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[PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense,
Telangana & more
1. Prologue to six part Article series
2. Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies
1. Judiciary related
2. National commissions for
3. New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators
4. Governors
5. Secretaries
6. Indian Ambassadors Abroad
3. Telangana the 29
th
State
4. Government Committees / commissions
1. 14
th
Finance commission
2. 7
th
Pay commission
5. Stamps 2014
1. Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism
2. Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal
3. Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani
4. Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)
6. Defense / Security: Persons in News
1. Boats, missiles and Helicopters
2. Training exercises 2014
7. Space related
8. India: Places in News 2014
Prologue to six part Article series
Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8
th
June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual time span
for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.
1. [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more
2. [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine Crisis
3. [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi,
Cricket & more
4. [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI Committees,
Business GK CEOs
5. [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants
6. [PIN-2014] Part 6/6: Diaspora, Civilian awards & Dead in News, Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, Padma 2014, Able
Prize & more
Useful for?
IFoS mains
security jobs: CDS, CAPF, ACIO
Banking jobs: IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B Officer, RBI Assistant,
Staff selection: SSC CGL, SSC 10+2;
State PSC: UPPSC Lower & upper subordinate, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat,
Karnataka etc.
PSU/Corporation jobs: EPFO, ESCI, FCI, ONGC etc.
All of above exams have 3-5-8 MCQs from Person in news, books, author, awards and sports.
What about UPSC/CSAT / preliminary exam?
1. This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this variety of
MCQs since last three prelims.
2. Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, itd require far deeper coverage of static
background, which Ive ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC exams, their
examiners dont go that deep.
3. PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important.
4. For IFoS prelims not much important, because both civil service and forest service got common
prelims (refer to point #2)
Any updates, corrections please do post in the comments but with reference except wikipedia
Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies
Modi 15
th
PM of India. As such election & ministries related GK is endless. You should focus on
following topics first:
1. Theory from M.Laxmikanth or Lucent GK- What is speaker pro-tem, how many Rajysabha seats, How
many Loksabha seats, how many nominated members etc. etc.
2. VVPAT, voters ink, security deposits, procedure to get national party status etc. given under
Mrunal.org/Current
3. List of ministries under Modi-sarkaar (click on follow link): English list || Hindi list
Here Im only adding a few points, otherwise article will run five mile long only with election GK.
1. Women in cabinet
1. first lady to hold portfolio of Foreign ministry / external affairs ministry: Indira Gandhi
(While she was PM, she also held this porfolio during 67 and 84.) So in that context, Sushma
is 2nd. But if you count woman who held only foreign ministry (without being PM), then
Sushma first woman to hold this post.
2. First lady cabinet minister was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) in Nehru government.
2. Kiren Rijiju: Arunanchal Pradesh MP to become minister. He is Minister of State for Home
Affairs
3. Shyam Saran Negi: Indias first voter. Kalpa, Kinnaur Lok Sabha constituency, in Himachal
Pradesh
Opposition
leader
Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi Azad
Lok Sabha: Nobody because no party got 10% seats under Modi wave.
Congresss leader in Lok Sabha = Mallikarjun Kharge.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan <= Kamalnath Speaker Pro-tem (Congi) <= Meera Kumar (Congi).
CAG Shashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai. Vinod Rai became UN Audit panel Chief.
Election
commission
V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed Nasim
CVC
CVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and
Rajeev. for more details, refer to Stamps 2014 section.
Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50%
LokPal reservation to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. selection panel: PM, Speaker, Leader
Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation of
first four).
CIC
Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh
panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister
Deepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC, and Sushma Singh was second lady.
UPSC
Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in August 2014, after that acche Din will start,
unless another uncle-ji professor takes over.)
New Member Mrs. P. Kilemsungla got Padma shri award in 2014.First person
from Nagaland to be appointed as UPSC member.
Prof. Hemchandra Gupta (Ex professor of IIT Delhi).
