Most Important Static GK from July to December. These static GK facts are very important and expected to be asked in the upcoming AFCAT CDS NDA CAPF AC SSC CGL CPO SI Exam. By memorizing these important Static GK Notes you can easily hain 2-3 marks in your upcoming exams.
The United Kingdom handed over Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997. This event marked the end of 156 years of British rule, which began in 1841.
Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy's birth anniversary has been observed as National Doctor's Day on 1st July since 1991.
The Simla Agreement was signed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on July 2, 1972.
The landmark “Declaration of Independence”was released on 4 July 1776. The US was declared independent after the document was published.
The Higgs Boson particle, also known as the God particle, was discovered on July 4, 2012. It is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. The particle received its name from physicist Peter Ware Higgs, who first theorized the existence of Higgs Boson.
Dolly the Sheep, a domestic sheep cloned using cells from another mother, was born on July 5, 1996.
On July 6, Althea Gibson claimed the women's singles tennis title at Wimbledon and became the first African American to win a championship.
Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be elected to Parliament in Britain. He was successfully elected with a majority of five on 6 July 1892.
On 7 July 2013, Andy Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic in the final.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Report, which formed the basis of the Government of India Act 1919, was published on July 8, 1918.
Vasco Da Gama set sail on his expedition from the Tagus River on July 8, 1497. He reached Calicut (Kerala) from Malindi (now Kenya).
Asia's first stock exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange, was established on July 9, 1875.
The first Wimbledon Championship began on 9th July 1877. Spencer Gore became the first person to win the Wimbledon tournament.
First communication satellite, Telstar 1, capable of relaying television signals from Europe to North America was launched on 10 July 1962.
Charlotte Cooper Sterry became the first woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual event on July 11, 1900. She also won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships.
NASA sent New Horizons to become the first spacecraft to visit planet Pluto. The NASA spacecraft moved past the dwarf planet and its moons on July 14, 2015.
On 17 July 1996, Madras was officially renamed as Chennai by the Tamil Nadu government.
Rohini Satellite RS-1 was launched on July 18, 1980. It became the first satellite to be placed in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle.
The Indian Independence Act was passed on July 18, 1947 which created two new independent countries: India and Pakistan.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on 20 July 1969.
The National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947.
On 23 July 1999, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope, “Chandra X-Ray Observatory”.
The Treaty of Lausanne, the final treaty concluding World War I, was signed on 24 July 1923 at Lausanne, Switzerland.
On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first test tube baby was conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in England.
India launched its first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arihant, on July 26 2009.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was established on July 27, 1939, as the Crown Representatives Police.
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914 starting World War I.
The World Wide Web (www) was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, on 1 Aug 1989 while working at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research).
The world's first underground railway beneath the River Thames in London opened to the public on August 2, 1870.
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
On August 7, 1905, the Swadeshi Movement kicked off from Town Hall, Calcutta, calling for the boycott of British goods.
On August 10, 2003, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko made history as the first person to marry while in space. The ceremony took place aboard the International Space Station, with his bride, Ekaterina Dmitrieva, in Texas.
On August 11, 1988, terrorist organization “Al-Qaeda” was formed at a meeting attended by Osama Bin Laden in Peshawar, Pakistan.
On 13 Aug 1961, Berlin was divided into East and West Berlin. The division was marked by the construction of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989.
The Bombay High Court, one of the oldest High Courts in India, was inaugurated on August 14, 1862, under the High Court’s Act, 1861. The first Chief Justice of Bombay High Court was Sir Mathew Richard Sausse.
India is not the only country to have gained independence on this date. Other countries include South Korea, North Korea, Bahrain, the Republic of the Congo, and Liechtenstein.
The Radcliffe Line, a boundary that demarcates India and Pakistan, was unveiled on August 17, 1947.
The division by Radcliffe resulted in three distinct entities: India, West Pakistan, and East Pakistan.
On 18 August 1945, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose boarded a Japanese bomber plane at Taipei, Taiwan which crashed just after take-off.
The East India Company minted its first rupee coin at the Calcutta mint on 19 Aug 1757. The Calcutta Mint closed operations in 1952 when a new mint was established at Alipore.
