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Events of 2012

As the year 2012 passes by and with all the predictions and claims about this year, the year has been quite an eventful year for India. The year 2012 witnessed a lot of high's and lows, so keeping that in mind we have handpicked the major events that happened in India this year and given below a month wise account of those events.

January 2012

On January 11th, The Union government informing the rules of allowing 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail, making way for international brands to set up stores in the country and boost sourcing from local manufacturers.

February 2012

On February 2nd, Supreme Court cancels 122 licenses given by A.Raja in 2G spectrum scam, declaring it as illegal and blamed the government's flawed first-come-first-served policy.

March 2012

6th March 2012 - Election results for five state assemblies were announced, the emerged winners were - Samajwadi Party from Uttar Pradesh, Indian National Congress from Manipur & Uttarakhand, Bhartiya Janata Party from Goa, Shiromani Akali Dal - BJP combine from Punjab. 

The Indian Rail Budget 2012-13 was presented on March 14th and the Union Budget 2012-13 was presented on March 16th in the Parliament. 

April 2012

On April 18th, a major fire broke out in the signaling system at Kurla, Mumbai which brought the Central and Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway to a standstill. The total loss was to the Central Railway was expected to be INR 17 crore.

May 2012

On May 13th, the Indian parliament celebrates its 60th anniversary.

On May 27th, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets and emerged as winners to lift their first ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

July 2012

The month of July saw the death of the legendary wrestling champion and actor, Dara Singh on 12 July and also death of celebrated veteran Bollywood actor and director, Rajesh Khanna on 18 July.

On July 22nd, Pranab Mukherjee was elected as India's 13th President after an easy win against his competitor P.A. Sangma. 

On July 30th and 31st, the country faced a massive power crisis as three grids i.e. the Northern, Eastern and North-Eastern grids failed causing a major blackout in half of India disrupting normal life in 19 states and the union territory of India - Delhi.

August 2012

On August 5th, flash floods hit the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu causing loss of over 30 lives and triggering landslides causing damage to property worth lakhs.

On August 18th, the Karnataka government arrested six people on charges of attack, intimidation or sending "false" SMSes to people from northeast which led to the mass exodus of more than 30,000 Northeast people who flee from South back to their states in Northeast. 

September 2012

On September 6th, a fire broke out in a fire cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 50 people. 

October 2012

On October 21st, the renowned Hindi film producer, director, script writer, Yash Chopra dies at the age of 80 in Mumbai.

On October 31st, Cyclone Nilam hits the north Tamil Nadu coast near Mahabalipuram, and continues its destructive path with heavy rains and strong winds for the next 3 to 4 days. 

November 2012

On November 17th, the well-known Indian politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray passed away in Mumbai as he died of a cardiac arrest.

On November 21st, Ajmal Kasab was hanged in Pune's Yerwada Central Jail on account of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks.

December 2012

On December 7th, the UPA government answered the opposition by winning a Rajya Sabha vote on FDI in retail by 21 votes and announced that now there are no hurdles in India's reforms process. 

ਆਮ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ

1.	What is the ratio of length and breadth of Indian National Flag?	3:2
2.	Which was the first occasion when our national song was sung for the first time?	1896 session of Indian National Congress
3.	When our national Anthem was was first sung?	December 27, 1911 Calcutta
4.	How much is the playing time of our National Anthem?	Approx 52 seconds
5.	What is the name of the first month of National Calendar of India?	Chaitra
6.	Who built Jama masjid?	Shahjahan
7.	Whose court visited Sir Thomas Roe?	Jehangir
8.	Where is situated the battlefield of Plassy?	West Bengal
9.	In which year the first battle of plassy was fought?	1757
10.	In the third battle of Panipat, who defeated Marathas?	Afgans
11.	In which year the battle of HaldiGhati was fought?	1576
12.	In which year battle of Talikota was fought ?	1565
13.	What was the name of Harsha’s Capital?	Kannaauj
14.	What was the name of the Chinese pilgrim who visited during the reign of Harshavardhana?	Hiuen Tsang
15.	During whose reign Ajanta period was built?	Guptas
16.	What was the real name of “Vikramaditya” ?	ChandraGupta II
17.	Which war strategy Shivaji Used against Moghuls?	Guerilla Warfare
18.	Where is Vidyasagar Setu?	Kolkata
19.	“Thein Dam” is being constructed on which river?	Ravi
20.	On which river the “Gandhi Sagar dam” is being constructed?	Chambal
21.	Srisailam Hydroelectric Project is based upon which river?	Krishna
22.	Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?	Johannes Kepler
23.	Who invented elevator?	EG Otis
24.	Who invented Radar ?	Robert Watson Watt

