The world's oldest

World's oldest active sailing ship: ''Star of India'' is the world's oldest active sailing ship which celebrated its 150th birthday in San Diego, California November 9, 2013. According to the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the 212-foot-long vessel was built at Ramsey shipyard on the Isle of Man in Great Britain and was named the Euterpe when it was launched in 1863.

World's oldest surviving bank: The world's oldest surviving bank is Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS). The bank has been in business since 1472. It recently reported a second quarter loss of 179m euros (£142m), three times the loss analysts had been expecting.

World's oldest living woman: Japanese Misao Okawa is the world's oldest living woman. She celebrated her 116th birthday in March 2014.

World's oldest living man: Sakari Momoi (L), a resident of Saitama prefecture, became the became the world's oldest man at age 111 after Alexander Imich, also 111, died in New York on June 8, 2014.

World's oldest desert: Considered as World's oldest desert, The Namib is in southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa. It is said the desert has endured arid or semi-arid conditions for roughly 55–80 million years.

World's oldest surviving working clock: This faceless clock at Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, UK, is the world's oldest surviving working clock. It dates from 1386, or possibly earlier. The clock was restored in 1956, having struck the hours for 498 years and ticked more than 500 million times.

World's Oldest city: Jericho in palestine is believed to be the world's oldest continually-inhabited city. The archeologists unearthed the remains of 20 successive settlements in Jericho, dating back 11,000 years. The city is currently today home to more than 20,000 people.

This picture taken in 2010 shows the world's oldest Christmas tree. Standing just 14 inches tall this tiny tree celebrated 124th Christmas in 2010.

World's oldest tree: Methuselah, a 4845-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California, is considered by many as the world's oldest tree.

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen is widely regarded as world's oldest automobile. Built in 1886, the vehicle priced $1,000 at that time. The vehicle was awarded the German patent, number 37435, for which Karl Benz applied on January 29, 1886.

World's oldest written constitution: The constitution of the United States of America is the oldest written national constitution in use. The Constitution defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.

Oldest Stock Exchange: The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is the oldest in the world. It was founded in 1602 with dealings in printed shares of the United East India Company of the Netherlands in the Oude Zijds Kapel.

World's oldest restaurant: Madrid's Sobrino de Botin' is certified as the world's oldest restaurant. Botin is a four floors restaurant, with a centuries old woodfire oven, dating back to 1725. 

World's oldest daily newspaper: Wiener Zeitung, the Austrian government's official gazette, was first published in 1703 and is considered to be the oldest surviving daily newspaper in the world.

Temples of Malta, located on the islands of Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, are considered to be the oldest man-made structures found in the world. These temples were unearthed in the year 1980 CE. They are constructed with limestone slabs and date back to around 3000 BCE. 

Oldest living veteran of World War II: Richard Overton, 107, is the oldest living veteran of World War II. He received a standing ovation after U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute to him during a Veterans Day ceremony in Washington in 2013.

This is the world's oldest surviving pair of jeans dating from around 1879.




In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object that contained within it several gearwheels welded together after years under the sea. The 2,000-year-old object is now regarded as the world's oldest computer.




Senet is considered as one of the oldest known board games. Found in predynastic and First Dynasty burials of Egypt in 3500 BC and 3100 BC, Senet was believed to be played to decide the fate of the deceased in the afterlife.

Enjoy Amazing Facts about India

This is a compilation of random facts about India or related to India.

Enjoy Mind-Blowing, Shocking and Amazing Facts about India.

1. Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite township of Mumbai, was developed in 1972 and is the largest planned township on the planet.
2. In 2004, 200 women took law in their own hands and came to the court armed with vegetable knives and chilli powder and murdered on the court floor a serial rapist. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.
3. War of 27 years fought between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire from 1681 to 1707 was the longest recorded military engagement in the history of India.
4. In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to India for a permanent UN Security Council seat to avoid being embroiled in the cold war politics.
5. Viswanathan Anand is first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
6. India is one of only 3 remaining countries in the world to have a horsed cavalry regiment.
7. Agni III is the most accurate missile in the world in its range category and BrahMos is the fastest operational cruise missile in the world.
8. The process of crystallization of sugar from sugarcane juice was discovered in India in the Gupta period (350 AD).
9. Many tribes in India worship Asura and Ravan and consider Vijaya Dashami and Dussehra to be black days.
10. In 1928, when the Indian Hockey team was on its way to Amsterdam, they played a series of exhibition matches in England. Seeing its caliber, England decided not to field a team for the Olympics as “they did not want to lose to a slave country.”
11. Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by ameteor hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.
12. Raj Kapoor’s 1951 film Awaara was massively popular in Soviet Russia and China. The film and its title song were Mao Zedong’s (Founder of People’s Republic of China) favorite.
13. There were two US navy warships called USS Krishna and USS Indra that served during World War II.
14. The oldest building in Asia is in India, the Sanchi Stupa.
15. There is a species of Shark known as the Ganges Shark that inhabits River Ganga and it is critically endangered
16. The first railroad was constructed by two Indians (Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Jaganath Shunkerseth) and not the British.
17. Mount Kailash has never been climbed, in spite of Chinese government’s support to the climbers.
18. When going to battle Indian kings would make their horses wear trunks. The other side’s elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking that the horses were baby elephants.
19. If Uttar Pradesh were to be a separate country, it would be world’s fifth most populous country.
20. Bodhidharma, a prince of the Pallava dynasty went to China and began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Kung Fu.
21. Tipu Sultan used Rockets with Swords fixed in the front against the British in the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
22. There is a French electronic band named “Masala Dosa.”
23. Ajmal Amir Kasab had a case booked for entering CST station without a ticket.
24. There was a Great Hedge built by the British across India primarily to collect the salt tax. It was 4000 km long and 12 feet in height spanning from Punjab to Orissa. None of it remains today.
25. There is a village called Delhi in New York, USA. There is a city called Madras in Oregon, USA.
26. India has three Antarctic stations, Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi.
27. After United States, India has the largest number of English speakers.
28. During the battle of Rezang La in the 1962 India-Sino war a battalion called 13 Kumaon Regiment consisting of mere 120 soldiers held off 6000 Chinese with heavy artillery killing 1300 of their soldiers.
29. Bangalored‘ is a word in Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy outsourcing to India took the world by storm.
30. One of the oldest College of Engineering in the world is in Chennai, College of Engineering (Guindy).
31. There is a village in Assam called Jatinga where over the last 100 years, thousands of birds have flown to their death over a small strip of land.
32. India has the world’s smallest prison population.
33. The average cost of census taking in India is $0.5 per person (US: $39, World Average: $4.6).
34. Frozen bank accounts of Ottavio Quattrocchi were unexpectedly released by India’s law ministry in 2006 apparently without the consent of the CBI which had asked for them to be frozen.
35. India Post allows you to order personalized stamps with your picture on them.

The Only Immortal Animal in World

World's Only Immortal Animal

Turritopsis nutricula is the world's only immortal animal. It's a tiny jellyfish, 4-5 mm in length. When the jellyfish reaches sexual maturity, it transforms its old cells into new ones through the process called trans-differentiation. By renewing the cells continuously, the jellyfish stays young forever. It dies only when it gets killed or eaten by other animals. As of today, this jellyfish is the only known immortal animal on Earth, capable of reversing the aging process.

