India’s First Post Office
- India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de facto Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district with Pakistan-occupied territory just across the stream at a stone’s throw.
- It was known as the last post office of the country until recently, when the India signboard near it described it as the “First Post Office of India”, as it is the first one from the LoC or border in terms of distance.
Kerala Assembly passes resolution to rename state as Keralam
- The Kerala Assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to rename the state as “Keralam” in the Constitution and all office records.
- The resolution, moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was passed unanimously.
- The name of our state in Malayalam is Keralam.
- States were formed on the basis of language on November 1, 1956.
- That day is also observed as Kerala formation day.
- However, the name of our state in the first Schedule of the Constitution has been written as Kerala.
- This Assembly is unanimously requesting the Union Government to take immediate steps under Article 3 of the Constitution to change the name of the state to Keralam.
