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Surat (Gujarati: [suɾət]) is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to face in Gujarati and Hindustani. Located...

Yakutsk (Russian: Якутск; Yakut: Дьокуускай, romanized: J̌okuuskay, pronounced [ɟokuːskaj]) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about...

This article contains Urdu text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu...

Wing Chun (Cantonese) or Yongchun (Mandarin) (Chinese: 詠春 or 咏春, lit. "singing spring") is a concept-based martial art, a form of Southern Chinese kung...

Turkey's involvement in the Syrian Civil War began diplomatically and later escalated militarily. Initially, Turkey condemned the Syrian government at...

The Syrian occupation of Lebanon (Arabic: الاحتلال السوري للبنان) lasted from 1976, beginning with the Syrian intervention in the Lebanese Civil War, until...

The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province...

The Mumbai cricket team, formerly known as the Bombay Cricket Team, is a cricket team which represents Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is governed...

Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português; Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව; Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை) is the name given to the territory on Ceylon, modern-day...

Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population...

Attock (Punjabi, Urdu: اٹک), formerly known as Campbellpur (Punjabi, Urdu: کیمبل پور), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the country's capital...

Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened...

In the Philippines, Protected Areas are administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)'s Biodiversity Management Bureau under...

Sir Narayanan Raghavan Pillai, of Elenkath, KCIE, CBE (24 July 1898 – 31 March 1992), popularly known as "Rag", was an Indian civil servant. He served...

Brokskat (Tibetan: འབྲོག་སྐད་, Wylie: ’brog skad) or Minaro is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Brokpa people in the lower Indus Valley...

Eric Charles Matti (born December 21, 1970), professionally known as Erik Matti, is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known for directing On the Job (2013),...

Before the 10th-century unification of the country by the Bagrationi dynasty, several Georgian states (including Iberia and Colchis) subsisted between...

Events from the year 1528 in India. Birbal, Wazīr-e Azam of the Mughal court (died 1586) Ravidas, mystic-poet of the Bhakti movement dies (year of birth...

Bukan (Persian: بوکان) is a city in the Central District of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and...

Events from the year 1529 in India. 6 May – The Battle of Ghaghra is fought. Krishnadevaraya ends his reign as emperor of Vijayanagara Empire. Achyuta...