Key C (Including Company Tag Lines and CEO's)
Cabinet Mission: On February 14, 1946, a Cabinet Mission was proposed to be sent to India by Britain's new Labour Party Prime Minister, Mr Atlee. The Mission consisted of Lord Pathick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and Mr A.V. Alexander which soon came to India and met the Indian leaders to negotiate handing over power. Its recommendations were:
(a) There should be a Union of India comprising British India and the Indian States;
(b) The federal centre should have control over defence, foreign affairs and communications;
(c) The Provinces should form three groups&endash;(1) Group of the Hindu majority provinces&endash;Bombay, Central Provnces, U.P., Madras, Bihar, Orissa, Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar and Coorg; (2) Group of the Muslim Majority Provinces&endash;Punjab, NWFP, Baluchistan and Sind; (3) Group of Bengal and Assam.
(d) A Constituent Assembly should be set up for the Union;
(e) Any Province could withdraw from any Group after the first general election.
The Mission also recommended that an interim Government should be formed by the major political parties.
The Commission rejected demand of the Muslim League for division of India i.e., creation of Pakistan.
Canning, Lord: was the last Governor-General of (British) India. He also became the first Viceroy of India.
(C. Rajagopalachari was the first and the last Indian Governor-General of Free India; The first British Governor-General of Free India was Lord Mountbatten).
Catching the butterflies and setting them free: was the prominent feature of the foreign policy of Samudragupta.
Chalcolithic Age: means the stone-copper phase. The end of the Neolithic period saw the use of metals. The metal to be used first was copper. Technologically, chalcolithic stage applied to the pre-Harappans. The Indus Valley Civilization belonged to the Chalcolithic Age.
Chanakya: or Kautilya, was also known as Vishnugupta. He was a great politician who helped Chandragupta Maurya in securing political power. He was a practical statesman of high ability. He wrote Arthashastra . He was a Brahmin.
According to Arthashastra, divorce to a wife deserted by her husband is allowed.
Chand Bardai: was court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan. He composed the epic Prithviraj Raso&endash;the story of the prowess and romance of Prithviraj Chauhan.
Chand Bibi: who ceded Berar to Akbar's forces, was the ruler of Ahmednagar.
Chandernagore: was a French possession before its merger with India.
Chandragupta Maurya: was the famous ruler of ancient India, known for establishing an elaborate system of municipal administration.
His empire extended in the North-West up to Hindukush.
During his reign, the Greek ambassador Megasthenes visited his court.
According to Buddhist source, Chandragupta Maurya was a Sudra.
Towards the end of his life, he is said to have converted to Jainism, abdicated in favour of his son and became an ascetic.
Chandu Shah: On his persuasion, Guru Arjan Dev was executed by Jahangir in 1605.
Charaka: (About 80-180 A.D.) was the court physician to Kanishka, the Kushan king. His work on Ayurvedic medical science remains invaluable in the study of Hindu medicine.
Sasruta, the great book on medicine, was written by him.
Charter Act of 1833: Under this Act, the title of Governor General of India was substituted for that of Governor General of Bengal.
Charvaka: is known as the greatest of the materialistic philosophers of ancient India. The Charvakas advocated a life of sensible enjoyment and declared: 'While you live, live well, even if you have to borrow; for once cremated there is no return'.
Chashma Shahi: in Srinagar (Kashmir), was built by Shah Jahan.
Chauri Chaura violence: Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the Satyagraha Movement in 1922 on account of Chauri Chaura violence.
Chauth: was a contribution exacted by a military leader , which was justified by the exigencies of the situation. It was a tribute realised from hostile or conquered territories, the imposition of which amounted to one-fourth of the government revenue. In practice it was nothing but a military contribution levied by Shivaji.
ChengezKhan: belonged to Mongol tribe. He is known as one of the "Scourages of God". He invaded India in 1221 A.D. during the rule of Iltumish.
