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  2. 2024 Kolkata rape and murder - Wikipedia

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    Rape and murder. Deaths. 1. Arrests. 3 [1][2][3] On 9 August 2024, a 31-year-old female postgraduate trainee doctor [4] at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was raped and murdered in a college building. Her body was found in a seminar room on campus.

  3. Direct Action Day - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using violence to intimidate non-muslims and their leadership for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. [5]

  4. Calcutta (1947 film) - Wikipedia

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    English. Box office. $2.8 million (US rentals) [1] 1,220,580 admissions (France) [2] Calcutta is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John Farrow, and written and produced by Seton I. Miller. The drama features Alan Ladd, Gail Russell and William Bendix. [3]

  5. Coroner - Wikipedia

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    A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death. The official may also investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction. In medieval times, English coroners were Crown officials who held financial ...

  6. Sushmita Banerjee - Wikipedia

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    Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala [1] (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife; 1997) [2] based on her experience of marrying an Afghan and her time in Afghanistan during Taliban rule.

  7. Victoria Memorial, Kolkata - Wikipedia

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    22°32′42″N88°20′33″E22.5449°N 88.3425°E. The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument on the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, the Empress of India from 1876 to 1901.

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    Free-Images.com – More than 12 Million Public Domain/CC0 stock images, clip-art, historical photos and more. Excellent Search Results. Commercial use OK. No attribution required. No login required. Good Free Photos – All public domain pictures of mainly landscape but wildlife and plants as well

  9. Maha Bodhi Society - Wikipedia

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    The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society presently based in Kolkata, India. Founded by the Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala and the British journalist and poet Sir Edwin Arnold, its first office was in Bodh Gaya. The organization's efforts began in order to resuscitate Buddhism in India, and to restore the ancient ...