Useful Facts

• At 21 years and 77 days Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi has been India's younget ever test captain.
• Gomukh in the Himalayas is the source of the Ganges river.
• Lunar Exploration Module nicknamed "Eagle"was the first manned space vehicle to land on the moon.
• A small Portugese religious book of St.Francis Xavier entitled "Doctrina Christao"was the first book printed in India.It was published by a press in Goa in 1557.
• Isophotes is the scientific name for lines on a map of equal brightness or illumination.
• Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean is the world's most isolated island.