Original Thirteen Colonies
Source :- WorldAtlas.com
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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India – China border issue
NEW DELHI: India and China will hold their first boundary meet after the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power on Monday when national security adviser Ajit Doval meets his counterpart Yang Jieche hoping to take the talks forward. Source : Economic Times India’s defence ministry will fund the following Railway projects in Arunachal Pradesh….
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TYBA Sem 6 Political Science – some resources
Paper 4 – Determinants of Politics of Maharashtra Paper 5 – Indian Political Thought Ravindranath Tagore Paper 6 – India in world politics Foreign Policy Diplomacy India and USA India and Russia India and ASEAN Question Bank General articles India – China War 1962
