Malay Indonesian 2013.12.9 |
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Malay Indonesians are ethnic Malays living throughout Indonesia, as one of the indigenous peoples of the island nation. Indonesia has the second largest ethnic Malay population, after Malaysia. Historically, Indonesian, the national language of Indonesia, was derived from the Malay spoken in Riau archipelago, a province in eastern Sumatra.
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Flora Of Madhya Pradesh 2013.12.4 |
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The Flora of Madhya Pradesh province in India, is very rich and diverse. Central, eastern and southern parts of the state are forested, whereas northern and western parts are deficient in forest. Variability in climatic and edaphic conditions brings about significant difference in the forest types and flora of the state. There are four important forest types: Tropical Moist, Tropical Dry, Tropical Thorn, and Subtropical broadleaved Hill forests.
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Swedish West India Company 2013.12.8 |
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The Swedish West India Company was a Swedish chartered company which was based in the West Indies. Between 1786 and 1805, the company operated from the Swedish island of Saint-Barthélemy. The company was a private enterprise with royal monopoly on all Swedish trade via Saint Barthélemy. Three quarters of profits went to the company, one quarter to the Swedish state. The company was the main operator in the Swedish slave trade.
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Brown-winged Kingfisher 2013.12.14 |
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The Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.
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Jalpaiguri District 2013.12.14 |
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Jalpaiguri district is the largest district of North Bengal, covering an area 6,245 km. It is situated between 26° 16' and 27° 0' North latitudes and 88° 4' and 89° 53' East longitudes. The district was established in 1869. The headquarters of the district are at Jalpaiguri town, which is also the divisional headquarter of north Bengal and has its special importance in respect of tourism, forest, hills, tea gardens, scenic beauty and a wide variety of tribes like the Totos, etc.
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Kurjey Lhakhang 2013.12.12 |
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Kurjey Lhakang, also known as Kurjey Monastery, is located in the Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan. This is the final resting place of the remains of the first three kings of Bhutan. Also, a large tree behind one of the temple buildings is believed to be a terma that was left there by Padmasambhava.
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Muhammad Bin Tughluq 2013.12.12 |
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Muhammad ibn Tughluq (also Prince Fakhr Malik, Jauna Khan and Ulugh Khan) (c.1300 - March 20, 1351) was the Turkic Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351. He was the eldest son of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. He was born in Kotla Tolay Khan in Multan. His wife was the daughter of the raja of Dipalpur. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq sent the young Muhammad to the Deccan to campaign against king Prataparudra of the Kakatiya dynasty whose capital was at Warangal.
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Rusty Mouse-warbler 2013.12.2 |
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The Rusty Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis murina), is a species of bird in the Pardalotidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Spectral Tarsier 2013.12.15 |
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The spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is a species of tarsier found in Indonesia. It is apparently less specialized than the Philippine tarsier or Horsfield's tarsier; for example, it lacks adhesive toes. It is the type species for the Tarsius genus. While its range used to include both the population on the island of Selayar as well as on nearby southwestern Sulawesi, the latter populations has been removed to a separate species, Tarsius fuscus.
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Trimeresurus Borneensis 2013.12.3 |
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Common names: Bornean pitviper. Trimeresurus borneensis is a venomous pitviper species found in Indonesia on the island of Borneo. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Sherpa People 2013.12.8 |
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Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Most Sherpa people live in Nepal's eastern regions; however, some live farther west in the Rolwaling valley and in the Helambu region north of Kathmandu. Pangboche is the Sherpas' oldest village in Nepal. The Sherpa language belongs to the south branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages. This language is however separate and not intelligible for Lhasa Tibetan speakers.
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Kundina 2013.12.14 |
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Kundina is an ancient Indian city, named as part of Kanishka's territory in the Rabatak inscription. It is thought that is it the locality of Kaundinyapura on the Wardha River in the Amravati Division of Vidarbha, or Berar in Maharashtra, which is an archaeological site identified as a trading city during the Early Historic period (c. 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE).
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Silk In The Indian Subcontinent 2013.12.4 |

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Silk in the Indian subcontinent is a luxury good. In India, a majority of the raw silk is produced in Tamilnadu and Karnataka. The North Bangalore regions of Muddenahalli and Kanivenarayanapura, the upcoming sites of a $20 million "Silk City" and Mysore contribute to a majority of silk production. Another major producer of white silk is Gobichettipalayam in Tamilnadu, which has the country's first automatic silk reeling unit.
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Gulab Singh Of Jammu And Kashmir 2013.12.1 |
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Maharaja Gulab Singh (1792-1857) was the founder and first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the second largest princely state in British India. After the defeat of the Sikhs in the First Anglo-Sikh War, Gulab Singh, who served as Prime Minister of the Sikhs, received from the British all the lands in Kashmir that were ceded to them by the Sikhs by the Treaty of Lahore to Gulab Singh for Nanakshahi (official monetary unit of Sikh Empire). 7,500,000.
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Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk 2013.12.14 |
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The Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk or Spot-tailed Goshawk (Accipiter trinotatus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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