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View / Download Periods Events/Significance BC 300-5000 Indus Valley Civilisation 563 Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources) 527-540 Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana 327-326 Alexander's invasion of India . It opened a land route between India and Europe 313 Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions. 305 Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya 273-232 Ashoka's reign 261 Conquest of Kalinga 145-101 Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka 58 Beginning of Vikrami Era AD 78 Beginning of Saka Era 120 Accession of Kanishka 320 Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India 380 Accession of Vikramaditya 405-411 Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien 415 Accession of Kumara Gupta I 455 Accession of Skanda Gupta 606-647 Harshavardhan's reign 712 First invasion in Sindh by Arabs 836 Accession of Ki...

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There is a good news for all Indian as the Government of India is going to introduce the plastic currency note which will not only make sure that it is harder for forge notes to circulate in India but also make sure your husband is not angry on you because you missed checking his pocket for forgotten notes.  According to the  Reserve Bank of India: Though RBI did talk about it on  Feb 24 2011 , “We are planning to try this out on a pilot basis starting with a plastic note in the 10 denomination, which we will distribute out of five of our regional offices in the country including our Bhubaneswar office. During the pilot phase, we need to study not only the relative costs but also the carbon footprint associated with the recycling and disposal of plastic notes vis-à-vis paper notes. If the pilot proves successful, we will mainstream the use of plastic currency. ” Current plan is to Rupees 10 Plastic note and see how it goes. As of now, seven countries have converted fully ...

No. 4 – 29 / 2011 – SPB.II Government of India Ministry of Communication  & I T Department of Posts Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi, Dated 24 th  August, 2011 To The Chief Postmaster General Uttar Pradesh Circle Lucknow – 226 001 Subject: Inspector of Posts Departmental Examination – Eligibility of officials qualified in Departmental Postmaster Grade – I Examination – Reg. Sir, I am directed to refer to Circle Office letter No. Rectt / M – 20 / IPOs Exam.-2011 / 3, dated 11.08.2011 on the above subject and to say that candidates who qualified the Departmental Postmaster Grade – I Examination and the officials who are undergoing training for Postmaster Grade – I may be permitted to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Inspector of Posts ( IPO ) to be held on 3-4 September, 2011 , if these officials are not yet appointed as Postmaster Grade – I. Yours faithfully, Sd/- ( D K Chanda ) Section Officer ( SPB.II ) Co...

A- 34012/02/2011-DE Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts (Recruitment Division) Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110001 Dated 30.08.2011 To, 1. All Heads of Circles 2.Addl. DG APS West Block III. Wing No. 5, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110067 3.BD and PLI Directorates 4.Directors, Postal Staff College India Ghaziabad and Postal Training Centres Sub: - Holding of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO) and Inspector of Postal Examination, 2011 Sir/Madam, I am directed to refer to this office letters No. A-34012/02/2011-DE and No. A-34012/04/2011-DE dated 26.04.2011 wherein the dates of Examination were notified as 4 th September 2011 for LGO and 3 rd & 4 th September 2011 for Inspector of Posts. 2. It is informed that the above mentioned two Examinations have been postponed until further orders. The dates of both the Examinations will be intimated very soon. Please inform all concerned candidates. 3. Receipt of this letter may...

A  Postal Index Number  or  PIN  or  Pincode  is the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972. There are nine PIN zones in India, including eight regional zones and one functional zone. The first digit of the PIN code indicates the region in which a given post office falls in. The second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting district within the region. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices. The nine PIN zones cover the Indian states and union territories as follows: 1 - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir(including Pakistan-administered Kashmir), Chandigarh 2 - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand 3 - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli 4 - Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,...

Controller General of Defence Accounts Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010 No. AN/XIV/19404/Leave Matters/Vol. III Dated 25- 8-2011 To All PCsDA/CsDA Sub:  Sanction of Child Care Leave: Instructions regarding      Consequent upon the implementation of 6 th  CPC, Child Care Leave to Women Employees of the Central Govt. was introduced w.e.f. 1 st  September 2008 vide DoP&T OM No.13018/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 18-11-2008. 2.  DoP&T vide their OM No.13018/2/2008-Estt(L) dated 18-11-2008 have further clarified on the subject that Child Care Leave for women employees is meant to facilitate them in taking care of their children at the time of need. However, it should not disrupt the functioning of Central Govt. Offices. It was further clarified by DoP&T that CCL cannot be demanded as a matter of right and under no circumstances can any employee proceed on CCL without prior approval of leave by the leave sanctioning authority. 3.  Ins...