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  2. AN/PYQ-10 - Wikipedia

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    The AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, portable, hand-held fill device, for securely receiving, storing, and transferring data between compatible cryptographic and communications equipment.

  3. Panchatantra - Wikipedia

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    According to the story told in the Shāh Nāma (The Book of the Kings, Persia's late 10th-century national epic by Ferdowsi), Borzuy sought his king's permission to make a trip to Hindustan in search of a mountain herb he had read about that is "mingled into a compound and, when sprinkled over a corpse, it is immediately restored to life."

  4. One Part Woman - Wikipedia

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    Nearly 10,000 copies of the controversial portions of the novel were distributed by the protesters in houses and among women to mobilize people against the book. [25] Protests broke out in Tiruchengode, where copies of the book were burned and an official complaint, demanding a ban against the book and the arrest of the publisher and author ...

  5. Moby-Dick - Wikipedia

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    Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville.The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.

  6. The Immortals of Meluha - Wikipedia

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    [18] Another review by Gaurav Vasudev from the same newspaper wrote that "the book is a gripping mythological story written in modern style." [ 19 ] Devdutt Pattanaik from The Tribune commented that "the writer takes us on a sinister journey with the characters, who frequently sound as if they are one of us only."

  7. Lord of the Flies - Wikipedia

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    The book was originally titled Strangers from Within, which was considered "too abstract and too explicit" [7] and was eventually changed to Lord of the Flies. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Editor Charles Monteith worked with Golding on several major edits, including removing the entire first section which described an evacuation from nuclear war .

  8. Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia

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    The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.

  9. Jodhaa Akbar - Wikipedia

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    As a result, he decided to start his work with Ali after completing it. In December 2001, Ali began research on the marriage of princess Jodhabai, daughter of the Rajput ruler of Amer, Bharmal with the Mughal emperor Akbar, and prepared a basic story on the couple. One month after Swades was released, Ali met Gowariker and handed to him the ...