HISTORICAL EVENTS | |
B.C | |
2500-1800 | Indus valley civilization. |
599 | Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C. |
563 | Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C. |
327-26 | Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe. |
269-232 | Ashoka's reign. |
261 | Battle of Kalinga. |
57 | Beginning of Vikrama era. |
30 | Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south. |
326 | Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas |
261 | Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War |
A.D | |
78 | Beginning of Saka era. |
320 | Beginning of Gupta era. |
360 | Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan. |
380-413 | Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism. |
606-647 | Rule of Harshavardhana. |
629-645 | Hieun Tsang's visit in India. |
622 | Beginning of Hijra era. |
712 | Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim. |
1001-27 | Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni. |
1025 | Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud. |
1191 | First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori. |
1192 | Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. |
1206 | Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty. |
1290 | Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty. |
1290 | Marco Polo visited India. |
1320 | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty. |
1333 | Ibn Batuta arrived in India. |
1336 | Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire. |
1347 | Bahmani kingdom founded. |
1398 | Timur invades India. |
1451 | Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate. |
1469 | Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. |
1498 | Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut. |
1510 | Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor. |
1526 | First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty. |
1556 | Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu. |
1565 | Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated. |
1571 | Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar. |
1576 | Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. |
1582 | Akbar started Din-i-llahi. |
1600 | English East India Company established. |
1604 | Compilation of Adi Granth. |
1605 | Death of Akbar. |
1611 | The English built a factory at Masulipatnam. |
1627 | Birth of Shivaji |
1631 | Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal. |
1658 | Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi. |
1666 | Birth of Guru Gobind Singh. |
1699 | Guru Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'. |
1707 | Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins. |
1739 | Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India. |
1757 | Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal. |
1760 | Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India, |
1761 | Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas. |
1764 | Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam. |
1793 | Permanent settlement in Bengal. |
1799 | Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital. |
1817-19 | Marathas finally crushed. |
1828 | Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830). |
1835 | Introduction of English as medium of instruction. |
A.D | |
1853 | First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane. |
1857-58 | First war of Indian Independence. |
1858 | British crown takes over the Indian Government; End of East India Company's rule. |
1861 | Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore. |
1869 | Birth of M.K. Gandhi. |
1885 | Formation of Indian National Congress. |
1905 | Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon. |
1906 | Formation of All India Muslim League. |
1909 | Minto-Morley Reforms. |
1911 | Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
1914 | World War I started. |
1918 | End of World War I. |
1919 | Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montague- Chelmsford reforms. |
1920 | Non-cooperation Movement launched, |
1921 | Moplah rebellian in Malabar; visit of Prince of Wales. |
1922 | Chauri-Chaura incidence. |
1923 | Swaraj party formed. |
1927 | Simon Commission appointed. |
1928 | Visit of Simon Commission to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai. |
1929 | Congress demanded'Poorna Swaraj'in Lahore session. |
1930 | January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table conference. |
1931 | Gandhi-lrvin Pact, Second Round Table Conference. |
1932 | Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award, Poona Pact. |
1935 | Government of India Act. |
1937 | Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress ministries formed in 8 out of 11 provinces. |
1939 | Resignation of Congress ministries, beginning of World War II. |
1942 | Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement, Formation of Indian National Army by S.C. Bose. |
1945 | Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, INA trials at Red Fort, Delhi. |
1946 | Cabinet Mission Plan, Formation of Interim Government, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim League. |
1947 | Mountbatten Plan of June 3 in which partition of India resolution is proposed, India divided, Pakistan created, both achieve independence, Jawarhar Lai Nehru becomes the I Prime Minister of India. |
