World Cup Cricket Records.... ·First world cup match was played at Lord's, London on 7th June 1975 between England v India. England won the match by 202 runs. ·DL Amiss from England is the first batsmen to score a hundred in World Cup. He scores 137 against India in the first match of World Cup. ·1975 World Cup is the only ODI World Cup which didn't feature a sub-continent team in the semi-finals. ·Mohinder Amaranth is the first bowler to take wicket in World Cup. ·Chetan Sharma was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup. ·Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the records of scoring most runs (2278), highest number of centuries (6) and highest number of fifties (21). ·Ricky Ponting of Australia holds the record of most sixes (31), most matches as captain (29), most catches by a fielder (28) and most appearances (46). ·Australian Glenn McGrath take most wickets (71), most wickets in a world cup tournament (26) and best bowling figures (7-15 against Namibia). ·Adam Gilchrist of Australia holds the record of most dismissals as wicketkeeper (52), most dismissals in a series (21) and most dismissals in an innings (6). ·India holds the record of highest score in a match. India score 413 for 5 wickets against Bermuda in 2007. ·Australia hold the records of most wins (55 matches), 100% win in two world cup series (2003 and 2007), most consecutive wins (25 match). ·Zimbabwe holds the records of most losses (37 match) and most consecutive defeats (18 matches). ·Canada score 36 run against Sri Lanka in 2003 World Cup, which is lowest ever score by a team. ·Ireland holds the record of highest successful run chase (329-7) in World Cup. It was against England, 2011. ·India wins by 257 run against Bermuda, 2007 which is the highest winning margin by runs in any world cup match. ·Record for highest partnership holds byRahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly, India with 318 runs against Sri Lanka in 1999. ·Fastest century score by Kevin O'Brien of Ireland against England (2011) in 50 balls. ·MC Snedden, New Zealand conceded most runs in an innings with 105 runs in 12 over against England in 1983. ·Lance Klusener, South Africa holds the record of highest average (124.00) and highest strike rate (121.17). ·Best economy rate by a bowler Andy Roberts of West Indies 3.24. ·Zaheer Khan of India with 27.1 holds the record fo best strike rate. ·Fastest fifty records hold by New Zealand Brendon McCullum against Canada, in 20 balls ·Highest score in an innings by Gary Kirsten of South Africa against UAE. He scores 188. ·Scotland concedes most extras in an innings (59) against Pakistan, 1999. ·Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds hosted highest number of matches with 12. ·David Shepherd of England attends as umpire in46 matches which is a record.

Name of Parliament Houses in the World.... Country Legislature Name Lower House Upper House Afghanistan National Assembly 250 102 Argentina Argentine National Congress 257 72 Australia Parliament of Australia 150 76 Austria Federal Assembly 183 62 Bangladesh House of the Nation 345 Belgium Federal Parliament 150 71 Belize National Assembly 31 12 Bhutan Parliament of Bhutan 47 25 Brazil National Congress 513 81 Brunei Legislative Council 36 Bulgaria National Assembly 240 Chile National Congress 120 38 China National People's Congress 2,987 Colombia Congress 166 102 Cuba National Assembly of People's Power 614 Czech Republic Parliament of the Czech Republic 200 81 Denmark Parliament 179 Egypt Parliament 508 270 Finland Parliament 200 France Parliament 577 348 Greece Hellenic Parliament 300 Hungary National Assembly 386 Iceland Assembly of All 63 India Parliament 552 250 Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly 560 132 Iran Assembly 290 Iraq Council of Representatives of Iraq 325 Ireland Parliament 166 60 Israel Assembly 120 Italy Italian Parliament 630 315 Japan Diet 480 242 Jordan National Assembly 120 60 Korea, North Supreme People's Assembly 687 Korea, South National Assembly 300 Kuwait National Assembly 50 Libya General National Congress 200 Mauritius National Assembly 70 Mexico Congress of the Union 500 128 Netherlands States-General 150 75 New Zealand House of Representatives 120 Pakistan Assembly of Councillors 336 104 Russia Federal Assembly 450 166 Singapore Parliament 99 South Africa Parliament 400 90 Spain General Courts 350 266 Sri Lanka Parliament 225 Syria People's Assembly 250 Switzerland Federal Assembly 200 46 Ukraine Supreme Council 450 United Arab Emirates Federal National Assembly 40 United Kingdom Parliament 650 765 United States Congress 435 100 Uruguay General Assembly 99 30 Venezuela National Assembly 165 Vietnam National Assembly 498 Zimbabwe Parliament 210 40

