Indian Cities on the Bank of Rivers

Ahmedabad is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Sabarmati Allahabad is situated on the banks of the river Ans : confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna Ayodhya is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Sarayu Badarinath is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Ganga Kolkatha is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Hooghly Cuttack is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Mahanadi Delhi is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Yamuna Guwahati is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Brahmaputra Haridwar is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Ganga Luckow is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Gomati Kanpur is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Ganga Jabalpur is situated on the banks of the river Ans : Narmada Kota is situated on the banks of the river Ans...

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Indian Industries

Post Before “read more” And here is the rest of it Cotton Textile Industry in India Most important industry in terms of employment and production of export goods. In Maharashtra (Mumbai, Sholapur, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Wardha, Hajipur), Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Vododara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar), Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore-Manchester of South India). Tamil Nadu has the largest number of cotton textile mills in India. Silk Textile Industry in India The location of silk industry is governed by two factors- prevalence of sericulture practices and availability of skilled labour. Karnataka is the leading producer, followed by West Bengal, Bihar, etc. Woolen Textile Industries In Punjab (Dhariwai, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Ferozpur), Maharashtra (Mumbai), UP (Kanpur, Mirzapur, Agra, Tanakpur), etc. Jute...

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Important National Days of India

Date Important Day Janurary 12 National Youth Day ( Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) Janurary 15 Army Day Janurary 23 Netaji S.C. Bose's Birth Anniversary Janurary 26 Republic Day Janurary 30 Martyr's Day ( Gandhi's Death Anniversary) February 24 Central Excise day February 28 National Science Day May 21 Antiterrorism Day (Rajiv Gandhi Death) August 15 Independence Day August 29 National Sports Day September 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day October 2 Gandhi Jayanti October 8 Indian Air Force Day November 14 Children's Day December 4 Navy Day December 23 Kisan Divas (Framers's Day...

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History Of Indian Emperor (King) Harshavardhan

Harshavardhana was an Indian Emperor, who ruled over the northern parts of India for a period of more than forty years. His empire was spread over the states of Punjab, Bengal, Orissa and the entire Indo-Gangetic plain, lying to the north of the Narmada River. Get more information of the life history of King Harsha Vardhan with this biography:King Harshavardhana was born in 590 BC to Prabhakar Vardhan. His elder brother was Rajyavardhan, the king of Thanesar. He was instrumental in consolidating the small republics and small monarchical states that had sprung up in North India after the downfall of the Gupta dynasty. Harsha Vardhan united the small republics from Punjab to Central India and they accepted him as their king in 606 AD. Though Harsha was only sixteen years old when he ascended...

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CENSUS OF INDIA 2011-INDIA AT A GLANCE AND SUMMARY

Area : Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.* Largest StateRajasthan342,239 Sq km Smallest StateGoa3,702 Sq km Largest Union TerritoryAndaman & Nicobar Islands8,249 Sq km Smallest Union TerritoryLakshadweep32 Sq km Largest DistrictKachchh (Gujarat)45,652 Sq km Smallest DistrictMahe ( Pondicherry )9 Sq km * The area figure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district. Administrative Divisions : No. of States28 No. of Union Territories7 No. of Districts593 No. of Sub-districts5,463 No. of CD Blocks3,799 No. of Urban Agglomerations / Towns4,378 No. of Urban Agglomerations384 No. of Towns5,161 No. of Inhabited Villages593,731 No. of Uninhabited...

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Amazing Facts about India

Amazing Facts about India and Indians! India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history. India is the world's largest democracy. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. Sanskrit is the mother...

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Indian History : After Independence

Indian History : After Independence 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated. 1949 Indian Constitution adopted. 1950 India goes Republic; Death of Sardar Patel. 1951 First Five-Year Plan launched. 1952 Independent India's First General Elections to the Lok Sabha. 1953 Conquest of Mt. Everest by Ten Zing and Edmund Hillary. 1956 States Reorganisation Act. 1957 Second General Elections to the Lok Sabha. 1961 Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from the possession of Portuguese. 1962 China's attack on India; Third General Election. 1964 Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru died; Lal Bahadur Shastri took over as the new Prime Minister. 1965 Indo-Pak War; Ceasefire. 1966 Tashkent Pact; Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi took over as the new P.M.; Punjab divided; Formation of Haryana State. 1967 Fourth...

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