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  2. Agyeya - Wikipedia

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    Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language.

  3. Bharatendu Harishchandra - Wikipedia

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    [10] [page needed] According to records, during this trip, he was deeply moved by the Bengal Renaissance and decided to translate social, historical, and Puranic plays and novels into Hindi. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This decision was reflected in his Hindi translation of the Bengali drama Vidyasundar , three years later, in 1868.

  4. Teachings and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda - Wikipedia

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    According to Banhatti, it was Ramakrishna who really answered Narendra's question who had really seen God, by saying "Yes, I saw Him as I see you, only in an infinitely intenser sense." [ 16 ] Ramakrishna gradually brought Narendra to a Vedanta-based worldview that "provides the ontological basis for ' śivajñāne jīver sevā ', the spiritual ...

  5. Sister Nivedita - Wikipedia

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    Sister Nivedita (Bengali pronunciation: [bhagini nibedita] listen ⓘ born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 28 October 1867 – 13 October 1911) [1] [2] was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. [3] [4] She spent her childhood and early youth in Ireland. She was engaged to marry a Welsh youth, but ...

  6. Rangeya Raghav - Wikipedia

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    A prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, he completed his post-graduation studies from St. John's College, Agra, and later completed his Ph.D. on Guru Gorakhnath and his times. He started writing at the age of 13 years, and during his short life of 39 years, he was endowed with a number of prizes.

  7. Pragjyotisha kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Pragjyotisha is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multitude of Hindu epics.It came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa [1] after Bhaskaravarman of the Varman dynasty by drawing his lineage from Naraka/Bhagadatta of the legendary Pragjyotisha to bring his peripheral kingdom closer to mainland traditions at a time when he was emerging as a powerful king with interests in ...

  8. Rainwater harvesting - Wikipedia

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    configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. [1]Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off.. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), aquifer, or a reservoir with percolation, so that it seeps down and restores the ground w

  9. Hindi cinema - Wikipedia

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    Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, [1] refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood ".