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Symbols of Andhra Pradesh

Symbols of Andhra Pradesh
Emblem	Poorna kumbham
Language	Telugu
Song	Maa Telugu Talliki
Dance	Kuchipudi
Animal	Blackbuck
Bird	Indian Roller
Flower	Water Lily
Fruit	Mango
Tree	Neem
Sport	Kabbaddi

Nandi Award for Best Telugu Feature Film

Swarna (Gold) Nandi
Year Movie
2011 Sri Rama Rajyam
2010 Vedam
2009 Sontha Vooru
2008 Gamyam
2007 Mee Sreyobhilashi
2006 Bommarillu
2005 Pothe Poni
2004 Aa Naluguru
2003 Missamma
2002 Manmadhudu
2001 Preminchu
2000 Chirunavvutho
1999 Kalisundam Raa
1998 Tholi Prema
1997 Annamayya
1996 Pavithra Bandham
1995 Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa
1994 Bangaru Kutumbam
1993 Mr. Pellam
1992 No Award
1991 Yagnam
1990 Erra Mandaram
1989 Geetanjali
1988 Swarna Kamalam
1987 Sruthi Layalu
1986 Swathi Muthyam
1985 Mayuri
1984 Swathi
1983 Ananda Bhairavi
1982 Meghasandesam
1981 Seethakoka Chiluka
1980 No Award
1979 Sankarabharanam
1978 Naalaga Endaro
1976 Oorummadi Brathukulu
1975 Jeevana Jyothi
1974 Alluri Seetharama Raju
1973 Sharada
1972 Kalam Marindi
1971 Chelleli Kapuram
1970 Kathanayika Molla
1969 Kathanayakudu
1968 Bandhavyalu
1967 Sudi Gundalu
1966 Rangula Ratnam
1965 Antastulu
1964 Doctor Chakravarthy

Rajata (Silver) Nandi
Year Movie
2011 Rajanna
2010 Ganga Putrulu
2009 Baanam
2008 Vinayakudu
2007 Happy Days
2006 Godavari
2005 Anukokunda Oka Roju
2004 Anand
2003 Okkadu
2002 Nuvve Nuvve
2001 Murari
2000 Azad
1999 Nee Kosam
1998 Kante Kuthurne Kanu
1997 Sindhooram
1996 Little Soldiers
1995 Badili
1994 Subha Lagnam
1993 Money
1992 Rajeswari Kalyanam
1991 Pelli Pustakam
1990 Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1989 Mouna Poratam
1988 Adade Adharam
1987 Abhinandana
1986 Repati Pourulu
1985 O Thandri Theerpu
1984 Kanchana Ganga
1983 Neti Bharatam
1982 Maro Malupu
1981 Tholi Kodi Koosindi
1980 Yuvatharam Kadilindi
1979 Maa Bhoomi
1978 Chali Cheemalu
1977 Tharam Marinidi
1976 Mahakavi Kshetrayya
1975 Muthyala Muggu
1974 O Seeta Katha
1973 Andala Ramudu
1972 Tata Manavadu
1971 Sri Krishna Satya
1970 Kodalu Diddina Kapuram
1969 Athmeeyulu
1968 Chinnari Papalu
1967 Chadarangam
1966 Chilaka Gorinka
1965 Sri Krishna Pandaviyam
1964 Keelu Bommalu

Kamsya (Bronze) Nandi
Year Movie
2011 Virodhi
2010 Prasthanam
2009 Kalavaramaye Madilo
2008 Parugu
2007 Lakshyam
2006 Ganga
2005 Gowtam SSC
2004 Grahanam
2003 Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
2002 Santhosham
2001 Atu America Itu India
2000 Manoharam
1999 Prema kadha
1998 Ganesh
1997 Thodu
1996 Srikaram
1995 Ammai Kapuram
1994 Bhairava Dweepam
1993 Mathru Devo Bhava
1992 Aapathbandhavudu
1991 Aswani
1990 Hrudayanjali
1989 Suthradharulu
1988 Kallu
1987 Prajaswamyam
1986 Aruna Kiranam
1985 Vandematharam
1984 Suvarna Sundari
1983 Sagara Sangamam
1982 Keerthi Kantha Kanaka
1981 Ooriki Ichina Maata
1980 Sangham Marali
1979 Punadi Rallu
1978 Karunamayudu
1977 Oka Oori Katha
1976 Anthuleni Katha
1975 Swargam Narakam
1974 Theerpu
1973 Samsaram Sagaram
1972 Praja Nayakudu
1971 Amayakuralu
1970 Balaraju Katha
1969 Bangaru Panjaram
1968 Bangaru Gajulu
1967 Bhakta Prahlada
1966 Asthiparulu
1965 Aatma Gowravam
1964 Gudi Gantalu

