Awards and Abbrevations

Bharat Ratna

 Bharat Ratna is India’s highest Civilian Award. It was first awarded in 1954.
 The actual award is designed in the shape of a peepal leaf with Bharat Ratna inscribed in Devanagri script in
the sun Figure.
 The reverse side of the decoration SatyamevaJayate has been written in Hindi with an inscription of state
emblem.
 The emblem, the Sun and the rim are of platinum. The inscriptions are in burnished bronze.

Winners of Bharat Ratna

 Pranab Mukherjee (2019)
 BhupenHazarika (2019)
 NanajiDeshmukh (2019)
 Madan Mohan Malaviya (2015)
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2015)
 Sachin Tendulkar (2014)
 CNR Rao (2014)
 PanditBhimsen Joshi (2008)
 LataDinanathMangeshkar (2001)
 UstadBismillah Khan (2001)
 Prof Amartya Sen (1999)
 LokpriyaGopinathBordoloi (1999)
 LoknayakJayprakash Narayan (1999)
 Pandit Ravi Shankar (1999)
 ChidambaranSubramaniam (1998)
 Madurai ShanmukhavadivuSubbulakshmi (1998)
 DrAbulPakirJainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1997)
 ArunaAsaf Ali (1997)
 GulzariLal Nanda (1997)
 JehangirRatanjiDadabhai Tata (1992)
 MaulanaAbulKalam Azad (1992)
 Satyajit Ray (1992)
 MorarjiRanchhodji Desai (1991)
 Rajiv Gandhi (1991)
 SardarVallabbhai Patel (1991)
 DrBhimraoRamjiAmbedakr (1990)
 Dr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1990)
 MarudurGopalan Ramachandran (1988)
 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
 Acharya VinobaBhave (1983)
 Mother Teresa (Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu) (1980)
 KumaraswamyKamraj (1976)
 VarahagiriVenkataGiri (1975)
 Indira Gandhi (1971)
 LalBahadurShastri (1966)
 DrPandurangVaman Kane (1963)
 Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963)
 Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1962)
 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961)
 Purushottam Das Tandon (1961)
 Dr. DhondeKeshavKarve (1958)
 Pt GovindBallabh Pant (1957)
 Dr. Bhagwan Das (1955)
 Jaw harlal Nehru (1955)
 Dr. MokshagundamVivesvaraya (1955)
 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1954)
 Dr. ChandrasekharaVenkata Raman (1954)
 Dr. SarvapalliRadhakrishnan (1954)

Republic Day Awards

Padma Awards
Padma Awards, which were instituted in 1954, is announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day. The
award is given in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards fall in
line after the Bharat Ratna.
 There are three Padma Awards:
1. Padma Vibhushanis the second highest National Awardgiven for exceptional and distinguished service in
any field including service rendered by government employees.
2. Padma Bhushan is the third highest National Award given for distinguished service in any field.
3. Padma Shri is the fourth highest award for distinguished service in any field.

Gallantry Awards
1.ParamVir Chakra is the highest decoration of valour award. It is the most conspicuous act of bravery or
some act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. The
medal is made of bronze.
2.Mahavir Chakra is the second highest gallantry award for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of
the enemy whether on land, at sea or in the air. The medal is made of standard silver.
3.Vir Chakra is awarded for acts of gallantry in the presence of enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
The medal is made of standard silver.
4.Ashoka Chakra is awarded for valour, courageous action or sacrifice, away from the battlefield. It is
highest military award during peacetime.
5.Kirti Chakra is awarded for conspicuous gallantry. It is made of standard silver and is circular in shape.
The obverse and the reverse are exactly the same as in Ashoka Chakra.
6.Shaurya Chakra is awarded for an act of gallantry during peacetime.

