India's Rich List

Mukesh Ambani $23.6

Dilip Shanghvi $18

Azim Premzi $16.4

Pallonji Mistry $15.9

Lakshmi Mittal $15.8

Hinduja Brothers $13.3

Shiv Nadar $12.5

Godrej Family $11.6

Kumar Mangalam Birla $9.2

Sunil Bharti Mittal. $7.8

Mangalyaan: The Mars Orbitor Mission of India.

The Most Ambitious and the Cheapest Mars mission ever,with the expenditure of only $74 million.(NASA's Maven{Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution} cost 671 million $).

Launch date:Nov 5,2013.
Arrival in the mars Orbit:Sep 24,2014.

The Mangalyaan Journey:--
Nov 5,2013: ISRO's PSLV C25 launches Mars Orbiter from Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh.

Nov 7,2013:Six Earth bound manoeuvres performed.

Dec 1:Orbitor leaves Earth's Orbit.

Dec 4:MOM leaves Earth's sphere of influence.

Dec 11:First course correction manoeuvres performed.

June 11,2014: second course correction manoeuvres performed.

Sep 22: MOM enter the Mars gravitational sphere of influence.

Sept 24 : Mission successfully executed by ISRO.Making India First nation to launch a successful Mars Mission in a first attempt.

Delhi:2nd Most Populous City in the World.

--United Nations.

Delhi has become the world's most populous city in the world after Tokyo.More than doubling its population since 1990 to 25 million, according to a UN report.
The 2014 revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects launched on Thursday said India was projected to add the highest number of people to its urban population by

2050,ahead of China.

The Indian capital is expected to retain the spot of the World's second most populous city through atleast 2030, when its population is expected to rise swiftly to 36 million,according to the report.

Tokya topped the UN's ranking of the most populated city with 38 million inhabitants.While Tokyo's population is expected to decline by 2030 with 37 million people.Mumbai which is sixth in the list is expected to rise to fourth place, by 2030.  According to the report the most urban growth will be in India,Nigeria and China till 2050.

Kolkata,Hyderabad and Chennai are projected to be among the top 30 most populous in the world.In 1990 world had 10 megacities, which rose to 28 in 2014 and now it is projected to rise till 41 megacities in 2030.

Satya Nadella and Advent Of Windows 8 In India.

Windows 8 main screen

Microsoft's New CEO Satya Nadella is an Indian Born American, who had studied in MIT,Mangalore (Mangalore Institute of Technology).But he has something in common with the Nokia CEO Mr.Rajeev Suri--both were just a year apart the MIT in Karnataka,India.

And quite like the Microsoft and Nokia cross linkages in the wake of their 7.17$ Billion September handset Deal,both Suri and Nadella went through the same corridors, and were in all probability taught by the same faculity considering both were the students of Electronics and Communications.
Satya Nadella graduated in 1988 and Rajeev Suri in 1989 batch.

Satya Nadella was one of the Indians to be in the Developer Team of the Windows 8 operating System.


Here are the Screenshots of the Windows 8..

My Computer

APPs

Music App

Adding Account on the People App

Video App

Thane:The Busiest Station In Mumbai.

Thane Station.

With 6.5 lakh daily passengers, Thane now the busiest Station the Mumbai's Rail Network,is also a pointer to the new contours of the megapolis.

A Train rattles to a halt , pouring out a multitude at the Thane Station. It is Monday evening and most people are returning home,from workplaces and colleges,cafes,and theaters,all veterans of the evening crush of Mumbai's "Locals". On the platforms,there seems to be little space to walk,but no one really slows down , as they are carried onward by crowd.This is the Busiest Railway Station on the Mumbai's Suburb area railway system,with daily 6.5 lakh passengers.


According to survey released by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation(MRVC):

71%  Travel For Work.
14%  Other Purposes.
15% To schools and colleges.

Thane has left behind the Dadar and the Chatrrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) on the central line and Borivali on the western line,which have long been known as the most crowded station

Thane is a part of Indian Rail Lore, the starting station on its 160 years old journey.On April 16,1853,it became the  first railway station in the Indian Subcontinent to recieve the first Train run by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.

Everyday 1000 stops at Thane,which has 10 platforms and 22 exit and entry points.

Thane Station

Rashtrapati Bhavan: The Presidential Palace of India.

