Important Facts About India 2

1. PIN Code which stands for Postal Index Number was introduced in India in 1972.
2. STD stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialing was first introduced in India between Kanpur and Lucknow.
3. The Railway Board of India was established in 1905.
4. The Shipping Corporation of India was set up in 1961.
5. The Indian Constitution was modelled on the fedral pattern of the country known as Canada.
6. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(C.S.I.R) was set up in 1942.
7. The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in August,1948.
8. The Indian Constitution is essentially democratic and republican in character.It declares India to be a Sovereign Democratic Republic.
9. Solar Physical Observatory is situated at Kodaikanal.
10. The Space Commission was set up in June,1972.