General Knowledge of India for study
India the Main country of South Asia
Capital. New Delhi. Currency. Rupee,
President of India is called First Citizen of India.
Draupadi Murmu is serving as the 15th President of India.
First women President was Pratibha Singh Patel 2007 to 2012.
Parliament is known as Bhartiya Sansad,
Bicameral Legislature. Two chambers. Rajya Sabha is Upper House is called the Council of States 250 members.
Lok Sabha is Lower House or House of the People, Members are 543, (523 from States, 20 from union territories, 2 nominated) member,
Current Speaker. Shri Om Birla,
First female speaker was Meira Kumar. She served as the 15th Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014.
Rajya Sabha- Upper House 250 members, It is headed by chairperson or speaker. Vice President acts as its Chairman.
State legislature of provinces is Vidhan Sabha.
President is elected for 5 year by Electoral College consist of National and State legislature & Vidhan Sabha or provincial legislatures.
Vice President. Jagdeep Dhankhar is current Vice President of India since 2022.
Nationalist Movement against Colonialism started from India, Which crumbled Mighty Empire of England.
Ist Governor General was Lord Mountbatten. First Indian Governor General was Raja Gopalachariya.
Constitution was promulgated on 26 January 1950 and India became Republic.
Indian constitution has 395 Articles. 106 amendments have been made in the constitution till today in 2024.
First President was Dr Rajendra Prasad 26-1-50 to 13-5-62. He holds office 2 times.
First Muslim President was Dr. Zakir Husain and died during his tenure. The immediate Vice President, V.V. Giri was made the acting President. After that, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Mohammad Hidayatullah became acting President from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969.
APJ Abdul Kalam ex president of India is known as ‘Missile Man of India’.
President Zakir Hussain and Fakhurdin died during office.
First Prime Minister was Jawar lal Nehru 15-8-47 to May 64, longest serving pm.
First President of congress party W.C Banerjee.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2-10-1869.
He was assassinated by Nandu Ram on 28-1-1948.
Indira Ghandhi first women Prime Minister was assassinated on 31 Oct 1984 by her guard.
The boundary bet India and China is called McMahan line demarcated in 1914. Other boundary between China and India is called Line of Actual Control.
24th Parallel lines lies between India & Pakistan
Garampani Sanctuary is located at Diphu- Assam.
The seven sisters of Northeast India include, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Whereas Sikkim is called the only Brother of seven sisters.
Seas.
India is bordered by the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. The Arabian Sea is to the west of India, and the Bay of Bengal, Laccadive Sea, and Andaman Sea is to the east. The Indian Ocean is to the south of the Indian Peninsula.
Gulf of Manar and Palk Strait lies between India and Sri Lanka.
Rivers. Ganges, 3084 KM, flow to Bay of Bengal, Godavari, 1465, flow to bay of Bengal.
Borders. India shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Bangladesh Myanmar and Pakistan share both land borders as well as maritime borders.
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