India Traveler's Notes
Why was Air India put on the block? The national carrier had been making losses since it merged with the state-owned domestic operator Indian Airlines in 2007 and relied on taxpayer-funded bailouts to stay operational. The government said it was making a loss of nearly 200m rupees ($2.6m) every day to run the airline. Will …
Tuticorin Port is a new port that was recently constructed in Tamil Nadu and is one of the 13 major ports of India. It is an artificial harbour developed 8kms south of the old Tuticorin port.
Shatapatha Brahmana (Verse 3.5. 4.) calls him the first anointed king and Vayu Purana calls him Adiraja (“first king”). The epic Mahabharata states that Vishnu crowned Prithu as the sovereign and entered the latter’s body so that everyone bows to the king as to god Vishnu. Who is the king of Hindu religion? Indra, in …
It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi. Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands to the west. What was the importance of the Indian Removal Act of 1830? To achieve his purpose, Jackson …