COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS 2017

Distinguished personalities from the field of public service, sports and entertainment will be awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards.  These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89persons. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. Here is the complete list of winners of Padma awards -2017.

Winners of Padma Vibhushan 

Sharad Pawar, Public Affairs
Murli Manohar Joshi, Public Affairs
P.A. Sangma (posthumous), Public Affairs
Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous), Public Affairs
K.J.Yesudas, Art-Music
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Others-Spiritualism
Udipi Ramachandra Rao, Science & Engineering

Winners of Padma Bhushan 

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Art – Music
Devi Prasad Dwivedi, Literature & Education
Tehemton Udwadia, Medicine
Ratna Sundar Maharaj, Others-Spiritualism
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati, Others-Yoga
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner), Literature & Education
Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous), Literature & Education –Journalism

Winners of Padma Shri 

Basanti Bisht, Art-Music

Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair, Art-Dance
Aruna Mohanty, Art-Dance
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Art-Cinema
Sadhu Meher, Art-Cinema
T K Murthy, Art-Music
Laishram Birendrakumar Singh, Art-Music
Krishna Ram Chaudhary, Art-Music
Baoa Devi, Art-Painting
Tilak Gitai, Art-Painting
Aekka Yadagiri Rao, Art-Sculpture
Jitendra Haripal, Art-Music
Kailash Kher, Art-Music
Parassala B Ponnammal, Art-Music
Sukri Bommagowda, Art-Music
Mukund Nayak, Art-Music
Purushottam Upadhyay, Art-Music
Anuradha Paudwal, Art-Music
Wareppa Naba Nil, Art-Theatre
Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary, Civil Service
T.K. Viswanathan, Civil Service
Kanwal Sibal, Civil Service
Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla, Literature & Education
Eli Ahmed, Literature & Education
Narendra Kohli, Literature & Education
G. Venkatasubbiah, Literature & Education
Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri, Literature & Education
Kashi Nath Pandita, Literature & Education
Chamu Krishna Shastry, Literature & Education
Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, Literature & Education
Michel Danino, Literature & Education
Punam Suri, Literature & Education
VG Patel, Literature & Education
V Koteswaramma, Literature & Education
Balbir Dutt, Literature & Education-Journalism
Bhawana Somaaya, Literature & Education-Journalism
Vishnu Pandya, Literature & Education-Journalism
Subroto Das, Medicine
Bhakti Yadav, Medicine
Mohammed Abdul Waheed, Medicine
Madan Madhav Godbole, Medicine
Devendra Dayabhai Patel, Medicine
Harkishan Singh, Medicine
Mukut Minz, Medicine
Arun Kumar Sharma, Others-Archaeology
Sanjeev Kapoor, Others-Culinary
Meenakshi Amma, Others-Martial Art
Genabhai Dargabhai Patel, Others-Agriculture
Chandrakant Pithawa, Science & Engineering
Ajoy Kumar Ray, Science & Engineering
Chintakindi Mallesham, Science & Engineering
Jitendra Nath Goswami, Science & Engineering
Daripalli Ramaiah, Social Work
Girish Bhardwaj, Social Work
Karimul Hak, Social Work
Bipin Ganatra, Social Work
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide, Social work
Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, Social Work
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, Social Work
Virat Kohli, Sports-Cricket
Shekar Naik, Sports-Cricket
Vikasa Gowda, Sports-Discus Throw
Deepa Malik, Sports-Athletics
Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sports-Athletics
Dipa Karmakar, Sports-Gymnastics
P. R. Shreejesh, Sports-Hockey
Sakshi Malik, Sports-Wrestling
Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu, Trade & Industry
Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO), Art-Music
Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO), Literature & Education
H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO), Literature & Education-Journalism
Suniti Solomon (Posthumous), Medicine
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous), Others-Archaeology
Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous), Social Work
Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner), Social Work

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF THE 58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS WINNERS/GRAMMY AWARDS-2016 WINNERS:
Record of the Year: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"

                                                            Taylor Swift
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, 1989
Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, "Don't Wanna Fight"
Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, "These Walls"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Pop Solo Performance: Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, "Alright"
Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, "Alright"
Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, "Don't Wanna Fight"
Best R&B Album: D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd, "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Best R&B Song: D'Angelo and The Vanguard, "Really Love"
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, "Little Ghetto Boy"
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
Best Dance Recording: Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, "Where Are Ü Now"
Best Music Video: Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
Best Country Song: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
Best Music Film: Amy Winehouse, Amy
Best Rap/Song Collaboration: Common & John Legend, "Glory"
Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift, 1989
Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, "Traveller"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Tobymac, This Is Not a Test
Best Roots Gospel Album: The Fairfield Four, Still Rockin' My Soul
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Pitbull, Dale
Best Latin Pop Album: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Best Comedy Album: Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Spoken Word Album: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman
Best Gospel Album: Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kirk Franklin, "Wanna Be Happy?"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Francesca Battistelli, "Holy Spirit"
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Augustin Hadelich, "Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes"
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Eighth Blackbird, "Filament"
Best Choral Performance: Charles Bruffy, "Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil"
Best Opera Recording: Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus, "Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade"
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best New Age Album: Paul Avgerinos, Grace
Best Surround Sound Album: Roger Waters, Amused to Death
Best Orchestral Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra, "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10"
Best Classical Compendium: Giancarlo Guerrero, Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment; Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice
Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar
Best Bluegrass Album: The Steeldrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings
Best Americana Album: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
Best American Roots Song: Jason Isbell, "24 Frames"
Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
Best Tropical Latin Album: Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Los Tigres Del Norte, Realidades - Deluxe Edition
Best Children's Album: Tim Kubart, Home
Best World Album: Angélique Kidjo, Sings
Best Reggae Album: Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots
Best Latin Jazz Album: Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Past Present
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cécile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love
Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)"
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Historical Album: Various artists; The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Various Artists, The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
Best Recording Package: Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves; Asleep at the Wheel, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Maria Schneider, "Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)"
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O. Olusola; "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy"
Best Instrumental Composition: Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite"
MusiCares Person of the Year: Lionel Richie

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS-2016.

