{"id":15438,"date":"2016-09-10T08:29:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T08:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=15438"},"modified":"2016-09-10T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T08:29:50","slug":"majuli-named-worlds-largest-river-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/majuli-named-worlds-largest-river-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Majuli named world&#8217;s largest river island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently Majuli has been named as the world&#8217;s largest river island. It is located in which of the following state?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Odisha<br \/>\n(b) West Bengal<br \/>\n(c) Assam<br \/>\n(d) Gujarat<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 1 September 2016 Majuli has been named as the world&#8217;s largest river island.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is located in Assam.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The island is located in the middle of the Brahmaputra River.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The river island covers an area of around 880 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the last 30-40 years it is estimated that it has lost around one third of its area. Majuli is home to around 160,000 people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The island of Majuli today houses a total of 243 small and large villages.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Various ethnic origins all of whom have settled in Majuli are Mishings, Deori, Sonowal Kachari, Koch, Kaivartta and Nath.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The island is an assembly constituency reserved for scheduled tribes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was recently declared a district and was earlier a sub-division under Jorhat district.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">CM Sarbananda Sonowal was elected from Majuli constituency.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Majuli is the nerve centre of neo-Vaishnavite culture and has been vying for World Heritage Site status.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been included in the tentative list by UNESCO.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Majuli has replaced Marajo in Brazil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/largest-river-island-\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/largest-river-island-<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/Majuli-named-worlds-largest-river-island\/articleshow\/53972804.cms\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/Majuli-named-worlds-largest-river-island\/articleshow\/53972804.cms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/tentativelists\/1870\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/tentativelists\/1870\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently Majuli has been named as the world&#8217;s largest river island. It is located in which of the following state? (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Assam (d) Gujarat Ans. (c) Related facts: On 1 September 2016 Majuli has been named as the world&#8217;s largest river island. It is located in Assam. 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