Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Do you know

1. every household in the Dhaniakhali bloc of West Bengal has at least one loom, where handloom saris are made?
2. Lesser Whistling Ducks are the most prominent species among the migratory birds that visit the lake in the Santragachhi area of Howrah, India, during winter?
3. the non-payment of debts is the archetype for the seventeen other Hindu titles of law, including the sexual crimes against women?
4. during the history of Pulicat between 1621 and 1665, over 38,000 Indian slaves were obtained by Dutch slave traders and shipped from the Coromandel Coast, mostly to the East Indies?
5. from November to April every year Jammu is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state, and that during the summer Srinagar is the capital?

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