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Countries and their National Sports
Countries and their National Sports / Country and their Popular Sports
Friends, We have compiled the list of 65+ Countries and their popolar sports. We have added national or famous sports in the list with their respective Country.
Countries and their National Sports
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet A)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Afghanistan | Buzkashi (goat pulling or chasing with horse game) |
| Anguilla | Yacht racing |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Cricket |
| Argentina | Pato |
| Australia | Cricket, Rugby |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet B)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Bahamas | Cricket / Sloop Sailing |
| Bangladesh | Kabaddi |
| Barbados | Cricket |
| Bermuda | Cricket |
| Bhutan | Archery |
| Brazil | Capoeira |
| Bulgaria | Football, Volleyball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet C)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Cayman Islands | cricket, football |
| Canada | Lacrosse AND Ice hockey |
| Chile | Chilean rodeo |
| China | Table Tennis |
| Colombia | Tejo |
| Cuba | Baseball |
| Czech Republic | Ice hockey |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet D)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Denmark | Football, Handball |
| Dominican Republic | Baseball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet E)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| England | Football, Cricket |
| Estonia | Basketball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet F)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Finland | Pesäpallo |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet G)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Gambia | Wrestling |
| Georgia | Rugby |
| Grenada | Cricket |
| Guyana | Cricket, Water Polo |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet H)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Haiti | Football |
| Hungary | Football AND Water polo |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet I)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Iceland | Handball |
| India | Hockey, Cricket |
| Indonesia | Pencak Silat |
| Iran | Wrestling |
| Ireland | Gaelic games |
| Israel | Football |
| Italy | Football |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet J)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Jamaica | Cricket |
| Japan | Sumo Wrestling, Baseball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet L)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Latvia | Basketball AND Ice hockey |
| Lithuania | Basketball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet M)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Madagascar | Rugby |
| Malaysia | Sepak Takraw |
| Mauritius | Football |
| Mexico | Charrería |
| Mongolia | Archery, Wrestling, Horse racing |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet N)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Nepal | Volleyball / Dandi Biyo |
| New Zealand | Rugby |
| Norway | Cross-country skiing |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet P)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Pakistan | Hockey |
| Papua New Guinea | Rugby |
| Peru | Paleta Frontón |
| Philippines | Arnis |
| Poland | Football |
| Puerto Rico | Baseball, Paso Fino |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet R)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Romania | Oina |
| Russia | Bandy |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet S)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Scotland | Golf |
| Senegal | La lutte |
| Serbia | Banatske Šore |
| Slovenia | Alpine skiing |
| South Korea | Taekwondo |
| Spain | Football |
| Sri Lanka | Volleyball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet T)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Tajikistan | Gushtigiri |
| Turkey | Oil wrestling |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Cricket |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet U)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| United States | Baseball |
| Uruguay | Creole Skills |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet V)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Venezuela | Baseball |
National / Popular Game of Countries (Country Name Start with Alphabet W)
| Country | Popular Sports / National Sports |
| Wales | Rugby |
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Information – Many of the countries in the list mentioned above have not officially recognized any sport as “National Sports” in their country. India is also among the countries where no official national games are officially declared. But the most popular sports in the country are informally considered by the people as a national sport. So, in the list with countries where there is no declared national game, we have written the name of the Popular game.
