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land
Largest ocean Pacific SMALLEST World
Largest open Indira Gandhi National
university Open University (New Delhi) Smallest bird Humming bird
Largest palace Imperial Palace, Beijing Smallest colony Gibraltar
Largest park Wood Buffalo National Park Smallest continent Australia
(Canada) Smallest flowering plant Wolfia
Largest parliament The National People's Smallest landmass The Australian
Congress of the People's Mainland
Republic of China
Smallest ocean Arctic
Largest peninsula Arabia
Smallest planet Mercury
Largest planet Jupiter
Smallest republic Nauru
Largest plateau Pamir (Tibet)
Smallest state Vatican
Largest port New Jersey
World's Smallest Arizona, US
Largest prison Kharkov (Russia) Museum
Largest railway Grand Central World's Smallest PC Space Cube
station Terminal(New York)
Largest reef Great Barrier Reef,
(Australia) HIGHEST World
Largest river Amazon
Highest active
Largest river basin Amazon Guayathiri (Chile)
volcano
Largest river island Majuli (Assam)
Highest airport Lhasa Airport (Tibet)
Largest sea South China sea
Highest Bridge Milau (France) 2.46 km)
Largest sea bird Albatross
Highest capital
Largest stadium Strahove (Czech Republic) La Paz (Bolivia)
city
Largest statue Statue of liberty Highest
Antartica
Largest steel plant Nippon Steel plant (Japan) continent
Largest strait Tartar strait Highest lake Titicaca (Bolivia)
Largest temple Angkorwat (Cambodia) Highest
Himalaya
mountain
Largest town Mt Isa (Queensland)
Highest
Largest university University of Riyadh (Saudi Mt Everest (Nepal)
mountain peak
building Arabia)
Highest
Largest wall The Great Wall (China) Tibet
plateau
Largest war plane Mirage (France) Highest
Qinghai Tibet (5072m)
Largest wingspan Albatross railway
Largest zoo Krugal National Park (South Highest
Condor Station (Bolivia)
Africa) railway station
Highest river Royal Gorge (Colorado)
Widest Waterfall Khone Falls Olympic Gold Medal Tennis singles (1900)
Foreign Invader to
Alexander the Great
India
FIRST in World
Man to walk in Space Alexei Leonov
China's first man in Person in Space Yuri Gagarin
Yang Liwei
space Person on Moon Neil Armstrong
Chinese Traveller to The first adventurer
Fahein
India flying successfully
Felix Baumgartner (July
First Asian city to host across the English
Tokyo, Japan (1964) 2003)
Olympics Channel without
aircraft
Little Boy dropped
over Hiroshima by the The first blind man to Erik Weihenmayer
First Atom Bomb scale Mt Everest (USA, May 25, 2001)
US during the second
world war (1945) The first city on which
First human in space Yuri Gagarin (Russia) the atom bomb was Hiroshima (Japan)
dropped
First human to walk in Alexei Arkhovich
space Leonov (1965) The first country to
commence competitive
First human to walk on Neil Armstrong, Apollo China
examination in civil
the Moon 11(1969) services
First man to fly solo The first country to
Charles Lindbergh Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
non stop across the host NAM summit
(1927)
Atlantic
The first country to
First manned space host the modern Greece
Vostok 1,USSR (1961)
vehicle Olympics
First person to cross The first country to
James Cook (1773) China
Antarctic Circle issue paper currency
First professional Patricia Mccormick The first country to
woman bullfighter (1952) launch Artificial Russia
First talkie movie in the satellite in the space
The jazz Singer (1927)
world The first country to
USA
First woman black prepare a constitution
tennis player to win a The first country to
A Gibson (1957) China
singles title at print book
Wimbledon
The first country to
First woman to fly solo jerrie Fredritz USA
send man to the moon
around the world Mock(1964)
The first European to
First woman to set foot Ann Bancroft, USA Alexander, The Great
attack India
on North Pole (1986)
The first European to
First woman to win a Maureen Catherine Marco Polo
reach China
Grand Slam (1953)
The first Governor
First woman to win an Charlotte Cooper, UK, Mohd Ali Jinnah
General of Pakistan
Largest aircraft
National Flowers carrier
INS Viraat
Microsoft Bill Gates and Paul Transformer and Electric Michael Faraday
Allen Motor
Important Days
January
January 9: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
January 11: Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12: National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
January 15: Army Day
January 23: Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth anniversary
January 25: International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day
January 30: Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
February 2: World Wetlands Day
February 4: World Cancer Day
February 13 Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary / National Women's Day of India
February20: World Day of Social Justice
February 21: International Mother Language Day
February 24: Central Exise Day
February 28: National Science Day
March
March 8: International Women's Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 20: International Day of Happiness
March21: International Day of Forests and the Tree
March22: World Water Day
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
March 27: World Drama Day
April
April 6: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 7: World Health Day [WHO]
May
May 1: International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day, Gujarat Day [On 1 May 1960, the state of
Bombay was split into present day Maharashtra and Gujarat states]
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 8: International Red Cross Day (It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the
founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant)
May 11-12: World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
May 17: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]
May 21: Anti Terrorism Day (India), World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
June
June 5: World Environment Day
June 8: World Ocean Day
June 12: World Day Against Child Labour
June 18: Goa Revolution Day
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 23: International Widows' Day
June 29 National Statistics Day
July
July 11: World Population Day
July 12: Malala Day
July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day
July 22: Pi Approximation Day
July 26: Kargil Vijay Diwas
August
August 6: Hiroshima Day
August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous People.
August 12: International youth Day
August 20: Sadbhavana Diwas
August 29: National Sports Day (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
September
October
October 2: International Day of Non-Violence
October 3: World Nature Day
October 5: World Teacher's Day
October 6: World Wildlife Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
October 16: World Food Day [FAO]
October 24: United Nations Day
November
November 7: World Cancer Awareness Day
November 9: Legal Service Day
November 11: National Education Day of India
November 14: Children's day in India/ World Diabetics day
November 16: National Press Day
November 19: World Toilet Day
November 20: Universal Childrens Day
November 25: International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
November 26: Constitution Day in India.
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December
December1: World AIDS Day
December 2: World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3: World Disability Day, Advocate Day [India]
December 7: Armed Force Flag Day
December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10: Human Rights day
December 11: UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
December 14: National Energy Conservation Day, Vijay Diwas (Indo-Pak war-1971)
December 18: International Migrants Day
December 19: Goa's Liberation day
December 22: National Mathematics Day
December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)
December 24: National Consumers Right Day
Important Boundaries
Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of India and Afghanistan. It was drawn up in 1896
by Sir Mortimer Durand.
Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in
1917 during WorldWar I.
Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United States.
Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification built by France along its border with Germany before
World War II, to protect its boundary from German attack.
Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General
Mannerheim.
Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China.
China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.
Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.
Order-neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Beisse
rivers, adopted at the Poland Conference (August 1945) after WorldWar II.
Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India and
Pakistan.
Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.
17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were
united.
24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This,
however, is not recognized by India.
26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which croses through Africa, Australia and South America.
30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the
North Pole.
33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southeren United States, parts of North
Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.
35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia
and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia the State of Alabama, and
the State of Mississippi.
3630 Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tennessee and Commonwealth of Kentucky
between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missiouri and Arkansas
west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.
39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earths equatorial
plane.
40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony ofMaryland.
41th Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming
and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.
42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylania Border.
43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South
Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
The Parallel 44 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earths
equatorial plane.
45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The
45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 45th parallel of south
latitude is the east-west line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the equator and the
South Pole.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.
Compiled By
Sanjay Singh
(For ClatPossible)