Events in the year 1961 in the Republic of India. President of India – Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru Vice President of India –...
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The 1961 census of India was the tenth in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872. The population of India was counted as 438,936,918...
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Annexation of Goa (redirect from Conflict in Goa (1961))
out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961. In India, this action is referred to as the "Liberation of Goa". In Portugal, it is referred to as the...
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Mr. India is a 1961 film about a naive unemployed youth who is mistaken for a look-alike gangster. I.S. Johar stars as Gullu, and Geeta Bali portrays...
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"Orissa 1961". Election commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021. Election Commission of India...
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023...
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1961. In India legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India...
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1961 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1961. 1961 (MCMLXI) was...
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1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards. The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in...
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India is the most populous country in the world, with one-sixth of the world's population. Between 1975 and 2010, the population doubled to 1.2 billion...
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The dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride's family gives to the groom, his parents and his...
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toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1961 to February 1962. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with India winning...
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India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a...
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Mallikarjun, B. (5 August 2002). "Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census". Languages in India. 2. M. S. Thirumalai. ISSN 1930-2940. Retrieved...
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British Raj (redirect from British Empire in India)
is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included...
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State of India (Portuguese: Estado da Índia [ɨʃˈtaðu ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ]), also known as the Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da Índia, EPI)...
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1961. The Portuguese Empire established the first European trading centre at Quilon (Kollam) in 1502. It is believed that the colonial era in India started...
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The Income Tax Act, 1961 is the charging statute of income tax in India. It provides for the levy, administration, collection, and recovery of income...
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Religion in India (2011 census) Hinduism (79.8%) Islam (14.2%) Christianity (2.3%) Sikhism (1.7%) Buddhism (0.7%) Animism/Adivasi (0.5%) Jainism (0.4%)...
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practice in India is governed by the Advocates Act 1961; an act passed by the Indian Parliament which provides for laws relating to legal practitioners in India...
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Rajya Sabha (redirect from Senate of India)
legislative assemblies of India and of union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the President of India can appoint 12 members...
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India (BCI) is a statutory body established under section 4 of the Advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India....
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India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the...
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Turks in India are ethnic Turkish people living in India. They are very small in number, and are mostly recent immigrants from Turkey. In the 1961 census...
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India has a history of sports dating back to the Vedic period, with Western sports having been imported during British rule. Cricket (England-origin sport)...
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The 1961 Jabalpur Riots were the first major-scale riots between Hindus and Muslims in post-Partition India, which erupted in the city of Jabalpur in the...
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violence in India includes acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of another religious group, often in the...
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minister of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Pradhānamantrī) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister...
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was Manuel Aaron, awarded in 1961. He was India's first chess International Master (IM). He obtained the title in 1961 and India did not produce a second...
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Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress. The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 literacy growth of 9.2%, which is slower than the growth...
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