1948 | Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30). |
1950 | India became republic (Jan. 26). |
1951 | First Five Year Plan implemented. |
1952 | First General Elections held. |
1953 | Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary conquer Mt. Everest (May 29). |
1954 | Panchsheel agreement between India and China. |
1956 | Life insurance nationalized, State Reorganising Act comes into force. |
1957 | Second General Elections. |
1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
1959 | Dalai Lama exiled; enters India. |
1961 | Liberation of Goa. |
1962 | Chinese attack on India. (Oct 20). |
1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru dies; Lai Bahadur Shastri becomes PM. |
1965 | Indo-Pak war. |
1966 | Tashkent Agreement reached, Death of Lai Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi became PM. |
1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
1968 | Hargovind Khurana shares the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology. |
1969 | Death of. President Zakir Hussain (May 3). V. V. Giri elected President, Nationalization of 14 leading banks, Split in Indian National Congress. |
1970 | Former Indian ruler's privy purses abolished. Dr. C. V. Raman died (Nov. 2). |
1971 | Indo-Pak War over Bangladesh. |
1972 | Shimla Agreement signed. |
1973 | Manekshaw named India's first Field Marshal |
1974 | Nuclear explosion at Pokhran (May 18). |
1975 | Indian satellite 'Aryabhatta' launched, National emergency declared. |
1976 | The four Indian News agencies merged into a single News Agency known as 'Samachar', life of Lok Sabha extended by an year. |
1977 | Defeat of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the election, Morarji Desai takes over as PM, emergency withdrawn. |
1978 | India launches world's biggest adult literacy plan (Oct. 2). |
1979 | Charan Singh became PM., Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. |
1980 | Indira Gandhi returns to power at centre, India launches first satellite using its own satellite launching vehicle (July. 18). |
1981 | India launched APPLE, Khalistan activists hijack Indian Airlines Boeing 737 to Lahore. |
1982 | Zail Singh sworn in as President, the 21-member Indian scientific expedition headed by Dr. S. Z. Qasim lands on Antarctica (Jan. 9), INSAT1 A launched, Ninth Asian Games held in New Delhi. |
1983 | The 7th Non Aligned Summit in New Delhi, Kalpakkam Atomic Energy plant goes critical (July 2), INSAT-1 B launched (Aug. 30), Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" wins 8 oscars. |
1984 | Rakesh Sharma becomes India's first spaceman (Apr. 5), Bachendri Pal become the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest (May 23), Operation Blue Star, Assassination of Indira Gandhi (Oct 31), Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM, Bhopal Gas tragedy (Dec. 3). |
1985 | Anti-defection Bill passed (Jan. 3), Azharuddin hits 3 centuries in 3 tests. |
1986 | The first wholly Indian test-tube baby bom at KEM Hospital, Bombay (Aug. 7). |
1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in tests (Mar. 7), Goa becomes the 25th state of India (May 30). |
1988 | India's first remote sensing satellite IRS 1 -A launched from Russia (Mar. 17), INSAT 1-C launched from French Guyana (July 22). |
1989 | Successful test of Agni (May 22), laying of the foundation stone for the Ram Janmabhoomi temple of Ayodhya (Nov 10). V.P. Singh becomes the PM. |
1990 | Successful launching of INSAT 1-D (June 12), Mandal Commission recommendation implemented (Aug. 7), V.P. Singh tenders resignation (Nov. 7), S. Chandrashekhar becomes PM. (Nov. 10). |
1991 | Rajiv Gandhi killed in a bomb blast (May 21), P. V. Narsimha Rao became PM. (June 21), Earthquake in Uttarkashi region (Oct. 20), Satyajit Ray got special Oscar award. (Dec.16). |
1992 | Prithvi test fired (May 5), INSAT-2 A launched (July 10), Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma became President (July 25), the domes of Babri Masjid demolished (Dec 6). |
1993 | Panchayati Raj Act effective (Apr. 24), INSAT-2 B launched from French Guyana (July 23), Earthquake in Latur region (Sept. 30). |
1994 | First heart transplant in the country (Aug. 3), PSLV D-2 launched (Oct. 15). |
1995 | Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh assassinated (Agu. 31), INSAT-2 C launched (Dec. 7) |
1996 | A.B. Vajpayee became PM. (May 16), H.D. Deve Gowda became PM. (June 1), India-Bangladesh sign Ganga Water Pact (Dec. 12) |
1997 | I. K. Gujral became PM. (Apr. 21), K. R. Narayanan sworn in as President (July 25), Mother Teresa passes away (Sept. 5), Arundhati Roy wins Booker Prize (Oct. 14), I. K. Gujral resigns as PM. (Nov. 28) |
1998 | Konkan railway commissioned (Jan. 26), A. B. Vajpayee became PM. (Mar. 19), India conducted total 5 nuclear tests (May 11 and May 13), Severe cyclone in Gujarat (June 9), Amartya Sen won the Noble Prize in Economics (Oct. 14) |
1999 | P.M. Vajpayee arrived in Pakistan by Delhi-Lahore bus (Feb. 20), India successfully launched its first commercial telecom satellite INSAT-2 E from Kourou (Apr. 3), Intense fighting in Kargil (June-July), Devastating cyclone in Orissa and A. P. (Oct.) |