Indian Banks and their Headquarter, Heads and Slogans

Name of Bank	Headquarter	Formation	Chairman/Managing Directors	Slogan
Allahabad Bank	Kolkata	1865	Rakesh Sethi	A Tradition of Trust
Andhra Bank	Hyderabad	1923	C. V. R. Rajendran	For all your needs
Bank of Baroda	Baroda	1908	S. S. Mundra	India's International Bank
Bank of India	Mumbai	1906	Vijayalakshmi R. Iyer	Relationship beyondbanking
Bank of Maharashtra	Pune	1935	Sushil Muhnot	One Family, One Bank
Canara Bank	Banglore	1906	R. K. Dubey	Together we can
Central Bank of India	Mumbai	1911	Rajeev Rishi	Central to you since 1911
Corporation Bank	Mangalore	1906	Sadhu Ram Bansal	Prosperity to all
Dena Bank	Mumbai	1938	Ashwani Kumar	Your Trusted Family Bank Taking Banking
Indian Bank	Chennai	1907	T. M. Bhasin	Technology to the Common Man
Indian Overseas Bank	Chennai	1937	M. Narendra	Good people to grow with
Oriental Bank of Commerce	New Delhi	1943	S. Lal Bansal	Where Every Individual is Committed
Punjab National Bank	New Delhi	1895	K. R. Kamath	The name you can bank upon
Punjab and Sind Bank	New Delhi	1908	Jatindraver Singh	Where service is a way of life
Syndicate Bank	Manipal	1925	Sudhir Kumar Jain	Faithful, Friendly
UCO Bank	Kolkata	1943	Arun Kaul	Honours yours trust
Union Bank of India	Mumbai	1919	Arun Tiwari	Good people to bank with
United Bank of India	Kolkata	1950	Deepak Narang, Shri Sanjay Aryan	The Bank that begins with U
Vijaya Bank	Banglore	1931	V. Kannan	A Friend you can bank upon

Important Institutions and Its Headquarters in India

Education 
● Commission of Scientific and Technical Words Terminology—New Delhi
● Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages—Hyderabad
● Institute of National Sanskrit—New Delhi
● National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—Tirupati
● Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Rashtriya Bal Bhavan—New Delhi
● Institute of Central Indian Language—Mysore
● Indian Council of Higher Research—Shimla
● Indian Institute of Social Sciences and Research—New Delhi
● Council of Indian Philosophy Research—New Delhi and Lucknow
● Indian Institute of Science—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management—Gwalior
● Central Hindi Institute—Agra

Environmental Institutes
● Arid Zone Research Institute—Jodhpur
● Central Pollution Control Board—Delhi
● Central Museum Authority—New Delhi
● Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology—Allahabad
● G. B. Pant Himdoya Environment and Development Institute—Almora
● Himalayan Forest Research Centre—Shimla
● Indian Forest Research and Education Council—Dehradun
● Institute of Indian Forest Management—Bhopal
● Institute of Indian Plywood Industry and Research—Bengaluru
● Institute of Forest Genetic Tree Breeding—Coimbatore
● Forest Productive Centre—Ranchi
● Institute of Forest Research and Human Resource Development—Chindwara
● Institute of Rainforest—Jorhat
● Institute of Lumbering Science and Technology—Bengaluru
● Institute of National Science & Technology—Faridabad
● Indian Botanical Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Forest Survey—Jorhat
● Tropical Institute—Jabalpur