On 20 Aug 1900, Cricket made its only appearance in the Olympics at the Paris 1900 Olympics, when only two teams played. Great Britain defeated France. Cricket has been officially included now at the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
On Aug. 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (It was recovered two years later in Italy.)
On August 22, 1639, the British East India Company purchased a piece of land known as Chennapatnam from the local Nayak rulers, establishing Madras.
On August 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first-ever photo of Earth from the moon.
The first National Space Day 2024 was celebrated on 23 August 2024. On Aug 23, 2023. On Aug 23, 2023, India became the first country to land on the southern polar region of the Moon under Chandrayaan-3 mission.
On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a full-fledged planet, demoting it to the status of a “dwarf planet.”
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a cornerstone of Western military cooperation, officially came into being on August 24, 1949.
The world's first oil well was drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, the U.S.A. on August 27, 1859.
The world's shortest war lasting around 38-40 minutes, was fought between the UK and the Zanzibar Sultanate on Aug. 27, 1896.
On August 28, 1986, Bhagyashree Sathe became the first Indian woman to achieve the title of grandmaster in chess.
The Interim Govt of India was formed on Sep 2, 1946, to help India transition to independence from British rule. The govt was led by Jawaharlal Nehru and remained in place until India gained independence on Aug 15, 1947.
The Indian Standard Time is observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+5:30. This means that India is five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
On Sep 6, 1965, Indian troops crossed the international border to attack Pakistan in response to Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam. This day is celebrated as Defence Day in India.
On Sep 6, 1915, the first ever military tank was built. The 14-ton tank was developed by Britain and was named “Little Willie”.
Hindi Diwas was celebrated for the first time in the country on 14 September 1953.
Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, was launched on September 15, 1959, by the then President of India, Shri Rajendra Prasad.
On 16th Sep 1932, Mahatma Gandhi began 'fast unto death' to protest a separate electorate by caste. The Communal Award was announced by Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) was established by Parliament in 1957, and it was raised as an Armed Force of the Union on September 20, 1985.
Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting around the Sun, was discovered on 23 Sep 1846.
On Sep 24, 1960, USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched. Powered by 8 nuclear reactors, the Enterprise cruised more than 200,000 miles over 3 years before requiring refueling.
Today is the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who was born on 28th September 1907 in Punjab, India.
On Sep 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.
On 21st Oct 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose announced the formation of ‘Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind’ (Provisional Government of Free India) in Singapore, with himself as the Head of State, Prime Minister and Minister of War.
Independent India's first general elections were held between 25th October 1951 and 21 February 1952.
ISRO launched the Mangalyaan, also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on 5 Nov 2013. This is India’s first interplanetary mission.
On 6 November 1943, Japan finally handed over Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the government of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Wilhelm Röntgen accidentally discovered X-ray, for which he earned the first ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
World War I ended on November 11, 1918, when the Armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany.
The first recorded meteor shower of modern times was the Leonid meteor shower on November 12–13, 1833.
On November 15, in 1859, Athens held the first Olympic games since the time of Theodosius.
The Suez Canal was opened on 17 November 1869. The Suez Canal reduced India's distance from Europe by 7000km.
On 18 November 1972, the Royal Bengal Tiger was officially declared India's National Animal.
On 19 Nov 1997, Kalpana Chawla made history as the first Indian woman, and the first South Asian American woman, to fly in space.
On 21 Nov 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the Phonograph, the first device able to record and reproduce sound.
On 26th Nov 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution which came into effect on 26th January 1950.
Nov 25 marks the day the Portuguese conquered Goa in 1510 after defeating Bijapur Sultanate, becoming the 1st Europeans to own territory in India.
The State of Nagaland was created on December 1st, 1963, as the 16th State of the Indian Union.
India's First Line of Defence, the BSF, was established on December 1, 1965, in the wake of the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
On December 5, 1945, five US Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 disappeared over the Bermuda triangle.
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India was held on December 9, 1946 in New Delhi's Constitution Hall.
Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European & first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work 'Gitanjali'. Though his original Nobel medal was stolen in 2004.
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