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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 one of the largest [[rainwater harvesting]] projects in the world is being implemented in the rural areas of the state of '''[[Rainfall in Karnataka|Karnataka]]''', [[India]]?
#...that '''[[Extent of medieval Kannada literature|Kannada]]''' is the only language in which a [[Jain]] version of the epics [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]] exists?
#...that '''[[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere Boys' College]]''' in [[Lucknow]], [[India]] is the only school in the world to be awarded a [[battle honour]]?
#...that the [[Bangalore]] based '''[[SELCO (India)|SELCO]]''' company, which promotes [[solar electricity|solar power]] in rural [[India]], has twice won an [[Ashden Awards|Ashden Award]]?
#...that '''[[Indian whisky]]''' is actually a [[distilled beverage|distilled spirit]] made mostly from [[molasses]]?
#...that the world's first [[birth control]] clinic was set up in 1930 in the [[Mandya district]] of the state of '''[[Demography of Karnataka|Karnataka]]''', [[India]]?
#...that the [[India]]n state of '''[[Economy of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]''' has started a project for the location of suitable sites for [[Jatropha incentives in India|Jatropha plantations]]?
#...that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician '''[[Piara Singh Khabra]]''' was the fifth [[British Asian|Asian]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]], and was the oldest MP sitting in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] and the only sitting MP to have served in the armed forces during the [[Second World War]] at the time of his death?
#...that the '''[[Kodava Hockey Festival]]''' held annually in the [[Kodagu]] district of the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]] is one of the largest [[field hockey]] tournaments in the world?
#...that '''[[O. Rajagopal]]''' represented [[Madhya Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], despite living in [[Kerala]]?
#...that '''[[Gubbi Veeranna]]''''s [[theatre]] company was the first one in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]] to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage?
#...that the state of [[Karnataka]], particularly the region belonging to the coastal districts of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi district|Udupi]], is known as the '''''[[Banking in Karnataka|cradle of banking]]''''' in [[India]]?
#...that '''[[Bidhannagar College]]''' had to move out of its old premises because of student overpopulation?
#...that '''[[Roman trade with India]]''' was so large as to drain gold resources from [[Rome]] and involved the despatch of 120 ships every year?
#...that the '''[[Lakshminarayana Temple (Hosaholalu)|Lakshminarayana Temple]]''' in Hosaholalu, [[Karnataka]] state, [[India]] is mounted on a platform (''[[Jagati (temple)|jagati]]''), a style unique to [[Hoysala architecture]]?
#...that '''[[Shivappa Nayaka]]''', a king in 17th century [[Karnataka]], [[India]], introduced a unique and variable tax system called ''Sist''?
#...that in 1985, [[Texas Instruments]] '''[[Software industry in Karnataka|became the first multinational]]''' to set up base in [[Bangalore]]?
#...that Vishvakannada.com was the first [[Internet]] [[magazine]] in '''[[Kannada in computing|Kannada]]''' and also the first [[website]] in an [[Languages of India|Indian language]] to use [[dynamic fonts]]?
#...that '''[[Ghum, West Bengal|Ghum]]''' is the highest railway station in [[India]] at 2,225 m (7,407 ft)?
#...that '''[[Vijaya Dasa]]''', an 18th century [[Hindu]] saint from the [[Karnataka]] [[Haridasa]] tradition, composed about 25,000 devotional songs in the [[Kannada language]]?
#..that '''[[Narayana Hrudayalaya]]''', located in [[Bangalore]], [[India]] and one of the largest [[pediatric]] [[heart]] [[hospital]]s in the world, offers a [[telemedicine]] service for free?
#...that the first private [[radio station]] in [[India]] was ''Akashvani'' which was set up in 1935 in [[Mysore]], '''[[Media in Karnataka|Karnataka]]'''?
#...that '''[[Religion in Western Ganga kingdom|religion]]''' in the [[Western Ganga Dynasty]] included influences from [[Jainism]] and the [[Hindu]] [[sect]]s [[Shaivism]], Vedic [[Brahminism]] and [[Vaishnavism]]?
#...that '''[[B. V. Karanth]]''' trained alongside [[Rajkumar (actor)|Dr. Rajkumar]] under [[Gubbi Veeranna]], one of the pioneers of [[Kannada]] theater?
#...that in a few of the [[international cricket]] matches played by [[India]] in the 1990s, more than half of the players in the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] belonged to the state of '''[[Sports in Karnataka|Karnataka]]'''?
