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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...==

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#... that the '''[[Kalasha|Purna-Kalasha]]''' ''([[:Image:Kalasha.jpg|pictured]])'', worshipped by [[Hindu]]s as the [[Devi|Divine Mother]], symbolizes mother [[Earth]] with her water, minerals and vegetation?
#...that [[Nepal|Nepali]] [[nationalist]]s seek a '''[[Greater Nepal]]''' that extends the present boundaries of Nepal into the [[India]]n states of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]] and [[Sikkim]]?
#...that '''[[Palwankar Vithal]]''' became the first [[Dalit]] [[cricketer]] to captain the [[Hindu]]s team in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] cricket competition, a milestone in the [[Hinduism|Hindu society]]'s struggle against [[Caste system in India|caste discrimination]]?
#...that the former [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Indian Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Lal Krishna Advani|LK Advani]] famously promoted an '''[[Indo-Pak Confederation|Indo-Pakistani confederation]]''', asserting that the [[partition of India|partition]] was mutually harmful?
#...that unlike other [[sampradaya]]s in [[Hinduism]], which insist that the clergy lead an [[ascetism|ascetic's life]], the clergy in most '''[[Rudra sampradaya]]''' sects are expected to marry and live a worldly life with their family?
#...that '''[[Sheesh Mahal (Lahore Fort)|Sheesh Mahal]]''' ''(Palace of Mirrors)'' in [[Lahore Fort]] was originally decorated with [[fresco]]es that were later replaced with [[pietra dura]] and [[wikt:convex|convex]] glass and mirror [[mosaic]]?
#...that [[Sports psychology|mental conditioning]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] '''[[Paddy Upton]]''' helped [[cricketers]] [[Gary Kirsten]] and [[Jacques Kallis]] overcome personal crises and helped [[Virender Sehwag]] stay focused as he scored 319 in the [[South African cricket team in India in 2007-08#1st_Test|2008 Chennai Test]]?
#...'''[[Kaash]]''', was the last Hindi film in which [[Kishore Kumar]] did [[Playback singer|playback singing]]?
#...that the inscription eulogising '''[[Kappe Arabhatta]]''', a 7th century [[Chalukya]] warrior, records the earliest example of [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[Meter (poetry)|poetry metre]] ''[[Tripadi]]''?
#...that '''[[Mahendralal Sarkar]]''', an [[Allopathic medicine|allopath]]-turned-[[Homeopathy|homeopathic physician]], was the founder of the [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]], the first national science association of India?
#...that before working as [[Biomechanics|biomechanist]] to the [[Indian national cricket team|Indian cricket team]], '''[[Ian Frazer (cricketer)|Ian Frazer]]''' helped [[Australia]]n [[cricketer]] [[Greg Chappell]] develop a patented [[cricket]] training program?
#...that although spoken by less than 18,686 people, the '''[[Kulung language (Nepal)|Kulung]]''' [[Kulung language (Nepal)|language]] has eight [[dialect]]s and covers the "[[Mahakulung]]" [[Ethnicity|ethno]]-[[natural language|linguistic]] area?
#...that '''[[Jamshedji Framji Madan]]''' was a pioneer of [[Indian cinema]], whose film production company [[Madan Theatre|Madan Theatres Limited]] once controlled half of [[British India]]'s box office?
#...that villagers in the drought-prone '''[[Ranibandh]]''' area in [[West Bengal]]’s [[Bankura district]] migrate to neighbouring districts in the harvesting season?
#...that a proposed '''[[Road links between India and Bangladesh|strategic road link]]''' through [[Bangladesh]] and its capital [[Dhaka]] will reduce the travel distance between the [[India]]n cities of [[Agartala]] and [[Kolkata]] from 1,700 km to 400 km?
#...that '''[[Moti Masjid (Lahore)]]''', built by [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]], was turned into a [[gemstone]] repository by [[Ranjit Singh]] during the [[Sikh Empire|Sikh rule]] of [[Punjab region|Punjab]]?
#...that the '''[[Delhi-Lahore Bus]]''', a symbol of [[India|Indo]]-[[Pakistan|Pakistani]] friendship, continued running during the 1999 [[Kargil War]]?
#...that the '''[[Maitreyi Express]]''' was launched on ''[[Pohela Baisakh]]'' in 2008 to revive the railway link between [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] that had been closed for 43 years?
#...that '''[[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar|A. V. Meiyappan]]''' produced [[India]]'s first [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] film, ''Harischandra'', in [[1944 in film|1944]]?
#...that '''[[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|migrants from India]]''' form over 40% of the total population of the [[United Arab Emirates]]?
#...that '''[[Camling language|Camling]]''' is an ancient and endangered [[Kiranti languages|Kiranti language]], with only about 10,000 people in eastern [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]] and [[India]]?
#...that '''[[Palwankar Shivram]]''', brother of the [[Dalit]] [[cricketers]] [[Palwankar Baloo|Baloo]] and [[Palwankar Vithal|Vithal]], was a [[spin bowler|spin bowling]] [[all-rounder]] who represented the [[India|All-India]] [[cricket]] team that toured [[England]] in 1911?
#...that '''[[Haraprasad Shastri]]''' discovered the ''[[Charyapada]]'', poems written in the earliest-known precursor to the [[Indo-Aryan languages]]?
