Kamla Prasad Bissessar

Hargobind Khorana
Ravinder Singh
Prof.Sachchidanand Sahai
Dr. Victor Shahed Smetacek
Sunita Williams
Preet Bharara
Bobby Jindal
Nikki Haley
Kal Penn
Indian Men
Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
Norman Anil Kumar Browne
D.K. Joshi
V.S. Sampath
Altamas Kabir
Satyanandan Mishra
MArkendeya Katju
U.K. Sinha
Ashok Chawla
D. Subbarao
Prakash Baksh
Pradeep Kumar
Jehangir Sabavala
Mario Miranda
Justice Dalveer Bhandari
Ajit Pal Singh
Ashoka sen
Bhupen Hazarika
Sultan Khan
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Indian Women
Major Mitali Madhumita
Dr Uma Raju
Jyoti Amge
Homai Vyarawala
Sneha Shekhawat
Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal
Soumitra chatterji
Indira goswami
Bina Das
Ila mitra
Raj Kumari Gupta
Tara Rani Srivastava
Abadi Bano Begam
International: Head of
State/Institutes etc
Mostly for GK based MCQs.
Some persons may be
outdated.
Martin Shultz
Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Yingluck Shinawatra
Lee Myung Bak
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Kamla Prasad Bissessar
Mohamed Nasheed
Hu Jintao
Wen Jiabao
U Thein Sain
Lobsang Sangay
Jigme Khesar Mangyel
Wangchuck
Dilma Rouseff
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Jacob Zuma
Mitt Romney
Obama
Nakosazana Dlamini Zuma
Jim Yong Kong
Christine Lagarde
Mohamed Waheed
Bashar al-Assad
Lakhdar Brahimi
Omar Al Bashir
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Mohamed Morsy
Raja Parvaiz Ashraf
Hosni Mubarak
Pranab
Enrique Pene Nieto
Jean marc ayrualt
Franois Hollande
Lee Hsein Loong
David Cameroon
Nick Clegg
Angela Markel
International : Other
Liu Yang
Gina Rineheart
Marissa Mayer
Sergei Brin
Mark Zuckerberg
Gore vidal
Nakosazana Dlamini Zuma
Sportsmen
Indian Winners in Olympic
2012
Name
Gagan Narang
Vijay Kumar
Saina Nehwal
Mary Kom
Yogeshwar Dutt
Sushil Kumar
Girisha Hosanagara
Nagarajegowda
whitney houstan
Oscar Pistorius
(Bladerunner)
Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.
Indian-American biochemist who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, dead
first Sikh in more than 30 years to be appointed as the army chief of Singapore
Noted writer from Combodia, won Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012
German scientist. Won same prize as above.
second space journey to the International Space Station (ISS). She will stay at the ISS for four months.
Indian American origin Attorny. made it to the cover page of Time magazine for his anti-corruption crusade against financial frauds in
Wallstreet.
Governor of Louisiana State, US
Governor of South Carolina State, US
Kalpen Modi, Hollywood actor. Served in White House Office of Public Engagement.He campaigns for Obama in Presidential elections
2012, among the Indian American voters.
Chief of Indian Army.
Chief of Airforce.
Chief of the Indian Navy.
Chief Election Commissioner of India.
CJI India, before him was Sarosh Homi Kapadia
CIC
Chairman of Press Council of India
SEBI
Competition Commission of India (CCI).
RBI Governor
NABARD
Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India.
Painter, dead.
cartoonist from Goa, dead
elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, Netherlands.
He had led India to their only Hockey world cup triumph in 1975. has been selected as the chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent at the
London Olympics.
(string theory, fundamental physics prize, yuri milner)
Singer from Assam, Dada Saheb Phalke award winner, dead
sarangi maestro, dead
died in 2012 was an Indian dancer and a guru of the Kuchipudi dance form.
First woman officer of Indian army to get decorated with a gallantry medal for her bravery during the attack on guest house of Indian
officials in Kabul, Afghanistan.
second woman in the history of Indian Air Force to be promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
worlds shortest living woman by the Guinness World Records. Nagpur
Indias first woman photo-journalist.
first woman pilot to lead the Indian Air Force contingent at the Republic Day parade.
commanded the Rani Jhansi Regiment of Netaji Subhash Chandra Boses Indian National Army
(septuagenarian Bengali Actor; Dada sahab falke 2011)
(aka mamoni raisom goswami; assamese poet, writer; shahitya akadmi 1983; Jnanipith 2001; died 2011)
(1932, attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson)
aka Rani Ma ; Tebhaga movement; died 2002
crucial contribution to the Kakori dacoity. She supplied revolvers to those involved in the Kakori operation, apparently hid the firearms in
her undergarment and set out in khadi clothes to deliver them.
participated actively with her husband Phulendu Babu in the Quit India movement. She marched with the national flag straight towards
the police station in Siwan, Bihar.
freedom fighter from Lucknow, known by her honorific Bi Amman. She spoke in a public gathering, on behalf of her jailed son, she did
so from behind her burqa in 1917. This was, perhaps, the first time a Muslim woman in purdah had addressed a political gathering.
