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This is a selection of articles on [[Bharatpedia]] that appeared on the [[Portal:India|India Portal]]'s Did you know section. (Archives are in sets of approximately 50 items each)<br/><br/>

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==Did you know...==
#...that the '''[[Chelembra Bank Robbery]]''', one of the biggest bank robberies in [[Kerala]], was quickly solved by the [[Kerala Police]] and the stolen goods recovered?
#...that the '''[[Brindavan Gardens]]''' (''pictured'') in [[Karnataka]] is a [[Mughal gardens|Mughal style]] [[garden]] having a design similar to that of [[Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar|Shalimar Gardens]] in [[Kashmir]]?
#...that the '''[[Maratha Ditch]]''' was excavated around [[Calcutta]], [[India]], as a protection against attacks by [[Marathas]], who, however, never attacked?
#...that the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu film]] '''''[[Anasuya (2007 film)|Anasuya]]''''' was said to be inspired by the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] movie ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''?
#...that under the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], '''[[Kannada literature in Vijayanagara empire|Kannada literature]]''' made major progress due to the development of its native [[Meter (poetry)|metres]]?
#...that the author '''[[Amulya Malladi]]''', an [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|expatriate Indian]], said that when she first moved to [[Denmark]] that "[[Danish language|Danish]] sounded to me like the buzzing of bees"?
#...that since 1967 the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in India has been ruled by '''[[Dravidian parties]]'''?
#...that [[Sariputra]], one of the two chief disciples of [[Gautama Buddha]], is frequently featured in the '''[[Sariputra in the Jatakas|Jatakas]]''' alongside [[Mahamoggallana]] and the Buddha in their [[past lives]]?
#...that [[Portugal in the Age of Discovery|Portuguese explorer]] [[Vasco da Gama]] was buried in '''[[St. Francis Church, Cochin|St. Francis Church]]''' in [[India]]?
#...that Indian activist '''[[Kinkri Devi]]''' waged a war on illegal mining and quarrying in her native state of [[Himachal Pradesh]] despite her illiteracy?
#...that '''[[Tourist attractions in Kochi|Kochi]]''' in [[Kerala]], [[India]] is where [[Chinese fishing nets]] are mostly used outside of [[People's Republic of China|China]]?
#...that [[Morarji Desai]] is [[India]]'s only [[Finance Minister of India|Finance Minister]] to have tabled the '''[[Union budget of India|Union budget]]''' twice on his birthday?
#...that the [[railcar]] that ran on the '''[[Shimoga-Talaguppa railway]]''' in [[India]] had to be reversed on a [[turntable]], so that it could start its return journey?
#...that the [[United Breweries]]' chairman [[Vijay Mallya]], named his '''[[Bangalore Royal Challengers]]''', an [[Indian Premier League]] [[cricket]] team, after his liquor brand?
#...that '''[[Bhushan Steel]]''', the largest manufacturer of auto-grade [[steel]] in [[India]], is expanding its capacity to 12 million [[tonne]]s annually?
#...that [[Mysore Palace]] ''([[:Image:Mysorepalace.jpg|pictured]])'', a '''[[Tourist attractions in Mysore|tourist attraction in the city of Mysore]]''', is one of the most visited monuments in [[India]], even more than the [[Taj Mahal]]?
#...that in the forthcoming [[Bollywood]] film '''''[[Krazzy 4]]''''', actor [[Hrithik Roshan]] performed an "[[item number]]" for the first time?
#...that in the 250-year old [[Durga Puja]] of '''[[Shobhabazar]]''' palace, [[Durga|the goddess]] ([[:Image:S344 durga-idol-golden.png|statue pictured]]) was offered homemade sweets because non-[[Brahmin]] patrons were not allowed to offer [[rice]] in any form?
#...that multiple-award winning [[Indian film]] '''''[[Vanaja (2006 film)|Vanaja]]''''', which could not be screened in [[India]] because it found no takers, was the [[Master of Fine Arts]] [[thesis]] of its director, '''[[Rajnesh Domalpalli]]'''?
#...that the [[Jnanpith Award]] for modern [[Indian literature|literature in India]] has been awarded to '''[[modern Kannada literature|Kannada literatures]]''' more than those of any other [[Languages of India|Indian language]]?
#...that '''[[Tibbia College]]''', with 84 [[patent]]s in [[herbal medicine]], is the only medical institution in [[India]] to offer [[medical education|education]] and training in two ancient systems of medicine, [[Ayurveda]] and [[Unaani]]?
#...that due to '''[[Tourist attractions in Bangalore|its numerous attractions]]''' such as [[Lal Bagh]] ''([[:Image:Lalbagh.jpg|pictured]])'', [[Bangalore]], the capital of the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]], is known as the "Garden City of [[India]]"?
#...that '''[[S. Arulappa|Most Rev. S. Arulappa]]''', Archbishop of [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], was the youngest to be [[consecrated]] as a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Archbishop]] in [[India]]?
#...that forthcoming [[Tamil film]] '''''[[Aegan]]''''', starring [[Ajith Kumar]], marks the directorial debut of [[choreographer]] [[Raju Sundaram]]?
