DAYS

                                                     DAYS                                                   
JANUARY:

Jan.4  Myanmar Independence Day
Jan.9 ................... NRI's Day (in 1915 Gandhi came to India from South africa)
Jan.10 .................. World laghter Day
Jan.12 .................. National Youth day (swami vivekananda Birth Anniversary)
Jan.15 .................. Army day
Jan.17 .................. Election commission Day
Jan.19 .................. world Peace Day
Jan.23 .................. Desh Prem Divas
                          (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Birth anniversary)
Jan.24 .................. Girls Empowerment Day
Jan.26 .................. Republic Day (India)
                          International customs day
                          Australian day
jan.27 .................  Lal Bahadur Shastri's death anniversary
Jan.28 .................. Lala lajapathi Rai's birth anniversary
Jan.30 .................. Martyr's Day
                          Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary
                          World Leprosy Eradi-cation Day
FEBRUARY:
FEB.1 ..........Coast guard day
Feb.4 .........Srilanka  national day
Feb.
2nd sunday ..... World Marriage Day
Feb.14 .........Valantine's day
Feb.21 ......... International Mother Language day
Feb.24 ......... Central Excise Day
Feb.27 ......... Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad's death anniversary
Feb.28 ......... National science day
                 (C.v.Raman discovered Raman Effect)
MARCH:
March.3  ........ National Defence Day
March.4  ........ National security day
March.12 ........ Mauritius Day
March.8  ........ International Women's day;
                  International literacy day
March.15 ........ World consumer Rights day
                  World disabled Day
March.18 ........ Ordinance Factories Day(India)
                  Human Rights Day
March.21 ........ World forestry Day,
                  International day for the elementation of Racial Discrimi-nation,
March.22 ........ World day for water
March.23 ........ World Meteorological day,pakistan day
March.24 ........ World TB day
March.26 ........ Bangladesh national day
March.28 ........ National Shipping day
March.30 ........ Rajasthan State Formation Day
APRIL:
April.1  ........ Orissa Statehood Day:
                   ALL fools day
ApriL.5  ........ Samata Divas,
                  National maritime day
ApriL.10-16 ..... Railway week
ApriL.7  ........ World  health day
ApriL.13 ........ Jallianwala Bagh day
April.16 ........ World Hemophilia Day
ApriL.18 ........ World Heritage day
April.21 ........ Secretaries'day
April.22 ........ Earth day
ApriL.23 ........ World book day
ApriL.24 ........ Manav ekta day
April.26 ........ Chernobyl day, Non-voilence day
April.27 ........ South Africa Independence day
April.28 ........ World Veterinary Day
April.30 ........ International Child Labour day
MAY:
May.1  .......... International  labour day,
                  Maharashtra Statehood day
May.3  .......... InternationaL Press freedom day
May
II sunday ....... Mother's day
May.5  .......... World Athletics day
May.8 ........... World red cross day
May.9  .......... World Thalassemia day,
                  Rabindranath Birth anniversary
May.11 .......... National Technology day,
              (India's first atomic test  conducted in 1974)
May.12 .......... International Nurses day
May.13 .......... National Solidarity day
May.15 .......... International day of the family
May.17 .......... World Telecommunications day
May.18 .......... World museum day
May.21 .......... National Anti-terrorism day
                 (death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi)
May.23 .......... Africa day
May.24 .......... Commanwealth day
May.29 .......... Mount Everest day
May.31 .......... Anti-Tobocco day
