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1. Indias first regional transport corporation to obtain ISO 9001-200 K.K.Nagar, Chennai. 2. Indias first woman IFS Officer Muthammal 3. Indias satellite to Sun Aditya (Aryabhatto April 9, 1975 with Russian assistance) Tsunami warning centre Hyderabad 4. Free sweet Pongal distribution scheme Jan 1 Salaries: 5. Chief Justice of Supreme court Rs.1 Lakh 6. Judges of Supreme Court Rs.90,000 7. Chief Justice of High Court Rs.90,000 8. Judges of High Courts Rs.80,000 9. President - Rs.1.5 lakhs 10. Vice President Rs.1.25 lakhs 11. Asian Virtual University established by Malaysia in Tamil Nadu 12. Indias first Visually Challenged Judge T.T.Chakravarthy 13. Regional hub of National security Guard Chennai 14. President of TN Olympic Association Sivanthi Adityan 15. Chennai High Court riots inquired by Justice Sri Krishna Commission 16. Chief Justice of Madras High Court H.L.Gokhale 17. Tamil Nadu Assembly by elections Bargur, Ilayankudi, Cumbum, Thondamuthur and Srivaikuntam

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18. Anna University awarded honorary Doctorate to M.K.Stalin, Mylswamy Annadurai, A.R.Rahman 19. Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for life Saving Treatments - launched on 23rd July, 2009 - Limit Rs.72,000/annum - Provided by Star Health Insurance 20. Statue of Kannada poet Sarvagya Ayanavaram, Chennai 21. Thiruvalluvar Statue Ulsoor lake, Bangalore 22. Ford Car Factory located at Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai 23. Nobel Prize (2009) Chemistry Venkataraman Ramakrishnan 24. Nobel Prize (2009) Peace Barack Obama (Others : Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore) 25. Fire Cracker accident Pallipatti (Thiruvallur) Oct 17, 2009 26. Compulsory Registration (Marriage) came into force on Nov 30, 2009 (to be registered within 90 days) 27. Two states where Presidents Rule was imposed in 2009 Meghalaya, Jharkhand 28. Artificial heart introduced by IIT Kharagpur 29. G 20 Summit London 30. PSLV C12 rocket was launched from Sriharikota on 20th April 2009 31. Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla 32. Anti Tobacco Day May 31 (2009) Compulsory pictorial warnings of diseased lungs and a scorpion came into force 33. Indias first sea bridge Bandra Worli Sea link, Mumbai 34. Actor Mohanlal was honoured as Lieutenant colonel in Territorical Army 35. Indias Largest flyover Hyderabad

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77. A.R. Rahman Conferred Honorary Doctorate by Aligarh Muslim University for his contribution to the field of Art and Music 78. First Indian woman to reach the south pole Reena Kaushal 79. Target of Jawaharlal Nehru solar Mission 20,000MW by 2012 80. 10th Indo-EU Summit New Delhi 81. Chairman, ISRO K. Radha Krishnan 82. 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award for social services - Deep Joshi 83. Indias 1st indigenously built Nuclear sub marine INS Arihant 84. NREGA renamed as Mahatma Gnadhi NREGA 85. Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act,2009 (6 14 years age) 86. Aila Cyclone that affected W. Bengal 87. Nisha Chennai Cyclone Nargiz Myanmar Hurricane USA 88. Number of Constituencies won by UPA in 2009 261 89. 16th Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla 90. Unique Identification Authoirty headed by Nandan Nilekani 91. Chairman, TamilNadu Cricket Association N. Srinivasan 92. Indias first open butterfly park Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the banks of river Sabarmati 93. New National Pension Scheme (NPS) for all May 1, 2009 94. National Dairy Research Institute Karnal Haryana 95. Worlds first cloned camel Injaz 96. Cloned buffaloes 1st Samrupa 2nd Garima Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

97. Range of Brahmos 290 km 98. 2009 Sadhana Samman Award Vairamuthu 99. Sundaradevan Committee to probe Madras High Court Clash 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. Indian Judge in UN Appeals Tribunal Kamaljit Singh Garewal Lower birth and death rate T.N., Kerala Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniyam Attorney General Goolan E. Vahanvati Central Administrative Tribunal Justice Ashok Aggarwal Principal Scientific Advisor to P.M. R. Chidambaram Opposition leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley Election Commissioners V.S. Sampath and S.Y. Quareshi Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai Chairman, Backward classes Commission Ratnavel Pandian National commission for Protection of child Rights Santha Sinha SC commission Buta Singh ST commission Ms. Urmila singh National Women commission Girija Vyas National Farmers Commisssion M.S. Swaminathan Director, IB Rajiv Mathur Director, CBI Ashwani Kumar Director, RAW K.C. Verma Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

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13th Finance Commission Vijay L. Kelkar National Statistics Commission Dr. Suresh D. Tendulkar President, Indian Olympic Association Suresh Kalmadi

