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- 30, 1909 – January 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi ... in Theoretical Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, under ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- and anthropologist, who developed two of the nation's most notable ... could be tracked down to the first settlers of America. Putnam attended private ...9 KB (1,359 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2024
- :For Science Museum of London, see Science museum (London) ... A science museum or a science center is a museum devoted primarily ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- person to win the Nobel prize. His theory of mesons was the first clear ... physics, particularly in the theory of elementary particles. In 1932 ...3 KB (480 words) - 13:02, 22 January 2024
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 ... and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in the arts as ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- L. Kroeber with Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi tribe, (1911).]] was an influential figure in the development of modern American anthropology ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- District, West Bengal, India, consists of a theological college and a ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- of the newly established Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore ... He retired from the Indian Institute of Science in 1948 and a year ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- designed for the observation and study of objects and phenomena in outer ... are hampered by the filtering and distortion of electromagnetic radiation by ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Devanāgarī: ... engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education established ...32 KB (4,594 words) - 21:31, 11 November 2021
- India, who contributed to the foundations of experimental science there ... He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction. ...24 KB (3,668 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a ... Adelard was a pioneer of the scientific renaissance of the twelfth ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- Khajuraho (Hindi खजुराहो), a village in the Indian state ... C.E. until rediscovered in the jungles of northern India in the nineteenth ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- #039;s largest educational and research institute and museum complex, administered ... the most historic artifacts from the age of flight, including the iconic ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), constitute an elite group ... IIT has combined an excellent plan to create a world class science ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- His work evidences an impressive combination of art and science. The artwork ... His love for art and his appreciation of the aesthetic aspects of all ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 10:58, 9 May 2023
- Ayurveda (Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद, the 'science ... , meaning 'science.'A.S. Chopra, in "Ayurveda," ...26 KB (3,585 words) - 06:06, 10 January 2023
- Ontology is a major branch of philosophy and a central part of metaphysics ... The conceptual division of this branch of philosophy was established ...15 KB (2,218 words) - 00:43, 18 November 2022
- activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South Dakota. He became one ... not civil rights, should be the basis of the United States government ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- who in 1893, when he attended the Parliament of the Worlds Religion at Chicago ... he regarded Vedanta as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He ... Shamsul-Muluk, who was a granddaughter of Fath Ali Shah of Persia (Qajar ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... The ruins of the monastery are located about 55 miles south east of ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- The Arthashastra (more precisely Arthaśāstra) refers to a tradition ... played a key role in the establishment of one of India's greatest ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- Mammoth is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephants ... Mammoths have captured the human imagination and added to the wonder ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- red rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours ... but a study commissioned by the Government of India found that the rains ...21 KB (3,061 words) - 19:10, 16 April 2023
- or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic species ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) of 2005, designates a major earthquake ... and cooperated in relief efforts. Instead of armies braving the harsh and ...24 KB (3,487 words) - 06:41, 13 June 2023
- ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth ... faith" in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 according to the April ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard ... Harvard was established under church sponsorship, with the intention ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- on preexisting capital assigned for the cost of labor. A pioneer in using statistical ... beliefs, particularly regarding the issue of immigration. He feared that ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- 1898), commonly known as Sir Syed, was an Indian educator and politician who ... Company. Personally affected by the turmoil of the Indian rebellion of 1857 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- ("to yoke")) refers to a series of interrelated ancient Hindu ... During the twentieth century, the philosophy and practice of Yoga ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Eggplant is the common name for a perennial plant, Solanum melongena ... A variety of eggplant that is particularly prized in some regions ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 23:58, 12 February 2024
- and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of government involvement in solving ... in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- flies), midges have a single pair of true wings, which are used ... Non-biting midges are generally harmless, while the females of most ...13 KB (1,785 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- prize in 1914. He resisted the policies of Nazi Germany during World War ... Koblenz, in what was then Prussia, the son of Julius von Laue, a military ...27 KB (3,968 words) - 01:05, 9 November 2022
- in elaborating on and securing the legacy of his uncle, Émile Durkheim ... philosophy, and Mauss entered the University of Bordeaux where Durkheim was ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the ... the three largest lakes have a host of middle-sized and small lakes ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- An Indian reservation in the United States is an area of land managed ... Indian removal was a policy pursued intermittently by American presidents ...36 KB (5,257 words) - 22:03, 4 February 2023
- , or AP, the "Rice Bowl of India," refers to a state in ... The same with Islam. Yet Islam has a history of political influence in Andhra ...30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- This article is part of the branches of CAM series. CAM Classifications ... Naturopathic medicine (also known as naturopathy) is a school of medical ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- and illustrator. He was the star pupil of Howard Pyle's art school ... best remembered for his illustrations of other children's classics ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 22:57, 10 November 2022
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... south of the Arabian Peninsula, the archipelago is 250 kilometers ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Ahmadābād), the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh-largest ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- people known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, propelling him ... A native of Nepal, Tenzing was born to a modest family there. His ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 03:46, 30 April 2023
