Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Highest 30 Mountains in the World

Highest 30 Mountains in the World



This post contains the names of highest 30 mountains of the world along with their respective
country name and height.


Mountain Height Country Continent
Everest 8.848 Nepal/Tibet Asia
K-2 8.611 Pakistan Asia
Kangchenjunga 8.586 Nepal/India Asia
Lhotse 8.511 Nepal Asia
Makalu 8.463 Nepal/Tibet Asia
Cho Oyu 8.201 Nepal/Tibet Asia
Dhaulagiri 8.167 Nepal Asia
Manaslu 8.163 Nepal Asia
Nanga Parbat 8.125 Pakistan Asia
Annapurna 8.091 Nepal Asia
Gasherbrum I 8.068 Pakistan Asia
Broad Peak 8.047 Pakistan Asia
Gasherbrum II 8.035 Pakistan Asia
Xixabangma Feng (Gosainthan) 8.012 China/Nepal Asia
Distaghil Sar 7.885 Pakistan Asia
Kunyang Chhist 7.852 Pakistan Asia
Masherbrum 7.820 Pakistan Asia
Nanda Devi 7.816 India Asia
Aling Kangri 7.815 Tibet Asia
Rakaposhi 7.788 Pakistan Asia
Batura 7.785 Pakistan Asia
Namjagbarwa Feng 7.756 Tibet Asia
Kamet 7.756 India Asia
Kamet 7.756 Tibet/India Asia
Muztagh Ata 7.546 China Asia
Saltoro Kangri 7.742 Pakistan Asia
Muztag 7.723 China Asia
Trivor 7.720 Pakistan Asia
Konkur 7.719 China Asia
Tirich Mir 7.690 Pakistan Asia

* I have more datas about some more mountains. If anyone wants to share his/her
knowledge on the above topic with the rest of the world then please write that in
the comment area with his/her name and e-mail address(optional) or by e-mailing to sdas1799@gmail.com.

World's Longest 25 Rivers

World's Longest 25 Rivers

  Length  

Rank
River Miles km Location

1
Nile
4,160

6,695
Africa

2
Amazon
4,000

6,438
South America

3
Yangtze
3,964

6,380
China

4
Huang Ho
3,395

5,464
China

5
Ob-Irtysh
3,362

5,411
Russia

6
Amur
2,744

4,416
Asia

7
Lena
2,734

4,400
Russia

8
Congo
2,718

4,374
Africa

9
Mackenzie
2,635

4,241
Canada

10
Mekong
2,600

4,184
Asia

11
Niger
2,590

4,168
Africa

12
Yenisey
2,543

4,093
Russia

13
Parana
2,485

3,999
South America

14
Mississippi
2,350

3,782
USA

15
Missouri
2,341

3,768
USA

16
Murray-Darling
2,310

3,718
Australia

17
Volga
2,290

3,686
Russia

18
Purus
2,100

3,380
Brazil

19
Madeira
2,013

3,240
Brazil

20
Sao Francisco
1,988

3,199
Brazil

21
Yukon
1,979

3,185
Alaska/Canada

22
Rio Grande
1,900

3,058
USA/Mexico

23
Brahmaputra
1,800

2,897
China/India

24
Indus
1,800

2,897
Pakistan

25
Danube
1,776

2,858
Europe

Winners Of Padma Vibhushan In 2011

Name Field
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan Art - Art Administration and Promotion
Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla Art - Photography
Shri A Nageshwara Rao Art- Cinema
Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar Public Affairs
Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai Public Affairs
Shri Vijay Kelkar Public Affairs
Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia Public Affairs
Shri Palle Rama Rao Science and Engineering
Shri Azim Premji Trade and Industry
Shri Brajesh Mishra Civil Services
Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup Literature and Education
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra Literature and Education
Late Shri L. C. Jain Public Affairs

List Of Padma Bhushan Winners 2011

Padma Awards, the country’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.



