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Indian History 1857 onwards- IMP POINTS:

1. In 1866, Dadabhai Naroji founded East Indian Association in London.

2. The National Indian Association was founded in 1867 by Mary

Carpentar.

3. The Indian Society was established in 1873 by Anand Mohan Bose in

London.

4. Justice Ranade & others organized the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in

1870s

5. Indian Association was founded in 1876 by S.N.Bannerji & Anand

Mohan Bose.

6. Madras Mahajan Sabha formed in 1876 by G. Subramaniya Iyer & P.

Anand Chandi.

7. Bombay Presidency Association formed in 1885 by K.T. Telang &

Pherozshah Mehta.

8. The Indian Association summoned an ALL INDIA NATIONAL

CONFERENCE in

Dec. 1883.

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9. Allan Octavian Hume founded Indian National Congress in 1885. On

28

Dec. 1885 first meet

of INC held in Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College at Bombay, presided by

Womesh Chandra

Bannerjee.The meet was attended by 78 members.

10. According to Safety Valve Theory, the INC was created by British

Viceroy ( Dufferin).

11. The second session of INC met at Calcutta in Dec. 1886 under the

Presidentship of Dadabhai Naroji.

12. The economic issues raised by Congress were based on the Drain of

Wealth Theory propounded by Dadabhai Naroji.

13. Lala Lajpat Rai advocated technical education & industrial self help.

14. Bal Gangadhar Tilak start organizing the Ganapati festival from 1894.

15. Partition of Bengal 1905 lord Curzon.

16. The Congress took up the Swadeshi cell at its Banaras Session in

1905, presided by G.K.Gokhale.

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17. The Congress during its Culcutta session in 1906, declared that the

goal of the INC was Self Govt. - Presided by Dadabhai Naroji.

18. All India Muslim League was set up in 1906.

19. Congress split in 1907 Surat Session.

20. Kennedy was murdered on April 30,1908 by Khudiram Bose & Prafulla

Chaki ( real target was magistrate Kingsford of Muzzafarpur)

21. In 1904, V.D. Savarkar organized the Abhinav Bharat.

22. Madan Lal Dhingra assassinated Curzon Wyllie in July, 1909.

23. Indian House in London, was started by Shyamji Krishnavarma in

1905.

24. Ghadar Movement founded by Sohan Singh Bhakra began in 1913 in

San

Francisco.

25. The Indian Council Act of 1909 formally introduced the principle ofelections for the first time.

26. The annulment of Bengal partition , announced by George V at Delhi

Darbar in Dec. 1911.

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27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started newspaper Al Hilal in 1912.

28. Bombay was the only province where Muslims had taken to commerce

&

education quite easily.

29. INC meet in August 1918 at Bombay under the president ship of Hasan

Imam to consider the proposals of Montague Chelmsford.

30. An all parties conference appointed a sub committee in 1928 whose

members are Ali Imam, T.B. Sapru, S.C. Bose headed by Motilal Nehru.

31. The only hope for India is from the masses. The upper classes are

physically & mentally dead: - Swami Vivekanand.

32. Bhulabhai Desai was the advocate at the famous INA trials.

33. 1883- full codification of Indian System of Law & Procedure.

34. Illbert Bill gave Indian magistrate the right to try European in

Criminal cases.

35. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was referred to as the Ambassador of

Hindu-Muslim unity by Sarojini Naidu.

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36.. In Nov. 1945, three former INA officers were charged with waging a

war against the King- emperor : - Col Shah Nawaz , Captain Sehgal & Lt.

Dhillon.

37. The first national Congress deliberated upon nine resolutions

concerning various issues.

38. The sleeping giant of Asia has woken up & no power on the Earth can

stop him now Lenin for the textile workers who came out on the

streets in protest against Tilaks transportation in July 1908.

39. The Justice party was launched by : - T.N.Nair, R.T. Chetti,

C.N.Mudaliar.

40. Satya Shodhak Movement: - Jotirao Phule

41. Satya Shodhak Smaj : - Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj.

42. Council entry was the chief programme of the Swaraj Party.

43. Swaraj Party took part in the election in 1923,26.

44. In 1923, Swaraj Party gained absolute majority in C.P. Council.

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45. M.A. Jinnah was willing to give up separate electorate in favour of

joint electorate ( with certain conditions) at the time of Simon

Commission.

46. It led to the estrangement of M.A.Jinnah, who called it a parting

of the ways with the congress, went back to the separate electorate &

formulated his famous 14- points Reference here is to Nehru Report.

47. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay write Anandmath in 1882.

48. R.C. Dutt is remembered as the pioneer of economic nationalism.

49. Bhartendu Harishchandra wrote the play, Andher Nagri Chaupata Raja

.

50. The left wing within the congress emerged under S.C.Bose & Nehrusinitiative in the post non- cooperation period.

51. The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in Kerela.

52. J.B. Kripalani was the Congress Pr. when India became free.

53. In 1929, the British Govt. announce for the first time dominion

status as the goal of British Policy in India.

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54. The Quit India Campaign was launched by he National Congress after

the failure of Cripps Mission.

55. The first attempt at introducing a representative & popular elementin the governance of India was made through the Indian Council Act, 1909.

56. The formation of an Interim Govt. set up on September 2, 1946 was

first envisaged by Cabinet Mission Plan.