Defence Institutes
● Air Force Academy—Hyderabad
● Air Force Technical College—Bengaluru
● College of Military Engineering—Pune
● Defence Management Institute—Sikandrabad
● Defence Services Staff College—Wellington
● Directorate General N.C.C.—New Delhi
● Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School—Baroda
● Hindustan Aeronatic Limited—Bengaluru
● Indian Air Force Training Centre—Chennai
● Indian Military Academy—Dehradun
● Institute of Armament Technology—Pune
● Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering—Sikandrabad
● Directorate of National Cadet Core—New Delhi
● National Defence Academy—Kharagwasala
● Naval College of Engineering—Lonavala
● Officers Training Academy—Chennai

Art and Culture
● Institute of National Museum History for Art Conservation and Science Museum—New Delhi
● Allahabad Museum—Allahabad
● Asiatic Society—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian National Archives—New Delhi
● Central Buddh Education Institute—Leh
● Central High Tibetean Educational Institute—Varanasi
● Central Secretariat Library (1981)—New Delhi
● Cultural Institute and Training Centre (1979)—New Delhi
● Delhi Public Library—New Delhi
● Gandhian Recollection and Philosophy Recollection—New Delhi
● Institute of Indian Diamond—Surat
● Indian Museum—Kolkata
● Indira Gandhi National Art Centre—New Delhi
● Indira Gandhi National Human Museum—Bhopal
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (1954)—Imphal
● Kala Chitra Foundation—Chennai
● Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library—Patna
● Lalit Kala Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Asian Studies Institute—Kolkata
● National Drama Vidyalaya (1959)—New Delhi
● National Science Museum Parishad—Kolkata
● National Modern Art Technique (1954)—Kolkata
● National Library (1948)—Kolkata
● National Museum—New Delhi
● National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Heritage—Lucknow
● National School of Drama—New Delhi
● Nav-Nalanda Mahabihar—Bihar
● Nehru Memorial Museum and Library—New Delhi
● Raja Rammohan Rai Library Foundation—Kolkata
● Ram Krishan Mission Sanskrit Institute (1938)—Kolkata
● Rampur Raja Library—Rampur
● Sahitya Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Salarjanj Museum—Hyderabad
● Sangeet Natak Academy—New Delhi
● Victoria Memorial Hall—Kolkata

Food and Civil Supply
● Indian Standard Bureau—Delhi
● Indian Examination House—Kolkata

Health and Family Welfare
● Central Health Education Bureau—New Delhi
● National Medical Science Academy—New Delhi
● National Ayurvedic Institute—Jaipur
● National Siddh Institute—Chennai
● National Yunani Institute—Bengaluru
● Morarji Desai National Yog Institute—New Delhi
● National Natural Medical Institute—Pune
● National Homeopathic Institute—Kolkata
● National Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.—Rasoyni (Maharashtra)

Industries
● South India Textile Research Association—Coimbatore
● North India Cloth Research Institute—Ghaziabad
● Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association—Mumbai
● Indian Jute Industry Research Association—Kolkata
● Wool Research Institute—Thane
● National Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.—Trombay
● Pesticide Technology Institute—Gurgaon
● Hindustan Antibiotic Ltd.—Pimpri, Pune
● Plastic Engineering and Technology Institute—(Sepate) Chennai
● Indian Bureau of Mines—Nagpur
● National Aluminium Co. Ltd.—Orissa
● Hindustan Zinc Ltd.—Udaipur

Law and Justice
● National Justice Academy—Bhopal
● Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy—Hyderabad
● Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain National Crime and Justice Institute—New Delhi

Labour
● Labour Bureau Institute—Chandigarh and Shimla
● V. V. Giri National Labour Institute—Noida (U. P.)
● Central Labour Board—Nagpur
● Director General of Mines Security—Dhanbad
● Central Education Media Institute—Chennai
● Institute of Central government Training and Research—Kolkata

Mass Communication
● Publication Deptt.—New Delhi
● Film Department—Mumbai
● National Film Archieves—Pune
● Indian Committee of Children Film—Mumbai
● Directorate of Publications and Visual Publicity—Delhi
● Directorate of Regional Publicity—New Delhi
● Testimony Board of Central Movie—Mumbai
● Institute of Indian Film and Television—Pune
● Satyajeet Ray Film and Television Institute— Kolkata