2000 | U. S. President Bill Clinton visited India (Mar.) INSAT-3 B launched from Kourou (Mar. 22), Successful test firing of 'Dhanush', the naval version of 'Prithvi' missile (Apr. 11), Karnam Malleshwari wins a bronze at Olympics, Chattisgarh formed (Nov. 1), Uttaranchal formed (Nov. 9), Jharkhand formed (Nov. 15) |
2001 | The pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' inducted into the Indian Air Force (Jan. 5), Severe earthquake in Gujarat (Ja. 26), the newly-constructed Ennore port dedicated to the nation (Feb. 1), India successfully launches GSLV D-1 from Sriharikota (Apr. 18), Indo-Pak summit at Agra (July 15-16), Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha (Aug. 14), Attack on WTC, New York shakes the world (Sept. 11), Lok Sabha passes the bill on "Right to Education till 14" (Nov. 30), Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament (Dec. 13) |
2002 | INSAT-3 C launched on Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guyana (Jan. 24), ISRO successfully tries the indegenious cryogenic engine (Feb. 5), POTO passed in the joint session of the Parliament (Mar. 26), LCA test flown successfully (June 6), Cabinet clears 26% FDI in print media (June 25), Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam elected the President of India (July 18), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat sworn in as Vice-President of India (Aug. 19), India launches METSAT by using PSLV-C4 (Sept. 12), Draft of the Tenth Five-Year Plan approved by the Planning Commission (Oct. 5), BSNL launches mobile phone service (Oct. 15), Vajpayee and Putin sign Delhi declaration (Dec. 4), Kelkar submitted modified report on tax reforms (Dec. 28) |
2003 | Kalpana Chawla killed in space shuttle Columbia burnup (Feb. 1); Large reserves of oil & gas discovered in Barmer district of Rajasthan (Feb. 4); US launched attack on Iraq (Mar. 20); INSAT-3A launched from Kourou (Apr. 10); Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) renamed 'Tejas' (May 4); GSLVD-2 launched from Sriharikota (May 8); First instance of power failure in modern USA (Aug. 15-16); Mars comes closest to Earth (Aug. 27); Govt. approves the purchase of Advanced Jet Trainers, Hawk, from Britain (Sept. 3); INSAT-3E launched from Kourou (Sept. 20); Pope John Paul-ll beautifies Mother Teresa (Oct. 19); First Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad (Oct. 24-Nov. 1); India & Pakistan agree to a formal cease-fire along the LOG (Nov. 25); 97th, 98th, 99th & 100th Constitutional Amendment Bills passed (Dec. 18-23) |
2004 | Sensex crosses the magical figure of 6000 (Jan. 2); India signs agreement with Russia for obtaining Admiral Gorshkov (Jan. 20); Delhi High Court clears Rajiv Gandhi from the Bofors deal (Feb. 4); 200 killed in Madrid train blast (Mar. 11); Nobel Medals of Rabindra Nath Tagore gets stolen from Shantiniketan (Mar. 25); NDA conducts election before time, but loses unexpectedly, UPA government comes in power, Dr. Manmohan Singh sworn-in as the new PM (May 22); 87 children killed in a fire in school in Kumbhkonam, Tamil Nadu (July 17); Olympics return to their homeland Athens, Rajyavardhan Rathode wins a silver for India (Aug. 13-29); Hamid Karzai wins the Presidential vote in Afghanistan (Oct. 14); Sandalwood King Veerappan is dead (Oct. 18); George W. Bush re-elected (Nov. 3); Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati arrested on murder charges (Nov. 11); Yasser Arafat is dead (Nov. 11); Parliament dismissses POTA (Dec. 9); Tsunami causes havoc in South and South East Asia killing more than a lakh (Dec. 26) |
January 22, 2010
HISTORICAL EVENTS
2. The members of the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in the year 1946 on December 9.
3. On August 29, 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed, with Dr Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members.
4. A Draft Constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on November 4, 1947.
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Atomic Energy
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The Atomic Energy Commission is a governing body functioning under the Department of
Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The DAE is under the direct charge
of the Prime Minister.
2. Department of Atomic Energy (India) was founded with Homi Bhabha as secretary
3. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman.
4. The first nuclear test explosion by India on May 18, 1974 at Pokhran.
5. The Indian Space Research Organization in its modern form was created by Vikarm Sarabhai in 1969
Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Tarapur, Maharashtra
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan
Madras Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu
Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora, Uttar Pradesh
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, Kakrapar, Gujarat
Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Kaiga, Karnataka
Jaitapur nuclear power project — Maharashtra
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Mumbai — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
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Tamilnadu information
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tamilnadu -11 largest state
Population - 7th state
Area 130,058 km2 (50,216 sq mi)
President's rule on four occasions - 1.1976 to 1977,
2.short period in 1980
3. 1988 to 1989
4. the latest in 1991.
