Many times certain nicknames or sobriquets gets attached to certain places and people because of the unique popularity or typical culture of that place. These places are generally remembered by those nicknames or sobriquets. Following list explains the sobriquets, nicknames…
National Symbols represents the culture and tradition of a country in symbolic form. Most of the countries are better known from their symbols rather than the country itself. For example Australia is well known for Kangaroo and New Zealand is…
National emblem works as a symbolic representation for a country. National emblem generally depicts the specific tradition and culture for which that country is particularly known. National Emblems of major countries in Europe and America are some times also referred as Coat of…
The article below explains the list of World Religions, details of origin, details about their God/Messiah/Prophet and other interesting facts associated with different religions. List of World Religions, Place of Worship, Religious Text and Founder Teachings and Beliefs of World…
List of Governors of Indian States (First and Present) State First Governor Present Governor 2015 Andhra Pradesh Chanulal Madhavlal Trivedi E S L Narsimhan (from 28 Dec 2009 onwards) Arunachal Pradesh Bhisma Narain Singh Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (from 1 June…
Solar system consists of the Sun, eight planets (Pluto is not considered a planet now) and their satellites (moons). Solar system also consists of thousands of other smaller celestial bodies such as steroids, comets and meteors. Sun is at the…
The line which demarcates the two countries is termed as Boundary line. Famous and Important Boundary lines of various countries are described here – 1) Durand Boundary Line Facts about Durand Boundary Line Durand Line represents the boundary line…
The list below explains various facts regarding longest land borders of different countries, total number of surrounding neighbouring countries, maximum shared land border length and least border length between two countries. This article also answers different questions like i) which…
Earth is a unique planet of our Solar System. Among other known celestial bodies this is the only planet which has ideal temperatures for supporting life. The atmosphere is also conducive for life in comparison to other planets and known…
Below is the list of Countries by continent with capital, currency and their official languages. The total number of countries which were members of United Nations with inclusion of South Sudan in year 2000 was 193. There are two countries…