Sports Awards
1.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is instituted in 1991-91 with the objective of honouring most outstanding sports-
person to enhance their general status. It is the highest award bestowed to a sports person in India. The
amount of prize money is Rs. 750000.
2.Arjuna Award instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in
National Sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll of honour.
3.Dronacharya Award instituted in1985 by the Government of India to recognize excellence in sports
coaching. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a bronze statue of Dronacharya and a scroll of honour.
4.Dhyanchand Award instituted in 2002 , carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a plaque and a scroll of honour.
This honour is given to those sportspersons who have contributed to sportsperson, and sports by their
performance and continue to contribute their promotion for sports even after their retirement from active
sporting career.
Indian Cinema Awards
DadasahebPhalke Award
1.DadasahebPhalke is known as the Father of Indian Cinema. The highest National Film Award is named
after him in 1969.
2.This award is given to a film personality for his/her outstanding contribution to the growth and development
of Indian Cinema. The award comprises of a swarnakamal, a cash prize of Rs. 10,00,000 and a shawl.
3.DhundirajGovind (Dadasaheb) Phalke’s silent feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913) was first indigenous
feature film of India.
4.ArdeshirIrani in 1931, released first full length talkies film AlamAra. MrsDevika Rani Roerich was the first
person to receive DadasahebPhalke Award in 1969.
5.Vinod Khanna has been awarded DadasahebPhalke Award in 2017.

INTERNATIONAL
Nobel Prize
1. The most prestigious award in the world. It was set up in1990 under the will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel.
2. The Nobel Prizes are presented annually on 10th December (The death anniversary of the founder).
3. It is given in the field of Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine (from 1901) and
Economics (from 1969).

Winners of Nobel Prize from India

Winner Field Year
KailashSatyarthi Peace 2014
VenkatramanRamakrishnan Chemistry 2009
Amartya Sen Economics 1998
Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar Physics 1983
Mother Teresa Peace 1979
Hargobind Khorana Medicine 1968
CV Raman Physics 1930
Rabindranath Tagore Literature 1913

Grammy Awards
It is awarded for the outstanding achievements in the music industry by National Academy for Recording Arts
and Sciences, America. It was started in 1959. Pt. Ravi Shankar got this 3 times.
Pulitzer Prize
1. Instituted in1917 and named after US publisher JospehPulitizer.
2. It is conferred annually in the United States for the accomplishments in journalism, literature and music.

Magsaysay Awards
1. Instituted in 1957, Named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of Philippines.
2. The award is given annually on 31st August, the birth anniversary of Magsaysay, for outstanding
contributions in Public service, Community Leadership, Journalism, Literature and Creative Arts and
International Understanding.

Man Booker Prize

Instituted in 1968, is the highest library award of the world, set-up by the Booker Company and the British
Publishers Association along the lines of the Pultizer Prize of USA.

Right Livelihood Award

1. The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980.
2. It is also referred as ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’.
3. It is given to persons to honour those “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent
challenges facing the world today.”

Oscar Awards
Instituted in 1929, these awards are conferred annually by the Acadmey of Motion Pictures, Arts and
Sciences, USA, in recognition of outstanding contribution in the various fields of film making.
1. The Indian films nominated for Oscars are Mother India (1957), salaam Bombay (1988), Lagaan (2001).
2. BhanuAthaiya was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award in 1982 for costume design in Gandhi Movie.

UN Human Rights Award

Instituted in 1966, this award is given every 5 years for individual contributions to the establishment of human
rights.
 Abbrevations

1. ABM- Anti Ballistic Missiles.

2. ADB- Asian Development Bank.
3. AERE- Atomic Energy Research Establishment.
4. AFSPA- Armed Forces Special Power Act.
5. AGOC- Asian Games Organising Committee.
6. AIDS- Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome.
7. AIIMS- All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
8. APPLE- ArianePassanger Payload Experiment.
9. AMRUT- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
10. APEC- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
11. ASAT- Anti-Satellite Weapon.
12. ASIAN- Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
13. ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
14. ASLV- Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle.
15. ASI- Archaeological Survey of India.
16. ATM- Automated Teller Machine.
17. AU- African Union.
18. AVES- Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome.
19. BC SBI- Banking Codes and Standard Board of India.
20. BARC- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
21. BBC- British Broadcasting Corporation.
22. BCG- Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine).
23. BCTT- Banking Cash Transaction Tax.
24. BCCI- Board for Control of Cricket in India.
25. BENELUX- Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
26. BIMSTEC- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.
27. BIS- Bureau of Indian Standards.
28. BMD- Ballistic Missile Defence System.
29. BPO- Business Process Outsourcing.
30. BRO- Border Roads Organisation.
31. CAA- Civil Aviation Authority.
32. CABE- Central Advisory Board of Education.
33. CAG- Comptroller and Auditor General.
34. CAPES- Computer- Aided Paperless Examination System.
35. CAZRI- Central Arid Zone Research Institute.
36. CBI- Central Bureau of Investigation.
37. CECA- Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
38. CFC- Chlorofluoro Carbon.
39. CID- Criminal Investigation Department.
40. CISF- Central Industrial Security Force.
41. CITES- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
42. CNG- Compressed Natural Gas.
43. COFEPOSA- Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act.
44. CPCB- Central Pollution Control Board.
45. CPRI- Central Power Research Institute.
46. CRR- Cash Reserve Ratio.
47. CSIR- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
48. DAVP- Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.
49. DDT- Dichloro- DiphenylTrichloro-ethane (disinfectant).
50. DNA- De-Oxyribonucleic Acid.
51. DPSA- Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft.
52. DPT- Diptheria, Pertussis and Tetanus.
53. DRDO- Defence Research and Development Organisation.
54. DTH- Direct-to-Home (broadcasting).
55. DVD- Digital Versatile Disk.
56. EGG- Electro Cardiogram.
57. EEG- Electro-Encephalography.
58. EET- Eastern European Time.
59. ESCAP- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
60. EVM- Electronic Voting Machine.
61. FDI- Foreign Direct Investment.
62. FII- Foreign Institutional Investor.
63. FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation.
64. FERA- Foreign Exchange Regulations Act.
65. FICCI- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
66. FDR- Fixed Deposit Receipt.
67. FLAG- Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe.
68. GAIN- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
69. GANDHI- Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative.
70. GATS- General Agreement on Trade in Services.
71. GATT- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
72. GEF- Global Environment Fund.
73. GMPS- Global Mobile Personal Communications System.
74. GNSS- Global Navigation Satellite System.
75. GPS- Global Positioning System.
76. GSLV- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.
77. HAC- Hindustan Aluminium Corporation.
78. HAL- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
79. HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
80. HTML- Hyper Text Markup Language.
81. HTTP- Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
82. HYV- High Yielding Variety.
83. IAAI- International Airport Authority of India.
84. IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency.
85. IBRD- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
86. ICAO- International Civil Aviation Organisation.
87. ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
88. ICMR- Indian Council of Medical Research.
89. ICRC- International Committee of Red Cross.
90. IDBI- Industrial Development Bank of India.
91. IMA- Indian Military Academy.
92. IMO- International MeritimeOrganisation.
93. INMAS- Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences.
94. INSAS- Indian Small Arms System.
95. INSAT- Indian National Satellite.
96. INTERPOL- International Police Organisation.
97. IPCC- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
98. IRBM- Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile.
99. IRS- Indian Remote Sensing Satellite.
100. ISCS- Integrated Smart Card System.
101. ISRO- Indian Space Research Organisation.
102. ITU- International Telecommunication Union.
103. JNNURM- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
104. LCA- Light Combat Aircraft.
105. LOC- Line of Control.
106. LOAC- Line of Actual Control.
107. LTA- Light Transport Aircraft.
108. MAT- Minimum Alternative Tax.
109. METSAT- Meteorological Satellite.
110. MNP- Mobile Number Portability.
111. MSS- Multimedia Message Services.
112. MODEM- Modulator- DEModulator.
113. MRI- Magnetic Reasonance Imaging.
114. MRTS- Mass Rapid Transit System.
115. MTCR- Missile Technology Control Regime.
116. NAA- National Airport Authority.
117. NABARD- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
118. NADA- National Anti- Doping Agency.
119. NASA- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
120. NEERI- National Environment Engineering Research Institute.
121. NATA- Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture.
122. NCEP- National Committee on Environmental Planning.
123. NCERT- National Council of Educational Research and Training.
124. NeGP- National e-governance Plan.
125. NEP- National Educational Policy.
126. NEPA- National Environment Protection Authority.
127. NHDP- National Highways Development Project.
128. NHRC- National Human Right Commission.
129. NITI Aayog- National Institution for Transforming India.
130. OCI- Overseas Citizenship of India.
131. OAS- Organisation of American States.
132. OAU- Organisation of African Unity.
133. ODS- Ozone Depletion Substances.
134. OIC- Organisation of Islamic Countries.
135. OPEC- Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
136. OSCE- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
137. PURA- Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas.
138. PATA- Pacific Asia Travel Association.
139. POTA- Prevention of Terrorism Act.
140. PSLV- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
141. QIB- Qualified Institutional Buyer .
142. QIP- Qualified Institutional Placement.
143. RAF- Rapid Action Force.
144. RBI- Reserve Bank of India.
145. RCC- Reinforced Concrete Cement.
146. RDSS- Radio Determination Satellite Service.
147. RTGS- Real Time Gross Settlement System.
148. RTE- Right to Education.
149. RTI- Right to Information.
150. SAARC- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
151. SAFTA- South Asian Free Trade Area.
152. SAIL- Steel Authority of India Limited.
153. SAPTA- SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement.
154. SATNAV- Satellite NAVigation.
155. SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
156. SAVE- SAARC Audio Visual Exchange.
157. SCO- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
158. SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India.
159. SIDBI- Small Industries Development Bank of India.
160. SPIN- Software Process Improvement Networks.
161. STARS- Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station.
162. START- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
163. SWIFT- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications.
164. TADA- Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act.
165. TAPS- Tarapur Atomic Power Station.
166. TIN- Tax Identification Number.
167. TRAI- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
168. TRIPS- Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights.
169. TVOA- Tourist Visa on Arival.
170. UAV- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
171. UNCTAD- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
172. UNDP- United Nations Development Programme.
173. UNEP- United Nations Environment Programme.
174. UNFPA- United Nations Fund for Population Activities.
175. UPS- Uninterruptible Power Supply.
176. VAT- Value Added Tax.
177. VOIP- Voice Over Internet Protocol.
178. VPN- Virtual Private Network.
179. VSAT- Very Small Aperture Terminals.
180. WADA- World Anti-Doping Agency.
181. WAP- Wireless Application Protocol.
182. WAVE- Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise.
183. WFP- World Food Programme.
184. WFTU- World Federation of Trade Unions.
185. WHO- World Health Organisation.
186. WLL- Wireless in Local Loop.
187. WWW- World Wide Web.
188. XML- Extensible Markup Language.
189. YWCA- Young Women’s Christian Association.
190. ZSI- Zoological Survey of India.
191. ZUPO- Zimbabwe United People Organisation.

