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... that from November to April every year Jammu is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state, and that during the summer Srinagar is the capital?
... that as per an estimation almost 95% of India's flutes are manufactured in the city of Pilibhit only in the state of Uttar pradesh.
... that champion shooter Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games?
... that houses in the Indian village Shani Shingnapur do not have doors?
... that the Nariman House, which was home to a Chabad house, was a Mumbai landmark prior to falling victim to the November 2008 Mumbai attacks?
... that the police shooting of Rahul Raj, a BEST bus hijacker in Mumbai, India, sparked nationwide protests and discussions?
... that Vakkom Moulavi was the founder of the newspaper Swadeshabhimani which was banned by the Government of Travancore due to its criticisms against the government and the Diwan P. Rajagopalachari?
... that when Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly scored a century on test debut at Lord's in 1996, he became the third overall and first since John Hampshire in 1969 to do so?
... that in 1870, the Indian Reform Association aimed at putting into practice some of the ideas that the Brahmo leader Keshub Chunder Sen was exposed to during his visit to Britain?
... that the term Sindhology as a subject of knowledge about Sindh was first coined in 1964?
... that the Halegannada, literally Old Kannada, is an ancient form of the Kannada language?
... that Nagpur Improvement Trust, a local civic government body of Nagpur, India established in 1936, is not an elected body and continues to work alongside Nagpur Municipal Corporation?
... that Indian scholar Śāntarakṣita is believed to have been instrumental in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet? #.... sugar factory of kawardha which was stabilised in only eleven month.
... that during the Agra famine of 1837–38 in the North-Western Provinces of India, approximately 800,000 people died of starvation and an even larger number of livestock perished?
... that V.D. Savarkar wrote The Indian War of Independence, a nationalist history of the 1857 uprising, in response to British celebrations of the 50th anniversary of its suppression?

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-:{{*mp}} ... that sprinter [[Milkha Singh]] '''[[List of Arjuna Award recipients (2000–2009)|refused to accept]]''' the [[Arjuna Award]], one of India's top sporting honours, citing undeserving awardees?
+#... that from November to April every year '''[[Jammu (city)|Jammu]]''' is the capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], the northernmost [[India]]n state, and that during the summer [[Srinagar]] is the capital?
-:{{*mp}}... that after the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]], their manager '''[[PR Man Singh]]''' ensured that [[Wisden Cricket Monthly]] editor [[David Frith]] would "eat his words"?
+#... that as per an estimation almost 95% of India's flutes are manufactured in the city of '''[[Pilibhit]]''' only in the state of [[Uttar pradesh]].
-:{{*mp}}... that the social network '''[[Koo (social network)|Koo]]''' increased in popularity after the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest caused a standoff between Twitter and the government of India?
+#... that champion [[Shooting sports|shooter]] '''[[Abhinav Bindra]]''' is the [[List of firsts in India|first Indian]] to win an individual [[gold medal]] at any [[Olympic Games]]?
-:{{*mp}}... that in 1957, a '''[[United Kingdom–India bus routes|bus ride from Calcutta to London]]''' cost £65?
+#... that houses in the [[India]]n village '''[[Shani Shingnapur]]''' do not have doors?
-:{{*mp}}... that [[British Army]] officer '''[[Augustus FitzGeorge|Sir Augustus FitzGeorge]]''' served as equerry to his father, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, and accompanied Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, on his visit to India?
+#... that the '''[[Nariman House]]''', which was home to a [[Chabad house]], was a [[Mumbai]] landmark prior to falling victim to the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]]?
-:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Lac La Croix Indian Pony]]''' was recreated from a breeding population of four [[mare]]s by crossing them with a [[Spanish Mustang]]?
+#... that the '''[[Rahul Raj encounter|police shooting of Rahul Raj]]''', a [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] bus hijacker in [[Mumbai]], [[India]], sparked nationwide protests and discussions?
-:{{*mp}}... that radio station '''[[WWBC]]''' in Cocoa, Florida, was forced to remove its transmitter tower from the [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]] when the site was sold to condominium developers?
+#... that '''[[Vakkom Moulavi]]''' was the founder of the newspaper ''[[Swadeshabhimani (newspaper)|Swadeshabhimani]]'' which was banned by the Government of [[Travancore]]  due to its criticisms against the government and the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] [[Perungavur Rajagopalachari|P. Rajagopalachari]]?
-:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Indian Society for Cultural Co-operation and Friendship|Friends of the Soviet Union]]''' was founded in 1941 with poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]] as its patron?
+#... that when [[Indian national cricket team|Indian]] [[cricket|cricketer]] '''[[List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly|Sourav Ganguly scored]]''' a century on test debut at [[Lord's Cricket Ground|Lord's]] in 1996, he became the third overall and first since [[John Hampshire (cricketer, born 1941)|John Hampshire]] in 1969 to do so?
-:{{*mp}}... that five-time world chess champion [[Viswanathan Anand]] and India's first woman Everest climber [[Bachendri Pal]] '''[[List of Arjuna Award recipients (1980–1989)|received the Arjuna Award in the 1980s]]''', then India's highest sporting honour?
+#... that in 1870, the '''[[Indian Reform Association]]''' aimed at putting into practice some of the ideas that the [[Brahmo]] leader [[Keshub Chunder Sen]] was exposed to during his visit to [[United Kingdom|Britain]]?
-:{{*mp}}... that Colonel '''[[H. R. C. Pettigrew|Hugh Pettigrew]]''' observed that troops who thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan]] on India's North-West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?
+#... that the term '''[[Sindhology]]''' as a subject of knowledge about [[Sindh]] was first coined in 1964?
-:{{*mp}}... that Indian prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] sought plant species from Indian forest conservationist '''[[S. G. Neginhal]]''' to be planted at the memorial of his mother, former prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]]?
+#... that the '''[[Halegannada]]''', literally ''Old Kannada'', is an ancient form of the [[Kannada language]]?
-:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[northern plains gray langur]]''' monkey is killed in India for food and to prevent crop-raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus?
+#... that '''[[Nagpur Improvement Trust]]''', a local civic government body of [[Nagpur]], [[India]] established in 1936, is not an elected body and continues to work alongside [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]]?
+#... that [[India]]n scholar '''[[Śāntarakṣita]]''' is believed to have been instrumental in the introduction of [[Tibetan Buddhism|Buddhism to Tibet]]? #.... sugar factory of kawardha which was stabilised in only eleven month.
+#... that during the '''[[Agra famine of 1837–38]]''' in the [[North-Western Provinces]] of [[India]], approximately 800,000 people died of starvation and an even larger number of [[livestock]] perished?
+#... that [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|V.D. Savarkar]] wrote '''''[[The Indian War of Independence (book)|The Indian War of Independence]]''''', a [[Indian nationalism|nationalist]] history of the [[Indian rebellion of 1857|1857 uprising]], in response to [[British Empire|British]] celebrations of the 50th anniversary of its suppression?
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