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California State: US Encyclopedia

California State: US Encyclopedia For Students

California, a state of the far-western United States, is widely known for its great natural beauty, its highly productive farms and factories, and its innovative social and political ideas. Its many cities include LOS ANGELES, a major center of the entertainment and aerospace industries, and SAN FRANCISCO, a sophisticated financial center. Often depicted as a fabulous land of opportunity, the …

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Durga Puja Images For Students

Durga Puja Images

Durga Puja Images For Students: Durga Puja, also referred to as Durgotsav or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Vijayadashami. Here we have collection of Durga Puja festival images, consisting of Goddess …

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Ramanathan Krishnan Biography For Kids

Ramanathan Krishnan Biography For Kids

Name: Ramanathan Krishnan Born: 11 April 1937 Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, British India Country (sports): India Fields: Right-handed Tennis Player Awards: Arjuna award in 1961 Padma Shri in 1962 Padma Bhushan in 1967 Career highlights: 1954 – Wimbledon – junior champion 1958 – Northern Championships champion – won close match over Laver 1959 – London Championships champion – defeated …

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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Biography

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Biography

Name: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS known as C. R. Rao Born: 10 September 1920 Hadagali, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India) Citizenship: United States Fields: Mathematics and Statistics Awards: Padma Vibhushan National Medal of Science (2001) S. S. Bhatnagar Prize Guy Medal (Silver 1965, Gold 2011) Known for: Cramér–Rao bound Rao–Blackwell theorem Orthogonal arrays Score test Calyampudi Radhakrishna …

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The Indian Elephant: A Children’s Poem

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The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild Asian elephant population has declined by at least 50% since the 1940s to 1930s, i.e. three elephant generations. The Asian elephant is …

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Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Biography For Students

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Biography

Name: Bidhan Chandra Roy Born: 1 July 1882, Bankipore, Patna, India Died: 1 July 1962, Kolkata Party: Indian National Congress Awards: Bharat Ratna Profession: Physician, Politician, Educationist – Chief Minister of West Bengal (1962–1962) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, one of the very few people who are talented enough to acquire both the M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. degrees, was an eminent physician, …

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