First in India: Part II

Governance:

• First President of Indian National Congress: Womeshchandra Bannerjee (1885)
• First President of the Indian National Congress of independent India: Acharya Kriplani (1947)
• First President of India: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1905-1962)
• First Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-64)
• First women President : Pratibha Patil (2007-2014)
• First Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen
• First Industries and Supplies Minister: Shyam Prasad Mukherjee
• First Vice-President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• First Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabhbhai Patel (1947-50)
• First Law Minister: Dr. B R Ambedkar
• First Leader of Opposition: A K Gopalan
• Non-Congress government: Janata Party (1977-1980 with Morarji Desai as PM)
• Non-Congress State government with majority by single party: E M S Namboodiripad of CPI Kerala (1957)
• Prime Minister to lead minority government for for a full term: P V Narsimha Rao (1991-1996)
• Person outside Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as prime Minister for a full term: P V Narsimha Rao (1991-1996)
• First women Railway Minister: Mamta Banerjee
• First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning (1858)
• Governor General of India: Warren Hastings (1773)
• Governor General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten (1947)
• Indian Governor General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari (1948)
• First Sikh Prime Minister of India: Manmohan Singh (2004-2014)
• First Muslim President: Zakir Hussain: (1967-1969)
• Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore (1863)
• First speaker of Loksabha: G V Malvankar (1952-1956)
• Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence: R K Shanmukhan Chetty (26 Nov 1947)
• First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
• First Indian President to die in office: Zakir Hussain (3 May 1969)
• First Chief Minister to die in office: C N Annadurai, Tamilnadu
• First Prime Mister to resign from office: Morarji Desai (1979)
• First women Cabinet Minister of India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
• First women Minister of India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
• First women Chief Minister: Sucheta Krplani
• First women Governor of a State: Sarojini Naidu (UP, 1947-1949)
• First women speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar

First in India: Part I

Awards and titles:

• Mr. Universe: Manohar Aich (1952)
• Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)
• Miss Asia Pacific: Zeenet Aman (1970)
• International Teen Princess: Radha Bartake (1974)
• Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C Rajgopalachari, C V Raman (1954)
• Padma Vibhushan: Satyrenath Bose, Nandlal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji
• Magsaysay award: Vinoda Bhave (1958)
• Nishan-e-Pakistan: Morarji Desai (1990)

Defense (in the Republic of India):

• First President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• First Vice President of Indian Republic: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• First Defense Minister of India: Baldev Singh
• Commander in Chief of Free India: General Sir Roy Bucher
• Indian Commander in Chief of Free India: General Karippa (1949)
• Indian Chief of staff: General Karippa (1947)
• Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Thomas Elmhirst
• Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R D Katari
• Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw (1973)
• First Param Vir Chakra Winner: Major Somnath Sharma
• First female jawan in the Army: Sapper Shanti Tigga

Economy:

• First power in India with Soviet Collaboration: Neyevli Lignite Corporation (1962)
• First central PSU to be privatized: Modern Food Industries (2000)

Exploration:

• First person to fly in balloon and land in a parachute: Ramchandra Chatterjee
• First women to scale Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal (23 May 1984)
• First person to reach South Pole: Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
• First women to reach south pole: Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu

Film and entertainment:

• First film to be made in India: Raja Harishchandra (1913 by Dadasaheb Falke)
• Sound film: Alam Ara (1931)
• Color film: Kisan Kanya (1937)
• First actress of Indian Cinema: Durgabai Kamat (1918)
• Dadasaheb Falke award: Devika Rani (1969)
• First government award for films: Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards (1937)
• First Indian film maker to get Bharat Ratna: Satyajit Ray (1992)
• Oscar for Lifetime Achievement: Satyajit Ray (1992)
• First National film award for cinema: Shyamchi Aai (1954)
• First sponsored TV serial: Hum Log (started 7 July 1984)
• Actor to enact 10 roles: Kamal Haasan (Dashavtar)

Types of Cheques

A cheque is a document that orders a bank to pay money from the account. Here are the some types of cheques:

• Order Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a particular person or his order is called an order cheque.
• Bearer Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a person whosoever bears, is called bearer cheque.
• Blank Cheuqe: A cheque on which the drawer puts his signature and leaves all other columns blank is called blank cheque.
• Stale Cheque: The cheque which is more than three months old is a stale cheque.
• Multilated Cheque: If cheque torn into two or more pieces, it is termed as multilated cheque.
• Post Dated Cheque: If a cheque bears a date later than the date of issue, it is termed as post dated cheque.
• Open Cheque: A cheque which has not been crossed is called an open cheque. Even if a cheque and subsequently the drawer has cancelled the crossing at the request of the payee anf affxes his full signature with the words ' crossing cancelled pay cash', it becomes an open cheque.
• Crossed Cheque: A cheque which carries to parallel transverse lines across the face of the cheque with or without the words 'I and co', is said to be crossed.
• Gift Cheque: Gift cheques are used for offering presentations on occasions like birthday, wedding and such other situations. It is available in various denominations.
• Traveller's Cheque: It is an instrument issued by a bank for remittance of money from one place to another.

