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  2. Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare - Wikipedia

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    The functions of DESW according to the official website are: "Matters relating to Armed Forces Veterans (Ex- Servicemen) including pensioners;Armed Forces Veterans (ExServicemen); Contributory Health Scheme; Matters relating to Directorate General of Resettlement and Kendriya Sainik Board; Administration of (a) the Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961 (Parts I and II); (b)the Pension ...

  3. Armed Forces Flag Day - Wikipedia

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    Like the Kendriya Sainik Board at the centre, the Rajya / Zila Sainik Boards are responsible for policy formulation and implementation of resettlement and welfare schemes for ex-servicemen, widows and their dependents residing in their respective States / UTs / Districts.

  4. List of Kendriya Vidyalayas - Wikipedia

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    The three Kendriya Vidyalayas outside India are in Kathmandu, Moscow, and Tehran, situated inside Embassies in these countries and their expenditures are borne by the Ministry of External Affairs. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] They are intended for children of Indian embassy staff and other expatriate employees of the government of India, including State Bank of ...

  5. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In New Orleans, arc lamps were used for street lighting starting in 1881. In 1882, the New Orleans Brush Lighting Company installed one hundred 2,000-candlepower arc lamps along five miles of wharf and riverfront; by 1885, New Orleans had 655 arc lights. [1] In Chicago, arc lamps were used in public street lighting starting in 1887. [1]

  6. Sainik Schools - Wikipedia

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    The Sainik Schools are a system of public schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon , the then Defence Minister of India , to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the officer cadre of the Indian Military .

  7. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan - Wikipedia

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    The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (transl. Central Schools Organisation) is a system of central government schools in India governed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As of April 2023, it has a total of 1,253 schools in India, and three abroad, in Kathmandu, Moscow and Tehran. It is one of the world's largest chains of schools ...

  8. List of lighthouses in Illinois and Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light: Hammond: 1920 (Former) 1935 (Current) Unknown Active Unknown 78 ft (24 m) Michigan City Breakwater Light: Michigan City: N/A 1904 Never 1909 (Destroyed) None Unknown Michigan City East Light (East Pierhead Light) Michigan City

  9. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The #111 King Drive/111th Street runs daily between the 95th/Dan Ryan to Marshfield Plaza, a shopping center at 117th Street/Marshfield via 95th Street, King Drive 111th Street and Marshfield. [ 11 ] There is a CTA train station at King Drive on the Green Line 's East 63rd branch .