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 Masters 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
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