Tuesday, March 29, 2011

River side cities of World

Rivers of Major World Cities




In this post I am trying to share some river side cities of the world. I wish viewers
may like it. Visitors may share their knowledge regarding this post by comment on the post or by e-mailing
to sdas1799@gmail.com. .


City Country River
Alexandria Egypt Nile
Amsterdam Netherlands Amstel
Baghdad Iraq Tigris
Bangkok Thailand Chao Phraya
Belgrade Yugoslavia Danube, Sava
Berlin Germany Spree, Havel
Bogotá Colombia Bogotá
Brussels Belgium Senne
Budapest Hungary Danube
Buenos Aires Argentina Río de la Plata
Cairo Egypt Nile
Calcutta India Hugli
Damascus Syria Barada
Delhi India Yamuna
Dublin Ireland LIffey
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Saigon
Hong Kong China Pearl
Jakarta Indonesia Liwung
Kiev Ukraine Dnieper
Lisbon Portugal Tagus
Lima Peru Rímac
London England Thames
Madrid Spain Manzanares
Melbourne Australia Yarra
Montreal Canada St. Lawrence
Moscow Russia Moskva
Paris France Seine
Prague Czech Republic Moldau
Rome Italy Tiber
Saint Petersburg Russia Neva
Santiago Chile Mapocho
São Paulo Brazil Tietê
Seoul South Korea Han
Shanghai China Huangpu
Tokyo Japan Sumida
Vienna Austria Danube
Warsaw Poland Vistula
Zagreb Croatia Sava
Zürich Switzerland Limmat, Sihl

River side cities of India

River Side Cities Of India



India is a beautiful country. And many of the known cities of this country are present on the river
sides. In this section I like to inform about some such cities present on the side of rivers. Visitors may share
their knowledge by comment section or by e-mailing at sdas1799@gmail.com.


City River
Agra Yamuna
Ahmedabad Sabarmati
Allahabad Ganges
Ayodhya Sarayu
Bagalkot Ghataprabha
Bangalore Vrishabhavathi
Bharuch Narmada
Bhadravathi Bhadra
Chennai Cooum, Adyar
Cuttack Mahanadi
Daman Damanganga
Delhi Yamuna
Erode Cauvery
Gorakhpur Rapti
Guwahati Brahmaputra
Gwalior Chambal
Haridwar Ganges
Honnavar Sharavathi
Hospet Tungabhadra
Howrah Hugli
Hyderabad Musa
Jabalpur Narmada
Kanpur Ganges
Karjat Ulhas
Karwar Kali
Kolhapur Panchganga
Kolkata Hooghly
Kota Chambal (Rajasthan)
Lucknow Gomti
Ludhiana Sutlej
Madurai Vaigai
Malegaon Girna
Mangalore Netravati, Gurupura
Mathura Yamuna
Nanded Godavari
Nashik Godavari
Nellore Pennar
Patna Ganges
Pune Mula, Mutha
Rajkot Aji
Rajahmundry Godavari
Shimoga Tunga
Srinagar Jhelum
Surat Tapti
Tiruchirapalli Cauvery
Tirunelveli Thamirabarani
Ujjain Shipra
Vadodara Vishwamitri
Varanasi Ganges
Vijayawada Krishna

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Battles Effecting India (1858-2000)

Battles Effecting India (1858-2000)


Battle Year
Expedition to Sikkim 1861
Bhutan Campaign 1864-66
North East Frontier Campaign 1871-80
Perak Campaign 1875-76
Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87
North West Frontier Campaign 1888-1914
North East Frontier Campaign 1888-97
Expedition to Sikkim 1888
Chitral Expedition 1895
Expedition into Tibet 1904
World War I; Indian regiments serving a.o. in East Africa 1914-18
North West Frontier Campaign 1914-17
Temporary occupatrion of parts of Persia 1915-19
Baluchistan Campaign 1918
Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919
North West Frontier Campaign 1919-40
Burmese Unrest 1930-32
World War II 1939-45
Indo-Pak War 1965
Indo-Pak War 1971
Kargil War 1999

Battles Effecting India (1801 to 1858)

Battles Effecting India (1801 to 1858)



Battle Year
Expedition against the Polygars (Southern India) 1801
Second Maratha War 1802-05
War with Kandy 1803
Vellore Mutiny 1806
Bundelkhand Campaign 1807
British intervention in Travancore rebellion 1809
British occupation of Ambon, Banda 1810
British occupation of Mauritius 1810
British occupation of Java (V.O.C. headquarters; returned in 1816) 1811
Arakan Uprising against Burmese rule; fighting spilld over into British Bengal 1811-1815
E.I.C. forces interfered in Jind succession struggle 1814
War with Nepal 1814-1818
Pindari War 1817-1819
Third Maratha War 1817-18
Kandyan War (on Ceylon) 1818
Burmese invasion of Manipur (a British protectorate) 1822
Conquest of Assam 1824-25
First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-26
Jat War 1825-26
Coorg Campaign 1834
Campaign to suppress piracy in the Persian Gulf 1835
E.I.C. forces interfered in Jind, help suppress rebellion 1835
First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-42
Anglo-Baluchi War 1839-42
Pacification at Gwalior 1843
Conquest of Sindh 1843
1st Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46
2st Anglo-Sikh War 1848-49
North West Frontier Campaign 1849-58
Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852
Sepoy Rebellion 1857-58
Anglo-Persian War 1857-1859

Battles Effecting India (Upto 1800)

Battles Effecting India (Upto 1800)


Battle Year
Battle Of Kalinga 361 B.C
Battle Of Hydaspes 326 B.C
1st Battle Of Tarain 1191 A.D
2st Battle Of Tarain 1192 A.D
1st Battle Of Panipat 1526
2st Battle Of Panipat 1556
Battle Of Talikota 1565
Battle Of Haldighati 1576
Anglo-Portuguese Naval Battle of Surat 1610
First Carnatic War 1744-1748
Second Carnatic War 1749-1763
Battle Of Plassey 1757
British interference in a dispute over the position of Nawab of Surat 1758
Oudh Campaign 1760-1764
Moghul attempt to take control of Bengal defeated; pretender Nawab of Bengal defeated in Battle of Bakser 1764
First Mysore War 1767-1771
Cooch Behar liberated from Bhutanese Occupation 1772
Invasion of Bhutan 1774
First Maratha War 1775-1782
Oudh 1776
Second Mysore War 1780-1781
Third Mysore War 1782-1783
British Occupation of Pondicherry (French India) 1789-1792
British Occupation of Ceylon (hitherto Dutch) 1795
British Occupation of Malacca (hitherto Dutch, returned 1816) 1795-1796
Fourth Mysore War 1799
Spacification of Mysore 1800