JUNE:
June.1  ......... International children's day
June.4  ......... International day of Innocent Child victims of Aggression
June.5  ......... World Environment day
June.17  ........ Goa Revolution day
June
3rd sunday ...... Father's day
June.26  ........ International day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficing,
                   Anti emergency day
June.27 ......... WorLd diabetes day
June.28 ......... Poor's Day
JULY:
JuLy.1  ......... Doctor's day
                  Architect day
JuLy.4  ......... America Independence day
JuLy.6  ......... World Zooness day
                  World Rabies Day
JULy.11 ......... World populution day
JuLy.18 ......... Nelson Mandela Day
JuLy.22 ......... National Flag adoption day
JuLy.26 ......... Kargil Vijay Divas
AUGUST:
Aug.6   ......... Hiroshima day
Aug.
1st sunday ...... World friendship day
Aug.9  .......... Nagasaki day,
                  Quit India day
Aug.12  ......... International youth day
                   Librarian's day
Aug.14  ......... Pakistan Independece day
Aug.15  ......... India's independence day
Aug.19  ......... World photography day
Aug.20  ......... Sadbhavana Diwas
Aug.29  ......... National sports day
                  (Birth anniversary of Indian Hockey Wizard Dhhyanachand)
SEPTEMBER:
Sept.2  ......... Coconut day
Sept.5  ......... Teacher's day
                 (Dr.Sarvepalli RadhaKrishna's birth anniversary)
                    Sanskrit day
Sept.7   .......  Forgiveness day
Sept.8  ........  World Literacy Day
Sept.14 ......... Hindi day; day of Mourning(USA)
Sept.16  ........ World Ozone day
Sept.21  ........ Alzeheimer's day
                  Engineer's day
                  Peace day
Sept.22 ......... Rose day
                  (Welfare of cancer patients)
Sept.24 ......... World Heart day
Sept.26 ......... Day of the Deaf
Sept.27 ......... World Tourism day
OCTOBER:
Oct.1  .......... International day for the Elderly
Oct.2  .......... Gandhi jayanthi
                  World Animal day
                  World Vegetarian day
                  International nonvoilence day
Oct.3  .......... World Habitat day
Oct.4  .......... World Animal Welfare day
Oct.5  .......... World teacher's day
Oct.7  .......... International day of Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct.8  .......... Indian Airforce day
Oct.9  .......... World post office day
Oct.10  ......... National Postal day
Oct.12 .......... World Sight day
Oct.14  ......... World standards day
Oct.15  ......... World White Cane day
Oct.16  ......... World Food day
Oct.17 .......... International Poverty Eradication day
Oct.21 .......... Police Commemoration day(India)
Oct.24  ......... UNDay, world development information day
Oct.27 .......... National police day
Oct.30 .......... World Thrift day
Oct.31 .......... Indira Gandhi death anniversary
NOVEMBER:
Nov.9  .......... Legal service day
Nov.10  ......... Trasport Day
Nov.11  ......... National Education day
                  (Birth anniversary of MouLana AbduL KaLam Azad)
Nov.14 .........  Children's day
                  Nehru birth anniversary
                  Diabetes day
Nov.19  ......... Citizenn's day
                  National Integrity day
Nov.25  ......... NCC Day
Nov.26  ......... Law day
Nov.29  ......... International day of Solidarity with Palastinian People
DECEMBER:
Dec.1   ......... World AIDs day
Dec.2   ......... Computer Literacy day
Dec.3   ......... International day of Disabled Persons
Dec.4   ......... Navy day(India)
Dec.7   ......... Armed Forces Flag day (India)
Dec.10  ......... International  Human Rights day
Dec.11  ......... UNICEF day
Dec.16  ......... Vijay Divas
Dec.18  ......... Minorities Rights day(India)
Dec.23  ......... Kissan Diwas
                  (Farmer's day-birth anniversary of charan Singh)
Dec.28  ......... National Consumer Rights day

