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  2. Dacoity - Wikipedia

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    Dacoity is a term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent.The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindi word डाकू (ḍākū); "dacoit" / d ə ˈ k ɔɪ t / is a colloquial Indian English word with this meaning.

  3. Tapori (word) - Wikipedia

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    Tapori literally translates into vagabond or rowdy in Hindi. Street thugs in Mumbai were perhaps the most notable taporis. Their unique style of speaking Hindi was called tapori language. They also had a unique style of dressing, which they called as tapori style. Tapori culture though resented by many is widely imitated by many as humorous or ...

  4. Chotoder Chobi - Wikipedia

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    Chotoder Chobi (English: A Story about small people) is a 2014 Indian Bengali language feature film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film stars Dulal Sarkar and Deblina Roy in the lead roles. The film is directed by Ganguly and follows his earlier work on Laptop, Shabdo, Apur Panchali and Khaad.

  5. Nimerigar - Wikipedia

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    The Nimerigar are a legendary race of little people found in the folklore of the Shoshone people of North America's Rocky Mountains. According to Shoshone tales, the Nimerigar were an aggressive people who would shoot poisoned arrows from tiny bows. Nimerigar roughly translated from Shoshone and Paiute languages means "people eaters". [1]

  6. Honorific titles of Indian figures - Wikipedia

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    Honorific Full Name Notes Portrait Acharya Vinayak Narahari Bhave: Translates to 'respected teacher'. Vinoba Bhave: Azaad Chandra Shekhar Tiwan [1] [2] "The Freed Soul" () ...

  7. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  8. Darbara Singh (murderer) - Wikipedia

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    Darbara Singh was a native of Jallupur Khera village of Amritsar district. [1] He joined the Indian Armed Forces, and was posted at the Air Force Station at Pathankot.In 1975, he was accused of lobbing a hand grenade at the house of his senior officer Major V K Sharma, after having an altercation with him.

  9. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...