#...that the '''[[Birhor people]]''' are a [[Tribe|tribal]] forest people, traditionally [[nomad|nomadic]], living primarily in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]?
#...that '''[[Nathaniel Higginson]]''', the first Mayor of [[Madras|Madras city]] and the second American-born [[Madras Presidency|President of Madras]], was the son of a [[Puritan]] [[minister (Christianity)|minister]], a leading investigator in the [[Salem witch trials]]?
#...that "Maphriyono" ([[Maphrian]]) meaning, "to make fruitful", or "one who gives fecundity" is another term for [[Catholicos of India (title)|'''Catholicos of India''']]?
#...that the fact that no one has been arrested in the murder of [[India]]n ex-parliamentarian '''[[Ehsan Jafri]]''' is seen as evidence of government complicity?
#...that [[Hindu]]s believe that god [[Vishnu]] falls asleep in [[Ksheersagar|the cosmic ocean of milk]] on [[Shesha|the cosmic serpent]], for a period of four months on the day of '''[[Shayani Ekadashi]]'''?
#...that '''[[Mahendranath Gupta]]''' ''([[:Image:Mahendranathgupta.jpg|pictured]])'' was closely associated with two notable figures in [[Hinduism]]—as a disciple of [[Sri Ramakrishna]] and as a teacher to [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]?
#...that traditional artisans in one village in the '''[[Bagmundi]]''' area of [[Purulia]] district in [[West Bengal]] make the masks used in [[Chhau]] dance?
#...that a [[Edicts of Ashoka|rock edict]] of [[Emperor Ashoka]] found at '''[[Maski]]''' in the [[States of India|Indian State]] of [[Karnataka]] in 1915, was the first one to refer him by the name ''Asoka''
#...that the discovery of [[Bronze Age sword|antennae sword]]s at '''[[Kallur archaeological site|Kallur]]''' in the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]], was the first instance of the [[Copper Hoard Culture|Copper Hoard culture]] being found in [[South India]]?
#...that '''[[Ho people]]''', in [[Jharkhand]], [[India]], have a [[literacy]] rate of 39.2%, lower than the state average which is amongst the lowest [[Literacy in India|literacy rates in India]]?
#...that [[Thomas the Apostle|St.Thomas]], the apostle of [[Jesus Christ]] established the '''[[Malankara Church|Church in India]]''' in [[AD 52]]?
#...that there are hints of political opposition to the land acquisition for the [[Special Economic Zone]] and industrial hub at '''[[Saltora]]''' in the "neglected" [[Bankura district]] in [[India]]?
#...that the '''[[Anekantavada|Anekāntavāda]]''' [[philosophy]] of [[Jainism]] encourages its adherents to consider the beliefs of their rivals and opposing parties?
#...that according to [[Hindu mythology]], the deity '''[[Revanta]]''' ''([[:Image:Revanta.jpg|pictured]])'' was born from the union of the sun-god [[Surya]] and his wife [[Saranya]] in the form of [[horse]] and mare?
#...that the discovery of [[horse]] bones at the [[archaeology|archaeological]] site of '''[[Hallur]]''' in [[south India]] refuted the theory that horses were introduced to this region as part of the [[Indo-Aryan migration]]?
#...that rock [[edict]]s of [[Ashoka the Great|Emperor Ashoka]], found at '''[[Brahmagiri archaeological site|Brahmagiri]]''' in the present-day [[Karnataka]] state of [[India]], indicated the southernmost extent of the [[Mauryan Empire]]?
#...that the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] [[feature film|film]] '''''[[Amma Cheppindi]]''''' was inspired by the [[science fiction]] story ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]''?
#...that '''[[Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet]]''' established the Madras Record Office, the oldest record office of the [[British East India Company]] and one of the oldest archival institutions in the world?
#...that '''[[Chamunda]]''' ([[:Image:Camunda5.JPG|pictured]], a fearsome aspect of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Devi|Divine Mother]], was worshipped by ritual [[human sacrifice|human]] and [[animal sacrifice]]s along with offerings of [[wine]]?
#...that '''[[Kashmir Singh]]''', an [[India]]n [[spy]], was released last week after 35 years of captivity in [[Pakistan]]?
#...that '''''[[Epigraphia Carnatica]]''''', compiled by [[Benjamin L. Rice]], contains a study of about 9000 inscriptions found in the [[Mysore State|Old Mysore]] region of [[India]]?
#...that '''[[Nalknad Palace]]''' in the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]] was the final [[Safety|refuge]] of [[Chikka Veerarajendra]], the last king of [[Kodagu]]?
#...that '''[[Swami Rama Tirtha]]''' was one of the first [[Hindu]] [[swami]]s to teach [[Vedanta]] in the West?
#...that the [[Kannada]] writer '''[[Kirtinath Kurtakoti]]''' died of [[cardiac arrest]] just hours after his wife's death?
#...that '''[[Banduan]]''' and '''[[Manbazar]]''' in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], are located in an area of violent political activities by [[Communist Party of India (Maoist) |Maoists]]?
#...that the '''[[Best Bakery case]]''' is a [[legal case]] involving the killing of 14 people in [[Vadodara]], [[India]], during the [[2002 Gujarat violence]]?
#...that '''[[hawkers in Kolkata]]''', numbering 275,000, occupy pavements and generate annual business worth around 2 billion dollars?

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