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Rank Name Est. population 1.Tokyo, Japan36,932,7802.Delhi, India21,935,1423.Mexico City, Mexico20,142,3344.New York, United…The Hungry Stones: The Home-Coming
by Rabindranath Tagore Once There Was a KingMy Lord, the BabyThe Home-Coming Phatik Chakravorti was ringleader among the boys of the village. A new mischief got into his head. There…Hastings, Warren
(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818, first governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When…The Congress of Women: Political Status of Women
Professions and Occupations Op...Personal Rights of WomenPolitical Status of Women After this preliminary glance at the social condition of women in 1192, let us look at her legal…Asian Food Primer: Indian Food
by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…East India Company, British
(Encyclopedia) East India Company, British, 1600–1874, company chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia. The original object of the group of merchants involved was to break the Dutch…Sind
(Encyclopedia) Sind or SindhSindsĭnd [key], province (2017 provisional pop. 47,886,051), c.50,000 sq mi (129,500 sq km), SE Pakistan, roughly coextensive with the lower Indus River valley and bounded…Rushdie, Sir Salman
(Encyclopedia) Rushdie, Sir SalmanRushdie, Sir Salmansälmänˈ r&oomacr;shˈdē [key], 1947–, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language…Epidemics of the Past: Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic
Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Epidemics of the Past Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Bubonic Plague Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand…Movies and Film: The Lean Years
The Lean YearsMovies and FilmBritish Film HistoryThe BeginningsShooting (in) the WarThe Lean YearsEngland's Left Foot: Irish Cinema In the decades following World War II, the British film industry…Trending
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