Sunday, February 28, 2010

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Rare Photographs In Indian History



The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s. 


The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul

A group of Dancing or notch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry.


A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi .


Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910.


A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs 

An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658.

The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel. 


LORD MACAULAY'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 2 FEBRUARY, 1835
''I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.''
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Monday, February 22, 2010

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Electoral Information for Hyderabad Voters

Electoral Information is available here for Hyderabad voters visit:
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/election1/knowurassembly_const.asp

and enter the details to locate your name in the electoral list.

If you have the constituency no. , part no. and Sl. no. then replace them in the following link to get your details.

http://www.ghmc.gov.in/election1/voterslip.asp?contituency=49&partno=332&SLNO=216
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

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Union Territories, Lt. Governors & Administrators

Lt. Governors & Administrators

Union Territory Lt. Governors & Administrators
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt. Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Lieutenant Governor)
Chandigarh Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Shri Satya Gopal, IAS (Administrator)
Daman and Diu Shri Satya Gopal, IAS (Administrator)
Delhi Shri Tejendra Khanna (Lieutenant Governor)
Lakshadweep (UT) Shri J.K. Dadoo
Puducherry (UT) Shri Iqbal Singh

***Updated as on Feb 21, 2010 Source: GOI***
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States, Capitals, Chief Ministers and Governors

STATE CAPITAL CHIEF MINISTER GOVERNOR
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Shri K. Rosaiah Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Shri Dorjee Khandu General (Rtd.) J.J. Singh
Assam Dispur Shri Tarun Gogoi Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik
Bihar Patna Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Devanand Konwar
Chhattisgarh Raipur Dr. Raman Singh Shri Shekhar Dutt
Delhi
Smt Sheila Dikshit
Goa Panaji Shri Digambar Kamat Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Gujarat Gandhinagar Shri Narendra Modi Dr. Kamla Beniwal
Haryana Chandinagar Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Shri Jagannath Pahadia
Himachal Pradesh Simla Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal Smt. Urmila Singh
Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar(Summer)
Jammu(Winter)
Shri Omar Abdullah Shri N. N. Vohra
Jharkhand Ranchi Shri Shibu Soren Shri M.O.H Farook
Karnataka Bangalore Shri B. S. Yeddyurappa Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Shri V. S. Achuthanandan Shri R.S. Gavai
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shri Rameshwar Thakur
Maharashtra Mumbai Shri Ashok Chavan Shri K. Shankarnarayan
Manipur Imphal Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Shri Gurbachan Jagat
Meghalaya Shillong Dr. Dethwelson Lapang Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Mizoram Aizawl Shri Pu Lalthanhawla Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M.M. Lakhera, PVSM,AVSM,VSM
Nagaland Kohima Shri Neiphiu Rio Shri. Nikhil Kumar
Orissa Bhubaneshwar Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Puducherry
Thiru. V. Vaithilingam
Punjab Chandigarh Shri Parkash Singh Badal Shri Shivraj Patil
Rajasthan Jaipur Shri Ashok Gehlot Smt. Prabha Rau
Sikkim Gangtok Shri Pawan Chamling Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh
Tamil Nadu Chennai Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Shri Surjit Singh Barnala
Tripura Agartala Shri Manik Sarkar Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Kumari Mayawati Shri B.L. Joshi
Uttarakhand Dehradun Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Smt. Margaret Alva
West Bengal Calcutta Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Shri M.K. Narayanan


***Updated as on 21 Feb, 2010 Source: National Portal Of India***
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Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers
Serial Number Portfolio Name of Minister
1. Prime Minister and also In-Charge of the Ministries/Departments viz:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
Ministry of Planning;
Ministry of Water Resources;
Department of Atomic Energy; and
Department of Space
Dr. Manmohan Singh
2. Minister of Finance Shri Pranab Mukherjee
3. Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Shri Sharad Pawar
4. Minister of Defence Shri A.K. Antony
5. Minister of Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram
6. Minister of Railways Km. Mamata Banerjee
7. Minister of External Affairs Shri S.M. Krishna
8. Minister of Steel Shri Virbhadra Singh
9. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
10. Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
11. Minister of Power Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde
12. Minister of Law and Justice Shri M. Veerappa Moily
13. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah
14. Minister of Urban Development Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
15. Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Kamal Nath
16. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Shri Vayalar Ravi
17. Minister of Textiles Shri Dayanidhi Maran
18. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Shri A. Raja
19. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora
20. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smt. Ambika Soni
21. Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
22. Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Kapil Sibal
23. Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Shri B.K. Handique
24. Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Anand Sharma
25. Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri C.P. Joshi
26. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism Kum. Selja
27. Minister of Food Processing Industries Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
28. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. M.S. Gill
29. Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan
30. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pawan K. Bansal
31. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Mukul Wasnik
32. Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Kantilal Bhuria
33. Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri M.K. Alagiri


Ministers of State with Independent Charge
Serial Number Portfolio Name of Minister
1. Ministry Civil Aviation Shri Praful Patel
2. Ministry of Science and Technology;
Ministry of Earth Sciences; and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri Prithviraj Chavan
3. Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal
4. Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Salman Khursheed
5. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Dinsha J. Patel
6. Ministry of Women and Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath
7. Ministry of Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh


Ministers of State
Serial Number Portfolio Name of Minister
1. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Srikant Jena
2. Ministry of Railways Shri E. Ahamed
3. Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Mullappally Ramachandran
4. Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Shri V. Narayansamy
5. Ministry of Commerce and Industry Shri JyotiradityaScindia
6. Ministry of Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari
7. Ministry of Railways Shri K.H. Muniyappa
8. Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Ajay Maken
9. Ministry of Textiles Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi
10. Ministry of Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena
11. Ministry of Defence Shri M.M. Pallam Raju
12. Ministry of Urban Development Shri Saugata Ray
13. Ministry of Finance Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
14. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Jitin Prasad
15. Ministry of Steel Shri A. Sai Prathap
16. Ministry of External Affairs Smt. Preneet Kaur
17. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Shri Gurdas Kamat
18. Ministry of Labour and Employment Shri Harish Rawat
19. Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Professor K.V. Thomas
20. Ministry of Power Shri Bharatsinh Solanki
21. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Shri Mahadev S. Khandela
22. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Shri Dinesh Trivedi
23. Ministry of Rural Development Shri Sisir Adhikari
24. Ministry of Tourism Shri Sultan Ahmed
25. Ministry of Shipping Shri Mukul Roy
26. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shri Mohan Jatua
27. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri D. Napoleon
28. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan
29. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Shri S. Gandhiselvan
30. Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary
31. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Shri Sachin Pilot
32. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Arun Yadav
33 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
34. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Shri R.P.N. Singh
35. Ministry of External Affairs Shri Shashi Tharoor
36. Ministry of Water Resources Shri Vincent Pala
37. Ministry of Rural Development Shri Pradeep Jain
38. Ministry of Rural Development Ms. Agatha Sangma

***Updated as on Feb 21, 2010 Source: http://www.cabsec.nic.in ***
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