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Who is known as Kerala Nehru?
V. K. Krishna Menon | |
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Krishna Menon on a 1975 stamp of India | |
Union Minister for Defence | |
In office 17 April 1957 – 31 October 1962 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Who is known as Indian Homer?
The correct answer is option 1, i.e Firdausi. Firdausi was was a Persian poet and one of the most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni. He wrote Shahnama (“Book of Kings”), which is one of the world’s longest epic poems created by a single poet. He is regarded as the “Immortal Homer of the East”.
Is Menon a French name?
In France, the name Menon is the 7,602nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 – 1,500 people with that name.
Who is known as Kerala Homer?
C. V. Raman Pillai – Wikipedia.
What caste is Warrier?
Kshatriya is the second Varna within the social hierarchy. The Brahmin and the Kshatriya make up the upper castes, 20 percent of India’s population is within this category. The Kshatriya constitutes the ruling and military elite, the warriors.
Which was the first corruption case in independent India?
The Jeep Scandal in 1948 was first corruption case in independent India. This scandal is also a reason that India lost in war from China. V.K. Krishna Menon, The then Indian high commissioner to Britain, ignored protocols and signed a Rs 80 lakh contract for the purchase of army jeeps with a foreign firm.
How much do Indian public officials earn through corruption?
Professor Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari claim in their book Corruption in India: The DNA and RNA that public officials in India may be cornering as much as ₹921 billion (US$13 billion), or 5 per cent of the GDP through corruption.
What is corruption and how does it affect the Indian economy?
Corruption is an issue that adversely affects India’s economy of central, state and local government agencies. Not only has it held the economy back from reaching new heights, but rampant corruption has stunted the country’s development.
What happened to India’s own Watergate?
In 1987, India’s own Watergate broke in The Hindu, which printed hundreds of documents in facsimile form to expose the Bofors corruption scandal, involving kickbacks received by politicians in exchange for a defense contract.