Malegaon
Malegaon , town (1991 pop. 342,431), Maharashtra state, W central India, at the confluence of the Girna and Masam rivers. It is a weaving center for saris and a market for agricultural products. Malegaon was formerly a military post and is now a district administrative center. It was captured by the British in 1818 during the war with the Pindaris, marauding tribes of landless and casteless men who were often mercenaries of Maratha leaders.
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Bhutan refugees remain in limbo; Thimphu halts talks with Nepal on repatriation.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: WESTERN ASIA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...Tiwari, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Bhutan, the small Buddhist kingdom nestled in...Their ancestors crossed into southern Bhutan as farmer-settlers and lived there until...of their nationality and forced to flee Bhutan in the early 1990s. The Bhutan government...
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Bhutan Telecom Chooses AboveNet's IP Transit to Bring Internet Connectivity Over Optical Fibre to Bhutan.
PR Newswire Europe; 2/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...provisioning of a new IP Transit service for Bhutan Telecom. By providing this IP Transit, AboveNet is enabling Bhutan Telecom's customers to experience fast...fibre optic cabling for the first time in Bhutan's history. Having previously relied...
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Bhutan fears terror strikes ahead of historic vote
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 3/20/2008; 641 words
; ...brought to you by HT Syndication. Gelephu (Bhutan), March 20 -- One person was injured in an explosion in Bhutan as authorities in the Himalayan kingdom...week, officials said Thursday. A Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) spokesman said there was...
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Bhutan and Montserrat join soccer's global celebration in 'The Other Final'
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Dateline: THIMPHU, Bhutan Just before the soccer world determines its new world...showdown in Yokohama, Japan, the national teams of Bhutan and Montserrat meet in Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, to determine which will end...
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BHUTAN-CORONATION.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 11/5/2008; 700+ words
; BHUTAN-CORONATION Bhutan to coronate world's youngest monarch tomorrow Subhashis Mittra Thimpu, Nov 5 (PTI) -- Bhutan, the world's youngest democracy, will coronate the globe's youngest...
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BHUTAN-CHRONOLOGY.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 11/6/2008; 700+ words
; BHUTAN-CHRONOLOGY Thimpu (Bhutan), Nov 6 (PTI) -- Following is the chronology of key events in Bhutan: 1907 - Ugyen Wangchuck is chosen as hereditary ruler. 1910 - Treaty signed with British giving them, control over Bhutan's foreign...
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Bhutan Prince injured, King personally supervising RBA action.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/21/2003; 700+ words
; From Sukhendu Bhattacharya Samdrup Jongkhar (Bhutan), Dec 21 (PTI) Bhutan Prince Jigyel Wangchuck has been reported to be injured in the ongoing offensive by the Royal Bhutan Army to flush out Indian rebels in that country...
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Bhutan launches military action against Indian insurgents.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/15/2003; 700+ words
; New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) Bhutan on Monday launched military action...informed by the Royal Government of Bhutan that they have launched today military...India has repeatedly conveyed to Bhutan its serious concerns over the activities...
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Bhutan to be testbed for ITU's e-post venture with Universal Postal Union.
M2 Presswire; 3/26/2002; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 2002-ITU: Bhutan to be testbed for ITU's e-post venture...developing world. The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan will be the first country to benefit...and underserved areas", Utsumi added. Bhutan Post and Bhutan Telecom will act as joint...
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Bhutan jails 30 'Maoists'
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/9/2007; 684 words
; ...Syndication. Kathmandu, Dec. 9 -- Bhutan has sent over two dozen people of Nepali...supporters of the Communist party of Bhutan-Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, received a nine-year sentence each, Bhutan's official daily Kuensel reported...
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Bhutan
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
Bhutan Basic Data Official Country Name: Kingdom of Bhutan Region (Map name): East & South Asia Population...222 Language(s): Dzongkha Literacy rate: 42.2% Bhutan is a small country in South Asia that had a population...
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Bhutan, Kingdom of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Bhutan, Kingdom of A small country in south Asia...the south. Physical The northern part of Bhutan is entirely mountainous with spectacular...some light industry. Only about 9% of Bhutan's territory is cultivated; the chief...
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Bhutanese
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Bhutanese PRONUNCIATION: BOOT-un-eez LOCATION: Bhutan POPULATION: 816,000 – 1.8 million (including...name given to the people who live in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Bhutan is a small, landlocked country in the mountainous area...
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Thimphu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...est. pop. 45,000), capital and largest city of Bhutan, W Bhutan, on the Wang Chu. The Tashichoedzong, a fortress monastery dating from the 13th cent., has been the seat of Bhutan's government since 1952. At the northern end of the...
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Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...region contains the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka...across Asia, from Pakistan through India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan. They range from 150 to 210 miles (250 to 350 kilometers...
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