Kms) Nearest Train Station: Bangalore (43 Kms) Places of Interest (From Bangalore): Vidhan Soudha (3.5 Kms)‚ Bangalore Palace (4 Kms)‚ Gandhi Bhavan (2.5 Kms)‚ Jamia Masjid (2.5 Kms)‚ Tipu Sulthan’s Palace (3 Kms)‚ The Tipu’s Fort (3 Kms)‚ Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium (3 Kms)‚ Dharmaraya Temple (3 Kms)‚ Kote Venkataramana Temple (3 Kms)‚ Jumma Masjid (3.5 Kms)‚ Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park (3.5 Kms)‚ Attara Kacheri (High Court) (3.5 Kms)‚ Vikasa Soudha (3.5 Kms)‚ Chowdiah Memorial Hall (4
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then undivided Communist Party of India (CPI met in a secret conclave in Calcutta. At this meeting‚ the leadership of the CPI was taken away from a gentle and very cultured Kumaoni named P.C. Joshi. Joshi wanted the Communists to collaborate with Jawaharlal Nehru’s government in building the new nation. His replacement‚ an austere Maharashtrian named B.T. Ranadive‚ believed on the other hand that the transfer of power from British to
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the past of mankind was later developed into a discipline by the Greek historians Thucydides and Heredeotus (who is popularly known as ’Father of History’). E. H. Carn defined history as an "unending dialogue between the present and the past." Jawaharlal Nehru observed that man’s growth from barbarism to civilization is supposed to be the theme of history." Will Durant called history "a narrative of what civilized men have thought or done in the past time." World history is primarily concerned with
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and objective mechanism‚ which led to the adoption of the Gadgil formula in 1969. Revised versions of the formula have been used since then to determine the allocation of central assistance for state plans.[2] The first Indian Prime Minister‚ Jawaharlal Nehru presented the kushagra nijhara. first five-year plan to the Parliament of India and needed urgent attention.[3] The total planned budget of 2069 crore was allocated to seven broad areas: irrigation and energy (27.2 percent)‚ agriculture and community
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Population: 1‚173‚108‚018 (July 2010 estimate) Capital: New Delhi Major Cities: Mumbai‚ Kolkata‚ Bangalore and Chennai Area: 1‚269‚219 square miles (3‚287‚263 sq km) Bordering Countries: Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ China‚ Nepal and Pakistan Coastline: 4‚350 miles (7‚000 km) Highest Point:Kanchenjunga at 28‚208 feet (8‚598 m) India‚ formally called the Republic of India‚ is the country that occupies most of the Indian subcontinent in southern Asia. In terms of itspopulation‚ India is one of
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Imperialism in India Imperialism is a policy with a massive influence that completely overpowers weak nations. The late nineteenth and twentieth centuries contained the height of imperialist nations’ power. Not even the rich culture of India was spared at this time‚ for the forceful and industrial Great Britain extended its reach even there. Although originally control rest into the hands of the British East India Company‚ the home government eventually took command themselves. Ultimately‚ controlling
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Urban Transport in Indian Cities A peak of rush hour commuters at Churchgate‚ a terminus for one of Mumbai’s main suburban train lines contributing to the nearly 6.5 million people feeding in and out of the city daily. Urban travel in Indian cities predominantly happens through walking‚ cycling and public transport‚ including intermediate public transport (IPT). Despite high growth rates of motorised two wheelers and cars in the last two decades (15 per cent and 10 per cent per annum respectively)
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AUNG SAN SUU KI ABOUT Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election‚ the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had‚ however‚ already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010‚ becoming one of the
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plans were first introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1928 for controlled and rapid economic development. Much of the Soviet industrial successes are a result of the implementation of its five year plans. In 1950‚ India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru‚ impressed by the Soviet system‚ adopted five year plans as a model for economic development‚ and established the Planning Commission which was to act independent of any cabinet and was answerable only to the Prime Minister‚ who is also Chairperson
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Country Membership notes China France Russia United States united kingdom Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations‚ after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General‚ Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university‚ accepting his first post in New Delhi‚ India. In the
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