilangeni

SZL

Sweden

Swedish krona

SEK

Switzerland

Swiss franc

CHF

Syria

Syrian pound

SYP

T

Taiwan

New Taiwan dollar

TWD

Tajikistan

Tajikistani somoni

TJS

Tanzania

Tanzanian shilling

TZS

Thailand

Thai baht

THB

Togo

West African CFA franc

XOF

Tonga

Paanga

TOP

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago dollar

TTD

Tunisia

Tunisian dinar

TND

Turkey

Turkish new lira

TRY

Turkmenistan

Turkmen manat

TMM

Tuvalu

Australian dollar

AUD

U

Uganda

Ugandan shilling

UGX

Ukraine

Ukrainian hryvnia

UAH

United Arab Emirates

UAE dirham

AED

United Kingdom

British pound

GBP

United States of America

United States dollar

USD

Uruguay

Uruguayan peso

UYU

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistani som

UZS

V

Vanuatu

Vanuatu vatu

VUV

Vatican

European euro

EUR

Venezuela

Venezuelan bolivar

VEB

Vietnam

Vietnamese dong

VND

W

Wallis and Futuna Islands

CFP franc

XPF

Y

Yemen

Yemeni rial

YER

Z

Zambia

Zambian kwacha

ZMK

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean dollar

ZWD