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100+ Famous Discoveries and Inventions
Famous Discoveries and Inventions
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We have compiled the list of 100+ famous discoveries and inventions. We have added life changing invention and their inventors with the Country and Year of the inventions on this page. Please check below for the Discoveries and Invention’s list –
List Of 100 Famous Discoveries and Inventions
| Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
| Thermometer | Galileo | Italy | 1593 |
| Knitting Machine | William Lee | England | 1589 |
| Telescope | Hans Lippershey | Netherland | 1608 |
| Calculating Machine | Blaise Pascal | France | 1642 |
| Pendulum Clock | Christian Huygens | Netherland | 1656 |
| Pressure Cooker | Denis Papin | France | 1675 |
| Steam Engine | Thomas Newcomen | England | 1712 |
| Mercury Thermometer | Gabriel Fahrenheit | Germany | 1714 |
| Parachute | Louis Lenormand | France | 1783 |
| Power Loom | Edmund Cartwright | England | 1785 |
| Sewing Machine | Thomas Saint | England | 1790 |
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| Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
| Electric Battery | Count Alessandro Volta | Italy | 1800 |
| Steam Locomotive | Richard Trevithick | England | 1804 |
| Bicycle | Karl von Sauerbronn | Germany | 1816 |
| Camera | Joseph Niepce | France | 1822 |
| Digital Calculator | Charles Babbage | England | 1823 |
| Electromagnet | William Sturgeon | England | 1825 |
| Photograph (permanent) | Joseph Niepce | France | 1826 |
| Match | John Walker | England | 1827 |
| Blast Furnace | James Neilson | Scotland | 1828 |
| Revolver | Samuel Colt | USA | 1836 |
| Telegraph | Samuel F.B.Morse | USA | 1837 |
| Vulcanized Rubber | Charles Goodyear | USA | 1839 |
| Safety Match | Gustave Pasch | Sweden | 1844 |
| Sewing Machine | Elias Howe | USA | 1846 |
| Safety Pin | Walter Hunt | USA | 1849 |
| Bunsen Burner | Robert Bunsen | Germany | 1855 |
| Refrigerator | Ferdinand Carre | France | 1858 |
| Washing Machine | Hamilton Smith | USA | 1858 |
| Rapid fire Gun | Richard Gatling | USA | 1862 |
| Dynamite | Alfred Nobel | Sweden | 1866 |
| Typewriter | Christoper Sholes | (USA | 1867 |
| Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell | Scotland | 1876 |
| Phonograph | Thomas Edison | USA | 1877 |
| Microphone | David Edward Hughes | USA | 1878 |
| Fountain Pen | Lewis Waterman | USA | 1884 |
| Motorcycle | Edward Butler | (England | 1885 |
| Vacuum Flask | William Stanley | USA | 1885 |
| Electric Transformer | Schuyler Wheeler | USA | 1886 |
| Gramophone | Emile Berliner | Germany/USA | 1887 |
| Motor-car engine | Gottlieb Daimler & Karl Benz | Germany | 1887 |
| Kodak Camera | George Eastman | USA | 1888 |
| Zip fastener | Whitcomb Judson | USA | 1892 |
| Wireless | Guglielmo Marconi | Italy | 1895 |
| Safety Razor | King C. Gillette | USA | 1895 |
| Diesel Engine | Rudolf Diesel | Germany | 1897 |
| Submarine | John P. Holland | Ireland/USA | 1898 |
| Tape Recorder | Waldemar Poulsen | Denmark | 1899 |
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| Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
| Aeroplane | Wilbur & Orville Wright | USA | 1903 |
| Tank | Ernest Swinton | England | 1914 |
| Automatic Rifle | John Browning | USA | 1918 |
| Television | John Logie Baird | Scotland | 1925 |
| Rocket (liquid fuel) | Robert H. Goddard | USA | 1926 |
| Jet Engine | Frank Whittle | England | 1930 |
| Nylon | Wallace Carothers | USA | 1935 |
| Radar | Robert Watson Watt | Scotland | 1935 |
| Auto-digital Computer | Howard Aiken | USA | 1944 |
| Microwave oven, | Percy Spencer | 1946 | |
| Electronic Computer | J. Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly | USA | 1946 |
| Transistor | John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & William Shockley | USA | 1948 |
| Long Playing Record | Chester Carlson | USA | 1948 |
| Solar Battery | D. Pearson, C. Fuller & G. Pearson | USA | 1954 |
| Contraceptive pill | Gregory Pincus & others | USA | 1955 |
| Videotape recording | A. Poniatoff | USA | 1956 |
| Laser | Theodore Maiman | USA | 1960 |
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| Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
| Radium | Marie and Pierrie Curie | ||
| Adhesive Tape | Richard G. Drew | ||
| Blue Jeans | Levi Strauss | ||
| Basketball Game | James Naismith | ||
| Barometer | Torricelli | ||
| Bismuth | Valentine | ||
| Celluloid | A.Parker | ||
| Cement | Joseph Aspdin | ||
| Chronometer | John Harrison | ||
| Crescograph | J.C.Bose | ||
| CAT-Scans ( Diagnostic X-Ray systems ) | Robert Ledley | ||
| Dynamo | Michael Faraday | ||
| Electric Lamp | Thomas alva Edison | ||
| Electric razor | Jacob Schick | ||
| Electro-cardiograph | William Einthoven | ||
