General Knowledge of India

Tusu Dance is a folk dance popular in West Bengal state of India. It is mostly practiced in group and men and women equally participate in this dance. It is performed during the harvest festival to celebrate the coming crop.

It is basically performed in the month of Pausa, during the Gregorian months of December and January. The dance is basically related to the Tusu Parab (Tusu Festival), which is celebrated on the day of Makar Sankranti.

Dree festival, a few rites are performed to worship and appease Gods and Goddesses, who protect the crops, and ensure well-being of man. These divinities include Tamu God, Metii God, Sky God and Danyi Piilo (sun and moon). They are worshipped by offering sacrifices of eggs, fowls and animals. The divinities associated with Dree are collectively knows as 'Dree or Dri uyi' (Gods).

Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kathak (North, West and Central India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Odissi (Odisha), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), and sattriya(Assam).

Kathak has emerged as a distinct dance form. Being the only classical dance of India having links with Muslim culture, it represents a unique synthesis of Hindu and Muslim genius in art. Further, Kathak is the only form of classical dance wedded to Hindustani or the North Indian music.

The Sattriya dance form was introduced in the 15th century A.D by the great Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahapurusha Sankaradeva.

Sattriya is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kathak (North, West and Central India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Odissi (Odisha), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), and sattriya(Assam).

There are 9 states and 4 union territories along the coastline of India.
States:
Gujarat(1600km), Maharashta(720km), Goa(160km), Karnataka(320km), Kerala(576km), Tamil Nadu(952km), Andhra Pradesh(976km), Odisha(482km), West Bengal(157km)

Union Territories:
Diu Daman(37km), Puducherry(39km),Andaman Nicobar(1962km), Lakshadweep(132km)

The Dibang wildlife sanctuary is one of the eight wildlife sanctuaries and it is located nearby Anini district, Arunachal Pradesh.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was incorporated on 23 Dec 1940, an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India.

Kancheepuram district also known as Kanchi, is situated on the northern East Coast of Tamil Nadu and is adjacent by Chennai city.

NITI Aayog, National Institution for Transforming India, Government of India.
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