United Nations ...... Established24th October 1945 by 51 countries HeadquarterNew York, United States Official languagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish TotalMembership193 member Present Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon First Secretary GeneralTrygve Lie,Norway United Nations was establishedSan Francisco City Permanent Members in Security CouncilRussia, USA, France, China and UK. Logo designer of the United NationsDonal McLaughlin Newest Member in UNSouth Sudan, 14thJuly 2011 Six Principal OrgansThe General Assembly The Security Council The Economic and Social Council The Secretariat The International Court of Justice The United Nations Trusteeship Council Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations NameHeadquartersEstablished Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Rome, Italy1945 International Labour Organization (ILO)Geneva, Switzerland1946 International Maritime Organization (IMO)London, United Kingdom1948 World Food Programme (WFP)Rome, Italy1963 World Health Organization (WHO)Geneva, Switzerland1948 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Vienna, Austria1957 International Telecommunication Union (ITU)Geneva, Switzerland1947 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)Madrid, Spain1974 Universal Postal Union (UPU)Bern, Switzerland1947 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)Montreal, Canada1947 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)Rome, Italy1977 International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, D.C., USA1945 World Bank (WB)Washington, D.C., USA1945 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Geneva, Switzerland1974 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Geneva, Switzerland1950 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Vienna, Austria1967 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Paris, France1946 The UN has 4 main purposes •To keep peace throughout the world •To develop friendly relations among nations •To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms •To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals

Highest, Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest etc... in World: Significance Place Bussiest Passenger Station Shinjuku Station Busiest Passenger Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,USA Biggest City in area New York Coldest inhabitatedPlace Oymyakon, Russia Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile Deepest Lake Baikal, Siberia Fastest Bird Swift Highest Railway Station Tanggula Station, Tibet, China Highest Plateau Pamir, Tibet Highest Lake Titicaca , Bolivia Highest Mountain Peak Everest. Nepal Highest Volcano Ojos del Salado, Andes, Ecuador Highest Waterfall Angel Falls, Venezuela Highest Capital La Paz , Bolivia Highest City La Rinconada, Peru Highest Airport Lhasa Airport, Tibet Hottest inhabitated Place Dallol, Ethiopia Largest Archipelago Indonesia Largest Continent Asia Largest Country by Population China Largest Country by Size Russia Largest Bird Ostrich Largest City in population Tokyo Largest Creature Blue Whale Largest Delta Sunderban, Bangladesh & India Largest Desert Sahara, Africa Largest Dam Three Gorges, China Largest Diamond Cullinan Diamond Largest Dome Cowboys Stadium, Texas, USA Largest Epic Mahabharata Largest Island Greenland Largest Sea South China Sea LargestArtificial Lake by Surface Area Lake Volta,Ghana LargestArtificial Lake by Surface Volume Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe and Zambia Largest Fresh Water Lake Superior Lake Largest Salt Water Lake Caspian Lake Largest Library United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Largest Museum The Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg,Russia Largest Ocean Pacific Ocean Largest National Park NorthEast Geenland National Park Largest Single-Aperture Radio Telescope Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico Largest Zoo by species Berlin Zoological Garden Largest Zoo by area Red McCombs Wildlife, Texas, USA Largest Peninsula Arabia Largest Railway Station Grand Central Terminal, Chicago ( U.S.A. ) Largest River Amazon, South America Largest Sea - bird Albatross Largest Fountain Suntec city fountain of Wealth, Singapore Largest Sewage Tunnel The Chicago Tunnel, USA Largest Inhabited Castle Windsor Castle, UK Largest Orthodox Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Russia Largest Pyramid Quetzalcoatl Pyramid Largest Drainage Basin The Amazon Basin Largest Cave Passage Son Doong cave, Vietnam Lagest Glacier Lambert Glacier Largest Swamp The Pantanal Swamp, Brazil Largest River Island Majuli, India, Assam Largest Airport Terminal Beijing Capital International Airport, China Largest Bay Hudson Bay, Canada Largets Cemetary Ohlsdorf Cemetary, Hamburg, Germeny Largest Church St. Peter's Basilica, Vetican City, Rome Largest Lagoon Grand Lagon Sud, New Caledonia Largest Mosque Imam Reza Shrine, Iran Largest Convention Center World Market Center, Las Vegas, USA Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico Largest Hotel The Venetian & The Palazzo, Las Vegas, USA Largest Stadium Strahov Stadium, Prague Largest Bus Fleet Andra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation,India Largest Medical Center Texas Medical Center, USA Largest Irrigation Canal All-American Canal Largest Container Ship CMA CGM Marco Polo Longest Railway Bridge Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, China Longest Irrigation Canal Karakum Canal Longest Canal The Grand Canal, China Longest Mountain Range Andes, South America Longest Platform Kharagpur, India Longest Railway Trans - Siberian railway LongestRailwayTunnel Seikan Tunnel, Japan Longest Road Tunnel Laedal Tunnel, Norway Longest Wall Great Wall of China Longest River Nile , Africa Lowest Water Body Dead Sea Most Active Volcano Maunaloa,Hawaii, U.S.A Rainiest Place Mausinram, Meghalaya, India Smallest Bird Humming Bird Smallest Continent by Area Australia Smallest Country by Area Vatican City Smallest Country by Population Vatican City Tallest Animal Giraffe Tallest Dam Nurek Dam, Tajikistan Tallest Building Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE Tallest Railway Station Building Nagoya Station, Japan Tallest Statue Spring Temple Buddha, china Tallest Monument Gateway Arch, USA

