South Indians, for long time, had a simple naming system. Historically, everyone was called by a single name, which was chosen in one of three ways that South Indians chose their names: The name of their Village / Town e.g. Delhi Ganesh Their Family name e.g. Pulithevar Some used both e.g. Madurai Mani Iyer The concepts of initials, middle names, family names and surnames is foreign to South Indians. Everyone had a single name like Murugesh or Lakshmanan. Occasionally these names wer ...

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Many Indians do not have family names. Faced with the modern necessity of a last name, Indians have resorted to various means to get last names. Some of these are so common that most people do not even realize that they have had to, in effect, discover their last names. Most of the Indian family names are derived from several sources. The caste or subcaste name is often used as a family name. These are analogous to western family names like Smith and Barber to the extent that they represent occupation. For example: Reddy (Hindu Telugu ...

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Guha is a surname. It is a popular family name in various states of India. Notable people with this name include: Sujoy K Guha Ranajit Guha Ramanathan V. Guha See also. Indian family name List of most popular family names#India Category: Indian society ...

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The Indian Army in the time of the British Raj (1857–1947) British Indian Army - Administrative Name. The Indian Army is the name for the Indian Armed forces of that country; the meaning of that name changed over time: The Indian Army was "the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers."[1] The British Army in India consisted of British Army units posted to India for a tour of duty, a ...

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• British Indian Army - Administrative Name
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• British Indian Army - World War I
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India is a nation with three main names in official and popular use, and with historical and cultural importance. All three names were originally accorded to a single entity comprising all the moderns nations of the Indian subcontinent. Etymology of India - India. The first Article of the Constitution of India, which deals with the official name, states that "India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states." Thus, not only in usage but officially India and Bharat are both accorded primary status. T ...

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• Etymology of India - India
• Etymology of India - Bhārat
• Etymology of India - Mythological Origins
• Etymology of India - In History
• Etymology of India - Hindustan
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. Informally, the territory's name is often abbreviated to A & N Islands, or ANI. It is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal. It is comprised of two island groups -the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands - which separate the Andaman Sea to the east from the Indian Ocean. These two groups are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south. T ...

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• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - History
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• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Indian control
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Recent history
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Geography
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Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796), was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the sobriquet of Mad Anthony Wayne. Anthony Wayne - Early life. Wayne was born in Easttown Township, Pennsylvania in Chester County, near present-day Paoli, Pennsylvania and educated as a surveyor at his u ...

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The 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season runs from late October and ends in May; reaching its peak mid-February to early March. The scope of this article is limited to the Southern Hemisphere. Three major basins are located in the southern hemisphere (Southwest Indian Ocean, Australian Region, South Pacific Ocean). South Atlantic tropical cyclones rarely develop due to cooler waters, the lack of an ITCZ, and wind shear. Southern Hemisphere adopted a naming system slightly different from the Atlantic one and is explain ...

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• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Storms
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• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Coral Sea/Eastern Australia
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Solomon Sea and Gulf of Papua/Papua New Guinea
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - South Pacific/Fiji
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - South Pacific/New Zealand
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Timeline of events
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - September
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - October
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - 2005-06 storm names
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Southwest Indian Ocean
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season - Southeast Indian Ocean and South Pacific

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A crore is a unit in a traditional number system, still widely used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was also used in Iran for many centuries until some decades ago. It is equal to 100 lakhs. An Indian crore is equal to 10 million. An Iranian crore (کرور (Korur) in Persian) is half a million. This system of measurement also introduces separators into numbers in a different place than what is common outside India. For example, 30 million (3 crore) would be written as 3,00,00,000, with commas at the thousand, lakh, and crore levels. The Mumbai unde ...

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Madhava is a name that can refer to: Vishnu The fourteenth century Indian mathematician, Madhava of Sangamagrama Other related archivesMadhava of Sangamagrama, Vishnu

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People named Chandragupta: Chandragupta Maurya. Indian king, Mauryan Empire, 322–298 BC Chandragupta I. Indian king, Gupta Empire, 320-335 AD Chandragupta II. Also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Indian king, Gupta Empire, 375-414 AD Other related archivesChandragupta I, Chandragupta II, Chandragupta Maurya, Gupta Empire, Mauryan Empire

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Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar using a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle. Aryabhata was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments related to astronomy. The satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 11 February 1992. Other related archives11 February, 19 April, 1975, 1992, Aryabhata, Cosmos-3M, Indian, Indian Space Resea

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Throughout this article, exponential or scientific notation is used. 106 could also be written as the number 1 followed by six 0s, 1 000 000; 109 could be written as 1 000 000 000, and so on. Names of numbers larger than a quadrillion are almost never used, for reasons discussed further below. It is debatable which of them should be considered real working English vocabulary and which are merely trivia, curiosities, or coinages. The following table lists those names of numbers which are found in ...

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• Names of large numbers - The standard dictionary numbers
• Names of large numbers - Dictionaries cited
• Names of large numbers - Usage of names of large numbers
• Names of large numbers - Chuquet and the origins of the standard dictionary numbers
• Names of large numbers - An Aide Memoire
• Names of large numbers - The Googol family
• Names of large numbers - Extensions of the standard dictionary numbers

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Kamala is a common Indian name. Some people named Kamala include: Kamala Das, an Indian writer. Kamala, a character in the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Kamala, an 8 year old girl discovered in 1920, who was raised by wolves in India. Kamala was also the stage name of professional wrestler Jim Harris. Other related archivesHermann Hesse, India, Indian, Jim Harris, Kamala, Kamala Das, Siddhartha, professional wrestler, wolves

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Below is a list of the Indian numerals in their Devanagari form, the corresponding European (Indo-Arabic) equivalents, and their Sanskrit pronunciation. It is thus evident that the words for each number in the Sanskrit language very closely approximate the Greek and Latin words for the same numbers. ...

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When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean, he believed that he would arrive in the Indies. The purpose of his trip was to expand the spice trade by avoiding the lengthy trip around the Cape of Good Hope. Because of this, he referred to the native people that he found as Indians. The name has been used ever since to varying degrees, however, there are two major problems with this name: It is also the name of the peoples of a different continent. It is a name assigned by an outsider, and specific ...

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2003/2004 Abaimba - Beni - Cela - Darius - Elita - Frank - Gafilo - Helma - Itseng - Juba - Katiba - Lenny - Moingaza - Naledi - Olie - Patou - Quilmane - Ralph - Sefate - Tom - Umuri - Valetta - Wells - Xivier - Yvonne - Zuri 2004/2005 Arola - Bento - Chambo - Daren - Ernest - Felapi - Gerard - Hennie - Isang - Juliet - Kalo - Lilian - Madi - Neddy - Ouledi - Patricia - Qiqita ...

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The three Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit itself) that have adapted the Devanagari script to their use also naturally employ the numeral symbols above; of course, the names for the numbers vary by language. The table below presents a listing of the symbols used in various modern Indian scripts for the numbers from zero to nine: ...

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The first involvement of the Navy in any conflict came during the Liberation of Goa in 1961 with the success of Operation Vijay. The Navy has been involved in 2 wars with Pakistan. While the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 largely involved patrolling of the coast, India's navy played a significant role in the bombing of Karachi harbour in the 1971 war. The name given to the attack was Operation Trident which was launched on December 4. Owing to its success, it has been celebrated as Navy Day ever since. The attack was followed by Operation Python ...

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