Country names and the meaning Country names and the meaning


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Algeria - Land of Algiers    

Argentina - Silvery Land  

Australia - Southern Land  

Austria - Eastern March  

Bahamas - The Shallows   

Bahrain - The Two Seas  

Belarus - White Russia  

Burkina Faso - Land of Honest Men  

Cameroon - Shrimp River  

Cape Verde - Green Cape  

Colombia - Land of Columbus  

Comoros - Moons 

Costa Rica - Rich Coast  

Dominica - Sunday Island 

Ecuador - Equator 

Eritrea - Land of the Red Sea 

Ethiopia - Land of the Blacks   

Guatemala - Place of Many Trees  

Guyana - Land of Many Waters  

Haiti - mountainous land 

India - Land of the Indus River  

Indonesia - Indian Islands  

Iran - Land of the Aryans  

Japan - Land of the Rising Sun  

Jordan - river Jordan 

Kazakhstan - Land of the Kazakhs  

Kyrgyzstan - Land of the forty tribes   

Liberia - free 

Malaysia - Land of the Malays  

Monaco - single-dwelling  

Mongolia - Land of the Mongols 

Montenegro - Black Mountain  

New Zealand - New sea land   

Pakistan - Land of the Pure  

Philippines - King Philip II  

Sao Tome and Principe - Saint Thomas and prince   

Saudi Arabia - Arabia of the Sauds  

Sierra Leone - Lion Mountains  

Singapore - Lion City  

Spain - Island of Hyraxes  

Sri Lanka - Holy Island  

Sudan - Land of the Blacks 

Tajikistan - Home of the Tajiks

Tanzania - Land of Tanganyika and Zanzibar

Turkey - Land of the Turks  

Turkmenistan - Home of the Turkmens  

Vanuatu - Our Land

Venezuela - Little Venice  

Yugoslavia - Land of the Southern Slavs

Zambia - Land of the Zambezi

Zimbabwe - House of Stones 


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Important Battles In Indian History Part 1

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firstResponsiveAdvt Battle Year Place Winner .
Battle of the Ten Kings c. 14th century BCE near the Ravi River in Punjab. King sudas of Trustu-Bharata Tribe .
Kurukshetra War c. 10th century BCE Kurukshetra, modern-day Haryana, India Territory-less Pandavas of the Kurus with the support of the mighty Panchala tribe and others. .
Conquest of the Nanda Empire 321-320 BC Nanda Empire in Northern India Maurya Empire .
Battle of the Hydaspes 326 BC the bank of Hydaspes Seleucid Empire .
Seleucid–Mauryan war 303 BC   Maurya Empire .
Kalinga War 262 BC   Maurya Empire .
Battle of Pullalur 618 Pullalur Chalukya Dynasty .
Battle of Manimangala 640 Manimangala Pallava Kingdom .
Battle of Vatapi 642 Vatapi Pallava Kingdom ....

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Questions about Sree Narayana Guru : Kerala Renaissance

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Sree Narayana Guru (ca. 1854 – 20 September 1928), was a social reformer of India. He was born into a family of the Ezhava caste in an era when people from such communities, which were regarded as Avarna, faced much injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala. He led a reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayana_Guru .

The first malayale to appear in the Indian postal stamp Answer:  Sree Narayana Guru The first malayale to appear in the Sri Lankan postal stamp Answer: Sree Narayana Guru() The only foreign country visited by Sree Narayana Guru Answer: Sri Lanka The first malayalie to be inscribed on a coin of Reserve Bank of India Answer: Sree Narayana Guru Sree Narayana Jayanti Boat race  conducted in Answer: Kumarakam(Kottayam) Sree Narayana Trophy Boat race conducted in Answer: Kannetti kayal(karunagapalli)  The temple which&nbs...

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Handshake problem

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Suppose there are n people in the party. The first person shakes hand with the other (n-1) guests. The second guest shakes hand with the other (n-2) guests. this will continue until the (n-1)-th guest shakes hand with the nth guest.

Total number of handshakes is (n-1) + (n-2).. + 3 + 2 + 1. .

= (n-1)(n)/2 .

For example, 6 people in a party shake hand with other guests. So how many handshakes will be there?.

=(6-1)(6)/2.

=15.

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