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The literacy rate of Mizoram stood at 91.33 per cent making it the third most literate state in the country after Kerala and Lakshadweep, a state minister said.

Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua countries from the membership of CACM (Central American Common Market). Central American Common Market (CACM), Spanish Mercado Común Centroamericano (MCCA), association of five Central American nations that was formed to facilitate regional economic development through free trade and economic integration. Established by the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration signed by Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua in December 1960, its membership expanded to include Costa Rica in July 1962. The CACM is headquartered in Guatemala City.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) company manufactures low and high power communication equipment like radius for the use of defense services and paramilitary organizations.

The Judicature of Orissa is Cuttack. Cuttack is in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa. It is the former capital of Odisha. Cuttack is also world famous for its silver filigree work.

Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are the members of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation).

Kathmandu is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC. SAARC Secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It coordinates and monitors the implementation of activities, hosts meetings, and serves as a channel of communication between the Association and its member states as well as other regional organizations.

Assam rifles is India's oldest paramilitary force, raised originally in 1835 as Cachar Levy. They perform many roles including the provision of internal security under the control of the army through the conduct of counter insurgency and border security operations. Assam Rifles is known as “Sentinels of the Northeast”.

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.

Indian Museum, Kolkata is the India's largest and the oldest museum. The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

Pottery was developed in the Indus Valley in 3500 BC.