122. Prithvi II Missile Oct 12, 2009 Orissa coast Surface to surface Range 350 km 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. Miss World 2009 (Johannesberg, south Africa) Kaiane Aldorins (Gibraltor) R.D. Pradhan Committee to inquire 26/11 Mumbai terror attack Dec 3 International Disabled Day OCEANSAT, 2 23rd Sep 2009 (at Sriharikota) 2016 Olympics Riode Janeiro World Bank ban on WIPRO and Megasoft Australian cricketer who retired Mathew Hayden Vice Chancellor of TNOU Kalyani Annie 2009 Republic Day Guest Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhastan) Chennai Metro with Japanese assistance Intra state river link Thamirobarani, Karumeniyar, Nambiaru Floating National Park Keibul Lamjao (Manipur) Emergency Proclaimed in Fiji

136. Agni II Missile (Orissa, wheeler island) Range 3000 km 137. 138. Agni I Range 700 - 800 km; Agni II range 2000 2500 km Nuclear test conducted by North Korea (May 2009) Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

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Kannoli scheme for school students Jun 3, 2009 Law College violence Inquiry by Justice shanmugam Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha Karia Munda Justice M.M. Punchi commission Centre state relation First Women T20 World Cup Cricket England BRIC Conference Yekaterinburg, Russia Lalgarh (W.Bengal) Maoist problem Harish Khare Media Advisor to P.M. 1st T20 World Cup Cricket 2007 held in South Africa 2nd T20 2009 World Cup held in England 3rd T20 2010 World Cup held in West Indies Bavina Car Factory Ranipet

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149. G-8 (USA, Russia, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan) Summit LAquila, Italy (Russian June 21, 1997) 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. Michael Phelps (USA) Swimmer Record in 100m Butterfly style China Earthquake Yunnas Province Ramayanap perunthedal book by Veerappa Moiley Economic Advisor to P.M. Raghu Ram Rajan R. Venkataraman died on 27th Jan 2009 7th Vice- President 8th President Sahitya Academy established in 1954 Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2008 Tapan Sinha (W.Bengal) Highest wicket taker in ODI Muralidharan (Sri Lanka)

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158. Australian Open Tennis 2009: Mens Singles Rafel Nadal (Spain) Womens Singles Serena Williams Mixed Doubles Mahesh Boopathy, Sania 159. Grandslam Order Australian, French, Wimbledon, US

160. 19th Common Wealth Games 2010 India(Delhi) st Hamilton (Canada 1 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. President, Sahitya Academy Sunil Gangopadhyay Worlds First woman to fly Russias MIG 35 fighter jet Suman Sharma World Tabacco Health conference (WCOTH) Mumbai Chief of Air staff Pradeep Vasant Naik Miss India Universe (2009) Ekta chaudhary

166. Last Parliamentary election: UPA 261; NDA 159; Left 54 167. Indias Nuclear Submarine INS Arihant (July 26, 2009) Other Countries : US, UK, China, Russia, France 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. Indias Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister Dr. V.K. Saraswat 2007 Dada Saheb Phalke Award Manna Dey India elected as vice Chair of G-24 countries 25th India Economic Summit New Delhi 2008 Athlete of the World Usian Bolt (Jamaica) First Indian to win Australian Open Title in Junior division Yuki Bhambri Highest number of Catches in Cricket (182) Rahul Dravid Previously Mark Waugh (Australia)

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176. 2009 (Czech) 177.

French open Mens Doubles won by Laender Paes and Lukas Dloughy

2008 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna M.C. Mary Kom (Woman boxer) Sushil Kumar (Wrestling) Vijendar Singh (Boxing) Usain Bolt created record by crossing 100 m in 9.58 seconds (at Berlin, Germany) Nehru Cup (Football) New Delhi India won ICC Test Cricketer of the Year Gautam Gambir ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year M.S. Dhoni Formula 1 Champion Jenson Button (Britain) World Junior Chess Champion Sowmya Swaminathan FIFA Player of the Year Lionel Messi (Argentina) Japans Lunar Satellite Kaguya

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186. Chinas Lunar Satellite Chang 1 Chandrayaan I 22nd Oct 2008; Avatar Tourist space Plane (India) USA Apollo 1969 Kalpana METSAT Sep 22, 20002 187. 188. Indias 1st women EMU Tambaram Beach South East Asia Commerce Ministers Conference Thailand, Bangkok

189. Tamil Nadu (2009) Awards Kalpana Chawla Award - Dr. Rajamaheswari - Pushpanjali (Mother of Hithendiran) - Rajalakshmi Social Service Lawrence Ragha vendra Best Social Worker Award Trichy, Visually (for outstanding work done for disabled) Impaired rehabilitation centre Best Institution Pathway (Thiruvanmiyur Disabled women welfare Aayakudi Amarseva sangh Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

Best Collector - Soundayya (Trichy) 190. 191. 192. Tami flu to treat H1N1 (Swine flu) North Korean ship that illegally entered Indian territorial waters MN Mu San President Award 2010 Inspector Kalaimani

193. e District scheme introduced in 5 districts of Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore, Krishnagiri, Ariyalur, Tiruvarur, Perambalur) 194. TamilNadu Police 150 years of Service