Distinguished personalities from the field of public service, sports and entertainment will be awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards. Here is the complete list of winners of Padma awards -2016.
Padma Vibhushan

1.   Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi    Art- Classical dance    Delhi
2.   Shri Rajinikanth    Art-Cinema    Tamil Nadu
3.  Smt. Girija Devi    Art-Classical Vocal    West Bengal
4.  Shri Ramoji Rao    Literature & Education-Journalism    Andhra Pradesh
5.  Dr. Viswanathan Shanta    Medicine- Oncology    Tamil Nadu
6.   Shri Shri Ravi Shankar    Others-Spiritualism    Karnataka
7.   Shri Jagmohan    Public Affairs    Delhi
8.  Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre    Science & Engineering    Karnataka
9.   Shri Avinash Dixit (Foreigner)    Literature & Education    USA
10.  Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous)    Trade & Industry    Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

11.  Shri Anupam Kher    Art-Cinema    Maharashtra
12.  Shri Udit Narayan Jha    Art-Playback Singing    Maharashtra
13.   Shri Ram V.  Sutar    Art-Sculpture    Uttar Pradesh
14.   Shri Heisnam Kanhailal    Art-Theatre    Manipur
15.   Shri Vinod Rai    Civil Service    Kerala
16.   Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad    Literature & Education    Andhra Pradesh
17.   Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya    Literature & Education    Maharashtra
18.   Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard    Literature & Education - Journalism    Punjab
19.   Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy    Medicine-Gastroenterology    Telangana
20.   Swami Tejomayananda     Other-Spiritualism    Maharashtra
21.   Shri Hafeez Contractor    Others-Architecture     Maharashtra
22.   Shri  Ravindra Chandra Bhargava    Public Affairs    Uttar Pradesh
23.   Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla    Science & Engineering    Andhra Pradesh
24.   Ms. Saina Nehwal    Sports-Badminton    Telangana
25.   Ms. Sania Mirza    Sports-Tennis    Telangana
26.   Ms. Indu Jain    Trade & Industry    Delhi
27.    Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati (Posthumous)    Others-Spiritualism    Uttarakhand
28.    Shri Robert Blackwill (Foreigner)    Public Affairs    USA
29.    Shri Pallonji Shapoorji  Mistry (NRI/PIO)    Trade & Industry    Ireland
           
Padma Shri 

30.   Smt. Prathibha Prahlad    Art- Classical Dance    Delhi
31.  Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi    Art- Folk Music    Gujarat
32.   Shri  Sribhas Chandra Supakar    Art- Textile Designing    Uttar Pradesh
33.   Shri Ajay Devgn    Art-Cinema    Maharashtra
34.   Ms. Priyanka Chopra    Art-Cinema    Maharashtra
35.   Pt. Tulsidas Borkar    Art-Classical Music    Goa
36.   Dr. Soma Ghosh    Art-Classical Vocal    Uttar Pradesh
37.   Shri  Nila Madhab Panda    Art-Film Direction and Production    Delhi
38.   Shri S.S. Rajamouli    Art-Film Direction and Production    Karnataka
39.   Shri Madhur Bhandarkar    Art-Film Direction and Production    Maharashtra
40.   Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar    Art-Folk Artist    Karnataka
41.   Ms. Gulabi Sapera    Art-Folk Dance    Rajasthan
42.   Smt. Mamta Chandrakar    Art-Folk Music    Chhattisgarh
43.   Ms. Malini Awasthi    Art-Folk Music    Uttar Pradesh
44.   Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal    Art-Miniature Painting    Delhi
45.   Shri  K. Laxma Goud    Art-Painting    Telangana
46.   Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe    Art-Photography    Madhya Pradesh
47.    Shri Naresh Chander Lal    Art-Theatre & Cinema    Andaman & Nicobar
48.    Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah    Literature & Education    Assam
49.     Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa    Literature & Education    Assam
50.     Dr.Ravindra Nagar    Literature & Education    Delhi
51.    Shri Dahyabhai Shastri    Literature & Education    Gujarat
52.    Dr.Santeshivara Bhyrappa    Literature & Education    Karnataka
53.    Shri  Haldar Nag    Literature & Education    Odisha
54.    Shri Kameshwaram Brahma    Literature & Education -Journalism    Assam
55.   Prof. Pushpesh Pant    Literature & Education-Journalism    Delhi
56.  Shri Jawaharlal Kaul    Literature & Education-Journalism    Jammu & Kashmir
57.   Shri Ashok Malik    Literature &Education    Delhi
58.   Dr.Mannam Gopi Chand     Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery    Telangana
59.  Prof. Ravi Kant    Medicine-Surgery    Uttar Pradesh
60. Prof. Ram Harsh Singh    Medicine- Ayurveda    Uttar Pradesh
61. Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel    Medicine- Paediatric Surgery    Uttar Pradesh
62. Dr.Sabya Sachi Sarkar    Medicine -Radiology    Uttar Pradesh
63. Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale    Medicine-Cardiac Surgery    Andhra Pradesh
64.  Prof. T.K. Lahiri    Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery    Uttar Pradesh
65.  Dr. Praveen Chandra     Medicine-Cardiology     Delhi
66.  Prof. (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir    Medicine-Cardiology    Uttar Pradesh
67. Dr.Chandrasekar  Shesadri  Thoguluva    Medicine-Gastroenterology    Tamil Nadu
68.  Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra    Medicine-Homeopathy    Delhi
69.  Prof. M.V. Padma Srivastava    Medicine-Neurology    Delhi
70.  Dr. Sudhir V. Shah    Medicine-Neurology    Gujarat
71.  Dr. M. M. Joshi    Medicine-Ophthalmology    Karnataka
72.   Prof. (Dr) John Ebnezar    Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery    Karnataka
73.  Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda    Medicine-Paediatric Surgery    Andhra Pradesh
74.  Shri  Simon Oraon    Other -Environment Conservation    Jharkhand
75. Shri Imitiaz Qureshi    Other-Culinary    Delhi
76.  Shri Piyush Pandey    Others-Advertising & Communication    Maharashtra
77. Shri Subhash Palekar    Others-Farming    Maharashtra
78. Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha    Others-Wildlife Conservation    Bihar
79. Dr. H.R. Nagendra    Others-Yoga    Karnataka
80.  Shri M. C. Mehta    Public Affairs    Delhi
81.  Shri M. N. Krishna Mani    Public Affairs    Delhi
82.  Shri Ujjwal Nikam    Public Affairs    Maharashtra
83.  Shri Tokheho Sema    Public Affairs     Nagaland
84.  Dr. Satish Kumar    Science & Engineering    Delhi
85. Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai    Science & Engineering    Karnataka
86. Prof. Dipankar Chatterji    Science & Engineering    Karnataka
87. Prof.(Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb  Yadav    Science & Engineering    Maharashtra
88.  Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon    Science & Engineering    Meghalaya
89. Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava    Science and Engineering    Uttar Pradesh
90.  Ms. Sunita Krishnan    Social Work    Andhra Pradesh
91. Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta    Social Work    Assam
92.  Shri  M. Pandit  Dasa    Social Work    Karnataka
93.Shri  P. P. Gopinathan Nair    Social Work    Kerala
94. Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic    Social Work    Puducherry
95. Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai    Social work    Tamil Nadu
96.  Shri Sudhakar Olwe    Social Work    Maharashtra
97.  Dr. T.V. Narayana    Social Work    Telangana
98.  Shri Arunachalam Murugantham    Social Work    Tamil Nadu
99.   Ms. Deepika Kumari    Sports-Archery    Jharkhand
100.  Shri Sushil Doshi    Sports-commentary    Madhya Pradesh
101.  Shri Mahesh Sharma    Trade & Industry    Delhi
102. Shri Saurabh Srivastava    Trade & Industry    Delhi
103.  Sh Dilip Sanghvi    Trade & Industry    Maharashtra
104.Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda    Trade & Industry    Maharashtra
105. Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana  (Posthumous)    Art  -Classical Music    Rajasthan
106. Late Shri  Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous)    Art-Cinema    UK
107.  Shri  Michael Postel (Foreigner)    Art-Archaeology    France
108.  Shri  Salman  Amin Sal Khan (NRI/PIO)    Literature & Education    USA
109.  Smt. Hui Lan Zhang (Foreigner)    Others-Yoga    China
110.  Shri  Predrag K. Nikic (Foreigner)    Others-Yoga    Serbia
111.  Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon (NRI/PIO)    Social Work    UAE
112.  Shri  Ajaypal Singh  Banga (NRI/PIO)    Trade & Industry    USA

