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Attorney General Name in India (1963 to 2017)

Attorney General of India

Attorney General Name	Time Period	Incumbent Prime Minister
K. K. Venugopal	1 July 2017 – (incumbent)	Narendra Modi
Mukul Rohatgi	19 June 2014 – 18 June 2017	Narendra Modi
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati	8 June 2009 – 11 June 2014	Manmohan Singh
Milon K. Banerji	5 June 2004 – 7 June 2009	Manmohan Singh
Soli Sorabjee	7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ashok Desai	9 July 1996 – 6 April 1998	H. D. Devegowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
Milon K. Banerji	21 November 1992 – 8 July 1996	P. V. Narasimha Rao
G. Ramaswamy	3 December 1990 – 23 November 1992	Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
Soli Sorabjee	9 December 1989 – 2 December 1990	V. P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar
K. Parasaran	9 August 1983 – 8 December 1989	Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi
L. N. Sinha	9 August 1979 – 8 August 1983	Charan Singh; Indira Gandhi
S. V. Gupte	1 April 1977 – 8 August 1979	Morarji Desai
Niren De	1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977	Indira Gandhi
C. K. Daphtary	2 March 1963 – 30 October 1968	Jawaharlal Nehru; Lal Bahadur Shastri
M. C. Setalvad	28 January 1950 – 1 March 1963	Jawaharlal Nehru

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May 26, 2022

List of all the National Political Party in India

Political Party Name	Full Form	Founding Date
National People’s Party	NPP	6 January 2013
All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	1 January 1998
Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	10 June 1999
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	14 April 1984
Communist Party of India	CPI	26 December 1925
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI-M	7 November 1964
Indian National Congress	INC	28 December 1885
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	6 April 1980

May 25, 2022

List of Schedules of Indian Constitution

Schedules in Indian Constitution	Article
First Schedule of Indian Constitution	It contains the name of States and Union TerritoriesTerritorial Jurisdiction of states is also included	Article 1Article 4
Second Schedule of Indian Constitution	The provisions in relation to allowances, privileges, emoluments of: President of India Governors of Indian States Speaker of Lok Sabha & Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha Chairman of Rajya Sabha & Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assemblies of Indian States Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Legislative Councils of the Indian States Supreme Court Judges High Court Judges Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG)	Article 59 Article 65 Article 75 Article 97 Article 125 Article 148 Article 158 Article 164 Article 186 Article 221
Third Schedule	It contains the forms of oath and affirmation for: Union Ministers of India Parliament Election Candidates Members of Parliament (MPs) Supreme Court Judges Comptroller and Auditor General State Ministers State Legislature Elections’ Candidates State Legislature Members High Court Judges	Article 75 Article 84 Article 99 Article 124 Article 146 Article 173 Article 188 Article 219
Fourth Schedule	It contains the provisions in relation to the allocation of seats for States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha	Article 4 Article 80
Fifth Schedule	It contains provisions in relation to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes	Article 244
Sixth Schedule	It contains provisions in relation to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram	Article 244 Article 275
Seventh Schedule	This schedule deals with the three legislative lists: Union State Concurrent	Article 246
Eighth Schedule	It deals with the 22 official languages recognized by the Constitution of India: Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri (Dongri) Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Mathili (Maithili) Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu	Article 344 Article 351
Ninth Schedule	It deals with the state acts and regulations of that deal with land reforms and abolition of the zamindari system. It also deals with the acts and regulations of the Parliament dealing with other matters. Note: 1st Amendment Act 1951 added the Ninth Schedule to protect the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the laws included in this schedule after April 24, 1973, are now open to judicial review	Article 31 B
Tenth Schedule	It contains provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection. Note: This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-defection Law	Article 102 Article 91
Eleventh Schedule	It contains the provisions that specify the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. It has 29 matters.	Article 243-G
Twelfth Schedule	It deals with the provisions that specify the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities. It has 18 matters. Note: This schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992	Article 243-w

