Geographical Nicknames
Geographical Nicknames
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- Bengal’s Sorrow – Damodar River
- Blue Mountains – Nilgiri Hills
- China’s Sorrow – Hwang-Ho
- City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford
- City of Golden Gate – San Francisco
- City of Magnificient Distances – Washington
- City of Palaces – Calcutta
- City of Seven Hills – Rome
- City of Sky Scrapers – New York
- Cockpit of Europe – Belgium
- Dark Continent – Africa
- Emerald Island – Ireland
- Eternal City – Rome
- Forbidden City – Lhasa (Tibet)
- Garden City – Chicago
- Gate of Tears – Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
- Gateway of India – Mumbai
- Gift of Nile – Egypt
- Granite City – Aberdeen
- Hermit Kingdom – Korea
- Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean
- Holy Land – Palestine
- Island Continent – Australia
- Island of Cloves – Zanzibar
- Island of Pearls – Bahrein (Persian Gulf)
- Key to the Mediterranean – Gibraltar
- Land of Cakes – Scotland
- Land of Golden Fleece – Australia
- Land of Maple – Canada
- Land of Midnight Sun – Norway
- Land of Morning Calm – Korea
- Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland
- Land of White Elephant – Thailand
- Land of the Rising Sun – Japan
- Land of the Thunderbolt – Bhutan
- Loneliest Island – Tristan De Gunha (Mid Atlantic)
- Never Never land – Vast Prairies of North Australia
- Pearl of the Antilles – Cuba
- Pearl of the Pacific – Guyayaquil port of Equador
- Pillars of Hercules – Straits of Gibraltar
- Playground of Europe – Switzerland
- Quaker City – Philadelphia
- Queen of the Adriatic – Venice
- Roof of the World – The Pamirs, Central Asia
Historically Important Places
- Great Wall of China: 2,400 km long wall constructed by the Chinese Emperor Shih Hwang Ti.
- Kremlin: It is in Moscow. It is the headquarters of Russia.
- Lumbini: It is the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal.
- Monte Carlo: It is in France, famous for the luxurious resorts and world-renowned car rally.
- Mount Blanc: It is the highest mountain peak in Europe in the Alps on the confines of Italy and France.
- Pearl Harbour: US naval base in Hawai Island. The Japanese attack of this brought them into the second world war.
- Pentagon: It is in Washington. It is the defence head-quarters of USA.
- Pisa: It is in Italy, well known for its leaning tower.
- Potala: It is in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Dalai Lama’s palace is situated here.
- Victoria Falls: It is on river Zambezi in Central Africa. It is 1,700 metres wide.
- Yellow Sea: It is a sea between China and Korea.
1757: Battle of Plassey.
1857: First War of Independence.
1858: India comes under the direct rule of the British crown.
1885: The Indian National Congress was formed in Bombay.
1905: The Partition of the Bengal.
1909: Minto – Morley Reforms.
1911: Bengal Partition annulled.
1914-1918: Britain drags India into World War I.
1915: Gandhi returns to India from South Africa.
1916: Lucknow Pact.
1917: Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha.
1919: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
1921 to 1922: Civil Disobedience Movement.
1922: Chauri – Chaura Incident.
1924: Moplah riots between Hindus and Muslims.
1927: The British government appoints the Simon Commission.
1928: Bardoli Satyagraha.
1930: Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table Conference.
1931: Second Round Table Conference, Gandhi-Irwin pact.
1932: Poona Pact, Third...
Central Building Research Institute: Roorkee (UP).
Central Drug Research Institute: Lucknow (UP).
Central Food Technological Research Institute: Mysore.
Central Leather Research Institute: Chennai.
Central Mining Research Station: Dhanbad (Bihar).
Central Road Research Institute: New Delhi.
Indian Institute of Petroleum: Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal).
National Aeronautical Laboratory: Bangalore.
National Chemical Laboratory: Pune.
National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI): Nagpur.
National Institute of Oceanography: Panaji (Goa).
National Physical Laboratory: New Delhi.
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Active Market .
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Administered Price .
The administrative body e.g., the government a marketing board or a trading group determines this price. The competitive market force is not entitled to determine this price. The government fixes a price in accordance with a demand-supply portion in the market. .
Ad-valorem Tax .
Ad-valorem tax is a kind of indirect tax in which goods are taxed by their values. In the case of ad-volorem tax, the tax amount is calculated as the proportion of the price of the goods. Value-added Tax (VAT) is an ad-volorem Tax.
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