Lakhipur, Goalpara

Lakhipur is a town and sub-divisional headquarter of Goalpara district, Assam., India. It is situated at about 45  km towards the west from the district headquarter Goalpara town. The current Lakhipur town consist of ten wards. The Lakhipur Town Committee has a population of 15,633 of which 8,046 are males while 7,587 are females as per report released by Census

Rajendra Prasad (pulmonologist)

Rajendra Prasad is a chest physician and professor of Pulmonary Medicine based in Lucknow. He is an MBBS (1974) and MD (1979) from King George’s Medical College which was then under University of Lucknow. After some time he joined same institution as faculty member and later became head of department of Pulmonary Medicine department of King George’s Medical University. He also worked as

Nawabs of Bengal

The Nawab of Bengal (Bengali: বাংলার নবাব) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal was the de facto independent ruler of the three regions of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa which constitute the modern-day sovereign country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. They are often referred to as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (Bengali: বাংলা, বিহার ও উড়িষ্যার নবাব). The Nawabs were

Loharu State

Loharu State  was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was part of the Punjab States Agency and was a nine-gun salute state. Loharu State encompassed an area of 222 square miles (570 km2), and was situated in the south-east corner of the undivided Punjab province, between the district of Hissar and the Rajputana Agency. In 1901, the state had a population of

Gandaki River

The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to 46,300 km2 (17,900 sq mi), most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notable for its deep canyon. The basin also contains three mountains over 8,000 m (26,000 ft), namely Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Annapurna I. Dhaulagiri is the highest point

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited is an Indian pharmaceutical company based in Chennai, founded on 1 July 1992, by Kailasam Raghavendra Rao, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad (PGP ’79) . As of 2007, it was among the top fortune 500 Indian companies by market capitalization. Contents   1History 2Company details 3Financials 4References 5External links History In 1992, Orchid obtained a certificate for commencement

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales: National Museum Cardiff – formerly the National Museum of Wales St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre near Llandysul National Slate Museum, Llanberis National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon National Waterfront Museum, Swansea