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May 22, 2022

Indian State Animals and Symbols,tree,flower,bird

States	Animal	Flower	Tree	Bird
Andhra Pradesh	Blackbuck	Water lily	Neem	Indian Roller
Arunachal Pradesh	Mithun	Foxtail Orchid	Hollong	Great Hornbill
Assam	Indian One-horned Rhino	Foxtail Orchids	Hollong	White-winged Wood Duck
Bihar	Gaur	Kachnar	Peepal	Indian Roller
Chhattisgarh	Wild Buffalo	Indian Laurel	Sal	Hill Myna
Delhi	Nilgai	Alfalafa	Gulmohar	House sparrow
Goa	Gaur	Plumeria Rubra	Matti	Black Crested Bulbul
Gujarat	Asiatic Lion	Marigold (Galgota)	Banyan	Greater Flamingo
Haryana	Blackbuck	Lotus	Peepal	Black Francolin
Himachal Pradesh	Snow Leopard	Rhododendron	Deodar	Western Tragopan
Jammu & Kashmir	Hangul	Rhododendron	Chinar	Black necked Crane
Jharkhand	Elephant	Palash/Parrot Tree	Sal	koel
Karnataka	Elephant	Lotus	Sandal wood	Indian Roller
Kerala	Elephant	Kanikonna/Golden Shower Tree	Coconut	Great Hornbill
Madhya Pradesh	Swamp Deer	Palash/Parrot Tree	Banyan	Paradise Fly catcher
Maharashtra	Giant Squirrel	Jarul	Mango	Green Imperial Pigeon
Manipur	Sangai	Siroi Lily	Toon	Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
Meghalaya	Clouded Leopard	Lady Slipper Orchid	Gamari	Hill Myna
Mizoram	Serow	Red Vanda	Iron Wood	Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
Nagaland	Mithun	Rhododendron	Alder	Blyth’s Tragopan
Orissa	Elephant	Ashoka	Banyan	Peacock
Punjab	Blackbuck	Gladious	Sheesham	Northern Goshawk
Rajasthan	Chinkara	Rohira	Khejri	Indian Bustard
Sikkim	Red Panda	Noble Orchid	Rhododendron	Blood Pheasant
Tamil Nadu	NilgiriTahr	Kandhal	Palmyra Palm	Emerald Dove
Telangana	Spotted Deer (Jinka)	Tanner’s Cassia	Shami (Jammi chettu)	Indian Roller (Paalapitta)
Tripura	Phayre’sLangur	Nageshwar	Agar	Green Imperial Pigeon
Uttar Pradesh	Musk Deer	Brahm Kamal	Burans	Himalayan Monal
Uttarakhand	Swamp Deer	Brahm Kamal	Ashok	Sarus Crane
West Bengal	Fishing cat	Shephali	Devil’s Tree	White-throated King Fisher

Union Territories	Animal	Bird	Flower	Tree
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Dugong	Andaman Wood Pigeon	Pyinma Tree	Andaman Padauk
Chandigarh	Indian grey Mongoose	Indian grey Hornbill	Dhak	Mango
Dadar& Nagar Haveli	–	–	–	–
Daman & Diu	–	–	–	–
Lakshwadeep	Butterfly Fish	Sooty Tern	Neelakurinji	Bread Fruit
Puducherry	Squirrel	Asian Koel	Cannon ball flower (Nagalinga flower)	Bael Fruit Tree

May 20, 2022

Important Ports in India

State	Zone	Port
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Bay of Bengal	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Eastern Coast	Visakhapatnam
Goa	Western Coast	Mormugao
Gujarat	Western Coast	Kandla
Karnataka	Western Coast	Mangalore
Kerala	Western Coast	Kochi
Maharashtra	Western Coast	Mumbai Port Trust
Maharashtra	Western Coast	Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Odisha	Eastern Coast	Paradip
	Eastern Coast	Chennai
Tamil Nadu	Eastern Coast	Ennore
	Eastern Coast	Tuticorin
West Bengal	Eastern Coast	Kolkata

May 19, 2022

Sources Of Indian Constitution

Country	Borrowed Features of Indian Constitution
Canada	Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
	Appointment of state governors by the Centre
UK	Bicameralism
	Cabinet system
Australia	Concurrent list
Ireland	Directive Principles of State Policy
	Election of members of Rajya Sabha
	Federation with a strong Centre
	Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse
Russia	Fundamental duties
US	Fundamental rights
	Ideals of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble
	Ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preambl
	Impeachment of the president
	Independence of judiciary
	Joint-sitting of the two Houses of Parliament
	Judicial review
	Legislative procedure
	Method of election of the president
	Nomination of members to Rajya Sabha
	Parliamentary government
	Parliamentary privileges
	Post of vice-president
	Prerogative writs
Japan	Procedure Established by law
South Africa	Procedure for amendment in the Indian Constitution
	Removal of Supreme Court and High Court judges
France	Republic
	Rule of Law
	Single Citizenship
Germany (Weimar)	Suspension of Fundamental Rights during emergency
	Vesting of residuary powers in the Centre

