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Warangal

(Encyclopedia)Warangal vərŭngˈgəl [key], city (1991 pop. 467,757), central Telangana state, SE India. It is a district administrative center, a rail junction, and a market town for grain and oilseed. Carpets, b...

Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess

(Encyclopedia)Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess kûrˈzən, kĕdˈəlstən [key], 1859–1925, British statesman. A member of the minor aristocracy, he attended Eton and Oxford. From his un...

Rourkela

(Encyclopedia)Rourkela rôrkāˈlə [key], city (1991 pop. 398,864), Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India, at the confluence of the Koel and Lankh rivers. The city is built around a large iron and steel plant. Ot...

Baranagar

(Encyclopedia)Baranagar bŭrˈənəgər [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. A suburb of ...

Ballari

(Encyclopedia)Ballari, formerly Bellary bəlärˈē [key], city, Karnataka state, SE India. It is a distric...

Akola

(Encyclopedia)Akola əkōˈlə [key], city, Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Morna River. It is a district administrative center, a market town, and an important road and rail...

Grierson, Sir George Abraham

(Encyclopedia)Grierson, Sir George Abraham grĭrˈsən [key], 1851–1941, Irish philologist. Besides writing grammars of many modern Indian vernaculars, Grierson directed the compilation of the great Linguistic Su...

Haldia

(Encyclopedia)Haldia hălˈdēə, hôlˈ– [key], city, West Bengal, NE India. Haldia is being developed as a major ...

Hazaribagh

(Encyclopedia)Hazaribagh or Hazaribag həzäˈrĭbägˌ [key], town, Jharkhand state, E central India. ...

Kharagpur

(Encyclopedia)Kharagpur kärägˈpər [key], city (1991 pop. 264,842), West Bengal state, E central India. It is a railway and industrial center and has an important school of science and technology. Manufactures i...