Some Abbreviations

A.C	Ante Christum, Alternating Current
A.D	Anno Domin
A.I.C.C	All India Congress Committee
A.I.R	All India Radio
A.I.T.U.C	All India Trade Union Congress
a.m	Ante meridiem
A.R.P	Air Raid Precaution
A.G	Accountant General
B.A	Bachelor of Arts
B.C	Before Christ
B.B.C	British Broadcasting Corporation
B.C.G	Bacillus Calmette Guerin
B.Ed.	Bachelor of Education
B.S.F	Boarder Security Force
C.B.I	Central Bureau of Investigation
C/o	Care of
C.I..D	Criminal Investigation Department
C.C.I	Cricket Club of India
D.A	Dearness Allowance
D.C	Direct Current
D.D.T	Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane
D.L.O	Dead Letter Office
D.P.I	Director of public Instruction
D.I.R	Defence of India Rules
Esq	Esquire
Etc	Et Cetera
E & O E	Errors And Omissions Excepted
E.G	Exempli Gratia
Ex-Officio	By Virtue of one’s Office
F.O.R	Free On Rail
F.R.C.S	Fellow Of Royal College of  Surgeons
G.P.F	General Post Office
G.K	General Knowledge
G.M.T	Greenwich Mean Time
H.H	His Or Her Highness
H.M.T	Hindustan Machine Tools
H.P	Horse Power
I.A.F	Indian Air Force
Ibid	Ibidem
I.A	Intermediate in Arts
I.O.U	I Owe You
I.e	Id est, That is
I.F.A	Indian Football Association
I.A.S	Indian Administrative Service
I.N.A	Indian National Army
I.N.T.U.C	Indian National Trade Union Congress
I.P.S	Indian Police Service
I.S.T	Indian Standard Time
Lt  , Lient	Lieutenant
LL.B	Bachelor of  law
L.M.P	Licentiate in the Practice of  Medicine
L.I.C	Life Insurance Corporation
l.b.w	Leg before wicket
Ltd	Limited
L.M.G	Light Machine Gun
M.A	Master of Arts
M.P	Member of Parliament
M.L.A	Member of Legislative Assembly
m.p.h	Mile per hour
Messrs	Messieurs
M.C.C	Marylebone Cricket Club
M.B.B.S	Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
M.Ed	Master of Education
M.I.S.A	Maintenance of  Internal Security Act
M.L.C	Member of Legislative
N.B	Note Bene, Note Well
N.C.C	National Cadet Corps
N.D.F	National Defence  Fund
NEFA	North East Frontier Agency
N.S.S	National Service Scheme
O.K	All Correct
OTV	Odisha  Television
P.M	Prime Minister
P.T.O	Please turn Over
PTI	Physical Training Instructor
Ph.D	Doctor of Philosophy
P.M.G	Post Master General
P.W.D	Public Works Department
P.O.W	Prisoner of War
R.S.V.P	Repondez s’ll vous Plait
R.S.S	Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
R.B.I	Reserve Bank of India
S.B.I	State Bank of India
S.C	Supreme Court, Schedule Caste
S.T	Scheduled Tribe
S.E.A.T.O	South East Asia Treaty Organization
T.A	Travelling Allowance
T.B	Tuberculosis
T.T.E	Travelling Ticket Examiner
TELEX	Tele Printer Exchange
TMO	Telegraphic Money
TV	Television
UNO	United Nations Organisation
UAR	United Arab Republic
UGC	University Grants Commission
UK	United Kingdom
UNICEF	United Nation International Children’s  Emergency Fund
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and  Cultural Organization
UPSC	Union Public Service Commission
USSR	Union of Soviet  Socialist Republic
USA	United States of America
V.I.P	Very Important Person
V.P.P	Value Payable Post
Vol	Volume
WHO	World Health Organization
X’mas	Christmas
Y.M.C.A	Young Men’s Christian Association
Y.W.C.A	Young  Women’s Christian  Association
Z.A.P.U	Zimbabwe Africa Peoples Union
Z.S	Zoological Society
Z.P.Z	Zero Population Growth

Important Days

January 9	NRI Day
January 10	World Laughter Day
January 12	National Youth Day
January 15	Army Day
January 26	Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30	Mother’s day, World Leprosy Eradication Day
February(2nd Sunday)	World Marriage Day
February 24	Central Excise day
February 28	National Science day
March 8	International Women’s Day, International Literacy Day
March 15	World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
March 18	Ordnance Factories Day
March 21	World Forestry Day
March 22	World Day for Water
March 23	World Meteorological Day
March 24	World T.B Day
April 5	National Maritime Day
April 7	World Health Day
April 22	Earth Day
May 1	Worker’s Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day
May 17	World Telecommunication Day
May 24	Commonwealth Day
May 31	Anti-Tobacco Day
June 5	World Environment Day
June (3rd Sunday)	Father’s Day
July 11	World Population Day
August 6	Hiroshima Day
August 9	Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15	Indian Independence Day
August 29	National Sports Day
September 5	Teacher’s Day
September 8	World literacy Day
September 14	Hindi Day
September 16	World Ozone Day
September 27	World Tourism Day
October 8	Indian Air Force Day
October 9	World Post Office Day
October 16	World Food Day
October 24	UN Day
November14	Children’s Day
December 1	World AIDS Day
December 7	Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10	Human Rights Day
December 23	Farmer’s Day