2009 Election in India

The largest democratic election in the world is India. India is presently holding 15th general elections after Independence (15th Lok Sabha election). This 15th general elections (Lok Sabha) will be completing in five phases and already 3 phases have election has been done on April 16th, April 22nd and April 30th. The two more phases are remaining on May 7th and May 13th, 2009. The final results of the Indian general elections will be announced after 2 days on May 16, 2009. The counting of votes will be started from the morning and it result will be announced by afternoon. This year it is also expecting that no single part will get the magic figure to set up their own government. They need to take support from other small parties to set up government. The contest is going among the three parties i.e. Congress, BJP (Bhartiya Janata party) and CPIM (Communist Party of India Marxist).

Electronic voting machines
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From 2004 election, the election in India is being conducted using Electronic Voting Machines (known as EVM).It's hard to believe but there are 1,368,430 voting machines are available across the country.

Polling schedule in Indian Election 2009:
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April 16th 2009 – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep

April 22nd 2009 – Manipur

April 23rd 2009 – Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand

April 30th 2009 – Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

May 07th 2009 – West Bengal, Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

May 13th 2009 – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (including maor seat of Kolkata and Barrackpore) ,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Puducherry

General Election (Lok Sabha Chunav) held once in a five year as per Indian Constitution. The previous general election in India (Lok Sabha Chunav) was held in June 2004. The whole process of the general election (Lok Sabha chunav) is conducted by the members Election Commission of India. In this year, it is shown in the Indian budget that nearly Rs.1,100 (Indian Rupee) crores was budgeted for whole election expenses in all parts of the India.

Polling stations
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There are more than 820,000 polling stations in the largest democratic country. The polling station has been increased by 20% over compared to 2004 election.

Barrackpore Election (Barrackpore Lok Sabha Chunav)
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Barrackpore Lok Sabha chunav election will be on 13th May 2009. The contest is going on between CPM party candidate Mr. Tarit Baran Topdar and Trinamool Congress leader Mr. Trivedi. CPM is winning in Barrackpore belt for more than 25 years though Barrackpore belt is not getting any development. Barrackpore election belt also concludes major places like Shyamnagar, Kankinara, Bhatpara, Naihati and Kachrapara. The only support Trinamool Congress will be getting from places like Barrackpore and Kankinara. All the Jule mill are closing but yet people are still votiong CPIM. It seems that they have decided that they will also vote for CPIM till death whether they get any development or not. The time has come to rise for the Barrackpore people and do some change. Because until or unless, the changes will not be done.. the won't get any development in their local area.

Logo of major Indian political parties:

Samajwadi Party Logo

CPIM Logo

Congress I Logo

BJP logo

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Holi Phagwa Doljatra 2010

Holi is festival of colors in India। Holi is mostly celebrated by Hindus but other religions in India also celebrate this festival because Holi is also the symbol for meeting each other and making relationship better. In Bhojpuri Language, it is also known as "Phagwa". Foreigners also come to India during Holi time and they enjoy play with Holi specially in Jaipur, Gujarat. In Indian state West Bengal, Holi is known as Doljatra (Dolyatra). Some also call it as Boshonto Utsav, which means Spring Festival.

होली मुबारक

Holi Gifts Ideas
As we all know that Holi is the festival to enjoy & strengthening the relationship with your loved ones & friendship. It is a tradition and practised that (not all parts in India) that in the Holi, people use to exchange gifts. Generally, most of the people exchange sweets as they start the day with the sweets. Most of them make sweets at their home. North Indian people use to gift Garments for Married Daughters and to their husband family.

When is Holi?
Holi will be celebrated on 1st of March (Monday), 2010 in India but some parts of the India like West Bengal will celebrate one day before 1st of March 2010. Then in 2011, Holi will be celebrated in March 2010. But last year, it was celebrated little late than this year. Lat year, it was celebrated on 22nd March (Saturday), 2009.

Here are some Holi Messages and Holi SMS (Hindi SMS) , by which you can send to your loved ones through email or mobile. If you are in India then you can free sms to your loved ones. I can some sites and those free sms sites are Indyarocks dot com, 160by2 dot com and many more. I use the first one to send free SMS.

मक्की की रोटी, निम्बू का आचार, सूरज की किरने,
खुशियों की बहार,
चाँद की चंडी, अपनों का प्यार, मुबारक हो आपको,
होली का त्यौहार.

खा के गुजिया, पी के भांग, लागा के थोड़ा थोड़ा सा रंग,
बजा के ढोलक और मृदंग, खेले होली हम तेरे संग. होली मुबारक!!

Wish u all the colors of life, colors of joy & colors of happiness। Happy Holi.

Holi Wallpaper

Girls playing Holi in the street of Kolkata

Holi at Lalu Yadav s Home

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Indian Republic Day

Republic Day 2009

The Indian Republic Day is a national holiday to mark the acceptance of the Constitution of India from the British on January 26th, 1950. India has three national holidays and they are 15th August 1947 Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti (Mahatma Gandhi Birthday) on 2nd October and Republic Day on 26th January.

Celebration of Republic Day 2009
Republic Day is celebrated in all parts of the India and to it makes more important occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the Indian capital of New Delhi in the morning. The tickets for republic are also easy available on the Internet. The various regiments of the Army like the Air Force and the Navy take part in the grand parade. The President of India gets salute from every Army chief. Special guests are also invited like Prime Minister / President of other country. The parade on Republic Day shows the vibrant displays by Indian Air Force fighter planes.

Celebrations are also held in every Indian state capitals or town or village. In the state capital, the governor unfurls the Indian national flag and also chief minister of that particular state participate. In case, if governor could take part due to some unavoidable circumstances the Chief Minister unfurls the India flag. Just like in West Bengal, Governor Mr. Gandhi could not take part then chief Minister of West Bengal Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will do the task of Governor.

National Song of India use to plat and to respect the National Song of "Jana Gana Mana" all use to stand and repeat the words. National Song is composed by the great Rabindra Nath Tagore and then it is adopted on 24th January 1950 by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India. It reads like this:

The Indian Constitution is the longest constitution in the whole world. It gives the same right to vote to every Indian people who are 18 years and more, until or unless they are disqualified due to some law. Fundamental rights for every citizen are given and equality of religion and many more like that. The main court of India, Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and other important judges under the constitution of law. These people are the guardian of the Indian Law Constitution.

Republic Day Picture (26th January)

Republic Day 2009 Blog posting by Varun Gupta

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