The major administrative units of the state constitutes
39 Lok Sabha constituencies,
234 Assembly constituencies,
32 districts,
10 city corporations,
152[40] municipalities,
611 town panchayats and 12,618 village panchayats
Tamil Nadu had a bicameral legislature until 1986,
when it was replaced with a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.
Tamil Nadu has 10 City Corporations:
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Salem,
Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Erode, Vellore and Thoothukudi.
The Tamil Nadu Police Force is over 140 years old.
The current Director General of Police of Tamil Nadu is K. P. Jain.
The 32 districts of Tamil Nadu are as listed below
1.Ariyalur District
2.Chennai District
3.Coimbatore District
4.Cuddalore District
5.Dharmapuri District
6.Dindigul District
7.Erode District
8.Kanchipuram District
9.Kanyakumari District (Smallest District)
10.Karur District
11.Krishnagiri District
12.Madurai District
13.Nagapattinam District
14.Namakkal District
15.Nilgiris District
16.Perambalur District
17.Pudukkottai District
18.Ramanathapuram District
19.Salem District
20.Sivagangai District
21.Thanjavur District
22.Theni District
23.Thoothukudi District
24.Tiruchirapalli District
25.Tirunelveli District
26.Tirupur district
27.Tiruvallur District
28.Tiruvannamalai District
29.Tiruvarur District
30.Vellore District
31.Viluppuram District
32.Virudhunagar District
First mayor of madras : L. Sriramulu Naidu
The DMK decided to enter politics in 1956.
Tamil Nadu has 19 universities
January 19, 2010
Nobel Prize Winners in India
S.No | Name | Year | Specialization | Other Info |
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1. | RABINDRANATH TAGORE | 1913 | Literature | Popularly known as Gurudev, India's most famous writer and poet was awarded the Nobel Prize Tagore was also involved in teaching. In 1901 he founded the famous Santiniketan which later |
2. | CHANDRASHEKAR VENKATA RAMAN(C.V.RAMAN) | 1930 | Physics | Born at Thiruvanaikkaval in Tamil Nadu, Raman studied at Presidency College, Madras. Later, he served as Professor of Physics at Calcutta University. C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize for an important research in the field of optics (light). Raman had found that diffused light contained rays of other wavelengths-what is now popularly known as Raman Effect. His theory explains why the frequency of light passing through a transparent medium changes. |
3. | HARGOBIND KHORANA | 1968 | Medicine | Dr. Khorana was born in Raipur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). He went abroad to get his doctorate in Chemistry and later settled there. It was his study of the human genetic code and the role it plays in protein synthesis that got him the Nobel Prize. |
4. | MOTHER TERESA | 1979 | Peace | Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu at Skopje, now in Yugoslavia. She wanted to become a nun and joined the Irish order of the Sisters of Loretto (at Dublin) in 1928. It is as a nun that Agnes came Calcutta in 1929. Here she was extremely touched by the misery of the poor and the sick. She decided to dedicate her life to serving them. She then founded a group of similar minded people called the Missionaries of Charity and set up Nirmal Hriday a center where she took care of the dying, the lepers and other people who had been left alone on the streets of Calcutta to die. Today her group has centers all over the world. |
5. | SUBRAMANIAN CHANDRASHEKAR | 1983 | Physics | Dr S. Chandrashekar, is an Indian-born astrophysicist (a branch of astronomy or the study of space). After studying at the Presidency College in Madras, Dr. Chandrashekhar went to the United States for work and settled there. He has written many books on his field Astrophysics and |
6. | AMARTYA SEN | 1998 | Economics | Prof. Amartya Sen is the first Asian to win the Economics Nobel. He is one of the most respected economics thinker in the world. He is also an excellent teacher. He won the Nobel for his work in the area of economic theory. Some of his most important work is in the areas of poverty, democracy, development and social welfare. |
7. | VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN | 2009 | Bio-Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was born in Chidambaram in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. |
Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India | |
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Established | 28-Jan-1950 |
Location | New Delhi |
Authorized by | Constitution of India |
Judge term length | 65 Years of age |
Number of positions | 31 |
Chief Justice of India | K. G. Balakrishnan Since (14-Jan-2007) |
The current president of the SCBA(supreme Court Bar Association) | Mr. P.H. Parekh. |
The first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court was Justice | Fatima Beevi in 1987 |
Other Womens to be appointed to the Supreme Court was Justice | 1.Sujata Manohar 2. Ruma Pal |
First chief justice of supreme court of india | harilal kania or H. J. Kania |
January 18, 2010
List of states and territories
