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Yunus, Muhammad

(Encyclopedia)Yunus, Muhammad, 1940–, Bangladeshi economist and banker, b. Chittagong (then in British India), grad. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. (Ph.D. 1971). Yunus, who taught economics in the United Stat...

Karnatic

(Encyclopedia)Karnatic, historic region, India: see Carnatic. ...

Eastern Ghats

(Encyclopedia)Eastern Ghats, mts., India: see Ghats. ...

Buddh Gaya

(Encyclopedia)Buddh Gaya, India: see Bodh Gaya. ...

Western Ghats

(Encyclopedia)Western Ghats, mts., India: see Ghats. ...

Tirumala

(Encyclopedia)Tirumala, sacred hill, India: see Tirupati. ...

Vadodara

(Encyclopedia)Vadodara, city, India: see under Baroda. ...

Jalandhar

(Encyclopedia)Jalandhar or Jullundur jŭlˈəndər [key], city (1991 pop. 509,510), Punjab state, NW India. Jalandhar is located on the intensively irrigated plain between the Beas and Sutlej rivers. The city, whic...

Hermitage, museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Hermitage ĕrˌmētäzhˈ [key], museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the world's foremost houses of art, consisting of six buildings along the embankment of the Neva River. Its central building, ...

Bengaluru

(Encyclopedia)Bengaluru băng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 5,104,047; est. pop. metropolitan area 12,327,000), ...
 

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