Stop Press | 12 |
The Year in Review | 21 |
Newsmakers and Happenings of the Year | 26 |
Obituaries | 42 |
World Dateline | 50 |
India Dateline | 84 |
Timeline of World History | 106 |
Beginning of Time to 1994 | 106 |
Last Ten Years in Review | 127 |
Timeline of Indian History | 148 |
Beginning of Time to 1994 | 148 |
Last Ten Years in Review | 173 |
Maps and Flags of the World | 193 |
The World | 209 |
Countries at a Glance | 494 |
India | 499 |
States at a Glance | 500 |
States | 502 |
National Capital Territory: Delhi | 623 |
Union Territories | 626 |
Governors and Chief Ministers since Independence | 644 |
Maps of India | 673 |
Cover Story: Building Confidence | 689 |
Becoming Independent by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | 689 |
Building the Nation by Manmohan Singh | 698 |
The Way to Economic Development by Amartya Sen | 714 |
The Economic Role of the State by Bimal Jalan | 715 |
Building Confidence by Derek O'Brien | 718 |
Politics | 721 |
Government | 721 |
The Constitution of India | 724 |
List of Council of Ministers | 727 |
Table of Precedence | 732 |
Assembly Elections | 736 |
Number of Assembly Seats in States and UTs | 737 |
Number of Lok Sabha Seats in States and UTs | 738 |
Number of Rajya Sabha Seats in States and UTs | 739 |
The Armed Forces | 740 |
Opinions | 743 |
What Happened in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 by P.V. Narasimha Rao | 743 |
Human Rights by Vinay Lal | 745 |
Economy | 749 |
Indian Economy | 749 |
The Union Budget 2005-06 | 749 |
Railway Budget 2005-06 | 757 |
The Five Year Plan | 761 |
India's Exports and Imports | 764 |
Agriculture | 768 |
Irrigation | 769 |
Coal Reserves in India | 770 |
Indian Power Sector | 771 |
Petroleum Industry in India | 772 |
Stock Exchanges of India | 773 |
Insurance Industry in India | 774 |
Banking System | 775 |
Value Added Tax | 776 |
Opinions | 778 |
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman | 778 |
Consumerism by Ashis Nandy | 781 |
Science | 787 |
The Nine Members of the Solar System | 787 |
Physics | 794 |
Science News | 796 |
Inventions and Inventors | 801 |
Career | 809 |
Major Examinations | 809 |
UPSC - Programme of Examinations to be Held in 2006 | 823 |
Sports | 828 |
World Cup Football | 828 |
Indian Cricket | 830 |
Hockey World Cup | 836 |
Commonwealth Games | 836 |
Tennis | 837 |
Arts | 846 |
Fifty Years of Pather Panchali | 846 |
Breaking Barriers in Cinema by Satyajit Ray | 846 |
Indian Cinema | 848 |
International Cinema | 854 |
On Printing and Books | 864 |
General Knowledge | 878 |
Nobel Prize | 878 |
Padma Awardees 2005 | 896 |
Geography | 905 |
Weights and Measures | 916 |
General Knowledge Quiz | 920 |
Index | 945 |
Stop Press | 12 |
The Year in Review | 21 |
Newsmakers and Happenings of the Year | 26 |
Obituaries | 42 |
World Dateline | 50 |
India Dateline | 84 |
Timeline of World History | 106 |
Beginning of Time to 1994 | 106 |
Last Ten Years in Review | 127 |
Timeline of Indian History | 148 |
Beginning of Time to 1994 | 148 |
Last Ten Years in Review | 173 |
Maps and Flags of the World | 193 |
The World | 209 |
Countries at a Glance | 494 |
India | 499 |
States at a Glance | 500 |
States | 502 |
National Capital Territory: Delhi | 623 |
Union Territories | 626 |
Governors and Chief Ministers since Independence | 644 |
Maps of India | 673 |
Cover Story: Building Confidence | 689 |
Becoming Independent by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | 689 |
Building the Nation by Manmohan Singh | 698 |
The Way to Economic Development by Amartya Sen | 714 |
The Economic Role of the State by Bimal Jalan | 715 |
Building Confidence by Derek O'Brien | 718 |
Politics | 721 |
Government | 721 |
The Constitution of India | 724 |
List of Council of Ministers | 727 |
Table of Precedence | 732 |
Assembly Elections | 736 |
Number of Assembly Seats in States and UTs | 737 |
Number of Lok Sabha Seats in States and UTs | 738 |
Number of Rajya Sabha Seats in States and UTs | 739 |
The Armed Forces | 740 |
Opinions | 743 |
What Happened in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 by P.V. Narasimha Rao | 743 |
Human Rights by Vinay Lal | 745 |
Economy | 749 |
Indian Economy | 749 |
The Union Budget 2005-06 | 749 |
Railway Budget 2005-06 | 757 |
The Five Year Plan | 761 |
India's Exports and Imports | 764 |
Agriculture | 768 |
Irrigation | 769 |
Coal Reserves in India | 770 |
Indian Power Sector | 771 |
Petroleum Industry in India | 772 |
Stock Exchanges of India | 773 |
Insurance Industry in India | 774 |
Banking System | 775 |
Value Added Tax | 776 |
Opinions | 778 |
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman | 778 |
Consumerism by Ashis Nandy | 781 |
Science | 787 |
The Nine Members of the Solar System | 787 |
Physics | 794 |
Science News | 796 |
Inventions and Inventors | 801 |
Career | 809 |
Major Examinations | 809 |
UPSC - Programme of Examinations to be Held in 2006 | 823 |
Sports | 828 |
World Cup Football | 828 |
Indian Cricket | 830 |
Hockey World Cup | 836 |
Commonwealth Games | 836 |
Tennis | 837 |
Arts | 846 |
Fifty Years of Pather Panchali | 846 |
Breaking Barriers in Cinema by Satyajit Ray | 846 |
Indian Cinema | 848 |
International Cinema | 854 |
On Printing and Books | 864 |
General Knowledge | 878 |
Nobel Prize | 878 |
Padma Awardees 2005 | 896 |
Geography | 905 |
Weights and Measures | 916 |
General Knowledge Quiz | 920 |
Index | 945 |