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The Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha was a social organisation in the Indian state of Gujarat which was initiated to get together the Kolis and Rajputs of the state. Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha was started by a Koli Jagirdar Natvarsinh Solanki and a Rajput Mahendrasinh Mahida to resolve the problems faced by both communities and to be in power at political level. The Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha was most important for Rajputs to be in power at political level because they were only 4% of the total population of Gujarat while Kolis were largest caste cluster comprising the 24% of total population of state. Before the Independence of India, Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha leaders asked the Government of Bombay to recruit the Kolis and Rajputs in police department and British government recruited the 1,500 Kolis and Rajputs. The Government of India set up the first Backward Classes Commission (Kalelkar Commission) in 1954 under the chairmanship of Kaka Kalelkar and Sabha submitted a memorandum to this commission but this demand was rejected because the Kolis has earlier were powerful and seem to be Kshatriya by other castes of Gujarat. The Kshatriya Sabha consistently demanded the recognition of 'Backward Class' for Rajputs and Kolis. GKS often requested the Government of Gujarat to start a military school for free education and other facilities for Kolis and Rajputs. In 1976, the Bakshi Commission was appointed by the state government and Kolis were recognised as Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Kolis were single largest caste of state comprising 24% of total population of state. In 1980, government appointed the Mandal commission with recognising the Kolis as Other Backward Class in state. The Kolis of Saurashtra didn't joined the Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha because they thinks that Rajputs are not our allies and Patidars were not koli's adversaries so Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha was not much influenced in Saurashtra and limited in Central and North Gujarat. same with Rajputs, a very minor number of Rajputs who were prosperous and highly wealthy, didn't joined
Melania Dalla Costa (born February 25, 1988) is an Italian-French actress, writer, producer, and activist.  She is known for her work in film and her advocacy for women's rights. Dalla Costa trained at the Elf Theatre, Spazio Gedeone, and the Diotaiuti Theater Conservatory. Dalla Costa is an advocate for women's rights, particularly in the fight against violence toward women. In 2019, she was chosen as the testimonial for the United Nations campaign against violence against women. She has been involved in several international campaigns, including the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and in 2021, she was part of the "Mujeres Empoderadas" project by "Marie Claire Spain", highlighting women fighting for human rights and equality. Early life and career. Dalla Costa was born in Marostica and grew up in Enego, a small town in the Asiago Plateau. A former competitive Nordic skier, she shifted her focus to the arts, starting her acting career in 2011. Her training in theater began at the Elf Teatro in Milan, and she continued her studies at the Spazio Gedeone and the Diotaiuti Theater Conservatory in Rome and than with Michael Margotta and Bernard Hiller. She also studied the Chubbuck Technique with Ivana Chubbuck, which helped her develop as an actress.  Dalla Costa made her television debut in the Italian soap opera "Un posto al sole", where she played Francesca. Her breakthrough came in 2018 when she starred in "Stato di Ebbrezza", portraying a tormented, drug-addicted character. The film was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival. She continued acting in Italian and international films, with notable performances in "Cotton Prince", "Stato di Ebbrezza", and "Three", which won the Best Horror Award at the Los Angeles Film Awards in 2020. Screenwriting and production. In 2018, Melania made her debut as a screenwriter with "I sogni sospesi", a film that addresses the traumatic experiences of a woman who
Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet.
Chu shogi, sometimes known as Middle shogi, is a board game similar to modern shogi (Japanese chess). The board is larger than modern shogi in size, which is 12x12 instead of 9x9. The game is invented in the 14th century after the board game Dai shogi. There are way more pieces than modern shogi due to the size of board being big. Most pieces can promote like in modern shogi except for some major pieces.  Pieces. The game setup will be from the least powerful to the most powerful piece.  Normal pieces. These are the pieces that appear in the setup during the game and these pieces will be in order from the least powerful to the most powerful piece. Promoted pieces. Promotion happens when a piece enters the promotion zone which is the last four rows (opponent's side). There are some existing promoted pieces at the setup of the game, but there are some pieces that do not exist in the setup and can only appear by promotion. If you decide not to promote when a piece enters the promotion zone, you can not promote that piece until you leave then re-enter the promotion zone or capture a piece in the promotion zone. Once a piece is promoted, that piece cannot go back to its original form and pieces can only promote once only. The king, queen and lion do not promote into a different piece.