Countries with Capitals and Currencies

Country Capital Currency
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Albania Tirana Lek
Algena Algiers Algerian Dinar
Angola Luanda Kwanza
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso
Australia Canberra Australian Dollar
Austria Vienna Euro
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
Belarus Minsk Ruble
Belgium Brussels Euro
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum
Brazil Brasilia Cruzeiro Real
Cambodia Phnom- Penh Riel
Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar
Chile Santiago Peso
China Beijing Yuan, Renminbi
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso
Denmark Copenhagen Krone
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound
France Paris Franc, Euro
Germany Berlin Euro
Greece Athens Euro
Hungary Budapest Forint
India New Delhi Rupee
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah
Iran Tehran Rial
Iraq Baghdad Dinar
Ireland Dublin Euro
Israel Jerusalem Shekel
Italy Rome Euro
Japan Tokyo Yen
kazakhatan Astana Tenge
Kenya Nairobi Shilling
North Korea Pyongyang Won
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Dinar
South Korea Seoul Won
Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
Maldives Male Rufiyaa
Mauritius Port Louis Rupee
Mongolia Ulan Bator Tugrik
Montenegro Podgorica Euro
Myanmar Naypyidaw Kyat
Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee
Netherlands Amsterdam Euro
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar
Nigeria Abuja Naira
Norway Oslo Krone
Pakistan Islamabad Rupee
Phillippines Manila Peso
Poland Budapest Zloty
Portugal Lisbon Euro
Qatar Doha Riyal
Russia Moscow Ruble
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
Somalia Mogadishu Somali Shilling
Singapore Singapore Dollar
South Africa Pretoria Rand
Spain Madrid Euro
Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka Rupee
 Sudan Khartoum Sudanese Pound
South Sudan Juba South Sudanese Pound
Sweden Stockholm Krona
Switzerland Bern Swiss France
Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar
Thailand Bangkok Baht
Turkey Ankara Lira
Uganda Kampala Uganda shilling
Ukraine Kiev Hryvnia
UK London Pound Sterling
US Washington DC US Dollar
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar
Zimbabwe Harare US Dollar

President of India

Name Term Notes

No. Portrait Duration
(birth–death)

 First President
 Longest serving
President
Rajendra Prasad 12 years, 
1
1950-1962 107 days

 First President from

South India
Sarvepalli  Bharat Ratna
5 years, Awardee
2 Radhakrishnan
1962-1967 0 days