57. Leaders with the movements they were connected:(i) Chakra Bisoi : - Khonds of Ghumsar

(ii) Sido & Kanhu: - Santhal Rebellion.

(iii) Radhakrishna Danda Sena : - Savare rebellion

(iv) Tomma Dora: - Koya rebellion

(V) Shambunath Pal: - Pabna uprising.

(vi) BirsaMunda: - Munda revolt in Bihar.

58. Travancore, Hyderabad, Junegarh & Kashmir refused to join the Indian

Union till the last moment.

59. Kuki Revolt: - Tripura, Kuka revolt: - Punjab, Pabna peasant revolt:- Bengal

60. In 1890, the first woman graduate of the Calcutta University ,

addressed the Congress Session : - Kadambini Ganguly

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61. In 1905 G.K.Gokhale raised the demand for Swarajya or self

governance within British Empire, from Congress platform.

62.The Muhammedan Anglo- oriental Defence Association (1893) was

started

by T.Beck.

63. Moderate politics was criticized in 1893-94 in a series of article

entitled New lamp for old written by Aurobindo Ghosh.

64. We will not achieve any success in our labours if we croak once a

year like a frog: - B.G.Tilak.

65. In 1889: - Congress adopt the principle that it would not take up

any proposal which was considered harmful to the Muslims by a majority

of the Muslim delegates in the Congress.

66. The Ahrar movement was moved by the ideas of self governance,

disliked the loyalist politics of the Aligarh school & big nawabs &

Zamindars & advocated participation in the militant nationalism movement.

67. Mulana Abul Kalam Azad was the most prominent scholars of Deoband

school: - who held the view that there was no conflict between Muslims &

Nationalism.

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68. B.G. Tilak played an important role in bringing together the Muslim

league & congress in 1916.

69. When Congress ministers resigned in 1939 ( in protest over their nothaving been consulted over the decision to enter World War II. The

Congress Working Committee suggested that it would cooperate if there

were a central Indian national government formed, and a commitment made

to India's independence after the war ): 22nd Dec. 1939 was celebrated

by Jinnah as the Day of Deliverance. The Day of Deliverance was also

celebrated by B.R. Ambedkar & E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker. However Abdul

Kalam Azad criticized the celebration.

70. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of the congress

in 1939.

71. The Viceroy to be assassinated in India: - Lord Mayo.

72. William Bentick: - abolition of Persian as the court language.

73. Charles Metcafe : - Signing of a treaty with Ranjit Singh.

74. Ellenborough : - Annexation of Sind.

75. Delhousie: - Establishment of Public Work Department.

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76. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

was

founded in 1927 by Birla & Thakurdas.

77. Jatindranath Mukherjee led the revolutionary Yugandhar Party which

tried to conserve its resources & build international contact so as to

organize a real military conspiracy at an appropriate time.

78. On Oct. 1940, the Individual Satyagraha was inaugurated by Acharya

Vinoda Bhave.

79. S.C.Bose was unhappy with the Congress resolution at Ramgarh in

March 1940 because Gandhi agreed to give support to the British war

effort & he did not give a call for an immediate struggle.

80. The rating of RIN (Royal Indian Navy) went on a strike on 18 Feb,

1946. The strikers raised the National Congress, the Leagues & the Red

flag.

81. Vallabhbhai Patel & M.A. Jinnah persuaded the ratings of RIN to

surrender on 23rd Feb, 1946.

82. The Warlis Tribal peasants Agitation : - support was provided by

Maharashtra Kisan Sabha.

83. Bakasht Peasant agitation : - support was provided by Bihar Kisan

Sabha.

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84. Travancore Agitation: - support was provided by the Communist.

85. Tebhaga movement: - support was provided by The Bengal Provincial

Kisan Sabha.

86. The most enduring as well as most militant of the agitations

originating in the period of 1945-47 was the Telengana Movement.

87. Strafford Cripps was a member of the Labour Party .

88. The Cabinet Mission was sent to India to establish a national

government & to workout a constitutional arrangement for the transfer of

power.

89. The Untouchable Mahars launched an autonomous movement from

1920s

under B.R.Ambedkar to be allowed to take the sacred thread.

90. Jyotiba Phuyles Satyashodhak Smaj in the late 19th century

undertook : - Separate representation for untouchable.

91. The Indian Council Act, 1909 provided to be the most short lived of

all the British Constitutional experiment in India.

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92. In March 1908, Agha Khan was elected as the Permanent Presidentof

the Muslim league.

93. Gokhales Servants of Indian Society launched in June 1905 have oneof the aim as Swadeshi & boycott.

94. Rashbehari Ghosh was the Pr. of the Congress at the time of Moderate

extremist split.

95. In 1912- Muslim League adopt self governance as one of itsobjectives.

96.On the Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) also known as the *Great

Calcutta Killing*, unprecedented bloodshed took place as a result of

Hindu Muslim riots in Calcutta .* M*.A. Jinnah announced the day "

for the purpose of winning the separate Muslim state. Chief Minister of

Bengal at that time was Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy. H.A.S. Exam

97. On Feb.20, 1947 PM Attlee announced the British Governments

decision to withdraw from India latest by June 1948.

98. The August Offer of 1940 sought to conciliate the Congress by

guaranteeing the setting up of a representative Indian body to form a

new constitution.