Architect Edwin Lutyens
Floor area 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2)
Location New Delhi, India
Coordinates 28°36'51.63?N 77°11'59.29?E
Construction started 1912
Completed 1929


The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Delhi in the same year. When the plan for a new city, New Delhi, adjacent to and south of Old Delhi, was developed in the beginning

of the 20th century, the new palace for the Viceroy of India was given an enormous size and prominent position. About 4,000 acres of land was acquired to begin the construction of Viceroy's House, as it was officially called, and adjacent Central Secretariat between 1911 and 1916 by relocating Raisina and Malcha villages that existed there and their 300 families under the 1894 Land Acquisition Act.

On 26 January 1950, when Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India and occupied this building, it was renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan - the President's House.
The British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens, a major member of the city-planning process, was given the primary architectural responsibility. The completed Governor-

General's palace turned out very similar to the original sketches which Lutyens sent Herbert Baker, from Simla, on 14 June 1912

The Botanical Garden Of Rashtrapati Bhavan

THE MUGHUL GARDENS.

The Mughal Gardens, situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, incorporate both Mughal and English landscaping styles and feature a great variety of flowers. The

Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens are open to the public in February every year.

Main garden: Two channels running North to South and two running East to West divide this garden into a grid of squares. There are six lotus shaped fountains at the

crossings of these channels. Whereas the energetic fountains rising up to a height of 12 feet create a soothing murmur that enthralls the visitor, the channels are so tranquil in their movement that they seem frozen. In the channels at appropriate times of day can be seen reflections of the imposing building and the proud flowers.

There are wooden trays placed on stands in the centre of the channels where grain is put for the birds to feed upon.

Terrace garden: There are two longitudinal strips of garden, at a higher level on each side of the Main Garden, forming the Northern and Southern boundaries. The plants grown are the same as in the Main Garden. At the centre of both of the strips is a fountain, which falls inwards, forming a well. On the Western tips are located two gazebos and on the Eastern tips two ornately designed sentry posts.Long Garden or the 'Purdha Garden': This is located to the West of the Main Garden, and runs along on each side of the central pavement which goes to the circular garden. Enclosed in walls about 12 feet high, this is predominantly a rose garden. It has 16 square rose beds encased in low hedges. There is a red sandstone pergola in the centre over the central pavement which is covered with Rose creepers, Petrea, Bougainvillea and Grape Vines. The walls are covered with creepers like Jasmine,

Rhyncospermum, Tecoma Grandiflora, Bignonia Vanista, Adenoclyma, Echitice, Parana Paniculata. Along the walls are planted the China Orange trees.

Around the circular garden there are rooms for the office of the horticulturist, a green house, stores, nursery etc. Here is housed the collection of Bonsais, one of the best in the country.

All the presidents who have stayed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan have taken a keen interest in the maintenance and upkeep of the Mughal Gardens. All have contributed in their own way. The underlying themes, however, have remained unaltered.

The interior 

Newspapers of India

1.Bengal Gazette(India's First Newspaper)
Year:1780
Place:Calcutta
Founder:James Augustus Hickey.

2.Calcutta Journal
Year:1818
Place:Calcutta.
Editor Founder: James Silk Bakingham.

3.Mirat-ul-Akhbaar(First Persian Newspaper)
Year:1822
Place:Calcutta.
Founder:Rammohun Roy.

4.Bombay Samachar
Year:1822
Place:Bombay.
Founder:--

5.Darpan
Year:1832
Place:Maharashtra.
Founder:Bal Gangadhar, Shastri Jambhekar.

6.Rast Goftar(first newspaper in Gujarati)
Year:1851
Place:Bombay.
Editor:Ddabhai Naoroji.

7.Hindu Patriot(later Harish Chandra Mukerjee)
Year:1853
Place:Calcutta
Founder:Girish Chandra Ghosh.

8.Som Prakash
Year:1858.
Place:Calcutta.
Editor:Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

9.Indian Mirror.
Year:1862.
Place:Bombay.

10.Times Of India.
Place:Bombay.
Year:1861.

11.Indu Prakash.
Year:1862.
Place:Bombay.
Editor:Gopal Hari Deshmukh.

12.Amrit Bazaar Patrika.
Year:1868.
Place : Calcutta.
Editor:Motilal Ghosh,Shishir Kumar Ghosh.

13.Sanjibani
Year:1883
Editor:Krishna Kumar Mitra.

The Ambassador:The Official Car of India.

Ambassador Car

The maker of the iconic Ambassador has halted the production of the car that was long the choice of The Indian Officialdom,citing weak demand and the lack of funds,casting doubt on the Future of a vehicle that has looked essentially the same for more than five decades.
Hindustan Motors Ltd said in a statement that it has stopped the production at the Uttarpara plant , near Kolkata,until further notice.

