Assam History

Zero Hour is not formally mentioned in the Rules of Procedure, although it is a well-established parliamentary practice. It follows Question Hour.

A closed economy has no international trade in goods and services—neither exports nor imports. A completely closed economy is mainly a theoretical model.

Pratap Singha was known as Buddhi Swarganarayan. He was also called Burha Raja and is associated with major administrative reforms in the Ahom kingdom.

The source identifies the Sarbajanik Sabha of Jorhat. Such associations helped create the early organised public sphere that later fed into provincial political activity.

1927 is given as the adoption year. The song was written by Lakshminath Bezbaroa and became a major symbol of Assamese identity.

The Sixth Schedule provides for Autonomous District and Regional Councils in specified tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. It is a special constitutional arrangement for tribal self-governance.

Barpeta is associated with Madhavdeva's Rangial Ghar. Barpeta later became one of the major centres of the Mahapurushiya Vaishnavite tradition.

Bann Stage is located in Tezpur. Tezpur has a distinguished history of Assamese theatre and cultural movements.

Dr S. Radhakrishnan gave Bishnu Rabha the title Kalaguru, according to the source. Bishnu Rabha was a major cultural figure, artist, musician and social activist of Assam.

Nalinibala Devi was the first woman president of Asom Sahitya Sabha. She was a noted Assamese poet and literary figure.

Golam by Saurabh Kumar Chaliha is identified by the source. His real name was Surendra Nath Medhi; the award year given is 1974.

Hoolock Gibbon is India's only ape and occurs in the forests of Northeast India. Unlike monkeys, gibbons are tailless apes.

The source associates early medical knowledge with the Atharvaveda. Ayurveda later developed into a systematic medical tradition with classical works such as the Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita.

The source credits Aryabhata with the decimal system. Brahmagupta later made major contributions to arithmetic involving zero and negative numbers.

The Sangama dynasty was the first Vijayanagara ruling dynasty, founded by Harihara I and Bukka I. It was followed by the Saluva and Tuluva dynasties.

The First Battle of Panipat was fought in 1526. Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi established the Mughal Empire in North India.

Sir William Jones translated Shakuntala into English in 1789. The translation helped introduce classical Sanskrit drama to European readers.

Lord Cornwallis reorganised the Company's civil administration and is often called the father of the civil services in British India. His reforms emphasised a professional salaried bureaucracy.

One astronomical unit (AU) is the mean Earth-Sun distance, approximately 149.6 million km. It is mainly used for distances within planetary systems.

Maldives is the smallest South Asian country by area. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean made up of numerous coral islands and atolls.