Chhotanagpur Revolt: was a minor tribal revolt which took place in 1858-59.
Chittagon Armoury Raid: Surya Sen was responsible for it.
Chittor: is associated with Rana Pratap.
Chola dynasty: was an ancient Tamil kingdom along the banks of the river Cauvery. They were the first to use navy.
Chola kingdom: was the ancient Tamil kingdom which flourished on the lower east coast of India along the banks of the river Kaveri (now Cauvery). The Chola power reached its zenith under Rajaraja-I. The masterpiece of Chola architecture is the great Siva temple at their capital at Thanjavur (Tanjore).
Village autonomy was a unique feature of their administrative system.
Chola reign was best known for Local Self-Governent.
Civil Disobedience Movement: To work towards the achievement of the goal for independence, Gandhi drew up a civil disobedience plan by breaking the salt laws. On March 12, 1930, at the age of 61, Gandhiji set out on foot on a march from Sabarmati Ashram to a small village Dandi on the seashore of Gujarat. About 79 Ashramites followed him. The triumphant march, known as Dandi March reached Dandi after covering a distance of 241 miles in 24 days. All along the route, thousands of people greeted him and took vow to shake the roots of British Empire through a non-violent movement.
On reaching the seashore on April 5, Gandhiji broke the salt Law by picking up salt from the seashore. The whole country was electrified at the news. Swiftly the law-breaking movement swept across the country. Another round of boycott of foreign goods and picketing of liquor shops was witnessed on a massive scale. Even women participated the movement in large numbers.
Soon thereafter followed extremely repressive measures such as mass arrests, lathi-charges, police firing, gagging of the Indian press. About one lakh people were arrested and sent to jails. Jawahar Lal Nehru was also arrested. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was held at Peshawar. Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned in Yervada Central Jail, Pune (Poona).
Coinage in ancient India : nishka and satamana in the Vedic texts are taken to be names of coins, but they seem to be only prestige objects. Coins made of metal first appeared in the age of Gautama Buddha.. The earliest are made largely of silver though a few copper coins also appear.
They are called punch-marked because pieces of these metals were punched with certain marks such as tree, fish, bull, elephant, hill etc.
Coins in Gupta period: The Guptas had issued the largest number of coins made up of silver.
College of forty: formed during the reign of Iltumish , was broken by Balban.
Columbus: discovered America in 1492.
Copper coins: were issued by Mohammad Tughlak.
Cornwallis, Lord: was British Governor-General of India (1786-93; 2nd term 1805). He established the Thanas (police stations) and put the Police Department under a District Magistrate. He is known as the founder of Indian Civil Service.
Cow ( in Vedic economy): In the early Vedic economy. cow was the important form of wealth.
Cripps Mission: visited India on March 22, 1942 during the reign of Lord Linlithgo.
Curzon, Lord: is associated with Partition of Bengal.
Companies , Brands & Their Taglines
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
AT&T - The World's Networking Company
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
BPCL - Pure for Sure
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
British Airways - The Way to Fly.
CEAT - Born Tough
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
CNBC - Profit from it
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
Essar Corp- A positive a++itude
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
GM – Only GM.
HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
Intel - Intel inside.
IBM - ON DEMAND
Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
LEE - The jeans that built America
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.
Monster.com - Never Settle
MRF - Tyres with Muscle
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Macromedia - What the web can be.
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Star Sports - We know your game
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job -
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
Windows XP - Do More with Less
WIPRO - Applying Thought
Companies - Chief executive officers : Courtesy Wikipedia
Company's name - CEO
3Com Corporation - R. Scott Murray
3M - George W. Buckley
4Kids Entertainment - Alfred R. Kahn
A
Accenture - William D. Green
Adobe Systems - Bruce R. Chizen
Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos
AMD - Héctor de Jesús Ruiz
Amcor - Ken MacKenzie
America West Airlines - Doug Parker
American Express - Kenneth Chenault
Analog Devices - Jerald G Fishman
Apple Computer - Steve Jobs
AT&T - Edward Whitacre, Jr.
