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68... that Mysore mallige (pictured), a variety of Jasmine flower endemic to Karnataka state of India, is patented for its unique quality, attribution and reputation?
66...that migrants from India form over 40% of the total population of the United Arab Emirates?
65...that due to its numerous attractions such as Lal Bagh (pictured), Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is known as the "Garden City of India"?
64...that the first temple to be built in soap stone was constructed in Western Chalukya architecture (pictured), in the Karnataka, India?
61...that Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city? --howcheng {chat} 17:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)60...that the 1934 film Sati Sulochana was the first ever talkie produced in the Kannada language? --ALoan (Talk) 13:21, 25 April 2007 (UTC)59...that Gurdwara Sahib Klang, a Sikh Gurdwara in Malaysia, was constructed with donations collected by Sikh Sangats all over Malaysia, including a large sum from the Prime Minister's Department? Thanks again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)58...that Kannada poet and Indian political activist Kayyara Kinyanna Rai published his first journal, Susheela, at the age of 12? --Carabinieri 13:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)57...that Dr. H. Sudarshan was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, also known as alternative Nobel Prize, for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people? --Carabinieri 13:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)56...that Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of Mysore, Karnataka in India? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)55...that Ninasam, a cultural organization in Karnataka, India, had a project sponsored by the Ford Foundation of the United States? - KNM Talk 13:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)54...that Grey herons began nesting in the Kaggaladu heronry in only a single tree?
53...that the city of Mysore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, has been called the "Cultural Capital of Karnataka"? --howcheng {chat} 23:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)52...that the July Theses, a set of proposals found in a speech by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, were inspired by his visits to Communist China, Korea and Vietnam? --ALoan (Talk) 14:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)51...that the term reserve heads (pictured) found in Ancient Egyptian tombs is derived from the prevalent theory that they serve as an alternate home for the spirit of the dead owner should anything happen to the body?
48...that Ajit Wadekar was the first Indian to represent the country as Test Cricket player, captain, coach/manager and Chairman of Selectors? 47...that the Red Forest, near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, gets its name from the eerie red glow of the pine trees, after absorbing radiation from the Chernobyl accident? --ALoan (Talk) 20:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)46...that Brigadier General Mihiel Gilormini, founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the UK's Royal Air Force, and the United States Army Air Corps during World War II? --Carabinieri 23:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)45...that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India? 44...that the term Rashtrapati, the native word in India to refer the nation's President, was first suggested by the Kannada poet, scholar T.N. Srikantaiah? --howcheng {chat} 23:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)43...that Hakim Habibur Rahman (pictured), a Unani physician, collected all the Arabic, Persian and Urdu books written in Bengal for more than 40 years and published a catalog titled Sulasa Ghusala? --howcheng {chat} 16:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
42...that the dispute settlement system in the World Trade Organization is characterized as the most adjudicative mechanism in the world? --howcheng {chat} 19:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)41...that The Torrent was the first American film starring the Swedish actress Greta Garbo? --Carabinieri 12:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)40...that professor Malcolm Grant, the Provost and President of University College London, agreed to shave off his moustache if UCL students raised £1500 for Comic Relief, on Red Nose Day in 2005? --Carabinieri 19:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC)39...that the commands to fire the first Allied shots in World War One and the first Australian shots in World War Two came from Fort Queenscliff (pictured), Australia? --Carabinieri 11:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)38...that The Dove, an American film released in 1974, is based on the real life experiences of Robin Lee Graham, a 16-year-old who spent five years sailing around the world alone? --Carabinieri 18:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)37...that Zhuangzi Tests His Wife, the first feature film in Hong Kong cinema, was the first ever Chinese film to be shown abroad? --howcheng {chat} 06:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)36...that 1939's Indramalati, directed by the Assam poet Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, was the second ever Assamese language film? --Carabinieri 20:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)35...that Singaporean citizenship was first granted in 1957 when Singapore was a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom? --Carabinieri 13:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)34...that Yoshiaki Yamashita, a pioneer of judo in the United States, was the first person to have been awarded 10-dan grading in Kodokan judo? 33...that the retired United States Air Force lieutenant general Nicholas Kehoe became the President and CEO of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2003 after 34 years of military service? --howcheng {chat} 17:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)32...that the 1935 film Joymati, produced and directed by the noted Assam poet Jyotiprasad Agarwala, was the first-ever Assamese language film? --Mgm|(talk) 08:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)31...that Operation Queen was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the western front between Aachen and the Rur river in November 1944? --ALoan (Talk) 16:52, 21 March 2007 (UTC)30...that the Percival Petrel, a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a tailwheel undercarriage, was used as British communications aircraft in World War II? --ALoan (Talk) 14:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)29...that Peter Knowles, a popular English football player, voluntarily ended his football career at the age of 24, after becoming a Jehovah's Witness? --Carabinieri 17:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)28...that Hilda Hewlett was the first British female aviator to earn a pilot's licence? 