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(Encyclopedia) Dhar Dhar där [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is a district…Bharatpur
(Encyclopedia) Bharatpur Bharatpur bərŭtˈp&oobreve;r [key], city, Rajasthan state, N central India. It is a…Darbhanga
(Encyclopedia) Darbhanga Darbhanga dərbŭngˈgə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, E of the Baghmati River. It is a…Coorg
(Encyclopedia) CoorgCoorgk&oobreve;rg [key], former state, 1,593 sq mi (4,126 sq km), Karnataka state, SW India. Mercara was the capital. Situated mainly in the hilly Western Ghats, the Coorg…Ganesa
(Encyclopedia) GanesaGanesagənāˈsə [key], b. 1507, d. after 1564, Indian astronomer. As a boy of 13 in a village N of Mumbai, Ganesa wrote a treatise on astronomy, the Grahalaghava, which has often…Al-Khowarizmi
(Encyclopedia) Al-KhowarizmiAl-Khowarizmiäl-khōwärēzˈmē [key], fl. 820, Arab mathematician of the court of Mamun in Baghdad. His treatises on Hindu arithmetic and on algebra made him famous. He is…Badrinath
(Encyclopedia) BadrinathBadrinathbŭdˈrĭnät [key], peak, 23,210 ft (7,074 m) high, in the central axis of the Himalayas, Uttarakhand state, N India. The peak has several glaciers. At a height of c.10,…April Fool's Day
(Encyclopedia) April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day, holiday of uncertain origin, known for practical joking and celebrated on the first of April. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in…Paropamisus
(Encyclopedia) ParopamisusParopamisuspârˌəpămˈĭsəs, –pəmīˈsəs [key], mountain range, NW Afghanistan, stretching c.300 mi (480 km) W from the Hindu Kush toward the Elburz Mts. in Iran; rises to c.11,…Modi, Narendra Damodardas
(Encyclopedia) Modi, Narendra DamodardasModi, Narendra Damodardasnärĕnˈdrä dämōdärdäsˈ mōdē [key], 1950–, Indian politician. A member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing, paramilitary…Trending
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