99. The Congress took a stand over the Montford Reform at Delhi in 1918,

which led to a break away by old moderate remants Sapru, Jayakar, &

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Chinamani who formed the National Liberal

Association.

100. The first definitely communist Journal to be published in India was

Socialist.

101. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of

English in India was Lord Bentick.

102. Quit India Movement was adopted by INC in Bombay.

103. King George V visited India during the viceroyality of Lord Harding.

104. Govt. of India Act, 1935 gave representation to Indians for the

first time in the legislature.

105. The first Muslim president of the INC was Badrudin Taybji.

106. A public meeting was held on 13th April, 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh

to protest against the arrest of popular leader.

107. PC Roy set up the famous Bengal Chemical Swadeshi Stores during theSwadeshi movement.

108. Linthgow was the Viceroy of India when Quit India Movement started

in 1942.

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109. One act of the government that gave the nationalist organization

the final push to acquire an organization form was : - Illbert Bill.

110. My own belief is that the Congress is tottering , & one of my

great ambitions is to assist it to a peaceful death : - Lord Curzon.

111. The second session of RTC broke down on the question of separate

electorates for the minorities.

112. In Hyderabad, a movement based on Gandhian principles became very

popular in the rural areas. It provided vital support to the local

Congress Party during the struggle for integration of Hyderabad with the

Indian Union in 1947. The leader of the movement : - Swami Ramanand

Tirth.

113 . J. L. Nehru became the president of INC : - 3 times.

114. In the Allahabad district in 1929, at a time of the worldwide

economic depression; a no-tax campaign on behalf of peasants was led

by : - M.N.Roy.

115. Bhagat Singh shot Police Commissioner Saunders dead because he had

led the lathi charge against he peaceful procession in the course of

which Lala Lajpat Rai was injured.

116. M.K.Gandhi gave Vallabh Bhai Patel the title of Sardar.

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117. Sarojini Naidu was the heroine of the 1942 Quit India movement.

118. To counteract unfavourable articles on India in the British Press &

to supply authentic information, a journal named : - India was started

in 1890.

119. In 1901 five districts & the tribal area were taken away from

Punjab to create the North-West Frontier Province.

120. Lord Hardinge II was the Governor General of India who proposed

the change of capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

121. The Communist Party was legalized in the year 1942.

122. J.L.Nehru was the president of the Congress when it declared

poorna swaraj as its objective.

123. Gopal Hari Deshmukh was known as Lokhitwadi.

124. The British government summoned the first RTC in London to discussthe Nehru report.

125. The Indian Civil Service was introduced during the time of Lord

Cornwallis.

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126. The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, /Essays on The Gita/, /The

Secret of The Veda/, Hymns to the Mystic Fire , /The Upanishads/, /The

Renaissance in India/, /War and Self-determination/, /The Human Cycle/,

/The Ideal of Human Unity/, and /The Future Poetry are the works of

Aurobindo Ghosh.

127. In Alipore Bomb Case Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was defended successfully

by /his Chitranjan Das.

128. Sri Aurobindo's close spiritual collaborator, Mirra Richard , came

to be known as /The Mother/ simply because Sri Aurobindo started to call

her by this name. On being asked by why he called her the Mother, Sri

Aurobindo wrote an essay called /The Mother/ in order to shed light on the

person of Mirra.

129. "If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is

positive and nothing negative." - Romain Rolland.

Governor Generals & Viceroys of India

Governor Generals of India

Lord William Bentinck (1828 1835):

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Carried out the social reforms like Prohibition of Sati (1829) and

elimination of thugs (1830).

Made English the Medium of higher education in the country (After the

recommendations of Macaulay).

Suppressed female infanticide and child sacrifice.

Charter Act of 1833 was passed; made him the first Governor General of

India. Before him, the designation was Governor General of Bengal.

Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835 1836):

Abolished all restrictions on vernacular press (called Liberator of the Press).

Lord Auckland (1836 1842):

The most important event of his reign was the First Afghan War, which

proved to be a disaster for the English.

Lord Ellenborough (1842 1844)

Lord Hardinge I (1844 1848)

Lord Dalhousie (1848 1856):

Opened the first Indian Railway in 1853 (from Bombay to Thane).

Laid out the telegraph lines in 1853 (First was from Calcutta to Agra).

Introduced the Doctrine of Lapse and captured Satara (1848), Jaipur and

Sambhalpur (1849), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853) and Nagpur (1854).

Established the postal system on the modern lines through the length and

breadth of the country, which made communication easier.

Started the Public Works Department. Many bridges were constructed and

the work on Grand Trunk Road was started. The harbors of Karachi,

Bombay and Calcutta were also developed.

Made Shimla the summer capital.

Started Engineering College at Roorkee.

Encouraged science, forestry, commerce, mineralogy and industry. In 1854, Woods Dispatch was passed, which provided for the properly

articulated system of education from the primary school to the university.

Due to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagars efforts, remarriage of widows was

legalized by Widow Remarriage Act, 1856).

Viceroys Of India

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Lord Canning (1856 1862):

The last Governor General and the first Viceroy.

Mutiny took place in his time.

On Nov, 1858, the rule passed on to the crown.

Withdrew Doctrine of Lapse.

The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established in

1857.

Indian Councils Act was passed in 1861.

