Some useful information - Study material for various departmental Examination

First Presidential election – 1962, to elect Dr. Radha Krishnan First acting President – V.V. Giri  Longest term in office – Dr. Rajendra Prasad (12 years)  Shortest term in Office – Dr. Zakir Hussain  Oldest President in Office – R. Venkata Raman (76 years)  Youngest president in office – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (64 years)  Acting Presidents – V.V. Giri, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, B.D. Jatti.  Died while in office – Dr. Zakir Hussain, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.  Only Chief Justice to act as president – Justice Hidayatullah.  42nd amendment states that the President is bound by the advice of the council of ministers. 44th amendment states that the President can ask the council of ministers to reconsider its advice.  Disputes regarding presidential/vice-presidential election are decided by the Supreme Court.

Youngest Prime Minister of India: Rajeev Gandhi  The Prime Minister who ruled for the short term: Charan Singh  Oldest to be the Prime Minister. Morarji Desai  First woman prime minister of India: Indira Gandhi  (Sirimavo Bandaranaika of Sri Lanka was the first woman prime minister in the world). Prime Minister who did not face parliament: Charan Singh  First acting Prime Minister: Gulzarilal Nanda (Interim PM on two occasions - After the demise of Jawaharlal Nehru and again after the sudden demise of Lal Bahadur Sasthri)  Longest term as Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru  Shortest term as Prime Minister: A.B. Vajpayee  First Bachelor Prime Minister: A.B. Vajpayee  First minority Government: V.P. Singh government  First non-Congress government: Morarji Desai government (Janatha Party)

First Union Cabinet (Important Persons) Prime Minister ................................................. Jawaharlal Nehru Deputy Prime Minister .......................................... Vallabhai Patel Home Minister ...................................................... Vallabhai Patel Finance Minister ..................................... RK.Shanmugham Chetti Industry Minister ............................................M. Visweswaraiha Defence Minister .................................................... Baldev Singh Railway Minister ......................................................... L.B. Sastri External Affairs Minister ................................... Laxmi N. Menon. Education Minister .........................................Abdul Kalam Azad Health Minister ..... Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Princess of Kapurthala) Law Minister .................................................. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Lok Sabha General Election 1st Lok Sabha ..................... 1951 2nd Lok Sabha .................... 1957 3rd Lok Sabha .................... 1962 4th Lok Sabha .................... 1967 5th Lok Sabha .................... 1971 6th Lok Sabha .................... 1977 7th Lok Sabha .................... 1980 8th Lok Sabha .................... 1984 9th Lok Sabha .................... 1989 10th Lok Sabha ................... 1991 11th Lok Sabha ................... 1996 12th Lok Sabha ................... 1998 13th Lok Sabha ................... 1999 14th Lok Sabha .................. 2004 15th Lok Sabha ................... 2009

Lok Sabha Constituencies in states Delhi (State) ........................................................................ 7 Andhra Pradesh ................................................................. 42 Arunachal Pradesh .............................................................. 2 Assam ............................................................................... 14 Bihar .................................................................................. 40 Chandigarh (Union Territory) ............................................... 1 Chhattisgarh (State) ........................................................... 11 Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Union Territory) ............................ 1 Daman and Diu (Union Territory) ......................................... 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory) .................. 1 Goa ..................................................................................... 2 Gujarat ............................................................................... 26 Haryana ............................................................................. 10 Himachal Pradesh ................................................................ 4 Jammu and Kashmir ............................................................. 6 Jharkhand .......................................................................... 14 Karnataka ........................................................................... 28 Kerala ................................................................................ 20 Lakshadweep (Union Territory) ............................................ 1 Madhya Pradesh ................................................................ 29 Maharashtra ....................................................................... 48 Manipur .............................................................................. 2 Meghalaya .......................................................................... 2 Mizoram .............................................................................. 1 Nagaland ............................................................................ 1 Orissa ................................................................................ 21 Puducherry (Union Territory) ............................................... 1 Punjab ............................................................................... 13 Rajasthan ........................................................................... 25 Sikkim ................................................................................. 1 Tamil Nadu ......................................................................... 39 Tripura ................................................................................ 2 Uttarakhand ........................................................................ 5 Uttar Pradesh ..................................................................... 80 West Bengal ....................................................................... 42

1. First empire to define and demarcate civil and criminal law - Gupta Empire 2. First Court ( of judicature) was established in Calcutta on August , 1672 3. The First Law Commission was constituted in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833. It was chaired by Lord Macaulay. 4. First I.P.C. and CRPC were introduced in Bengal in 1862 by John Beames. 5. The First Federal Court established in 1937. Sir. Maurice Gwyer was the first Federal Court chief justice. 6. Supreme Court was established on March 26, 1774 in Calcutta as a result of Regulating Act of 1773. 7. Oldest High Court - Calcutta High Court (1862) 8. First Indian High Court Judge - Shambhunath Pandit. 9. Youngest Judge - Prasanta Behari Mukherjee at the age of 38. 10. High Court with most judges - Allahabad High Court (60 Judges) 11. First Woman Chief Justice (High Court) - Justice Leila Seth (Delhi) 12. First Indian President of International Court of Justice- Dr. Nagendra Singh (First Indian recipient of World Justice Award) 13. First Chief Justice of Independent India - Justice Harilal J. Kania. 14. First Woman judge of Supreme Court- Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi. 15. First woman judicial officer - Anna Chandy 16. First woman advocate - Cornelia Sorabji 17. “Green Bench” decides on environmental issues. (set up by the Calcutta Court) 18. First Law giver - Manu 19. Largest prison - Tihar Jail.

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