Countries with their Capitals and Independece Day (part 2 of 2): 121 Lithuania Vilnius 11th March 122 Luxembourg Luxembourg 23rd June 123 Macedonia Skopje 8th September 124 Madagascar Antananarivo 26th June 125 Malawi Lilongwe 6th July 126 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 31st August 127 Maldives Malé 26th July 128 Mali Bamako 22nd September 129 Malta Valletta 21st September 130 Marshall Islands Majuro 21st October 131 Martinique Fort-de-France 132 Mauritania Nouakchott 28th November 133 Mauritius Port Louis 12th March 134 Mayotte Mamoudzou 135 Mexico Mexico City 16th September 136 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir 3rd November 137 Moldova Chișinău 27th August 138 Monaco Monaco-ville 139 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 29th December 140 Montenegro Podgorica 21st May 141 Montserrat Brades Estate 142 Morocco Rabat 18th November 143 Mozambique Maputo 25th June 144 Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert 2nd September 145 Namibia Windhoek 21st March 146 Nauru Yaren (de facto) 31st january 147 Nepal Kathmandu 148 Netherlands Amsterdam 5th May 149 New Caledonia Nouméa 150 New Zealand Wellington 26th September 151 Nicaragua Managua 15th September 152 Niger Niamey 3rd August 153 Nigeria Abuja 1st October 154 Niue Alofi 155 North Borneo Kota Kinabalu 156 Norfolk Island Kingston 157 North Korea P'yŏngyang 9th September 158 Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 2nd September 159 Northern Ireland Belfast 160 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 161 Norway Oslo 7th June 162 Oman Muscat 163 Pakistan Islamabad 14th August 164 Palau Ngerulmud 1st October 165 Palestinian National Authority Ramallah and Gaza 166 Panama Panama City 28th November 167 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 16th September 168 Paraguay Asunción 14th May 169 Peru Lima 28th July 170 Philippines Manila 12th June 171 Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 172 Poland Warsaw 11th November 173 Portugal Lisbon 1st December 174 Puerto Rico San Juan 175 Qatar Doha 3rd Sptember 176 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 15th August 177 Réunion Saint-Denis 178 Romania Bucharest 9th May 179 Russia Moscow 24th August 180 Rwanda Kigali 1st July 181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 182 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 19th September 184 Saint Lucia Castries 22nd February 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 27th October 186 Samoa Apia 1st January 187 San Marino San Marino 3rd September 188 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 12th July 189 Sarawak Kuching 22nd July 190 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 23rd September 191 Senegal Dakar 4th April 192 Serbia Belgrade 15th February 193 Seychelles Victoria 29th June 194 Sierra Leone Freetown 27th April 195 Singapore Singapore City 9th August 196 Sint Maarten Philipsburg 197 Slovakia Bratislava 17th July 198 Slovenia Ljubljana 25th June 199 Solomon Islands Honiara 7th July 200 Somalia Mogadishu 1st July 201 South Africa Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital) 11th December 202 South Korea Seoul 15th August 203 South Sudan Juba 9th July 204 South Ossetia Tskhinval 26th August 205 Spain Madrid 12th October 206 Sri Lanka Colombo 4th February 207 Sudan Khartoum 1st January 208 Suriname Paramaribo 25th November 209 Svalbard Longyearbyen 210 Swaziland Mbabane 6th September 211 Sweden Stockholm 6th June 212 Switzerland Bern 1st August 213 Syria Damascus 17th April 214 Taiwan Taipei 10th October 215 Tajikistan Dushanbe 9th September 216 Tanzania Dodoma 9th December 217 Thailand Bangkok 218 Togo Lomé 27thApril 219 Tokelau Nukunonu 6th February 220 Tonga Nukuʻalofa 4th June 221 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 31st August 222 Tunisia Tunis 20th March 223 Turkey Ankara 29th October 224 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 27th October 225 Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 30th August 226 Tuvalu Fongafale (in Funafuti) 1st October 227 Uganda Kampala 9th October 228 Ukraine Kiev 24th November 229 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 2nd December 230 United Kingdom London 1st May 231 United States Washington, D.C. 4th July 232 Uruguay Montevideo 25th August 233 Uzbekistan Tashkent 1st September 234 Vanuatu Port Vila 30th July 235 Vatican City Vatican City 11th February 236 Venezuela Caracas 5th July 237 Vietnam Hanoi 2nd September 238 Virgin Islands of the United States Charlotte Amalie 239 Wallis and Futuna Matâ'Utu 14th July 240 Yemen Sana'a 30th November 241 Zambia Lusaka 24th October 242 Zimbabwe Harare 18th April