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... that Indian independence activist and author P. Kodanda Rao's correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi helped to clarify Thoreau's influence on Gandhi?
... that Zail Singh was the first Sikh and the first person from a backward caste to become President of India?
... that Abdul Ghani Azhari wrote Qadim Tarikh-e-Gujjar in Urdu, detailing the ancient history of Gujjars in India?
... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent?
... that the India national team were victorious in football at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games?
... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X
... that an Indiana newspaper donated its TV station to the local high school instead of shutting it down?
... that classical dances of Gaddam Padmaja Reddy, recipient of India's highest award for performing arts, explore contemporary social issues such as female foeticide and HIV/AIDS?
... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?
... that Indian activist Birubala Rabha has rescued more than thirty women from being persecuted as witches in the last decade?

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