1. 1st Indian to receive the Booker prize -- ARUNDHATI ROY for “GOD OF THE SMALL THINGS” in 1997.
2. BHASWATI BHATTACHARYA was the first Indian to speak as Orator at the Harvard University.
3. VIJAY KUMAR and YOGESHWAR DUTT won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Award for 2012.
4. GOA will host 36th National Games.
5. MICHAEL CLARKE, the Australian captain won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne.
6. The source of Kaveri river lies in BRAHAMGIRI HILLS.
7. PUNJAB has the minimum percentage of population below poverty line.
8. CHANDARSEKHAR,former Prime Minister of India, was also called ‘Yuva Turk’ .
9. The biggest Hindu temple ANGKOR VAT(now changed to AKSHARDHAM,DELHI) is situated in COMBODIA.
10. Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 4TH DECEMBER.
>The National Emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
>The four smaller animals at the bottom of national emblem are horse and bull (visible) and lion and elephant (not visible).
>The National Emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950.
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>Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below has been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad.
2. BHASWATI BHATTACHARYA was the first Indian to speak as Orator at the Harvard University.
3. VIJAY KUMAR and YOGESHWAR DUTT won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Award for 2012.
4. GOA will host 36th National Games.
5. MICHAEL CLARKE, the Australian captain won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne.
6. The source of Kaveri river lies in BRAHAMGIRI HILLS.
7. PUNJAB has the minimum percentage of population below poverty line.
8. CHANDARSEKHAR,former Prime Minister of India, was also called ‘Yuva Turk’ .
9. The biggest Hindu temple ANGKOR VAT(now changed to AKSHARDHAM,DELHI) is situated in COMBODIA.
10. Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 4TH DECEMBER.
>The National Emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
>The four smaller animals at the bottom of national emblem are horse and bull (visible) and lion and elephant (not visible).
>The National Emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950.
'
>Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below has been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad.
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