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1. India’s first regional transport corporation to obtain ISO 9001-200 – K.K.Nagar, Chennai.

2. India’s first woman IFS Officer – Muthammal

3. India’s 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. India’s 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 andSrivaikuntam



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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 registeredwithin 90 days)

27. Two states where President’s 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 lungsand a scorpion came into force

33. India’s first sea – bridge – Bandra – Worli Sea link, Mumbai

34. Actor Mohanlal was honoured as Lieutenant colonel in Territorical Army

35. India’s Largest flyover – Hyderabad



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36. Barack Obama – 44th President of U.S.A.

37. Prime Minister of Israel – Natanyahu

38. Military Coup in Honduras

39. A 310 – Airbus (Yemen) crashed into sea killing 152

40. First Women Prime Minister of Croatia – Jadranka Kosor

41. 15th NAM Summit – Egypt – 118 Countries (members) NAM – 1st Conference – BelgradePanchsheel (birth 1954) – Bandung Conference (1955), Indonesia, Tito (Yugosslavia), Jawaharlal Nehru, Nasser (Egypt), Sukarno (Indonesia)

42. US Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton

43. Shahab Missile – Iran

44. Soyu & Space Craft – Russia

45. Under Water Cabinet Meeting – Maldives (Oct 18, 2009)

46. World’s tallest building – ‘Burj Dubai” – Dubai (Taipei 101, Taiwan) – Previous

47. Director of CIA – Panetta (Central Intelligence Agency)

48. Golden Globe Award – A.R.Rahman

49. Slumdog Millionaire – Director – Danny Boyle

50. Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) – Radha Vinod Raju

51. Karnataka’s 2nd Capital – Belgaum

52. India’s Ambassador to ASEAN – N. Ravi

53. Bharathiyar University has declared Tamil as its administrative language

54. Director, RAW – K.C. Verma

55. Jaithapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra with French assistance

56. Bharat Ratna Award 2008 – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi



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57. Cambridge University conferred Doctorate to Amartya Sen

58. Narayanamurthy (Infosys) – IT Advisor to Sri Lankan President, but Pulled back

59. Howrah – Chennai bound Coromandel Express derailed in Orissa

60. “Strong Election Commission, Prosperous Democracy” – book by T.S. Krishnamurthy

61. Naval Version of BRAHMOS (Russian collaboration) test fired in Andamans

62. Madras Medical College – Started in 1835 (Celebrating 175th Year)

63. Indigenous Modern Warships – 1. INS Carnicobar 2. INS Chetlat

64. Insurance Scheme for AIDS patients – “Jeevodhayam” (by NGOs at Salem)

65. UN Human Rights Chief – John Holmes (Under Secretary General for HumanitarianAffairs and Emergency Relief Co – Ordinator)

66. 81st Oscar Award – Slumdog Millionaire (8 Awards)

67. RTI Act was enacted in 2005

68. Range of Prithvi II Missile = 250 – 300 km

69. Dr. G. Kumaravelu – full time member of the planning commission

70. Police Memorial Day – Oct 21

71. 15th ASEAN Summit – Cha – am Hua Hin, Thailand

72. Madras was renamed as Chennai in 1996

73. World Conference of Speakers and Deputy Speakers of Parliament – Geneva(Switzerland)

74. World’s tallest rocket – Ares – I – X (USA)

75. Maharashtra Navanirman sena (MNS) was recognized as state Party

76. Chairman, TamilNadu state Commission for women – Tmt. Sarguna pandian



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77. A.R. Rahman Conferred Honorary Doctorate by Aligarh Muslim University for hiscontribution 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. India’s 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 CycloneNargiz – MyanmarHurricane – 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. India’s 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. World’s first cloned camel – Injaz

96. Cloned buffaloes – 1st Samrupa2nd Garima



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97. Range of Brahmos – 290 km

98. 2009 Sadhana Samman Award – Vairamuthu

99. Sundaradevan Committee – to probe Madras High Court Clash

100. Indian Judge in UN Appeals Tribunal – Kamaljit Singh Garewal

101. Lower birth and death rate – T.N., Kerala

102. Solicitor General – Gopal Subramaniyam

103. Attorney General – Goolan E. Vahanvati

104. Central Administrative Tribunal – Justice Ashok Aggarwal

105. Principal Scientific Advisor to P.M. – R. Chidambaram

106. Opposition leader of Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitley

107. Election Commissioners – V.S. Sampath and S.Y. Quareshi

108. Comptroller and Auditor General – Vinod Rai

109. Chairman, Backward classes Commission – Ratnavel Pandian

110. National commission for Protection of child Rights – Santha Sinha

111. SC commission – Buta Singh

112. ST commission – Ms. Urmila singh

113. National Women commission – Girija Vyas

114. National Farmers Commisssion – M.S. Swaminathan

115. Director, IB – Rajiv Mathur

116. Director, CBI – Ashwani Kumar

117. Director, RAW – K.C. Verma

118. Chief Vigilance Commissioner – Pratyush Sinha



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119. 13th Finance Commission – Vijay L. Kelkar

120. National Statistics Commission – Dr. Suresh D. Tendulkar

121. President, Indian Olympic Association – Suresh Kalmadi

122. Prithvi – II MissileOct 12, 2009 – Orissa coastSurface to surfaceRange – 350 km

123. Miss World 2009 (Johannesberg, south Africa) – Kaiane Aldorins (Gibraltor)

124. R.D. Pradhan Committee to inquire 26/11 Mumbai terror attack

125. Dec 3 – International Disabled Day

126. OCEANSAT, 2 – 23rd Sep 2009 (at Sriharikota)

127. 2016 Olympics – Riode Janeiro

128. World Bank ban on WIPRO and Megasoft

129. Australian cricketer who retired – Mathew Hayden

130.

