• the Sidrapong Hydel Power Station is the oldest hydroelectric power station in India?

Facts on topics related to Sidrapong Hydel Power Station

Darjeeling

• Darjeeling's Rock Garden (pictured) was built to re-attract tourists following the damage to the industry caused by the actions of the Gorkha National Liberation Front?
• Observatory Hill, Darjeeling, the site of Darjeeling's oldest Buddhist monastery is now home to a Hindu temple?

Hydroelectricity

• Chatuge Dam and Nottely Dam in the Tennessee Valley were originally constructed in 1942 solely for flood control to maximize hydroelectric production at Hiwassee Dam, but were only outfitted with power generators later in the 1950s?
• Project Aqua was a proposed hydroelectric scheme for the lower Waitaki River in New Zealand that would have diverted up to 77% of the river's flow into a separate canal?
• eight small Norwegian municipalities were fooled into investing future income from hydropower plants into complicated financial products - now worthless - from Citigroup, in the so-called Terra Securities scandal?
• instead of voting to determine the site of a proposed hydroelectricity dam, tens of thousands of Tasmanians protested by writing "No Dams" on their ballot papers in the 1981 power referendum?
• more than 95 percent of the electricity generated in Paraguay is produced by two hydroelectric plants in Itaipu and Yacyretá, most of which is exported to Brazil and Argentina?
• over 25% of Brazil's electricity is generated by a hydroelectric plant at Itaipu on the Paraná River?
• the sawmill in Aumond, Quebec, built in 1862, also provided electricity and remained in operation until 1989?
• the Apalachia Dam in North Carolina has an underground conduit carrying water from the dam's reservoir to its hydroelectric powerhouse 12 miles (19 km) away in the neighboring state of Tennessee?
• the Hearthstone House (pictured) became the first residence in the world to be lit by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system?
• the Montgomery Worsted Mills, a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery, New York, now earn most of their money by generating hydroelectric power from the nearby Wallkill River, rather than the manufacture of textiles?

India

• 10,000 people protested against construction of a dam across the Subarnarekha River in India?
• 16th century Indian musician-composer Miyan Tansen laid the foundations of Hindustani classical music by mixing Sufi and Bhakti musical traditions ?
• 18th-century professional portrait painter Tilly Kettle was the first British painter to work in India?
• 22-year-old Indian cricketer Vikram Singh, regarded by many as the fastest bowler in India, played only 5 matches for his state before being selected for the national squad against Sri Lanka?
• 70% of the population of Tamil Nadu is engaged in the Indian state's agricultural sector and related industries for their livelihood?
• Rani Abbakka, who fought the Portuguese in the 16th century, is regarded as the 'first woman freedom fighter of India'?
• Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India?
• footballer Bud Houghton was born in Madras to an Anglo-Indian family who migrated to England in 1947 when India gained independence from British rule?
• Australian Test cricketers Mark Waugh and Shane Warne were fined after accepting money from an Indian bookmaker known only as "John" in return for pitch and weather reports?
• Bollywood actress Shenaz Treasurywala was discovered while stuck in India when Kuwait Airways lost her luggage, including travel documents she needed to return to school in New York?