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The East India Company: The original corporate raiders

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10 Most Interesting (Unknown) Facts about Golden Temple, Amritsar

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In Odisha, 8-Foot Injured Python Undergoes CT Scan.

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New Delhi: A mysterious ocean animal without any eyes and mouth has confused internet users as it cleaned up at Leo Carrillo Beach in Malibu, California. ...

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Unknown facts of Akbars life revealed by Rahims dohe

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Who Are The Punjabi People?

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Unearthed by Amedeo Maiuri in 1938, an Italian scholar, Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette that lays testimony to the intensity of Indo-Roman trade relations dat...

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The Evil Eye Curse: What Is It and Why Is It Suddenly Popular?

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25 Strange Facts From History You Probably Didn’t Learn In School

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19th November 2017: 100 years of Indira Gandhi. She was the mother of every Indian supremo

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How Arjuna from ‘Mahabharata’ and Rustam from Iran’s ‘Shahnamah’ are strikingly similar

Common features and episodes involving these characters can be seen as an example of cultural exchanges between the countries that date back to ancient times.