Institute of Science and Technology
● Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science—Kolkata
● Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology—Pune
● Indian Astro-physics Institute—Bengaluru
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Developed Scientific Research Centre—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Geomagnetism—Mumbai
● Indian Science Academy—Bengaluru
● Indian National Science Academy—New Delhi
● Indian Science Congress Association—Kolkata
● Indian National Engineering Academy—New Delhi
● Indian National Oceanic Information Service Centre—Hyderabad
● Indian Oceanic Technical Institute—Chennai
● National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre—Goa
● National Biological Science Centre—Bengaluru
● National Institute of Reservation—New Delhi
● Centre of National Cell Science—Pune
● Centre of National Mental Research—Manesar
● National Plant-Genome Research Centre—New Delhi
● National Earthquake Science Data Centre—New Delhi
● Indian Science Academy—Allahabad
● Survey Training Institute—Hyderabad (with the help of U.N.D.P.)
● Bose Institute—Kolkata
● Agarkar Research Institute—Pune
● Sri Chitra Triunal Medical Science and Technical Institute—Tiruvananthapuram
● Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology—Dehradun
● N. N. Bose National Fundamental Science Centre—Kolkata
● Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo-botany—Lucknow
● Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council—New Delhi
● Science Expansion (Vigyan Prasar)—New Delhi
● Liquid Crystal Research Institute—Bengaluru
● Aryabhatta Research Observatory—Nainital
● Director of Atomic Mineral Investigation and Research—Hyderabad
● Indian Uranium Corporation Ltd.—Jaduguda
● Heavy Water Board—Mumbai
● Nuclear Fuel Campus—Hyderabad
● Bhabha Atomic Research Centre—Mumbai
● Shri Ram Institute of Chemical Research—New Delhi
● Institute for Plasma Research (I. P. R.)—Ahmedabad
● Harish Chand Research Institute—Chennai
● Physics Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre—Kolkata
● Deptt. of Atomic Energy—Mumbai
● Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Sea Coast Management—Chennai
● Sea-biotic Resources and Ecology Centre—Cochin
● Hindustan Zinc Limited—Udaipur
● D. N. A. Finger Print and Centre—Hyderabad
● Biotic Resources and Continuous Development Centre—Imphal
● Life Science Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Physical Research Laboratory—Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
● S. V. National Technical Institute—Surat
● Saha Nuclear Physics Institute—Kolkata (W. Bengal)
● Cosmic Rays Research Institute—Gauribidanow
● Shri Ram Chennai Research Institute—New Delhi
● Tata Institute of Fundamental Research—Mumbai
● Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology—Kocchi
● Institute of Mathematical Science—Chennai
● Institute of Physics—Bhubaneshwar
● National Biology Centre—Bengaluru
● Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.—Jaduguda (Jharkhand)
● Vishveshraiya National Technical Institute—Nagpur

Transport
● Diesel Locomotive Works—Varanasi
● Chitranjan Locomotive Works—Chitranjan
● Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala
● Integral Coach Factory—Perambur, Kapurthala
● Rail Wheel Factory—Bengaluru
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Kolkata
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Mumbai
● Lal Bahadur Shastri Coastal Research and Higher Study Institute—Mumbai
● Indian Inland Waterways Authority—Noida
● Maritime Training Institute Powai—Mumbai
● Hindustan Shipyard Limited—Visakhapatnam
● Central Inland Water Transport Corporation—Kolkata
● Civil Aviation Security Bureau—Delhi
● National Aviation Management and Research Institute—Delhi
● Fire Training Centre—New Delhi
● Fire Service Training School—Narainpur (Kolkata)
● Indira Gandhi National Flying Academy—Furshatganj (U. P.)
● Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute—Gwalior
● National Water Sporting Institute—Goa

Water Resources
● Central Soil and Material Research Centre—New Delhi
● Central Water and Electric Research Centre—Kharagwasala (Pune)
● National Project Construction Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi
● National Hydrology Institute—Roorkee (Uttarakhand)

Welfare
● National Blind Institute—Dehradun
● National Orthopedic Disabled Institute—Kolkata
● Aliyawarjung National Hard of Hearing Institute—Mumbai
● National Mental Disabled Institute—Sikandrabad
● National Rehabilitation Training and Research Institute—Cuttack
● Physically Disabled Institute—New Delhi
● Multi-disabled Strengthen Institute—Chennai
● National Public Cooperation and Child Development Institute—New Delhi