Allobates niputidea is a frog. It lives in Colombia. Home. This frog lives in forests where the trees are not taller than 20 m. This frog is awake during the day. People see the frogs through streams that flow all year. Scientists have seen this frog between 50 and 970 meters above sea level. This frog is not good at living in places that human beings have changed. Scientists have seen the frog in some protected places: Embalse Topocoro private reserve from ISAGEN, Pauxi Pauxi ProAves Reserve and Cabildo Verde Reserve. Young. The adult male frog sits on the dead leaves on the ground and calls to the female frogs. The frog hatches out of its egg as a tadpole. People see young frogs near pools of water in the forest. Danger. Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the forests into farms and places to raise animals. People make big farms to grow cacao. Other people also make small farms for cacao, avocadoes, and bananas, but they use traditional forest farming, which does not hurt the forest much because it does not use chemicals to make plants grow or kill pests.
The Xiangjiaba Dam (simplified Chinese: 向家坝; traditional Chinese: 向家壩; pinyin: "Xiàngjiābà") is a large gravity dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province in southwest China. The facility has eleven Francis turbines, four with a capacity of 812 MW and four rated at 800 MW and three with 450 MW, totalling an installed capacity of 7,798 MW. Xiangjiaba Dam is China's fourth-biggest hydropower station following Three Gorges Dam, Baihetan Dam and Xiluodu Dam. Construction started on November 26, 2006, and its first generator was commissioned in October 2012. The last generator was commissioned on July 9, 2014. The output of the generating station is connected to an ±800 kV HVDC link, the Xiangjiaba–Shanghai HVDC system, which transmits the power to Shanghai.
Port Area, Manila, also known as both the Manila Port District and South Port District, is a district of the city of Manila, Philippines. It is entirely a reclaimed land occupied by Manila's South Harbor and Engineer Island, a dockyard known as the the "Baseco Compound". It is bounded on the north by the Pasig River, facing the districts of Tondo and San Nicolas, on the west by the Manila Bay, on the east by Intramuros, separated by "Radial Road 1", and on the south by the district of Ermita. Post-war developments at the Manila South Harbor eventually paved the way for the migration of natives from the different provinces, making it one of the largest ghettos in the Philippines. History. Port Area, historically known as "Port District", was built on reclaimed land in the 1890s, toward the end of the Spanish rule in the Philippines, as an expansion of the port of Manila. In 1914, administrative oversight of the area was transferred to the Insular Collector of Customs (now, "Bureau of Customs"). Subsequently, in 1949, amendments to the City Charter of Manila resulted in the formal adoption of Port Area as part of a newly established legislative district. Engineer Island. Engineer Island, an artificial island known as the "Baseco Compound", was a dockyard in the Port Area. In 1966, families of Port Area's shipyard employees were resettled in Baseco by its owners, the Romualdez family — to make space for a prospective international seaport in the South Harbor. The compound was consequently sequestered after the 1986 People Power Revolution leading to its proclamation as a depressed residential area in 2002.
The video service TikTok was banned in the United States on January 19, 2025, due to data collection and influence operations by China. The ban took effect after refusal to sell TikTok before the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. On the day before the deadline, TikTok closed its services in the United States. President Trump signaled that he would grant a 90-day extension to TikTok and the ban was lifted. TikTok users began planning on switching apps incase the ban went through. Many TikTok users began switching to the app Xiaohongshu in protest of the ban. On January 18, 10:30 p.m. EST, TikTok closed services in the United States. Users received an error message informing them that the service is no longer accessible in the US. Hours after the closure, Donald Trump indicated that he would issue an order "to extend the period of time before the law takes effect". On January 19, TikTok began restoring service. In a post on X, they stated that Trump provided "assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties".
President-elect of Argentina is the title used for an incoming president of Argentina between the general election on Election Day in October and noon Eastern Standard Time on Inauguration Day, December 10. During this time, the elected nominee is not in office yet. If the current president has won re-election, they are not given the title of president-elect because he or she is already in office and not waiting to become president. If a new president is scheduled to enter, then the current-standing one is said to hold the office on a lame duck basis. Overview. Presidential elections in Argentina generally take place every four years. In accordance with the National Constitution, the president and vice president are elected for a period of four years through direct popular vote, using a second round system. In this system, if no formula obtains more than 45% of the positive votes, or more than 40% of the positive votes with a percentage difference of 10 points with respect to the second formula, a second round is held between the two most positive formulas voted.  The winner automatically becomes the President-elect of the country.
