Mumbai : The World’s first slum museum will be set up in Dharavi, Mumbai. The museum will showcase some of the myriad of objects that are produced every year in Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums and the setting for Danny Boyle’s hit 2008 movie.Continue Reading
The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The target annual electric output of the dam is 560 MU (or GWh). The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project; the 290 megawattContinue Reading
Adina Mosque: Pandua (West Bengal) Ajanta Caves: Aurangabad (Maharashtra) Akbar’s Tomb: Sikandra, Agra Aksherdham: Gandhinagar, Gujarat Amarnath Cave: Kashmir Amber Palace: Jaipur (Rajasthan) Anand Bhawan: Allahabad Bibi Ka Maqbra: Aurangabad Birla Planetarium: Kolkata Black Pagoda: Konarak (Orissa) Bodhistava: Ajanta Caves Brihadeeswara: Tanjore Temple Brindaban Gardens: Mysore Buland Darwaza: Fatehpur SikriContinue Reading
The world’s tallest tower and Tokyo’s biggest new landmark is the Tokyo Sky Tree, which opened to the public on May 22, 2012.It is recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest tower (634 metres), beating out the Canton Tower in China (600 meters). The world’s tallest structure is Dubai’sContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Places Persons Bardoli Sardar Patel Belur Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Brindaban (U.P.) Lord Krishna Chittor, Haldighat Rana Pratap Corsica, Elba, Wateriloo Napoleon Fathepur Sikri Akbar the Great Jerusalem Jesus Christ Kapilavastu, Lumbini Buddha Kanchipuram C.N. Annadurai Macedonia Alexander, the Great Maniyachi Vanchinathan Mecca Mohammed the Prophet Paunar Acharya Vinoba Bhave Pondicherry AurobindoContinue Reading
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