Youth Work and Play
● Rajeev Gandhi National Youth Development Institute—Perambur
● Laxmibai National Physical Education Institute (1957)—Gwalior

Energy
● National Thermal Power Corporation—New Delhi
● Electric Finance Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi

Communication
● Telecommunication Engineering Centre—New Delhi
● National Telecommunication Finance and Management Academy—Hyderabad
● High Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Training Institute—Jabalpur

Amazing Facts About Our World

● World population in 2011 – 6,988 million (3,523 million males and 3,465 million females)
● World population under 30 in 2011 – 3,649 million
● World population over 60 in 2011 – 785 million
● World population over 100 in 2011 – 532,000
● Number of births worldwide every day – 378,000
● Number of deaths worldwide everyday – 162,000
● World economic growth rate in 2010 – 5.0% (-0.6% in 2009)
● Number of illiterate adults – 796 million
● Number of unemployed people – 205 million
● Average world life expectancy – 70.8 years for females; 66.4 years for males
● Annual world population increase – 79.33 million people
● Number of people living outside country of birth – 214 million, or more than 3% of the world’s population
● Fertility rate – 2.5 births per woman
● Urban population – 50.5% of total population
● World trade in 2009 – US $ 25.2 billion
● Annual world defence expenditure – US $ 1,630 billion
● Number of TV sets – 1.4 billion
● Number of radio receivers – 2.2 billion
● Number of cigarettes smoked – 5,600 billion a year
● Number of internet users – 2.0 billion
● Number of mobile phone users – 4.7 billion
● Number of motor vehicles on the road – 790 million
● Number of people who cross international borders every day – 2 million
● Number of people living in extreme poverty – 1.4 billion
● Number of people living in urban slums – 828 million
● Number of undernourished people – 925 million
● Number of overweight adults – 1.6 billion
● Number of obese adults – 502 million
● Number of people dying of starvation – 24,000 every day
● Number of people lacking clean water – 1.1 billion
● Number of people lacking basic sanitation – 2.6 billion
● Number of recorded executions in 2008 – 2,390
● Number of people worldwide exposed to indoor 
air pollution that exceeds WHO guidelines – 1 billion
● Annual carbon dioxide emissions – 7.7 billion tonnes of carbon equivalent

Indian Railway at a Glance

1831-33 : A thought to create railway development for the transportation between Madras and Bangalore cropped up.

1844 : R. S. Stephenson thought of creating East India Railway.

1845-46  : Survey work for new rail line for Calcutta–Delhi.

1848-49  : Construction of Howrah and Raniganj rail line.

1850 : Construction of Indian Peninsular Railway company for rail line between Bombay thane and Calcutta–Mirzapur rail line began.

1853 : Inauguration of Indian Railway on 16 April, 1853 by running train between Boribundar (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Thane.

1854 : 24 miles railway line EIR, between Howrah Hoogely opened on 15 August.

1856 : Madras Railway company opened Madras Arkonam for passenger transportation.

1857 : Northern Railway began its first train between Allahabad and Kanpur on March.

1860 : Morse Telegraph Telecommunication started by Indian Railway.

1860-68 : Immediate Guarantee System began  East Indian Railway Great India Peninsula Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway and Madras states Railway participated in it.

1869-81 : Under new system state government were authorised to lay rail lines.

1890 : Indian Railway Act passed.

1905 : Formation of Railway Board.

1922 : Re organisation of Railway and more right were given.

1924 : Rail Budget was separated from General Budget.

1925 : E.I.R and GIPR were given separate place and right in railway management.

1925 : First rail electrification of Harbour branch of Bombay with 1500 volt DC.

1928 : Electrification of Bombay Suburban Section of  B.B. & C.I.R.

1931 : Electrification of Madras suburban section.

1937 : India got 3200 km long rail line on separation of Burma from India.

1939-42 : Security material for world war produced in railway workshops.

1942 : War transport established.

1947 : 11,200 km long rail line to Pakistan.

1950 : First steam engine manufactured by Chitranjan  locomotive.