KERALA RENAISSANCE –FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/RENAISSANCE OF KERALA-IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

1.    Who conducted “Panthi Bhojanam” for the first time in India?
Thycaud Ayya.
He lived during the period of 1814-1909. The original name of Ayya Swamikal was Subramanyam.

2.    Vaikkom Satyagraha was started in the year?
1924, March 30.

3.    Who introduced Thycaud Ayya to Sree Narayana guru?
Chattampi Swamikal.
Sivarajayogi Ayya Swami Thiruvadikal (Thycaud Ayya) was the Guru of Ayya Vaikundan, Sri Narayana Guru, Chattampi Swamikal and Ayyankali.

4.    Chattampi Swamikal met Sree Narayana Guru in the year?
1882.

5.    In connection with which event, Mahatma Gandhi visited Kerala for the second time in 1925?
Vaikkom Satyagraha.
Vaikom Satyagraha (1924–25) was a Satyagraha (movement) in Travancore, against untouchability in Hindu society. The movement was centered at the Shiva temple at Vaikom, near Kottayam. The Satyagraha aimed at securing freedom of movement for all sections of society through the public roads leading to the Sri Mahadevar Temple at Vaikom.

6.    Who founded the Akhila Thiruvithamcore Navika Thozhilali Sanghamam”?
Dr.Velukutty Arayan.

7.    Where was the Advaita Ashramam founded by Sree Narayana Guru in 1913?
Aluva.

8.    SNDP (Sree Narayana Darma Paripalana Sangham) was started in the year?
1903 May 15.
Sree Narayana Guru was the first president of SNDP and famous poet Kumaranasan was the first secretary of SNDP. Dr. Palpu was the first Vice President of SNDP yogam. He was also the founder of Greater Ezhava Sabha.

9.    The earlier name of Vaikunda Swamikal was?
Muthukutty.
Vaikunda Swamikal was born at Swamithoppu near Kanyakumari in 1809. Akhilathirattu, Ammanai and Arulnool are his famous books.

10.    Who founded the Vidya Poshini Sabha?
Sahodaran Ayyappan.

11.    Who founded the organisation “Samathwa samajam in 1836?
Vaikunda Swamikal. He formed a religion named “Ayya Vazhi”.

12.    Who is the author of the book “Prabudha Keralam”?
Swami Agamananda.

13.    Which organisation’s mouthpiece was the journal “Abhinava Kerala,”?
Atmavidya Sangham.

14.    In which year was the Nivarthana Agitation?
1932.

15.    The leader of renaissance who worked as head loader during the construction of Government Secretariat building at Thiruvananthapuram?

Chattampi Swamikal.

16.    Who started “Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha”?
Poykayil Yohannan.
The head quarter of Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha is at Eraviperoor.

17.    Who wrote the book “Vigraharadhana Khandanam” to oppose the practice of idol worship in temples?
Brahmananda Siva Yogi.

18.    Who was known as Lincoln of Kerala?
Pandit K.P. Karuppan.
He was the author of the famous book “Jathikummi”, the first book in Malayalam criticizing the caste system and untouchability.

19.    Which social reformer of Kerala was honoured with the title of “Bharata Kesari” by the President of India?
Mannathu Padmanabhan.

20.    Name the major incident in Kerala in connection with the Quit India Movement?
Keezhariyoor Bomb Case.

21.    Who founded the “Muslim Maha Janasabha”?
Abdul Khader Moulavi.

22.    Who founded Atma Vidya Sangham?
Vagbhatananda.
He founded Atma Vidya Sangham in 1917. He was given the name “Vagbhatananda by Brahmananda SivaYogikal.

23.    Malayali Memorial was submitted to the Travancore King in the year?
1891. G.P.Pillai was the leader of Malayali Memorial.

24.    Name the leader of renaissance whose real name was “Kunjikannan”?
Vagbhatananda.
Vagbhatananda was born in 1885, April 27 at Patyam, Kannur.

25.    Sree Narayana Guru consecrated Siva idol in 1888 at?
Aruvippuram.

26.    Sri Narayana Guru was born in the year?
1856, August 20.

27.    In which year Kuriakose Elias Chavara died?
1871.
Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born in the year 1805.

28.    Who founded the “Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham in 1907?
Ayyankali.

29.    Gandhiji visited Narayana Guru in the year?
1925.

30.    Which social reformer gave the slogan “No caste, No religion, No God for man “?
Sahodaran Ayyappan.

31.    The year of oath “Koonan Kurish”?
1653.
The Coonan Cross Oath (Koonan Kurishu Satyam), taken on 3 January 1653 in Mattancherry, was a public avowal by members of the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala  that they would not submit to Portuguese dominance in ecclesiastical and secular life. The Coonan Cross Oath marked first permanent split among the Saint Thomas Christians in Kerala.

32.    Brahmananda Siva Yogi was born in?
1852 August 26.
His actual name was Govinda Menon. He started the “Ananda Maha Sabha” in 1918. He passed away in September 10, 1929.

33.    Who led Kallumala (Stone Ornament) Agitation in 1915?
Ayyankali.
The Kallumala Agitation is also called Perinad Agitation since the centre of agitation was in Perinad of Kollam District.

34.    The NSS(Nair Service Society) was founded on :
1914, October 31.
K.Kelappan was the founder president of N.S.S.

35.    Who was called “Simhala Simham”?
C.Kesavan.
He is the author of the book “Kristhusahasranamam”. In 1951, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin state.

36.    Who called Sree Narayana Guru as the “Second Budha”?
G.Sankara Kurup.

37.    Which social reformer’s birthplace is Venganoor?
Ayyankali.

38.    Kundara Vilambaram was in the year?
1809, January 11. Veluthampi Dalava issued the Kundara Vilambaram.

39.    Who has been hailed as the “Father of Modern Kerala Renaissance”?

Sree Narayana Guru.

