Soils of India

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Note : The "Mata ni Pachedi" is associated with the nomadic "Vaghari Community" from Gujarat.

Happy ;

🙏 Hindu New Year- विक्रम संवत-2080

🙏Chatr Navratri♥️

🌺Navreh-Kashmiri New Year

👉Ugadi-New Year of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana

👉Gudi Padwa --New Year of Goa and Maharashtra

👉Cheti Chand--auspicious occasion of Sindhi Hindus,believed to be the birthday of Jhulelal, the patron saint of Sindhis.

👉Sajibu Cheiraoba-New Year of Manipur

📚 Piezometer instrument, benefits etc under National Hydrology Project 👆

Q.1826) Consider the following statements about the recently launched "Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency" (GACERE).

1. The GACRE is an alliance of governments at the global level willing to work together for a global just circular economy transition.

2. It was established at the recent COP of UNFCCC.

3. India is not yet a member of GACERE

Q.1827) Consider the following statements about The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action Plan.

1. It supports the implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol by enabling collaboration between governments and cities.

2. This was launched at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019.

3. The Marrakech Partnership is guided by the high-level Champions of Global Climate Action.

🙏On #ShaheedDiwas, we pay our humble tributes to three of the greatest heroes of our freedom struggle who sacrificed their lives for the country.

🙏 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev- the great sons of Maa Bharati will remain an inspiration for generations to come.

Person may die but ideas remain alive!

🅾️Fuel the Upsc spirit with this thought,Kadam Kadam pe ladna sikho!

Q.1828) Consider the following statements with reference to modern history.

1. Lord Cornwallis attempted to codify Muslims and Hindu laws.

2. A translation of the code in Sanskrit appeared in 1776 under the title of "Code of Gentoo laws".

Gentoo Code :

(Topic : Modern history)

👉 The Gentoo Code also known as "A Code of Gentoo Laws" or "Ordinations of the Pundits" is a legal code translated from Sanskrit (in which it was known as "Vivadabhangarnava") into Persian by Brahmin scholars; and then from Persian into English (taken by the Asiatic Society) by N.B.Halhed, a British grammarian working for the East India Company.

👉 The celebrated work of Jagannath Tarkapanchanan's  "Vivadabhangarnava" is a digest of Hindu law in 21 sections and was compiled for Warren Hastings by the pundits.

👉 The translation was funded by Warren Hastings as a method of consolidating company control on the Indian subcontinent

👉  The code is basically about the Hindu laws of inheritance (manusmriti). The pundits and maulvis were associated with judges to understand the civil laws of Hindus and muslims.

👉 This code was used in the courts of East India Company.