INDIA'S SUPERLATIVES

The largest Hindu temple  area ...........Akshardham(Delhi)

Highest  Airport   ...............................Leh airport in Ladakh
                                                           (3256m /16080ft high)

Largest  Auditorium ................... Sri Shanmukhananda hall,Mumbai

Largest Public Sector Bank .............State Bank of India

Largest Botanical Garden .................National Botanical Garden in
                                                                                              kolkata

Longest River bridge ......................Mahatma Gandhi Setu over the
                                                   Ganga at Patna (5575m/18286ft)

Longest Sea bridge  ...................Anna-Indira Gandhi Bridge
                                                           (2.34km long)

Biggest Cantilever Bridge & Busiest Bridge
*RabindraSethu (also called Howrah Bridge,on Hoogli river in Kolkota
(457m/1499ft long.)

Longest Canal .......... Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal(959 km long)

Largest Cave  .......... Amarnath
                                 (about 44 km from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir)

Largest Cave Temple .....   Ellora(Maharashtra)

Oldest Church ............... St.Thomas Church  at Palayar in Trichur district
                                          in Kerala built in 52 AD.

Largest Church .............  Se.Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from Panaji.

Most Populus City .......... Mumbai (nearly  183 lakhs )

Longest Corridor ............ Corridor in Ramanathaswamy Temple
                                      at Rameswaram Tamilnadu (1220M/4002 FT)

Longest Dam .................  Hirakud Dam on Sutlej river in Orissa
                                         (24.4km long and 2.8 km wide

Longest Delta ...............Sunderbans (75000 sq  km ) formed by
     the Ganga and Brahmaputra   in  West Bengal and Bangladesh.

Highest gateway  ............ Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra,
                                    Built by Akbar (53.5 m/175ft high)

Longest Glacier ............ Siachen Glacier on the Indo - Pak border
                                           (75.6kmlong and 2.8km wide)

Largest Gurudwara .............  Golden temple at Amritsar

Highest Hydel Power station ....... Rongton Hydel Project in Kinnaur
                                                              district of Himachal Pradesh

Largest Lake ............... Wular lake,Kashmir

Largest Fresh Water Lake .....  Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh

Largest Library .................  National Library,Kolkata

Oldest Monastery ..............  Buddhist Monast situated at an altitude
                                 of 3048m/10000 ft at Tawang in Arunachalpradesh.

Largest Mosque .............. Jama Masjid , Delhi
                                       (built by shah jahan in 1644-58)

Higest Mountain peak .......... Kanchenjunga(Sikkim)(8598 m)
        (Originally K2 is the heighest mountain peak in India.But now it isin POK)

Largest Museum ..........   Indian Museum ,Kolkata

Largest Planatarium ....... Birla Planetarium,Kolkata

Largest prison ............... Tihar Jail ,Delhi

Largest Desert ..............  Thar (rajasthan)

Largest District (in Population ) .... ... Medinipur(west Bengal)

Longest Passenger Train Route ........  Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari(3730km)

Longest railway bridge ............ Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the
                             Sone river near Sasaram on Kolkota -Delhi main line 
longest Road Bridge ............ Nehru Sethu on Sone river ,Bihar (10,044ft)

Fastest Train ...................Shatabdi Express between New delhi  and Bhopal
(it runs 150 kmph from Delhi to Agra;next Agra to Bhopal runs at 140kmph)

Longest railway platform ........... Kharragpur in West Bengal (833m/2733ft)
                                                                               also world's longest

OLdest  Refinary  .................. Digboi(Asom) it discovered in 1835

Largest Tribe (ST) .................  Gond

Largest Concentration  of Scheduled Tribes......... .Madhya Pradesh

Largest concentration of Scheduled Caste community........Mizoram (in%)
                                           
 Largest scheduled caste community .........Chamar

Largest concentration of sc ................Uttar Pradesh

Largest concentration of sc(in%) ...........Punjab

Longest River ................. The Ganga 2640km long
                                         (it runs 2525km long in India)

Longest Road ................  Grand Trunk Road from Kolkota to Amritsir

Highest Road .................Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali Sector

Largest state in area ....... Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km)

Smallest state in area ...... Goa(3,702sq.km)

Most populated State ..... Uttar pradesh (16,60,52,859)

Least populated state ...... Sikkim (5,40,493)

Most Densely populated state ......West Bengal(904sq.km)

Least densely populated State ........ Arunachal Pradesh(13 per sq.km)

tallest Statue ...........  Statue of Gomaateswara at  Sravanabelagol
                                                                                 karnataka

Largest Union  Territory in Area  ........  Andaman and Nicobar islands
                                                                                   (8,249 sq.km)

Smallest Union Territory  in  Area .........Lakshadweep(32 sq.km)

Most populated union Territory..............Delhi(1,37,82,976)

Least Populated Union Territory.............Lakshadweep(60,595)

Highest Waterfall..............Jog Waterfall,(on sharavati river,292mhiegh)
                                         karnataka

Largest Zoo........................Zoological Gardens,Alipur,kolkata

Highest Tower(Minaret)......................Qutub Minar,Delhi

Largest city (Area Wise)....................Kolkata

Largest Residence...........................Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi

Largest Cinema hall ........................Thangam (madurai)

Largest River Bridge .......................Faraka Barrage , Kolkota(7,363.6ft)

Largest desert .............................Thar (Rajasthan )