40.    Chattampi Swamikal attained Samadhi at:
Panmana.

41.    Who was the Chief Editor of “Al- Ameen”?
Sri. Muhammed Abdul Rahiman.

42.    Who gave great support to Channar revolts (Upper Cloth Revolts)?
Ayya Vaikundar.

43.    Who was known as Kerala Subhash Chandra Bose?
Muhammed Abdur Rehman.


44.    Punnapra-Vayalar rebellion took place in the year?
1946.

45.    Temple entry proclamation was on :
November 12, 1936.

46.    Ezhava Memorial was submitted to the Travancore King in the year?
1896. Dr.Palpu was the leader of Ezhava Memorial.

47.    The first member of the depressed class to be nominated to the Travancore Legislative Assembly?
Ayyankali.

48.    The publication “The Muslim” was launched by Vaikkom Moulavi in :
1906.
He also started magazines like Al-Islam and Deepika.

49.    Who was also known as “Vidyadiraja and Shanmukhadasan”?
Chattampi Swamikal.

50.    Which Maharaja of Travancore issued the Temple entry proclamation?
Sree Chitra Tirunal Balaramavarma.

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS -2015

Following is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma Awards. These include nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat
Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra
Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Punjab
Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Karnataka
Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh
Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu
Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi
Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK.

Padma Bhushan

Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam
Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering), Maharashtra
Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education), Delhi
Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others), Uttar Pradesh N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu
Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art), Madhya Pradesh
Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Delhi
Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Tamil Nadu
Harish Salve (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine), Delhi
Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi
Satpal (Sports), Delhi
Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka
Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg), Karnataka
Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA
David Frawley (Others), USA
Bill Gates (Social Work), USA
Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA
 
Padma Shri

Dr Manjula Anagani (Medicine), Telangana
S Arunan (Science and Engg), Karnataka
Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art), Tamil Nadu
Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and Education), J&K
Naresh Bedi (Art), Delhi
Ashok Bhagat (Social Work), Jharkhand
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Literature and Education), Assam
Dr Gyan Chaturvedi (Literature and Education), Madhya Pradesh
Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (Medicine), Chandigarh
Jayakumari Chikkala (Medicine), Delhi
Bibek Debroy (Literature and Education), Delhi
Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi (Medicine), Manipur
Dr Ashok Gulati (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr Randeep Guleria (Medicine), Delhi
Dr KP Haridas (Medicine), Kerala
Rahul Jain (Art), Delhi
Ravindra Jain (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Sunil Jogi (Literature and Education), Delhi
Prasoon Joshi (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Prafulla Kar (Art), Odisha
Saba Anjum (Sports), Chhattisgarh
Ushakiran Khan (Literature and Education), Bihar
Dr Rajesh Kotecha (Medicine), Rajasthan
Prof Alka Kriplani (Medicine), Delhi
Dr Harsh Kumar (Medicine), Delhi
Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature & Education), Kerala
Lambert Mascarenhas (Literature and Education), Goa
Dr Janak Palta McGilligan (Social Work), Madhya Pradesh
Veerendra Raj Mehta (Social Work), Delhi
Tarak Mehta (Art), Gujarat
Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya
Chewang Norphel (Others), Jammu and Kashmir
T V Mohandas Pai (Trade and Industry), Karnataka
Dr Tejas Patel (Medicine), Gujarat
Jadav Molai Peyang (Others), Assam
Bimla Poddar (Others), Uttar Pradesh
Dr N Prabhakar (Science and Engg), Delhi
Dr Prahalada (Science and Engg), Maharashtra
Dr Narendra Prasad (Medicine), Bihar
Ram Bahadur Rai (Literature and Education), Delhi
Mithali Raj (Sports), Telangana
PV Rajaraman (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu
Prof JS Rajput (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh
Kota Srinivasa Rao (Art), Andhra Pradesh
Prof Bimal Roy (Literature and Education), West Bengal
Shekhar Sen (Art), Maharashtra
Gunvant Shah (Literature and Education), Gujarat
Brahmdev Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi
Manu Sharma (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh
Prof Yog Raj Sharma (Medicine), Delhi
Vasant Shastri (Science and Engg), Karnataka
S K Shivkumar (Science and Engg), Karnataka
PV Sindhu (Sports), Telangana
Sardara Singh (Sports), Haryana
Arunima Sinha (Sports), Uttar Pradesh
Mahesh Raj Soni (Art), Rajasthan
H Thegtse Rinpoche (Social Work), Arunachal Pradesh
Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (Medicine), Gujarat
Huang Baosheng (Others), China
Prof Jacques Blamont (Science and Engg), France
Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (Others), Maharashtra (Posthumous)
Jean-Claude Carriere (Literature and Education), France
Dr Nandrajan 'Raj' Chetty (Literature and Education), France
George L Hart (Others), USA
Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (Others), Portugal
Late Meetha Lal Mehta (Social Work), Rajasthan (Posthumous)
Tripti Mukherjee (Art), USA
Dr Dattatreyudu Nori (Medicine), USA
Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA
Dr Saumitra Rawat (Medicine), UK
Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education), Germany
Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Art), Delhi (Posthumous)
Late R Vasudevan (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu (Posthumous)

INDIA FREEDOM QUIZ/INDIA INDEPENDENCE QUIZ (PART II)

1.    Who was the Governor General of India when the first war of India’s independence broke out in 1857?
Lord Canning.

2.    The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by:
Womesh Chander Banerjee.

3.    Who set up the Indian Independence League?
Rash Bihari Bose.

4.    Who once remarked “ Nehru is patriot while Jinnah is a Politician”
Mohammed Iqbal.

5.    Where was the Civil disobedience movement launched in 1922?
Bardoli.

6.    When was the Non-Cooperation movement suspended?
1922.

7.    Which movement marked Gandhiji’s entry into national politics?
Champaran Movement.

8.    The first weekly paper published by the Indian National Congress in 1889?
Voice of India.

9.    Who is the founder of Ghadar party?
Lala Hardayal.

10.    Name of the commission which was appointed by the British Government to probe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
The Hunter Commission.

11.    Who was the first to describe the mutiny of 1857 as the first war of independence?
Vinayak Samodar Savarkar.

12.    Who was elected as the President of All India Khilafat Conference held in Delhi in 1919?
Mahatma Gandhi.

13.    Which renowned musician sung the famous song “Raghupathi Raghav Rajaram” during the Dandi march?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.

14.    Who founded the “All India Harijan Samaj” in 1932?
Mahatma Gandhi.

15.    Who gave the slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “March to Delhi”?
Subhash Chandra Bose.

16.    Who presided over the Cabinet Mission?
Sir. P.Lawrence.

17.    In which session of Indian National Congress, the moderates and extremists sections of congress reunited?
1916 Lucknow.