27...that Katsuhiko Nakajima, a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by Kensuke Office, is the youngest junior heavyweight champion in history? --ALoan (Talk) 11:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)26...that the pen-name of the Kannada poet, Karnataka Ratna and Jnanpith Award winner Kuvempu, was derived from his full name "Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa", Kuppalli being his native place? 25...that the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, selected Brigadier General Ricardo Aponte as their Spanish language narrator for the Latin America Tour of 1992? --howcheng {chat} 18:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)24...that the Kalka-Shimla Railway track, a narrow gauge rail track in Himachal Pradesh, has a length of 96 kilometres, passing through 102 tunnels and crossing 864 bridges? --ALoan (Talk) 10:15, 18 March 2007 (UTC)23...that the Laigh Milton viaduct built in 1812, is the oldest surviving railway viaduct in Scotland and one of the oldest in the world? --howcheng {chat}22...that Fyodor Schechtel, the architect of Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow, Russia, was expelled from his classes at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1878 for "bad attendance"? --Carabinieri 16:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)21...that Giorgio Francia of Italy became the first non-German to win the German Formula Three Championship, by winning the title in the year 1974? --BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)20...that Steve Crowley, a Marine Security Guard, was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant after he was killed in the 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad, Pakistan? --BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)19...that Regal Mountain (pictured), an eroded stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains, is the third highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska? --ALoan (Talk) 14:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)18...that the Halmidi inscription, an Indian inscription, found near the tiny village of Halmidi, in Karnataka, India, is the oldest known inscription in the Kannada language? --howcheng {chat} 06:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)17...that the award-winning Chinese film Cell Phone, with its box office profit of over ¥50 million, was the highest-grossing film made in China in 2003? 16...that Walter Arthur Berendsohn, who successfully nominated Nelly Sachs and Willy Brandt for their respective Nobel Prizes, wrote Die humanistische Front, the seminal book on German exile literature? --BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)15...that George Ormerod, an English antiquary and historian, was responsible for organising the restoration of the Saxon crosses in Sandbach in Cheshire in 1816?
14...that Nikita Balieff, a vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario, and director, named his theater as Chauve-Souris (bat) after a bat flew up out of the basement door and landed on his hat?
13...that during a 90-minute period on January 30, 1996, three commuters fell into the gap at the Long Island Rail Road station at Syosset due to icy platform conditions?
12...that Arishima Ikuma, Japanese novelist, published his new-style poems and short stories as a vehicle to introduce the works of the French impressionist painter Paul Cézanne to the Japanese public?
11...that in surgery theory, the Spivak normal bundle is named after Michael Spivak, a mathematician specializing in differential geometry?
Thank you for the nominations! — ERcheck (talk) 03:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC) 10...that two Beagle B.206 aircraft were built for evaluation by the UK Ministry of Aviation, resulting in an order for twenty aircraft for the Royal Air Force?
9...that a series-parallel graph (pictured) is a mathematical model of series and parallel electric circuits with two different nodes called source and sink, indicating the direction of the electrical current flow? Thank you for the nomination. — ERcheck (talk) 14:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC) 8...that Cecil A. Bickley was one of the founders of Denver City, the largest community in Yoakum County on the Texas South Plains?
Thank you for the nomination! — ERcheck (talk) 05:58, 11 March 2007 (UTC) 7...that Gnanendramohan Tagore was the first Asian to be called to the bar in England in 1862?
6 ...that the Chappell Ganguly controversy in Indian cricket resulted in fiery street protests in Ganguly's home town of Kolkata and then raised a debate in the Parliament of India?
5 ...that the Siribhoovalaya, a unique work of multi-lingual literature composed by Jain monk Kumudendu Muni, is written entirely using Kannada numerals, without the use of any alphabets?
4 ...that Mayurasharma was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi, the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today Karnataka state, India?
3 ...that the Indian Institute in central Oxford, England was founded by Sir Monier-Williams in 1883 to provide training for the Indian Civil Services?
2 ...that Kavirajamarga, the earliest extant literary work in Kannada language, was written by the king Amoghavarsha I who was a famous poet and a scholar?
1 ...that fast neutron therapy utilizes neutrons, typically with more than twenty megaelectronvolts, to treat diseases like cancer?
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC) |
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