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Monday, November 9, 2015

How much you know about the historical facts of Delhi ?

-Delhi is situated in the bank of river Yamuna. The Yamuna witnessed to the glorious and tumultuous 5,000 year old history of Delhi.

-Delhi was created as "Indraprastha" by the Pandavas when they transformed of this barren gift of the Kauravas as "Khandavprastha" into an idyllic heaven.

-The first reference to the place-name Delhi, seems to have been made in the 1st century BC, when Raja Dhilu built a city and named it after himself. 

-Delhi has been destroyed and recreated 7 times and It is also known as Seven cities. Everytime after the destruction, new city were formed by its ruler as per their accord. They were named as Lal Kot, Siri, Tuglakabad, Jahapanah, Firozabad, Din-Panah, Shahjahanbad. A history which encompasses all the various kings and emperors who fixed their royal citadels here...

-Indraprastha, Lal Kot, Quila Rai Pithora, Siri, Jahanpanah, Tughlakabad, Ferozabad, Dinpanah, Delhi Sher Shahi or then Shahjahanabad, but, combined and integrated into one, these 'new cities' have always been called Delhi.

-British founded New Delhi in 1911 and shifted their capital to Delhi. 

-In 1950, Delhi was made the capital of Independent India and in 1992 it was declared a state.


-Today Delhi is divided in 11 Districts.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

How much you know about Uttarakhand ?

-In the Vedas, this region called – Manaskhand ( Kumaun) and Kedarkhand ( Garhwal).
-Mahabharta was written by Ved vyas in Uttarakhand.
-In 8th Century, Adi Shankaracharya resorted the Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines.
-Katyuri dynasty ruled in kumaun region from 7th to 12th century and 13th -18th century by chand dynasty.
-Garhwal was ruled by Parmar / Panwar Rajas.
-Gorkha empire invaded the Kumaun region in 1791 and Garhwal region in 1803.
-After the anglo – Nepalese war in 1816, both the region became the part of British India after signing the treaty of Sugauli.
-Present day Uttarakhand comprised of two division – Kumaun and Garhwal.  Both the region has their separate history till British rule.
-On 24th Sep, 1998 – UP Government passed the Uttar Pradesh Reorganization bill.
-On 9th Nov, 2000 – Uttarakhand became the 27th State of India.
-Uttarakhand has a geographical area of 53483 Sq Km.
-Uttarakhand is divided into two Divisions and having 13 districts , 82 Tehsils ,95 Developments blocks and 7555 Gram panchayats.
-There are 7 districts in Garhwal Region and 6 Districts in Kumuan region.   

-Uttarakhand has a literacy rate of 79.63%.