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Dakshin Gangotri: India's first Antarctic base revisited
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Dakshin Gangotri came before Maitri and Bharati: the Indian Antarctic station sequence for GS3 polar questions
Film revisits Dakshin Gangotri, India's first Antarctic station.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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A documentary on Dakshin Gangotri has revived interest in how India set up its first scientific base in Antarctica, more than four decades ago.
It followed India's first Antarctic expedition in 1981 and was set up in the 1983-84 season.
India now operates the Maitri and Bharati stations there.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- India's first Antarctic expedition: 1981
- Dakshin Gangotri, India's first Antarctic base, was set up in the 1983-84 season
- India acceded to the Antarctic Treaty in 1983
- India now operates two year-round stations: Maitri (1989) and Bharati (2012)
- NCPOR, Goa coordinates India's Antarctic programme
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How the exam will ask it
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ்
- Statement: Dakshin Gangotri was India's first scientific base in Antarctica, set up in the 1983-84 season.
- Statement: India currently operates the Maitri and Bharati research stations in Antarctica.
- Statement: India's first Antarctic expedition took place in 1981, before the first base was built.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS3 (Science and Technology) and GS2 (international regimes). Issue: India's polar presence began with Dakshin Gangotri and grew into Maitri and Bharati. Policy: research under the Antarctic Treaty system, coordinated by NCPOR and the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Implication: scientific standing and a voice in Antarctic governance; way forward: sustained climate and glaciology research with environmental safeguards.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
India's first Antarctic research base, Dakshin Gangotri, was established during which decade?
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
விடையைக் காட்டு
விடை: C — The correct answer is 1980s. Dakshin Gangotri was set up in the 1983-84 season after India's first expedition in 1981.
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