TIGblogs TIG | TIGblogs GROUP TIGBLOGS LOGIN SIGNUP
vas21's Blog
vas21's Blog
facts about india
Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

Q: Who swore in Pt Jawaharlal Nehru as India's first Prime Minister?
A: Lord Mountbatten

Q: When did Lord Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, announce the partitioning of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan?
A: June 3, 1947

Q: "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again." Who made this historic statement and when?
A: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at stroke of midnight on Aug 15 August 1947

Q: Who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister?
A: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q: Who was the first Governor General of India?
A: Lord Mountbatten

Q: Who replaced Lord Mountbatten and when?
A: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari; June 1948.

Q: When did the Constituent Assembly complete the drafting of the Constitution?
A: 26 November 1949;

Q: When India was officially proclaimed Republic?
A: 26 January 1950

Q: Who did the Constituent Assembly elect as the first President of India?
A: Dr Rajendra Prasad

Q: Who was the last Governor General of India?
A: Rajgopalachari.

Q: Who Goa was liberated from in 1961?
A: Portuguese control

Q: When Pondicherry ceded to India?
A: 1954

Q: Pondicherry was earlier a colony of which foreign country?
A: France

Q: When was the first general elections held in India?
A: 1952

Q: What was the voter turnout in India's first general elections?
A: Over 62%

Q: When India became the world's largest democracy?
A: 1952

Q: From where does Prime Minister of India hoist the National Flag on August 15th?
A: Red Fort, Delhi

August 15, 2008 | 5:17 AM Comments  0 comments

Tags:
You must be logged in to add tags.


vas's Profile

vas's Friends


Latest Posts
trouble in kitchen
varun gandhi
varun walking on...
Why Varun and why not...
what is love

Monthly Archive
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009

Change Language


Tags Archive
aheartremembers jihad terrorism

Filter By Type
News
Travel
Topics

Friends
adewole taiwo
Ahmad Belal
Angie
ansh
dot
E.Gopalakrishnan
Erick Ochieng Otieno
Eszter
fatema
frank0
George C. Owens
harya
Henry Davids
Jamal
jean celeste paredes
rose maria laverde
Sharon Stocker
Shweta
Smita
Suresh C Kainthola
VICTORY ASHAMOLE C


212471 views
Important Disclaimer