Economy related bodies: CAG, CCI, SEBI etc. done in BusinessGK part #4 click me
Judiciary related
Chief Justice of
India
R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very special
for SC of india. In this year Supreme court will witness 3 CJI. P. Sathasivam R.M
Lodha H.L Dattu.
Attorney
General
(Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam Vahanvati.
Solicitor
General
Ranjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran
Gujarat
lokayukta
Justice D.P Buch
Delhi HC Gorla Rohini (1st women chief justice of delhi High Court.)
Chief justice /
Lokayukta of
your state
dig that on your own.
National commissions for
Children Kushal Singh
Human
rights
KG Balakrishnan
Minorities Naseem Ahmed
Backward
class
Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, after
Supreme court order.
SC P.L. Punia
ST Rameshwar Uraon
Women Mamta Sharma
New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators
Arunanchal CM Nabam Tuki
Assam
Cabinet approved Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) for this state,
under Art.169. Nov 2013
Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.
December assembly
elections
1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj
2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara
3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),
4. Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.
Delhi Lt. Governor Najib Jung
Gujarat CM Anandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of Gujarat.
Lt.Gov Andaman-nico AK Singh
Nagaland CM TR Zeliang
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling for 5th time.
Uttrakhand CM Harish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna
Governors
Im not putting Governor List because Modi will soon remove all the previous congi govrnors to fullfil
his dream of Congress mukta bharat.
Anyways for the state PSC exams preapre whoever is in the office right now.
UIDAI vs NPR
UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under Home
ministry). Both projects to be merged soon.
Nilekani had resigned from UIDAI to contest Lok Sabha election from Bangalore on Congi ticket
Secretaries / special officers
Cabinet
Secretary
Ajit Seth
boss of Central Secretariat
Principle
Secretary
Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such he cannot join government job after
working as TRAI chief but Modi made ordinance to exempt this.
boss of PMO
Finance Arvind Mayaram, important for he headed various Committees.
NSA
National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.
Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee Government.
Im not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because havent seen such MCQs in recent
years. Besides Modi is making secret list of kaamchor Secretaries, so some of them may be transferred
soon anyways.
Indian Ambassadors Abroad
To Pakistan T.C.A Raghvan
To China Ashok K. Kantha
To USA S. Jaishankar. played key role in Indo-US nuclear deal
UN permanent representative from India Ashok kumar Mukherjee
Telengana the 29
th
State
Seemandhra Telangana
CM & party
C. Chandrababu NaiduTelugu Desham Party
(TDP)
K. Chandrshekhar raoTelangana
Rastra Samiti
Governor ESL Narsinhman Same
HC Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta Same
seat/bench of HC Common HC Hyderabad Same
Secretariat @ Hyderabad Same
Capital greater Hyderabad Same
Lok Sabha seats 25 17
Rajya Sabha seats 11 7
Vidhan sabha seats 175 119
population 5 cr 3.5 cr
no. of districts 13 Originally 10 + 14 new => 24
area 1.6 lakh sqkm 1.14 sq km
Major port Duggirajupatnam, Vishakhapatnam NA
Oil/gas royalties According to production in their territory same
NTPC new power plant
Electricity from
Central Power
stations
In the ratio of consumption in last five years Same
River water
Union government will form a central body
to decide water allocation.
Same
important rivers
/dams
Godavari, Penneru Ri, Gundla Kamma
Palleru ri.Muneru ri. ,Hallia ri,
Dindi ri, all tributaries of
Krishna
wildlife
1. Lake Pulicat,
2. lake Kolleru
3. Neelapattu bird sanctuary

1. Pocharam
2. Kawal
3. Pakhal
4. Eturnagaram Wild Life
Sanctuaries
tourism
Horsely hill station, Borru caves, Araku
valley (natural heritage site),
Vishakhapatnam
Chitrakoot falls
Tirupati temple here
important
cities/towns
Vishakhapatnam, Rajamundry, Vijayvada, Warangal, Adilabad, Nizamabad
historic
places/temples
Tirupati balaji, Lepakshi temples, Amaravati Warangal, Palampet,
elite edu
separate IIT/IIM/AIIMs under 12
th
and 13
th
FYP
shares border with
these states
TN, KN, Odisha KN. MH, Chhatisgarh, Odisha
original Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 under state reorganization act, 1956
Telengana formed in 2014, under Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act,2014
Nagarjun-shrisailam Tiger reserve:
Largest tiger reserve of India
its area is in both Telengana (Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda) + Seemandhra (Telangana , Kurnool,
Guntur and Prakasam)
Government Committees / commissions
RBI appointed Committees not given here because Ive covered them under Banking/Biz GK part.click
me
14
th
Finance commission
Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution
13
th
FC: Chairman Kelkar
14
th
FC setup in in Jan 2013.
Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV Reddy
His recommendations will be effective from 1/April/2015, for a period of five years
Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:
1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner
2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.
7
th
Pay commission
6
th
PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna
7
th
Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar Mathur
Member= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal
(Secretary, IRAS)
Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and Defense. +30
lakh pensioners.
Deadline= submit report in two years.
Implemented from January 1, 2016. [6th PC's recommendations from January 1, 2006.]
other Committees
20th law
commission
new chairman Justice Ajit prakash shah.(D.K jain resigned and became the
president of National Consumer disputes redressal commission)
A.R. Rather GST panel new chief- Jammu & Kashmir Finance minister
Abhay Bhang
Setup by Ministry of Health & family welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR are
high among STs.Purpose- to develop a national framework to address healthcare
challenges of STs (who are living in tribal district and tribal development blocks).
AFSPA Santosh Hegde Committee.
D. Swarup Investor awareness and protection
D.S. Kolamkar risk management of commodity futures market
DP Tripathi high power committee for running and safety of trains.
FSLRC Fiscal sector legislative reformsBN Shri Krishna
Justice DK Jain president of National Consumer disputes redressal commission)
Justice
M.Ramachandra
Panel
By Kerala government to update Keralas desi liquor policy. Recommended liquor
with low alcohol content.
Justice mukul
Mudgal
IPL match fixing On the basis of this report SC took action and Srinivasan was
forced to resign+ Walmart Lobbying, by Corporate Min.
Justice Ranjana
Desai
head of gender sensitisation and internal complaints committee (GSICC)of
Supreme court.Purpose to deal with Asharam type person working in Supreme
court.
Justice Shiv Rajan Solar scam in Kerala
Justice Vishnu
Sahay
Muzzafarnagar (UP)Riot (Imp for UPPCS exam)
K
Sivaramakrishnana
to recommend new location of capital for successor state in Andhra Pradesh. Until
then Hyderabad will remain the joint capital of both for ten years. (By Home
ministry)
Kelkar panel Increase domestic oil and gas production and decrease in imports by 20-30
Kiran Aggarwal
under DoPT. To reform in IAS training. Recommended that IAS officers training
should be shortened.
M.P. Bezbaruah
For betterment of North Eastern people living in various parts of India.
Other members-one member from Tripura + 1 from Mizoram + 1 from
Sikkim + a lady member
Reason- After the death of NE student in Delhi (racial discriminated)
By Home ministry
M.S. Sahoo Foreign currency convertible bonds through depository receipt mechanism
MB Shah Retired SC Judge. SIT on Blackmoney.
Mehmood Ul
Rehman
To study the reasons for backward Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor of
Aligarh Muslim University. (Imp for UPPCS exam)
OOMMEN V
panel
To study the report of kasturi rangan committee on western Ghats. Kasturi was
formed to study Madhav Gadgils report.this might become an endless cycle.
