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 Largest Longest Highest And Smallest

In India

Longest River Ganges

The Longest Tributary River of India Yamuna
The Longest River of the South Godavari
Highest Dam Tehri dam (uttarakhand)
Largest Mosque Jama Masjid, Delhi
State with Longest Coastline Gujarat
Longest Railway Route Dibrugarh to kanyakumari (vivek
express)
Longest Railway Platform Gorakhpur (up)
Longest Road Tunnel Dr. syama Prasad mookerjee
(Jammu & Kashmir) or
Chenani- Nashri
Highest Straight Gravity Dam Bhakra Dam

Electric railway line -- From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna (1532 km)

Sea Bridge -- Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu)

 Highest rainfall
• Mawsynram in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in northeastern India.

• Cherrapunji in the East Khasi Hills district Meghalaya state in northeastern India

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 Indian important ports

Kolkata Port -- only rive rine major port in India

Kandla -- located in the Gulf of Kutch, Largest port by volume of cargo handled

Jawaharlal Nehru Port or Nhava Sheva Port -- Largest Artificial Port

State Name of Port Points to Remember

 located on the Willington island on the South-Western

Kochi Port or coast of India
Kerala
Cochin Port  Exports of spices, tea, and coffee.
 It is one of the centers for shipbuilding.

West Bengal Haldia  Situated on Hugli river

 Formed to relieve pressure on Kolkata port

 This port is a natural harbor and also is the 2nd largest port
Andhra Pradesh Vishakapatnam by volume of cargo handled.
 Trade: Iron Ore, Coal, Alumina and oil.

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West Bengal Kolkata Port  It is the only riverine major port in India.
 Trade: Jute, tea, Coal, Steel

 Known as Tidal Port

Gujarat Kandla  located in the Gulf of Kutch
 Largest port by volume of cargo handled.

 It is deep water, all weathered port.

Karnataka Mangalore  Deals with the iron ore exports
 It is the only major port of the coastal state of Karnataka.

 Situated on the estuaries of the river Juari

Goa Marmagoa  It is a natural harbour
 It is a leading iron ore exporting port in India.

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• Largest Natural Port and harbor In India

• The busiest Port in India

Maharashtra Mumbai
• Jawahar Dweep is an island in the harbor, for Crude and

petroleum products handling.

 Largest Artificial Port.

Jawaharlal  It is located on the eastern shore of Mumbai harbor off
Nehru Port Elephant Island .
Maharashtra
or Nhava  This port is the terminal point of the Western Dedicated
Sheva Port Freight Corridor of Indian Railways.
 Trade: Textiles, sporting goods, carpets, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals etc.

 First Major Port commissioned after Independence.

Odisha Paradip  Located at the confluence of Mahanadi river and Bay of Bengal.
 deals with the export of iron and aluminum and Iron ore
is exported to Japan in huge quantity.

 This port has been renamed as V.O.Chidambaranar Port.

Tamil Nadu Tuticorin  It is an artificial port located in the Gulf of Mannar.
 Trade: coal, salt, petroleum products, and fertilizers

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Tamil Nadu Chennai  The second largest port of India after JNPT.
 Artificial port.

 India’s First corporatized port and 12th major port of India.

Tamil Nadu Ennore  It is located on the Coromandel Coast about 24 km north of
the Chennai Port.
 Trades: Iron Ore, Coal, petroleum products and chemicals

 International Airports in India

• JRD Tata was the first person to take a solo flight form Mumbai to Karachi in 1931.

• In 1935, the ‘Tata Air Lines’ started its operation

Highest Airport Leh (Laddakh)

International Airports in India

• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport – Hyderabad

• Calicut International Airport – Calicut

• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai

• Kempe Gowda International Airport – Bengaluru

• Goa Airport in Vasco di Gama city - Goa

• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport – Kolkata

• Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – Thiruvananthapuram

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• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport – Guwahati

• Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport – Ahmedabad

• Indira Gandhi International Airport – Delhi

• Chennai International Airport – Chennai

• Shri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport – Amritsar

Revolution Product related

Yellow Revolution Oil seed Production (Especially Mustard and Sunflower).

Black Revolution Petroleum products.

Blue Revolution Fish Production

Golden Fiber Revolution. Jute Production.

Evergreen Revolution Overall Production of Agriculture.

Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton.

