Did You Know  / क्या आप जानते थे

Every Punjabi used to accept and utter the fact that everything owned by them, except what has been eaten or consumed by them, could be taken away anytime by Nadir Shah. Hindi Translation:   एक समय था जब लगभग प्रत्येक पंजाबी यह विश्वास रखता था की जो खा लिया वही अपना है और बाकी सब नादिर शाह का, क्योंकि वो यह सब चीज़ें कभी भी लूट कर ले जा सकता था।

The amount of earth, concrete and masonry materials used to build the HIRAKUD DAM in Odisha is sufficient to make a road 8 metres wide and pave it from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and from Amritsar to Dibrugarh in Assam. With successful irrigation provided by the dam, Sambalpur is called the rice bowl of Odisha.