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PROFILE
Eternal India
encyclopedia
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.
1857
....... ...Indian Sepoy Mutiny.
1858
.......... British Parliament rule.
1885 .......... Indian National Congress founded.
1905 ........... Partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon.
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
Dialling Code
India - ISD - 91
Delhi - STD - 011
Telex-031
Electricity
supply
:
220V-AC
Weights &Measures
:
Metric system
Fiscal Year :
1 Apr-31Mar
TIMINGS
Govt. Office
Mon-Fri
9.00 - 13.00, 13.30 - 17.30
Banks
Mon-Fri
10.00 - 14.00; Sat - 10.00 - 12.00
Commerce
Mon-Fri
10.00 - 18.00
*
Some States work on Saturdays full except 2nd Saturdays.
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
26th January
- National Day
15th August
- Independence day
2nd October
- Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
LONGEST RIVERS
River
Brahmaputra
Ganges
Yamuna
Godavari
Outflow
Length
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
Ganges
Bay of Bengal
Mi
1,770
1,560
950
910
Km
2,840
2,510
1,530
1,460
AREA & POPULATION
(2015)
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
Haryana .......... ..... ;...
.. Chandigarh ..................
.... 17,070....
... 44,212 .
.......25.35
Himachal Pr ..............
.. Shimla..........................
.... 21,495 ....
... 55,673 .
........ 6.85
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
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
Nagaland ....:..........
.. Kohima ........................
.....6,401 ....
... 16,579 .
.........
1.98
Orissa .......................
.. Bhubaneshwar ............
.... 60,118 ....
... 155,707 .
...... 41.97
Punjab ............. ; ......
.. Chandigarh ..................
.... 19,445 ....
... 50,362 .
...... 27.70
Rajasthan
.. Jaipur .........................
.. 132,139 ....
... 342,239 ..
...... 68.62
Sikkim ...........
.
........
.. 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
Daman & Diu ............
.. Daman .........................
...........43 ....
..........
112
..
........0.24
Delhi ....................
.. Delhi ...........................
....... 573....
....... 1,483 ..
..... ;. 9.37
Lakshadweep ............
.. Kavaratti ....................
...........
12
....
........... 32 ..
....... 0.05
Pondicherry ............
.. Pondicherry ................
....... 190....
......... 492 ..
0.81
WEATHER CHART
A = Temp
o
C Min C = Humidity % am E = Precipitation
B = Temp
o
C Max D = Humidity % pm (inches)
DELHI BEST TIME (NOV - APR)
Jan
7
21
72
41
2.3
Feb
Mar
9
24
67
35
1.8
14
31
49
23
1.3
Apr
May
20
36
35
19
0.8
26
41
35
20
1.3
Jun
28
39
53
36
7.4
Jul
27
36
75
59
18
.0
Aug
26
34
80
64
17.3
Sep
24
34
72
51
11.7
Oct
18
34
56
32
1.0
Nov
11
29
51
31
0.3
Dec
8
23
69
42
1.0
VISA : Required except for the citizens of Bhutan, Nepal, S.Africa (Indian
origin) and Maldives
i
Bombay
ii
Calcutta
iii
Cochin
iv
Jawaharlal.Nehru
Port (Bombay)
1)
International
2)
Others
3) Airlines
SEAPORTS
v
Kandla
vi Madras
vii
New Mangalore
viii Mormugao
ix
Paradip
x
Port Blair (A&N. Is.)
xi
Tuticorin
xii
Vishakapatnam
AIRPORTS
:Bombay,
Calcutta,
Delhi,
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.
A
B
C
D
E