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    Coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian or...
    81 KB (9,451 words) - 05:45, 28 April 2024
  • Buddhist culture is exemplified through Buddhist art, Buddhist architecture, Buddhist music and Buddhist cuisine. As Buddhism expanded from the Indian...
    17 KB (2,132 words) - 21:19, 28 April 2024
  • R.V.S. Yadav was born on 27 July 1937 in Nauliharnathpur (District Budaun), Uttar Pradesh, India. He was awarded the MBBS in 1961 and the MS (Surgery)...
    2 KB (175 words) - 02:32, 29 January 2023
  • Kurendhoo (Dhivehi: ކުރެންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives. The island is 128.22 km (80 mi; 69 nmi) north of the country's...
    3 KB (138 words) - 18:00, 24 January 2023
  • Mahinda II (aka Silamegha) was King of Anuradhapura in the 9th century, whose reign lasted from 787 to 807. He succeeded Aggabodhi VII as King of Anuradhapura...
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  • Malampuzha River is one of the tributaries of the river Kalpathipuzha. Malampuzha Dam is built across the river at Malampuzha about 8 km from the Palakkad...
    2 KB (223 words) - 15:55, 24 March 2023
  • The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Afghanistan. Fierce fighting flares anew at the beginning of the year between government troops...
    6 KB (697 words) - 16:14, 13 May 2023
  • The following lists events that happened during 1952 in Afghanistan. Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah Prime Minister – Shah Mahmud Khan Shah Wali Khan, Afghan...
    3 KB (360 words) - 01:38, 17 January 2023
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    Pakistan and Yemen enjoy excellent relations as both share bonds of religion, culture and values. Relations date back when both nations were part of trading...
    2 KB (206 words) - 13:04, 21 February 2023
  • Gugamal National Park is an Indian national park that is one of seven protected areas in the Melghat Tiger Reserve. Founded on 22 February 1974, this park...
    3 KB (251 words) - 13:05, 8 May 2023
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    Gandhi Maidan is a historic ground in Patna, near the banks of the Ganges River, in Bihar, India. The Golghar falls to its west. During the period of 1824–1833...
    6 KB (513 words) - 04:20, 25 April 2023
  • Gangnapur is a census town in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. 8km 5miles...
    15 KB (808 words) - 10:47, 20 March 2023
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    Japan participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 24, 1970 to September 4, 1970. This country was ranked 1st with 74 gold...
    1 KB (60 words) - 23:26, 10 January 2023
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    Madhava Tirtha was a Hindu philosopher, scholar and the third pontiff of Madhvacharya peetha, from 1333 to 1350, succeeding Narahari Tirtha. According...
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  • The fanam (or panam in the local language of Tamil) was a currency issued by the Madras Presidency until 1815. It circulated alongside the Indian rupee...
    2 KB (203 words) - 14:39, 16 January 2023
  • Pala Kastali is a village in Block Jawan Sikandarpur, Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 5 km from Aligarh. The village has most population...
    3 KB (119 words) - 16:43, 12 January 2023
  • The Rakshan River (Urdu: دریائے رخشن) rises at the Nidoki pass, south-west of Shireza, district Washuk, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is known there as Nag...
    3 KB (429 words) - 18:40, 1 January 2023
  • Mudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy (Telugu: ముదిగొండ లింగమూర్తి) (10 October 1908 – 24 January 1980), was an Indian film character actor known...
    5 KB (343 words) - 02:18, 4 January 2023
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    The Survey of Bangladesh (SOB) is the national mapping authority of Bangladesh. The agency functions under the Ministry of Defence and is headed by the...
    3 KB (405 words) - 10:23, 23 March 2023
  • Kakot is a village development committee in Dolpa District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population...
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