Lord Elgin (1862 1863)

Lord Lawrence (1864 1869):

Telegraphic communication was opened with Europe.

High Courts were established at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865.

Expanded canal works and railways.

Created the Indian Forest department.

Lord Mayo (1869 1872):

Started the process of financial decentralization in India.

Established the Rajkot college at Kathiarwar and Mayo College at Ajmer

for the Indian princes.

For the first time in Indian history, a census was held in 1871.

Organised the Statistical Survey of India.

Was the only Viceroy to be murdered in office by a Pathan convict in the

Andamans in 1872.

Lord Northbrook (1872 1876):

Lord Lytton (1876 1880):

Known as the Viceroy to reverse characters.

Organised the Grand Delhi Durbar in 1877 to decorate Queen Victoria

with the title of Kaiser I Hind.

Arms Act(1878) made it mandatory for Indians to acquire license for arms.

Passed the infamous Vernacular Press Act (1878).

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Lord Ripon (1880 1884):

Liberal person, who sympathized with Indians.

Repeated the Vernacular Press Act (1882)

Passed the local self government Act (1882)

Took steps to improve primary & secondary education (on William Hunter

Commissions recommendations).

The I Factory Act, 1881, aimed at prohibiting child labour.

Passed the libert Bill (1883) which enabled Indian district magistrates to

try European criminals. But this was withdrawn later.

Lord Dufferin (1884 1888):

Indian National Congress was formed during his tenure.

Lord Lansdowne (1888 1894):

II Factory Act (1891) granted a weekly holiday and stipulated working

hours for women and children, although it failed to address concerns such as

work hours for men.

Categorization of Civil Services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate.

Indian Council Act of 1892 was passed.

Appointment of Durand Commission to define the line between British

India and Afghanistan.

Lord Elgin II (1894 1899):

Great famine of 1896 1897. Lyall Commission was appointed.

Lord Curzon (1899 1905):

Passed the Indian Universities Act (1904) in which official control over

the Universities was increased. Partitioned Bengal (October 16, 1905) into two provinces 1, Bengal

(proper), 2.East Bengal & Assam.

Appointed a Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer to enquire into

the police administration of every province.

The risings of the frontier tribes in 1897 98 led him to create the North

Western Frontier Province(NWFP).

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Passed the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1904), to restore Indias

cultural heritage. Thus the Archaeological Survey of India was established.

Passed the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) and put India on

a gold standard.

Extended railways to a great extent.

Lord Minto (1905 1910):

There was great political unrest in India. Various acts were passed to curb

the revolutionary activities. Extremists like Lala Laipat Rai and Ajit Singh

(in May, 1907) and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (in July, 1908) were sent to

Mandalay jail in Burma.

The Indian Council Act of 1909 or the Morley Minto Reforms waspassed.

Lord Hardinge (1910 1916):

Held a durbar in dec, 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V.

Partition of Bengal was cancelled (1911), capital shifted from Calcutta to

Delhi (1911).

A bomb was thrown at him; but he escaped unhurt (Dec 23, 1912).

Gandhiji came back to India from S.Africa (January 9, 1915)

Annie Besant announced the Home Rule Movement.

Lord Chelmsford (1916 1921):

August Declaration of 1917, whereby control over the Indian government

would be gradually transferred to the Indian people.

The government of India Act in 1919 (Montague Chelmsford reforms)

was passed.

Rowlatt Act of 1919; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13, 1919).

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Non Cooperation Movement.

An Indian Sir S.P.Sinha was appointed the Governor of Bengal.

A Womens university was founded at Poona in 1916.

Saddler Commission was appointed in 1917 to envisage new educational

policy.

Lord Reading (1921 1926):

Rowlatt act was repeated along with the Press act of 1910.

Suppressed non-cooperation movement.

Prince of Wales visited India in Nov.1921.

Moplah rebellion (1921) took place in Kerala. Ahmedabad session of 1921.

Formation of Swaraj Party.

Vishwabharati University started functioning in 1922.

Communist part was founded in 1921 by M.N.Roy.

Kakory Train Robbery on Aug 9, 1925.

Communal riots of 1923 25 in Multan, Amritsar, Delhi, etc.

Swami Shraddhanand, a great nationalist and a leader of the Arya

Samajists, was murdered in communal orgy.

Lord Irwin (1926 1931):

Simon Commission visited India in 1928.

Congress passed the Indian Resolution in 1929.

Dandi March (Mar 12, 1930).

Civil Disobedience Movement (1930).

First Round Table Conference held in England in 1930.

Gandhi Irwin Pact (Mar 5, 1931) was signed and Civil Disobediance

Movement was withdrawn.

Martydorm of Jatin Das after 64 days hunger strike (1929).

Lord Willington (1931 1936):

Second Round Table conference in London in 1931.

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On his return Gandhiji was again arrested and Civil Disobedience

Movement was resumed in Jan 1932.

Communal Awards (Aug 16, 1932) assigned seats to different religious

communities. Gandhiji went on a epic fast in protest against this division.

Third Round Table conference in 1932.

Poona Pact was signed.

Government of India Act (1935) was passed.

