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  2. The Beatles in India - Wikipedia

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    – Author and journalist Mark Paytress, 2003 The Beatles and their entourage travelled to Rishikesh in two groups. Lennon and his wife, Cynthia, Harrison and his wife, Pattie Boyd, and Boyd's sister Jenny arrived in Delhi on 15 February. They were met by Mal Evans, their longtime assistant and former road manager, who had arranged the 150-mile (240 km), six-hour taxi drive to Rishikesh. Once ...

  3. A Passage to India - Wikipedia

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    A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library [2] and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. [3]

  4. Vasco da Gama - Wikipedia

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    Signature. D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ( / ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, - ˈɡæmə / VAS-koo də GA (H)M-ə, [ 1][ 2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea. [ 3] His initial voyage to India by way of Cape ...

  5. India - Wikipedia

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    With an estimated 1,428,627,663 residents in 2023, India is the world's most populous country. [ 14] 1,210,193,422 residents were reported in the 2011 provisional census report. [ 360] Its population grew by 17.64% from 2001 to 2011, [ 361] compared to 21.54% growth in the previous decade (1991–2001). [ 361]

  6. List of Indian Nobel laureates - Wikipedia

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    Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian citizen to be awarded and also first Asian to be awarded in 1913. Mother Teresa is the only woman among the list of recipients. [ 6] Sri Aurobindo, the Indian poet, philosopher, nationalist and developer of Integral yoga, was nominated unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1943 and for the ...

  7. India–Pakistan cricket rivalry - Wikipedia

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    The India – Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. [ 1][ 2] Showdowns between the teams are considered some of the biggest matches in the world, and are among the most-viewed sport games. India has won 11 ICC tournaments compared to Pakistan's 5. At senior level, India has won 6 ICC trophies (2 ...

  8. Namaste Trump - Wikipedia

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    Namaste Trump (stylised as नमस्ते TRUMP) was a tour event held on 24 and 25 February 2020 in India. [ 1] It was the inaugural visit of the then US President Donald Trump and his family to India. [ 2][ 3] A rally event of the same name was held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and was the highlight of the tour, as a response to the "Howdy Modi ...

  9. India at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    India at theOlympics. India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, becoming the first Asian nation to do so. A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two medals – both silver – in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then.

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