1950 : Nationalization of Indian  Railway.

1953 : Railway centenary celebrated throughout the country.

1955 : First diesel locomotive plied on metre gauge in Neville and Gandhidham section.

1955 : Coach factory established in Perambur.

1957 : Bombay Madras rail line from 25 KVAC inaugurated, Railway security Force Act passed.

1958 : Electrification of Howrah–Vardhman section.

1961 : First electric engine Lokmanya was manufactured by Chitranjan Locomotive.

1962 : First electric train ran between Bombay and Pune.

1964 : Kunjaru Committee organised to bring reforms in Rail administration.

1964 : Production started in Diesel Locomotive works Varanasi.

1970 : First combined planning of Railway (1970-85) started.

1972 : Manufacturing of steam engines stopped in Chitranjan Rail Engine Factory from 5 February, Jammu appeared on Indian railway map.

1974 : Third class in railway banished.

1976 : IRCON established in April.

1977 : Railway Time Table ‘Train At a Glance’ launched.

1979 : Central organisation for modernisation of workshop established.

1978 : Double Decker train service ‘Panchvati Express’ began between Bombay–Pune on 12 April.

1982 : Palace on Wheel started.

1984 : Metro train inaugurated in Calcutta.

1985 : Nation's first computerised reservation center began in New Delhi on 15 November, 1985, second combined planning (1985–2000) began.

1986 : Indian Railway Finance Corporation established.

1987 : Center for Railway Information Service established in New Delhi.

1988 : Indian Rail Electricity Institute established in Nasik optical fiber Communication Service started between Churchgate–Virat in 1988. India’s first Shatabdi Express New Delhi–Jhansi) launched.

1989 : Formation of Railway Time Committee and Railway Dhaba Authority.

1990 : Goods passengers train service began between India and Bangladesh.

1991 : First train service in Mizoram from Bhai Rabi station began on 6 March ‘Palace on Wheels’ started with new decore.

1992 : RFFC established. ‘Apna Wagon’ scheme began. For the first time in the world first women special Train between Churchgate–Borivallie on 5 May started.

1993 : Sleeper class began on 1st April. Formation of Ojha Committee to solve the problems of Konkan railway

1994 : Rail passengers Insurance Scheme launched. First Rail Bus service began between Medata road and Medata city of Northern Railway.

1995 : Metro rail began between Tollyganj and Damdam on 27 September. 1995 was celebrated as ‘Rail Consumer year’.

1996 : 6 new regional rails formed in Hubali, Hajipur, Jaipur, Bhuvneshwar, Allahabad and Jabalpur. Formation of Delhi Metro Rail corporation Ltd. On 4 March, the name Mumbai VT changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

1997 : Telephone service based on satellite started in August Kranti Express on 15 April.

1998 : Konkan railway fully in operation from 26 January. On 1 May Prime Minister dedicated to the nation. Walky–Talky communication between guards and drivers began. 3 phase Electric engines of 6000 HP began to be manufactured indigenously. ‘Fairy Queen’ got place in Guinness Book for having the oldest Steam engine in working condition.

1999 : At  Delhi railway station, worlds, biggest route relay interlinking began. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway declared world heritage by UNESCO. Nilgiri Mountain Railway celebrated its centenary.

2000 : Online rail information system started first time at the Church gate head office on 29 April. On 17 December at Kota station of western railway first time automatic charting system inaugurated.

2001 : 22-28 January. BNR Hotel, Puri celebrated its platinum jubilee. On 24 February, at Chennai station first time Internet Trade Center was opened. On 5 November, Western railway celebrated its golden jubilee

2002 : On the beginning of 150th year of Indian Railway on 15 April, in a special programme. Mascot Bholuguard and special monogram launched.

2003 : On 5 January Western Railway celebrated golden jubilee of its Electric Rail Service. On 15 February the name of ‘Wheel and Axil factory’ changed as Rail wheel factory. On 1 May for the first time RailTel began broadband in the moving train in the world.

2004 : UNESCO declared Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus as world heritage.

2005 : Nilgiri Mountain Rail was declared world heritage by UNESCO. E-ticketing began in all the trains.

2006 : ‘Anumati Yojna’ began to run passenger train from 26 January. A.C. facility for general public at lower prices began.

