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9 unusual facts about Bala


Bala, Gwynedd

Betsi Cadwaladr, who worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, and who gave her name to the Health Board, came from Bala.

Charles Hepworth Holland

Remaining to do postgraduate research, he began work on the Ordovician of the Bala area and then the Silurian of Ludlow.

Geraint Lloyd Owen

He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, Bala, and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, Cardiff.

Hervé Madore

He won a silver medal in the C-1 team event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bala.

Jürg Götz

He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bala.

Lake Muskoka

The Town of Bala, Ontario is located on the southwest shores of the lake, where the Moon River starts.

Marek Maslanka

He won a silver medal in the C-2 team event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bala.

Susanne Erbers

She won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bala.

Thierry Junquet

He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bala.


Abitha

At that time, director Bala roped her in for a leading role in Sethu alongside Vikram, which she signed after Keerthi Reddy and Rajshri had dropped out.

Bala Ghimire

Bala Ghimire is social worker and philanthropist who received a prestigious award from Barack Obama for his work in social issues in the United States.

Bala Gorge, Bolivia

The Bala Gorge (in Spanish 'Angosto del Bala' (or 'Estrecho del Bala')) in Bolivia is where the Beni River breaks through the Bala Mountain Range (in Spanish 'Serranía del Bala') about 12 kilometres south of Rurrenabaque.

Becharaji

It is among the three Shakti Pith's worshipped in Gujarat as Bala at Bahucharaji, as Ambika at Ambaji and as Kalika at Pavagadh.

Bekim Bala

Bala was part of the Albania U-19 squad for the qualifying stage of the 2009 European Championship, where he made his debut against England at Ballymena Showgrounds in Northern Ireland on 8 October 2008 in a 3–0 loss for Albania, replacing Guido Tepshi at half time.

Bhai Bala

For example, the Sikh salutation 'Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh' is used in the Bala Janamsakhi, however this term only gained currency during the reign of Guru Gobind Singh.

Bhaskaracharya Tripathi

He has received many awards, including the Nirjhariṇī Award by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy for his work Mṛtkūṭam kāvyaśatam, the Paṃ jagannātha Award by the Delhi Sanskrit Academy, the Cārūdeva śāstrī award for his work Saṃskṛta jīvanam, Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy's Bhoj Award for Bāla rāmāyaṇam and the Vachaspati Award by the K. K. Birla Foundation for Sāketa saurabham.

C. V. Vishveshwara

"Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe: Essays in Honour of C.V.Vishveshwara,- Bala R. Iyer and Biplab Bhawal(eds)", (Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)) was published in his honor for one of his birthdays to which leading personalities in the field like Roger Penrose, Jacob Bekenstein, Abhay Ashtekar, Ashoke Sen etc., have contributed essays.

Caquihuara, Madidi, Bolivia

The Tuichi River flows west - east and joins the Beni River 7 km south west of the Bala Gorge, where the Beni River breaks through a mountain range about 12 kilometres south of Rurrenabaque.

Caradoc Series

These zones are identical with those found in the rocks of the same age in North Wales, the Bala series, and the terms Bala or Caradoc series are used indifferently by geologists when referring to the uppermost substage of the Ordovician System.

Carlos Balá

In the years before cable television, Balá had a weekly TV show every year, cementing his status at the top of children entertainment, on par with Piluso and Pepitito.

Celyn

Capel Celyn Halt railway station, on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales

Capel Celyn, rural community to the north west of Bala in north Wales

Chris Bala

Bala was drafted 58th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft from Harvard University and managed to play six regular season games for the Senators during the 2001–02 NHL season, scoring one assist.

Cinema of Africa

Côte d'Ivoire: Desiré Ecaré, Fadika Kramo Lancine, Roger Gnoan M'Bala, Jacques Trabi, Sidiki Bakaba, Henri Duparc, Akissi Delta, Marie-Louise Asseu

Côr Godre'r Aran

Côr Godre'r Aran (English: Choir from the foothills of the Aran mountain) is a famous Welsh Male-voice choir that hail from Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, North Wales.