Sources Of Indian Constitution

May 19, 2022

Gardens in India

Garden Name	location
Law garden	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Company garden	Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh
Jallianwala Bagh	Amristar, Punjab
Auroville Botanical Gardens,	Auroville, Tamil Nadu
Lal Bagh	Bangalore, Karnataka
Rock Garden of Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Sim’s Park	Coonoor, Tamil nadu
Rock Garden	Darjeeling
Lloyd’s Botanical Garden	Darjeeling, West Bengal
Sarita Udyan	Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden	Gangtok, Sikkim
The Royal Botanical Garden	Howrah, West Bengal
Jhansi Botanical Garden	Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden	Kolkata, West Bengal
Chambal Garden	Kota, Rajasthan
Pilikula Botanical Garden	Mangalore, Karnataka
Hanging Garden	Mumbai , Maharashtra
Brindhavan Garden	Mysore, Karanataka
Kalindi Kunj	New Delhi
Lodi Garden	New Delhi
Mughal garden	New Delhi
Malampuzha Garden	Palakkad, Kerala
Pinjore Garden	Panchkula , Haryana
Saharanpur Botanical Garden,	Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Nishat Bagh	Srinagar , J & K
Chashme Shahi	Srinagar, J & K
Shalimar Bagh	Srinagar, J & K
Tulip Garden	Srinagar, J & K
Sajjan Niwas Garden(Gulab Bagh)	Udaipur, Rajasthan

February 22, 2022

Railways Ministry Name india 1947 to 2021

Time	Railway Ministry Name
15 August 1947 22 September 1948 Duration-1 year, 38 days	John Mathai
22 September 1948 13 May 1952 Duration-3 years, 234 days	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
13 May 1952 7 December 1956 Duration-4 years, 208 days	Lal Bahadur Shastri
7 December 1956 10 April 1962 Duration-5 years, 124 days	Jagjivan Ram
10 April 1962 21 September 1963 Duration-1 year, 164 days	Swaran Singh
21 September 1963 8 June 1964 Duration-261 days	H. C. Dasappa
9 June 1964 12 March 1967 Duration-2 years, 276 days	S. K. Patil
13 March 1967 14 February 1969 Duration-1 year, 338 days	C. M. Poonacha
14 February 1969 4 November 1969 Duration-263 days	Ram Subhag Singh
4 November 1969 18 February 1970 Duration-106 days	Panampilly Govinda Menon
18 February 1970 17 March 1971 Duration-1 year, 27 days	Gulzarilal Nanda
18 March 1971 22 July 1972 Duration-1 year, 126 days	K. Hanumanthaiah
23 July 1972 4 February 1973 Duration-196 days	T. A. Pai
5 February 1973 2 January 1975 Duration-1 year, 331 days	Lalit Narayan Mishra
11 February 1975 23 March 1977 Duration-2 years, 40 days	Kamalapati Tripathi
26 March 1977 28 July 1979 Duration-2 years, 124 days	Madhu Dandavate
30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Duration-168 days	T. A. Pai
14 January 1980 12 November 1980 Duration-303 days	Kamalapati Tripathi
12 November 1980 14 January 1982 Duration-1 year, 63 days	Kedar Pandey
15 January 1982 2 September 1982 Duration-230 days	Prakash Chandra Sethi
2 September 1982 31 December 1984 Duration-2 years, 120 days	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
31 December 1984 24 June 1986 Duration-1 year, 175 days	Bansi Lal (Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards)
24 June 1986 21 October 1986 Duration-119 days	Mohsina Kidwai (As Minister of Transport)
22 October 1986 2 December 1989 Duration-3 years, 41 days	Madhavrao Scindia (Independent Charge)
2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Duration-343 days	George Fernandes
21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Duration-212 days	Janeshwar Mishra
21 June 1991 17 October 1995 Duration-4 years, 118 days	C. K. Jaffer Sharief
1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Duration-1 year, 291 days	Ram Vilas Paswan
19 March 1998 5 August 1999 Duration-1 year, 139 days	Nitish Kumar
6 August 1999 13 October 1999 Duration-69 days	Ram Naik
13 October 1999 15 March 2001 Duration-1 year, 153 days	Mamata Banerjee
20 March 2001 22 May 2004 Duration-3 years, 63 days	Nitish Kumar
22 May 2004 22 May 2009 Duration-5 years, 0 days	Lalu Prasad Yadav
22 May 2009 19 May 2011 Duration-1 year, 362 days	Mamata Banerjee
12 July 2011 19 March 2012 Duration-251 days	Dinesh Trivedi
20 March 2012 22 September 2012 Duration-186 days	Mukul Roy
22 September 2012 28 October 2012 Duration-36 days	C. P. Joshi
29 October 2012 10 May 2013 Duration-194 days	Pawan Kumar Bansal
13 May 2013 14 June 2013 Duration-32 days	C. P. Joshi
17 June 2013 26 May 2014 Duration-343 days	Mallikarjun Kharge
26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Duration-167 days	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
9 November 2014 3 September 2017 Duration-2 years, 298 days	Suresh Prabhu
3 September 2017 7 July 2021 Duration-3 years, 307 days	Piyush Goyal
7 July 2021 *Continue*	Ashwini Vaishnaw

