International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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Bolsheviks created the Soviet Union from the Russian Empire. The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. Russia was removed from the war which brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its Latin motto is fiat panis which translates to “let there be bread”. It was founded in October 1945 and headquartered at Rome, Italy.

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Economic and Social Council has 54 Members which are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. It is the central platform of United Nations’ for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development.

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The headquarters of the African Standby Force is located in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. African Standby Force is the peacekeeping force of the African Union which includes military, police, and civilian contingents. The main purpose of this force is to provide an effective and efficient deployment of force in times of crisis in Africa.

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The German Revolution of 1918-1919 or November Revolution, happened as part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and political violence in Germany (1918–33), was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic that later became known as the Weimar Republic. The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the adoption in August 1919 of the Weimar Constitution. It leads to the Weimar Republic victory, abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II, the monarchy of Germany and its 22 constituent monarchies abolished, suppression of leftist uprisings, including Spartacist uprising, end of the First World War and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.

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Germany’s unification was achieved through the “Two Plus Four Agreement”. The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany or the Two Plus Four Agreement was negotiated in 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, and the Four Powers which occupied Germany at the end of World War II in Europe: France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the treaty, the Four Powers renounced all rights they held in Germany, allowing a reunited Germany to become fully sovereign the following year. On the other hand, Germany agreed to confirm its acceptance of its existing border with Poland and accepted that the borders of Germany after unification would correspond only to the territories then administered by West and East Germany, with the exclusion and renunciation of any other territorial claims.

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The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is located at Avadi in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. HVF was set up in 1961 by the Ordinance Factory Board, Government of India. It was set up to manufacture heavy battlefield equipment, including Vijayantas, Kartik BLT, M-46 Catapult and T-72 Ajeya tanks.

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CRPF was created in 1939 as the crown representative police force. Its motto is “Service and Loyalty”.

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The research and Analysis wing is the external intelligence unit of India. They gather external intelligence, counter terrorism and counter-proliferation. It was established in 1968.

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The Line of Control is a military line between India and Pakistan. The line was originally known as Cease-fire Line after Shimla Agreement in 1972 the line was renamed as LOC. The northern most point of LOC is NJ9842.