Quiz: Current Affairs 2

1. The Reserve Bank of India on 18 August 2014 constituted a 15 member inter-regulatory committee to monitor the growing phenomenon of shadow banking. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Committee?
Ans - P Vijaya Bhaskar
2. A Manipur court on 19 August 2014 ordered the release of Manipuri women Irom Sharmila, who has staged a 14 year hunger strike in protest at human rights abuses in Manipur. She began her fast on 4 November 200 after witnessing the killing of 10 people by the army at a bus stop near her home in Manipur. Her protests agaist the abuses allegedly committed by security forces are subject of which law, which has been opposed in the state?
Ans - Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)

3. What is the name of the Mission Director of the Director of Benefits Transfer (DBT) Scheme, who resigned from the post during august 2014?
Ans - S. Sudarshan
4. Indian on 18 August 2014 called off Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan slated to be held on 25 August 2014 at Islamabad. What was the reason given for calling off these talks?
Ans - Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit's meeting with Kashmiri separatist belonging to the Hurriyat

5. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on 18 August 2014 said that he will soon leave the Ecuadorian Embassy he has been holed up for nearly two years to avoid his arrest. He has been living in which country' Ecuadorian Embassy which he wants to leave now?
Ans - Britain
6. With 16,100 MW wind power produced in 2013, China was ranked World's top wind power producing country in the recently released Renewable 2014 Global Status Report. What was India's rank in this report?
Ans - 5th

7. Who was the founder of the Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) which merged with the BJP on 18 August 2014?
Ans - Salkhan Murmu
8. Who will head the Indian Continent as the Chef-de-Mission for the oncoming 17th Asian Games to be held at Incheon, South Korea during Sept-Oct 2014?
Ans - Adille Sumariwala

Quiz: Current Affairs 1

Q.1 Who was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?
Ans - Arvind Gupta, former Indian Foreign Service Office
Q.2 Who was awarded with Copley Medal 2014 by Royal Society of London?
Ans - Sir Alec Jefreys
Q.3 Name the author of the book 'Munger through the age'?
Ans - D P Yadav

Q.4 T V Gopalkrishnan who recently was chosen for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of Music Academy for 2014 an eminent exponent of the
Ans - Violinist
Q. 5 Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters was recently by which international agency
Ans - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Q. 6 The committee to look into the issue Cost Records and Cost Audit constituted by the Union Government on 19 July 2014 will be headed by
Ans - R S Sharma

Q. 7 River Baki was in news recently due to recovery of four dead bodies that led to tensions in State of
Ans - Assam
Q.8 Resolution 2165 adopted by the 15 member United Nations Security Council on 14 July 2014 is concerned with which war-torn country?
Ans - Syria
Q.9 Bab-a-Salam and Bab-al-Hawa re border crossing in which country through which recently UNSC allowed relief delivery to Syrian Citizens for 180 days?
Ans - Turkey
Q.10 The Union Civil Aviation Ministry on 7 July 2014 constituted an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) to examine the maximum potential of the indigenous GPS Navigation system. Name of the system?
Ans - GAGAN

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 28 member countries that are primarily located in Europe. The EU operates through a system of super-national independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member countries. Institutions of EU include the European commission, the council of the European Union, the European Council, the court of the Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors and the European Parliament.

The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by Inner six countries.The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993. The last major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009.

The Eu has developed a single market through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member countries. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital, enact legislation in justice and homes affairs and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development.

The six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier co-operation within the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and created the European Economic Community (EEC), the establishing a customs union. They also signed another treaty on the same day creating the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for co-operation in developing nuclear energy.

The monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002. Its currently composed of 18 member countries that use the euro as their tender. The unions maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the Unite Nations, the WTO, the G8 and the G 20.

The European Union has five key points in its energy policy, increase competition in the internal market, encourage investment and boost interconnections between electricity grids; diversify energy resources with better systems to respond to a crisis; establish a new treaty framework for energy co-operation with Russia while improving relations with energy-rich states in Central Asia and North Africa use existing energy supplies more efficiently while increasing renewable energy commercialization and finally increase for new energy technologies.

Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)

The Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility based in Trombat, Mumbai. BARC is a multi-disciplinary research center with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science, engineering and related ares. BARC was set up in the year 1954 as Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay (AEET) with Dr. Homi J Bhabha its first director. It was established to consolidate all the research and development activity for nuclear reactors and technology under the Atomic Energy Commission.

After death of Dr. Homi Bhabha in 1966, the center was renamed as the Bhabha Atomic Research Center on 22 January 1967. All the directors of the BARC were highly qualified doctorates in their discipline and were internationally recognized for their contribution in academia, who were the crown of this prestigious research organisation.

The first reactor at BARC and affiliated power generation centers were imported from the west. India's first power reactors, installed at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Maharashtra ere from the United States. The primary importance of BARC is a research center. BARC also designed and built India's first Pressurized water reactor at Kalpakkam, a 80 MW land based prototype of INS Arihant's nuclear power unit, as well as Arihant's propulsion reactor.

India and United States signed an agreement to enhance nuclear corporation between the two countries, and for India to participate in an international consortium on fusion research, international Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) so there are signs that the was wants to bring India in the Nuclear Mainstream.

Power projects that have benefited form BARC expertise but which fall under the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) are Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP), Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) and Tarapur Atomic Power Project (TAPP).

BARC is a multifaceted institution wherein the in house research findings were further translated into the developed stage and finally through successful demonstration phase is taken for deployment in the respective fields. Advanced euipments and instruments, well set laboratories, vibrant ambiance and availability of expertise from all field of science and engineering are the unique features of BARC committed in taking the nation to the new horizons of knowledge and development.

India is not a part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), citing concerns that it unfairly favors the established nuclear powers and provides no provision for complete nuclear disarmament. Indian officials argued that India's refusal to sign the treaty stemmed from its fundamentally discriminatory character, the treaty places restrictions on the non-nuclear weapons states but does little to crub the modernization and expansion of the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear weapons states.

Quiz: Maharashtra

Q.1 In which year was Bombay was renamed as Mumbai?

Ans - 1995

Q.2 Who became the first citizen of India to get twelve digits unique identification?

Ans - Ranjana Sonawane

Q.3 In which year third Battle of Oanipat took place?

Ans - 1761

Q.4 Which district ranks no. 1 in Banana production?

Ans - Jalgaon

Q.5 Which is the least populous district of Maharashtra?

Ans - Sindhudurga

Q.6 Gondwana University has been established in which district of Maharashtra?

Ans - Naxal affected Gadchiroli district

Q.7 Neelam Heera off-shore oil field are located near?

Ans - Mumbai

Q.8 Durgabai Deshmukh Award for women's development is conferred by:
Ans - Central Social  Welfare Board

Q.9 Who was fondly called 'Paniwali Bai' of Mumbai?
Ans - Mrinal Gore
Q.10 Which is the highest point in Maharashtra?
Ans - Kalsubai
Q.11 Which city is called "Oxford of the East"?
Ans - Pune
Q.12 Bibi ka Maqbara of Taj of Deccan is in which district of Maharashtra?
Ans - Aurangabad

Current Affairs: Indian Economy

1. Navaratna Status granted to CONCOR by Union Government:
Container Corporation of India Limited on 23 July was accorded Navaratna Status by the department of Public Enterprises under Union Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises. CONCOR is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise to achieve Navaratna Status. CONCOR gives multi-model logistics support for the country's exim and domestic trade and commerce. The granting of Navaratna Status entitles the company boards to do investments up to 1000 cores rupees or 15% of their net worth in the whole year without seeking government permission.

About Navaratna: Navaratnta was the title given originally to 9 Public Sector Enterprises identified by the government of India in 1997 as "Public Sector companies that have comparative advantages", giving them greater autonomy to complete in the global market so as to support in their drive to become global giants.

2. RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of six NBFCs:
The Reserve bank of India on 28 July cancelled the certificate of registration of six non-banking financial company. With this cancellation, these six NBFCs based in Delhi would not be able to conduct business of non-banking financial institution. Six non-banking financial institution whose registration has been cancelled:

1. GE Strategic Investments India (GESII)
2. Profund Exports Private Limited
3. Two Brothers Holding Limited
4. Swank Services Private Limited
5. Praxis Consulting and Information Services Private Limited
6. Credible Microfinance Ltd.