Green Revolution Food Grains.

White Revolution (or, Operation Flood) Milk Production.

Smallest State (Area) Goa

Largest State Rajasthan

Smallest State (Population) Sikkim

Largest State (population ) Uttar Pradesh

Highest Waterfall Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka) or Jogg fall

Densest Populated State West Bengal

Largest Cave Temple Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)

Largest Animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)

Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)

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 Lake

 Important Facts

• Largest freshwater lake in India – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir

• Largest Saline water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa

• Largest inland saltwater lake in India -- Sambhar lake

• Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu lake (6065m), Sikkim

• Longest Lake in India – Vembanad lake, Kerala

• Largest Artificial Lake in India – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Highest Award Bharat Ratna

Highest Gallantry Paramveer Chakra
Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River Valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle Field Siachin Glacier
Largest River Island Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam)

 LONGEST
In World

Longest Platform in the World Gorakhpur (India)

Longest Railway in the World Trans-Siberian railway
Largest Railway Station in the World Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A)

Longest River in the World Nile (Africa)

Largest River in the World Amazon (S. America)

Largest Sea-bird in the World Albatross

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Brightest Star in the World Sirius A

Tallest Statue in the World Statue of unity (India)182 M

Longest Tunnel (Railway) in the World Tanna (Japan)

Highest Volcano Ojos del Salado (Andes, Ecuador)

Most Volcano Active in the World Maunaloa (Hawaii - U.S.A)

Longest Wall in the World Great Wall of China

Highest Waterfall in the World Angel (Venezuela)

Highest Mountain Peak of world Mount Everest (8848.86 m)

Lowest Water body in the World Dead Sea

In India
Bridge/ River Bridge -- Dhola Sadiya Bridge on the lohit river, Assam (also known as Bhupen
Hazarika Setu, 9.15km)

Railway Bridge -- Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala

Rail cum Road Bridge -- Bogibeel Bridge, Assam

Railway Tunnel -- Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (11.215 km), Jammu & Kashmir

Highest peak – kangchenjunga (Sikkim)

2nd Highest peak – Nanda devi (Uttarakhand)

National Highway

● NH-44 longest (Srinagar to Kanyakumari, 3745 KM)

● Previously this highway was known as NH-07 and it was starting from Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
and was ending at Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu).

Road Grand Trunk road -- from Delhi to Kolkata. (2500 km; one of the oldest roads of Asia).

Longest river which forms estuary Narmada (Falls in the Arabian sea,1300 km)

Desert Thar Desert, Northwestern

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Delta Sundarban Delta (on the mouth of Ganga – Brahmaputra

River)
State with Maximum Forest Area Madhya Pradesh (94 K km2)

State with the maximum percentage Mizoram (about 75%)

of Forest area

Largest Road Network (state) -- Maharashtra (6.08 lakhs km)

Road density (KM per unit Area) -- Kerala (5268 km/km2)

Share of national highway --- Uttar Pradesh (8483 km)

 Important Name
Surname Name
Bengal's Sorrow Damodar River
Sorrow of Bihar Kosi
Blue Mountains Nilgiri Hills
City of Seven Hills Rome
City of Palaces Kolkata
City of Golden Gate San Francisco
City of Magnificent Buildings Washington D.C
China's Sorrow Hwang Ho

 BIGGEST, HIGHEST, LARGEST, LONGEST IN THE WORLD

Largest Delta in the World Sunderban (Bangladesh & India)

Largest Desert in the World Sahara (Africa)
Largest Desert in Asia Gobi .cold desert.
Largest Epic in the World Mahabharat
Largest peninsula Arabia
Largest Sea in the World Mediterranean Sea
Largest Ocean in the World Pacific
Biggest Planet in the World Jupiter
Brightest Planet in the World Venus
Smallest Planet in the World Mercury
Tallest Animal in the World Giraffe
Fastest Bird in the World Peregrine Falcon
Largest Bird in the World Ostrich
Smallest Bird in the World Humming Bird
Tallest Building in the world Burj Dubai, UAE
Longest Canal in the World Suez Canal

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 Boundaries
Important Boundaries
Durand Line Pakistan & Afghanistan
Mac-Mohan Line India & China
Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan
Maginot Line France & Germany
38th Parallel North & South Korea
49th Parallel USA & Canada

 FIRST IN INDIA (MEN)