2007 : Throughout the country with 139 Telephones Extensive Railway Enquiry began.

2008 : First train service started in Kashmir Valley on 11, October.

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Latest Books and Authors

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Runs in Ruins — Sunil Gavaskar
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Speaking for My Life — Cherry Blair
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Secular Perception in Sikh Faith — K.M. Duggal
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Rich Like Us — Nayantara Sehgal
Reflection on our Time — P.N. Haksar
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Bliss was in that Dawn — Minoo Masani
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Survivors — Randheer Khare
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Indian Drama — Chelapati Rao
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We the People — Nani Palkiwala
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My India — S. Nihal Singh
View from the U.N. — U. Thant
Inside Third World — V. Harrison
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Indian Women’s Battle for Freedom — Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
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My Childhood Days — Taslima Nasreen
Myth of Mahatma — Michael Edwards
The City of Joy — Dominique Lapierre
God of Small Things — Arundhati Rai
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Development as Freedom — Amartya Sen
Disgrace — J.M. Coetzee
Speed Post — Shobha De
My Century — Guentar Grass
A New World — Amit Chaudhury
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The Brief History of Time — Stephen Hawking
The Transparent Mind — Ingram Smith
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Bradman’s Best — Rolland Perry
Living History — Hillary Rodham Clinton
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The Writer and the World — V. N. Naipaul
Two Lives — Vikram Seth
The Family and the Nation — Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Acharya Mahapragya
Curfewed Night — Basharat Peer
Sustaining India’s Growth Miracle — Jagdish N. Bhagawati
The Namesake — Jhumpa Lahiri
Straight From the Heart — Kapil Dev
My Life — Bill Clinton
Magic Seeds — V. S. Naipaul
To a Hunger Free World — Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
The Line of Beauty — Alan Hollinghurst
The Piano Teacher — Elfriede Jelinek
Shalimar, the Clown — Salman Rushdie
The Sea — John Banville
Guiding Souls : Dialogues on the — Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Purpose of Life — with Arun K. Tiwari
Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny — Prof. Amartya Sen
The Last Moghul — William Darlymple
In the Line of Fire : A Memoire — Parvez Musharraf
Mohandas : A True Story of a Man, Once Upon a Time in the Soviet Union — Dominique Lapierre
My Country My Life — L. K. Advani
Jinnah : India-Partition-Independence — Jaswant Singh
Humbling — Philip Roth
The Museum of Innocence — Orphan Pamuk
Arming the Indian Arsenal — Deb Mohanty
The Year of the Flood — Margaret Atwood
The Post American World — Farid Zakaria
Yours Sincerely — Natwar Singh
The British, the Bandits and the Bordermen — P.V. Rajgopal
After the Ice : Life, Death and Geopolitics in the New Arctic — Alun Anderson
A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War — Rajmohan Gandhi
The Red Sari — Javier Moro
The Fragrance of Forgotten Years — Bilkees Latif
Securing the State — David Omand
Before Memory Fades — Autobiography : Fali S. Nariman
Obama’s Wars — Bob Woodward
Convenient Action : Gujarat’s Response to Challenges of Climate Change — Narendra Modi
Decision Points — George W. Bush
Civil Disobedience — L. C. Jain

Indian States And Their Folk Dances

Jharkhand	Chhau, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai.
Uttarakhand	Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli
Andhra Pradesh	Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, Ottam Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi Madhuri, Chhadi.
Chhattisgarh	Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari, Mundari.
Arunachal Pradesh	Mask dance, War dance etc.
Himachal Pradesh	Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc.
Goa	Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni, etc.
Assam	Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc.
West Bengal	Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan, etc.
Kerala	Kathakali (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.
Meghalaya	Laho, Baagla, etc.
Manipur	Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat, etc.
Nagaland	Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim, etc.
Orissa	Odissi (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.
Maharashtra	Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc.
Karnataka	Yakshagan, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi etc.
Gujarat	Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai, etc.
Punjab	Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc.
Rajasthan	Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc.
Mizoram	Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc.
Jammu & Kashmir	Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach, Damali.
Tamil Nadu	Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi
Uttar Pradesh	Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita.
Bihar	Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra, etc.
Haryana	Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.