Biggest Fort ...............................Red Fort ,Delhi

Largest man made lake ......................Govind Sagar (Bhakra,Haryana)

State with highest Cattle  Population ......Uttar Pradesh

State  having  highest literacy rate .......Kerala(90.92%)

Union Territory having highest literacy rate.........Lakshadweep (87.52%)
               
Highest civilian Award .....................Bharat Ratna

Rainest place ..............................Masinram(Meghalaya)

Maximum forest area ........................Madhya Pradesh

Max.forest area in % .......................Mizoram

Longest nATIONAL Highway ..........NH-7 (varanasi to Kanyakumari)

First rivers inter-linked ..................Ken-Betva (UP-MP)

First 100% literacy District ...............Ernakulam ,Kerala

First 100% e-literacy district .............Malappuram,Kerala

First complete Banking District ............Palakked ,Kerala

First wireless Internet connectivity city.......Mysore ,Karnataka
             
First I.T district ...................Palakkad, Kerala

Smallest district ...................Yanam in population
                                               (Puduchery)
Busiest airport .......................Mumbai

Longest beach  .....................Marina beach,Chennai(13km)

Highest battle field .................Siachen Glacier

Largest Public Sector employees Dep.........Indian Railways(14 lakhs )

Largest river Island .......................Majuli (Brahmaputra river,Asom)

Highest population growth rate Religion ....Muslim(29.3%)

Lowest population growth rate religion .....Sikh (16.9%)

Highest literacy rate religion .............Jain 94.1%)

Lowest literacy rate religion ..............Muslim(59.1%)

Highest female literacy rate ...............Jain (90.6%)

Lowest female literacy rate ................Muslim(50.1%)

Largest animal fair ........................Sonepur mela (near Patna-Bihar)

Higest award ...............................Bharat Ratna

Largest district ...........................Ladakh (Jammu&Kasmir)

Smallest District ..........................Mahe (puduchery)

Largest hospital ...........................BJMEDICAL COLLEGE hospital, ahmdeabad

Largest Ocean island .......................Middle Andaman

Coldest Place ..............................Dras (jammu&Kashmir)

Largest Plateau ............................Deccan Plateau

Oldest University ..........................University of Calcutta 1857

Oldest Zoo ........................TrivandrumZoological  gardens,Kerala(1859)

WORLD'S SUPERLATIVES

                                      WORLD'S SUPERLATIVES

THE BIGGEST:

Country (in area)   ---- Russia          

Country(in population) ---- China

Continent (in population) -----Asia

City(in area) ------Mount Isa, Queensland (Astralia)
                                  41,225 sq.km.
Clock------------------------BigBen(London)

Dam -------------------------Grand Be (USA)

Dome ------------------------Gol Gumbaz(India)

Irrigation Scheme -------------Lloyd Barage(Pakistan)

Island ------------------------Kalaallit Nunat

Library -----------------------National Kie Libruary(CIS)

Museum ---------------------American Museum of Natural History,
                                                                                     Newyork
Ocean -----------------------Pacific

Palase----------------------- Vatican

Planet -----------------------Jupiter

Port -------------------------New York(USA)

Stamp----------------------- Penny Block

Zoo ------------------------ Krager National Park(S.Africa)

THE HIGHEST :

Airport    --------------------Lhasa(Tibet)

Active Volcano -----------------Guallatiri(Chile)

Bridge ----------------------------Milav (France) (1000 feet)

City ----------------------------Wenchuan(China)

Capital City --------------------La Paz (Bolivia)

Dam ---------------------------The Grands (Switzerland)

Dormant Volcano --------------Llullaillaco (Chile)(6,723 m)

Extinct volcano------------------Cerro Aconcagua,Argentina (6960 m)

Lake ----------------------------Taticaca,Peru-Bolivia

Mountain peak ------------------Everest (Nepal) (8848 m)

Mountain Range -----------------Himalayas (Asia)

Plateau --------------------------Pamir(Tibet)

Railway line ---------------------Lhasa to Xinings (China)
                                                         (5072 m height)
Road ---------------------------Leh Nobra Road (India )

Volcano ------------------------Kitopaxi(Ecuador)

Water fall ---------------------- Angel (Venezuela)

THE LONGEST :

Cantilever Bridge --------------Quebec Bridge ,Canada

Canal (irrigation) ---------------The Kalakumsky Canal

Canal -------------------------Suez Canal

Epic --------------------------The Mahabharatam

Mountain range --------------Andes (South America)

Platform --------------------Kharagpur (india)

Railway platform -----------Kharagpur (India)

River ----------------------Nile (6679k m )

Railway ------------------- Trans Siberian Railway
                                          (Moscow to Nakhodka),9,438km
Reef -----------------------Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Snake ---------------------Anakonda

Water fall ------------------Angel (Venezuela)

Wall -----------------------Great wall of China,3460km.