B
Bank of America - Kenneth Lewis
Berkshire Hathaway - Warren Buffet
Best Buy - Bradbury H. Anderson
BMW - Norbert Reithofer
Boeing - W. James McNerney, Jr.
C
Caterpillar Inc. - James W. Owens
Cisco Systems - John Chambers
Citigroup - Chuck Prince
CGI Group - Mike Roach
Coca-Cola - E. Neville Isdell
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Lakshmi Narayanan
Colgate-Palmolive - Reuben Mark
Computer Sciences Corporation - Van Honeycutt
Cameron - Sheldon Erikson
Countrywide Financial Corporation - Angelo Mozilo
D
Dell Inc - Michael Dell
Delta Air Lines - Gerald Grinstein
Deutsche Bank - Josef Ackermann
b - René Obermann
Du Pont - Charles O. Holliday
E
eBay - Margaret C. Whitman
Ericsson - Carl-Henric Svanberg
Exxon Mobil - Rex Tillerson
F
FedEx - Frederick W. Smith
Flextronics - Mike McNamara
Fotolog - Michael Crotty
Ford Motor Company - Alan Mulally
G
General Dynamics - Nicholas Chabraja
General Electric - Jeffrey R. Immelt
General Growth Properties - John Bucksbaum
General Motors - Rick Wagoner
GlaxoSmithKline - Jean-Pierre Garnier
Google - Eric E. Schmidt
H
Hewlett-Packard - Mark V. Hurd
Home Depot - Robert Nardelli
Honeywell - David M. Cote
HCL Technologies - Shiv Nadar
I
Infosys Technologies Limited - Nandan N. Nilekani
IBM - Samuel J. Palmisano
Intel - Paul Otellini
iGate - Phaneesh Murthy
ITC Infotech Limited - Sanjiv Puri
J
Johnson & Johnson - William C. Weldon
JP Morgan Chase - James Dimon
K
Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Thomas J. Falk
Krispy Kreme - Scott Livengood
Kingfisher Airlines - Dr. Vijay Mallya
L
Legacy Corporation - Edison A. Bardowell
Lehman Brothers - Richard S. (Dick) Fuld, Jr.
Lucasfilm Ltd. - Micheline Chau
Lucent Technologies - Patricia Russo
M
McDonalds - Jack Greenberg
McKinsey - Ian Davis
Merrill Lynch - Stan O'Neal
MGA Entertainment - Isaac Larian
Microsoft - Steve Ballmer
Motorola - Edward J. Zander
Mozilla - Mitchell Baker
MySQL AB - Marten Mickos
N
Nike - Philip Knight
Nokia - Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Nortel - Mike S. Zafirovski
O
Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison
P
Pixar - Steve Jobs
Procter & Gamble - Alan Lafley
R
Reliance Industries Limited - Mukesh Ambani
Royal Bank of Canada - Gordon Nixon
S
S. C. Johnson & Son - Herbert Fisk Johnson III
Samsung - Kun-Hee Lee
Siemens - Klaus Kleinfeld
Sony - Howard Stringer
Sun Microsystems - Jonathan Schwartz
T
Tata Consultancy Services - S Ramadorai
Telefónica - César Alierta
Timberland - Jeff Swartz
Think Partnership - Scott Mitchell
Time Warner - Richard D. Parsons
Toyota - Hiroshi Okuda
V
Verizon - Ivan Seidenberg
Viacom - Tom Freston
Vodafone - Arun Sarin
W
Wal-Mart - Lee Scott
The Walt Disney Company - Robert A. Iger
Whirlpool - Jeff M. Fettig
Wipro - Azim Premji
World Wrestling Entertainment - Linda McMahon
X
Xerox - Anne M. Mulcahy
Y
Yahoo! - Terry Semel
