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.*The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa-Asia *The Yellow Sea is in northern part of the East China Sea. 402 usrs
OperationVijay 1961 D Indian operation 2 capture of Goa, Daman-Diu & Anjidiv Islands 1999-D Indan operation 2push back infiltrators in d Kargil War
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in the country, established on 2 July 1862. {JOIN freegksms to 9219592195}
D Gangotri glacier is d origin of d Bhagirathi River. D glacier is 30 kms long & btwn 2 to 4 kms wide.It is located in d Uttarkashi Dist,Uttarakhand
INS Talwar (F40) is the lead ship of d Talwar class frigates of d Indian Navy. It was built in Russia, & commissioned into the Indian Navy in 2003,
1607 -Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. @sms ON freegksms To 9870807070
The Kandariya Mahadeva temple (KHAJURAHO) is the largest of the Western group of temples and was built by Vidyadhara of Chandelas in 1050 AD
The Buckingham Canal is a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal, running parallel to d Coromandel Coast of South Inda (vijayawada Villupuram)
Narora is located on d banks of river Ganges, in UP. A nuclear power plant operates on natural uranium as fuel& heavy water as d moderator

Today is Earth Day.

It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22,1970.
* The largest religious building in the World is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century. --
* The largest religious building in the World is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century. --
Battle of Haldighat: took place in 1574 A.D. btwn Akbar &RanaPratap Singh.The defeated of Rana in this war gave Supremacy ovr Rajasthan 2 Akbar.
Today is Ambedkar's Birthday: >He wrote The Buddha and His Dhamma >His msg-Educate!!!, Agitate!!", Organize!!! >BharatRatna given in 1990(posthumously)
Gunadhya's Brihatkatha During Satavahana period Gunadhya sat down to the story mammoth narrated by Kanabhuti, life listened to. He wrote seven lakh stories in his own blood in colloquial paisachi prakrit. The king is a lover of classical Sanskrit refused dedication. Gunadhya was desperated. He kindled fire and offered stories to the fire God. He, his disciples and all life animate and inanimate shed tears. By the time the King came to know this, six lakh stories were consumed by fire. The King ran up and saved one lakh stories. That is the story Brihatkatha left to us.
in 1789, the German chemist M. S. Klaproth discovered a new element in pitchblende ores which he named uranium in honor of the planet Uranus
Hydroponics: The technique of growing Plants & Agricultural crops without Soil.They are planted directly in water containing nutrients. -

Right to Education-RTE.

New Delhi: Sixty- three years after independence, India today enforced a historic Right to Education (RTE) act that promises freedom from illiteracy for this vast and diverse country. Following are the key points of the legislation that expects to empower the nation through education: Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the six to 14 age group; No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education (up to class eight); A child who completes elementary education (upto Class 8) shall be awarded a certificate Calls for a fixed student-teacher ratio; Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir; Provides for 25 percent reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in all private and minority schools. The reservation to start with Class One beginning 2011 Mandates improvement in quality of education; School teachers will need adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose