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* Union Budget always presented first in: The Loksabha * The head office of the State Bank of India(SBI) is located in: Mumbai --

Past Winners National Awards    Year   Winner   Occupation   17 th 1969 Devika Rani actress 18 th 1970 B. N. Sircar producer 19 th 1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous) 20 th 1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director) 21 st 1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress 22 nd 1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy Director 23 rd 1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director 24 th 1976 Kanan Devi actress 25 th 1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer, 26 th 1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director 27 th 1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer 28 th 1980 Paidi Jairaj actor, director 29 th 1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director) 30 th 1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer 31 st 1983 Durga Khote actress 32 nd 1984 Satyajit Ray director 33 rd 1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer 34 th 1986 Bommireddy Nagi Reddy producer 35 th 1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director 36 th 1988 Ashok Kumar actor 37 th 1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer 38 th 1990 Akkineni...

Past Winners National Awards    Year   Winner   Occupation   17 th 1969 Devika Rani actress 18 th 1970 B. N. Sircar producer 19 th 1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous) 20 th 1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director) 21 st 1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress 22 nd 1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy Director 23 rd 1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director 24 th 1976 Kanan Devi actress 25 th 1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer, 26 th 1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director 27 th 1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer 28 th 1980 Paidi Jairaj actor, director 29 th 1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director) 30 th 1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer 31 st 1983 Durga Khote actress 32 nd 1984 Satyajit Ray director 33 rd 1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer 34 th 1986 Bommireddy Nagi Reddy producer 35 th 1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director 36 th 1988 Ashok Kumar actor 37 th 1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer 38 th 1990 Akkineni...

Indian-American human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her work in the U.S. and India. The 47- year-old, who grew up in Kolkata and left for the U.S. at the age of 18 , will receive the award on October 1 from the Asian American Justice Center, a leading civil rights organisation. In 1989 , Ms. Dutt co- founded 'Sakhi,' an organisation that helped south Asian women suffering domestic violence in New York. According to Ms. Dutt, the award highlights the need for effective immigration reform in a post-9 /11 America. "Right now people can be detained and deported for very minor reasons. There has to be a fair and sensible way for people to enter this country." As a human rights officer for Ford Foundation in New Delhi, she addressed the rights of the marginalised — Dalits, adivasis and women. She considers abuse of women as the most serious form of human rights violation in India. She heads ' Breakthrough...

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur launched India's first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant , becoming only the sixth country in the world to do so. The 6000 tonne INS Arihant submarine is powered by an 85 megawatt capacity nuclear reactor and can acquire surface speeds of 22 to 28 kmph (12-15 knots) and submerged speed upto 44 kmph (24 knots). It has the capacity to carry a staff of 100 men and will be armed with torpedoes and missiles including 12 ballistic missiles.

(more formally, the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) from 20 economies: 19 countries, plus the European Union (EU).

festivities were 1st started by the Vijayanagar Kings in 15 th Century. After the fall of Vijayanagar Kingdom, continude by Raj Wodeyar in 1610.The Wodeyar's of Mysore continued the Dasara Festival by, Raja Wodeyar I ( 1578-1617 CE) in the year 1610. The Navaratri festivities, continued uninterrupted even between 1761 and 1799 , when Hyder Ali and later Tippu Sultan ruled Mysore. When the kingdom was handed over by the British to Krishnaraja Wodeyar III in 1799 , the capital was shifted to Mysore and Navaratri was celebrated with even greater magnificence.

Celebrated every year last SUNDAY of SEPTEMBER. The continuous slogan for World Heart Day is"A Heart for Life", each year the Day is dedicated to a special theme,as listed below. 2009-Work with Heart 2008-Know your risk! 2007-Team up for Healthy Hearts! 2006-How Young is Your Heart? 2005-Healthy Weight, Healthy Shape 2004-Children, Adolescents and Heart Disease 2003-Women, Heart Disease and Stroke 2002-Obesity, Physical Activity and Nutrition 2001-A Heart for Life 2000-Physical Activity

Bhatnagar Award to 11 scientists 2009 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Science and Technology research by the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Requirement: 1 . scientists below 45 years of age 2 . outstanding research conducted in India during the last five years. Director General of CSIR and Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Prof. Sameer Brahmchari announced the names of the awardees at the foundation day function of the CSIR, (that's 26 th Sept. 09) The prize = a citation + cash award of 5 lakh rupees. The awardees are 1 . Dr. Amitabh Joshi of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore. 2 . Dr. Bhaskar Saha of National Centre of Cell Science, Pune. 3 . Dr. Charu Sitha chakravarty and 4 . Dr. Narayan Swami Jayaraman of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. 5 . Dr. S.K. Satheesh, 6 . Dr. Giridhar and 7 . Dr. Jayantrama Swami of Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. 8 . ...

of India was designed by Pingala Venkaya. "Janaganamana" first sung in- 1911 December 27 at Calcutta session of INC