195. Worlds most powerful women (2009) 1. Angela Merkel (chancellor, Germany) 2. Sonia Gandhi 3. Indra Nooyi 4. Chanda Kochhar (ICICI) 196. 197. Indias first school for Muscular dystrophy affected kids Chennai Italys Chevalier Award S.Ramachandran (former VC, Madras University)

198. Mettur Dam Foundation stone laid on 20th July 1925 Inaugurated in 1934 (John Stanley) 21st Aug 2009 75 years completed 199. Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez (Venezuela) - held in Bahamas National Eye donation fortnight Aug 25 to Sep 8 World Athletic Champion America (1st) held in Berlin, Germany 2nd TICEL Biotech Park Taramani, Chennai 50% reservation for women in local self Government Art 243 D Number of 11Ms in India 7 Recently announced: Tamil Nadu Trichy Jharkhand Ranchi Chattisgarh Raipur Haryana Rohtak Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

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205. Recently oilfields were discovered at Mangala Nagar, Rajasthan 206. Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton Aug 2009 Mixed Doubles won by Diji and Jwala 207. 208. Namibian President to visit India Hifikepunye Pohamba 14th Nehru Cup (Football) Delhi Indian won Man of the Match Subrota Paul (India) Man of the Series Baichung Bhutia P.M. of Japan Yukio Hatoyama (Democratic Party) Chief of Navy Nirmal Kumar Chief of Army Staff V.K. Singh Indias rank in FIFA football 156th Recent landslide (12 dead) Nilgiri Pasupathinatha Temple Nepal (in dispute) G-20 Nations Finance Ministers Conference London

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216. 2007 National Award (Films) Kanchivaram best film Prakash Raj best actor Periyar best Tamil film 217. Age of Chennai 370 Aug 22, 1639 Francis Day Obtained it from Damarb Venkatadri Nayak and Permission to build fort st. George 218. 219. Indra Gandhi Prize for Peace 2007 Bill Gates ITF Challenger Trophy at Lexington (USA) Sania Mirza won

220. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Prize Money increased from Rs.5 Lakh to 7.5 lakh Dhornacharya Dhyanchand increased from Rs.3 lakh to Rs.5 lakhs Arjun Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

221. 2008 09 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna M.C. Mary kom (Boxer) - Vijender Singh (Boxer) (Olympic Bronze) - Susil Kumar (Wrestling) Arjuna Award - Gautam Gambir (Cricket) - Saina Nehwal (Badminton) - Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting) Dhyan Chand - Ishar Singh Deol (Athlete) - Satbir Singh Dahya (Wrestling) Dhronocharya - Baldev Singh (Hockey) - Gopichand (Badminton) - Jai Vidhva Bisht (Boxing) - Satpal (Wrestling) 222. World Junior Squash Championship held in Chennai Champion : Mohammed L.Shorbagy (Egypt) 223. 224. World Swimming Championship Rome (Italy) President of Iran Ahamadinejad

225. Hiroshima, Nagasaki Memorial Day Aug 6th and 9th 1945 Little Boy (Worlds first atom bomb) at Hiroshima Fatman (Nagasaki) 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. P.M. of Australia Kevin Rudd Vice President of Mauritius A.V. Chettiar Ambassador of Peace Award Jaswant Singh Videocon T.V. Factory Sivagangai (Manamadurai) C.M. of Maharashtra Ashok chawan C.M. of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu

232. Assembly elections: Maharashtra Congress won Haryane Congress won Arunachal Pradesh Congress won Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

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IT Park Nuvalpatti, Trichy Summit to tackle Global Warming Delhi India and China ink pact to fight climate change President of Russia Medvedev President of Indonesia Susilo Yudhoyan Bambang Indias longest bridge P.V. Narasimha Rao bridge (Hyderabad) Agni III 3500 km - Wheeler island, Orissa - Feb 7, 2010 - Surface to surface

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New Medical Colleges Villupuram and Tiruvarur President, Board of Control for Cricket in India Shashank Manohar 2011 World Cup Cricket to be held in India, Srilanka and Bangladesh

243. Culture in Balance Award instituted by Forum Tiberius, Germany Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 244. Prithvi II Surface to Surface Oct 12, 2009 250 300 km Orissa Balasore 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. Prithvi I Feb 22, 1998 Sriharikota

World Sight Day 2nd Thursday of October P.M.s Advisor on Infrastructure, innovation and Information Sam Pitroda Booker Prize (2009) Hilary Mantels book Wolf Hall Indra Gandhi Award for National Integration Balraj Puri (Journalist) Baldev Raj elected as member of International Nuclear Energy Academy Indias National Aquatic Animal Dolphin Appolo Study Centre Ph: 98400 99828, 044 4286 7555, 044 2433 9436

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World Habitat Day 1st Monday of October Central University started at Tiruvarur Boat accident Thekkadi Indra Gandhi Peace Award (2008) Elbaradei World Heart Day Sep 27

256. Sahityo Academy Award Dr. P. Ananda Kumar - Inyandiran a translation novel

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