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Bengal’s Sorrow – Damodar River.
Blue Mountains – Nilgiri Hills.
China’s Sorrow – Hwang-Ho.
City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford.
City of Golden Gate – San Francisco.
City of Magnificient Distances – Washington.
City of Palaces – Calcutta.
City of Seven Hills – Rome.
City of Sky Scrapers – New York.
Cockpit of Europe – Belgium.
Dark Continent – Africa.
Emerald Island – Ireland.
Eternal City – Rome.
Forbidden City – Lhasa (Tibet).
Garden City – Chicago.
Gate of Tears – Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb.
Gateway of India – Mumbai.
Gift of Nile – Egypt.
Granite City – Aberdeen.
Hermit Kingdom – Korea.
Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean.
Holy Land – Palestine.
Island Continent – Australia.
Island of Cloves – Zanzibar.
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Onam, the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of Kerala in India. It falls in the Malayalam calendar month of Chingam, which in Gregorian calendar overlaps with August–September. .

The festival commemorates the Mahabali, Vamana (Vishnu avatar), Kashyapa and Parashurama-related mythologies of Hinduism. Onam carnival continues for ten days, starting from the day of Atham and culminating on Thiruvonam. Atham and Thiruvonam are the most important days for Onam festivities. The day of Atham is decided by the position of stars. Onam festival commences from lunar asterism (a cluster of stars smaller than a constellation) Atham (Hastha) that appears ten days before asterism Onam or Thiruvonam.


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     Postal Index Number (PIN) / PIN Code is a 6 digit code of Post Office numbering used by India Post. The PIN Code system in India was introduced on 15 August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar. The system was introduced to simplify the manual sorting and delivery of mail by eliminating confusion over incorrect addresses, similar place names and different languages. .

    There are 9 PIN regions in the country. The first 8 are geographical regions and the digit 9 is reserved for the Army Postal Service. The first digit indicates one of the regions. The first 2 digits together indicate the sub region or one of the postal circles. The first 3 digits together indicate a sorting district. The last 3 digits refer to the delivery Post Office. .

PIN zones cover the Indian states and union territories: .

1 - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh.
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