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The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...
Bhutan's currency is the ngultrum, whose value is fixed to the Indian rupee. The Indian rupee is also accepted as legal tender in the country. Though Bhutan's economy is one of the world's smallest, [ 144 ] it has grown rapidly in recent years, by eight per cent in 2005 and 14 per cent in 2006.
[53] [103] After the Manhattan caisson reached a depth of 78.5 feet (23.9 m) with an air pressure of 35 pounds per square inch (240 kPa), [96] Washington deemed the sandy subsoil overlying the bedrock 30 feet (9.1 m) beneath to be sufficiently firm, and subsequently infilled the caisson with concrete in July 1872.
[61] [62] [63] Japanese casualties during the fighting in Singapore amounted to 1,714 killed and 3,378 wounded. [59] [g] The occupation was to become a major turning point in the histories of several nations, including those of Japan, Britain, and Singapore. Japanese newspapers triumphantly declared the victory as deciding the general situation ...
Approximately 4.8% or 36,845.6 square kilometres (3,684,560 ha) of Pakistan was forested in 2021. [202] [j] Markhor is the national animal of Pakistan. [203] Pakistan's fauna mirrors its diverse climate. The country boasts around 668 bird species, [204] including crows, sparrows, mynas, hawks, falcons, and eagles.
Mao Zedong Square at Shaoshan. On 25 December 2008, China opened the Mao Zedong Square to visitors in his home town of central Hunan Province to mark the 115th anniversary of his birth. [272] Former party official Su Shachi has opined that "he was a great historical criminal, but he was also a great force for good."
The (two-dimensional) density of graphene is 0.763 mg per square meter. [ citation needed ] Graphene is the strongest material ever tested, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with an intrinsic tensile strength of 130 GPa (19,000,000 psi ) (with representative engineering tensile strength ~50-60 GPa for stretching large-area freestanding graphene) and a Young's ...