February 22, 2022

Defence Minister of india 1947 to 2021

Defence Ministry Name	Time
Baldev Singh Chokkar	15 August 1947 13 May 1952
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	13 May 1952 10 February 1953
Jawaharlal Nehru	27 February 1953 10 January 1955
Kailash Nath Katju	10 January 1955 30 January 1957
Jawaharlal Nehru	30 January 1957 17 April 1957
V. K. Krishna Menon	17 April 1957 1 November 1962
Jawaharlal Nehru	1 November 1962 21 November 1962
Yashwantrao Chavan	21 November 1962 13 November 1966
Swaran Singh	13 November 1966 27 June 1970
Jagjivan Ram	27 June 1970 10 October 1974
Swaran Singh	10 October 1974 1 December 1975
Indira Gandhi	1 December 1975 21 December 1975
Bansi Lal	21 December 1975 24 March 1977
Jagjivan Ram	28 March 1977 27 July 1979
Chidambaram Subramaniam	30 July 1979 14 January 1980
Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980 15 January 1982
R. Venkataraman	15 August 1982 1 August 1984
Shankarrao Chavan	3 August 1984 31 December 1984
P. V. Narasimha Rao	1 January 1985 24 September 1985
Rajiv Gandhi	25 September 1985 24 January 1987
V. P. Singh	25 January 1987 12 April 1987
K. C. Pant	18 April 1987 3 December 1989
V. P. Singh	6 December 1989 10 November 1990
Chandra Shekhar	21 November 1990 20 June 1991
P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991 26 June 1991
Sharad Pawar	26 June 1991 5 March 1993
P. V. Nasimha Rao	6 March 1993 16 May 1996
Pramod Mahajan	16 May 1996 1 June 1996
Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996 19 March 1998
George Fernandes	19 March 1998 16 March 2001
Jaswant Singh	16 March 2001 21 October 2001
George Fernandes	21 October 2001 22 May 2004
Pranab Mukherjee	22 May 2004 24 October 2006
A. K. Antony	26 October 2006 26 May 2014
Arun Jaitley	26 May 2014 9 November 2014
Manohar Parrikar	9 November 2014 13 March 2017
Arun Jaitley	13 March 2017 3 September 2017
Nirmala Sitharaman	3 September 2017 31 May 2019
Rajnath Singh	31 May 2019 Continue…..

February 22, 2022

Home Ministers of India 1947 to 2020

Time	Home Ministers Name
2 September 1946 – 15 December 1950	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
26 December 1950 – 25 October 1951	C. Rajagopalachari
1951 – 1955	Kailash Nath Katju
1955 – 1961	G. B. Pant
4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963	Lal Bahadur Shastri
29 August 1963 – 14 November 1966	Gulzarilal Nanda
14 November 1966 – 27 June 1970	Yashwantrao Chavan
27 June 1970 – 04 February 1973	Indira Gandhi
4 February 1973 – 1974	Uma Shankar Dikshit
1974 – 24 March 1977	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
24 March 1977 – 01 July 1978	Charan Singh
1 July 1978 – 28 July 1979	Morarji Desai
01 July 1978 – 28 July 1979	Yashwantrao Chavan
14 January 1980 – 22 June 1982	Giani Zail Singh
Time	Home MinisterName
22 June 1982 – 02 September 1982	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
2 September 1982 – 19 July 1984	Prakash Chandra Sethi
19 July 1984 – 31 December 1984	P. V. Narasimha Rao
31 December 1984 – 12 March 1986	Shankarrao Chavan
12 March 1986 – 12 May 1986	P. V. Narasimha Rao
12 May 1986 – 02 December 1989	Sardar Buta Singh
1989 – 10 November 1990	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991	Chandra Shekhar
21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996	Shankarrao Chavan
16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996	Murli Manohar Joshi
29 June 1996 – 19 March 1998	Indrajit Gupta
19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004	Lal Krishna Advani
22 May 2004 – 30 November 2008	Shivraj Patil
30 November 2008 – 31 July 2012	P. Chidambaram
31 July 2012 – 26 May 2014	Sushilkumar Shinde
27 May 2014 – 29 May 2019	Rajnath Singh
30 May 2019 – Incumbent	Amit Shah

February 22, 2022