Social Movements and their founders


Movement/OrganisationFounder
Saryodaya, BhoodanAcharya Vinobha Bhave
Servants of India SocietyGK Gokhale
Servants of People SocietyLala Lajpat Rai
Servants of God or Khudai KhidmatgarKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Gyan Prasarak MandaliDadabhai Naoroji
Shuddhi MovementSwami Dayanand Saraswati
Theosophical SocietyMadame H. P. Blavatsky
Missionaries of CharityMother Teresa
Home Rule MovementAnnie Besant and Bal Gangadhar
Prarthana SamajRG Bhandarkar & MG Ranade
Arya SamajDayanand Saraswati (Guj)
Brahmo SamajRaja Ram Mohan Roy
Self-respect MovementEV Ramaswamy Naicker
Tattvabodhini SabhaDebendranath Tagore
Sadbhavna ke SipahiSunil Datt
Satyasodhak SamajJyotiba Phule (Mah)
Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana YogamShri Narayaana Guru
Bahiskrit Hitkarni SabhaDr BR Ambedkar
Dev Samaj (an atheistic movement)Swami Satyanand Agnihotri
Aligarh movementSir Syed Ahmed Khan
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak SanghDr Baliram Hedgewar
Abhinav BharatVir Savarkar
VanmahotsavKM Munshi
Narmada BachaoMedha Patkar
Sulabh InternationalDr Bindeshwar Pathak
VanaraiDr. Mohan Dharia
Bhartiya Vidya BhavanKanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Citizens for DemocracyJaya Prakash Narayan
People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic RightsJaya Prakash Narayan
Super 30Anand Kumar

International Movements/Organisations and their founders

Movement/OrganisationFounder
Red CrossJH Dunant
ScoutsBaden Powell
GuidesLady Agnes Baden Powell
Amnesty InternationalPeter Benenson
Transparency InternationalPeter Eigen
Lions ClubMelvin Jones

WORLD'S FAMOUS FATHERS

          1. Father of cloning = Ian Wilmut
2. Father of Printing = Guttenberg
3. Father of history = Herodotus
4. Father of economics = Adam Smith
5. Father of Socialism = Robert Owen
6. Father of Sociology = Augustus Comte
7. Father of Scientific Socialism = Karl Marx
8. Father of Co-operation = Robert Owen
9. Father of English Poetry = Geoffrey Chaucer
10. Father of Essay = Montaigne
11. Father of Renaissance = Petrarch
12. Father of Reformation = Martin Luther King
13. Father of Genetics = Gregor Mendel
14. Father of Modern Cartoon = William Hogarth
15. Father of Psychology = Sigmund Freud
16. Father of Greek Democracy = Cleisthenes
17. Father of Nuclear Physics = Rutherford
18. Father of Modern Tourism = Thomas Cook
19. Father of Green Revolution = Norman Borlaug
20. Father of Jurisprudence = John Locke

Important Battles in the Indian History

          

1   1. 1st battle of Tarain--1191-- Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori

2. 2nd battle of Tarain--1192--Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan

3. 1st battle of Panipat--1526--Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi

4. Battle of Khanwa--1527-- Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India.

5. Battle of Ghaghra--1529--Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing Mughal rule in India.

6. 2nd battle of Panipat--1556--Akbar defeated Hemu

7. 3rd battle of Panipat--1761Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas

8. Battle of Talikota--1565--Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire

9. Battle of Haldighati--1576--Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana Pratap of Mewar.

10. Battle of Plassey--1757--British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar. This battle laid the foundation of British empire in India.

11. Battle of Wandiwash--1760--British decisively defeated the French in India. The Seven years war (1756 - 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war. 3 Carnatic wars were fought between the British and the French and this battle was a part of the 3rd Carnatic War.

12. Battle of Buxar--1764--British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II(Mughal emperor). This completed the work began by the battle of Plassey.