The first batsman to score double century in One Day Sachin Tendulkar
International cricket match
The first man to have climbed Mount Avtar singh Cheema
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice Nawang Gombu
The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first president of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress BadruddinTayyabji
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive council S.P. Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manek-shaw
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen
The first person to receive Gyanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein
The first person to resign from the central cabinate Shyama Prasad Mukharji
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hiralal J. Kania

 First cabinet of independent India

Portfolio Minister Took

Prime Minister -- Jawaharlal Nehru

Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations -- Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Scientific Research -- Jawaharlal Nehru
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Deputy Prime Minister -- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Minister of Home Affairs and States -- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, C. Rajagopalachari

Minister of Information and Broadcasting -- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, R. R. Diwakar

Minister of Finance -- R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, John Mathai

Minister of Law -- B. R. Ambedkar

Minister of Defence -- Baldev Singh

Minister of Food and Agriculture -- Rajendra Prasad15 August 194715 April 1952INC

Minister of Industries and Supplies -- Syama Prasad Mukherjee

 FIRST IN INDIA (WOMEN)

First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India Sarojini Naidu,
First Woman president of UN General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First Woman Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi (1966)
First Woman IPS Officer of India Kiran Bedi (1972)
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa (1979)
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest Bach-endri Pal (1984)
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi

 AWARDS AND HONOURS

Prize Field

Nobel Prize Peace, Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry

(From 1901) and Economics (From 1969)
Academy (Oscar) Awards Film (From 1929)
Booker Prize Literature (From 1929)

 SOME IMPORTANT AWARDS IN THE INDIA

Dada Saheb Phalke Award Film (From 1969)

Jnanpith Award Literature (From 1965)
Kabir Samman Socio – communal Harmony
Dronacharya Award Sports Coaching/Training (From 1985)
Arjuna Award Sports (From 1961)
Kalinga Award Science (From 1952)

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 FIRSTS IN INDIA (MALE) Award

• 1. First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
• 2. First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award: G. Shankar Kurup
• 3. First Person to get Paramvir Chakra : Major Somnath Sharma
• 4. First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize: C.V. Raman (Physics)
• 5. First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• 6. First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics : Dr. Amartya Sen

 FIRSTS IN INDIAN (FEMALE) AWARD

• 1. First Woman to get Ashok Chakra: Nirja Bhanot

• 2. First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)

• 3. First Indian Woman to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy

• 4. First Woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ : M.S. Subbulakshmi

 FATHERS OF REVOLUTION : (INDIA)

•Father Of Greeen Revolution (India) : M.S.Swaminathan.

•Father of Green Revolution was : Norman Borlaug.
•Milk Man Of India : Verghese Kurien.
•Father Of Blue Revolution : Dr.Arun Krishnan.
•Father Of Pink Revolution : Durgesh Patel.
•Father Of Red Revolution : Vishal Tewari.
•Father Of Silver Revolution : Indira Gandhi.

 NATIONAL GAMES AND SPORTS OF SOME COUNTRIES

Country Sports

United States of America Baseball

Canada Ice Hockey
India Hockey
Russia Chess
Scotland Rugby Football
England Cricket

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Australia Cricket
Pakistan Hockey
China Table Tennis

State-wise Folk Dances of India

Check the state-wise categorigation of folk dances of India. In many exams there is a direct question
from the state-folk dance relation.

State Folk Dances

Andhra Pradesh ➤Kuchipudi,

➤Dappu,

➤Dhimsa.

Assam ➤Bihu,
➤Natpuja,

➤Jhumura Hobjanai

Gujarat ➤Garba,
➤Dandiya Ras.

Haryana ➤Jhumar,

➤Phag,
➤Daph,
➤Dhamal,

➤Loor,
➤Gugga,

➤Khor,

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➤Gagor.

Himachal Pradesh ➤Jhora,

➤Jhali,
➤Chharhi,

➤Dhaman,
➤Chhapeli,
➤Mahasu,

➤Nati,
➤Dangi.

Jammu and Kashmir ➤Rauf,

➤Hikat,
➤Mandjas,

➤Kud Dandi Nach,

➤Damali.

Kerala ➤Kathakali (Classical),

➤Kaikottikali.

Odisha ➤Odissi (Classical),

➤Chhau.

