Sixth person to walk on the Moon

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Edgar Dean Mitchell was born September 17, 1930, he is an American pilot, retired Captain in the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

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Place: Kottarakara @ Kollam
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World Photography Day was celebrated on

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Ans: August 19

Thiruvonam

Thiruvonam the most auspicious day during the Onam festival is celebrated throughout Kerala, which is marked by happiness, excitement and enjoyment among all sections of people. A celebration of equality, justice, prosperity and fairness, this national festival of Keralites commemorates the return of a mythical, righteous king – Mahabali.In 2013 Thiruvonam is on September 16. sorce:

 

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Place: Kollam Beach @ Kollam 

International Day of the victims of enforced disappearance was observed on

Ans: August 30

United Nations International Day of Democracy

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The United Nations International Day of Democracy is annually held on September 15 to raise public awareness about democracy.

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

World Lymphoma Awareness Day is held on September 15 every year and is a day dedicated to raising awareness of lymphoma, an increasingly common form of cancer.

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Place: Kollam Port @ Kollam

The theme of the India's eighth Five Year Plan (1992-1997) was

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 Ans: "Plan with a human face"

Lawrence Robert Klein

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Lawrence Robert Klein is an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980. He was born on September 14, 1920.

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Place: Chandakkadavu @ Kollam

Bamboo is the national plant of

Ans: Saint Lucia

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First black mayor of Baltimore

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Clarence H. Du Burns was born on 13 September 1918, he was a self-made politician who rose through grass-roots involvement in his native East Baltimore to become the city's first African-American mayor. He died on January 12, 2002.

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place: Vadi @ Kollam

Ekushey Padak is the civilian award in

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Ans: Bangladesh

 

 It is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.

Haskell Curry

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Haskell Brooks Curry was born on September 12, 1900, he was an American mathematician and logician. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic. He died on September 1, 1982. 

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Place: Kottarakara @ Kollam

Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013

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Ans: Sebastian Vettel

September 11 attacks or 9/11

The September 11 attacks  or 9/11 were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on September 11, 2001. Two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City.

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Emile Baudot

Jean-Maurice Emile Baudot September was born on 11, 1845, French telegraph engineer and inventor of the first means of digital communication Baudot code, was one of the pioneers of telecommunications. He died on March 28, 1903. 

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 Ixora coccinea

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Place: Anchalummood @ Kollam

The Indian Navy's submarine That sink at Mumbai on August 14, 2013

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Ans: INS Sindhurakshak

World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day  is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world.

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Mushroom

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Place: Anchalummood @ Kollam

Chemical which is known as "Bronze powder"

Ans: Tin Sulphide

Hans Georg Dehmelt

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Hans Georg Dehmelt is a German-born American physicist, who was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989, for co-developing the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they shared one-half of the prize.He was born on September 9, 1922.

 Touch-me-not

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Place: Ampalapuram @ Kollam

Who originally coined the term "IQ"?

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Ans: The German Psychologist William Sterm

International Literacy Day

8th September is celebrated as International Literacy Day.It is first celebrate in 1966. It was proclaimed by UNESCO on November 17,1965. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and society..

 

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Place: Thangassery @ Kollam

Epiphytes are plants which depends on other plant for

Ans: Mechanical support 

First presidential election was held in Egypt

The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history.

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Dragonfly

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Place: Kottarakara @ kollam, Kerala.

The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in 1943 in

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Ans: Malaya

The I.N.A. was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to secure Indian independence with Japanese assistance.