TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
PORTS
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1984
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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first Port Trust Board was established for Calcutta Port in 1870, following passage of the Bombay Port Trust Act in 1879.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.
Detailed explanation-3: -Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust of Kolkata is the oldest port among the 13 major ports of India. It was Commissioned in 1870.
Detailed explanation-4: -Established in 1873 the port has completed 137 years of its service. It is administered by the Mumbai Port Trust.
Detailed explanation-5: -As early as 1949, national poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharathi achieved a rare distinction of his works being nationalised by the State government. “He is probably the first writer in the entire world to win the honour.