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  • ... that Ahmad Shah Durrani conducted fifteen major military campaigns during his reign, comprising nine invasions of India, three in Khorasan, and three in Afghan Turkestan?
  • ... that one of the earliest iron bridges in India was assembled during the reign of Amjad Ali Shah?
  • ... that Arthur Newnham was born in India, played first-class cricket in England, and served as a military attaché in Moscow?
  • ... that the Gujarati play Mena Gurjari was staged at the official residence of India's president during the 1957 Republic Day celebrations?
  • ... that the Indian Communist Party distinguished itself from the Communist Party of India by using a yellow hammer and sickle on its flag?
  • ... that in the 2024 tournament, India became the first team to win the T20 World Cup without losing a game?
  • ... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India?
  • ... that Asha Sobhana is the first Indian player to take a five-wicket haul in the Women's Premier League?
  • ... that the museum Lawh Wa Qalam is dedicated to an Indian artist who fled the country fearing for his safety?
  • ... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967?
  • ... that the apricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedy kept its shape in India's hot weather?
  • ... that The Naulahka by Rudyard Kipling depicts the barriers Indian women faced in receiving health care, and the efforts of Western women to help them?
  • ... that a cyber attack on a FIFA insider, traced to the Indian cyber-espionage company Appin, was part of Qatar's campaign to protect its 2022 World Cup hosting rights?
  • ... that Indian member of parliament Hira Singh Chinaria died in his seat after delivering a speech?
  • ... that a grand-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II underwent 200 hours of training in India to become a yoga instructor?
  • ... that the first Indian-American mayor of Fremont, California, succeeded its first female and first Asian-American mayor?
  • ... that a viral video by an Indian influencer resulted in the sugar content of Bournvita being cut by almost 15 percent?
  • ... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?
  • ... that the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier League finished last in 2025?
  • ... that the 2026 Mumbai Indians, the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier League, won their opening game for the first time since 2012?
  • ... that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first Indian actress to be a juror at the Cannes Film Festival?
  • ... that Shaktikanta Das qualified with a degree in history, yet rose to lead India's central bank?
  • ... that because the Green Bay Packers were named after a canned meat company, PETA called on the team to change their name?
  • ... that Soumen Mitra helped restore a building which had housed one of India's first mental asylums?
  • ... that a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission in India was attacked by Hindu extremists protesting the arrest of a Hindu monk?
  • ... that in 2026 India became the first team to win two consecutive Men's T20 World Cup finals?
  • ... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
  • ... that the Dutch East India Company's participation in a Johor conflict triggered a siege of Dutch Malacca?
  • ... that the South Indian restaurant New Krishna Bhavan served 600 litres (160 US gal) of sambar every day?
  • ... that the Chinook Indian Nation became a federally recognized tribe in 2001, but had its status revoked the following year?
  • ... that Varsha Deshpande has carried out more than 50 sting operations against illegal sex-selective abortions in India?
  • ... that Indian communist revolutionary S. A. Rawoof was charged with conspiracy to murder two individuals with the same name?
  • ... that a parallel local government operated independently of British rule in Medinipur during the 1942 Quit India Movement?
  • ... that dal puri, a national dish in multiple countries, was introduced by Indian indentured labourers?
  • ... that Kailash Puri became Marks & Spencer's first advisor on Indian ready meals?
  • ... that in its 1962 election campaign, the Socialist Party of India demanded that twice-yearly inter-caste dining be made a mandatory criterion for government employment?
  • ... that Zohran Mamdani wore an eri silk tie from Indian fashion designer Kartik Kumra at his inauguration as mayor of New York City?
  • ... that Simeon Barclay's "sculpture of a chicken on its own little mini-mountain" references a traditional Indian game?
  • ... that Saraswati enthroned has been described as "a pinnacle of Indian art"?
  • ... that Indian anti-colonial activist and anti-fascist soldier Gopal Mukund Huddar engaged in palm reading with his fellow inmates while imprisoned in a Francoist concentration camp?
  • ... that the Rani of Jhansi has been described as "the greatest heroine of Indian history"?
  • ... that India's Central Reserve Police Force tested the Trichy assault rifle in mud, rain, and saltwater conditions for reliability and accuracy before ordering the rifle?
  • ... that a painting by the artist Bichitr shows an Indian emperor preferring a Sufi saint over the king of England and the Ottoman sultan?
  • ... that an Indian sugar-factory timekeeper founded a library with more than two million books?
  • ... that a 70-foot (21 m) statue of Lionel Messi was unveiled in India during his G.O.A.T. India Tour?
  • ... that in the span of five years, Elsie Chin was a nurse during the Battle of Hong Kong, served with the Chinese Red Cross, trained soldiers on first aid in India, and joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps?
  • ... that of the 146 Conestoga wagons employed by the Braddock Expedition in the French and Indian War, only one remained intact by the campaign's end?
  • ... that before becoming a commissioner of Indian affairs, William P. Dole was only known to have encountered Native Americans once in his life?
  • ... that an Indian restaurant chain has more than 800 combinations of kulfi flavours, toppings, and sauces?
  • ... that optical physicist Franklin Dollar grew up on a Native American reservation without electricity or running water?
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