18.    When was the English East India Company established?
1600 A.D.

19.    Which incident provoked Gandhiji to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Chauri Chaura incident.

20.    Who wrote the book “India’s First War of Independence”?
Vinayak Samodar Savarkar.

21.    What was the agenda of the Round Table Conference (1930-1932)?
Discuss the Simon Commission Report.

22.    At which session of the Indian National Congress was “Vande Mataram” sung for the first time?
1896 Session.

23.    Who gave the slogan” Give me blood and I promise you freedom”?
Subhash Chandra Bose.

24.    When did the Government of the English East India Company come to an end?
1858 A.D.

25.    Where did the Congress Working committee first accept the idea of the Quit India Movement?
Wardha.

26.    When did Indian National Congress adopt the resolution of “self Government” for the first time?
1906.

27.    Which leader died on the day the Non cooperation movement was launched in 1920?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

28.    In 1938, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the president of Indian National Congress defeating Gandhiji’s candidate. Who was this candidate?
Pattabhi Sita Ramayya

29.    Who is the only Keralite to become the President of Indian National Congress?
Chettur Sankaran Nair.

30.    Which year onwards Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated as international non violence day?
2007.

31.    The only national leader who was in favour of the Cripp’s plan and the acceptance of the principle of Pakistan?
C.Rajagopalachari.


32.    Which session of Indian National Congress passed resolution on national economic programme and on fundamental rights and duties?
Karachi session of 1931.

33.    Who was proclaimed as the emperor of India during the great Indian Mutiny of 1857?
Bahadur Shah II.

34.    When did Indian National Congress adopt a resolution demanding complete independence for the first time?
1929.

35.    Who was the viceroy of India when Montague- Chelmsford reforms were introduced?
Lord Chelmsford.
36.    What is the nick name of the English East India Company?
John Company.

37.    Who was the Prime Minister of Britain during the Revolt of 1857?
Lord Palmerstone.

38.    Where was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) formed?
Singapore.

39.    In which act, the rule of East India Company ended in India?
Govt. of India Act, 1858.

40.    The Kakinada session of the Indian National Congress, which inspired the launch of the Vaikom Satyagraha , was held in :
1923.

41.    The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of :
Lord Linlithgow.

42.    Who founded the Indian League?
Shishir Kumar Ghose.                                                                                                                              

43.    The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort, Delhi in?
1945.

44.    Who wrote the book “The origin of the Indian National Congress”?
Pattabhi Sita Ramayya.

45.    Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 at Jagadishpur?
Kunwar Singh.


46.    “The congress is in reality a civil war without arms” Who said this?
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

47.    The second visit of Simon Commission was in?
1929.

48.    Name the viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was repealed?
Lord Reeding.

49.    Who was the president of the Indian National Congress in the Gaya Session of 1922?
C.R.Das.

50.    When did Gandhiji start the Sabarmati Ashram?
1916.

FOR INDIA FREEDOM QUIZ/ INDIA INDEPENDENCE QUIZ (PART I), PLEASE VISIT THE BELOW LINK

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COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS-2013

Padma Awards, India’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
Winners of Padma Vibhushan-2013: 

1.    Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa;

2.    S. Haider Raza, Art, Delhi;

3.    Prof. Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh;

4.    Prof. Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Winners of Padma Bhushan-2013:

1.    Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh;
2.    Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu;
3.    Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra;
4.    Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi;
5.    Dr. (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi;
6.    Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal;
7.    Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra;
8.    Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab;
9.    Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra;
10.    Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi;
11.    Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi;
12.    Dr. Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh;
13.    N. Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka;
14.    Prof. Satya N. Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA;
15.    Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA.

Winners of Padma Shri Awards-2013:

1.    Gajam Anjaiah, Art, Andhra Pradesh.
2.    Swami G C D Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Art, Chhattisgarh
3.    B Jayashree, Art, Karnataka
4.    Sridevi Kapoor, Art, Maharashtra
5.    Kailash Chandra Meher, Art, Orissa
6.    Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art, Maharashtra
7.    Vishwanath D Patekar alias Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra
8.    R Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Art, Andhra Pradesh
9.    Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Art, Tamil Nadu
10.    Jaymala Shiledar, Art, Maharashtra
11.    Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Art, Maharashtra
12.    P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art, Kerala
13.    Apurba Kishore Bir, Art, Maharashtra
14.    Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art, Assam
15.    Hilda Mit Lepcha, Art, Sikkim
16.    Sudha Malhotra, Art, Maharashtra
17.    Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
18.    Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art, Maharashtra
19.    Mahrukh Tarapor, Art, Maharashtra
20.    Balwant Thakur, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
21.    Puran Das Baul, Art, West Bengal
22.    Rajendra Tikku, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
23.    Pablo Bartholomew, Art, Delhi
24.    S Shakir Ali, Art, Rajasthan
25.    S K M Maeilanandhan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu
26.    Nileema Mishra, Social Work, Maharashtra
27.    Reema Nanavati, Social Work, Gujarat
28.    Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work, Bangladesh
29.    Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh
30.    Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work, Delhi
31.    Prof Mustansir Barma, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra
32.    Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering, Delhi.
33.    Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh.
34.    Prof. (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science, Engineering, West Bengal.
35.    Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.
36.    Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg, Andhra Pradesh.
37.    Prof. Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering, Karnataka.
38.    Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science and Engg, Karnataka.
39.    Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh.
40.    Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh.
41.    Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.
42.    Vandana Luthra, Trade and Industry, Delhi.
43.    Rajshree Pathy, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu.
44.    Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry, Assam.
45.    Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.
46.    Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.
47.    Dr. Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi.
48.    Dr. C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, Medicine, Andhra Pradesh.
49.    Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine, Maharashtra.
50.    Dr. Taraprasad Das, Medicine, Orissa.
51.    Prof. (Dr.) T V Devarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.
52.    Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
53.    Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine, Delhi
54.    Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine, Delhi
55.    Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine, Delhi
56.    Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine, Maharashtra
57.    Dr. Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine, Maharashtra
58.    Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
59.    Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine, Delhi
60.    Prof. (Captain) Dr. M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature and Education, Bihar
61.    Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
62.    J Malsawma, Literature and Education, Mizoram
63.    Devendra Patel, Literature and Education, Gujarat
64.    Dr. Rama Kant Shukla, Literature and Education, Delhi
65.    Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Literature and Education, Delhi
66.    Prof. Anvita Abbi, Literature and Education, Delhi
67.    Nida Fazli, Literature and Education, Madhya Pradesh
68.    Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature and Education, Delhi
69.    Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature and Education, Bihar
70.    Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature and Education, WB
71.    Prof. Noboru Karashima, Literature and Education, Japan
72.    Christopher Pinney, Literature and Education, UK
73.    Premlata Agrawal, Sports, Jharkhand
74.    Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana
75.    Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka
76.    Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh
77.    Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports, Maharashtra
78.    Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports, Rajasthan
79.    Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing, Delhi
80.    Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh.

