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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...s an extensive '''traveller''' or [[exploration|explorer]], whose account documents his travels and si...
6: ...tional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the worl...
8: ... – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probab...
15: ...bron]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Bethlehem]], for example – and the Mameluke authorities put special...
17: ... days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim pilgrim, and ha... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
11: ... a [[Parliament]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge...
19: ...an arranged marriage, May and George soon were deeply in love. George never took a mistress and wrote ...
21: ...], [[St. James's Palace]], in [[London]]. The couple had six children in total, listed below.
38: ...ty, but was a favourite of George, who liked a simple life.
56: ...11]]. They later travelled to [[India]] for the [[Delhi Durbar]] on [[December 11]],[[1911]]. The King an... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
59: ...'goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands ...
65: ...t Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress...
67: ...ash; after campaigning fiercely on her well-known platform, with the famous ''Garibi hatao'' slogan &n...
69: ...sses. The move reflected the anger of ordinary people at the time as several private banks had collaps... - Phoolan Devi (2526 bytes)
9: ...urrendered on a stage before a crowd of 10,000 people.
13: ...d down by four men in front of her house in [[New Delhi]]. She is survived by her husband, [[Ummed Singh]... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...nge class]] [[steam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
3: ...red locomotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-p...
12: ...should the locomotive break down, it is easy to replace it with a new one. Failure of the motive power...
14: ...e payload-hauling cars means that either can be replaced without affecting the other. At some times, l...
21: ... or [[oil]]. Because of the steam engine, some people took to calling the steam locomotives themselves... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
87: * [[India]] (Hindi: Bharat) - [[New Delhi]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi...
148: <tr><td>[[New Delhi]] <td>[[India]] - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
59: Pakistan is the birthplace of some of the most ancient civilizations and ...
69: ...he [[Muhammad of Ghor|Ghorid]] kingdom, and the [[Delhi Sultanate]], the region was controlled by the [[M...
72: ...to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost p...
68: ...were murdered in 1978 when the [[communist]] [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] launched a c...
72: ...his fighting occurred in [[1994]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul ...
74: ...]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulation of a new government struc...
78: ...s of homes and over 1800 lives. Over 4000 more people were injured. The earthquakes occurred at Samang... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...anistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]]...
5: ...nwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how representati...
17: ...cond millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, much of the entire subcon...
34: ...nown as the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha...
51: ...pital territory|National Capital Territory]] of [[Delhi]]. States have their own elected government, wher... - History of India (31279 bytes)
14: ...cond millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mu...
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...known as Harappa civilization, is a story of a people intricately tied to their environment. The geogr...
40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the j...
15: ...ectional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[ele...
18: ...ternational [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
21: ... the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
26: *[[1965]] – In [[Naples]], [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
5: {{Template:US City infobox|
29: ...o the west and [[Delhi Charter Township, Michigan|Delhi Charter Township]] in Ingham County to the south....
31: ...ell irrigated land. Largely comprised of rolling plains, Lansing's and its surrounding areas have man...
37: ...|<sup>2</sup>]] of [[2000]], there are 119,128 people, 49,505 households, and 28,366 families residing...
39: ...living with them, 35.8% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.0% have a female househol... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]...
10: place_of_death=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
15: ...lai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] belie...
22: ...ENTION!! Before changing the following paragraph, please note that "practise" is the correct spelling ...
23: ... London's vegetarian restaurants. Rather than simply go along with his mother's wishes, he read about... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...ian subcontinent]]. In the US alone, 3 million people follow some form of Hinduism.
27: ...[[Advaita]] philsophy, are monists, and view multiple manifestations of the one God or source of being...
30: ...ultimate aim for mankind, [[moksha]]. See for example, [http://www.dvaita.org/docs/srv_faq.html#hell t...
33: ... in Hinduism, regardless of denomination. For example, a well-known Rig Vedic hymn stemming from Hindu...
36: ....jpg|thumb|left|275px|10th-century ''mandir'' (temple) in [[Khajuraho]], Madhya Pradesh]] - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...word ''Sikh'', which means a strong and able disciple. The core beliefs of Sikhism are belief in one ...
4: ... certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond...
10: ...e True Name, although manifest in many ways, many places and known by many names, is eternally One, th...
14: ...d the cycle of [[reincarnation]] by living a disciplined life – that is, by moderating egoism an...
22: ...k was fascinated by religion, and his desire to explore the mysteries of life eventually led him to le... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
13: ... south as [[Mumbai]], or Bombay, as far east as [[Delhi]], as far west as the [[Iran]]ian border, and as ...
17: ... [[1900 BC]]. We do not know what language the people spoke. We do not know what they called themselve...
20: ...ell as its geographic expansion into the alluvial plains of what are now the provinces of [[Sindh]] an...
25: ... is recognized to be the first to develop [[urban planning]].
28: ...lanning and efficient municipal governments which placed a high priority on [[hygiene]]. The streets o... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
14: ...cond millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mu...
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...known as Harappa civilization, is a story of a people intricately tied to their environment. The geogr...
40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
9: *Mathematics � [[Vedic]] literature is replete with concepts of [[0 (number)|zero]], the tech...
11: ...s of [[atom]] and [[theory of relativity]] were explicitely stated by an Indian Philosopher around [[6...
12: *Chemistry � Principles of chemistry did not remained abstract but also...
13: ..., first compendium on medicine and surgery was complied in ancient India.
18: ...ce of [[chess]], [[ludo]], snakes and ladders and playing cards. - Indian art (7305 bytes)
2: ...cultural history,religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cul...
10: ...ution in thought that provided the Indian artist, place for innovation, creation, and the process of v...
12: ...Gods and celestial beings, characterization of people, the single purpose and ideal of life to be inte...
17: ...n important role in the evolution of the later temples.
20: ...category of Hinduisms. It is the expression of people whose life is tuned to the rhythms of nature and...
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