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Chuni Goswami: Padma Shri Indian Football Player

Chuni Goswami: Indian Football player

Subimal Chuni Goswami is an Indian Football player who played for the National Football team during 1950s and 1960s. Usually playing in the Left Inside position, Goswami was a Striker who known for an extra-ordinary control upon the ball and an accurate sense of the game. Name: Subimal Chuni Goswami Born: 15 January, 1938 Kishoreganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day …

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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation. It was first introduced in 2003. What is Female Genital Mutilation? Female Genital Mutilation is the partial or complete removal of external female genital organs, using non-medical tools …

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Jaipur Literature Festival 2024: Date, Venue, History & Foundation

Jaipur Literature Festival: Date, Venue, History & Foundation

Jaipur Literature Festival 2024: Jaipur hosts a number of literary giants every year in January amid giving farewell to winter. The atmosphere fills with the air of creativity in the beautiful ambiance of majestic Clarks Amer. Described as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’, the Teamwork Arts Jaipur Literature Festival is the world’s largest free event of its kind. Originally …

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Netaji Subhash: Declaration of Independence, Azad Hind Govt

Netaji Subhash: Declaration of Independence

Netaji Declaration of Independence: Today, Oct the 77th anniversary of the formation of the first Indian government. In 1943, on October 21, one of India’s greatest sons – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose announced the formation of the ‘Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind‘ or the provincial government of free India in Singapore and declared war on the British Empire. 21 October 1943: Netaji …

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Pongal Around The World Celebrations

Pongal

Pongal Around The World: The festival of Pongal is celebrated with zeal and fervor by the Tamilians in India as well as in any part of the world they reside. As this harvest festival is considered very auspicious, even the Tamils living abroad celebrate this festival with the wish of prosperity as well as for keeping their cultural ties with …

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Lohri Quotes: Lohri Wishes, SMS, Facebook Posts & Whatsapp

Lohri Quotes in English

Lohri Quotes for Students: Lohri festival is a very popular Punjabi festival celebrated every year by the people of Punjabi religion in the South Asia. It is considered that it is celebrated in winter on the day when the day becomes a shortest day and the night becomes a longest night of the year. It is celebrated as a harvest …

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कोयल: कोकिल पक्षी पर राम प्रसाद शर्मा की हिंदी बाल-कविता

कोयल: कोकिल पक्षी पर राम प्रसाद शर्मा की हिंदी बाल-कविता

कोयल या कोकिल ‘कुक्कू कुल’ का पक्षी है, जिसका वैज्ञानिक नाम ‘यूडाइनेमिस स्कोलोपेकस‘ है। नर कोयल नीलापन लिए काला होता है, तो मादा तीतर की तरह धब्बेदार चितकबरी होती है। नर कोयल ही गाता है। उसकी आंखें लाल व पंख पीछे की ओर लंबे होते हैं। नीड़ परजीविता इस कुल के पक्षियों की विशेष नेमत है यानि ये अपना घोसला नहीं बनाती। ये दूसरे पक्षियों …

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Feast of St Francis Xavier: Goa State Regional Holiday

Feast of St Francis Xavier: Goa State Regional Holiday

The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is an important holiday that is observed by devout Christians all over the world. In India, it is a regional public holiday in the state of Goa. It is observed on 3 December every year. St. Francis Xavier was a very important missionary who was instrumental in propagating the Christian faith and the Roman …

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World Atlas

World Atlas: The origin of the word World Atlas in itself is no less interesting than the traditional meaning which has come to denote a collection of maps providing an encyclopedic wealth of information on land, people and cultures in different parts of the world. According to legends, Mauritania was once ruled by King Atlas, a great philosopher, mathematician and an …

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