Here is how it looks:

A brief about Saffron (Kesar)

Challenges to Forensic Sciences

60 Facts You May Not Know!!!

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth. 
2. To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers 
3. Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'. 
4. Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam. 
5. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult! In America tipping is forced upon customer at 15 to 18%. 
6. People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport. 
7. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. 
8. Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs. 
9. Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash. 
10. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. 
11. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off! 
12. Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds. 
13. The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband. 
14. There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of Champagne 
15. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros 
16. It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! 
17. Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years 
18. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end 
19. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 
20. Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases. 
21. When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage. 
22. Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals 
23. Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers. 
24. The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. 
25. For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place. 
26. Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent 
27. Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F 
28. The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells 
29. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. 
30. Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean 
31. The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man 
32. Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density 
33. Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces 
34. The University of Alaska spans four time zones 
35. The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself. 
36. In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. 
37. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil) and Mazaru (Speak no evil). 
38. Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday. 
39. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 
40. A comet's tail always points away from the sun 
41. The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent 
42. Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines. 
43. The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity. 
44. If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. 
45. When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight 
46. Trivia in Roman mythology was the goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards and was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. She wandered about at night, and was seen only by the barking of dogs who told of her approach. 
47. In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed 
48. Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside 
49. Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams 
50. It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines 
51. The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year 
52. The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust 
53. Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters 
54. Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left 
55. Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy. 
56. Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down 
57. The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged. 
58. J. K. Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. 
59. For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off 
60. The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements

Making The Indian Constitution - A Look

The Constitution of India was drafted over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 17 days by Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly held eleven sessions

The idea to have Constitution was given by M.N. Roy.

Constituent Assembly of India setup under Cabinet Mission Plan of May 16, 1946.

Constituent Assembly was founded on on 9 December, 1946.

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president of Constituent Assembly..Dr. Rajendra Prasad then became the President of the Constituent Assembly.The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee.

B N Rao was appointed the constitutional advisor of the Assembly.

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND THEIR CHAIRMEN

Name of the Committee	Chairman
Committee on the Rules of Procedure	Rajendra Prasad
Steering Committee	Rajendra Prasad
Finance and Staff Committee	Rajendra Prasad
Credential Committee	Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
House Committee	B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Order of Business Committee	K.M. Munsi
Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag	Rajendra Prasad
Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly	G.V. Mavalankar
States Committee	Jawaharlal Nehru
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas	Vallabhbhai Patel
Minorities Sub-Committee	H.C. Mookherjee
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee	J.B. Kripalani
North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Exluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee	Gopinath Bardoloi
Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee	A.V. Thakkar
Union Powers Committeex	Jawaharlal Nehru
Union Constitution Committee	Jawaharlal Nehru
Drafting Committee	B.R. Ambedkar

Here is First meeting (December 11, 1946) of the Constituent Assembly

On 29 August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee, was formed on the basis of the various reports submitted by the previous committees.

List of members of Drafting Committee. Its members were:

1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - (Chairman), Most eminent lawyer
2. N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar - Most eminent lawyer of madras.
3. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar - A highly learned advocate who was thrice the Advocate Gneral of Madras
4. K.M. Munshi -A distinguished jurist, Munshi was most prominent members of the Assembly who was a member of 11 committees- largest number for any 1 member- including the rules, steering and advisory committees. The principle of granting every person equal protection of laws was a result of Munshi's effort.
5. Syyed Mohd. Saadulla -Was also member of steering committee
6. N. Madhav Rao - He was a constitutional adviser
7. T T Krishnamachari - Most eminent lawyer of madras.

Here is picture some members of drafting committee

Indian Constitution was great work of 299 eminent Indian people... lets salute them

FIRST DAY IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House. Decorated elegantly for the occasion, the Chamber wore a new look on that day with a constellation of bright lamps hanging from the high ceilings and also from the brackets on its walls. 

Overwhelmed and jubilant as they were, the hon'ble members sat in semi-circular rows facing the Presidential dias. The desks which could be warmed electrically were placed on sloping green-carpeted terraces. Those who adorned the front row were Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Acharya J.B. Kripalani, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Smt. Sarojini Naidu, Shri Hare-Krushna Mahatab, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Shri Sarat Chandra Bose, Shri C. Rajagopalachari and Shri M. Asaf Ali. Two hundred and seven representatives, including nine women were present. 

