Wednesday, October 31, 2012

List Of Chief Justices of India

Number Name Period of office Length of term Bar Notable cases Notes
1 H. J. Kania January 26, 1950 November 6, 1951 649 days Bombay High Court

2 M. Patanjali Sastri November 7, 1951 January 3, 1954 788 days Madras High Court

3 Mehr Chand Mahajan January 4, 1954 December 22, 1954 352 days Himachal Pradesh High Court

4 B. K. Mukherjee December 23, 1954 January 31, 1956‡‡ 404 days Calcutta High Court

5 Sudhi Ranjan Das February 1, 1956 September 30, 1959 1,337 days Calcutta High Court

6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha October 1, 1959 January 31, 1964 1,583 days Patna High Court

7 P. B. Gajendragadkar February 1, 1964 March 15, 1966 773 days Bombay High Court
Awarded Padma Vibhushan
8 Amal Kumar Sarkar March 16, 1966 June 29, 1966 105 days Calcutta High Court

9 Koka Subba Rao June 30, 1966 April 11, 1967‡‡ 285 days Madras High Court

10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo April 12, 1967 February 24, 1968 318 days Allahabad High Court

11 Mohammad Hidayatullah February 25, 1968 December 16, 1970 1,025 days Bombay High Court
Acting President of India, Vice-President of India
12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah December 17, 1970 January 21, 1971 35 days Bombay High Court

13 Sarv Mittra Sikri Jan 22, 1971 April 25, 1973 824 days Lahore High Court Kesavananda Bharati vs. The State of Kerala
14 Ajit Nath Ray April 26, 1973 January 27, 1977 1,372 days Calcutta High Court

15 Mirza Hameedullah Beg January 28, 1977 February 21, 1978 389 days Himachal Pradesh High Court

16 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud February 22, 1978 July 11, 1985 2,696 days Bombay High Court

17 P. N. Bhagwati July 12, 1985 December 20, 1986 526 days Gujarat High Court

18 R. S. Pathak December 21, 1986 June 18, 1989‡‡ 940 days Himachal Pradesh High Court

19 E. S. Venkataramiah June 19, 1989 December 17, 1989 181 days Karnataka High Court

20 Sabyasachi Mukherjee December 18, 1989 September 25, 1990 281 days Calcutta High Court

21 Ranganath Misra September 26, 1990 November 24, 1991 424 days Orissa High Court

22 Kamal Narain Singh November 25, 1991 December 12, 1991 17 days Allahabad High Court

23 M. H. Kania December 13, 1991 November 17, 1992 340 days Bombay High Court

24 Lalit Mohan Sharma Nov 18, 1992 Feb 11, 1993 85 days Patna High Court

25 M. N. Venkatachaliah February 12, 1993 October 24, 1994 619 days Karnataka High Court

26 Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi October 25, 1994 March 24, 1997 881 days Karnataka High Court

27 Jagdish Sharan Verma March 25, 1997 January 17, 1998 298 days Madhya Pradesh High Court

28 Madan Mohan Punchhi January 18, 1998 October 9, 1998 264 days Punjab and Haryana High Court

29 Adarsh Sein Anand October 10, 1998 January 11, 2001 824 days Madras High Court
Jammu and Kashmir High Court


30 Sam Piroj Bharucha January 11, 2001 May 6, 2002 480 days Karnataka High Court

31 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal May 6, 2002 November 8, 2002 186 days Gujarat High Court

32 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik November 8, 2002 December 19, 2002 41 days Patna High Court

33 V. N. Khare Dec 19, 2002 May 2, 2004 500 days Calcutta High Court

34 S. Rajendra Babu May 2, 2004 June 1, 2004 30 days Karnataka High Court

35 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti June 1, 2004 November 1, 2005 518 days Delhi High Court

36 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal November 1, 2005 January 13, 2007 438 days Bombay High Court

37 K. G. Balakrishnan January 13, 2007 May 11, 2010 1,214 days Kerala High Court

38 S. H. Kapadia May 12, 2010 Sep 28, 2012 870 days Bombay High Court

39 Altamas Kabir September 29, 2012 Incumbent 27 days Calcutta High Court

BHARAT RATNA AWARDEES LIST



1) Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar - Arts : 2001
2) Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan - Arts : 2001
3) Prof. Amartya Sen - Literature & Education : 1999
4) Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi - Public Affairs : 1999
5) Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan - Public Affairs : 1999
6) Pandit Ravi Shankar - Arts : 1999
7) Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam - Public Affairs : 1998
8) Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi - Arts : 1998
9) Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Science & Engineering. : 1997
10) Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali - Public Affairs : 1997
11) Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda - Public Affairs : 1997
12) Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata - Trade & Industry : 1992
13) Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Public Affairs : 1992
14) Shri Satyajit Ray - Arts : 1992
15) Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai - Public Affairs : 1991
16) Shri Rajiv Gandhi - Public Affairs : 1991
17) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Public Affairs : 1991
18) Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr - Public Affairs : 1990
19) Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela - Public Affairs : 1990
20) Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran - Public Affairs : 1988
21) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Social Work : 1987 : Pakistan :
22) Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave - Social Work : 1983 : India : Maharashtra
23) Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa - Social Work : 1980
24) Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj - Public Affairs : 1976
25) Shri V.V. Giri - Public Affairs : 1975
26) Smt. Indira Gandhi - Public Affairs : 1971
27) Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri - Public Affairs : 1966
28) Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane - Social Work : 1963
29) Dr. Zakir Hussain - Public Affairs : 1963
30) Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Public Affairs : 1962
31) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy - Public Affairs : 1961
32) Shri Purushottam Das Tandon - Public Affairs : 1961
33) Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve - Social Work : 1958
34) Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant - Public Affairs : 1957
35) Dr. Bhagwan Das - Literature & Education : 1955
36) Shri Jawaharlal Nehru - Public Affairs : 1955
37) Dr. M. Vivesvaraya - Civil Service : 1955
38) Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - Public Affairs : 1954
39) Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman - Science & Engineering. : 1954
40) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan - Public Affairs : 1954

India at Olympic 2012

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport 1 2 3 Total
Shooting 0 1 1 2
Wrestling 0 1 1 2
Badminton 0 0 1 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Total 0 2 4 6
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 3 August
 Silver Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's 66 kg freestyle 12 August
 Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle 30 July
 Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles 4 August
 Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Women's flyweight 8 August
 Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's 60kg Freestyle 11 August

The following is a list of cities in India located on the banks of a river.


City

River

State

Chandauli Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Jajmau Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Naubasta Pandu Uttar Pradesh
Nawabganj Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Bithoor Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Ujjain Kshipra Madhya Pradesh
Kolhapur Panchganga Maharashtra
Rajkot Aji Gujarat
Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat
Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi Yamuna Delhi
Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh
Hyderabad Moosi Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka
Farrukhabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Fatehgarh Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Kannauj Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Mangalore Netravati, Gurupura Karnataka
Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka
Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka
Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka
Karwar Kali Karnataka
Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka
Honnavar Sharavathi Karnataka
Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh
Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur Cantonment Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Shuklaganj Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Chakeri Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal
Varanasi Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat
Patna Ganges Bihar
Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra
Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam
Cuttack Mahanadi Orissa
Sambalpur Mahanadi Orissa
Rourkela Brahmani Orissa
Haridwar Ganges Uttarkhand
Pune Mula, Mutha Maharashtra
Daman Daman Ganga River Daman
Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu
Thiruchirapalli Cauvery Tamil Nadu
Chennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu
Erode Cauvery Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil Nadu
Surat Tapti Gujrat
Bharuch Narmada Gujarat
Kota Chambal Rajasthan
Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra
Nashik Godavari Maharashtra
Mahad Savitri Maharashtra
Rajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh
Nanded Godavari Maharashtra
Nellore Pennar Andhra Pradesh
Sangli Krishna Maharashtra
Karad Krishna,Koyna Maharashtra

Friday, October 26, 2012

First in India (Male)

The first president of Indian republic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first prime minister of free India – Pt. Jaharlal Nehru
The first home minister of India – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first president of Indian national congress – W.C.Banerjee
The first Muslim president of Indian national congress – Badruddin Tayyabji
The Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath tagore
The first governor general of free India – lord Mountbatten
The first British viceroy of India – lord canning
The first Muslim president of India – Dr. Zakir Hussein
The first and the last Indian to be governor general of free India – C.Rajagopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S –Satyendranath Tagore
The first education minister – Abul Kalam Azad
The first vice-president of India – Dr.Radhakrishnan
The first Indian man to space – Rakesh Sharma
The first speaker in the lok sabha – General Basudeb Mavalankar
The first prime minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai
The first person to received jnanpith award – Sri Shankar Kurup
The first commander-in-chief of India – general cariappa
The first chief of army staff – gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen
The first Indian member of the Vicoroy’s executive council – S.P.Sinha
The first Indian to received Bhatar Ratna Award – Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first president of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakir Hussein
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in physics – C.V.Raman
The first prime minister of India who did not face the parliament – Charan Singh
The first marshal of India – S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first air chief marshal – S.Mukherjee
The first justice of Supreme Court – Justice Hiralal J.Kania
The first Indian naval chief – vice Admiral R.D.Katari
The first person to received Nobel Prize in economics – Amartya sen
The first judge of international court of justice – Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first foreigner to received Bharat Ratna – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
The first person to received Paramveer Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma
The first person to resign from the central cabinet – Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to received Stalin prize – Saifuddin Kitchu
The first Chinese traveler to visit India – Fahein
The first chief election commissioner – Sukumar Sen
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in medicine – Hargovinda Khurana
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award – Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Map of Maharashtra

Prime Ministers of India



No.
Name Of Prime Minister
Term of Office
1
Jawaharlal Nehru
1947-64
A
Gulzarilal Nanda
1964 *
2
Lal Bhadur Shastri
1964-66
A
Gulzarilal Nanda
1966 *
3
Indira Gandhi
1966-77
4
Mararji Desai
1977-1979
5
Charan Singh
1979-80
3
Indira Gandhi
1980-84
6
Rajiv Gandhi
1984-89
7
V.P. Singh
1989-90
8
Chandra Shekhar
1990-91
9
P.V. Narasimha Rao
1991-96
10
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1996
11
H.D. Deve Gowda
1996-97
12
Inder Kumar Gujral
1997-98
10
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1998-2004
13
Dr. Manmohan Singh
2004-Incumbent


Residence                     Panchavati, New Delhi.
Appointer                     President of India
Inaugural Holder         Jawaharlal Nehru(15 Aug 1947)
Salary                           16.2 Lack INR
Website                        Prime Minister's Office