Lord Linlithgow (1936 1944):

Govt. of India Act enforced in the provinces. Congress ministries formed

in 8 out of 11 provinces. They remained in power for about 2 years till Oct

1939, when they gave up offices on the issue of India having been dragged

into the II World War. The Muslim League observed the days as

Deliverance Say (22 December)

Churchill became the British PM in May, 1940. He declared that the

Atlantic Charter (issued jointly by the UK and US, stating to give sovereign

rights to those who have been forcibly deprived of them) does not apply to

India.

Outbreak of World War II in 1939.

Cripps Mission in 1942.

Quit India Movement (August 8, 1942).

Lord Wavell (1944 1947):

Arranged the Shimla Conference on June 25, 1945 with Indian National

Congress and Muslim League; failed.

Cabinet Mission Plan (May 16, 1946).

Elections to the constituent assembly were held and an Interim Govt. was

appointed under Nehru.

First meeting of the constituent assembly was held on Dec. 9, 1946.

Lord Mountbatten (Mar.1947 Aug.1947): Last Viceroy of British India and the first Governor General of free India.

Partition of India decided by the June 3 Plan.

Indian Independence Act passed by the British parliament on July 4, 1947,

by which Pakistan and India became independent on August 14 and 15,

1947.

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President of India Pranab Mukherjee

Vice PresidentMohammad Hamid

Ansari

Prime Minister of India (Chairman of Planing

Commission)Manmohan Singh

Speaker, Lok Sabha Meira Kumar

Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha P.J. Kurien

Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Mr. Karia Munda

Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) Sushma Swaraj

Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Arun Jaitley

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek SinghAhluwalia

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) V. S. Sampath

Chairperson, National Human Rights

Commission (NHRC)K.G. Balakrishnan

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Governor of RBI Duvvuri Subbarao

Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia

Chairman, National Commission on Farmers

(NCF)M.S. Swaminathan

Chairperson, National Commission for Women Mamata Sharma

Chairperson, National Commission for

Minorities

Wajahat

Habibullah

Chairman, National Commission for

Backward Classes

Justice

M.Narayana Rao

Chairman, National Commission for

Scheduled Tribes (ST)

Rameshwar Oran

Chairman, National Commission for

Scheduled Castes (SC)P.L. Punia

Chairperson, National Commission for

Protection of Child RightsShanta Sinha

Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda

Register General and Census Commissioner

of India

C. Chandramouli

Chief Information Commissioner Satyanand Mishra

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

(CAG)Mr. Vinod Rai

Attorney-General of IndiaGoolam E.

Vahanvati

Solicitor-General of India Rohinton Nariman

Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar

Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory

Authority of India (TRAI)Rahul Khullar

Chairman Prasar Bharati Board Mrinal Pande

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Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati Jawahar Sircar.

Chief of the Indian NavyAdmiral Devender

Kumar Joshi

Chief of the Indian Army General BikramSingh

Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne

Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard M.P. Muralidharan

Director General of National Security Guard

(NSG)Subhash Joshi

Director General of the Defense Intelligence

Agency

Lt. Gen. Avtar

Singh

Chief of Integrated Defence StaffVice Admiral

Shekhar Sinha

Director General of the Border Security Force

(BSF)U K Bansal

Director General of the Central Reserve

Police Force (CRPF)K Vijay Kumar

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of AirIndia

Rohit Nandan

Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Prashant Sukul

Director General, Indo Tibetan Border Police

(ITBP)--

Director General, Railway Protection Force

(R.P.F)P. K. Mehta

Director of National Council Of EducationalResearch And Training (NCERT)

Parvin Sinclair

Chairman of the National Book Trust Bipan Chandra

Chairman, Union Public Service Commission

(UPSC)D.P. Agarwal

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Chairman, University Grants Commission

(UGC)Prof. Ved Prakash

Chairman Staff Selection Commission (SSC) N.K. Raghupathi

Director, Research and Analytical Wing(RAW)

K C Verma

Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB)Mr. Nehchal

Sandhu

Director-General of National Investigation

Agency (NIA)S C Sinha

Director of the Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI)A P Singh

Director, Enforcement Directorate Amitab Rajan

National Security AdvisorShivshankar

Menon

Scientific Adviser to the. GovernmentDr. R.

Chidambaram

Adviser to the Prime Minister of India TKA Nair

Chairman of Prime minister economicadvisory council

Dr. C Rangrajan

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Pulok Chatterjee

Chairman,Pollution Council Nellie Sen Gupta

Chairman, National Forest Commission B. N. Kirpal

Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL R K Upadhyay

Chairman, Railway Board Vinay Mittal

Chairman of India Tourism Development

Corporation (ITDC)

Shankarsingh

Vaghela

Chairman ofNational Highways Authority of

India ( NHAI)Rajinder Pal Singh

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Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of

India (LIC)

Dinesh Kumar

Mehrotra

Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes

(CBDT)

Poonam Kishore

Saxena

Chairman, Central Board of Excise &

Customs (CBEC)S.K.Goel

Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board

of India (SEBI)UK Sinha

Director General, Central Industrial Security

Force (CISF)Rajiv

Chairman of Indian Council for Historical

Research (ICHR) Basudev Chatterji

Secretary-General, Rajya SabhaVivek Kumar

Agnihotri

Secretary-General, Lok Sabha T. K. Viswanathan

Chairman, Sixth Central Pay commission B. N. Srikrishna

Chairman, 19th Law CommissionP.venkatram

Reddy

chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) Sudhir Vasudeva

Chairman of Coal India Limited S. Narsing Rao

Chairman, Board Control for Cricket in India

(BCCI)N.Srinivasan

chairperson of Children's Film Society of

India (CFSI)Nandita Das

Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC)