#...that the film crew of the forthcoming [[Tamil film]], '''''[[Kanthaswamy]]''''' adopted two villages near [[Madurai]] to give film profits to?
#...that '''[[Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary]]''' in [[Kerala]], [[India]], receives [[migratory birds]] from far away [[Siberia]]?
#...that '''[[Burrabazar]]''', in [[Kolkata]], expanded from a [[yarn]] and [[textile]] market into a large [[wholesale]] market?
#...that when '''[[Shiv Chowrasia]]''', a former [[caddie]], won the 2008 [[Indian Masters]] [[golf tournament]], he became the third [[India]]n to win a [[European Tour]] event?
#...that '''[[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]''', a [[NGO]] in [[India]], was the main reason for [[World Bank]] to conduct its first-ever independent review of any of its projects?
#...that every year 70,000 to 80,000 [[migratory bird]]s visit '''[[Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary]]''', an artificially created forest in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]?
#...that with the [[2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal]], 16,000 birds were destroyed in '''[[Itahar]]''', but health workers retreated from villages that refused to kill their birds?
#...that '''[[Khwaja Ahsanullah]]''' and his son [[Khwaja Salimullah]] clashed over the latter's [[Islamic fundamentalism]]?
#...that tradition has it that [[Warren Hastings]] hunted with elephants in the jungle in '''[[Chowringhee]]''', now a business district in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]?
#...that as [[Herald|Chief Herald]] of [[British Raj|India]], '''[[Osmond Barnes]]''' (''[[:Image:Osmond Barnes - Chief Herald of Delhi Assemblage.jpg|pictured]]'') proclaimed [[Queen Victoria]] Empress of India at [[Delhi]] in 1877?
#...that the '''[[Mattancherry Palace]]''', popular as Dutch Palace, in [[Kochi, India|Kochi]], [[India]], was built by the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] and renovated by the [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch]]?
#...that '''[[Abbas Tyabji]]''' (''[[:Image:Gandhi_Abbas_Tyabji.jpg|pictured with Mahatma Gandhi]]''), respectfully called the "Grand Old Man of Gujarat", was chosen at age seventy-six by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to take over leadership of the [[Salt Satyagraha]] upon Gandhi's arrest in May, 1930?
#...that the [[Punjab region|Punjab]]i magnate '''[[Malik Umar Hayat Khan|Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan]]''' (''[[:Image:Malik Umar Hayat Khan c. 1901.jpg|pictured]]'') was an honorary [[aide-de-camp]] to Kings [[George V]], [[Edward VIII]], and [[George VI]]?
#...that '''[[Deepak Chougule]]''', a [[cricketer]] from the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]], created a junior world record for maximum runs scored in a single day of a [[cricket]] match when he scored 400 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] in a day?
#...that '''[[Entally]]''' was home to the poor and the depressed, and a neighborhood where [[Mother Teresa]] started her active life in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]?
#...that there is a plan to shift [[Kolkata]]'s traditional wholesale market in '''[[Posta, Burrabazar|Posta]]''' ''([[:Image:Kolkata Posra2.jpg|pictured]])'', to the newly developed [[Rajarhat|New Town]]?
#...that the more than two centuries old Gun and Shell Factory at '''[[Cossipore]]''', a neighbourhood in north [[Kolkata]], is the oldest surviving factory in the [[Indian subcontinent]]?
#...that '''[[dhaki]]s''' ''([[:Image:BD Dhaki.JPG|pictured]])'', traditional [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[drummers]], kill more than 40,000 [[egrets]], [[pheasants]], [[herons]] and open bill [[storks]] every year to decorate their instruments with feathers?
#...that Indian company '''[[Reliance Power]]''' attracted US$27.5 billion of bids on the first day of its [[initial public offering]] (IPO), equivalent to 10.5 times the [[stock]] on offer, thereby creating [[India]]'s IPO record?
#...there is a belief that a dip in the waters of Papanasam Beach (''[[:Image:Varkala beach.JPG|pictured]]''), one of the '''[[beaches in Kerala]]''', washes away sins?
#...that '''[[Abani Mukherji]]''', co-founder of the [[Communist Party of India]], died in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] captivity in the 1930s?
#...that the hull of the '''[[Kettuvallam|kettuvallams]]''', [[Kerala]] houseboats, (''[[:Image:Kerala Houseboat.jpg|pictured]]'') are built of wooden boards tied together by [[coir]] rope?
#...that in parts of the '''[[Kerala Backwaters]]''' the [[paddy field]]s are at a lower level than the water in canals, held back by [[Dike (construction)|dikes]]?
#...that the '''[[Workers and Peasants Party (India)|Workers and Peasants Party]]''' leader K.N. Joglekar successfully moved a resolution that the [[Indian National Congress]] should demand full independence for [[India]]?
#...that the '''[[Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan]]''' organised [[India]]'s first [[May Day]] celebrations in 1923?
#...that Professor '''[[Lalit Goel]]''' of [[Nanyang Technological University]] became an [[internet celebrity]] after footage of his lectures were uploaded to [[YouTube]]?

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