The inaugural session began at 11 a.m. with the introduction of Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, the temporary Chairman of the Assembly, by Acharya Kripalani. While welcoming Dr. Sinha and others, Acharyaji said: "As we begin every work with Divine blessings, we request Dr. Sinha to invoke these blessings so that our work may proceed smoothly. Now, I once more, on your behalf, call upon Dr. Sinha to take the Chair." 

Occupying the Chair amidst acclamation, Dr. Sinha read out the goodwill messages received from different countries. After the Chairman's inaugural address and the nomination of a Deputy Chairman, the members were formally requested to present their credentials. The First Day's proceedings ended after all the 207 members present submitted their credentials and signed the Register. 

Seated in the galleries, some thirty feet above the floor of the Chamber, the representatives of the Press and the visitors witnessed this memorable event. The All India Radio, Delhi broadcast a composite sound picture of the entire proceedings.

SOME FACTS

The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India. During this period, it held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days. Of these, 114 days were spent on the consideration of the Draft Constitution. 

As to its composition, members were chosen by indirect election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, according to the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission. The arrangement was: (i) 292 members were elected through the Provincial Legislative Assemblies; (ii) 93 members represented the Indian Princely States; and (iii) 4 members represented the Chief Commissioners' Provinces. The total membership of the Assembly thus was to be 389. However, as a result of the partition under the Mountbatten Plan of 3 June, 1947, a separate Constituent Assembly was set up for Pakistan and representatives of some Provinces ceased to be members of the Assembly. As a result, the membership of the Assembly was reduced to 299.
On 13 December, 1946, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution

1.This Constituent Assembly declares its firm and solemn resolve to proclaim India as an Independent Soverign Republic and to draw up for her future governance a Constitution;

2.WHEREIN the territories that now comprise British India, the territories that now form the Indian States, and such other parts fo India as are outside British India and the States as well as such other territories as are willing to be constituted into the Independent Soverign India, shall be a Union of them all; and

3.WHEREIN the said territories, whether with their present boundaries or with such others as may be determined by the Constituent Assembly and thereafter according to the law of the Constitution, shall possess and retain the status of autonomous Units, together with residuary powers and exercise all powers and functions of government and administration, save and except such powers and functions as are vested in or assigned to the Union, or as are inherent or implied in the Union or resulting therefrom; and

4.WHEREIN all power and authority of the Sovereign Independent India, its constituent parts and organs of government, are derived from the people; and

5.WHEREIN shall be guaranteed and secured to all the people of India justice, social economic and political : equality of status, of opportunity, and before the law; freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship, vocation, association and action, subject to law and public morality; and

6.WHEREIN adequate safeguards shall be provided for minorities, backward and tribal areas, and depressed and other backward classes; and

7.WHEREBY shall be maintained the integrity of the territory of the Republic and its soverign rights on land, sea, and air according to justice and the law of civilized nations; and

8.this ancient land attains its righful and honoured placed in the world and make its full and willing contribution to the promotion of world peace and the welfare of mankind.

This Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 January 1947.
Late in the evening of 14 August, 1947 the Assembly met in the Constitution Hall and at the stroke of midnight, took over as the Legislative Assembly of an Independent India.

On 29 August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. While deliberating upon the draft Constitution, the Assembly moved, discussed and disposed of as many as 2,473 amendments out of a total of 7,635 tabled.

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November, 1949 and the hon'ble members appended their signatures to it on 24 January, 1950. In all, 284 members actually signed the Constitution. On that day when the Constitution was being signed, it was drizzling outside and it was interpreted as a sign of a good omen.