 Shortest Serving
President
 First Muslim
President
1967-1969  First President to
Zakir Husain 1 year,
3 die in office
355 days
 Bharat Ratna
Awardee
 Name Term Notes
No. Portrait Duration
(birth–death)

 Acting President

Varahagiri Venkata
– Giri 78 days

 Acting President

Mohammad
– 35 days
Hidayatullah

 First Acting
President to
become President
Varahagiri Venkata
5 years,  Bharat Ratna
4 Giri 1969-1974 0 days Awardee

 Second president to
die in Office
 Second Muslim
2 years, President
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1974-1977 171 days  President during
Emergency

–
BasappaDanappaJatti
164 days  Acting President

 Former Chief
Minister of Andhra
Pradesh
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1977-1982 5 years,
6
0 days
 Name Term Notes
No. Portrait Duration
(birth–death)

 Former Chief
Minister of Punjab

Zail Singh 1982-1987 5 years,

7
0 days

Ramaswamy 1987-1992
5 years,
8 Venkataraman
0 days

 Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh

Shankar Dayal 1992-1997 5 years,

9 Sharma
0 days

 First Dalit President

Kocheril Raman 1997-2002 5 years,

10 Narayanan
0 days

 First Muslim
President to
complete his term
2002-2007  Known as People’s
AvulPakirJainulabdeen
5 years, President
11 Abdul Kalam
0 days  Bharat Ratna
Awardee
 Developed Ballistic
missile and nuclear
weapons
 Name Term Notes
No. Portrait Duration
(birth–death)

 First Female
President
 First Female
Governor of
Pratibha Patil 2007-2012 5 years, Rajasthan
12
0 days

2012-2017 5 years,
13 Pranab Mukherjee
0 days

 Second Dalit
President
 First President from
2017- BharatiyaJanta
Ram Nath Kovind 2 years,
14 Present Party
280 days
Prime Ministers of India

N
Portrait Name Term of office
o.

 First Prime Minister

 First PM to die in office
Jawaharlal
16 years,
1 Nehru 1947-1964
286 days

 Acted as Prime Minister

 Bharat Ratna Awardee
Gulzarilal
– Nanda 13 days

 Second Prime Minister

to die in office
 Promoted White
Lal Bahadur Revolution
2 Shastri 1964-1966 1 year, 216 days  Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
 Led to Indo-Pakistan
War
 Posthumously awarded
Bharat Ratna

 Acted as Prime Minister

Gulzarilal
Nanda
– 13 days
N
Portrait Name Term of office
o.

 First and to date

Female Prime Minister
 PM who imposed
Emergency
Indira Gandhi 1966 -  Went into war with
3 11 years, 59 days Pakistan to free East
1977
Pakistan
 First Nuclear Test

 Oldest person to hold

the office of Prime
Minister
Morarji Desai  First Non-Congress
4 1977 -1979 2 years, 126 days Prime Minister
 First PM to resign

 Shortest Serving Prime

Minister
 Champion of Indian
Charan Singh Peasants
5 1979-1980 170 days

 First Prime Minister to

be assassinated

(3) Indira Gandhi 1980-1984 4 years, 291 days

 Youngest Prime
Minister at the age of 40
 Won elections with the
Rajiv Gandhi largest majority to date
6 1984-1989 5 years, 32 days
N
Portrait Name Term of office
o.

Vishwanath
7 Pratap Singh 1989- 1990 343 days

 First Prime Minister to

never hold any
government office
Chandra
8 1990 -1991 223 days
Shekhar

 First Prime Minister

from Southern Part of
P. V. Narasimha India
9 Rao 1991- 1996 4 years, 330 days  Father of Indian
Economic Reforms
 Chanakya

 Three terms as PM;

16days, 13 months and
Atal Bihari the 5years
10 Vajpayee 1996-1996 16 days  Pokhran II tests
 Kargil War
 Lahore Bus Service

H. D. Deve
11 1996-1997 324 days
Gowda
N
Portrait Name Term of office
o.

Inder Kumar
12 1997-1998 332 days
Gujaral

 Bharat Ratna Awardee

 His birthday on 25th Dec
is observed as Good
Atal Bihari Governance Day
(10) 1998-2004 6 years, 64 days
Vajpayee

 First Sikh PM
 Second PM to be re-
Manmohan elected
13 Singh 2004-2014 10 years, 4 days