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS 2012

Padma Awards -2012 comprise five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 women among the awardees. The awards will conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/April.

Padma Vibhushan: The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service.
Winners of Padma Vibhushan -2012

1. Shri K G Subramanyan - Art-Painting & Sculpture - West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda - Art-Cartoonist - Goa*

3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika - Art- Vocal Music - Assam*

4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti - Medicine - Orthopedics - Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar - Civil Service - Delhi

Padma Bhushan: The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. The award was established on 2 January 1954 by the President of India. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.
Winners of Padma Bhushan-2012

1. Smt. Shabana Azmi - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury - Art - Theatre - West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das - Art - Painting - Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta - Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod - West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan - Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music - Tamil Nadu
7. Ms. Mira Nair - Art - Cinema - Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan - Art - Instrumental Music-Violin - Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor - Art - Sculpture - UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka - Social Work - Maharashtra
11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao - Public Affairs - Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo - Public Affairs - Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani - Medicine - Oncology - Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia - Medicine-Neurology - Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty - Medicine-Cardiology - Karnataka
20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar - Literature and Education - Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia - Literature and Education - USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya - Literature and Education - USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira - Literature and Education - USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha - Literature and Education - UK *
25. Shri N Vittal - Civil Service - Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad - Civil Service - Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen - Civil Service - West Bengal

Padma Shri : It is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and public life. However it has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various ways to India.
 Winners of Padma Shree-2012

1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia - Art - Music - Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Art - Music - vocal - Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi - Art - Music- Khongjom Parba - Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani - Art - Yakshagana dance drama - Karnataka
5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu - Art - Playwright - Jammu and Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan - Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar - Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar - Art - Terracotta - Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar - Art - Rajasthani Folk Music - Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael - Art - Theatre - Delhi
10. Dr. Minati Mishra - Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. - Orissa
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy - Art - Theatre. - Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma - Art - Theatre - Karnataka
13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri - Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam - Kerala
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar - Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. - Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar - Art - Playwright - Maharashtra
16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - Art - Chhau dance and choreography - Jharkhand
17. Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# - Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota - Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan - Art - Cinema- Direction - Kerala
20. Shri Sunil Janah - Art-Photography - Assam
21. Ms. Laila Tyebji - Art-Handicrafts - Delhi
22. Shri Vijay Sharma - Art-Painting - Himachal Pradesh
23. Smt. Shamshad Begum - Social Work - Chattisgarh
24. Smt. Reeta Devi - Social Work - Delhi
25. Dr. P.K. Gopal - Social Work - Tamil Nadu
26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Social Work - Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya - Social Work - Maharashtra
29. Dr. Uma Tuli - Social Work - Delhi
30. Shri Sat Paul Varma - Social Work - Jammu and Kashmir
31. Smt.Binny Yanga - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh
32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh - Public Affairs - Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy - Science and Engineering - Kerala
35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha - Science and Engineering - Agriculture - Delhi
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan - Science and Engineering - Delhi
37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai - Science and Engineering - Jammu and Kashmir
38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh - Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research - Uttar Pradesh
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal - Science and Engineering - Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka
41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla - Science and Engineering - USA*
42. Ms. Priya Paul - Trade and Industry - Delhi
43. Shri Shoji Shiba - Trade and Industry - Japan*
44. Shri Gopinath Pillai - Trade and Industry - Singapore*
45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan - Medicine-Anatomy - Uttar Pradesh
48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan - Medicine - Diabetology - Tamil Nadu
49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Medicine - Ayurveda - Kerala
50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan - Medicine - Geriatrics - Tamil Nadu
51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh - Medicine - Oncology - Bihar
52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya - Medicine-Healthcare - Daman and Diu
53. Dr. Nitya Anand - Medicine - Drugs Research - Uttar Pradesh
54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore - Medicine - Homoeopathy - Delhi *
55. Dr. Mukesh Batra - Medicine-Homeopathy - Maharashtra
56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer - Literature and Education - Switzerland*
57. Shri Kedar Gurung - Literature and Education - Sikkim
58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar - Literature and Education - Poetry - Punjab
59. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar - Literature and Education - Journalism - Madhya Pradesh
60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy - Literature and Education - Uttarakhand
61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan - Literature and Education - Delhi
62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai - Literature and Education - Haryana
63. Smt. Pepita Seth - Literature and Education - Kerala
64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia - Literature and Education - Mizoram
65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj - Sports - Skiing - Delhi
66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami - Sports - Women's Cricket - West Bengal
67. Shri Zafar Iqbal - Sports-Hockey - Uttar Pradesh
68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija - Sports - Athletics- Paralympics - Rajasthan
69. Shri Limba Ram - Sports - Archery - Rajasthan
70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif - Sports - Badminton - Andhra Pradesh
71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi - Sports- Commentary - Delhi
72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya - Sports-Physical Education - Maharashtra
73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar - Others-Horticulture - Puducherry
74. Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth - Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection - Karnataka
75. Shri K Paddayya - Others-Archaeology - Maharashtra
76. Shri Swapan Guha - Others-Ceramics - Rajasthan
77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai - Others - Environmental Education - Gujarat

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF 58TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS

Best Actor: Dhanush (Aadukalam - Tamil) and Salim Kumar (Aadaminte Makan Abu - Malayalam)
Best Actress: Mitalee Jagtap Paradhar (Baboo Band Baaja -Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannan (Thenmerku Paruvakkaatru-Tamil)
Best Direction: Vetrimaran (Aadukalam - Tamil)
Best Feature Film: Aadaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam, Director-Salim Ahmed)
Best Supporting Actor: Thambi Ramaiah - Mynaa (Tamil)
Best Supporting Actress: Sukumari - Namma Gramam (Tamil)
Best Child Artist - Harsh Nayar (I am Kalam - Hindi), Shantanu Ranganekar & Machindra Gadkar (Champions - Marathi)
Best Music Director (Songs): Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya - Hindi)
Best Music Director (Background Score): Issak Thomas Kottakapally (Adaminte Makan Abu - Malayalam)
Best Male Playback: Suresh Wadekar (Mee Sindhutai Sapkal - Marathi)
Best Female Playback: Rekha Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)
Best Lyrics: Vairamuthu (Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru - Tamil)
Best Choreography: Dinesh Kumar (Aadukalam - Tamil)
Best Sound Designer: Subhadeep Sengupta (Chitrasutram - Malayalam)
Best Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Debajit Changmai (Ishqiya - Hindi)
Best Location Sound Recordist: Kaamod Kharade (Ishqiya - Hindi)
Best Special Effects: V. Srinivas M Mohan (Enthiran - The Robot - Tamil)
Best Editing: T.E. Kishore (Aadukalam - Tamil)
Best Production Design: Sabu Cyril (Enthiran - The Robot - Tamil)
Best Costume Designer: Indrans Jayan (Namma Gramam - Tamil)
Best Make-Up Artist: Vikram Gaikwad (Moner Manush - Bengali)

