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The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, an additional secretary in the Government of India's Ministry of Communications. [1] [2] [3] The system was introduced to simplify the manual sorting and delivery of mail by eliminating confusion over incorrect addresses, similar place names, and different languages used by the public.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [ 1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
Banda district, Uttar Pradesh with Banda District, Republic of the Congo and Banda District, Ghana. Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia. Salem district, Tamil Nadu with Salem, Massachusetts, United States and Salem, Oregon, United States. Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia.
Thane. Palghar. Raigad. Ratnagiri. Sindhudurg. Mumbai. ^ Nashik and Ahmednagar districts do not culturally belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a pattern called Gangathadi. North Maharashtra is the geographical region representing all four districts except Ahmednagar.
It sits on Salsette Island, partially shared with the Thane district. [5] Mumbai is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west. [6] Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located partly in the Mumbai suburban district, and partly in the Thane district, and it extends over an area of 103.09 km 2 (39.80 sq mi). [7]
This gives it a ranking of 115th in India (out of a total of 640). [3] The district has a population density of 19,652 inhabitants per square kilometre (50,900/sq mi) . [1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was -7.57%. [1] Mumbai City has a sex ratio of 832 females for every 1000 males, [1] and a literacy rate of 89.21% ...
Mumbai Metropolitan Region ( ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area ), [ 6][ 7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India. The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres ...
During the 1970s, Delhi had only four administrative districts ie North, South, Central and New Delhi. [ 12] Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub-divisions. [ 1] In September 2012, two new administrative districts, viz. South-East Delhi and Shahdara were added to the city's map. [ 2]