West Bengal ➤Kathi,

➤Gambhira,
➤Dhali,

➤Keertan.

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Punjab ➤Bhangra,

➤Giddha,
➤Daff,
➤Dhaman,

➤Bhand,
➤Naqual.

Rajasthan ➤Ghumar,

➤Chakri,
➤Ganagor,
➤Jhulan Leela,
➤Jhuma,

➤Suisini,
➤Ghapal,

➤Kalbeliya.

Tamil Nadu ➤Bharatanatyam,

➤Kolattam,

➤Kavadi.

Uttar Pradesh ➤Nautanki,

➤Raslila,
➤Kajri,

➤Jhora,
➤Chappeli,

➤Jaita.

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Uttarakhand ➤Garhwali,

➤Kumayuni,
➤Kajari,
➤Jhora,

➤Raslila,
➤Chappeli.

Madhya Pradesh ➤Jawara,

➤Matki,
➤Aada,
➤Khada Nach,
➤Phulpati,

➤Grida Dance.

Manipur ➤Dol Cholam,

➤Raslila.

Lakshadweep ➤Lava,
➤Kolkali,
➤Parichakali.

Classical Dances of India :

If you are not checking Classical Dance of India with Folk Dances of India, then you had missed a
very important thing. Indian classical dance academy i.e., Shastriya Academi. All these dances are
connected to the Hindu Goddess. These are performed by very talented, trained and skilled artists.
The list of classical dances in India is given below:

List of Classical dances in India State of Origin

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Bharatnatyam Tamil Nadu

Kathak Uttar Pradesh

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh

Odissi Odisha

Kathakali Kerala

Sattriya Assam

Manipuri Manipur

Mohiniyattam Kerala

A list of temples in India

Temple Location

Akshardham Temple Delhi

Amarkantak Temple Chhattisgarh

Amarnath Cave Temple Jammu & Kashmir

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Badrinath Temple Uttarakhand

Chennakesava Temple Karnataka

Durgiana Temple Punjab

Dwarkadhish Temple Gujarat

Gangotri Temple Uttarakhand

Golden Temple Punjab

Gomateshwara Temple Karnataka

Kalighat Mandir West Bengal

Kanchipuram Temples Tamil Nadu

Kashi Vishwanath Temple Uttar Pradesh

Kedarnath Temple Uttarakhand

Konark Sun Temple Odisha

Laxminarayan Temple Delhi

Lingaraja Temple Odisha

Lord Jagannath Temple Odisha

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Lotus Temple New Delhi

Manikaran Temple Himachal Pradesh

Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple Tamil Nadu

Sabarimala Temple Kerala

Sanchi Stupa Madhya Pradesh

Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Maharashtra

Siddhivinayak Temple Maharashtra

Somnath Temple Gujarat

Tirupati Balaji Andhra Pradesh

Vaishno Devi Jammu & Kashmir

Yamunotri Temple Uttarakhand

 Following is a list of Tiger Reserves in India:

Name of the State Name of the Tiger Reserve

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Kaziranga Tiger Reserve

Manas Tiger Reserve
Assam
Nameri Tiger Reserve
Orang Tiger Reserve

Namdapha Tiger Reserve

Arunachal Pradesh
Pakhui Tiger Reserve

Bihar Valmiki National Park

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Chhattisgarh
Indravati Tiger Reserves

Jharkhand Palamau Tiger Reserve

Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Karnataka
Nagar-hole Tiger Reserve

Periyar Tiger Reserve

Kerala
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Satpura Tiger Reserve
Kanha Tiger Reserve
Madhya Pradesh
Panna Tiger Reserve
Pench Tiger Reserve
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve

Pench Tiger Reserve

Maharashtra Sahyadri Tiger reserve
Bor Tiger Reserve

Mizoram Dampa Tiger Reserve

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Odisha Simlipal Tiger Reserve

Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

Rajasthan
Sariska Tiger Reserve

Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Tamil Nadu Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Sathya-mangalam Tiger Reserve

Telangana Kawal Tiger Reserve

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Uttar Pradesh
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve

Uttarakhand
Rajaji National Park

Buxa Tiger Reserve

West Bengal
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve

 List of Famous Indian Cities and their Nicknames State City Nickname

Andhra Pradesh -- Guntur --City of Chillies

Vijayawada -- The Place of Victory
Tirupati -- Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam -- The City of destiny, Goa of the East