President of European Union.
Prime minister of Bangladesh.
Prime Minister of Thailand.Chief guest in 26
th
Jan. parade 2012.
Korean President, chief guest in 26th Jan 2010 parade.
Indonesian President, chief guest in 26th Jan 2011 parade.
Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.
Maldives.
China President
China Premier
President of Myanmar.
Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile (which operates from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh).
King of Bhutan.
Brazil President (first female)
Russia PM(earlier he was the President)
Russia President(earlier he was the PM)
South Africa President
US Presidential candidate of Republican party.
44th President of US. Belongs to Democractic Party.His VP =Joe Biden.And Hillary Clinton isUnited States Secretary of State.(Before
herCondoleezza Rice)
African Union Commission chairperson 2012; first woman to lead the organisation)
World Bank President
IMF President (earlier Dominique Strauss Kahn)
Maldives (after Nasheed)
Syrian President
Veteran Algerian diplomat; to replace Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria.
North Sudan President, has ICC warrant against him.
South Sudan President.
first freely-elected Egypt.(after Hosni Mubarak was thrown out)
Prime minister of Pakistan(after Gilani was thrown out)
Ex-Egypt, sentenced to life in prison.
13
th
President India.
President Mexico
France PM
France President (after Nicolas Sarkozy).
Prime Minister of Singapore.
PM UK (Conservative Party). Before Cameroon>> Gorgon Brown >>Tony Blair. And Margarate Thatcher was the first lady PM of UK.
Deputy PM Of UK.
Chancellor Germany.
Chinas first woman astronaut
worlds richest woman in world. (ref link)
Yahoo CEO, got the job despite beingpregnant. Earlier she was served as the first female engineer in Google company.
Google Co-founder (other guy is Larry Page).He was in news because of his conference on the Project Glass.
Facebook. Was in news because of the IPO.
American writer. Dead. Famous for satirical novel myra breckinridge.
African Union Commission chairperson 2012, first woman to lead this organisation.
Event (Olympics 2012)
Shooting (Air rifle)
Shooting (Pistol)
Badminton
Boxing (flyweight)
Wrestling (60 kg freestyle)
Wrestling (66 kg freestye)
Silver in the mens high jump @ Paralympics 2012 (London). Hes the only Indian physically
challengedathletewho won medal in this event.
died on February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time.
first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Game 2012 hes from S.Africa.Events
: 400m and 400 replay did not win medals. (Olympic Game 2012)
medal
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
died on February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time.
But he won gold medal in Paralympics 2012
Bhutan
Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th Jan. 2013.
Brazil Dilma Rousseff First woman President of Brazil. She replaced Lula Desilva. (Lula got Indira Gandhi peace prize.)
China Xi Jingping Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is expected to become President, in March 2013.
China Li Kequiang New PM of China. Replaced Wen Jiabao.
China Bo Xilai corrupt leader in Chinese politbureu. Expelled
Cuba Raul Castro President of Cuba. Replaced Fidel Castro
Egypt Mohd. Morsy President of Egypt.
Eu Herman Van Rompuy PM of Belgium. President of European Council
France Francois Hollande President of France. He defeated Sarkozi. Belongs to Socialist party
Greece Atonis Samras PM Greece. Name is important only because Greece=#EPICFAIL economy.
Iran Aytollah Khamenei Supreme leader of Iran
Iran Ahmedijad President of Iran.
President Shimon Peres.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Japan Shinzo Abe PM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda. Their parliament =Diet.
Liberia Ellen Sirleaf President of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi peace price. (2012)
Maldives -Coup Nasheed N Waheed after coup, Nasheed was replaced by Waheed
Mali-coup Diarra N Traore After coup, Diarra was replaced by Traore
Mauritius Rajkeshwur Purryag President of Mauratius. He was chief guest @Pravasi bharatiya Divas 2013.Click me for more details
Mexico Enrique Nieto Mexico new President
Myanmar Thein Sein Myanmar president
Myanmar Aung San Suu Ki Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in Myanmar. Party National league for democracy. Visited India in Nov 12
N.Korea Kim Jong-Un North Korea President. After his father King Jong-il Died
Pak Raja Parvez PM of Pakistan, SC ordered his arrested.
Germany Angela Markel German Chancellor
Palestine Mohd.Abbas President of Palestine Authority
S.Korea Park Geun-hye first female President of S.Korea. She replaced Lee Myung-bak
Srilanka Gen.Sarath Fonseca Ex-General of Sri Lankan army. Was jailed after power struggle with President.
Srilanka Mahinda Rajpakshe Sri lankan President. He threw out CJI Shiran Bandaranyake.
