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CPWD has PAN India presence and has ability to undertake construction of complex projects even in difficult terrain and maintenance in post construction stage. In 1954, the CPWD played an important role in the International Exhibition on Low-Cost Housing held in New Delhi.
Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".
The Punjab Buildings Department is responsible for the execution, maintenance, and repair of public buildings in the province. Same as Punjab Highways Department, it is also divided into three zones: North, South, and Central. Each zone is headed by a Chief Engineer, who is a grade-20 officer from the engineering branch of the department. [1]
The first soldier to receive an Army service number was Master Sergeant Arthur Crean, who received service number 1 in February 1918. [1] Throughout the remainder of World War I, service numbers were issued both newly and retroactively to most enlisted personnel with the numbers eventually ranging from 1 to 5 999 999.
The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India.It is named after Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions, had the ultimate responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 square miles (450,000 km 2) of territory with 88 million people.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district was formed from the Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts of Punjab on 7 November 1995, as the sixteenth district of Punjab State named from the headquarters town of Nawanshahr. Nawanshahr was founded by the migrants from Rahon near the Sutlej River as Rahon was in danger of being flooded. They named it ...
After the independence of India and Pakistan, the name changed to Military Engineer Services East Pakistan. But the headquarters of the organisation was in West Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh, the name currently changed to Military Engineer Services Bangladesh and it started to serve the Bangladesh Armed Forces since 1975.
Central University of Punjab; Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Guru Ravidas Ayurved University, Hoshiarpur; IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, [1] Jalandhar; Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala; Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, [2 ...