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AREA & POPULATION (2015)

HISTORICAL & POLITICAL 1500 B.C.... .Aryan tribes invaded from North-West. 3 c. B.C.. …..Ashoka ruled most of Indian subcontinent. 4-6 C. AD ... Gupta reign - Golden Age. 1200............ Turkish Moslems gain control over North India. 1498 ........... Vasco Da Gama arrived in Calicut. 1526-1857 .. Mughal rule. 1600..... ...... East India Company formed.

States

Capitals

Sq.mi

Sq.km Pop.(M)

Andhra Pradesh .......

.. Hyderabad .................

... 106,195 ...... ... 275,045 .

.......84.66

Arunachal Pradesh .

.. Itanagar ......................

.... 32,333 ....

..... 83,743 .

......... 1.38

Assam ......................

.. Dispur .......................... ....30,318....

... 78,523 .

...... 31.16

Bihar ........................

.. Patna ........................... .... 67,134....

... 173,877 .

...... 103.8

Goa ..........................

.. Panaji ......................... ...... 1,429....

....... 3,702 .

........ 1.45

Gujarat ..................

.. Gandhinagar .............

.... 75,685 ....

... 196,024 .

...... 60.38

1857 ....... ...Indian Sepoy Mutiny. 1858 .......... British Parliament rule.

Haryana .......... ..... ;... .. Chandigarh .................. .... 17,070....

... 44,212 .

.......25.35

Himachal Pr ..............

.. Shimla.......................... .... 21,495 ....

... 55,673 .

........ 6.85

1885 .......... Indian National Congress founded. 1905 ........... Partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon.

Jammu & Kashmir .

.. Srinagar ...................... .... 85,806....

... 222,236 .

........ 12.54

Karnataka ................

.. Bangalore..................... .... 74,051 ....

... 191,791 .

...... 61.30

Kerala ......................

.. Thiruvananthapuram

.... 15,005 ....

... 38,863 .

.......33.38

1920 .......... Gandhi launched Civil Disobedience Movement. 1929 .......... Resolution on complete independence passed. 1942............ Quit India Movement. 1947 ......... India's partition; Indian independence. 1948 .......... Mahatma Gandhiji assassinated. 1950 .......... India became Republic on 26th January. 1951…........ First general election; first Amendment to the Constitutiom; first 5 year plan. 1952 .......... Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President. 1956 ........... Reorganization of Indian States. 1962 ......... War with China. 1954…....... Jawaharlal Nehru passed away. 1965 ......... Indo-Pakistan war in Kashmir. 1971........... Pakistan attacked India in the west. 1975 ........... Aryabhata — first Indian Satellite launched; Emergency declared; 1984........... Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes Prime Minister 1991............ Rajiv Gandhi assassinated; P.V.Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister

Madhya Pradesh .......

.. Bhopal ......................... .. 171,125 ....

... 443,446 .

...... 72.59

Maharashtra ............

.. Bombay ....................... .. 118,809....

... 307,713 .

.......112.37

Manipur ................

.. Imphal ......................... ..... 8,620....

... 22,327 .

........ 2.72

Meghalaya.................

.. Shillong ....................... ..... 8,660....

... 22,429 ..

........ 2.96

Mizoram ..................

.. Aizawal ............. ......... .....8,139 ....

... 21,081 ..

........ 1.09

......... 1.98

Nagaland ....:..........

.. Kohima ........................ .....6,401 ....

... 16,579 .

Orissa .......................

.. Bhubaneshwar ............ .... 60,118 ....

... 155,707 .

...... 41.97

Punjab ............. ; ......

.. Chandigarh .................. .... 19,445 ....

... 50,362 .

...... 27.70

.. Jaipur ......................... .. 132,139 ....

... 342,239 ..

...... 68.62

Rajasthan

Sikkim ........... .

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.. Gangtok ...................... ..... 2,740....

....... 7,096 ..

........ 0.60

Tamil Nadu ...............

.. Madras ........................ .... 50,261 ....

... 130,058 ..

.......72.13

Tripura .....................

.. Agartala ............... ..... .....4,051 ....

... 10,491 ..

........ 3.67

Uttar Pradesh ...........

.. Lucknow ...................... .. 113,673 ....

... 294,411 ..

... 119.58

West Bengal .............

.. Calcutta ....................... .... 34,267 ....

... 88,752 ..

..... 91.34

Union Territories

And. & Nic. Is ............ .. Port Blair .................... .....3,185 ....

....... 8,249 ..

....... 0.37

Chandigarh ............... .. Chandigarh .................. ...........44....

......... 114 ..

....... 25.35

D&NHaveli ............

.. Silvassa ........................ ..... 189.6....

......... 491 ..

....... 0.34

.......... 112 ..

Daman & Diu ............ .. Daman ......................... ...........43 ....

........0.24

Delhi ....................

.. Delhi ...........................

....... 573....

....... 1,483 ..

..... ;. 9.37

........... 12 ....

Lakshadweep ............ .. Kavaratti ....................

........... 32 ..

....... 0.05

Pondicherry ............

.. Pondicherry ................ ....... 190....

......... 492 ..

0.81

Dialling Code India - ISD - 91 Delhi - STD - 011

WEATHER CHART

o C Min C = Humidity % am E = Precipitation o C Max D = Humidity % pm (inches)

A = Temp B = Temp

Telex-031 Electricity supply : 220V-AC Weights &Measures : Metric system Fiscal Year : 1 Apr-31Mar

DELHI BEST TIME (NOV - APR)

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Govt. Office

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Banks

Mon-Fri

10.00 - 14.00; Sat - 10.00 - 12.00

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VISA : Required except for the citizens of Bhutan, Nepal, S.Africa (Indian origin) and Maldives

Commerce

Mon-Fri

10.00 - 18.00

* Some States work on Saturdays full except 2nd Saturdays.

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

SEAPORTS v Kandla vi Madras

26th January 15th August 2nd October

- National Day

ix Paradip x Port Blair (A&N. Is.) xi Tuticorin xii Vishakapatnam

i Bombay ii Calcutta iii Cochin iv Jawaharlal.Nehru Port (Bombay)

- Independence day

- Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

vii New Mangalore viii Mormugao

LONGEST RIVERS

River

Length

Outflow

AIRPORTS

Km 2,840 2,510 1,530 1,460

:Bombay, Madras :Agartala, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Calicut, Coimbatore, Cochin, Gauhati, Goa, Hyderabad, In- dore, Kanpur, Madurai, Mangalore, Trivandrum, :Air-India, Continental, Damania, Indian-Airlines, Modi Luft. Calcutta, Delhi,

Mi 1,770 1,560

1) International 2) Others

Brahmaputra Ganges Yamuna Godavari

Bay of Bengal Bay of Bengal Ganges Bay of Bengal

950 910

3) Airlines