Modelled after the British Morris Oxford, the Ambassador was the first car to be made in India and was once a status symbol, but began losing the dominance after the arrival of low priced Maruti 800 hatchback.

Some Industry watchers say that it is difficult for the "the Grand Old Lady" of the Indian Car Market to comeback.

World's Best Taxi:
Despite its dwindling sales it was named the world's best taxi the BBC show Top Gear,last year.

A new Ambassador in Kolkata starts at Rs. 5,15,000.The company sold about 2200 cars at the end of the March 2014.

Swami Vivekananda:The Icon of India

The 150th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which falls in the year 2013-14,provides us to pay homage and express gratitude to one of the most illustrious sons of India.

Swami was the great patriot,thinker,poet,leader,lover of Humanity and awaken er of souls.
He played the important role in the cultural Renaissance of Bengal and the Other parts of India.His speeches and writings were the source of inspiration for many political leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi,J.Nehru,Subhash Chandra Bose etc.
All of them expressed indebtedness to the Swami's ideas.
Swami Vivekananda was the amongst the first Spiritual leader of India in Modern times to speak for the masses.He tried to create national awareness about the plight of the poor India.

Swami Vivekananda.

"I see in my mind's eye the future-perfect India rising out of this chaos and the strife,glorious and the invincible , with Vedanta brain the Islamic Body"

                                                    -- Swami Vivekananda

"Let no political significance be attached falsely to any of my Writings.I do not believe in politics,God and Truth are the only Politics in the World"
                                                  --Swami Vivekananda

Swamiji was clear that in order to uplift the masses , it was necessary to spread both secular and spiritual education amongst them.

"He was the Architect of Resurgent India"
                                                         -- Dr.Karan Singh,Rajya Sabha MP.

Vivekananda Rock Memorial,Kanyakumari

The Dwarkadheesh Temple:The Temple of West India.

The Dwarkadeesh Temple at night.

The Dwarkadheesh Temple is situated at the western most place of India in Gujarat near Okha Port.
It is ancient temple dedicated to Lord Krishna.It is said that the Dwarka nagri is immersed in the Arabian Sea.

The Temple is Ancient Architectural Example.

The Giant Shiva near Dwarka,Gujarat.

The Nageshwar Temple

I visited Dwarka in early 2013,which is nearly 600 km from Ahmedabad.
Many tourists daily visit this ancient temple from many parts of Gujarat such as Porbander,Rajkot and Jamnagar.
About Krishna Bhakti
In 1965, the Krishna-bhakti movement had spread outside India when its founder, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, (who was instructed by his guru, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) traveled from his homeland in West Bengal to New York City. A year later in 1966, after gaining many followers, he was able to form the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. The purpose of this movement was to write about Krishna in English and to share the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy with people in the Western world by spreading the teachings of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (an incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna according to the Bhavishya Purana). In an effort to gain attention, followers chanted the names of God in public locations. This chanting was known as hari-nama sankirtana and helped spread the teaching. Additionally, the practice of distributing prasadam or “sanctified food” worked as a catalyst in the dissemination of his works. In the Hare Krishna movement, Prasad was a vegetarian dish that would be first offered to Krishna. The food’s proximity to Krishna added a “spiritual effect,” and was seen to “counteract material contamination affecting the soul.” Sharing this sanctified food with the public, in turn, enabled the movement to gain new recruits and further spread these teachings.

The Ganges:The River Of India.

The Ganga , India's holiest river,became part of the conversation when prime minister - designate Narendra Modi contested the General Election from the seat of

Varanasi,the holy city of India.
He vowed to clean up the Ganges,a river who has got the sacred status in India.It is now one of the most polluted rivers in the World.
A look at some facts related to it.

THE GANGA.
Flows through 11 states in India.

It is ranked among the top five most polluted rivers in the world.
It has high level of faecal coliform and chemical pollutants including arsenic and lead.

LENGTH:2510 km

A sadhu Praying in the river

A dead Body in the River.

$1 billion loan given by World Bank to clean up the Ganges in 2011.

10,000 dead bodies thrown into the river each year.

1 Billion litres of untreated sewage is estimated to flow in the river daily.

The Ganges.

Kumbh Mela:The Sacred Bath

It is billed as the largest gathering of humans.All united by a common cause-washing away lifetime of sins by taking a plunge into the confluence of the three rivers,the Ganga,the Yamuna,the Sarawati.,in Allahabad.
Previous year , more than 100 million devotees took a holy dip across the 55 day Maha Kumbh Mela,a Hindu Festival that occurs after every 12 years.