Vice Chancellor of TNOU – Kalyani Annie

131. 2009 Republic Day Guest Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhastan)

132. Chennai Metro – with Japanese assistance

133. Intra – state river link – Thamirobarani, Karumeniyar, Nambiaru

134. Floating National Park – Keibul Lamjao (Manipur)

135. Emergency Proclaimed in Fiji

136. Agni – II Missile (Orissa, wheeler island)Range – 3000 km

137. Agni I Range – 700 - 800 km; Agni – II range – 2000 – 2500 km

138. Nuclear test conducted by North Korea (May 2009)



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139. ‘Kannoli scheme’ for school students – Jun 3, 2009

140. Law College violence – Inquiry by Justice shanmugam

141. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha – Karia Munda

142. Justice M.M. Punchi commission – Centre – state relation

143. First Women T20 World Cup Cricket – England

144. BRIC Conference – Yekaterinburg, Russia

145. Lalgarh (W.Bengal) – Maoist problem

146. Harish Khare – Media Advisor to P.M.

147. 1st T20 World Cup Cricket 2007 held in – South Africa2nd T20 2009 World Cup held in – England3rd T20 2010 World Cup held in – West Indies

148. Bavina Car Factory – Ranipet

149. G-8 (USA, Russia, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan) Summit –LA’quila, Italy (Russian – June 21, 1997)

150.

Michael Phelps (USA) – Swimmer – Record in 100m Butterfly style

151. China Earthquake – Yunnas Province

152. “Ramayanap perunthedal” – book by Veerappa Moiley

153. Economic Advisor to P.M. – Raghu Ram Rajan

154. R. Venkataraman – died on 27th Jan 20097th Vice- President8th President

155. Sahitya Academy – established in 1954

156. Dada Saheb Phalke Award – 2008 – Tapan Sinha (W.Bengal)

157. Highest wicket taker in ODI – Muralidharan (Sri Lanka)



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158. Australian Open Tennis 2009:Men’s Singles – Rafel Nadal (Spain)Women’s Singles – Serena WilliamsMixed Doubles – Mahesh Boopathy, Sania

159. Grandslam Order – Australian, French, Wimbledon, US

160. 19th Common Wealth Games – 2010 – India(Delhi)1st Hamilton (Canada

161. President, Sahitya Academy – Sunil Gangopadhyay

162. World’s First woman to fly Russia’s MIG – 35 fighter jet – Suman Sharma

163. World Tabacco Health conference (WCOTH) – Mumbai

164. Chief of Air staff – Pradeep Vasant Naik

165. Miss India Universe (2009) – Ekta chaudhary

166. Last Parliamentary election:UPA – 261; NDA – 159; Left – 54

167. India’s Nuclear Submarine – INS Arihant (July 26, 2009)Other Countries : US, UK, China, Russia, France

168. India’s Foreign Secretary – Nirupama Rao

169. Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister – Dr. V.K. Saraswat

170. 2007 Dada Saheb Phalke Award – Manna Dey

171. India – elected as vice – Chair of G-24 countries

172. 25th India Economic Summit – New Delhi

173. 2008 – Athlete of the World – Usian Bolt (Jamaica)

174. First Indian to win Australian Open Title in Junior division – Yuki Bhambri

175. Highest number of Catches in Cricket (182) – Rahul DravidPreviously – Mark Waugh (Australia)



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176. 2009 French open Men’s Doubles won by Laender Paes and Lukas Dloughy(Czech)

177. 2008 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – M.C. Mary Kom (Woman boxer)Sushil Kumar (Wrestling)

Vijendar Singh (Boxing)

178. Usain Bolt created record by crossing100 m in 9.58 seconds (at Berlin, Germany)

179. Nehru Cup (Football) – New Delhi – India won

180. ICC Test Cricketer of the Year – Gautam Gambir

181. ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year – M.S. Dhoni

182. Formula 1 Champion – Jenson Button (Britain)

183. World Junior Chess Champion – Sowmya Swaminathan

184. FIFA Player of the Year – Lionel Messi (Argentina)

185. Japan’s Lunar Satellite – Kaguya

186. China’s Lunar Satellite – Chang 1

Chandrayaan – I – 22nd

Oct 2008; Avatar – Tourist space Plane (India)USA Apollo – 1969Kalpana METSAT – Sep 22, 20002

