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Garo language

Garo, known by the people's own name for themselves, A·chik) is the language of the majority of the people of the Garo Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

Heer clan

Majha is a historical region of the Punjab comprising the modern districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran in the Indian State of Punjab and the districts of Lahore and Kasur in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary School is a high school located in the city of Deoria, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Paras Hospitals

Paras Hospital is located at C block, Sushant Lok Phase I, Gurgaon in the Indian state of Haryana.

Petters Limited

While rural contraptions in work used for casual heavy transport in Indian Punjab are known as "Peter Rehras" after the brand of engine that gained popularity there in days gone by.

Sri Ganganagar district

It is surrounded on the east by Hanumangarh District, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on July 12, 1994) on the south by Bikaner District, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of the Pakistani Punjab and on the north by the Punjab.

St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore

Mary's Basilica is a basilica located in the Archdiocese of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Vishuva Sankranti

Maha Vishuva Sankranti is similar to the New Year festivals observed elsewhere in India such as Baisakhi (Punjab), Bihu (Assam), Juir Sheetal (Mithila), Naba Barsha (Bengal), Bisu Parba (Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka), Vishu (Kerala), and Puthandu (Tamil Nadu).


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ABTA

All Bengal Teachers Association, a teacher's movement in the Indian state of West Bengal

Aizawl F.C.

Aizawl FC was founded in 1984 in Aizawl, the capital of the Indian state of Mizoram and have sinced participated in various amateur tournaments.

Amina Shah

Her paternal grandfather, Sayyid Amjad Ali Shah, was the nawab of Sardhana, in the North-Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

António de Andrade

In 1624 he left Agra, headed to Delhi where he and the Jesuit brother Manuel Marques joined a group of Hindu pilgrims bound for the temple of Badrinath located in the Northern part of the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Bangru

Haryanvi language or Bangru, a dialect of Hindi most widely spoken in the North Indian state of Haryana

Barauna

Barauna Kalan, a town in Auraiya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Bardu Ali

Ella was a New Orleans native, and Ali was an immigrant from Hooghly, in the Indian state of Bengal.

Basanti

Basanti, South 24 Parganas, a town in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal

Bhagwan Ramji

He was born in Gundi village in Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar on 12 September, 1937 and died on 29 November, 1992.

Camling language

The Chamling language is used by small communities in the Sagarmatha Zone, Khotang District, Bhojpur District and scattered areas in Udayapur District and a few more districts of eastern Nepal, the southeastern neighbour Indian state of Sikkim, the hill city of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal and the kingdom of Bhutan.

Cora DuBois

She conducted research between 1961 and 1967 on the temple city of Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa, where a number of graduate students in Anthropology and Social Relations conducted fieldwork.

Coup d'état of Yanaon

On 13 April 1954, Dadala arrived in Yanam and proceeded to neighbouring Kakinada (a town in the adjacent Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) the next day.

Cristina Wistari Formaggia

1970s - She studied Kathakali, a South Indian dance drama, for two years in the southern Indian state of Kerala; she worked with one of the established masters of this art form, Guru Gopinath.

Dusi

Dusi, Tamil Nadu, a village in Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Green Legislative Assembly

Green Legislative Assembly, a 200-feet high dome, is an initiative by the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.

Islamnagar

Islamnagar, Badaun, nagar panchayat in Badaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Kamalpur

Kamalpur, Kamrup, a town in Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam

Kashipur

Cossipore (also spelt Cossipur, Kashipur) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal

Kashipur, Uttarakhand is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand

Chak Kashipur is a census town under Nadakhali police station of Alipore sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal

Kasipalayam

Kasipalayam-Gobi, a town in the Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

KMK

Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Kolkata Metro Line 2

Line 2, also known as East-West corridor of the Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system under construction which will serve Kolkata, Salt Lake and Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal underneath the Hooghly River.

Kothu Parotta

Kothu Parotta (literally, minced parotta) is a delicacy popular in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Kursath

Kursath, Unnao, town in Unnao district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Kursath, Hardoi, town in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Lakhimpur

Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, a city and a municipal board in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Luangmual F.C.

Luangmual FC was founded in 1955 in Aizawl, the capital of the Indian state of Mizoram and have sense participated various amateur and state tournaments.

Malavli

Malavli (Marathi: मळवली) is a burgeoning town and a hill station in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Meenmutty Falls

Meenmutty Falls, Thiruvananthapuram, a waterfall in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala

Meenmutty Falls, Wayanad, a waterfall in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala

Minicoy

Until the 16th Century, the Laccadives appear to have been under the suzerainty of the Kolthari Raja of Chirakkal in what is now the Indian state of Kerala.

Naga Hills District

Naga Hills District, British India, that was later merged with Tuensang to form the Indian state of Nagaland

Narayan Medical College and Hospital

The Narayan Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) is a medical college in Indian State of Bihar and in the town of Dehri On Sone at Rohtas district, the nearest Post office is Jamuhar.

Nishi Vasudeva

She is a director in charge of marketing at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), an Indian state-owned oil & gas corporation and India's fourth largest company by revenue.

Paharpur

Paharpur, India, a census town Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar

Palayam

Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala

Palayam, Kanyakumari, a village situated under Neyyoor town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Panchanan Mohanty

Born and brought up in a village in the Indian state of Orissa, Mohanty studied both literature (at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India), and linguistics at the University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Pankanergaon

Pankanergaon is a village in the Sengaon tehsil of Hingoli district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Peravai

Congress Jananayaka Peravai (Congress Democratic Front), political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Phallus rubicundus

In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, where it is known locally asjhiri pihiri, it is used by two primitive forest tribes, the Bharia and the Baiga, as a treatment against typhoid, and also by the Baiga to treat labour pain.

Prabhash Joshi

He was a popular television commentator and mainly invited for his views and comments on national politics during the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) or Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly of an Indian state) elections.

Ramchandra Das Paramhans

He was born as Chandreshwar Tiwari into a prosperous Brahmin family in the Indian state of Bihar.

Rameswaram TV Tower

The Rameswaram TV Tower is situated in the town of Rameswaram, which is a third grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district, an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Sangat

Sangat, India, a city in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab

Sohan Hayreh

Professor Hayreh was born in the small village of Littran in the Indian state of Punjab.

Sword dance

the Choliya sword dance of the Kumaon region of the hills of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which started partly due to their long martial tradition and also to give protection to marriage processions.

TrueRoots

TrueRoots' most recent documentary production, 'Songs from the Little Road', focuses on the folk art and culture of the Indian state of West Bengal.

Wani

Wani, Maharashtra, a city and a municipal council in Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra