Jamsetji Tata was the first Indian to own a car in 1898.
Jamsetji Tata was the first Indian to own a car in 1898.
World’s most and least valuable currencies
World’s most valuable currency is Kuwaiti Dinar.
World’s least valuable currency is Iranian Rial.
1 Kuwaiti Dinar = 3.27 US Dollar = 274.24 Indian Rupees = 137503.27 Iranian Rial
India’s Top 5 banks employ about 7.7+ lakh people
India’s Top 5 banks employ about 7.7+ lakh people:
1. State Bank of India (2.3+ lakh)
2. HDFC Bank (2.1+ lakh)
3. ICICI Bank (1.2+ lakh)
4. Axis Bank (1+ lakh)
5. Punjab National Bank (1+ lakh)
India’s UPI payments – June 2024
India’s UPI payments in June 2024: Transactions 1362 Crore. Amount Rs. 19.9 lakh crore.
India’s official languages
India’s 22 official languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili, Santali, Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Dogri, Konkani, Manipuri, Bodo, Sanskrit
IBM Computer at IIT Kanpur in 1963
An IBM 1620 computer arrived in IIT Kanpur in August 1963 by plane at Chakeri airport at Kanpur, and from there it was taken to the institute by bullock carts with inflated tyres, because bringing it by truck, the truck’s vibration on the bad roads of Kanpur could damage it’s electronic circuits. When it was brought in, the door of the IIT Kanpur computer centre was too small to take in the machine, so one of the walls was broken and then the computer was installed.
How many software developeres in the world?
Worldwide number of professional software engineers is estimated at 2.69 crores as of 2022, up from 2.1 crores in 2016.
India’s IT Industry’s Employment
As of 2023-24, India’s IT Industry employs around 54.3 lakh people consisting of about 36 % women employees.
India’s population at the time of independence
India’s population in 1947, at the time of independence, was about 34 crores. Roughly equal to USA’s today’s population.
India’s first union budget
Independent India’s first Union Budget was presented on 26 Nov 1947 by the first finance minister R. K. Shanmukham Chetty with aimed revenues of Rs. 171.15 crores and total estimated expenditures of Rs. 197.29 crore for the year.