Shekhar Basu

Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission

(AEC)

Ratan Kumar

Sinha

Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for S.C. Chetal

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Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam

Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

(VSSC) at Tiruvanantha PuramK Radhakrishnan

Chairman of Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO)

K Radhakrishnan

President of Insurance regulatory

development authority (IRDA)J. Harinaranyan

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD)Prakash Bakshi

President of Associated Chambers of

Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)Rajkumar Dhoot

President of National Association of Software

and Services Companies (NASSCOM)N Chandrasekaran

President of Sahitya AcademySunil

Gangopadhyay

Chairman, Lali Kala Academy (National

Academy OF Arts)Balan Nambiar

Chairman, Sangeet Natak Academy Leela Samson

Chairman of Pension fund regulatory and

development authority (PFRDA)Yogesh Agrawal

Chairman of Controller General of Accounts

(CGA)Jawahar Thakur

Chairman of Institute of Cost Accountants of

India (ICAI)Rakesh Singh

Chairperson of the National Film

Development Corporation Ramesh Sippy

Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry

(CII)Adi Godrej

Chairman of Unique Identification authority

of IndiaNandan Nilekani

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Chairman of Competition commission of India Ashok Chawla

Chairman of 14th Finance commissionYaga Venugopal

Reddy

Chairman and MD of General InsuranceCorporation (GIC)

Mr Ashok KumarRoy

Chairman & MD of India Trade Promotion

Organisation (ITPO)Smt. Rita Menon

Chairman of Public Health FoundationNR. Narayana

Murthy

Director General of Defence Research &

Development Organisation (DRDO)VK Saraswat

Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister VK Saraswat

President, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) Alok K Misra

Chairman and Managing Director of Neyveli

Lignite Corporation (NLC)B Surender Mohan

President of the prestigious Supreme Court

Bar AssociationP H Parekh

Director General for Employees StateInsurance Corporation (ESIC)

Anil Kumar

Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance

MinistryRaghuram Rajan

Secretary of the President Omita Paul

Chairman of Financing Infrastructure Deepak Parekh

Chairman of media regulator Press Council of

India

Markandey Katju

President of the Federation of Indian Export

Organisations (FIEO)

M. Rafeeque

Ahmed

MD,Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Mr. Mangu Singh

Chairman of SBI Group Pratip Chowdhary

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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce

and industry (FICCI)R.V. Kanoria

Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth

Foreign Secretary Ranjani Mathai

Home Secretary Raj Kumar Singh

Finance Secretary Sunil Mitra

President of International Chamber of

Commerce India (ICC India)

Harsh Pati

Singhania

Chairman, Company Law Board (CLB) DR Deshmukh

Deputy Governor of RBI: 1.Dr. Subir Gokarn

2.Dr. K C

chakrabarti

3.Anand sinha

4.Haroon Rashid

khan

Chairman, Inter-State Council P Chidambaram

secretary general of National Human RightsCommission (NHRC)

Rajiv Sharma

Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI) Veerendra kumar

Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal

(CAT)

Justice Syed

Rafat Alam

Chairman, National Agricultural Federation

Cooperative Marketing (NAFED).Dr. Bijendra Singh

President, Industrial Finance Corporation ofIndia (IFCI)

P. V. Narsimgham

Chairman and CMD National Thermal Power

Corporation (NTPC).

Arup Rai

Chaudhary

Chairman and Managing Director, Small Sushil Muhnot

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Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

Chairman, Island Waterways Authority of

IndiaS. P. Gaur

Chairman and Managing Director, Mineraland Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC)

Sanjeev Batra

Chairman, National Agricultural Federation

Cooperative Marketing (NAFED).Dr. Bijendra Singh

Chairman and Managing Director of Gas

Authority Of India Limited (GAIL)B. C. Tripathi

Chairman and MD, Hindustan Petroleum

Corporation Limited (HPCL)S. Roy Choudhury

CMD, National Hydro Power Corporation A. B. L. Srivastava

Chairman, Indian Farmers Fertilizer

Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO)N. P. Patel

CMD, Food Corporation of India (FCI) Sriraj Hussain

Steel Authority of India (SAIL)Chandra Shekhar

Verma

2. Heads of Important Offices in World

General Secretary of United NationBan ki-moon (South

Korea)

Director General of WTO Pascal Lami (France)

President of the World Bank

Jim Yong Kim

(Korean-born)

American citizen

Managing Director of International

Monetary Fund (IMF)

Christine Lagarde

(France)

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President of Asian Development Bank

(ADB)

Haruhiko Kuroda

(Japan)

Director- General of the World Health

Organization (WHO)Margaret Chan (China)

Secretary General of North Atlantic

Treaty Organization (NATO)

Anders Fogh

Rasmussen (Denmark)

President of European Union (EU)Herman Van Rompuy

(Belgium)

Director-General, United Nations

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO)

Irina Bokova

Executive Director, United Nations

International Children's Emergency Fund

(UNICEF)

Anthony Lake

Director-General, International Labour

Organization (ILO)Guy Ryder

Director General of International Atomic

Energy Agency (IAEA)Yukiya Amano (Japan)

Director General of the United NationsFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Jose Graziano da Silva

