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6 unusual facts about Kota


Chambal Garden

The Chambal Garden is located in southeastern Rajasthan, India on the banks of the Chambal River in the town of Kota (once part of the Rajput kingdom).

DD Rajasthan

On 1 August 1975, the first television broadcast was viewed by the people of Rajasthan under the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment targeting the districts of Kota, Sawai Madhopur and Jaipur.

Helen Duhamel

In 1955, Duhamel oversaw the creation of KOTA-TV, only the second television station in South Dakota at the time.

No. 673 Squadron RAF

It continued to train, as part of No. 344 Wing RAF, until the surrender of Japan, when it became surplus to requirements; the squadron was disbanded on 25 October 1945 at Kargi Road.

Sikar

Those student who follow coaching institutes has stopped migrating to other major cities like Kota and Jaipur.

Yateesh M. Acharya

Yateesh, the son of renowned poet Shri B. M. ‘Madhur’, grew up in Kota (Rajasthan) and has a Masters in Computer Application.


A. Samad Said

A native of the Malaccan Kampung village of Belimbing Dalam, near the town of Durian Tunggal, young Abdul Samad completed his primary education during the World War II years of 1940–46 at Singapore's Sekolah Melayu Kota Raja (Kota Raja Malay School).

Anthea Phillipps

She lives in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, and is married to Anthony Lamb (with two children, Serena and Alexander Lamb).

Bharat Oman Refinery Limited

The products of the refinery are then transported through the 257- km Bina-Kota pipeline where it joins the Mumbai-Manmad-Bijwasan pipeline to reach the markets of North India.

Fort St. Anthony of Simbor

The Fort St. Anthony of Simbor, Forte de Santo António de Simbor in Portuguese, also referred as Fort of the Sea or Fort of Pani-Kota, is located on a small island in the bay of Simbor, about 25 km east of Diu in India.

Fortis Healthcare

Fortis Healthcare Limited is an established chain of super speciality hospitals based in Delhi, also available in Amritsar, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Mohali, Jaipur, Chennai, Kota, Bengaluru, Gurgaon.

Free Papua Movement

In July 1998 the OPM raised their independence flag at the Kota Biak water tower on the island of Biak.

German auxiliary cruiser Komet

Cooperating with the Orion, she sank two more British ships in August 1941 and captured the Dutch 7,300 ton freighter Kota Nopan which was sent as a prize to Bordeaux.

Guna, India

Towns Shivpuri and Kota are located in north and the cities Vidisha, Bhopal, and Rajgarh lie to the South.the eastern boundary of district define by Sindh river.

Hadoti

The Hadoti region consists of several districts of Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar and Kota.

With their wetlands, thick forests and water bodies, the four districts of Hadoti, Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar have now come to be recognized as a paradise for migratory birds among foreign as well as domestic tourists.

Johor Sultanate

The administrative centre of the empire was at various times at Sayong Pinang, Kota Kara, Seluyut, Johor Lama, Batu Sawar and Kota Tinggi; all on mainland Johor and later at Riau and Lingga.

K. Parthiban

He attended the Seri Kota Teachers' Training College in Kuala Lumpur before enrolling in the University of Malaya, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree and later a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Education Management.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Kota Airport

Originally serviced by Indian Airlines Dakota aircraft and later by Vayudoot and Jagson Airlines, shutdown of major industries and Kota becoming a major railway junction led to demand for air travel decreasing, prompting the airlines to stop their services.

Maharaja Shalendra

James Tod found an inscription in 1820 AD at Kanswa or Kansua, an ancient village of archaeological importance in Kota district in Rajasthan, India, which reveals the rule of Shalendra in Kota region in the 5th century AD.

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu or MRSM Kota Bharu is one of the pioneer junior science colleges set up by Majlis Amanah Rakyat or MARA in Malaysia.

MASwings

He also said that if the flights were successful, they will also introduce routes from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau and Tarakan and from Kuching to Mulu and Bandar Seri Begawan.

Pakalapati

It is believed that after the decline of Kota Vamsa in mid 12th century AD (1268 AD) the Kotas dispersed and named themselves after the villages of their origin such as Pakalapati, Dantuluri,Gunturi, Jampana, Datla, Nallaparaju, Chintalapati, etc.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia

On 1 April 2008, accompanied by Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD) and Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), PSM's Nasir Hashim led the delegation in talks with Selangor's newly appointed State Exco for Environmental Affairs, Elizabeth Wong to gazette the Kota Damansara forest.

Pengkalan Chepa

They are the Kota Bharu Teachers' College, Darulnaim College of Technology (KTD), Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu, and Sekolah Menengah Sains Kelantan (now named Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, after Kelantan's regent).

Raghuveer

Raghuveer Singh Koshal, Indian Member of Parliament from Kota constituency of Rajasthan

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer

Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur comprised twenty four districts, namely Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bikaner, Bundi, Churu, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Tonk in the state of Rajasthan.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra

Established in 1973 under the Second Malaysia Plan to obey with Malaysian New Economic Policy,the school is located about 9 km northeast of the state capital Kota Bharu and about 1.5 km southeast of the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport.

Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium

The stadium also situated near to government offices such as Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, Kelantan Police Headquarters and the Kota Bharu Municipal council.

Tunku Abdul Malik

Tunku Abdul Malik married Tengku Raudzah Sultan Hisamuddin (born 29 September 1929), the daughter of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor, on 16 July 1956 at Istana Bukit Kota, Alor Setar.


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