INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES 1) Golden City - Amristar 2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad 3) City of Seven Islands

- Mumbai 4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin 5) Space City - Bangalore 6) Garden City of India - Bangalore 7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore 8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore 9) Pink City - Jaipur 10) Gateway of India - Mumbai 11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad 12) City of Festivals - Madurai 13) Deccan Queen - Pune 14) City of Buildings - Kolkata 15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari 16) Old Ganga - Godavari 17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh 18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh 19) Manchester of the South - Coimbatore 20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow 21) Venice of the East - Cochin 22) Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river 23) Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river 24) Blue Mountains - Nilgiri 25) Queen of the Mountains - Mussoorie

Tricks to remember the Organization with Member Countries~ -> SAARC (MBBS PAIN) Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Srilanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal -> ASEAN ( BPLTV MIMCS) Brunai, Philipines, Lavos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mynamar, Combodia, Singapore -> G8 Members (ABC FR JIG) America, Britan, Canada, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Germany > G5 Members (CM IBSA) China, Mexico, India, Brazil, South Africa -> SCO Members (TRUCKK) Thazikistan, Russia, Uzbeckistan, China, Khazikistan, Kirgisistan IMPORTANT GK *The pin code was introduced in India in the year 1972 *In his last years,Ambedkar converted to Buddhism *The film actor who became the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh was N.T.Rama Rao *Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 1992 *Central Research Institute is located at Kasauli *The movie Raja Harishchandra was released in the year

1913 *The first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office was Morarji Desai *The largest railway bridge in India is Sone Bridge,Bihar *The largest dome in India is the Gol Gumbaz,Bijapur *Air Force Day is celebrated on October 8 *Indian Military Academy is located at Dehradun *The postal department was set up in India in the year 1854 *Navy day is celebrated on 4th December *NABARD was established in the year 1982 *Koradi Thermal power Station is located at Maharashtra *PTI stands for Press Trust of India *Rail Coach Factory is located at Kapurthala *The constitution of India was adopted on 26-11-1949 *The constitution of India became effective on 26-1-1950 *Mrinalini'was written by Bankim chandra Chatterjee *Panipat is popularly known as Weaver City