#...that '''[[Government Sanskrit College]]''' was the first college of the ancient city of [[Varanasi|Benares]], established in 1791?
#...that '''[[Ujjayanta Palace]]''' was rebuilt in downtown [[Agartala]], [[India]] after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1897?
#...that the modern '''[[history of aviation in Bangladesh]]''' began by meeting the needs of the [[Royal Indian Air Force]] for its [[World War II]] [[Burma]] campaign?
#...that '''[[Handigodu Syndrome]]''' is an [[Osteoarthritis|osteoarthritic]] disorder [[endemic]] to the [[Malnad]] region in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]?
#...that '''[[Trivikrama Mahadeva]]''' has organized the [[funeral]]s of over 42,000 people?
#...that '''[[Vagish Shastri]]''', [[Sanskrit grammarian]], [[Linguistics|linguist]] and [[yogi]] taught the pop singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] Sanskrit pronunciation?
#...that '''[[Gour Govinda Ray]]''', [[Brahmo Samaj]] missionary and scholar specialising in [[Hinduism]], attempted to compare [[Krishna]] with [[Jesus|Christ]]?
#...that the [[India]]n mobster turned [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician '''[[Pappu Kalani]]''' won two elections while in jail (1992-2001) for murdering gangsters related to don-turned-[[Shiv Sena]] politician [[Gopal Rajwani]]?
#...that '''[[Saalumarada Thimmakka]]''' was awarded the National Citizen's award for planting and nurturing 284 [[banyan]] trees along an [[India]]n [[highway]]?
#...that the '''[[St. Philomena's Church, Mysore|St. Philomena's Church]]''' (''pictured'') in the city of [[Mysore]] in [[India]] was built in [[Neo Gothic]] style drawing inspiration from the [[Cologne Cathedral]] in [[Germany]]?
#...that [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] took over '''[[Bharatpur, India]]''', and established it as the capital of [[Mewat]] state?
#...that ''Batasio sharavatiensis'', a [[species]] of [[bagrid catfish]] discovered near [[Jog Falls]] in [[India]], is named after the '''[[Sharavathi River|Sharavathi river]]''' in which it was found?
#...that '''[[Western Ganga literature]]''' included [[Kannada]] [[poetry]] and prose written by [[Royal family|royalty]], on topics ranging from [[religion]] to [[elephant]] management?
#...that [[Job Charnock]] landed at '''[[Sutanuti]]''' on [[24 August]], 1690 with the objective of establishing the settlement, which is now [[Calcutta]]?
#...that [[Romulus Whitaker]] won the [[Whitley Awards|Whitley Award]] for establishing a [[rainforest]] [[research station]] at '''[[Agumbe]]''' in [[India]] to conserve [[King Cobras]]?
#...that a 1973 book on [[Prem Rawat]], '''''[[Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?]]''''', featured an introduction by [[United States|American]] anti-[[Vietnam War]] activist [[Rennie Davis]]?
#...that the biggest walk-through [[aviary]] in [[India]] is located on the shore of the '''[[Karanji lake|Karanji Lake]]''' in [[Mysore]]?
#...that in the [[India]]n '''[[Gaarudi Gombe]]''' [[ceremonial dance]], dancers are required to wear full-body doll-suits made of [[bamboo]] sticks?
#...that a tiger-haunted jungle was cleared to make way for the wide grassy stretch of the '''[[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]]''' park of [[Kolkata]]?
#...that the 2800 verses of the '''[[Mohanatarangini]]''' make it the longest work by [[Kanaka Dasa]], a 16th century [[Haridasa |saint]] and one of the foremost names in [[Kannada]] literature?
#...that with the publication of ''Deepnirban'' in 1876, '''[[Swarnakumari Devi]]''' became the first woman novelist amongst the [[Bengali people]]?
#...that '''[[Monomohun Ghose]]''' became the first Indian practicing [[barrister]] in 1867?
#...that '''[[Flora and fauna of Karnataka|flora and fauna]]''' of the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]] include a [[Dilobocondyla bangalorica|species of ant]] newly discovered on the [[campus]] of the [[Indian Institute of Science]]?
#...that the '''[[Oriental Seminary]]''', established in 1829, was the earliest privately run modern school in [[Kolkata]]?
#...that '''[[Dwarkin]]''' developed the hand-held [[Pump organ|harmonium]], a western instrument, to make it suitable for use with [[India]]n music?

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