Some Basic Facts About India

Some Basic Facts About India

1. Smallest state (Area) = Goa
2. Smallest state (population) = Sikkim
3. Most literate union Territory = Lakshadweep
4. Smallest Union Territory = Lakshadweep
5. Biggest hotel = Oberoi Sheraton (Mumbai)
6. Highest award (civilian) = Bharat Ratna
7. Highest Gallantry award = Param vir chakra
8. Most literate state = Tripura
9. Fastest Train = Shatabdi express
10. Least populated union Territory = Lakshadweep
11. Most populated city = Mumbai
12. Busiest bridge = Howrah (Calcutta)
13. Oldest Refinery = Digboi (Assam)

Company with Full Name
• ESPN → Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
• HDFC → Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
• HCL → Hindustan Computer Limited
• HTC → High Tech Computer Corporation
• HP → Hewlett-Packard
• HMV → His Master's Voice
• HSBC → Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
• H&M → Hennes & Mauritz
• ICICI Bank → Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank
• IBM → International Business Machines
• Infosys → Information Systems
• Intel → INTegrated ELectronics
• IKEA → Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd
• ING → International Netherlands Group
• JVC → Japan Victor Company
• JBL → James Bullough Lansing
• KFC → Kentucky Fried Chicken
• L&T → Larsen & Toubro
• LEGO → leg godt
• MRF → Madras Rubber Factory
• NEC → Nippon Electric Company
• Nikon → Nippon Kogaku
• Nissan → Nippon Sangyo
• P&G → Procter & Gamble
• SAP → System Analyse and Programme networking
• UPS → United Parcel Service of America
• Wipro → Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd

Chief Election Commissioners of India

Sukumar Sen 21 March 1950-19 December 1958
K.V.K. Sundaram 20 December 1958-30 September 1967
S. P. Sen Verma 1 October 1967-30 September 1972
Dr Nagendra Singh 1 October 1972-6 February 1973
T. Swaminathan 7 February 1973-17 June 1977
S. L. Shakdher 18 June 1977-17 June 1982
R. K. Trivedi 18 June 1982-31 December 1985
R. V. S. Peri Sastri 1 January 1986-25 November 1990
Smt V. S. Rama Devi 26 November 1990-11 December 1990
T. N. Seshan 12 December 1990-11 December 1996
M.S. Gill 12 December 1996-13 June 2001
J. M. Lyngdoh 14 June 2001-7 February 2004
T.S. Krishna Murthy 8 February 2004-15 May 2005
B.B. Tandon 16 May 2005-07 February 2006
N. Gopalaswamy 8 February 2006 - 30 April 2009
Navin Chawla 2 May 2009 - 30th July 2010
Dr. S. Y. Quraishi 30th July 2010 - 10th June 2012
V S Sampath 10th June 2012 to till date