Special Jury Award: Producer Bindiya & Sachin Khanolkar & Director Anant Narayan Mahadevan - Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Baboo Band Baaja -Marathi (Producer Nita Jadhav & Director Rajesh Pinjani)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration: Moner Manush (Bengali)
Best Cinematography: Madhu Ambat (Adaminte Makan Abu - Malayalam)
Best Screenplay Writer (Original): Vetrimaran (Aadukalam - Tamil)
Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar (Mee Sindhutai Sapkal - Marathi)
Best Film on Social Issues: Champions (Marathi)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)
Best Children's Film: Hejjegalu (Kannada)
Best Films in Indian Languages:
Best Assamese Film: Jetuka Patar Dare
Best Bengali Film: Ami Aadu
Best Hindi Film: Do Dooni Char
Best Kannada Film: Puttakkana Highway
Best Malayalam Film: Veettilekkulla Vazhi
Best Marathi Film: Mala Aai Vhhaychay
Best Tamil Film: Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru
Best English Film: Memories in March

WORLD CUP CRICKET QUIZ/WORLD CUP CRICKET INTERSTING FACTS

1. The ICC Cricket World Cup is held in every?
Four Years.

2. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in?
England in 1975.
The 1975 tournament started on June 7

3. Which country has won the World Cup Cricket title most number of times?
Australia. 4 times.
The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.

4. The 2011 Cricket World Cup is co hosted by?
Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. There are 14 countries that are participating in World Cup 2011.

5. First World Cup Cricket (held in 1975) officially known as?
Prudential Cup.
The sponsor of that tournament was Prudential plc, a global financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

6. How many teams participated in the first World Cup Cricket?
Eight.
Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa

7. Which country won the first World Cup Cricket tournament held in England in 1975?
West Indies.
They defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's.

8. Fielding circle 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps is first introduced in which world cup?
1983 World cup
Four fieldsmen needed to be inside this fielding circle at all times.

9. In which World Cup, the matches were reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings?
Reliance World Cup, 1987.
It was held in India and Pakistan. Because of the shorter daylight hours in the Indian subcontinent compared with England's summer, the overs were reduced to 50.

10. In which World Cup, coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches, and an alteration to the fielding restrictions were introduced for the first time?
The 1992 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand.

11. South African cricket team participated in the World Cup event for the first time in?
1992 World Cup

12. In the semi-final against India in the 1996 World Cup, an Asian country was awarded victory by default after riots broke out in protest against the Indian performance. Which is that country?
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka, heading towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens (Calcutta) after their hosts lost eight wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 254.

13. India has won just one match in 1975 & 1979 world cups. They registered that victory against which country?
East Africa

14. Which countries hosted the 2003 World Cup?
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.

15. Approximate weight and Height of World Cup Trophy is?
11 Kg Weight, 60 cm Height.
The trophy has a golden ball placed above three silver stumps.

16. WINNERS, RUNNERS UP, MAN OF THE MATCH AND MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT OF WORLD CUP CRICKET UPTO 2011.

1975 World Cup held in England:
Winner-West Indies. (Captain -Clive Lloyd.)
Runner-up: Australia (Captain-Ian Chappell)
Result: WI won by 17 runs. West Indies 291/8 (60 overs), Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs).
Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd (West Indies) (102 from 85 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes).
Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1979 World Cup held in England:
Winner-West Indies. (Captain -Clive Lloyd.)
Runner-up: England (Captain-John Brearley)
Result: WI won by 92 runs. West Indies 286/9 (60 overs), England 194 all out (51 overs).
Man of the Match: Viv Richards (West Indies) (138 Runs)
Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1983 World Cup held in England:
Winner-India. (Captain –Kapil Dev.)
Runner-up: West Indies (Captain -Clive Lloyd)
Result: India won by 43 runs. India 183 all out (54.4 overs), West Indies 140 all out (52 overs).
Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath (India) (3/12 and 26 runs)
Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1987 World Cup held in India, Pakistan:
Winner-Australia. (Captain –Alan Border.)
Runner-up: England (Captain -Michael Gatting)
Result: Australia won by 7 runs. Australia 253/5 (50 overs), England 246/8 (50 overs)
Man of the Match: David Boon (Australia) (75 runs)
Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1992 World Cup held in Australia, New Zealand:
Winner-Pakistan. (Captain –Imran Khan.)
Runner-up: England (Captain -Alec Stewart)
Result: Pakistan won by 22 runs. Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs), England 227 all out (49.2 overs)
Man of the Match: Wasim Akram (Pakistan) (33 and 3/49)
Man of the Tournament: Martin Crowe (New Zealand), 456 runs.

1996 World Cup held in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka:
Winner-Sri Lanka. (Captain –Arjuna Ranatunga.)
Runner-up: Australia (Captain -Mark Taylor)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs), Australia 241/7 (50 overs)
Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) (107* and 3/42)
Man of the Tournament: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), 221 runs and 7 wickets.

1999 World Cup held in England, Wales, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland:
Winner-Australia. (Captain –Steve Waugh.)
Runner-up: Pakistan (Captain –Wasim Akram)
Result: Aus won by 8 wickets. Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs), Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs)
Man of the Match: Shane Warne (Australia) (4/33)
Man of the Tournament: Lance Klusener (South Africa), 281 runs and 17 wickets.

2003 World Cup held in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe:
Winner-Australia. (Captain –Ricky Ponting.)
Runner-up: India (Captain –Sourav Ganguly)
Result: Aus won by 125 runs. Australia 359/2 (50 overs), India 234 all out (39.2 overs)
Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting (Australia) (140*)
Man of the Tournament: Sachin Tendulkar (India), 673 runs and 2 wickets.)
2007 World Cup held in West Indies:
Winner-Australia. (Captain –Ricky Ponting.)
Runner-up: Sri Lanka (Captain –Mahela Jayawardene)
Result: Aus won by 53 runs. Australia 281/4 (38 overs), Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs)
Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist (Australia) (149)
Man of the Tournament: Glenn McGrath (Australia), 26wickets.)

17. How many matches resulted in tie in the history of World Cup?
Four.
The first was in the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi-final, in which a run out in the final over with only one run required prevented South Africa advancing to the final instead of Australia, who progressed on head-to-head record against South Africa. The second tied match, in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, was a case in which the Duckworth-Lewis method caused a South African loss against Sri Lanka. The third tie happened in a group match between Ireland and Zimbabwe at Kingston in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The fourth tie happened in a group match between India and England at Bangalore in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

18. Which country made the highest team total in a World Cup?
India.
In the 19th match of the 2007 World Cup, India scored 413 runs against Bermuda (a run rate of 8.26).

