World Heart Day

World Heart Day is observed every year on the last Sunday in September, is organized by the World Heart Federation, and has been celebrated annually since 1999. From 2011 onwards, it is celebrated every 29 September and no longer on the last Sunday of September. The 2013 World Heart Day will highlight a life-course approach to the prevention and control of CVD with a focus on women and children and show what actions can be taken through a person’s life to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.

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World Rabies Day

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World Rabies Day takes place each year on September 28, the anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur who, with the collaboration of his colleagues, developed the first efficacious rabies vaccine. World Rabies Day aims to raise awareness about the impact of rabies on humans and animals, provide information and advice on how to prevent the disease, and how individuals and organizations can help eliminate the main global sources.

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Place: Kottarakara @ Kollam

Who was called Karmayogi ( Man of Action )

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Ans: Vivekananda

World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day is celebrated  on September 27 since 1980.

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Place: Kollam

The Co-operative Societies Act 1912 come into force on

Ans: 01-03-1912

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis. She was born on September 26, 1981.

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Place: Kottarakara @ Kollam

Father of Local Self Government in India

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Ans: Lord Rippon

Thomas H Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan was born on September 25, 1866, he was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role the chromosome plays in heredity. He died on December 4, 1945.

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Place: Kochuveli @ Thiruvananthapuram

Earth Overshoot Day was observed on 2013

Ans:August 20

Columbus - Second voyage to America

Columbus left from Cadiz in Spain for his second voyage  on September 24, 1493, with 17 ships and about 1200 men. His aim was to conquer the Taino tribe and colonise the region.
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1st Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16

Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth on 24 September 1970. 

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Place: Odanavattom @ Kollam

PIN CODE of India's post office at Antarctica

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Ans: 403001

C.C.Altinho post office in Goa also have the same  PIN CODE

Johann Franz Encke

Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer.  He was born on September 23, 1791, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the earth to the sun, and made observations of the planet Saturn. He died on August 26, 1865. 

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Place: Kollam

Special Theory of Relative was proposed in

Ans:1905