THE LARGEST :

Aeroplane ----------------- Air bus-380

Archipelago ---------------  Indonesia (3000 islands)

Airport --------King  Khalid International Airport,Suadi Arabia

Bird ---------------     Ostrich

Bay ---------------Hudson Bay( Northern Canada)

Beach -------------Virginia beach(USA)

Building ----------- Pentagon(USA)

Cathedral ---------Cathedral church

Church -----------St.Peter's Basilica(Rome)

Creature ---------Blue Whale

City --------------Tokyo (Japan)
                                    (in population)
City(in area) -------London (Britain)

Continent ---------Asia   (in area)

Country    ---------- China
                                        (in population)
Delta  -------------Sundarbans ( India)

Dome ------------ Astrodome (USA)

Desert ------------Sahara desert (Africa)

Electorate --------India

Epic --------------Mahabharath

Forest -----------Coniferous forest of Northern CIS

Gulf -------------Gulf of Mexico

Gorge  -----------Grand canyon,Colorado river , Arizona

Irrigation Scheme ---- Llyod Barrage (Pakistan)

Island ---------------Greenland (Renamed kalaallit Nunaat)

Lake ----------------Caspian Sea (Salt water)

Lake ----------------Lake Superior (Canada) (Fresh water)

Library ------------United states Library of Congress,

                                  Washington, DC

Land Animal   --------African Elephant

Museum  -------------American Museum of Natural History

Mosque -------------Jama Masjid, Delhi(India)

Ocean -------------- Pacific

Open University -------- Indira Gandhi National Open University
                                           (above 2 lakhs students)
Peninsula -------------Arabia ( area:3,250,000sq.km)

Park -----------------Yellow Stone National Park (USA)

Port ------------------Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Religion ---------------Christianity

River -----------------Amazon

Sea ------------------South China Sea

Stadium -------------Strahov Stadium,Prague,Czech

Sea Port -------------Port of New York

Sea bird ------------Albatross

Temple -------------Angkor Vat(Kampuchea)

Tree    --------------- General Sharman Tree, California

Zoo ---------------- Etosha Reserve (South West Africa)

THE SMALLEST:

Bird -----------------Humming bird

Country ------------- Vatican City

Country ------------- Vatican City
                                (both in area and population)
Continent ------------Australia

Ocean ----------------  Arctic

Planet ---------------- Mercury

Republic -------------  Nauru

THE LOWEST :

Airport -----   Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam

Mountains ---------Bheinna Bhaile

Point on the earth ----- Dead sea(Israel-Jorden)

THE TALLEST:

Animal ---------------------- Giraffe

Building --------------------- Burz (Dubai)

Fountain --------------------- Fountain hills (Arizona)

Minaret ---------------------- Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)

Statue ------------------------ Motherland,Volgograd (Russia)

Tree (living)-------------------Coast Redwood, California,USA


ANIMALS (largest and biggest)

Fastest  animal at short run ----------Cheetah

Largest  existing land animal -------- Elephant

Largest sea animal -------------------- Blue Whale
                                                            (mammal)
Longest  lived  creature ------------- Blue whale(500 years)

Most Intelligent animal ------------- Chimpanzee

Tallest animal ------------------------ Girraffe

Largest bird -------------------------- Ostrich

Largest sea bird ---------------------Albatross

Fastest bird -------------------------- Swift

Largest mammal -------------------Whale

The Wingless bird or flightless bird --------Kiwi

The tree that weeps ----------------Laurel tree
                                                       (in the canary Islands)
Smallest bird ----------------------- Humming bird

Largest neck ----------------------- Giraffe

The reptile which chages its colour ------ Chameleon

The bird that never makes its nest ------- cuckoo