President of the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Suma Chakrabarti

( India)

Secretary General of South Asian

Association For Regional Cooperation

(SAAR)

Ahmad Saleem

(Pakistan)

Secretary-General, Arab League Nabil el-Araby

Chairman, United Nations Commission on

Human Rights (UNCHR)Navi Pillay (India)

President of the International Cricket

Council(ICC)

Alan Isaac (New

Zealand)

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President, International Association of

Athletics Federations (IAAF)

Lamine Diack

(Senegal)

President, International Seabed Authority

(ISA)Peter Thomson

President of Rotary International

(Humanitarian Service Organization)

Kalyan

Banerjee (India)

President, World Heart Federation K. Srinath Reddy

Vice-President, Africa World Bank.Obiageli Katryn

Ezekwesili

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi

Secretary of IMF Siddharth tiwari

Executive Director of India in IMF Arvind Virmani

Human development adviser of United

Nation Development Programme (UNDP)Amartya sen

Vice Chairman of the Association of

Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)SY Qureshi (India)

Chairperson of the African Union

Commission

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini

Zuma

American Ambassador to India Nancy J pawel

Pakistani ambassador to India Salman Bashir

Pakistan's Ambassador to the United

StatesSherry Rehman

Indian High commissioner to U.K Jaimini Bhagwati

Indian Ambassador to America Nirupama Rao

India's Permanent Representative to

the United NationsHardeep Singh Puri

Indian Ambassador to WTO K. M. Chandra Shekhar

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rime Minister,

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and

Pensions,

Ministry of Planning &

Department of Atomic Energy Department of

Space

Dr.Manmohan

Singh

Ministry of Finance P Chidambaram

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing

IndustriesSharad Pawar

Ministry of Defence A K Anthony

Ministry of Home affairsSushilkumar

Shinde

Ministry of External Affairs S M Krishna

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad

Ministry of Power & Ministry of Corporate

AffairsVeerappa Moily

Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyDr Farooq

Abdullah

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas S Jaipal Reddy

Ministry of Urban Development Kamal Nath

Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs &Ministry

of Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesVayalar Ravi

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni

Ministry of Labour and EmploymentMallikarjun

Kharge

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Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Ministry of Communications and Information

Technology &

Ministry of Science and Technology and

Earth Sciences

Kapil Sibal

Ministry of Commerce and Industry and

TextilesAnand Sharma

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways C P Joshi

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty

Alleviation and CultureKumari Selja

Ministry of TourismSubodh Kant

Sahay

Ministry of Shipping G K Vasan

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs &

Ministry of Water Resources

P K Bansal

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers M K Alagiri

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public

EnterprisesPraful Patel

Ministry of CoalShriprakash

Jaiswal

Ministry of Law and Justice &

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Salman Khurshid

Ministry of Tribal Affairs&

Panchayati Raj

V Kishore Chandra

Deo

Ministry of Steel Beni Prasad Verma

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Ministry of Railways Mukul Roy

Ministry of Rural Development, Drinking

Water and SanitationJairam Ramesh

Ministry of Civil Aviation Chaudhary AjitSingh

Chief Minister, GeneralAdministration,

Law&Order,Commercial

Taxes,Energy,Coal & Boilers, Public

Enterprises

N. Kiran Kumar

Reddy

Dy. Chief Minister, Minister forHigher Education & TechnicalEducation

Damodar Raja

Narasimha.C

Minister for Home, Jails, Fire

Services, Sainik Welfare,Printing & Stationary

Sabitha .P

Minister for Finance, Planning,Small Savings, State Lotteries

Anam

Ramanarayana

Reddy

Minister for Mines & GeologyAruna Kumari

Galla

Minister for Tribal Welfare Balaraju .P

Minister for Backward Classes Baswaraju

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Welfare Saraiah

Minister for TransportB.

Satyanarayana

Minister for EndowmentsC.

Ramachandraiah

Minister for AP Vaidya VidhanParishad,Health, FamilyWelfare and AP Aids Control

Society

D.L.Ravindra

Reddy

Minister for Labour,Employment, Training&Factories, Industrial TrainingInstitutes

Danam Nagender

Minister for Roads & BuildingsDharmana

Prasada RaoMinister for RuralDevelopment, NREGS

Dokka Manikya

Varaprasada Rao

Minister for Law & CourtsErasu Prathap

Reddy

Minister for Handlooms &Textiles, Spinning Mills,Small Scale Industries andK&VI Board

Gaddam Prasad

Kumar

Minister for Infrastructure & Ganta Srinivas

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Investments,Ports, Airports, Natural Gas

Rao

Minister for Major Industries,

Sugar,Commerce & Export Promotion

Geetha Reddy .J

Minister for Panchayat Raj &Rural Water Supply

Jana Reddy .K

Minister for Agriculture andAgriculture Technology Mission

Kanna

Lakshminarayana

Minister for CooperationKasu Venkata

Krishna Reddy

Minister for Medical Education,

Arogyasree, Health Insurance

Kondru Murali

Mohan

Minister for Municipal

Administration & UrbanDevelopment

Maheedhar Reddy

.M

Minister for Excise &Prohibition

----

Minister for Marketing &Warehousing

Mukesh Goud .M

Minister for Housing, WeakerSection Housing Programme,

AP Cooperative HousingSocieties Federation and AP

Capt. N.Uttam

Kumar Reddy

Minister for Secondary Pardha Saradhi K

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Education,Govt.Exminations, AP.Residential Educational