Sadhus 

Akharas at Kumbh Mela.

Chennai:The Door to South India.

From a strip of a land on which British built there trading ambitions, Chennai or Madras has grown into a sprawling metropolis.It has a very rich background.

But now Chennai is not Madras,it has undergone various stages of development.It is big better city now.
It has a cosmopolitan atmosphere with liberal outlook.

Chennai Central Station.

Here you can see the versatility of food,whether Italian,Mexican,or Korean,also refers to the large number of the expats who live in the city.The more significant are the South Koreans,numbering over 3000.Around 200 Korean companies have plants in Chennai ,including the biggies like Hyundai,Samsung and LG.

There are countless engineering institutions such as IIT-Madras,Anna University.
There is nothing new Chennai has been the land employment and education as well.
The first Technical Institute outside Europe was established in Chennai.

But the city has changed,Globalisation has hit Chennai Strange ways..........

People of Chennai

Chennai is like a magnanimous foster parent but to her own children,she is Bloody cruel..
The people of North Chennai are the real sons of the Mother Chennai.

The Other Taj Mahal.

The 'Taj's' Verandah.

Did you know that there is another Taj Mahal built by another Shah Jahan...........

If you mention Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan,but suggest a city other than Agra, could you be accused of making monumental blunder? Not if you are in Bhopal.The Madhya Pradesh capital has its own Taj Mahal that was built by Shah Jahan , 11th ruler of Bhopal,begum of erstwhile princely state of Bhopal, in the Late 19th Century.

Its a typical Indo-Saraccenic building,with few closed spaces,and cool temperatures.This palace has 120 rooms, a sheesh mahal and an elaborate fountain structure called "savan bhadon"that simulated the effect of rain.

This Taj Mahal was built as a part of monumental complex such as Benazir Palace.Commissioned in 1871,its constuction spanned over 13 years.

The Building Named Taj Mahal,in Bhopal

Porbander : The Home of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was born at Porbander a port town situated in south Gujarat.
I visited there in early 2013.I visited Sudamanagri(The home of Sudama),Porbander Port,Gandhi Memorial Museum and Mahatma Gandhi's childhood house.

The house of Mahatma Gandhi

The room of Mahatma Gandhi

Porbander Port

The museum at Porbander

A Park at Sudamapuri,Porbander.

Maruti 800:The Last Ride.

Sachin Tendulkar in his first car, a Maruti 800

The last Maruti 800 travels from a Gurgaon Plant to Shillong,a city in the hills that embraced the little car and made its own.It was a car that revolutionized road transport in India,The 800 hit the road on the day of December 14,1983.

The last Maruti 800 rolled off the assembly line in Gurgaon on January 18-chassis number 2890893-is on her first joy ride.
She is a deep crimson colored, unremarkable on the Shillong roads.A layer a translucent green plastic protects her upholstery in true Indian Fashion,her windshield

announces the registration number ML-05K-2666.
The owner is a dapper and painfully shy,23-year old Albert Vanlalnghaka.

The Maruti 800 is a epic car in the Indian History,it saw many changes in the country,in tis lifetime.
PM of India Indira Gandhi inaugurated the first Maruti 800,then it was  like a pride to anyone who owned it.

"It was like a Mini Cooper on the road"
                                         -Sunil Sethi,59,President,Fashion design council of India.
"It was the most beautiful thing I had seen"
                                         -Ravi Bajaj,Fashion Designer.
"My car was like my Tanpura"
                                         -Meeta Pandit.39,Classical Vocalist.

Indira Gandhi with the first Maruti 800 in 1983.

Maruti Udyog Ltd was formed as result of the Nakanishi report,following which the joint venture was signed between the Hamamatsu-based small car maker and the Government of India.
Maruti had 883 employees at first Gurgaon Plant.
It was  named 800 because it was based on the Japanese car Suzuki Fronte 800 and had 800cc Engine.
During the last 30 years 2,87 million 800s were produced in India and sold.

The Naam-Karan of Indian Villages

Indian Towns and Villages are named after Gods,Gurus,Rulers,Moon,Netas...........
I have tracked down these towns and villages.

1.GODS,GURUS,RULERS & RELATIVES.

Radha-380
villages named after her,mostly in UP,MP and Bihar.

Sita-75
villages derive their names from Sita or the alternative Janaki;mostly in UP.

Emperor Akbar-234
He clocks the highest number of villages among those named  after a mughul King.His grandfather Babur has 62 vilages named after him.
Humanyun has 30.Shah Jahan has 51,while Aurangzeb has 8.