19. Who hit the fastest century of World Cup?
Kevin O’Brien (Ireland).
He holds the world record for the fastest ever century scored at a World Cup, coming from 50 balls against England on 2 March 2011.

20. Who hit the fastest fifty of World Cup?
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
He holds the world record for the fastest ever fifty scored at a World Cup, coming from 20 balls against Canada in 2007 World Cup.

21. Who holds the record of hitting most number of centuries in World Cup?

Sachin Tendulkar (India).
Six Centuries.
He also holds the record of most 50 plus runs (17 times).

22. Who hit maximum number of Sixes in World Cup?
Ricky Ponting, Australia (30 Sixes).

23. Who is the only batsman to score three consecutive centuries in a world cup?
Mark Waugh (Australia)

24. Who hit the first century of World Cup Cricket?

Dennis Amiss (England).
He scored 137 runs against India in the first match of the World Cup played at England on 7 June 1975.

25. Who holds the record for the highest World Cup score?
Gary Kirsten (South Africa). He scored 187 not out against the United Arab Emirates during the 1996 World Cup. He was the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 Test nations.

26. Who holds the record of scoring most runs through boundaries in an innings in World Cup?
Sourav Ganguly (India).
In his 183 against Sri Lanka in 1999 World cup, he hit 17 fours and seven sixes during that knock– thus amassing 110 runs from the boundaries alone which remains a record for most runs through boundaries in the World Cup.

27. Who became the first Indian to score a century in a World Cup debut match?
Virat Kohli.
He became the first Indian to score a century in a World Cup debut match as he hit an unbeaten 100 against Bangladesh in 2011 World Cup.

28. First Indian batsman to score four consecutive fifties in a world cup?
Navjot Singh Sidhu


29. Who holds the record of 318 runs partnership for the second wicket which remains the only 300 plus partnership in World Cup?
Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid of India registered 183 and 145 respectively against Sri Lanka, setting 318 runs partnership for the second wicket.

30. Who is the only person to score a century among all the World Cup encounters between India and Pakistan till 2011?
Saeed Anwar (101 in the 2003 World Cup)

31. World Cup 2015 will be co hosted by?
Australia and New Zealand.

32. World Cup 2019 will be held in?
England.

33. Name of the only host which won the World Cup tournament?
Sri Lanka.

34. Who was the first player in the history of world cup to win Man of the Match awards in both semi-finals and finals?

Mohinder Amarnath (India) He won the award in 1983 world cup.

35. Which is the only non Test nation to have made it to the semi finals of a World Cup tournament?
Kenya. (2003)

36. "Man of the Tournament" is introduced for the first time in which world cup?
1992 World Cup.
Martin Crowe of New Zealand won the ‘Man of the tournament’ award.

37. Which country made the lowest team total in a World Cup?
Canada.
In 2003 World Cup, Sri Lanka restricted Canada to just 36 runs.

38. Which bowler holds the record for most wickets in a World Cup tournament?
Glenn McGrath (Australia).
He took 26 wickets in the 2007 World Cup.

39. Which country conceded maximum number of extras in World Cup?
Scotland
Scotland conceded 59 extras (5 b, 6 lb, 33 w, 15 nb) against Pakistan in 1999 world cup.

40. Who umpired most number of matches in World Cup?
David Shepherd. He umpired 46 matches from 1983-2003 World Cup.

41. Which country made the highest successful run chase in World Cup?
Ireland.
In the match against England in 2011 World Cup, Ireland successfully chased 329 runs.

42. Fielding restrictions were first enforced in which world cup?
1983 world cup

43. Name the only two test nations which never to have made the Semi Finals of World Cup?
Zimbabwe and Bangladesh

44. The prize money for winners of 2011 Cricket World Cup is?
3 million U.S.Dollars.
Runner-up will get 1.5 million U.S.Dollars.

45. Which country holds the record for most consecutive wins in World Cup?
Australia.
25 wins.

46. Which country holds the record for most consecutive defeats in World Cup?
Zimbabwe
18 defeats.

47. Who became the first player to take four wickets in four balls at an international level in the 2007 World Cup, against South Africa?
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka).
Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in five balls against Bangladesh in 2003, including wickets with the first three balls of the match.

48. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup?
Chetan Sharma (India).
In the Reliance World Cup in 1987, Sharma took the first hat-trick in the history of tournament when he clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield of New Zealand off consecutive balls. The other bowlers who have got hat-trick are Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka and Brett Lee of Australia.

49. Who was the first bowler to take 2 hat-tricks during the Cricket World Cup?
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka).

50. Who holds the records for most dismissals overall, in one tournament and in one match of World Cup?
Adam Gil Christ.
Overall, he dismissed 52 players in World Cup.
In 2003 World (One Tournament) he dismissed 21 players.
In the same world cup, he took six catches and dismissed 6 players of Namibia.

51. Which cricket ground has hosted the most World Cup matches?
Headingley, Leeds (England).
12 matches were played in Leeds.

52. Who has umpired in five finals of World Cup?
Steve Bucknor(West Indies)
He has umpired in five finals, from 1992 to 2007, a record in World Cup history.

53. Name the only cricketer to feature in three losing world cup finals?
Graham Gooch (England). He played for England in 1979, 1987 & 1992 world cups.

54. Who became the oldest player to make a debut in World Cup cricket?
Nolan Clarke (Netherlands).
He was 47 years, 257 days while playing in 1996 World cup.

55. Who became the youngest player to make a debut in World Cup cricket?
Nitish Kumar (Canada)
When he played against Zimbabwe on 28 February 2011 at Nagpur, India, he was 16 years and 283 days.

56. Name the umpire who was officiated in both the cricket and football world cup?
Steve Bucknor (West Indies)

57. Third umpire first umpired in which world Cup?
1996 World Cup.

58. Who bowled the first ball in the first World Cup in 1975?
Madan Lal (India).
The first match of first world cup was played between England and India. Dennis Amiss was the first batsman to face the bowling.

59. Who holds the record of highest score by an Indian in World Cup cricket?

Saurav Ganguly.
Ganguly scored 183 from 158 balls, (17 fours and seven sixes) against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup.

60. The official Mascot of ICC world Cup 2011 is?

Stumpy, the Elephant.

61. The official theme / song of ICC World Cup 2011 is?
De Ghuma ke (3 Min 56 Sec).
It is composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. It is sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar while the lyrics are given by Manoj Yadav.

62. Who is the Official Event Ambassador of ICC World Cup 2011?
Sachin Tendulkar.