ਜਮੀਨ ਮਿਣਤੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਇਕਾਈਆਂ

One Word Substitute

97.	Something that cannot be imitated	Inimitable
98.	One who doesn't know how to read and write	Illiterate
99.	A person's peculiar habit	Idiosyncrasy
100.	An animal who preys on other animals	Predator
101.	Violating the sanctity of a church	Sacrilege
102.	One who can throw his voice	Ventriloquist
103	Place or building where nuns live and work	Convent
104	A small piece of machinery used for arithmetical calculation	Calculator
105	The art of beautiful handwriting	Calligraphy
106	A Picture drawn to make people laugh	Caricature
107	One who believes things very easily	Credulous
108	Pertaining to cooking or the kitchen	Culinary
109	Tools, like knives, used for cutting	Cutlery
110	A person or thing that attracts everyone’s attention	Cynosure
111	Hair on the sides of a man’s face	Whiskers
112	A wife whose husband has died	Widow
113	A husband whose wife has died	Widower
114	To run away with a lover in order to get married secretly	Elope
115	A person who secretly listens to the conversation of others	Eavesdropper
116	Practice of getting secret information	Espionage
117	Rules of formal behavior in society	Etiquette
118	To make a mountain of a mole hill	Exaggerate
119	To dig the earth to find something	Excavate
120	To give one thing and get another in return	Exchange
121	Medicine which loosens the bowels	Laxative
122	A wicked man	Villain
123	Having a desire for revenge	Vindictive
124	A girl or woman who is sexually pure	Virgin
125	Having manly qualities of strength etc.	Virile
126	Which can be seen	Visible
127	A oral test	Viva-Voce
128	Concerned with the love	Vocal
129	A stretch of land surrounded by hills	Valley
130	A sea-journey in a ship	Voyage
131	Which can be wounded or injured	Vulnerable
132	A place for keeping clothes	Wardrobe
133	A book in which accounts are kept	Ledger
134	Anything that a person gets after death of another	Legacy
135	Connected with law	Legal
136	A law making body	Legislature
137	A person who compiles a dictionary	Lexicographer
138	The equipment of a soldier, sailor or traveler	Kit
139	The young one of a cat	Kitten
140	Not carring for the suffering of others	Callous
141	A vote which decides the matter	Casting-Vote
142	A systematic list of books in a library	Catalogue

One Word Substitute

48.	A place where orphans live	Orphanage
49.	That which cannot be described	Indescribable
50.	That which cannot be imitated	Inimitable
51.	That which cannot be avoided	Inevitable
52.	A position for which no salary is paid	Honorary
53.	That which cannot be defended	Indefensible
54.	Practice of having several wives	Polygamy
55.	Practice of having several husbands	Polyandry
56.	Practice of having one wife or husband	Monogamy
57.	Practice of having two wives or husbands	Bigamy
58.	That which is not likely to happen	Improbable
59.	People living at the same time	Contemporaries
60.	A book published after the death of its author	Posthumas
61.	A book written by an unknown author	Anonymous
62.	A life history written by oneself	Autobiography
63.	A life history written by somebody else	Biography
64.	People who work together	Colleagues
65.	One who eats too much	Glutton
66.	That which cannot be satisfied	Insatiable
67.	One who questions everything	Cynic
68.	A flesh eating animal	Carnivorous
69.	A grass eating animal	Herbivorous
70.	One who lives in a foreign country	Immigrant
71.	To transfer one's authority to another	Delegate
72.	One who is a newcomer	Neophyte
73.	That which is lawful	Legal
74.	That which is against law	Illegal
75.	One who is unmarried	Celibate
76.	A game in which no one wins	Draw
77.	A study of man	Anthropology
78.	A study of races	Ethnology
79.	A study of the body	Physiology
80	A study of animals	Zoology
81.	A study of birds	Ornithology
82.	A study of ancient things	Archaeology
83.	A study of derivation of words	Etymology
84.	Murder of a human being	Homicide
85.	Murder of a father	Patricide
86.	Murder of a mother	Matricide
87.	Murder of an brother	Fratricide
88.	Murder of an infant	Infanticide
89.	Murder of self	Suicide
90.	Murder of the king	Regicide
91.	To free somebody from all blame	Exonerate
92.	To write under a different name	Pseudonym
93.	A thing no longer in use	Obsolete
94.	A handwriting that cannot be read	Illegible
95.	Words written on the tomb of a person	Epitaph
96.	One who is greedy for money	Avaricious