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Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess
(Encyclopedia) Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st MarquessCurzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquesskûrˈzən, kĕdˈəlstən [key], 1859–1925, British statesman. A member of…Ballari
(Encyclopedia) Ballari, formerly Bellary Bellary bəlärˈē [key], city, Karnataka state, SE…Rourkela
(Encyclopedia) RourkelaRourkelarôrkāˈlə [key], city (1991 pop. 398,864), Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India, at the confluence of the Koel and Lankh rivers. The city is built around a large iron…Baranagar
(Encyclopedia) Baranagar Baranagar bŭrˈənəgər [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. A suburb…Kharagpur
(Encyclopedia) KharagpurKharagpurkärägˈpər [key], city (1991 pop. 264,842), West Bengal state, E central India. It is a railway and industrial center and has an important school of science and…Grierson, Sir George Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Grierson, Sir George AbrahamGrierson, Sir George Abrahamgrĭrˈsən [key], 1851–1941, Irish philologist. Besides writing grammars of many modern Indian vernaculars, Grierson directed the…Haldia
(Encyclopedia) Haldia Haldia hălˈdēə, hôlˈ– [key], city, West Bengal, NE India. Haldia is being developed as a major…Penner
(Encyclopedia) PennerPennerpĕnˈər [key], river, 350 mi (563 km) long, rising in the Eastern Ghats, Karnataka state, S India, and flowing N into Andhra Pradesh state, then E to the Bay of Bengal, near…Akola
(Encyclopedia) Akola Akola əkōˈlə [key], city, Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Morna River. It is a district administrative center, a market town, and an…Hazaribagh
(Encyclopedia) Hazaribagh or Hazaribag Hazaribagh həzäˈrĭbägˌ [key], town, Jharkhand state…