David Charles Davies

He was born at Aberystwyth, his father being a merchant and a pioneer of Welsh Methodism, and his mother a niece of Thomas Charles of Bala.

Hulimavu cave Temple

The Cave Temple is administered by the Sri Sri Bala Gangadaraswami Mutt.

Iwan Bala

In 2012 Bala collaborated with poet, and fellow lecturer at Trinity Saint David's, Menna Elfyn for an exhibition called Field-notes.

Jibril Yakubu

Lt. Colonel (retired) Jibril Bala Yakubu was the first Administrator of Zamfara State after it was created from part of Sokoto State in October 1996, holding office until the return to democracy in May 1999 during the military regimes of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Kratha

Kratha was a member of the Apsara group of assassins, sent by Bala to assassinate the latest incarnation of the Devi avatar, Tara Mehta.

Lewis Edwards

Edwards made his home at Bala, and there, in 1837, with David Charles, his brother-in-law, he opened a school, which ultimately as Bala College, became the denominational college for north Wales.

Llangynog

It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between Llan Ffestiniog and Llanfyllin (though the B4391 road number 'disappears' between the western end of Llyn Celyn and Bala).

Miss Bala

Miss Bala is loosely based on a real incident, in which 2008’s Miss Sinaloa, Laura Zúñiga, was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled with munitions outside Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Mongol invasions of India

The Mongol commander Bala chased Jalal ad-Din throughout the Punjab region and attacked outlying towns like Bhera and Multan and had even sacked the outskirts of Lahore.

Naan Than Bala

He later clarified it was not him but R. Kannan, who directed the Prabhu Deva starrer Raasaiyya (1995), who was the director of Naan Than Bala.

Nagri Bala

The union council of Nagri Bala is situated in the south central part of Abbottabad District, and lies to the south east of Abbottabad city - the capital city of the district.

Nanette Medved

Some of the movies done by Medved when she was still active in show business were: Dito Sa Pitong Gatang, Isang Bala Ka Lang, Iukit Mo Sa Bala, Sa Diyos Lang Ako Susuko, Tumbasan Mo Ng Buhay, Kung May Gusot Walang Lusot, Huwag Mong Salingin Ang Sugat Ko, Hiram Na Mukha, Narito Ang Puso Ko, Sa Kabila ng Lahat, and she played as Darna under Viva Films, directed by Joel Lamangan.

Niagassola

The town is the home of the world's oldest balafon and an important object for the Maninka people, the 13th century Sosso-Bala, which has been labeled as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Nidi Sohana

The main villages are Nidi, Sohana, Rajdhani, Mithi Dara, Haripur, Bala Dara, Zerein Dara, Chanaga Gai and Bera Kothara.

San Miguel del Bala

Its nearest neighbour is the Madidi National Park, world famous as one of the places on earth with the widest biodiversity.San Miguel del Bala is south of Rurrenabaque on the west bank of the Beni River.

T S Narayanaswami College of Arts and Science

ICL has been running educational institutions like Bala Vidyalayas and Higher Secondary Schools at Sankarnagar, Sankagiri, Dalavoi, Chilamkur and Yerraguntla (A.P) and a Polytechnic at Sankarnagar, helping a nearly 7000 strong student community during the past four decades.

T. E. Ellis

T. E. Ellis was born ar Cefnddwysarn near Bala and attended Bala Grammar School, where his fellow pupils included Owen Morgan Edwards.

Trawsfynydd

Access from the Bala end being no longer possible, a new section of track – the so-called "Trawsfynydd Link" – was constructed to link the previously separate ex-GWR and ex-LNWR stations in Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Vinoth Kishan

Vinoth Kishan made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's Nandha (2001) portraying the younger version of Suriya's character before appearing in similar roles in Samasthanam (2002) and then Sena (2003).

Vishakha Singh

She has co-produced Peddlers, directed by Vasan Bala, along with Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap Films (AKFPL).

Yumnam Chanu

Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu (born 2 October 1986) is an Indian Woman Weightlifter.


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