13. Battle of Samugarh--1658--Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.

14. Battle of Karnal--1739--Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.

National Parks In India









Anshi National Park
Karnataka
Bandipur National Park
Karnataka
Bannerghatta National Park
Karnataka
Balphakram National Park
Meghalaya
Bandhavgarh National Park
Madhya Pradesh
Betla National Park
Jharkhand
Bhitarkanika National Park
Odisha
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar
Gujarat
Buxa Tiger Reserve
West Bengal
Campbell Bay National Park
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandoli National Park
Maharashtra
Dachigam National Park
Jammu and Kashmir
Darrah National Park
Rajasthan
Desert National Park
Rajasthan
Dibru-Saikhowa National Par
Assam
Dudhwa National Park
Uttar Pradesh
Eravikulam National Park
Kerala
Galathea National Park
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Gangotri National Park
Uttrakhand
Gir Forest National Park
Gujarat
Gorumara National Park
West Bengal
Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary
Uttrakhand
Great Himalayan National Park
Himachal Pradesh
Gugamal National Park
Maharashtra
Guindy National Park
Tamil Nadu
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
Tamil Nadu
Hemis National Park
Jammu and Kashmir
Harike Wetland 
Punjab
Hazaribagh National Park
Jharkhand
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and NationalPark
Tamil Nadu
Indravati National Park
Chhattisgarh
 Jaldapara National Park
West Bengal
Jim Corbett National Park
Uttrakhand
Kalesar National Park
Haryana
Kanha National Park
Madhya Pradesh
Kanger Ghati National Park
Chhattisgarh
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
Telangana
Kaziranga National Park
Assam
Keibul Lamjao National Park 
Manipur
Keoladeo National Park
Rajasthan
Khangchendzonga National Park
Sikkim
Kishtwar National Park
Jammu and Kashmir
Kudremukh National Park
Karnataka
 Madhav National Park
 Madhya Pradesh
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
Telangana
Manas National Park
 Assam
Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
Madhya Pradesh
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch
Gujarat
Mathikettan Shola National Park
 Kerala

Defence Exercises 2017

Army Joint Exercises:
S. No.
Country
Exercise
1.
Australia
Ex AUSTRA HIND
2.
Bangladesh
Ex SAMPRITI
3.
China
Ex HAND IN HAND
4.
France
Ex SHAKTI
5.
Indonesia
Ex GARUDA SHAKTI
6.
Kazakhstan
Ex PRABALDOSTYK
7.
Kyrgyzstan
Ex KHANJAR
8.
Maldives
Ex EKUVERIN
9.
Mongolia
Ex NOMADIC ELEPHANT
Ex KHAN QUEST
10.
Nepal
Ex SURYA KIRAN (BIANNUAL)
11.
Oman
AL NAGAH (SUCCESS)
12.
Russia
Ex INDRA
13.
Seychelles
Ex LAMITIYE
14.
Singapore
Ex AGNI WARRIOR
Ex BOLD KURUKHESTRA
15.
Sri Lanka
Ex MITRA SHAKTI
16.
Thailand
Ex MAITREE
Ex COBRA GOLD (Observer Plus)
17.
UK
Ex AJEYA WARRIOR
18.
USA
Ex YUDHABHAYAS
Ex VAJRAPRAHAR
Navy Joint Exercises:
S. No.
Country
Exercise
1.
Australia
AUSINDEX
KAKADU
2.
Brazil & South Africa
IBSAMAR
3.
Brunei
ADMM+ Exercise (Multilateral)
4.
France
VARUNA
5.
Indonesia
IND-INDO CORPAT (Bi-annual)
IND-INDO BILAT
Ex KOMODO (HADR) (Multilateral)
  6.
Malaysia
ARFDIREx
  7.
Myanmar
IMCOR
  8.
Oman
Naseem-al-Bahr
  9.
Russia
INDRA NAVY
10.
Singapore
SIMBEX
11.
Sri Lanka
SLINEX
IN-SLN SF Exercise
12.
Thailand
INDO-THAI CORPAT (Bi-annual)
13.
UK
KONKAN
14.
USA
MALABAR
RIMPAC (Multilateral)
Air Force  Joint Exercises:
S. No.
Country
Exercise
1.
France
Ex GARUDA-V
2.
Oman
Ex EASTERN BRIDGE-IV
3.
Russia
Ex AVIAINDRA-14
4.
Singapore
JOINT MILITARY TRAINING
5.
Thailand
SIAM BHARAT
6.
UAE
Ex DESERT EAGLE-II
7.
UK
Ex INDRADHANUSH-IV
8.
USA
Ex RED FLAG