The registration certificate of a non-banking financial company can be cancelled by RBI under the powers conferred under Section 45-IA(6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The business of a non-banking financial institution is identified in clause (a) of Section 45-I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

15 Indian Athletes Who Won Gold Medals at Glasgow Games 2014

The Delhi Games in 2010 was India's most successful Commonwealth Games to date with Indian athletes winning 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.

At the Glasgow this year, India won 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze medals so far.

The following is the final list of Indian gold medals winner at Glasgow Games 2014,

1. Yogeshwar Dutt: In the wrestling arena, Olympic bronze medalist Dutt beat Jevon Balfour of Canada in the men's freestyle 65 kg category final. The Indian was declared the winner on grounds of technical superiority after he took a 10-0 lead within 1.53 minutes of the first period.
2. Babita Kumari: Babita Kumari won gold by putting a stunning show to prevail over Canada's Brittanee Laverdure in the women's 55 kg freestyle category summit clash at the SECC  Hall. Twenty four old Kumari, who had bagged the sliver in the 2010 Games, won 9-2 against 32 year old Laverdure, who ended up injuring her finger during the bout. 
3. Sushil Kumar: Kumar just took 107 minutes to clinch the gold medal in the category by beating Pakistan's Qamar Abbas in a one-sided affair. It was his first major international medal after his pet 66 kg category was removed and he had to add nine kilograms to adjust in the new weight bracket.
4. Vikas Gowda: Gowda won the country's first medal from track and field at Glasgow. He upgraded the silver he had won four years ago in New Delhi with a best throw of 63.64 meters. His best throw came during his third attempt, as he bettered his throw each time from 60.63 m to 62.09 to 63.64 m.
5. Rahi Sarnobat: Rahi Sranobat won gold in the women's 25 meter pistol event at the Barry Buddon Center in Glasgow. The 23 year old Sarnobat had also topped in the semi-finals with 16 points.
6. Abhinav Bindra: Shooting star Abhinav Bindra stole the limelight by clinching a gold medal on the second day of competitions in Glasgow. 31 year old Bindra kept his nerves to take the honor in his favorite 10 m air rifile event with a final games record score of a 205.3 to bring cheers for the Indian contingent. It was Bindra's first individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
7. Amit Kumar: Amit won the gold medal in the men's free style 57 kg category by beating Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson. He won the bout 3-1 classified points. Amit won six points in the two periods while welson got two.
8. Vinesh Phogat: Teenager Phogat from India registered a thrilling 11-8 win over England's Yana Rattigan to clinch the gold medal in the women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling competition. Phogat 19 is the cousin of Geeta Phogat who had won the first gold medal for India in women's wrestling in the 2010 Delhi Games.
9. Jitu Rai: Jitu Rai kept his reputation intact by clinching the gold medal before Gagan Narang and Gurpal Singh claimed a silver each to continue the shooter's heroics at Glasgow. 26 year old Rai. world number 4 in the event, gave ample display of his class by taking the honor in the men's 50 m pistol event as the Indian shooters continued to dominate the ranges.
10. Sathish Kumar Sivalingam: A dominant Sivalingam 22, rewrote the Games Snatch record en-route his gold medal winning performance at Glasgow.
11. Apurvi Chandela: It was an interesting battle in the women's 10 m air rifile event as Apurvi beaat World No 8 Ayonika in an exciting battle to grab gold, her maiden international medal. World No 17 Chandela who topped the qualifications with 415.6 points, led in the finals right from the start and shot 206.7 points to give India another gold medal from shooting.
12. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa combined brilliantly to clinch gold in the women's double final and give India their first squash medal in Commonwealth Games after the pair outplayed Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro of England on Sunday.
13. Purupalli Kashyap: The 27 year old came from behind in the decing game to beat Singapore's Dreek Wong 21-14, 11-21 & 21-19 and become the first Indian man to win badminton gold at the Games for 32 years.
14. Sanjita Chanu: Sanjita Chanu with a total lift of 173 kg. Sangita's total of 173 kg missed the Games record, which is held by the 2010 CWG gold winner Augustina Nkem 175 kg, by two kilograms.
15. Sukhen Dey: Hi stole the limelight by clinching a gold in weightlifting on the opening day of the competition at Glasgow. In the men's 56 kg contest, the 25 year old Dey lifted total 248 kg after trailing at the halfway snatch stage, but came back strongly in clean and jerk to win the gold and cap a remarkable day for the Indians at the Clyde Auditorium.

