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Important Intenational Lines...... Durand Line:Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durandin 1896. Hindenberg Line:The line to which the Germans retreated in 1917 during the First WorldWar, defines the boundary between Germany and Poland. Line of Control:It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Maginot Line:Boundary between France and Germany. Mannerheim Line:Drawn by General Mannerheim; fortification on the Russia and Finlandborder. McMahon Line:The boundary between India and China as demarcated by SirHenry McMahon in 1914. Oder Niesse Line:Boundary between Germany and Poland. Radcliffe Line:Drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 as demarcation between India andPakistan. Seigfrid Line:Line of fortification drawn by Germany on its border with France. 17th Parallel:Boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two wereunited. 24th Parallel:Line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan.This, however, is not recognized by India 26th Parallel south:It is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and SouthAmerica. 30th Parallel north:It is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between theequator and the North Pole. 33rd Parallel north:It is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States,parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. 35th Parallel north:Boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgiaand the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State ofGeorgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi. 36th Parallel:Forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the Stateof Arkansas. 36o30' Parallel north:Forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth ofKentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, theboundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, andthe northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. 37th Parallel north:It formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territoryof Jefferson. 38th Parallel:Is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. 39th Parallel north:Is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth'sequatorial plane. 40th Parallel north:Formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony ofMaryland. 41st Parallel north:Forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraskaand Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming withColorado and Utah. 42nd Parallel north:Forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border. 43rd Parallel north:Forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and theState of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of thehistoric and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. Parallel 44o north:It is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of theEarth's equatorial plane. 45th Parallel north:It is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The45th parallel:It makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 49th Parallel:It is the boundary between USA and Canada.
Father of Nation Nation: Person Name Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Durrani Argentina Don José de San Martín Australia Sir Henry Parkes Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Bolivia Simón Bolívar Brazil Dom Pedro I andJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva Burma Aung San Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk Chile Bernardo O'Higgins Republic of China Sun Yat-sen Colombia Simón Bolívar Sweden Gustav I of Sweden Croatia Ante Starčević Cuba Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Dominican Republic Juan Pablo Duarte Ecuador Simón Bolívar Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Guyana Cheddi Jagan Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Indonesia Sukarno Iran Cyrus the Great Israel Theodor Herzl Italy Victor Emmanuel II Kenya Jomo Kenyatta Republic of Korea Kim Gu Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova Lithuania Jonas Basanavičius Macedonia Krste Misirkov Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Mexico Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mongolia Genghis Khan Namibia Sam Nujoma Netherlands William the Silent Norway Einar Gerhardsen Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah Panama Simón Bolívar Peru Don José de San Martín Portugal Dom Afonso Henriques Russia Peter I of Russia Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia Scotland Donald Dewar Serbia Dobrica Ćosić Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Slovenia Primož Trubar South Africa Nelson Mandela Spain Fernando el Católico Sri Lanka Don Stephen Senanayake Suriname Johan Ferrier Tanzania Julius Nyerere Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan United States George Washington Uruguay José Gervasio Artigas Venezuela Simón Bolívar Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
FIFA World Cup FootBall: *.Uruguay is the first nation to win World Cup, 1930. *.Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in World Cup history. *.Most goals in a tournament by one team by Hungary, with 27 goals in 1954 World Cup Match. *.Most goals scored in a tournament is 171 goals in 1998 World Cup Match. *.With 67 win, Brazil win most matches in World Cup. *.With 24 losses, Mexico lost most matches in World Cup. *.Brazil wins World Cup for 5 times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), most by any team. *.Germany and Brazil finishes most times in top two places in FIFA World Cup, 7 each. *.Brazil has the record of Most World Cup appearances, 19 times. They have played every tournament till now from beginning. *.Most matches played by Lothar Matthäus , Germany with 25 matches. *.Most matches played by Germany, 99 matches. *.Italy has most draws with 21 matches. *.Most goals scored by Brazil 210. *.Most goals conceded by Germany with 117 till now in World Cup. *.Brazil, In 2002 World Cup win 7 matches, most by any team in a single World Cup tournament. *.In 1954 World Cup Hungary scored 27 goals, most goal scored by a team in a single World Cup tournament. *.Norman Whiteside, Northern Ireland is the youngest player to appeared in World Cup at the age of 17 years and 41 days. *.Roger Milla from Cameroon is the oldest player to play in World Cup at the age of 42 years and 39 days. *.Most consecutive wins by Brazil with 11 win from 2002 to 2006. *.Most consecutive losses by Mexico with 9 matches 1930 to 1958. *.Most tournaments played by Antonio Carbajal, Mexico and Lothar Matthäus, Germany. Both have played 5 World Cup tournaments. *.Ronaldo, Brazil (1998–2006) scored most goals in World Cup with 15 goals. *.Just Fontaine, France scored 13 goals in 1958 World Cup, most goals scored in a tournament. *.Cafu from Brazil played most matches won, 16. *.Diego Maradona, Argentina( 1986–1994), has the record of Most appearances as captain with 16 matches. *.Peter Shilton from England is the oldest captain in World Cup at the age of 40 years and 292 days. *.Most goals scored in a match by Oleg Salenko(Russiavs. Cameroon, 1994) with 5 goals. *.Most goals scored in one Final by Geoff Hurst (England vs. West Germany, 1966) with 3 goals. *.Most hat-tricks bySándor Kocsis (Hungary), Just Fontaine (France), Gerd Müller (West Germany) and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) each 2 times. *.Youngest hat-trick scorer is Pele, Brazil at 17 years and 244 days. *.Fastest goal in a Fifa World Cup by Hakan Şükür (Turkey vs. Korea Republic, 2002) in 10.89 seconds. *.Most goals scored in a final; by one team is Brazil in 1958 World Cup Match with 5 goals. *.Most times hosted by Mexico, Italy, France, Germany 1974 andBrazil each 2 times. *.Most Attendance in World Cup final match is 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 1986, Mexico World Cup 1986. Year Host Winners Runners-up 1930 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina 1934 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia 1938 France Italy Hungary 1950 Brazil Uruguay Brazil 1954 Switzerland West Germany Hungary 1958 Sweden Brazil Sweden 1962 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia 1966 England England West Germany 1970 Mexico Brazil Italy 1974 West Germany West Germany Netherlands 1978 Argentina Argentina Netherlands 1982 Spain Italy West Germany 1986 Mexico Argentina West Germany 1990 Italy West Germany Argentina 1994 United States Brazil Italy 1998 France France Brazil 2002 S Korea & Japan Brazil Germany 2006 Germany Italy France 2010 South Africa Spain Netherlands
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
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