- ) (December 22, 1887 – April 26, 1920) was an Indian mathematician ... Despite his struggles with poverty and ill health, and his lack of ...35 KB (5,270 words) - 16:14, 5 November 2023
- Category:library and information science thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- for Ecological Sciences. 2006. Indian Institute of Science. ... Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, established in 1909, stands ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
- , meaning "non-absolutism," is one of the basic principles of Jainism ... Key to the Jaina Middle Way Metaphysics of Anekantavada, Philosophy East ...30 KB (4,673 words) - 18:01, 27 July 2023
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... and Research Institute, the Indian Institute of Science Education and ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- 1926 - April 24, 2011) is a famous South Indian guru who has millions of ... avatar (a "descent" or incarnation of God). His alleged miracles ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community ... 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- to hold the office as Executive president) of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 ... President. In power, she pursued a policy of economic liberation and emphasized ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- in their lives. When he became aware of intense suffering, he used ... War. Their desire was to bring the suffering of the Afghan people to the attention ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 23:50, 25 September 2023
- A number written in decimal notation involves the use of one or more ... apparent when compared with the system of using Roman numerals. The decimal ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- (Northern: 11,266 Southern: 12,185 Oklahoma Indian Affairs,[https://web ... interests which armed the Ojibwa by the end of the eighteenth century. Continuous ...31 KB (4,746 words) - 20:56, 9 December 2023
- Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health ... from poor families are caught in a cycle of poverty, not receiving adequate ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2023
- ) are a large corpus of texts originating in ancient India. They are ... "not of the authorship of man, of divine origin") ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- flightless bird native only to the island of Mauritius, located in the Indian ... Extinction is a natural part of the history of life, and some researchers ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- , formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... administrative center, as the capital of the Madras Presidency. ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- In Indian philosophy and religion, Samadhi (Sanskrit: समाधि ... , which may or may not contain the body of the deceased. Samadhis are ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 02:04, 23 December 2022
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- the most populous city in India and capital of the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- famous for his work on the ethnology of religion and mythology, and ... Lodz, Russia (today Poland), into the family of Adolf and Johanna Radin. His ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military ... mean that the captain is suspected of wrongdoing, but merely that ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications ... A spacecraft includes a variety of subsystems, dependent upon mission ...18 KB (2,454 words) - 19:05, 7 February 2023
- who virtually created the discipline of comparative religion. He was ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- Olivine (also called chrysolite) is a name used for a series of minerals ... Chemically, members of this series are composed of magnesium iron ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese independence, and the ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... where unpaid prisoners labored on behalf of their country’s colonial ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- [[Image:Sheeju iisc.jpg|thumb|400px|Indian Institute of Science, one ... of India such as the Indian Institute of Science, the Indian Institute ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects ... colored because they absorb some wavelengths of light preferentially. Yet, ...29 KB (4,213 words) - 06:14, 24 November 2022
- D.C. opened in 1971, the culmination of almost 40 years of planning ... and Eisenhower Theater as well as a number of smaller stages. It provides ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 23:38, 5 July 2023
- ) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the ... with the imperial project in India freed her of the obligation to value everything ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- migratory bird, Ectopistes migratorius, of the Columbidae family, that ... century, the species went from being one of the most abundant birds in ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- Indian inscriptions engraved into stone or other durable materials ... The Edicts of Ashoka, a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and ... religion in order to redefine contemporary Indian identity when it was subject ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug ... During the mid-twentieth century, Borlaug led the introduction of ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario ... power, recreation, and a host of other uses. The Great Lakes ...23 KB (3,330 words) - 22:50, 21 January 2023
- emphasize activity as an important form of education, especially for children ... International professional organizations of children's museums ...29 KB (4,459 words) - 16:38, 10 December 2023
- Islamic philosophy (الفلسفة الإسلامية) is a branch ... thinkers, and contributed to the development of modern European philosophy ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 21:49, 8 March 2024
- Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) which sold over two million ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- A near-death experience (NDE) is the event of maintaining a conscious ... cardiac resuscitation techniques, the number of NDEs reported continually increases ...19 KB (2,751 words) - 16:06, 11 November 2022
- sapir) is a gemstone belonging to a family of gems that are varieties of ... sapphire wafers are used as the faces of high-quality watches and as ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- exploration setting for the transmission of physical knowledge and skills ... The purpose of physical education involves more than training the ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ... educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields. It is based ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt. (June 19, 1947 - ) is an Indian-born ... The title refers to several verses of the Qur'an that were later ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- in Portuguese, and meaning “big mirror of waters” in the native Guaraní ... The Pantanal, one of the most pristine and biologically rich environments ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- civilization is the Harappan Civilization of the Indus Valley, in reference ... and technological development, and no sign of slavery or exploitation of ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy ... Binge drinking is harmful, regardless of a person's age, with ...37 KB (5,241 words) - 17:51, 31 October 2023
- ), the name of a film Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar ... Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri.Mridula Chunduri ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well versed ... The modern-day Razi Institute in Tehran, and Razi University in Kermanshah ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
