Gmelin.In India‚ Gmelina arborea occurs extensively from the Ravi eastwards in the sub-Himalayan tracts‚ common throughout Assam and adjoining areas of northern West Bengal‚ also in southern Bihar and Odisha‚ sporadically found in western and southern India and planted elsewhere on a large scale. Gamhar most commonly occurs in West Bengal forests in mixed forests.Gmelina arborea timber is reasonably strong for its weight. It is used in constructions‚ furniture‚ carriages‚ sports‚ musical instruments
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Little History: India shares a1600km of border along 4 NE states –Arunachal Pradesh‚ Nagaland‚ Manipur‚and Mizoram. Burma was made a province of British India by British rulers and again separated in 1937. For many years‚ Indo-Burmese relations were strong: Burma previously having been a province of India 1) due to cultural links 2) flourishing commerce 3) the presence of a significant Indian community in Burma. India provided considerable support when Burma struggled with regional insurgencies
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of the freedom of the press and a champion of women’s cause‚ "Ram Mohan Roy was indeed‚ what Gopal Krishna Gokhale called him‚ ’the maker of modem India’. Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22‚ 1772 in Radhanagar‚ a village in Hoogly district of West Bengal. That was a time when the Muslim rule was on the decline‚ law and order was at the lowest ebb‚ social values and religious institutions were shaken sand economy was in chaos. It was a time when an all-round reconstruction and renovation was necessary
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Land Use Pattern of India http://www.indianetzone.com/24/land_use_pattern_india.htm Land Use Pattern of India - Informative & researched article on Land Use Pattern of India Sign in | Register Now Geography of India Art & Culture | Entertainment | Health | Reference | Sports | Society | Travel in Articles Forum | Free E-magazine | RSS Feeds Geography of India : Indian Climate | Indian Mountains | Indian Forests | Indian Soil | Indian Vegetation | Animal Husbandry in India | Resources in India
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Damodar Valley Project (ITVP): Damodar Valley Project is a joint venture of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The project sets an example towards managing our water resources on scientific lines. Before completion of this project‚ flood in Damodar River caused damage to thousands of people and loss of property worth crores of rupees every year. So it was called the ’Sorrow of Bihar (now Jharkhand) and West Bengal’. After the completion of this project the river has become a ’boon to’ these states. Damodar
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at do you understand by the Standard Meridian? Answer Standard Meridian is the longitude on the basis of which a country’s standard time is determined. Standard meridians all over the world are generally those longitudes which are exactly divisible by 15°. The Standard Meridian of India lies at 82° 30′ E longitude and it passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian Standard Time is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time. Q4) Why is Indian Ocean named after India
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Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta‚ India. His father‚ Dr. Krishna Dhan Ghose‚ was District Surgeon of Rangapur‚ Bengal. His mother‚ Swarnalata Devi‚ was the daughter of Brahmo religious and social reformer‚ Rajnarayan Basu. Aravinda means "lotus" in Sanskrit. Aurobindo spelled his name Aravinda while in England‚ as Aravind or Arvind while in Baroda‚ and as Aurobindo when he moved to Bengal. The surname Ghose is pronounced‚ and usually written in English‚ as "Ghosh"‚ and Aurobindo’s name often appears
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Even Mark Twain is believed to have spent some time in Kurseong in 1885. Fazul Haque‚ the Prime Minister of undivided Bengal also stayed here. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was interned by the colonial Government for a couple of months in a house at Giddhapahar near Kurseong town in 1936. [pic] View of Kurseong town Where is Kurseong? Kurseong is in Darjeeling district of West Bengal in India. On the way of Darjeeling from Siliguri lies Kurseong. About Kurseong Though Kurseong lags behind in the
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Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the south-west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east‚ it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] China‚ Nepal‚ and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean‚ India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition‚ India’s
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Ram Mohan Roy‚ Indian Social Reformer Ram Mohan Roy was born in an rich family in the 1774. He is also known as ’The Father of the Bengal Renaissance’. As a student he studied Persian‚ Arabic and Sanskrit languages. In his youth he had differences with his father about his religious views. He eventually came to Varanashi and expectedly studied the English language. His father died in 1803 and the same year he published his first book `Tohfat-ul-Mohiddin` in which he criticized idol worship and declared
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