Institutions Society,Hyderabad PublicSchool,Intermediate Education

Minister for Social WelfarePithani

Satyanarayana

Minister for Information

Technology & Communication

Ponnala

Lakshmaiah

Minister for Revenue, Relief,Rehabilitation

Raghuveera

Reddy .N

Minister for Horticulture,Sericulture

Ramreddy

Venkata Reddy

Minister for Primary Education,SSA, Adult Education,

AP Open Schools Society,Jawahar Bal Bhavan,

AP Mahila Samata Society,SIET, Public Libraries,SCERT, AP Text Book Press

Sailajanath .S

Minister for Forest,Environment, Science &Technology

Satrucharla

Vijayarama Raju

Minister for Civil Supplies,Food & Consumer Affairs,

Sridhar Babu .D

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Legal Metrology&LegislativeAffairs

Minister for Major & Medium

Irrigation,A.P. Water ResourcesDevelopment Corporation

Sudarshan

Reddy .P

Minister for Indira KranthiPatham, Pensions,Self Help Groups & WomenDevelopment, Child Welfare &

Disabled Welfare

Sunitha Laxma

Reddy .V

Minister for Minority Welfare,Wakf, Urdu Academy

Syed Mohammad

Ahamadulla

Minister for Stamps &Registration

Thota

Narasimham

Minister for Minor Irrigation,APIDC, Lift Irrigation,WALAMTARI, Ground WaterDevelopment

T.G.Venkatesh

Minister for Tourism & Culture,Archaeology & Museums,Archives & Youth Services &

Sports, NCC

Vatti Vasant

Kumar

Minister for AnimalHusbandry, DairyDevelopment & Fisheries,Veterinary University

Viswarupu .P

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Name of States Governor Chief Minister

1. Andhra

Pradesh

E.S Lakshmi

Narasimhan

Nallari Kiran

Kumar Reddy

2. Arunachal

Pradesh

General (Rtd.)

J.J. SinghNabam Tuki

3. Assam JB Pattanaik Tarun Gogoi

4. Bihar

Devanand

Konwar

Nitish Kumar

5.

ChhattisgarhShekhar Dutt Raman Singh

6. New

Delhi(*UT)

Tejendra

Khanna

Shekhar Diks

hit

7.Goa BV Wanchoo

Manohar

Parrikar

8.GujaratDr. Kamla

Beniwal

Narendra

Modi

9.HaryanaJagannath

PahadiaBhupinder

Singh Hooda

10.Himachal Urmila Singh Prem Kumar

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Pradesh Dhumal

11.Jammu &

Kashmir

N. N. Vohra Omar Abdulla

12.Jharkhan

d

Dr. Syed

AhmedArjun Munda

13.Karnataka H R Bhardwaj

Jagadish

Shivappa

Shettar

14.Kerala H R BharadwajOommen Cha

ndy

15.Madhya

Pradesh

Ram Naresh

Yadav

Shivraj Singh

Chauhan

16.Maharashtra

K.

Sankaranaray

anan

Prithviraj

Chavan

17.ManipurGurbachan

Jagat

Okram Ibobi

Singh

18.Meghalay

a

RS

Mooshahary

Mukul

Sangma

19.Mizoram

Vakkam

Purushothama

n

Lal

Thanhawla

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20.Nagaland Nikhil Kumar Neiphiu Rio

21.Orissa MC BhandareNaveen

Patnaik

22.Puducherr

y (*UT)Iqbal Singh

N.Rangaswa

mmy

23.Punjab Shivraj PatilPrakash

Singh Badal

24.Rajasthan Margaret Alva Ashok Gehlot

25.SikkimBalmiki Prasa

d Singh

Pawan Kumar

Chamling

26.Tamil

Nadu

Konijeti

RosaiahJ.Jayalalita

27.Tripura Dr. D Y Patil Manik Sarkar 28.UttaraKha

ndAziz Qureshi

Vijay

Bahuguna

29.Uttar

PradeshB L Joshi

Akhilesh

Yadav

30.WestBengal

M. KNarayanan

MamataBanerjee

31.Andaman

& Nicobar

Lt. Gen.

(Retd.)

---

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(*UT)Bhopinder

Singh

32.Chandigarh (*UT)

Shivraj V. Patil ---

33.Dadra and

Nagar Haveli

(*UT)

Narendra

Kumar---

34.Daman

and Diu (*UT)

Narendra

Kumar ---

35.Lakshadw

eep (*UT)Amar Nath

B V Selvarj

(Administrato

r)

*A Union Territory is an administrative division ofIndia, in the federal

framework of governance. Unlike the states of India, whichhave their

own elected governments, union territories are ruled

directly by the

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federal government; the President of India appoints an

Administrator or

Lieutenant-Governor for each territory.

There are seven union territories. Delhi, the capital of India,

is also a

Union territory. Delhi and Pondicherry have been given

partial statehood.

Delhi is redefined as National Capital Territory. Delhi and

Pondicherry

have their own elected legislative assemblies and the

executive councils

of ministers, but their powers are limited; certain legislation

must be

reserved for the "consideration and assent" of the President

of India.

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