Shri Satyadev Dubey

Art – Theatre

Maharashtra


Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam

Art – Cinema – Music

Maharashtra


Shri Shashi Kapoor

Art – Cinema

Maharashtra


Shri Krishen Khanna

Art – Painting

Haryana


Shri Madavur Vasudevan Nair

Art – Dance – Kathakali

Kerala


Ms. Waheeda Rehman

Art – Cinema

Maharashtra


Shri Rudrapatna Krishna ShastrySrikantan

Art – Music-Vocal

Karnataka


Ms. Arpita Singh

Art – Painting

Delhi


Dr. Sripathi PanditharadhyulaBalasubrahmanyam

Art – Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting

Tamil Nadu


Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar

Art – Classical Dance-Bharatanatyam

Tamil Nadu


Shri Dwijen Mukherjee

Art

West Bengal


Smt. Rajashree Birla

Social work

Maharashtra


Mrs. Shobhana Ranade

Social work

Maharashtra


Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran

Science and Engineering

Tamil Nadu


Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan

Trade and Industry

Karnataka


Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar

Trade and Industry

West Bengal


Ms. Chanda Kochhar

Trade and Industry

Maharashtra


Dr. K. Anji Reddy

Trade and Industry- Pharmacy

Andhra Pradesh


Shri Analjit Singh

Trade and Industry

Delhi


Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar

Trade and Industry

Haryana


Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy

Trade and Industry

Andhra Pradesh


Shri Ajai Chowdhary

Trade and Industry

Delhi


Shri Surendra Singh

Civil Services

Delhi


Shri M. N .Buch

Civil Services

Madhya Pradesh



Shri Shyam Saran

Civil Services

Delhi



Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George

Literature and Education

Karnataka



Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai

Literature and Education

Karnataka



Shri Sankha Ghosh

Literature and Education

West Bengal



Late Shri K. Raghavan Thirumulpad

Medicine – Ayurveda.

Kerala*



Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant

Medicine – Cardiology

Maharashtra *



Late Shri Dashrath Patel

Art

Gujarat *


* indicates awardees in the category of
Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

List Of Padma Shri Winners 2011

Padma Awards, the country’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.




Name



Ms. Neelam MansinghChowdhry


Ms. Anita Reddy


Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha


Shri Kanubhai HasmukhbhaiTailor


Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun


Shri Anant Darshan Shankar


Shri Girish Kasaravalli


Prof. M. Annamalai


Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu


Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta


Shri Jivya Soma Mase


Shri Coimbatore Narayana RaoRaghavendran


Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja


Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai


Shri Jayaram Subramaniam


Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq


Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty


Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar


Smt. Mahasundari Devi


Shri Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed


Shri Gajam Govardhana


Shri Kailasam Raghavendra Rao


Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal


Shri Narayan Singh Bhati


Shri S.R. Janakiraman


Shri P K Sen


Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar


Ms. Shital Mahajan


Smt. Kalamandalam

Kshemavathy Pavithran


Ms. Nameirakpam KunjaraniDevi


Shri Dadi Dorab Pudumjee


Shri Sushil Kumar


Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh


Shri Vangipurapu Venkata SaiLaxman


Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya


Shri Gagan Narang


Smt. Usha Uthup


Smt. Krishna Poonia


Smt. Kajol


Shri Harbhajan Singh


Shri Irfan Khan


Dr. Pukhraj Bafna


Shri Mamraj Agrawal


Prof. Mansoor Hasan


Shri Jockin Arputham


Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal


Ms. Nomita Chandy


Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal


Ms. Sheela Patel


Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali


Dr. Indira Hinduja


Dr. Azad Moopen


Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram


Prof. Upendra Baxi


Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai


Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik


Shri Mahim Bora


Dr. Subra Suresh


Prof. (Dr.) Pullella SriramaChandrudu


Prof. Karl Harrington Potter


Dr. Pravin Darji


Prof. Martha Chen


Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval


Shri Satpal Khattar


Shri Balraj Komal


Shri Granville Austin


Mrs. Rajni Kumar

 

Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva

 

Shri Barun Mazumder

 

Dr. Avvai Natarajan

 

Shri Bhalchandra Nemade

 

Prof. Riyaz Punjabi

 

Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao

 

Ms. Buangi Sailo

 

Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma

 

Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma

 

Ms. Urvashi Butalia #

 

Ms. Ritu Menon #

 

Prof. Krishna Kumar

 

Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi

 

Ms. Mamang Dai

 

Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal

 

Prof. Madhukar KeshavDhavalikar

 

Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra

 

Smt. Gulshan Nanda

 

# indicates duo case.