Sam Pitroda 2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati
Sandhya
Kulsrestha
By Dept. of agriculture on framing a policy for monitoring Pesticides residue in
vegetable and fruits
Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)
in 2014, Indian Post has released following stamps so far
Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism
Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragon
founded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme Wangchen
Drukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.
Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17
th
Cent.
The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas (Tibetan
style of paintings)
Thangka (recorded message): buddhist monks used scrolled paintings on cotton or silk to preach
buddhist Dhamma to nomadic people of Himalyas. These Thangkas are open for public display
every 11
th
year during festival time.
Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal
1853: he was born in a village near Thiruvanthampuram, Kerala
His real name was Ayappan. Also called Shri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikal
He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence
He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.
His Books (total 15)
Vedadhikara Niroopam, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to everyone
Jeeva Karunya Niroopam for non-violence and vegetarianism
contribution
promotion of education and upliftment of the down trodden
advocated formation of class-less society
feminism
Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani
real name : syed Fazl ul Hasan
Urdu poet and freedom fighter
participated in Khilafat movement
participated in Arhar movement of Mohd. Hakim Ajmal (they disliked Aligarh school, wanted
muslims to participate actively in freedom struggle)
Poerty collection Khulliyat e Hasrat Mohani,
his famous ghazal chupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad hai
coined the slogan Inqlab Zindabad
founded Urdu journal Urdu e Mualla
1921 presided Muslim League
become 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi e-Kaamil)
Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML party
Founder member of CPI believed in communist and revolutionary philosophy
Member of constituent assembly of India but he didnt sign the constitution as he saw hypocracy
towards minorities
Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)
Indian and Chinese civilization were the earliest to know crystallization process in salt and sugar
Crystallography used in revealing the structure of DNA, to understand and fabricate computer
memories, Proteins synthesis and helping scientists to design powerful new drugs.
Crystallography still remains relatively unknown to the general public.
So United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2014 as the International Year of
Crystallography (IYCr2014)*
because 2014 marks 100 years of X-ray crystallography.(Max Von Laue won nobel prize in 1914).
Other stamps released in 2014 so far
Central Vigilance
Commission (50
years)
1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.
Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of LokSabha.
three member: CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg
and Rajeev.
FIFA 2014
to be released in June 2014. important facts already covered under sports
section.
Food Corporation Of
India
completed 50 years. (founded in 64).
HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.
Falls under Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
Indian Museum
located in Kolkata (1814)
by Asiatic society of Kolkata (And Asiatic Society was setup by Sir
William Jones. Although he died way before this museum was setup.)
Jagjit Singh Ghazal singer not important because he died way back in 2011.
musicians of india yet to be released in June 2014
national church
council of india
both protestant and orthodox churches. HQ Nagupur.
Defense / Security: Persons in News
Abhilash Tommy Naval Expedition
Airforce
Air Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of Airforce). Worked in Operation
Rahat during Uttarakhand Tsunami.
Army
Dalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is a
Gorkha officer, served in Indian peacekeeping ops in Sri Lanka.
Aruna Bahuguna
First woman director of Sardar patel national police academy Hyderabad- the
training centre for IPS officers. She was also the first woman to become special
DG in CRPF.
Barryl Castelino Kirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief
BSF Devendra Kumar Pathak
CBI Ranjit Sinha
CISF DG Arvind Ranjan
DGP of UP, MP,
Rajashtan, Gujarat
etc
Candidates appearing for those state PSC exam should prepare.
DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander
IB (Intelligence
Bureau)
Syed Ibrahim
Indian Coast
Guard
DG Anurag G Thapliyal
Maheshkumar Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists
Maxwell Neville
Australian reporter, leaked 62s Handerson Brooks report for Sino-India war.
Indian government secretly blocked his website (without official confirmation
under IT act.)
Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria
NATGRID Raghu Raman CEO. Modi Government didnot renew his contract.
National Disaster
Response Force
Krishna Chaudhari
Navy RK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.
NIA Sharad kumar
NSA
National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.
Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee Government.
NSG J. N. Chaudhary
RAW Current chief: Alok Joshi.
SSB DG Arun Chaudhary
Boats, missiles and Helicopters
The core compilation article is here: CLICK ME.
Most of the missiles, fighter jets etc. remain one and same. They just keep testing Agni Prithvi missiles
thing over and over again. Here are some new developments
26th June Kargil Victory day
Abhilash tommy Navy officer first Indian to circumnavigate the globe in 150 days.
Akash Missile 25 kms surface to air
Arrow 3 Israels missile shielf system
C17
Globermaster
from US. Cargo ship for Airforce.
Cheetal
Helicopter
light utility, multi-role helicopter is a variant of the Cheetah helicopter being
manufactured by HAL, which is already operational in the high altitude regions.
Coast Guards
C402, C408: Interceptor boat for coastguard.
C154: interceptor boat for Maharashtra coast.
H191: air cushion vehicle. For helping small boats in distress at sea
Abhinav, Adesh: Coast guard fast petrol vessel
Raj-Ratan : Inshore petrol vessel for coast guard.
Dornier 228 Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian donated them to Seychelles.
GSAT7
For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from
French Guiana (S.America)
Haft-4 Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km range
INS
Sindhurakshak
Submarine. Sunk because of accident.
INS Trikhand By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy
INS Vikrant
1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned.
Aug13: New INS Vikrant launched. Indias first Indigenous aircraft carrier. Will
join active navy duty from 2018.
INS Vikrant served in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for scrap
Izumo Japans biggest ever naval warship since WW2.
Jamaran-2 Irans destroyer ship with guided missile. Deployed in Caspian sea.
K15 Submarine launched missile. Range 1500km
Machhalipattnam,
Andhra
DRDO setting up new missile testing range here.
MIRV Multiple independently targetable vehicles by DRDO.
NCTC Will function under IB.
Nirbhay
Surface to Surface subsonic cruise missile. DRDO. 1000km range.
Nirbheek Revolver for women, By Indian Ordinance Factory.
Norway
Becomes the first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both
men and women
Operation three
star
Codename for Afzal gurus hanging.
OSA AK-M Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.
PAC-3
Japans Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warned
South-Koreans for a War in April-2013.
Parafoil drone China, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog like a vaccum cleaner)
PC7 MK II Training aircraft by Swiz company for Indian airforce
Pragati missile
surface to surface upto 170 kms range. DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India will
sell them to friendly nations.
Qaher F313 Irans indigenous stealth fighter jet
RAF
Royal Airforce, UK. They started using 3D printed parts in jets to cutdown
Expenditure.
Rodong Missile North Korea, 1300 kms
Rudra helicopter
First Indigenous Attack heli. With missiles. Theyre weaponized version of Dhruva
helicopter by HAL Bangalore.
S-3002 Russia will sell these anti-aircraft missiles to Iran
Unha-3 N.Korea, Long range rocket with 3000km range.
Training exercises 2014
Maitree
Indias bilateral military exercise with Thailand. But after coup in May 2014,
government ordered Indian troops to return.
Milan 2014 Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the Indian Ocean
SEHYOG
KAIJIN 2014
India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi coast)
Tropex Bay of Bengal. Navy. GSAT 7- Rukmani
Space related
Mangalyaan / Mars Orbitor here click me
Previous core compilation click me- most of the basics about launch vehicle and satellites remain
same.
Beyond that lot of development in Hindu but most of that is not much important for non-UPSC
exam.
Gaia European space agency satellite. Will map 1 billion stars. launch Dec.2013
GSAT7
For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French
Guiana (S.America)
GSLV D5 Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the world to have this technology.
IRNSS Indian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24 launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota.
M23M Russian cargo ship to send supplies to International space station
Pajohesh Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space
SAR Specific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India it is 1.6 watt per kg.