 First PM outside of INC

to win two consecutive
2014- terms with full majority
Narendra Modi Present  Second BJP PM to
14 5 years, 346 days complete 5 years in
Office
 First PM to be born in
Independent India
 Haryana Cabinet

Sr.No Name of Ministers Departments

1 Manohar Lal Khattar Chief Minister

2 Dushyant Chautala Deputy Chief Minister

(i) Home
3 Anil Vij (ii) Health
(iii) Urban Local Bodies

(i) Education
4 Kanwar Pal Gujjar
(ii) Forests

(i) Transport
5 Mool Chand Sharma
(ii) Skill Development and Training

(i) Power
6 Ranjit Singh
(ii) Jail

7 Jai Prakash Dalal Agriculture and Farmer Welfare

(i) Co-operation
8 Dr. Banwari Lal
(ii) Welfare of SC and BC

9 Om Praksh (Minister of State) Social Justice & Empowerment

10 Smt. Kamlesh Dhanda Women & Child Development

11 Anoop Dhanak Archaeology & Museums

12 Sandeep Singh Sports & Youth affairs

 Books and Authors

Author Name Book Name

Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers
Amartya Sen Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian
Amartya Sen Development as Freedom
River of Smoke ,Sea of Poppies, The Circle of Reason, The
Amitav Ghose
Great Derrangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amrita Pritam Death of a city
Anita Desai Clear Light of the Day
Aristotle Politics
Arun Shourie A Secular Agenda
Arundhati Roy The Algebra of Infinite Justice
Arundhati Roy The God of small Things
Arundhati Roy Greater Common Good
Ashwaghosha Buddha Charitham
Aung San Suu Kyi Freedom from Fear
Bankim Chandra Chatterji Anand Math, Durgeshnandini
Barack Obama Dreams from My Father
Barrett Lee, Marina Chapman The Girl with No Name
Benazir Bhutto Pakistan the Gathering Storm
Javier Moro The Red Saree
Chandrashekar Meri Jail Diary
Charles Dickens David Copperfield
Revolution 2020,What Young India Wants, Half Girl Friend,
Chetan Bhagat One Night at the Call Centre, Making India Awesome, One
Indian Girl
Chitra Subramaniam India is for Sale
Dalai Lama Freedom in Exile, Ethics for the New Millennium
Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy
Dr. C Rangarajan Indian Economy: Eassays on Money and Finance
Edward Luce Inspite of the Gods
Eleanor Catton The Luminaries
EM Forster A Passage to India
Gen VP Malik Kargil: From Surprise to Victory
Gunter Grass The Tin Drum
HR Bhardwaj Law , Lawyers and Judges
Herbert George Wells Time Machine
Indira Gandhi My Truth
Jai Shankar Prasad Ajatshatru
Jawaharlal Nehru Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History
Jayaprakash Narayan Prison Diary
K Natwar Singh Walking with Lions, Curtain Raisers
Kapil Dev Straight from the Heart
Das Kapital
Karl Marx
Karl Marx and Fredrik Engels Communist Manifesto
Khushwant Singh Train to Pakistan
Kiran Bedi I Dare , As I See
Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss
Kuldeep Mathur Too Old to be Bold
LK Adavani A Prisoner’s Scrap
Mahatma Gandhi My Experiments with Truth
Malala Yousafzai We Are Displaced
Mark Tully The Heart of India
Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable
Narendra Modi Exam Warriors
Premchand Godan
Ramchandra Guha Gondhi
RK Narayan The Guide
Ruskin Bond A Garland of Memories, Death under the deodars
Sarojini Naidu Golden Threshold , The Broken Wings
Shashi Tharoor A Long Era of Darkness, Paradoxical Prime Minister
Sir Richard Burton The Arabian Nights
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Essays on Gita
Stephen Hawkings A Brief History of Time
Taslima Nasreen All About Women
Thomas Pynchon Against the Day

India: A Wounded Civilisation,Letters Between a Father

VS Naipaul
and Son Half a Life , An Area of Darkness, Magic Seeds

Ved Vyas Bhagwad Gita

Vikram Chandra Love and Longing in Bombay
Vikram Seth An Equal Music
Vimal Kumar Sachin Cricketer of the Century
Virat Kohli Driven
William Shakespeare As You Like it
Yuvraj Singh The Test of My Life
Zoya Hasan Congress After Indira
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