Jnanpith Award Winners India

The Jnanpith Award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizens in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs.2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi.The Jnanpith Award was instituted on May 22, 1961 The first award was given in 1965. So far, 40 eminent writers have received the award in 32 years. On two occasions, the award was given to Kannada writers six times, five times each to Hindi and Bengali writers,...

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Chronology of railways in India, (1995 – present)

1995 January 16: First regularly scheduled services on trains hauled by locos using the 2*25kV ‘dual’ system of traction (Bina-Katni on CR).January: First prototype of the CONCERT passenger reservation system developed at Secunderabad.Gauge conversion of Purna-Nanded / Manmad-Mudkhed MG section breaks the MG network’s north-south connection. (Mudkhed-Secunderabad is left as an isolated MG line.)Khodiyar-Mehsana MG section converted to BG.DLW and GM sign contract for technology transfer for GM’s GT46MAC and 710 series locos,...

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Chronology of railways in India, (1970 – 1995)

19701 Up / 2 Dn Bombay-Howrah Mail via Nagpur is dieselized; it is hauled by an electric loco between Howrah and Rourkela and between Igatpuri and Bombay.June 30: The last WG is manufacturered by CLW (WG 10560 Antim Sitara).CLW produces its first WAM-4 locos.Shahdara-Saharanpur line of Martin’s Light Railways closed.Across the border, Pakistan’s first electric services begin on June 25 (Lahore-Khanewal, 268km).Oct. : One line of the Howrah network of the Calcutta trams is closed.1971WCG-2 and WCAM-1 design prototypes are...

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