Syria Wael Halqi PM of Syria.
Syria Bashar Al Assad President of Syria
Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra First female PM of Thailand. She was chief guest of 26
th
J an parade in 2012.
Uk David Cameron PM of UK. (Conservative party) He replaced Gordon Brown.
Israel Their parliament =Knesset.
Uk Nick Clegg Deputy PM of UK. (liberal democrats)
Usa Obama (Democrat) won second time Presidential election. His VP candidate was Joe Biden.
Usa Mitt Romney (Republican) Contested against Obama. His VP candidate was Paul Ryan.
Ven Hugo Chavez President Venezuela. Right now getting treatment for cancer in Cuba.
International Org (non
political)
name Org
Ban-Ki-Moon UN General Secretary
Jim Yong Kim World Bank
Justice Dalveer Bhandari Indian. became Judge of International court of Justice.
Christine Lagarde Chief of IMF
Pascal Lamy Chief of WTO
Jacques Rogge President IOC, olympic Committee.
SK Jain first Indian to become chairman of World Assco. Of Nuke operators.
Nkosazana Zuma Head of African Union (AU): First woman
Indian in India (Non political)
Name Org
Admiral Devendra Joshi replaced Admiral Nirmal Verma
Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne He replaced Pradeep Vasant Naik
Ashok Chawla CCI. Competition Commission of India
Brajesh Mishra Indias first National Security Advisor. During Vajpayee Government. Dead
Chief Justice of India
Altamas Kabir replaced SH Kapadia.
Duvvuri Subbarao RBI Governor.
Urjit Patel recently appointed deputy RBI Governor.
Ela Ramesh Bhatt Founder of SEWA. Got Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace. (actually won in 2011, but was awarded that prize in 2013).
Gadgil Committee on Western Ghat ecology.
Gen. Bikram Singh he replaced Gen.VK Singh
Gopi Chand Narang
associated with Urdu litt. Got Pakistani award Sitara-i-Imtiaz. The highest civilian award in Pakistan is Nishan-i-
Imtiaz, earlier Morariji Desai and Dilip Kumar got it
Gulzar Indira gandhi award for national integration.
JS Verma Committee on women safety after Delhi gangrape
Justice DK Jain 20th law commission
Kaushik Basu World bank Chief economist
KC Chakrabary Committee : financial inclusion. Deputy Governor RBI ,
Major Abup J. Manjali Kirti Chakra.
Mrinal Gore Noted socialist. Dead.
Naina Kidwai chief of HSBC India. Became first woman President of FICCI.
Parthsarthi Shome Committee GAAR . General anti avoidance rules.
Raghuram Rajan Previously with IMF. Now Chief Economic Advisor to Finance ministry
Rahul Khullar TRAI
Rangachari Committee Taxation in IT sector
Rangarajan Domestic gas price. Rangarajan is also the Chairman of Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council.
Ranjit Sinha CBI
Sam Pitroda National Knowledge Commission.
Satyanand Mishra CIC. He replaced Wajahat Habibullah.
Shivshankar Menon National Security Advisor (current). He replaced MK Narayan. First NSA was Brajesh Mishra who recently died.
Tessy Thomas Defense scientist, making India self reliant in missile tech. Won Lal Bahdur Shashtri national award.
UK Singha SEBI
Vergheze kurien Amul. NDDB. Father of white revolution. Norman Barlung was father of green revolution.
Vijay Kelkar Committee on Fiscal deficit. Ex-Chairman of Finance Commission
Vinod Rai CAG. Also Enemy #1 of Kapil Sibbal, Manish Tewari, A.Raja and countless others in UPA. hahaha.
VS Sampath Chief election Commissioner (CEC). He replaced SY Quraishi.
YV Reddy
He is chairman of 14th Finance Commission. (period: 2015-2020) And Chairman of 13th Finance Commission
was Vijay Kelkar.
Indian Diaspora abroad
Name Why
Ami Bera California, House of representative.
Bobby Jinda Louisiana Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican party
Fareed Zakaria worked for CNN and TIME. Suspended for plagarism.
Halimah Yacob Singapores first woman speaker, of Indian origin.
Jacintha Saldana
she was a nurse in London, treating Kate William. She committed suicide after two Australian radio DJ mocked
her.
Kamla Persad Bissessar PM of Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Guest of PBD-2012.
Nikky Haley S.Carolina Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican party
Patricia Maria Rozario UK Musician. Won PBD 2013.
Rajat Gupta Jailed for insider trading in USA. Was associated with Goldman Sachs
Rajkeswur Purryag President of Mauritius. Chief guest of PBD-2013
Rasik Joshi Sanskrit Litt. Mexico. Won PBD-2013 award
1st Hindu in US House of Representatives (their Lok Sabha). Elected from Hawai State.
Party:Democrat.She took oath on Gita, Served in US army, was deployed in Iraq.
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