Major Festivals in India

India is often described as a land of many religions and languages, but it might as well be described as a land of festivals. Some festivals observed throughout the country: others have  specific regional associations. People belongs to different religions celebrate different festivals. However, some festivals have pan-religious and are celebrated by all the sectors in the India. Each festival in each region has its own particular foods and sweets appropriate to the season and crops and days are spent in their careful preparation.

National Holidays of India:

1. Republic Day: This is celebrated on 26th January. On this day India become republic.
2. Independence Day: This celebrated on 15th August, as India gained independence from British Rule on this day in 1947.
3. Gandhi Jayanti: This is celebrated on 2nd October which is father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.

10 major festivals of India:

1. Baisakhi: Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is celebrated by sikhs and some sectors of Hindus too. This harvest festival is celebrated especially in Punjab region by the Sikh community. For Sikhs, this festival celebrates for the new harvest and also the birth of Khalsa. Baisakhi is generally celebrated either on 13th or 14th April. People usually go to Amritsar to visit The Golden Temple. The folk dance of 'Bhangara' is also performed of the people as a marker of their joy and happiness.
2. Christmas: Christmas, is the annual celebration is a fest central to the Christian liturgical year. This is celebrated by all over the world by Christmas on 25th December. Family re-unions and the exchange of gifts are the stock features of the festival. Christmas carols, cards and Santa Claus are some of the popular derivatives of the festival that have developed across the globe and have a crucial part of Christmas celebrations.
3. Diwali: Diwali is also termed as the Dipawali, is widely celebrated and most famous festival of the Indian festival. The festival is first said to have been celebrated by the people of Ayodhya when Lord Rama back from exile with wife and brother after fourteen long years. The festival was celebrated by lighting little clay lapms and the whole city of Ayodhya was decorated for welcoming the mighty king. Literal meaning of Diwali is row of lights. In the evening, after offering prayers to God Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi, people lit their house with vibrant colors and candles thus creating a striking view. According to Hindu lunar calendar, festival takes place on the moonless night of dark half of Kartik. Highlight of the festival is the firework carried out all across the country.
4. Eid: Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and is a three-day Muslim celebration. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting during which followers of Muslim religion observe a strict fast from dawn-to-sunset. It is believed that the Koran was reveled to Prophet Mohammed in the month of Ramazan. Eid-ul-Fitr is thus celebrated with great enthusiasm.
5. Ganesh Chaturthi: The spectacular eleven day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival honors the birth of the beloved Hindu god, Lord Ganesha. The start of the festival sees huge, elaborately crafted status of Ganesha installs in homes and podiums, which have been especially constructed through the streets, accompanied by much singing and dancing and then submerged in the ocean.
6. Holi: Holi is two day festival that also celebrates the victory of good over evil, as well as abundance of the spring harvest season. It's commonly referred to as the "Festival of colors". People exuberantly throw colored powder and water all over each other, have parties and dance under water sprinkles. A paste made from cannabis plants (Bhang) is also traditionally consumed during the celebrations. Holy is a very carefree festival that's great fun to participate in if you don't mind getting wet and dirty.
7. Karva Chauth: Another important Indian festival that celebrates the most beautiful relation on earth of that of a husband and wife is Karva Chauth. To ensure the well-being, wealth and long life of their husbands married women observes a very difficult fast on this occasion. They neither eat food nor drink water the whole day. They get dressed up like newly wedded brides and decorating hands and feet by creating intricate designs with henna is one of the most common traditions largely follow on this occasion.
8. Navaratri, Dussehra and Durga Puja: The first nine days of this festival is known as Navaratri and are filled with dance in honor of the Mother Goddess. The tenth day called Dussehra is devoted to celebrating the defat of the demon king Ravana by Lord Rama. It also coincides with the victory of the revered warrior Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Last day of the celebrations come to an end by immersing the idols in the nearby water channels on the evening of Dashami as it is believed that goddess to her abode on this day.
9. Onam: Onam is the festival which is celebrated by the people of Kerala in South India. It is celebrated as the homecoming of the mythical king Mahabali. People wear new traditional dresses and eat the traditional food of rice poured on banana leaves along with four different types of dishes. They celebrates this occasion by decorating a pyramid of beautiful flowers and pray for their good health and wealth. On this day people of Kerala also participate in an enormous boat riding competition.
10. Raksha Bandhan: A festival celebrated to bring out the love and affection between brothers and sisters, Raksha Bandhan is celebrated mostly in India. On this day, sisters pray for long life of their brothers and God to bless them with his blessings. As a symbol of their love and care for their brothers the sisters tie Rakhi or Scared threat of protection on their brothers wrists. Brothers, in turn give them enticing rakhi gifts and promise to care for them till the end of their lives.