Tag: history

Amausi Airport, officially known as Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, is located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Named after the former Prime Minister, it serves as the primary airport for Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Saharanpur, Dehradun, and Pantnagar have different airports.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is located in Kolkata, West Bengal. Named after the prominent independence movement leader, it serves as the primary international airport for Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Jhansi, Varanasi, and Agra have different airports - Varanasi has Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.

Jolly Grant Airport is the airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state in India. It's located in the Dehradun district and serves as the gateway to popular tourist destinations like Mussoorie and pilgrimage sites like Haridwar and Rishikesh. None of the other options match.

Bagdogra Airport is located in Siliguri, West Bengal. It serves as the gateway to North Bengal, Sikkim, and the Northeastern states. The airport is strategically important for tourism to Darjeeling, Gangtok, and the Himalayan region. Chennai, Kolkata, and Amritsar are all incorrect.

Biju Patnaik International Airport is located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha (formerly Orissa). It's named after Biju Patnaik, a famous freedom fighter and former Chief Minister of Odisha. The airport serves as the primary gateway to the state. Aurangabad, Mumbai, and Nasik are all in different states.

Juhu Aerodrome is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It's one of the oldest airports in India and was the city's primary airport before Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) was built. Juhu Aerodrome now primarily serves as a flying club and training facility.

Gandhinagar Airport refers to the airport serving Nasik (Nashik) in Maharashtra. The confusion in naming likely stems from the Gandhinagar area of Nasik. Pune is served by Lohegaon Airport, Bhubaneswar has Biju Patnaik Airport, and Dimapur has its own airport in Nagaland.

Sriram Sagar Reservoir is located in Andhra Pradesh, built across the Godavari River. It's also known as the Pochampad Dam and serves irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka are all incorrect locations for this particular reservoir.

Kanehar Dam (also spelled Kanher) is located in Maharashtra. The name Kanehar is derived from the location in Maharashtra. Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Karnataka are all incorrect - this dam is specifically in the Maharashtrian region.

Hirakud Dam is located in Orissa (now Odisha) across the Mahanadi River. It's one of the longest dams in the world and serves flood control, irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation. The dam is near Sambalpur in Odisha. Meghalaya, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu are all incorrect.