The Constitution of India came into force on 2 6 January, 1950. On that day, the Assembly ceased to exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament of India until a new Parliament was constituted in1952

Sessions of the Constituent Assembly

• First Session: 9-23 December, 1946
• Second Session: 20-25 January, 1947
• Third Session: 28 April - 2 May, 1947
• Fourth Session: 14-31 July, 1947
• Fifth Session: 14-30 August, 1947
• Sixth Session: 27 January, 1948
• Seventh Session: 4 November,1948 - 8 January, 1949
• Eighth Session: 16 May - 16 June, 1949
• Ninth Session: 30 July - 18 September, 1949
• Tenth Session: 6-17 October, 1949
• Eleventh Session: 14-26 November, 1949

The Assembly met once again on 24 January 1950, when all the 299 members appended their signatures to the Constitution of India

STATEWISE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA AS ON 31 Dec 1947

299 Members (229 Members from 12 Provinces and 70 Members from 29 States)

S.No.	INDIAN PROVINCES - 229
1	Madras	49
2	Bombay	21
3	West Bengal	19
4	United Provinces	55
5	East Punjab	12
6	Bihar	36
7	C.P. and Berar	17
8	Assam	8
9	Orissa	9
10	Delhi	1
11	Ajmer-Merwara	1
12	Coorg	1
Total		229

INDIAN STATES
1.      Alwar	1
2.      Baroda	3
3.      Bhopal	1
4.      Bikaner	1
5.      Cochin	1
6.      Gwalior	4
7.      Indore	1
8.      Jaipur	3
9.      Jodhpur	2
10.     Kolhapur	1
11.     Kotah	1
12.     Mayurbhanj	1
13.     Mysore	7
14.     Patiala	2
15.     Rewa	2
16.     Travancore	6
17.     Udaipur	2
18.     Sikkim and Cooch Behar Group	1
19.     Tripura, Manipur and Khasi States Group	1
20.     U.P. States Group	1
21.     Eastern Rajputana States Group	3
22.     Central India States Group  (including Bundelkhand and Malwa)	3
23.     Western India States Group	4
24.     Gujarat States Group	2
25.     Deccan and Madras States Group	2
26.     Punjab States Group I	3
27.     Eastern States Group I	4
28.     Eastern States Group II	3
29.     Residuary States Group	4
Total	70

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Windows 1.0 to 8.0

1985 Windows 1.0 

The First Version of Microsoft Windows, Windows 1.0, with simple applications and the concept of multitasking on PC

1987 Windows 2.0 

The Second Version of Windows, Windows 2.0 with some fixes and the Control Panel. 

1988 Windows 2.1 

The Second Version of Windows with some additions, and some fixes, Windows 2.1, the Paint software is seen in this one!

1990 Windows 3.0 

The Third Version of Windows, Windows 3.0, featuring the File Manager and Program Manager, replacing the old MS DOS based File and Program Managers.

1992 Windows 3.1 

The later released upgraded version of Windows 3.0, which had support for 32-bit Disk Access, Personalization options and had the Minesweeper game for the first time. 

1995 Windows 95 

Windows 95, the changed look, the new interface and the beginning of the form of Windows which we see now. Enhanced Graphics and better Communication Programs. 

1998 Windows 98 

Windows 98, one of the most successful versions of Windows till now, this version of Windows can still be seen in some PCs even today. With Extended Software, better Performance, this Version was the first milestone in the path of the development of Windows. 

2000 Windows ME 

Windows ME or Windows Millenium Edition, though not a very popular version of Windows, but still it had some better tools and performance than the previous ones in some cases. 

2001 Windows XP 

Windows XP, the Daddy of all versions of Windows, the most popular version of windows even today. Windows XP is still used today because of its unmatched performance, tools and interface. This has been the best version of Windows till the arrival of Windows 7. 

2006 Windows Vista 

Windows Vista, though it didn't go so well in the public, but still it’s a good version of Windows specially for the interface the Windows Aero„¢ Effect, making the Window Transparency work like magic. 

2009 Windows 7 

Windows 7, the best version of Windows till date. With the new and advanced features such as the Superbar, this version of Windows created another milestone for Microsoft after Windows 98 and Windows XP. Windows 7 features an unbeatable user interface, and powerful tools that makes it the best among the rest. 

2012 Windows 8 

Windows 8, is expected to be released in the late 2012. The interface of Windows 8 as seen at the D9 Conference. A better version of Windows as proposed by Microsoft, with the changed User Interface.