General Qacts - 20/09/2018

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  • Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) is located at Odisha.
  • Kashmir’s master darners, known as rafugars. Rafugari, which is also dying. Darners from Kashmir once impressed the Mughal emperors, who hired them to keep their shatoosh and pashmina shawls intact.
  • Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary - Maharashtra.
  • 1941 - Hindu Law Committee is also known as Rau Committee after its chairman BN Rau.
  • Todas are tribal people residing in the Nilgiri Hills.
  • Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was the founder of Ahmadiyya Movement(23 March 1889) in India in Punjab region.
  • The Sarkaria Commission appointed in1983; to examine the issues relating to Centre-State relations, recommended that appointments of Governors should be strictly non-partisan.
  • Article 356, provides for President’s rule in any State. This provision is to be applied when ‘a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.’ It results in the takeover of the State government by the Union government. The President’s proclamation has to be ratified by Parliament. President’s rule can be extended till three years.
  • No emergency due to internal disturbances can be declared in J&K without the concurrence of the State. The union government cannot impose a financial emergency in the State and the Directive Principles do not apply to J&K. Finally, amendments to the Indian Constitution (under Art. 368) can only apply in concurrence with the government of J&K.
  • Elected local governments were created in 1882 under lord Rippon, he is known as the father of local governance in India.
  • Following the Government of India Act 1919, village panchayats were established in a number of provinces.
  •  In 1989 the P.K.Thungon Committee recommended constitutional recognition for the local government bodies.
  • The Census of India defines an urban area as having: (i) a minimum population of 5,000; (ii) at least 75 percent of the male working population engaged in non-agricultural occupations and (iii) a density of population of at least 400 persons per sq. km.