GK Paper for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

Important Dates in Indian Constitution -GK 7  1687 The first Municipal Corporation in India was set up in Madras.

1772 Lord Warren Hastings created the Office of District Collector.

1829 The office of the Divisional Commissioner was created by Lord William Bentick.

1859 The Portfolio System was introduced by Lord Canning.

1860 A system of Budget was introduced.

1870 Lord Mayo's resolution on financial decentralisation, visualised the development of local self-government institutions in India.

1872 First Census in India was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.

1881 First regular Census was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.

1882 Lord Ripon's resolution was hailed as the 'Magna Carta' of local self-government. He is regarded as the 'Father of local self-government in India'.

1905 The tenure system was introduced by Lord Curzon.

1953 The first linguistic state of Andra Pradesh was created.

1959 Panchayat Raj was introduced in Rajasthan.

1962 First emergency declared.

1963  The first no confidence motion was moved in the Lok Sabha after independence.

1975 Emergency due to internal disturbances

1976 The Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens were incorporated in the Constitution.

1978 Through the 44 th amendment Right to Property has been deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights.

1989 Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years for the Lok Sabha as well as Assembly elections.

1991 Created the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

1992 Formation of present day Panchyati Raj.

1999 Extended the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for 10 more years ie. up to 2010.

2000 The creation of new states of Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Uttaranchal.

PLEASE VISIT  http://postalassistantexam.blogspot.in/