Lord Krishna-3309
villages named after him include - Madhopur,Gopalpur,Govindpur,Shyamnagar etc. The name Gobardhan alone accounts for 81 villages.

Lord Rama-3626
Rampur,Rampura,Ramnagar,Ramgarh,Rampuria,Raghunathpur are some Examples.
UP tops with 1026 towns named after him.
Assam has 57.Andhra has 55.

Hanuman-367
towns named after him include Hanumangarh,Hanuman Nagar,Hanumangarhi.

Lord Ganesh-446
The names include Ganeshnagar,Ganeshpur,Ganeshganj.

Sant Kabir-91
91 villages named after him.

Guru Nanak Dev-35
many towns are named after Sikh Founder,such as Nanaknagar,NanakGanj.

Dashrath-8
Lord Rama's father has 8 towns named after him.

2.NETAS AND LEADERS

Subhas Chandra Bose-27 
example Subhas nagar,Subhas Gram.

J.Nehru-72
example Nehrunagar etc.

Mahatma Gandhi-117
Th villages named after the father of  our nation include 117 villages.

Indira Gandhi-36
Indira Nagar,Indira Gaon.

Rajiv Gandhi-19
10 of them are in Rajasthan.

In the Midst of Modi Wave: NOTA Finds The Way

This was the first General Election To sport The option of NOTA(None Of The Above) on the EVMs.

Bengal picked up NOTA over AAP: More people pressed the NOTA option in the West Bengal than they did for AAP candidates in the general elections.
However according to the Election Commission figures,most NOTA votes were lodged in Puducherry(3 percent) followed by Meghalaya(2.8 pc) and Chattisgarh(2 percent).
West Bengal logded 1.1 percent NOTA votes.
It is interesting to note that BJP swept away the seats in Gujarat but 4.5 Lakh people voted NOTA.
Narendra Modi's Constituency saw over 18,000 NOTA votes.

NOTA button on the EVM.

Mangalyaan:Space of Success.

Mangalyaan is the mars orbiter mission of ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation) which was launched on the Earth's Orbit on 5th November 2013, which is expected to enter the Mars Orbit on 24 September 2014.
This Mars mission was launched from  Satish Dhawan Space Center , Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh using the PSLV launch pad Rocket c - 25.
Travelling at speed of 1.55 km/sec it crossed the half way on 11 April 2014.

Some of the scientists working on the Mars Orbiter Mission are as below--

1.K. Radhakrishan – Chairman, ISRO

2.A. S. Kiran Kumar – Director, SAC[29]

3.Mylswamy Annadurai – Programme Director, MOM

4.B. S. Chandrashekar – Director, ISTRAC

5.P. Robert – Operations Director, MOM

6.Subbiah Arunan – Project Director, MOM

7.V. Kesavaraju – Post-Launch Mission Director, MOM

8.P. Ekambaram – Operations Director, MOM

9.P. Kunhikrishnan – Launch Mission Director, PSLV-XL

10.S. K. Shivkumar – Orbiting payload Director, ISAC

11.B. Jayakumar – Launch Vehicle Director, PSLV

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Structure of Mangalyaan

Scientists at work at ISRO

General Elections of India.

This Lok Sabha Elections Resulted in emphatic victory of the BJP and its Allies. The INC(Indian National Congress) suffered its worst defeat in its whole history.
NDA(National Democratic Alliance) got record breaking more than 320 seats and it thus resulted in the humiliating defeat to UPA 2.

The BJP Prime Ministerial Candidate Mr.Narendra Modi's effort to polarize the Indian voters resulted in a huge success.The BJP sweeped the States of Gujarat and

Rajasthan.The major leaders of Congress lost such as PL Punia,Beni Prasad And Salman Khurshid.

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Monsoon:Coming Soon

This time the south-west monsoon is likely to get earlier on May 17 over the skies of Andaman sea And Bay of Bengal.
Which is three days earlier than the usual date of 20 May.But the first state in India to experiance the monsooal downpour , Kerela will get it on 5 June which s 4 days later than the real time.

The monsoon advances are likely on May 20 , the arrival of the monsoon on Kerela will act as signal to monsoonal rainfall in the Indian Subcontinent.This information was issued by IMD (Indian Meteorological Department).

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The Beginning

Hello My viewers , this blog is information full about my nation India, which is very incredible in each and every aspect . Those who have visited India can never forget its memories which binds there mind and heart together.

I am a geography buff, I am always hungry about my India,and try to gain information about it.
And through my this new blog I will present my knowledge of India to my viewers.