WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE

The World Cup football tournament is organised by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) once in four years since 1930. It was on July 18, 1930 that the first-ever World Cup match was played between Uruguay and Chile, at the newly built Centenary Stadium in Montevideo (Uruguay). The World Cup now officially designated as Jules-Rimet Cup, named after the French lawyer who was the President of FIFA from 1921 to 1953, is 12 inch high and made of solid gold.

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE Year Venue Winner Runner Others awards related to this event 2006 Germany Italy France Adidas Golden Ball: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Miroslav KLOSE (GER) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Gianluigi BUFFON (ITA) Best Young Player Award: Lukas PODOLSKI (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Spain, Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Portugal 2002 Korea/Japan Brazil Germany Adidas Golden Ball: Oliver KAHN (GER) Adidas Golden Shoe: RONALDO (BRA) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Oliver KAHN (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Belgium FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Korea Republic 1998 France France Brazil Adidas Golden Ball: RONALDO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Davor SUKER (CRO) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Fabien BARTHEZ (FRA) FIFA Fair Play award: England, France FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:France 1994 USA Brazil Italy Adidas Golden Ball: ROMARIO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Oleg SALENKO (RUS), Hristo STOICHKOV (BUL) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Michel PREUDHOMME (BEL) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Brazil 1990 Italy Germany FR Argentina Adidas Golden Ball: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: England 1986 Mexico Argentina Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Diego MARADONA (ARG) Adidas Golden Shoe: Gary LINEKER (ENG) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1982 Spain Italy Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1978 Argentina Argentina Netherlands Golden Shoe: Mario KEMPES (ARG) FIFA Fair Play award: Argentina 1974 Germany Germany FR Netherlands Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL) 1970 Mexico Brazil Italy Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (GER) 1966 England England Germany FR Golden Shoe: EUSEBIO (POR) 1962 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Florian ALBERT (HUN), Valentin IVANOV (URS), Drazen JERKOVIC (YUG), Leonel SANCHEZ (CHI), VAVA (BRA), GARRINCHA (BRA) 1958 Sweden Brazil Sweden Golden Shoe: Just FONTAINE (FRA) 1954 Switzerland Germany FR Hungary Golden Shoe: Sandor KOCSIS (HUN) 1950 Brazil Uruguay Brazil Golden Shoe: ADEMIR (BRA) 1938 France Italy Hungary Golden Shoe: LEONIDAS (BRA) 1934 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Oldrich NEJEDLY (TCH) 1930 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina Golden Shoe: Guillermo STABILE (ARG)

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Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Prime Minsters

राष्ट्रपति Presidents	से From	तक To
डॉ. राजेन्द्र प्रसाद	1950	1962
डॉ. सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन	1962	1967
डॉ. ज़ाकिर हुसैन	1967	1969
व्ही.व्ही. गिरि (कार्यकारी)	मई 1969	जुलाई 1969
जस्टिस मोहम्मद हिदायतुल्लाह (कार्यकारी)	जुलाई 1969	अगस्त 1969
व्ही. व्ही. गिरि	1969	1974
फकरुद्दीन अली अहमद	1974	1977
बी.डी. जत्ती (कार्यकारी)	फरवरी 1977	जुलाई1977
नीलम संजीव रेड्डी	1977	1982
ज्ञानी जैल सिंह	1982	1987
डॉ. शंकर दयाल शर्मा	1987	1992
आर. व्हेंकट रमण	1992	1997
के. आर. नारायण	1997	2002
ए.पी.जे. अब्दुल कलाम	2002	2007
श्रीमती प्रतिभा पाटिल	2007	----

उपराष्ट्रपति Vice-Presidents	से From	तक To
डॉ. सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन	1952	1962
डॉ. ज़ाकिर हुसैन	1962	1967
व्ही. व्ही. गिरि	1967	1969
बाल स्वरूप पाठक	1969	1974
डॉ. एम. जत्ती	1974	1979
जस्टिस मोहम्मद हिदायतुल्लाह	1979	1984
एस. व्हेंकटरमण	1984	1987
डॉ. शंकर दयाल शर्मा	1987	1992
के. आर नारायण	1992	2002
भैरो सिंह शेखावत	2002	----

प्रधान मंत्री Prime Ministers	से From	तक To
जवाहर लाल नेहरू	1947	1964
गुलजारी लाल नंदा कार्यकारी	मई 1964	जून 1964
लाल बहादुर शास्त्री	1964	1966
गुलजारी लाल नंदा कार्यकारी	11 जनवरी 1966	24 जनवरी 1966
इंदिरा गाँधी	1966	1977
मोरार जी देसाई	1977	1979
चरण सिंह	1979	1980
इंदिरा गाँधी	1980	1984
राजीव गाँधी	1984	1989
व्ही. पी. सिंह	1989	1990
चन्द्रशेखर	1990	1991
पी. व्ही. नरसिंह्वा राव	1991	1996
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी	1996	1996
एच. डी. देवेगौड़ा	1996	1997
इन्द्र कुमार गुजराल	1997	1998
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी	1998	1999
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी	1999	2004
डॉ. मनमोहन सिंह	2004	----

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Parliament of India

The Parliament of India (or Sansad Bhawan) is the supreme bicameral legislative body of the federal government of the Republic of India. It consists of the office of President of India and two Chambers, the House of People, known as the Lok Sabha and the Council of States, known as the Rajya Sabha. The Members of either house are commonly referred to as Member of Parliament or MP. The MPs of Lok Sabha are elected by direct election and the MPs of Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of the State Legislative Assemblies in accordance with proportional voting.


Of the 545 members of the House of People, 530 members represent the territorial Constituencies in the States and the remaining represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide. These members serve a five-year term until the next General Election are held. House seats are apportioned among the states by population in such a manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States.


The 250 Members of the Council of States serve a staggered six-year term. 12 of these members are nominated by the President and shall consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely literature, science, art and social service. The 238 members are representatives of the States shall be elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. Every two years, approximately one-third of the Council is elected at a time.


Part V of the Constitution vests all legislative power in the Parliament that consists of the President of Republic of India and both the Chambers. The House and the Council are equal partners in the legislative process (legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers); however, the Constitution grants the House of Commons some unique powers. Revenue-raising or “Money” bills must originate in the House of Commons. The Council of States can only make recommendations suggestions over these bills to the House, within a period of fourteen days - lapse of which the bill is assumed to have been passed by both the Chambers. But it is only up to the House to either approve these amendments or may reject it.


Any bill can become an act only after it is passed by both the houses of the Parliament and assented by the President. The Central Hall of the Parliament is used for combined sittings of the lower and upper houses and is of historical significance.


The Parliament meets in the Sansad Bhawan on Sansad Marg in New Delhi.

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