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Malana Malana Nala  is a village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh which is isolated from the rest of the world. It is located in the district of Kullu and is a side valley of the famous Parvati Valley.

The first Income-tax Act in India was introduced in 1860 on account of financial stress owing to the mutiny of 1857 and was to be in force for a period of 5 years. The concept of the aggregate income from all sources was not material except for determining the minimum taxable limit. Agricultural income from lands above a rental value of Rs. 600/- per annum was included for tax. The Act lapsed in 1865. The tax was revived in 1867 in the form of a ‘license tax’ on trades and professions on the basis of annual income. Tax was deducted from the salaries provided to government servants. This Act was in force for one year. The improvement of the financial situation by 1873 saw the abolition of income tax in that year. The great famine of 1876-1878 brought about the revival of direct taxation by the Act of 1877. Now there was a license tax on the trader combined with a cess on land. Act II of 1886 was the first important landmark in the history of income-tax in India. Its basic scheme has end

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Bengluru (karnataka)

 Bhubaneswar ( Odisha)

Bengal Gazette 

 Kalka-Shimla Railway { "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (1999), Nilgiri Mountain Railway (2005)and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai (2004)."}

 In 1959

Ghum railway station ( Darjeeling Himalayan Railway)

 Hydro-Electricity

 7516 km

Bangladesh 

Indian States (9) have coastlinr whise total length ( inclusive of islands) is 7517 km and main lanf is 6100 km in Gauge.The states of Gujarat is the longest coastline of 1600km. After the name of Andhra Pradesh Comes.

Britain (United Kingdom)

 Trans Siberian Rail Route

 Johannesburg ( South Africa)

 Victoria Lake

 Four ( Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean & Arctic Ocean)

 Venus

 Venus & Mars

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 Narmada (1057 km) :-  Has only  1/10th part in Gujarat,  Rises in Amarkantak Plateau and flows into Gulf of Mannar.  It forms the famous Dhuan Dhar Falls near  Jabalpur.  Main tributaries :- Horan,  Burhner,  Banjar,  Shar,  Shakkar,  Tawa, etc. Tapti River (724 km) :- Rises from Betul distt in Maharashtra also known as twin or handmaid of Narmada. Main tributaries: purna, Betul, Arunavati, Ganjal etc. Sabarmati River (416 km) :- Rises from Aravallis in Rajasthan. Mahi River (560 km) :- Rises from Vindhyas in Maharashtra Luni River (495 km) :- Rises from Aravallis. Also called Salt River. It is finally lost in the marshy grounds at the head of the Rann of kuchchh.

The script is not alphabetical but pictographic  (about  600+  undeciphered pictographs). The script  has not been deciphered so far,  but overlaps of  letters  show that  it was  written  from  right  to  left  in the  first  line and left  to right  in the  second  line.  This style  is called  ' Boustrophedon'.  

The 24-day march from March 12 to April 5, 1930 was  a tax resistance campaign against the British salt monopoly . Based on Gandhi's principle of non-violence or Satyagraha, the march marked the inauguration of the civil disobedience movement.

It is a beautiful and  an important lake of Jammu  &  Kashmir  which is famous for  tourism.  It is  called 'The Jewel  in the  crown  of Kashmir'. Asia's  largest Tulip  Garden is on the banks of Dal Lake. 

The  boundary  starts from Kashmir, passing  through  Punjab,  western  Rajasthan and extends up to Kutch region of Gujarat.  The length  of boundary  which  events extends  from Punjab  to Gujarat  via Rajasthan  being  3,323 km happens to be the second longest  border   after  that of India -Bangladesh. Sutlej  &  Ravi from natural boundary between India & Pakistan. Ravi river acts as a boundary line in Amritsar  district of Punjab while Sutlej River creates boundary line between  India and Pakistan, towards  South of Firozpur district. Radcliffe  Line After  partying,  on 17th August, 1947 the boundary  demarcated between India and Pakistan is known as Radcliffe Line.  This line was determined by the  Border Commission. As Cyrillic Radcliffe  was the President  of the  Commission, the boundary  line between  India  & Pakistan  is named after  him.  Today,  it's western part still serves as the Indo-Pakistan border and the  eastern part serves as the Indo-Bangladesh b

This pass is situated  4,300m above sea level  and  connects Himachal Pradesh  with Tibet through Sutlej gorge. Sutlej  river  from Tibet enters India through  this pass. 

The McMahon  Line is a border line between  Tibetan region of  India,  proposed  by Henry  McMahon on 27th April,  1914 at Shimla  Convention between the British and Tibetan representative. Currently, it remains  an effective boundary between China & India.  The line is named  after  Sir Henry  McMahon,  a Foreign Secretary of  British  India.  The McMahon Line has been regarded by India as the legal national  border,  but China rejects the Shimla Accord and further the McMahon  Line. 

The place  which  create boundary line between these two countries  are arranged from North to South  as Palk Strait, Palk Bay,  Pamban Islands, Rameshwaram,  Adam's Bridge  & Gulf of Mannar respectively.

 Eight Degree Channel  creates  water  boundary between  Minicoy Island of  India  & Maldives.

 The 6° Channel  creates water boundary  between  Nicobar  Islands  of India  & Sumatra  of  Indonesia.

Coco Chanel  creates a water boundary  between  Coco Islands of Myanmar and North Andaman  Islands  of  India.

North-East  states are also  known as Seven Sisters. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,  Meghalaya,  Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland  & Tripura.

The main islands are - North  Andaman,  Middle  Andaman, South Andaman, Little  Andaman,  Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar. Port Blair  is the  capital, Located  in South Andaman. Barren Island, the only active  volcano  of India is situated in the  east of  Middle Andaman.  Narcondam Island (located I'm the north-eastern part of  North  Andaman)  is also  a volcanic island. These islands  are  also known  as the Emerald  Islands.

 Due to its peninsula shape, India  is surrounded by Bay of Bengal in the east,  Arabian Sea in the  west and Indian Ocean  in the  South. The Indian  peninsula  is wide  in the  North  and has been  gradually  sloping  towards  South from 22° N. 

Southern Point  : - Indira Point  (Great  Nicobar Island) Northern  Point  : - Indira Col  (Ladakh)  Western  Point  : -  Gaur Mota/Gubar Moti  (Gujarat)  Eastern  Point : -  Kibithu (Arunachal  Pradesh)  Southern Point of Mainland  : -  Kanyakumari (8°4' Northern  Latitude, Tamil Madison) 

 The Chairman of the Drafting  Committee  was Dr BR Ambedkar ,  also known  as the  Father  of the  Indian  Constitution. 

Golden Quadrilateral Four-Lane Fast track connecting four metropolitan cities of INDIA, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata is the National Highway Project. The length of this road is 5846 km.