General Affairs

8-February-1785:Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India. 8-February-1872:Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands. 8-February-1881:Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was bo…

7-February-1273:Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away. 7-February-1687:Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. 7-February-1795:Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. 7…

Sl No Name of cabinet minister Ministry 1 Narendra Modi Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space 2 Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence 3 Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs 4 Nitin Jairam Gadkari Min…

Sl No Union Territories 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2 Chandigarh 3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 4 National Capital Territory of Delhi 5 Jammu and Kashmir 6 Lakshadweep 7 Ladakh 8 Puducherry

Sl No Name Tenure 1 Sukumar Sen 21 March 1950-19 December 1958 2 K.V.K. Sundaram 20 December 1958-30 September 1967 3 S.P. Sen Verma 01 October 1967-30 September 1972 4 Dr Nagendra Singh 01 October 1972-6 February 1973 5 T. Swaminathan 07 Februa…

Sl No Year Author Name Book Name 1 1971 V S Naipaul In a Free State 2 1975 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Heat and Dust 3 1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight`s Children 4 1997 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things 5 2006 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss 6 20…

The following is the list of Indians who have won an Oscar over the years: 1. Bhanu Athaiya - Best Costume Design for Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” in 1982 2. Satyajit Ray - Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 3. A.R. Rahman - Two O…

1962: Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR); formed by the Department of Atomic Energy, and work on establishing Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) near Trivandrum began.  1963: First sounding rocket launched from TER…

These centers are related to the ISRO:  Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)  ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)  Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR)  Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)  Space Applications Centre (SAC)  Development and Educational Communi…

The Bharat Ratna (or, very roughly translated, "Jewel of India") is India's supreme decoration and honor, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievement, as well…

Members of No.28 Sqn First Supersonics pose in front of one of the captured F-86 Sabres of the PAF No.14 Sqn at PAF Tezgaon. Lt. General Niazi, signs the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Lt. General Aurora(Left, seated). Standing from left i…

Awarded to military personnel for services outside of India. Personnel assigned to diplomatic missions are excluded from awards. In many cases, the clasps are awarded either for service with the United Nations or other multi-national missions or for d…

Awarded for special service at high altituides along India's norther border. For police recipients, these medals have not normally been officially manufactured and issued, but were, instead, made locally by independent manufacturers and the police…

Awarded for service during the 1971/72 war with Pakistan. The medal could be given to all categories of personnel who served in the military, paramilitary forces, police, and civilians in service in the operational areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, …

Awarded for combat service in the western theater during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Established: 1973, by the President of India. Obverse: A five-pointed 40-mm bright bronze star. In the domed circular center, the national emblem with the surrounding leg…

Awarded for combat service in the eastern theater during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Established: 1973, by the President of India. Obverse: A five-pointed 40-mm bright bronze star. In the domed circular center, the national emblem with the surrounding lege…

Commisioned Officers Field Marshal * (Only two made field Marshall so far) General (the rank held by Chief of Army Staff ) Lieutenant-General Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant - …

Instituted on 04 Jan 1952 and renamed on 27 Jan 1967 to recognize the most conspicuous bravery or some act of daring or pre-eminent act of valor or self-sacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy. Design of the Medal and Ribbon Medal: Circular…

Instituted on 26 Jan 1950 to recognise the act of gallantry in the presence of the enemy. Design of the Medal and Ribbon Medal: Circular in shape and is made of standard silver, and is embossed on the obverse a five pointed heraldic star with the po…