Article 85 only requires that there should not be a gap of more than six months between two sessions of Parliament.
It also says that the President can summon a session of Parliament “at such time and place as he thinks fit”.
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Assam shares International border with Bhutan and Bangladesh
At one time Assam had extensive international borders with China/Tibet and Burma, modern Assam's international borders are limited to those with the small country of Bhutan in the northwest and with Bangladesh to the southwest.
Sherpa are a Tibetic ethnic group
Sherpa are a Tibetic ethnic group native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, China, Bhutan and India, the Himalayas.
The kharif crops are rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger
The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger
millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc.
The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses),linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.
Mahatma Gandhi setu is built over Gnaga, 2nd longest river bridge in India
Mahatma Gandhi Setu (also called Gandhi Setu or Ganga Setu) is a bridge over the river Ganges connecting Patna in the south to Hajipur in the north of Bihar. Its length is 5,750 metres (18,860 ft).
It was built to connect North Bihar with the rest of Bihar and part of national highway 19 (NH19).
Ist and Gst time difference is 1 Hour and 30 minutes
Indian Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Gulf Standard Time
Dachigam Sanctuary location is Jammu and Kashmir and famous for Kashmir stag
The magnificent hangul or Kashmir stag is the main mammal in the area and Dachigam is also home to the elusive snow leopard, marten, ibex, musk deer and other animals characteristic of the Himalayas. Birds like the Koklas pheasant and the monal pheasant inhabit the region.
Diego Garcia is located in Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia, the southernmost island in the Chagos Archipelago and a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, is centrally located in the Indian Ocean.
Ajanta caves location is in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra State
The Ajanta Caves are 29 (approximately) rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India.
The Phulaguri uprising in Nowgaon district in the year 1861
The uprising in the Phulaguri area of middle Assam in October 1861 AD was the first ever peasant movement in the context of Indian freedom movement, which took place much before the Champaran movement took place under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
Chinese pilgrim Fahien visited India in 4th Century
Faxian (also known as Fa-Hien and Fa-hsien) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled by foot from China to India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts. He visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II and is most known for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha in modern Nepal. Faxian claimed that demons and dragons were the original inhabitants of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He is said to have walked all the way from China across icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the northwest and reached Pataliputra. He took back with him Buddhist texts and images sacred to Buddhism.
Narasingha Rao Prime Minister period was 1991-1996
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of India (
The Minimum no. of State Legislative assembly is 60
The Legislative Assembly consists of not more than 500 members and not fewer than 60. Puducherry has 30 members. Mizoram and Goahave only 40 members each. Sikkim has 32.
Indian state with maximum international borders
These states are Sikkim, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh
Landlocked country is a sovereign country entirely closed by land
A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas. There are currently 49 such countries, including five partially recognised states. Only two, Bolivia and Paraguay in South America, lie outside Afro-Eurasia (the Old World).
Assam Association was replaced by Provincial congress organization in 1921
At
Jorhat on 18th April, 1921 with Chobilal Upadhyay in the chair.In a subsequent
resolution , at the initiative of leaders like Chobilal Upadhyay , Nabin
Chandra Bordoloi, Krishna Kanta Bhattacharya decided to merge itself
in the newly formed Assam Provincial Congress Committee(APCC) in 1921
which was affiliated to the Indian National Congress.By virtue of being
the President of the meeting which initiated the formation of the APCC,
Chobilal Upadhyay is regarded as the first President of the APCC.
Who from Assam joined Dandi March - Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
Nabin Chandra Bordoloi from Assam joined Dandi March.
Capital of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi by George V in 1911
On 12 December 1911, during the Delhi Durbar, George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen Mary, his Consort, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
The first railway line was opened in India was between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane on 16 April 1853
The country's first passenger train, which ran between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane on 16 April 1853, was dedicated by Lord Dalhousie.
Amir Khusru was a member of Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji Court
Amir Khusrow was a Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. He lived for 72 years, out of which 60 years he lived in the courts of as many as ten different rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He was patronized by three Khilji rulers successively.
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Jitu Das
“Find the right frequency that resonates with your soul.”
Assamese writer. Observer of life. Capturing thoughts, stories, and reflections with a touch of soul.