Things You Should Know - Episode XIX

This installment comes after several weeks.

• This day, i.e., June 25, 32
  years ago, India, led by Kapil Dev, won the Cricket World Cup for the first time. In the
  final of the third World Cup, India defeated two-time champion West
  Indies. 

• The Parliament of India
  comprises the President, the Rajya Sabha (Upper House, or House of Elders),
  and the Lok Sabha (Lower House, or House of Representatives).

• The term ‘Green Revolution’
  was first used in 1968 by former United States Agency for
  International Development (USAID) director William Gaud.

A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, ISRO

• Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar is
  the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He obtained
  his Physics (Honours) degree in 1971 and Master’s degree in Electronics in
  1973 from Bangalore University. Two years later, he received M. Tech degree
  in Physical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  He began working for ISRO by joining Space Applications Centre (SAC) in
  1975.  Later, he became its Associate Director and in March 2012 took
  over as the Director of SAC.

• With 610,577 inhabitants
  as of the 2011 census, Sikkim is the least populous state in India and the
  second-smallest state after Goa in total area, covering approximately
  7,096 km. It also has the only open land border between India and China.