List of First in the World:

Asian city to host Olympics    Tokyo First Adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft Felix Baumgartner First animated color cartoon of a full feature-length Snow white and seven dwarf First Asian city to host Olympic game Tokyo, Japan First Batsman…

List of United Nations Years:

Year Designation by United Nations 1959/1960 World Refugee Year 1978/79 International Anti-Apartheid Year 1961 International Health and Medical Research Year 1965 International Co-operation Year 1967 International Tourist Year 1968 International Year for Human Rights 1970 International Education Year 1971 International Year for…

Famous Institutions in the World and Their Founders:

Name of the Institute/Organization Name of the Founder Abhinav Bharat   Veer Savarkar Amnesty International Peter Berenson Ahmadiyya Movement  Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Aligarh Movement         Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Arya Samaj  Dayananda Saraswathi Bahaism  Mirza Hussain Ali Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan         Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Bhoodan…

List of Inventions and Inventors:

Inventions Name of the Inventor Adding Machine Balise Pascal Adhesive tape      Richard G. Drew Aeroplane Wright Brothers Air Brake George  Westinghouse Air Conditioner Carrier Alcohol Thermometer                         Farenheit Anemometer         Leon Battista Alberti Aniline Dyes   Hoffman Animation  J. Stuart Blackton Antiseptic Surgery                 Lord Joseph…

List of Old and New Names of Cities and Countries:

  Old Name New Name Abyssinia Ethiopia Angora Ankara Basutoland Lesotho Batavia Jakarta Bechuanaland Botswana Bohemia, Moravia, Chechoslovakia Czech Republic and Slovakia British Honduras Belize Burma Myanmar Cape Canaveral    Cape Kennedy Cathay China (north) Ceylon Sri Lanka Choson Korea (North and South)…

List of National Emblems of All Countries:

Name of the Countries Emblem Afghanistan Lion Albania Double-headed Eagle Algeria Star and crescent, fennec fox Angola Palanca Negra Gigante Anguilla Dolphin Argentina Sun of May Armenia Mount Ararat Australia Kangaroo Austria Golden Eagle Azerbaijan Flames of fire Bahamas The blue marlin;…

List of Indian State Flowers:

Name of the State State Flower Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Pyinma Andhra Pradesh Water lily Arunachal Pradesh Foxtail Orchid Assam Foxtail Orchid Bihar Orchid Tree (Kachnar) Chhattisgarh Lady’s Slipper Delhi (NCT) Alfalfa Goa Red Jasmine Gujarat African Marigold Haryana Lotus Himachal…

List of Geographical Discoveries of the World:

Discover Discoverer Year America      Christopher Columbus 1472 Australia     Captain James Cook 1770 Brazil Pedro Alvares Cabral 1500 Cape of Good Hope Bartholomeu Dias 1488 China Marco Polo – Greenland Norseman Eric – Hawaiian Islands Captain James Cook 1770 Hudson Bay                   Henry Hudson…

List of nicknames of countries in the world:

Asia: Name of the Country Nick Names Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires Armenia Land of Noah Baghdad (Iraq) City of Arabian Nights Bahrain Pearl of Arabia; Island of Pearls Beijing (China) City of Cycles Bhutan Land of the Thunder Dragon China The Red…

List of Riverside Cities in the World:

Name of the Cities River Country Abu Dhabi Originally built along the banks of the Al Ain Oasis United Arab Emirates Accra Odaw Ghana Addis Ababa Chankelia Ethiopia Adelaide Torrens Australia Akyab                  Irawady Myanmar Al-Cairo Nile Egypt Alexandria Nile Egypt Amman Zarqa…