Assam – Guwahati -- Gateway to the North-east India

Dibrugarh -- Tea city of India

Bihar -- Nalanda -- The land of Knowledge

Bhagalpur -- Silk City of India

Chhattisgarh -- Bhilai -- Steel Capital of India

Korba -- Power Hub of India

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Chandigarh -- Chandigarh -- Beautiful City

Haryana -- Gurgaon -- Millennium City of India

Bhiwani-- Mini Cuba
Panipat -- City of Weavers, City of Handloom

Jammu and Kashmir -- Kashmir -- Switzerland of India

Sri Nagar -- City of Lakes

Jharkhand -- Dhanbad -- Coal Capital of India

Jamshedpur -- Steel City, Pittsburgh of India

Karnataka -- Mangalore -- Rome of the East

Bengaluru -- Science City of India, Silicon Valley of India
Mysore-- Heritage city of Karnataka, City of Palaces

Kerala -- Kollam -- Cashew Capital of the World

Kochi -- Queen of Arabian Sea, Gateway to Kerala
Thrissur -- Gold capital of India

Madhya Pradesh -- Indore -- Mini Mumbai

Ujjain-- City of Temples

Maharashtra -- Mumbai -- Financial Capital of India, City of Seven Islands

Pune -- Queen of Deccan
Nagpur -- City of Oranges
Nasik -- Wine Capital of India, Grape City of India

Meghalaya -- Shillong -- Scotland of the East

Odisha -- Cuttack -- Silver City

Bhubaneswar -- Temple City of India

Pondicherry -- Pondicherry -- Paris of the East

Punjab -- Ludhiana -- Manchester of Punjab

Patiala -- Royal City

Rajasthan -- Jodhpur -- Blue City, Sun City

Jaipur -- Pink City, Paris of India, City of Palaces
Udaipur -- White city
Jaisalmer -- Golden City of India

Gujarat -- Surat -- Diamond City of India

Tamil Nadu -- Chennai -- Detroit of India, Auto Hub of India
Coimbatore -- Manchester of South India
Ooty -- Queen of Hill Stations
Nilgiri -- Blue Mountain

Telangana -- Hyderabad -- City of Pearls, City of Nizams

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Uttar Pradesh -- Agra -- City of Taj

Kanpur -- Leather City of India
Prayagraj (Allahabad) -- Sangam city
Varanasi -- The City of Light, Spiritual Capital of India
Lucknow -- The Golden City of India, City of Nawabs

Uttarakhand -- Rishikesh -- Yoga capital of the world

Mussoorie -- Queen of the Mountains
Nainital -- City of Lakes

West Bengal -- Kolkatta -- City of Joy, Gateway of Eastern India

Darjeeling Queen of Hills

 List of Important Forts & Palaces in India

New Delhi --Red fort-- New Delhi

Himachal Pradesh -- Kangara Fort --Kangara

Kolkata -- Fort William -- West Bengal

Madhya Pradesh -- Gwalior Fort -- Gwalior

Rajasthan --Ranthambore Fort --Sawai Madhopur

Meharangarh Fort --Jodhpur
Junagarh Fort --Bikaner
Chittorgarh Fort --Chittorgarh
Jaisalmer Fort --Jaisalmer

Tamil Nadu -- Gingee Fort -- Villupuram

Fort St. George -- Chennai

Uttar Pradesh -- Agra fort --Agra

 Symbols of Indian States

State Animal Bird Tree Flower

Haryana -- Blackbuck -- Black Francolin -- Peepal -- Lotus

Himachal
Pradesh -- Snow Leopard -- Western Tragopan -- Deodar -- Rhododendron

Punjab -- Blackbuck -- Northern Goshawk -- Sheesham

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List of Deficiency Diseases

Following is a list of major deficiency diseases that occur due to lack of essential minerals and
vitamins:

Types of Vitamins Deficiency Diseases

A Night blindness

B1 Beri-beri

B2 Retarded growth, bad skin

B12 Anaemia

C Scurvy

D Rickets

K Excessive bleeding due to injury

Types of Minerals Deficiency Diseases

Calcium Brittle bones, excessive bleeding

Phosphorus Bad teeth and bones

Iron Anaemia

Iodine Goitre, enlarged thyroid gland

Copper Low appetite, retarded growth

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