Capital : Kolkata Calcutta was renamed as Kolkata in 2001. Statehood : 26 January 1950   Area : 88,752 km2 Kerala is the 14th largest state by area.   Population : 9.1+ crores Based on 2011 census, population in West Bengal is more than 9.1 crores and ranks 4th position. ThereforeRead More →

Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 View all dates Year Description Category 2015 Chess grandmaster from Russia, Alexander Lastin died. Death day 2009 Chess grandmaster from Argentina, Héctor Rossetto died. Death day 1998 Chess grandmaster from Ukraine, Pavlo Vorontsov was born. Birthday 1994 Chess grandmaster from Czech Republic, Vojtech PlatRead More →

Capital : Srinagar (Summer) Jammu city (Winter) Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals. Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the Winter capital.   Statehood : 26 October 1947   Area : 222,236 sq.km Jammu and Kashmir is the 5th largest state by area.   Population : 1.2+ croresRead More →

Capital : Gandhinagar This city is named after Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Statehood : May 1, 1960 Gujarat was part of Bombay state and got separated on May 1 of 1960.   Area : 196,024 km2 Gujarat is the 6th largest state by area.   Population : 6.2+ crores Based onRead More →

Capital : Chennai The city is formerly known as Madras. Due to presence of many automobile industries in Chennai, the city is known as “The Detroit of India”.   Statehood : January 26, 1950 Madras state was renamed to Tamil Nadu in 1969.   Area : 130,060 km2 Tamil Nadu is the 11thRead More →

Capital : Thiruvananthapuram The city is formerly known as Trivandrum. Mahatma Gandhi referred this city as “Evergreen city of India”.   Statehood : November 1, 1956 The Kerala state was created on 1st November of 1956. The formation day of Kerala is known as “Kerala Piravi”.   Area : 38,863 km2 KeralaRead More →

Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 View all dates Year Description Category 2008 Australian actor Heath Ledger died. Death day 1996 Chess grandmaster from Switzerland, Nico Georgiadis was born. Birthday 1993 Chess grandmaster from India, Stany G.A. was born. Birthday 1990 Argentina’s first artificial satellite Lusat was launched. Launch DayRead More →