Independence Days

Independence Days of Various Countries SNo Country Date 1 Afghanistan 19th August 2 Armenia 28th May 3 Australia 4th January 4 U.S.A. 4th July 5 Bangladesh 16th December 6 Belgium 21st July 7 Brazil 7th September 8 Canada 1st July 9 China 10th October 10 Chile 18th September 11 Colombia 20th July 12 Finland 6th December 13...

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Awards in 2009 December

December 6, 2009: Grawemeyer Award : Eboo Patel India-born Eboo Patel who is a member of President Barack Obama's faith advisory council, has become the first Muslim to win the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion from the Louisville Presbyterian...

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Important questoins..

In which year first Arjuna Awards were conferred in Archery in India? Arjuna award was instituted in 1961 as the highest national recognition for outstanding performance in sports & games in Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth games, World Cup, World Championships etc. The first recipient of Arjuna award in archery was Krishna Das in 1981. Other...

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Why Kesavanand Bharti Case of 1973 is famous?

The supreme court of India enunciated the doctrine of the basic Structure of the Indian constitution in this case. The honorable Supreme Court held that “There are certain principles within the framework of Indian Constitution which are inviolable and hence cannot be amended by the Parliament. These principles were commonly termed as Basic Structure.” The...

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97th Indian Science Congress

Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the 97th Indian Science Congress at Thiruvananthapuram. This is a tradition that India's Prime Minister inaugurates the Indian Science Congress every year on 3rd January & is chaired by Chief Minister of the respective state where this congress is organised. Indian Science Congress Association On...

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State Farmers Commission (SFC) - Orissa

Agriculture is the major contributor to Orissa's economy. Agriculture is the chief occupation in Orissa. About 76% of the total working population is engaged with agriculture and agriculture related industries. The total cropped area in Orissa is 87,46,000 Hectares and out of that 18,79,000 Hectares are under irrigation. Orissa is one of the largest...

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South Asia's Largest Monastery : Padma Sambhava Mahavihara

Padma Sambhav Mahavihara or Rigon Thupten Mindroling monastery is the 5 storyed largest monastery in South Asia and is inauguated in Gajapati District of Orissa by Dalai Lama. Padmasmbhav Mahavihara Monastery - named after Padmasambhav, the founder of the Vajrayana sect of the Mahayana path, is built in Atanpuri style of architecture of Nalanda. Padmasmbhav...

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List of India's Grand Masters

India boasts of 21 Grand Masters and 65 International Masters as per the latest FIDE list of Grandmasters. Viswanathan Anand S. Arun Prasad Tejas Bakre Dibyendu Barua, Deepan Chakkravarthy Surya Shekhar Ganguly Geetha Narayanan Gopal Abhijeet Gupta P. Harikrishna Koneru Humpy Abhijit Kunte RR Laxman Neelotpal Das Parimarjan Negi Magesh...

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Top 13 natural wonders in the world

Can't make it to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Galapagos Islands or China's Great Wall? While these remain among the world's most spectacular man-made and natural destinations, there are other sites luring to curious travelers. Among them, 13 natural wonders were added in 2009 to the UNESCO's World Heritage List. These natural wonders; chosen by...

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Shivshankar Menon is new National Security Adviser

Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will be the fourth incumbent, succeeding M.K. Narayanan who has already been designated as the West Bengal Governor. Sources said that Shivshankar Menon might take charge on January 23. The government on Thursday issued orders appointing Shiv Shankar Menon as the next National Security Adviser. Mr. Menon,...

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Famous books and authors

Books Authors A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul A Brush with Life Satish Gujral A Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Granth Sahib S.S. Kohli A Foreign Policy for India I.K. Gujral A Fortune Teller Told Me Tiziano Terzani A Gender Lens on Social Psychology Judith A Howard and Jocelyn A.Hollander A General and His Army Georgy Vladimov A Himalayan...

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