187. India’s 1st women EMU – Tambaram – Beach

188. South East Asia Commerce Ministers Conference – Thailand, Bangkok

189. Tamil Nadu (2009) AwardsKalpana Chawla Award

- Dr. Rajamaheswari- Pushpanjali (Mother of Hithendiran)- Rajalakshmi

Social Service – Lawrence Ragha vendraBest Social Worker Award – Trichy, Visually(for outstanding work done for disabled) Impaired rehabilitation centreBest Institution – Pathway (ThiruvanmiyurDisabled women welfare – Aayakudi Amarseva sangh



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Best Collector - Soundayya (Trichy)

190. Tami flu – to treat H1N1 (Swine flu)

191. North Korean ship that illegally entered Indian territorial waters – MN Mu San

192. 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. World’s most powerful women (2009)1. Angela Merkel (chancellor, Germany)

2. Sonia Gandhi3. Indra Nooyi4. Chanda Kochhar (ICICI)

196. India’s first school for Muscular dystrophy affected kids – Chennai

197. Italy’s Chevalier Award – S.Ramachandran (former VC, Madras University)

198. Mettur DamFoundation 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

200. National Eye donation fortnight – Aug 25 to Sep 8

201. World Athletic Champion – America (1st) held in Berlin, Germany

202. 2nd TICEL Biotech Park – Taramani, Chennai

203. 50% reservation for women in local self Government – Art 243 D

204. Number of 11Ms in India 7Recently announced:– Tamil Nadu – Trichy

Jharkhand – RanchiChattisgarh – RaipurHaryana – Rohtak



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205. Recently oilfields were discovered at Mangala Nagar, Rajasthan206. Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton – Aug 2009 – Mixed Doubles won by

Diji and Jwala

207. Namibian President to visit India – Hifikepunye Pohamba

208. 14th Nehru Cup (Football) – Delhi – Indian wonMan of the Match – Subrota Paul (India)Man of the Series – Baichung Bhutia

209. P.M. of Japan – Yukio Hatoyama (Democratic Party)

210. Chief of Navy – Nirmal Kumar

211. Chief of Army Staff – V.K. Singh

212. India’s rank in FIFA football – 156th

213. Recent landslide – (12 dead) – Nilgiri

214. Pasupathinatha Temple – Nepal (in dispute)

215. G-20 Nations Finance Ministers Conference – London

216.

2007 National Award (Films)Kanchivaram – best filmPrakash Raj – best actorPeriyar – best Tamil film

217. Age of Chennai – 370Aug 22, 1639 – Francis Day Obtained it from Damarb Venkatadri Nayak and Permissionto build fort st. George

218. Indra Gandhi Prize for Peace – 2007 – Bill Gates

219. 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 lakhDhornacharyaDhyanchand - increased from Rs.3 lakh to Rs.5 lakhsArjun



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221. 2008 – 09Rajiv 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 ChennaiChampion : Mohammed L.Shorbagy (Egypt)

223. World Swimming Championship – Rome (Italy)

224. President of Iran – Ahamadinejad

225. Hiroshima, Nagasaki Memorial Day – Aug 6th and 9th

1945 – Little Boy (World’s first atom bomb) at Hiroshima – Fatman (Nagasaki)

226. P.M. of Australia – Kevin Rudd

227. Vice President of Mauritius – A.V. Chettiar

228. Ambassador of Peace Award – Jaswant Singh

229. Videocon T.V. Factory – Sivagangai (Manamadurai)

230. C.M. of Maharashtra – Ashok chawan

231. C.M. of Arunachal Pradesh – Dorjee Khandu

232. Assembly elections:Maharashtra – Congress wonHaryane – Congress wonArunachal Pradesh – Congress won



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233. IT Park – Nuvalpatti, Trichy234. Summit to tackle Global Warming – Delhi

235. India and China ink pact to fight climate change

236. President of Russia – Medvedev

237. President of Indonesia – Susilo Yudhoyan Bambang

238. India’s longest bridge – P.V. Narasimha Rao bridge (Hyderabad)

239. Agni III – 3500 km- Wheeler island, Orissa- Feb 7, 2010

- Surface to surface

240. New Medical Colleges – Villupuram and Tiruvarur

241. President, Board of Control for Cricket in India – Shashank Manohar

242. 2011 World Cup Cricket to be held in India, Srilanka and Bangladesh

243. Culture in Balance Award instituted by Forum Tiberius, Germany – Sri Sri RaviShankar

244. Prithvi II Prithvi ISurface to Surface Feb 22, 1998Oct 12, 2009 Sriharikota250 – 300 kmOrissa – Balasore

245. World Sight Day – 2nd Thursday of October

246. P.M.’s Advisor on Infrastructure, innovation and Information – Sam Pitroda

247. Booker Prize (2009) – Hilary Mantels book “Wolf Hall”

248. Indra Gandhi Award for National Integration – Balraj Puri (Journalist)

249. Baldev Raj elected as member of International Nuclear Energy Academy

250. India’s National Aquatic Animal – Dolphin



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251. World Habitat Day – 1st Monday of October252. Central University started at Tiruvarur

253. Boat accident – Thekkadi

254. Indra Gandhi Peace Award (2008) – Elbaradei

255. World Heart Day Sep 27

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

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