The western Indian state Gujarat has 33 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960. Districts of Gujarat, 2013 Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad is the most populated district while Dang is the least. There are 251 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat. Contents 1History 1.11960
Diogo de Melo was the 9th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Melo was appointed in 1565 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1568. He was succeeded by Fernando de Monroy.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Daman or JNV Dunetha as it is known locally, is a boarding, co-educational school in Daman district, U.T. of Daman and Diu in India. JNV Daman is funded by M.H.R.D. and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti, an autonomous body under the ministry. Navodaya Vidyalayas offer free education to gifted children, from Class VI to XII. Contents 1History 2Admission 3Affiliations 4See also 5References 6External links History This
The monsoon of South Asia is among several geographically distributed global monsoons. It affects the Indian subcontinent, where it is one of the oldest and most anticipated weather phenomena and an economically important pattern every year from June through September, but it is only partly understood and notoriously difficult to predict. Several theories have been proposed to explain the
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry winter) and As (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than 60 mm (2.4 in) of precipitation and also less than {\textstyle 100-\left({\frac {Total\ Annual\ Precipitation\ (mm)}{25}}\right)} of precipitation.: 200–1 This latter fact is in direct contrast to a tropical monsoon climate, whose
The Kingdom of Ormus (also known as Hormoz; Persian/Arabic: هرمز, Portuguese: Ormuz) was located in the eastern side of the Persian Gulf and extending as far as Bahrain in the west at its zenith. The Kingdom was established by an Omani prince in the 11th century initially as a dependency of the Kerman Seljuk Sultanate, and later as an autonomous tributary of the Salghurids and the Ilkhanate of Iran. Ormus later became
The Palamu Kila are two ruined forts located around 20 kilometres (12 mi) south east of the city of Daltonganj in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The old fort in the plains, which existed even before the Chero dynasty, was built by the King of Raksel dynasty. These are two large forts located deep in the forests of Palamu on Sher Shah Suri path near
Palamu division is one of the five divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India. This division comprises three districts: Garhwa, Latehar and Palamu. Medininagar (formerly known as Daltonganj) town is the administrative headquarters of the division. This division was created on 2 May 1992.
Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar, situated on the Koel River. Contents 1History 2Geography 2.1National protected area 3Administration 4Economy 5Demographics 5.1Languages 6Education 7References 8External links History The Palamu district have site of Neolithic and chalcolithic settlement in the confluence of Son and North Koel river in Kabra-Kala mound. During
The Palamau Tiger Reserve is one of the nine original tiger reserves in Jharkhand, India and the only one in this state. It forms part of Betla National Park and Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary. Contents 1Formation 2Area 3Wildlife 4Issues 5See also 6References 7External links Formation The area in Latehar District in Jharkhand was set aside as protected in 1974 under the Indian Forests Act. Before the