Portal:Government of India/Did you know

...that the Directive Principles in India, which are guidelines for the government while framing laws and policies, were inspired by the Irish nationalist movement?
...that the Presidential office of India operates from The Retreat at Mashobra in Himachal Pradesh, India at least once every year?
...that Maharaja Gulab Singh, founder of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, was illiterate?
...that Ashta Pradhan, a council formed by Shivaji in 1674 to help him in administration, was one of the first instances of ministerial delegation in India?
...that G.T. Nanavati headed the one-man Nanavati commission to investigate the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots?
...that India's Operation Meghdoot to capture the Siachen Glacier in 1984 was the first assault launched in the world's highest battlefield?

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