User:Nichalp
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→ Write India-related stubs → India ...that the Afghan Church in Mumbai was built to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War of 1838? ...that Farkhor Air Base in Tajikistan is India's only extraterritorial military base? ...that the Casino Goa in Goa is the only legal casino in India? ...that the Bassein Fort was at the centre of Portuguese operations in India during the 16th century? ...that Peter de Noronha was the first Indian envoy of the Legion of Mary, and was later knighted by Pope Paul VI? ...that the Indian Railways Fan Club is the Internet's largest website devoted to the Indian Railways and rail transport in the Indian subcontinent? ...that Watson's Hotel is India's oldest cast iron building and is among the "100 Most Endangered Sites"? ...that the Indian Meteorological Department was set up as a result of a tropical cyclone that hit Calcutta in 1864, and the subsequent famines in 1866 and 1871 due to failing monsoons? ...that Dr. Acacio Gabriel Viegas was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Mumbai in 1896, and later became the president of the Bombay Municipal Corporation? ...that Cherrapunji in India is the wettest place in the world? ...that Jinnah House was the Mumbai residence of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and is the centre of a property dispute? ...that Kuttanad in Kerala, is India's only region below sea level? ...that Skeleton Lake in Uttranchal, India is named after the discovery of the remains of approximately 600 people who died in a sudden hailstorm? ...that the Chicken's Neck is a narrow strip of land 24 km in width connecting India to its north-eastern states? ...that the Asiatic Society of Bombay possesses one of the only two surviving original copies of Dante's The Divine Comedy? ...that the Fairy Queen is the longest-operating steam locomotive in the world? ...that Wai-Wai is a popular noodle-like snack eaten in Nepal, Sikkim and in northern parts of West Bengal? ...that seven countries have more than one capital city? |
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