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@startup for beginners<br />

2018<br />

April<br />

• Highest Military Award in India - Param veer chakra<br />

• Highest Warfield in the World<br />

- Siachen [Known as 3 rd Pole]<br />

• Country leads in terms of Newspaper circulation in<br />

India<br />

India’s first Newspaper - Bengal gazzette (Kolkata,<br />

1780 January 29)<br />

• First person tried to discover India<br />

- columbus<br />

Q & A Winners<br />

india and nobel Prize<br />

• 1913, Literature - Rabindra nath tagore<br />

(asia’s i laureate)<br />

• 1930, Physics - c.v. Raman<br />

• 1968, Medicine - Hargovind Khurana<br />

• 1979, Peace - mother teresa<br />

• 1998, Economics - amarthya Sen<br />

• 2009, Chemistry - R. venkita Raman<br />

• 2014, Peace - Kailash Sathyarthi<br />

through the Status<br />

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme<br />

was first launched at<br />

Bandlappally, andhra Pradesh<br />

(2006 February 2)<br />

• Region known as ‘Granery of South India’<br />

Krishna-godavary Delta<br />

• First state to form ‘Agricultural Ministry’ in India<br />

Bihar<br />

• Only place which hosted both Buddhist and Jain<br />

Conferences in India<br />

Pataliputhra, Bihar<br />

• First Central Agricultural University was at<br />

imphal, manipur<br />

• First state where election was conducted on the basis<br />

of Universal Adult Franchise<br />

manipur<br />

• Asia’s biggest Optical Telescope (ARIES) is located at<br />

nainital, uttarkhand<br />

• ‘Yoga Capital’ of World<br />

Rishikesh, uttarkhand<br />

• First Indo-Aryan language to gain ‘Classical Status’<br />

odiya (2014 February 20)<br />

• Wild Life Sanctuary famous for ‘white tiger’<br />

nandankanan, odisha<br />

• First Indian City to host the SAARC conference<br />

Bengaluru, Karnataka<br />

• First Hydro Electric Project in India was started at<br />

Karnataka (Sivasamudram Project)<br />

• First State to ban Plastics<br />

Himachal Pradesh<br />

• First Indian state which hosted the Paragliding World Cup<br />

Himachal Pradesh<br />

• Indian state having highest percentage of forest<br />

mizoram<br />

• Indian state with no homeless people according to<br />

2011 census<br />

mizoram<br />

• Indian state which stopped death sentence against<br />

criminals<br />

tripura<br />

• Last Indian state where a high court was formed<br />

tripura (2013 march 23)<br />

• II nd World War Memorial is situated at<br />

nagaland<br />

• Eastern most capital city in India<br />

Kohima, nagaland<br />

• Region stands first for highest annual rainfall in the<br />

world<br />

mausinram, meghalaya<br />

• India’s longest natural cave<br />

Krem liat Prah, meghalaya<br />

• State known as ‘Land of Forts’<br />

Rajasthan<br />

• First state to implement online PSC method<br />

Rajasthan<br />

Q&A Bonus<br />

Jyothi Rao Phule got the title ‘mahatma’ in the year - 1888 (at mandi) 65

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