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Puranas Divided into sarga, pratisarga, manvantantar, vamsa (genealogical list of kings) & vamsanucharita. 18 main puranas & 18 subsidiary puranas. Vedas Meaning “knowledge”. Rigveda (hymns), Yajurveda (sacrificial formulae), Atharvaveda (magical charms & spell), Samveda. Vedas are called aparusheya (not created by man) & nity Upanishads About 200 in number. Deal with philosophy. Oldest & … Read more Indian Religious Books
UTTARAKHAND Doon Int’l Film Festival To Start From November 3 Well-known film stars, directors and producers would participate in the third Doon International Film Festival slated in Dehradun from November 3 to November 5, said director, Dehradun International Film Festival, Rajesh Sharma while interacting with the media persons. The objective behind inviting well-known … Read more 27.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Govt mulls to cover all staff under u-health The State Government is contemplating to provide the benefit of comprehensive and revised U-health card system to all its employees from August 15 this year. Different employee organisations are demanding for long that the comprehensive health insurance cover, the U-health card should be made … Read more 08.06.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND CM inaugurates e-challan, smart card based driving licence The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat, inaugurated E- Challan and smart card based driving license scheme at State secretariat. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the process has started to make the transport department of State high tech. He said that … Read more 22.12.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
Settlement can be defined as any form of human habitation which ranges from a single dwelling to large city. The word settlement has another connotation as well as this is a process of opening up and settling of a previously uninhabited area by the people. In geography this process is also known as occupancy. … Read more Types of Settlements : rural and urban
Raja Rammohan Roy: RRM Roy was a social reformer and intellectual in the early nineteenth century Bengal. He is most widely known for founding the Brahmo Samaj and his relentless campaign against the practice of Sati and child marriage. Debendranath Tagore: Brahmo Samaj: BS was founded in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy with the … Read more Social and Religious Reform movements in the 19th and 20th century.
1.The Marathas were Scindia (Gwalior), Holkar (Indore), Gaekwar (Baroda), Bhonsle (Nagpur). 2.Sawai Jai Singh of Amer (Jaipur) had Euclid’s ‘Elements of Geometry) & several works on Trigonometry were translated into Sanskrit. Banda Bairagi was baptised as Banda Singh Bahadur by Guru Gobind Singh. 3.Alfonso d’ Albuquerque came to India as the Portuguese … Read more Miscellaneous Facts:
Uttarakhand Young government doctors to be posted in dist hospitals in hills for 3 years. In a move aimed at ‘disciplining’ young government doctors and instilling in them a sense of duty towards patients, the Uttarakhand health department has decided to incorporate a new set of guidelines in the bonds signed by MBBS students. … Read more 09.07.17 Uttarakhand current affairs
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand government likely to bid for Sahara land in Haridwar With an eye to expand its land pool in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government is planning to explore possibilities of buying a land parcel of over 80 acres (reported to be worth around Rs 223 crore) which is owned by the Subrata Roy-led … Read more 27.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