| Existence of isotopes | Frederick Soddy | ||
| Four blood groups | Karl Landsteiner | ||
| Glider | Sir George Caley | ||
| Law of gravitation | Sir Isaac Newton | ||
| Laws of floating bodies | Archimedes | ||
| Manganese | Gahn | ||
| Microscope | Aaton Van Leewen Hock | ||
| Nickel | Cronstledt | ||
| Nuclear reactor | Enrico Ferni | ||
| Nylon | Dr.Wallace H.Carors | ||
| Ory of relativity | Albert Einstein | ||
| Radio valve | Sir J.A.Fleming | ||
| Radioactivity | Henry Bacquerel | ||
| Rayon | Sir Joseph Swann | ||
| Refrigerator | J.Perkins | ||
| Safety matches | J.E.Lundstrom | ||
| Sodium | Sir Humphry Davy | ||
| Spinning frame | Sir Richard Arkwright | ||
| Steam engine | James Watt | ||
| Stethoscope | William Stockes | ||
| Vulcanised rubber | Charles Goodyear | ||
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List of Indian President
List of Indian President
The President of India is regarded as the supreme head of the state who exercises the whole executive power of the union.
By the 42nd Amendment Act, it was made compulsory that the President should always work under the advice of the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister. Again, under the 44th Amendment Act, the President was given power to ask the Cabinet to reconsider its advice. But after reconsideration of the advice he must act according to that.
The President of India is elected by an “Electoral college” consisting of the elected members of the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. He is paid a salary of Rs. 5 lakh p.m. He is provided with an official residence and he is entitled to many other perks and many more facilities.
The president of India is treated as the head of the executive. He is also the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.
Friends, We have compiled the list of President of India. Please check below for the president’s list –
List of Indian President
| Sl.No. | Name | Period |
| 1 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 1950 – 1962 |
| 2 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan | 1962 – 1967 |
| 3 | Dr.Zakir Hussain | 1967 – 1969 |
| Mr. Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 1969 – 1969 | |
| Mr. Md. Hidayatullah | 1969 – 1969 | |
| 4 | Mr. Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 1969 – 1974 |
| 5 | Mr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 1974 – 1977 |
| Mr. Basappa Danappa Jatti | 1977 – 1977 | |
| 6 | Mr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 1977 – 1982 |
| 7 | Mr. Giani Zail Singh | 1982 – 1987 |
| 8 | Mr. Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 1987 – 1992 |
| 9 | Mr. Shankar Dayal Sharma | 1992 – 1997 |
| 10 | Mr. Kocheril Raman Narayanan | 1997 – 2002 |
| 11 | Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam | 2002 – 2007 |
| 12 | Mrs. Pratibha Patil | 2007 – 2012 |
| 13 | Mr. Pranab Mukherjee | 2012 -2017 |
| 14 | Shri Ram Nath Kovind | 2017 – current |
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List of Indian Vice President
List of Indian Vice President – The Vice-President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the country after The President of India. He serves for a five-year term.
Article 63 of The Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Vice-President. Article 66 of The Indian Constitution states the process of election of Vice-President of India.
The Vice-President is elected by members indirectly, of an electoral college insisting members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Vice President of India also act as chairperson of Rajya Sabha. He receives his salary as chairman of Rajya Sabha not as vice- president. Below is the list of Vice President in India
Friends, We have compiled the list of Vice Presidents of India. Please check below for the vice-president’s list –
List of Indian Vice President
| Sl. | Name | Period |
| 1 | Dr. S RadhaKrishnan | 1952 – 1957, 1957 – 1962 |
| 2 | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 1962 – 1967 |
| 3 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 1967 – 1969 |
| 4 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | 1969 – 1974 |
| 5 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 1974 – 1979 |
| 6 | Muhammad Hidayat Ullah | 1979 – 1984 |
| 7 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 1984 – 1987 |
| 8 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 1987 – 1992 |
| 9 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | 1992 – 1997 |
| 10 | Krishan Kant | 1997 – 2002 |
| 11 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | 2002 – 2007 |
| 12 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 2007 —2017 |
| 13 | Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu | 2017- Current |
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