Geography Of India (Part-IV) (Railway)

• This is not to be confused with mixed cultivation, implying merely a series of different crops.

• An EMU train which was designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai under the Indian government's Make in India initiative, over a span of 18 months.

• It was launched in India during the seventh Five year plan (1985-1990) when the Central Government sponsored the Fish Farmers Development Agency (FFDA).

•  The Marine National Park and the Marine Sanctuary, India's first marine reserve, are located in Gulf of Kutch.

• The Marine Sanctuary was notified in 1980 to protect two major ecosystems, mangroves and corals.

• Marine National Park notified in 1982 in the intertidal region along the coast that has 42 islands scattered between Okha and Navlakhi. In all, the GoK is around 7,350 sq. km.

• Pampore is a historical town situated on the eastern side of river Jhelum on Jammu  Srinagar.

• It known as 'Saffron Town of Kashmir' for growing the best quality of saffron.

• It will divert surplus Godavari water to Krishna river.

• After independence oil was first struck in Gujarat at Lunej of Kheda (now in Anand district) in 1958.

• It is known as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.

• It was notified as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1999 under India's Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.

• It was declared a wetland of international importance in 2002 under Ramsar convention.