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Caste and Politics in Maharashtra
References and reading material:- Prof_Rajeshwari_Deshpande – Occasional Paper on Caste and Politics in Maharashtra – (Source:- Click here) Blog by Shravan Deore – OBC leader Farewell to Maratha Politics_– An Article by Prof. Dr. Suhas Palshikar published in the EPW.
Regions of the World according to the United Nations
By T.seppelt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons For detailed classification by the United Nations for statistical purposes visit this page. Geographical region and composition 001 World 002 Africa a/ 014 Eastern Africa 017 Middle Africa 015 Northern Africa 018 Southern Africa 011 Western Africa 019 Americas 419 Latin America and the Caribbean…
Original Thirteen Colonies
Source :- WorldAtlas.com
Making of the Indian Constitution – Constituent Assmebly Debates
An elected Constituent Assembly prepared the Indian Constitution. First meeting of the assembly was held on 9th December 1946. Last meeting was on 24th January 1950. All proceedings are recorded and were later published as Constituent Assembly Debates. All these debates are available on this site.
National Democratic Alliance
Centre-right alliance of political parties. Formed in 1998. Led by Bharatiya Janata Party. Number of constituent parties has changed many times as some new parties join the alliance or the older allies leave. From 1998 to 2004 it was the ruling alliance at the Centre. After a gap of 10 years or two terms of…
Unicameral legislature
A legislature having single chamber is known as unicameral legislature. The other type of legislature is bicameral legislature which has two chambers. Indian Parliament is a bicameral legislature. The Loksabha where the 543 members are directly elected by the people and the Rajyasabha which has 250 members indirectly elected by the state legislatures are its…
Smallest sovereign state in the world – Vatican City
Vatican city, an enclave in Rome is the smallest sovereign state in the world by area. The Vatican palace is the residence of the pope within the city walls. The Holy See is the name given to thegovernment of the Roman Catholic Church, which is led by the pope as the bishop of Rome. As…
UN – official languages
Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish Currently these are the six official languages of the United Nations. We Indians wish that Hindi should be included as an official language of the World body. Following news item on the Zee News site explains the issue:- New Delhi: India has not made a proposal for introduction of Hindi…
World Population
Continent Area (km²) Area (mi²) Percent of total landmass Population Percent of total population Density People per km² Density People per mi² Most populous city (proper) Asia 43,820,000 16,920,000 29.5% 4,164,252,000 60% 95.0 246 Shanghai, China Africa 30,370,000 11,730,000 20.4% 1,022,234,000 15% 33.7 87 Lagos, Nigeria North America 24,490,000 9,460,000 16.5% 542,056,000 8% 22.1…