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  • 21Battle of Villagarcia — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Villagarcia caption=In the right foreground British heavy dragoons of Le Marchant s brigade are depicted charging during the Battle of Salamanca. They had done the same a few months earlier at… …

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  • 22Syria — • A country in Western Asia, which in modern times comprises all that region bounded on the north by the highlands of the Taurus, on the south by Egypt, on the east by Mesopotamia and the Arabia Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean… …

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  • 23Laurent Millaudon (1856) — Laurent Millaudon was a wooden side wheel river steamboat launched at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1856 operating in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, and captained by W.S. Whann. At the beginning of the American Civil War she was taken into service by… …

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  • 24Adi Dharm — refers to the religion of Adi Brahmo Samaj the first development of Brahmoism and includes those Sadharan Brahmo Samajists who were reintegrated into Brahmoism after the 2nd. Schism of 1878 at the instance of Hemendranath Tagore [Particularly… …

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  • 25Phoenix Cinema — The Phoenix Cinema is an independent cinema in East Finchley, London, which was opened in 1910 as the East Finchley Picturedrome . It is probably the oldest continuously running cinema in the UK, and shows mainly arthouse films.It is distinctive… …

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  • 26Battle of Hudson's Bay — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Hudson s Bay partof=the War of the Grand Alliance caption= The Sinking of the Pélican , after a 1722 print by Claude Charles Bacqueville de La Potherie. date=September 5, 1697 place=Hudson Bay, near… …

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  • 27Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church — Infobox Orthodox Church show name = Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church caption = CATHOLICATE EMBLEM founder = St. Thomas the Apostle independence = Apostolic Era recognition = Oriental Orthodox primate= Catholicos Mar Baselios Mar Thoma… …

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  • 28Harry Hampton — VC (14 December, 1870 2 November, 1922) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was 29 years… …

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  • 29Daniel Daly — Daniel Joseph Daly Daniel Daly Born November 11, 1873(1873 11 11) Glen Co …

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  • 30Kata (people) — The Katir or Kator/Kata are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. HistoryIn 1895, following their conquest by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, the Katir Kafir people in Afghanistan were converted to Islam. Every former Kafiristan Kafiri were… …

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