1.Andhra Pradesh
2.Arunachal Pradesh
3.Assam
4.Bihar
5.Chhattisgarh
6.Goa
7.Gujarat
8.Haryana
9.Himachal Pradesh
10.Jammu and Kashmir
11.Jharkhand
12.Karnataka
13.Kerala
14.Madhya Pradesh
15.Maharashtra
16.Manipur
17.Meghalaya
18.Mizoram
19.Nagaland
20.Orissa
21.Punjab
22.Rajasthan
23.Sikkim
24.Tamil Nadu
25.Tripura
26.Uttar Pradesh
27.Uttarakhand
28.West Bengal
Union Territories:
A.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B.Chandigarh
C.Dadra and Nagar Haveli
D.Daman and Diu
E.Lakshadweep
F.National Capital Territory of Delhi
G.Puducherry
January 11, 2010
Constituent Assembly of India
Committees under the Constituent Assembly
Committee on the Rules of procedure - Rajendra Prasad
Steering Committee Rajendra Prasad
Finance and Staff Committee Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Credential Committee Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
House Committee B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Order of Business Committee K.M. Munshi
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
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. Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee Gopinath Bardoloi
Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee A.V. Thakkar
Union Powers Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
Union Constitution Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
Drafting Committee B.R. Ambedkar
[edit] Members of the Indian Constituent Assembly
[edit] Indian National Congress
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,Deputy Prime Minister cum Home Minister
Maulana Azad, Minister for Education,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Chairman of the Assembly
C. Rajagopalachari, Governor General
Sarat Chandra Bose
Sri Krishna Sinha, Chief Minister,Bihar
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Anugrah Narayan Sinha,Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister,Bihar
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Asaf Ali
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, President, Hindu Mahasabha
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Minister for Health
Hansa Mehta, President, All India Women's Conference
Constitution of India
2. Which constitutional amendment introduced the anti defection provisions in the constitution – 52nd Amendments
3. After independence the first state organized on the basis of language is Andhra Pradesh
4. If a no-confidence motion is passed against a Minister the whole council of ministers has to resign
5. Who was the constitutional advisor to the constituent assembly? Jawaharlal Nehru
6. What was the exact constitutional status of the Indian republic on Jan 26, 1950?
A Sovereign Democratic Republic
7. Who amongst the following acts as the presiding officer of the house without being its member? Vice President of India
8. The number of articles our constitution contains is 444
9. Our constitution has 12 schedules
10. Our constitution was adopted on 26th November 1949
January 9, 2010
World Tamil Conference
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 1967
- Chennai (Tamilnadu, India) - 1968 (by Tamilnadu CM, C.N.Annadurai (DMK party) )
- Paris (France) - 1970
- Jaffna (SriLanka) - 1974
- Madurai (Tamilnadu, India) - 1981 (by Tamilnadu CM, M.G. Ramachandran (ADMK party) )
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 1987
- Mauritius
- Thanjavur (Tamilnadu, India) - 1995 (by Tamilnadu CM, J. Jayalalitha (ADMK party) )
- Coimbatore (Tamilnadu, India) - 1995 (by Tamilnadu CM, Mr.Karunanithi (DMK party) )
January 8, 2010
India's Atomic Research
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India General Knowledge Questions
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Questions about Human Body
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PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
Time Period | President's Name |
1950-1962 | Rajendra Prasad |
1962-1967 | S.Radhakrishnan |
1967-1974 | V.V. Giri |
1974-1977 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
1977-1982 | N.Sanjiva Reddy |
1982-1987 | Gyani Zail Singh |
1987-1992 | R. Venkataraman |
1992-1997 | Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma |
1997-2002 | K.R. Narayanan |
2002-2007 | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
2007 July 25 | Mrs. Pratibha Patil |
Vice Presidents of India - List of Vice-Presidents of India
Vice Presidents of India - List of Vice-Presidents of India |
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Time Period | Vice-President's Name |
1952-1962 | S. Radhakrishnan |
1962-1967 | Zakir Hussain |
1967-1969 | V. V. Giri |
1969-1974 | G. S. Pathak |
1974-1979 | B.D. Jatti |
1979-1984 | Md. Hidayatullah |
1984-1987 | R. Venkataraman |
1987-1992 | Dr. S.D. Sharma |
1992-1997 | K.R. Narayanan |
1997-2002 | Krishan Kanth |
2002-207 | Bhairon Singh Shekawath |
2007 August 9 - Till Date | Mohammad Hamid Anzari |
Post-Partition (1947 - Present)
[edit] Regional tensions
[edit] Democratic strains
[edit] Population: 1 billion
[edit] Kashmir tensions rise
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