Indian Railways is one of the largest and the busiest railway networks in the world, which employs both long distance and suburban railway trains. It operates a total of about 8,702 trains transporting about 15 million passengers daily across 25 states. It has over 1.6 million people in its services.
Orville Wright is considered as the ‘father of modern aviation’. Together with his brother Wilbur, he invented the first airplane. He developed flight technology for the United States Army. Mahatma Gandhi, an international figure symbolizing peace, the Father of the Indian Nation, ushered in the Indian independence through non-violent means. Both Orville Wright and Mahatma Gandhi …
The origin of the Narmada River is Narmada Kund, which is situated on the Amarkantak Hill in Anuppur District of East Madhya Pradesh. The river flows east to west, which is opposite to the direction of rotation of the earth, over a length of 1,312 km before draining down the Gulf of Cambay (Khambat) into the Arabian Sea. …
The City Montessori School at Lucknow, India, has the largest number of students. In 2008 it had 32,114 students. In 2010, it received a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records saying it had a record enrolment of 39,437 students.
All his songs written in Brajabuli, the language of Brajobhumi, like Sawano Gagane Ghor Ghanoghata, Gahana Kusuma Kunja Majhe were all written under the pseudonym Bhanusingho. These have been compiled under the title Bhanusingho Thakurer Padabali, that is, the ‘Songs of Bhanusingho Thakur’. It is a collection of Vaishnava lyrics composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
Lutyens fancied the idea of the great detective walking into the multi-store to meet his urgent needs. It is believed that Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens had kept this aspect in mind while designing the Gole Market in New Delhi. However, the thought came too late for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, …
