Know India Archive

North East India is the eastern-most region of India comprising the contiguous Seven Sister States—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura—and the Himalayan state of Sikkim. News from these states seldom hit the headlines and their under-representation in mainstream media doesn’t help us connect with them either. I See India  wants to improve our knowledge about

Bidar Fort  is situated in Bidar district of the northern plateau of Karanataka, India. Sultan Alla-Ud-Din Bahman of the Bahmanid Dynasty shifted his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar in 1427 and built his fort along with a number of Islamic monuments. Bahmanis ruled over Gulbaraga from 1347 to 1424 and from Bidar from 1424 till

Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a savings-cum-tax-saving instrument in India. It also serves as a retirement-planning tool for many of those who do not have any structured pension plan covering them. Let’s have a detailed look at this preferred tax-saving investment option. 1. Where to open a PPF account? PPF account can be opened in

The rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia (as the rupiah), and formerly those of Burma and Afghanistan. Here is a brief history of Indian rupee composed by Aparajita Sharma as an answer to “What is the history of the Indian rupee?” on Quora.

Indians have some of the most amazing World Records to their credit. We will explore them in a series of articles featuring 5 incredible records in each post . Let’s get started with the first one. This article was inspired by a question on Quora about “some of the interesting world records held by Indians”.

The Indian Astronomical Observatory(IAO), the high-altitude station of Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) is situated at an altitude of 4500 metres above mean sea level to the north of Western Himalayas. Atop Mt. Saraswati in the Hanle Valley of Ladakh,  the site is a dry, cold desert with sparse human population and the ancient Hanle monastery

While putting together an article about the i-slate introduced by Ms Pingali Rajeswari through her ViDal Foundation, I came to know that she is a descendant of Pingali Venkayya, the man who designed the National Tricolour. That got me to delve a little deeper into the history on our flag. Here is a compilation of

Sudharma is the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit. Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar, a Sanskrit scholar, launched this paper in the year 1970 with a goal of propagating the language. He was also a publisher of Sanskrit books. When he discussed his venture with others, he had to face the wrath of skeptics who warned

Did you know why tiger was adopted as our national animal? As per the latest Country level assessment undertaken during 2010, the wild population of tigers in the country has been estimated to be 1,707 (1,520 being the lower limit and 1,909 being the upper limit of the estimated range). Further, the population of Asiatic

Standardization is intrinsic to life and we see its many manifestations in nature and life around us. Standardization encourages improvement in the quality of life and makes major contributions to safety, public health and environment protection. They provide us with a criteria for judgment, a measurement of quality and a certain guarantee of compatibility and