SES8
this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia & Pacific. US private company Space X
launched this via Falcon 9 rocket.
Yutu/Jade
Rabit
This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission: Change-E-3.
Nuke Energy
Indias largest
Nuke plant
at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district, Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laid
foundation. Capacity 2800MW
Kudankulam Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity (1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3
and #4 as well.
India: Places in News 2014
Arunanchal Pradesh
New wild banana species found-Musa Velutina.
Naharalagun new railway line to connect Itanagar with rest of India
Assam First state of India to ban all type of Tobbaccos.
Badayun, UP gangrape and public hanging of two sisters.
Bangalore airport Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire
Banglore first Tech de-addiction centre by NIMHANS.
Betul In Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found 12000 year old paintings from here.
Chandrawati village in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture from 11th AD found.
Chilka Lagoon Odisha. UNs World tourism organization gave it lable destionation flyways
Cyclone Phailin Odisha and Andhra
Double decker flyover to connect Santacruz to Chembur in Mumbai.
Goa 36th national games 2015
Gorakhpur (UP) Longest railway platform of the world
Gorakhpur (Haryana) Nuclear Plant established
Gorkhpur Limca record for worlds longest railway station. falls under North Eastern rail zone
Hanumangarha a major trade hub during Harappa period. Haryana
Indian Pitta small bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity pakr, Delhi after 60 years
Jaisalmer Fort
First inhabited world heritage monument under UNESCO. Other five forts that got
world heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh, Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.
Jaldapara National park
West Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog (Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen first
time here. Same park is 2nd largest habitat of one horned rhinos, after Kanziranga
Javadi Hills
Vellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks found. They were used for aryanaza axes
and stone tools.
Jhajjar (Haryana) National cancer institute established
Jind and Karnal
included in National capital region (NCR). Theyll get more funds for infra
development.
Kalimantan forest In Borneo island, Indonesia. Worlds largest project for REDD+
Kerala 35th National games 2014 (preparation not finished)
Kochi LNG terminal
Kshripra river, Ujjain Gold coins of vikram aditya found belonging to first century Bc.
Kunnur First dist of India where no one is landless.
Kutch Indias first marine eco sensitive zone by MoEF
Larji dam
Himachal, on Beas river. Released water without warning, the flash flood caused
death of 20+ B.Tech students from Hyderabad. June 2014
Maenam Wildlife
Sanctury, Sikkim
First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk and 22km ropeway
Malayalam language Union cabinet gives it classical status, along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.
Meghalaya, Tripura,
Manipur.
Got their own high courts. Total HC (before) =21. After =24.
Mukundra Hills Third Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two are Sariska and Ranthambhore
Nagzira 5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra
Naharalagun
Arunanchal railway station. only two state capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. first
Guwahati, second Itanagar (via Naharalagun).
Narmada Dam /
Kevadiya Colony
Patels statue of unity will be built here- on Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.
Nazarbaugh Palace
Vadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers, demolished because its structure had become
too weak to withstand next monsoon.
NCW building delhi Now named as NIRBHAYA BHAWAN
Nyoma, Leh Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Palacole, Andhra Nepoleaon era gold coins found
petrochemical regions
Modi plans three new petrochemical regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and West
Bengal each
Praneshwara Temple,
Shimoga district,
Karnataka
Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya dynasty.
Sonipat (Haryana)
First govt girls medical college of India (Bhagat phool singh mahila medical
college)
Tripura Indias first cyber forensic laboratory (2013)
Udaipur 1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty found
Uttar Pradesh Biggest exporter of buffalo meat, after Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report)
Uttarpura
Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors in W.bengal. Stopped production in May
2014.
Virar, Mumbai Amul opened Indias first robotic dairy plant here.
Wayanand, Kerala Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal caves in Ambukuthy hills.
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Any updates, corrections please do post in the comments but with reference except wikipedia
Inputs from Mr. Chandradeo and Ms. Rajtanil
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