Years To Remember 4

There are many years to remember in the past for their special events.In this post I am trying to introduce some of those memorable years to the visitors.This is the fourth post of this type.These datas are collected from various compititive exam practice sets. Stay in touch for this kind of post in future.

• The famous Gupta Era (Samvat) was started in 78 A.D.
• The First National Income Committee was constituted in the year of 1949.
• Indian Planning Commission was constituted in 1950.
• The Constitution of India as a whole came into force on 26th Jan, 1950.
• In 1907, Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organizing the agrarian movement in Punjab.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, the Al-Hilal in 1912.
• After banning of Urdu Weekly, the Al-Hilal by the Government, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad founded the Al-Balagh in 1914.
• High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1861.
• Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by Pratiharas.
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the President of India at the time of proclamation of emergency in the year 1976.
• Israel came into existence as an independent nation in 1948.
• The battle of Plassey took place in 1757.
• It is predicted that oil reserves would finish by 2034.
• In December 2008, leading UK-based Indian industrialist, Lord Swraj Paul, became the first Asian Deputy Speaker of the UK’s House of Lords.
• Miss Russia, Ksenya Sukhinova, is crowned Miss World in 2008.
• Indian historian Romila Thapar received the prestigious Kluge Prize 2008 for Lifetime Achievement in the study of Humanities.
• Noted Pakistani journalist Mr. Najam Sethi awarded Golden Pen Of Freedom Award in 2009.
• Auriga Lader, the world’s first large “Green Ship” which would partially use solar power, is unveiled in 2008 by Japan.
• New York based Financial giant Merrill Lynch bough up by Bank of America Corp. in January, 2009.
• Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon before 1972.
• In 1980, Icelanders elected Vigdis Finnbogadottir as the world’s first female head of state.
• Pakistan qualified for the Golf World Cup for the first time in 2009.
• Pakistan became an Islamic republic in 1956.
• Tea was introduced to the Sri Lanka in 1867, while rubber was brought here in 1876.
• Since 1833, Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty.