Tag: history

'Satyameva Jayate' is taken from Mundaka Upanishad. It is the national motto of India and appears below the Ashoka Chakra in the national emblem. The phrase means 'Truth alone triumphs'.

Pingali Venkaiah designed the Indian national flag and presented it to Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. His design was adopted at the Constituent Assembly meeting on July 22, 1947. The flag features the Ashoka Chakra and represents courage, peace, and truth through its colors.

The Kohinoor diamond was mined from the Golconda mines in present-day Telangana, India. Golconda was famous for producing some of the world's most renowned diamonds including the Hope Diamond and the Regent Diamond before the Kohinoor was taken to the UK.

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as Frontier Gandhi due to his nonviolent activism and close association with Mahatma Gandhi. He led the Khudai Khidmatgar movement in the Northwest Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) and was a devout Pashtun follower of Gandhi's principles.

Ramanujam was invited to Cambridge by G.H. Hardy and worked at Trinity College. Hardy was a fellow at Trinity, and this is where their famous mathematical collaboration occurred from 1914-1919.

Homi J. Bhabha, known as the father of India's nuclear program, established TIFR in 1945 with support from the Tata group and the Bombay government to advance fundamental research in physics and mathematics.

The minimum age limit to become President of India is 35 years, as specified in Article 58 of the Indian Constitution. This age requirement ensures the candidate has sufficient maturity and experience for the highest constitutional office. Options 37, 40, and 45 are not mentioned in the constitutional provisions.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as India's first Vice President from 1952 to 1962 before becoming President. V.V. Giri became VP later, Rajagopalachari was Governor General, and Nehru was Prime Minister.

Raj Bhavan is the official residence and office of the Governor in Indian states. Rashtrapati Bhavan is the President's residence, while Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha are legislative assemblies.

Sonia Gandhi is the only non-Prime Minister in the list. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Nehru all served as Prime Minister of India, while Sonia Gandhi was Congress President but never Prime Minister.