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  2. Ready reckoner - Wikipedia

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    The term 'ready reckoner' was coined by the schoolmaster Daniel Fenning with the publication of The ready reckoner; or trader's most useful assistant in 1757. [6] This was a modernised and extended version of Leybourn's work, which was reprinted in Boston, Massachusetts, about 1770, and translated into German in Germantown, Philadelphia, 1774. [7]

  3. Lagaan - Wikipedia

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    With an overseas gross of ₹ 10.84 crore [42] (US$2.2 million) in 2001, it was the year's second highest-grossing Indian film overseas, preceded only by Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... [61] Lagaan ' s overseas gross included £ 600,000 in the United Kingdom , US$910,000 in the United States and Canada , and US$180,000 in the Arab states of the ...

  4. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), [4] or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. Salman Khan Is Now Brand Ambassador of BMC from 2016. The BMC is India 's richest municipal corporation. [5][6] Its annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller states.

  5. 2001 census of India - Wikipedia

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    The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. [1] The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. [2] The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.

  6. Literacy in India - Wikipedia

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    Literacy rate map of India, 2011 [1] Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress. [2] [3] The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 literacy growth of 97.2%, which is slower than the growth seen during the previous decade. An old analytical 1990 study estimated that it would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal literacy at ...

  7. Growth of Mumbai - Wikipedia

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    Growth of Mumbai. Mumbai was a cluster of islands before a huge land reclamation process took place to increase it's area. The city became more and more relevant during British times,when it was used as a port city and became a centre of economic growth and progress in India. The city was capital of Bombay state before the formation of state of ...

  8. 2001 elections in India - Wikipedia

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    Summary of the 2001 May Assembly election results in Tamil Nadu. Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective ...

  9. MIBOR (Indian reference rate) - Wikipedia

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    MIBOR ( Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate) is the overnight interest rate or reference rate based on the averaged interest rates at which Indian banks borrow unsecured funds from counterparties in the Indian rupee wholesale money market (or interbank market ). [ 1] The rate was originally published by the Fixed Income Money Market and Derivative ...