The 2016-17 Austrian football championship was the 106th season of a top Austrian league and the 43rd under the name Bundesliga. The league was played by ten teams. They determined the Austrian football champions in four rounds. Lower Austria and Vienna each had two clubs, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only federal state not represented by a team in Austria's top division. LASK Linz was promoted to the Bundesliga. In the 2016-17 season, as in previous years, ten clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 rounds. Each team played twice at home and away against every other team. FC Red Bull Salzburg became Austrian champions for the fourth time in a row and for the eleventh time overall. The sports betting provider "Tipico" was the main sponsor. The official league name was "Tipico-Bundesliga". The TV provider "sky Deutschland AG" had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full length. They were broadcasted on "Sky Sport Austria" channel .
The Southern League (SL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the Southern United States. Like the Eastern League and the Texas League, the Southern League plays at the Double-A (AA) level, the second-most difficult level before Major League Baseball (MLB). The league started in 1964. MLB took control of Minor League Baseball in 2021, it was called the Double-A South for one season before going back to the SL name in 2022.
Larry Schmittou (born July 19, 1940) is an American entrepreneur, former Minor League Baseball team owner, and former college baseball team coach. He owns L&amp;S Family Entertainment LLC, a business that has bowling alleys in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Biography. Schmittou was the head coach of Vanderbilt University's baseball team from 1968 to 1978. He owned Minor League Baseball teams from 1978 to 1996. The teams he owned were the Daytona Beach Islanders, Eugene Emeralds, Greensboro Hornets, Huntsville Stars, Nashville Sounds, Salem Redbirds, Salt Lake City Gulls, Wichita Wranglers, and Winston-Salem Spirits. He also owned a minor league ice hockey team and minor league basketball team. Many people came to see the Nashville Sounds baseball team play while Schmittou was responsible for the team. More people came to watch the Sounds' games in Nashville, Tennessee, in their first year (1978) than any other Minor League Baseball teams. They had the highest attendance in the Southern League for each of the seven years they played in that group of teams. The Sounds won an award for having the best promotions in 1978, 1980, and 1981. Schmittou won an award for being the best executive in the Southern League in 1978. He won the awards for being the best executive in the American Association, another baseball league, in 1987 and 1989. Schmittou was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. He was placed in the Southern League Hall of Fame in 2016. Schmittou worked for the Texas Rangers, a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, from 1983 to 1986. His job was to get many people to go to their games, like he had done with the Sounds. He was also in charge of a group that tried to get an MLB team to start playing in Nashville in 1993. They were not successful in getting a team. References. Specific General
The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a major event in the Fourth French War of Religion.
The Honda ZR-V is a compact Crossover SUV made by Honda since 2022. History and Features. The development of the ZR-V was led by Shuichi Ono. It was later shown in The United States in April 2022 as the new Honda HR-V. It was launched in 2022 as a 2023 model. Later it was launched in Europe and China as the ZR-V because it sold alongside the HR-V. The SUV has a 1.5 liter turbo and a 2.0 liter petrol engines and also a hybrid version that combines a 2.0 liter petrol engine and a electric motor. All the versions have a CVT transmission. Markets. The Honda ZR-V is currently sold in North America as the HR-V, China (where it is produced both by GAC Honda and Dongfeng Honda the latter sells it as the HR-V), Europe, Egypt, Middle East Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Japan where it replaced the Honda CR-V.
The Wey VV5 is a luxury Crossover SUV made by Wey a luxury brand of Great Wall Motors (GWM) from 2017 to 2021. History and Features. The Wey VV5 was launched in 2017 during the development. It was known as the 02. The car shares its plataform with the Wey VV7 and The Haval H6. It has a 1.5 liter and 2.0 liter both turbo gasoline engines and a 7-speed DCT transmission. Markets. The Wey VV5 was sold mainly in China during its production. Discontinuation. The production of The Wey VV5 ended in 2021 and was replaced by the Wey Latte and the Wey Macchiato.
The World Influencers and Bloggers Awards, or WIBA Awards, is an international award founded by . The first ceremony was held on May 24, 2019. Winners. WIBA Awards title holders are the top world influencers and prominent personalities:
The Wey VV6 is a compact luxury Crossover SUV made by Wey which is a premium brand of Great Wall Motors (GWM) from 2018 to 2021. History and Features. The Wey VV6 was launched in 2018. It shares its plataform with The Wey VV5 and The Haval H6. The SUV has a 2.0 liter turbo gasoline engine and a 7-speed DCT transmission. Markets. The Wey VV6 was sold mainly in The Chinese Market during its entire production. Discontinuation. The production of The Wey VV6 ended in 2021 and the car was later discontinued without a sucessor.
The Missouri Tigers university sports programs represent the University of Missouri in Columbia. The name came from a band of armed Union Home Guards. These were called the "Fighting Tigers of Columbia". In 1864 they protected Columbia from Confederate guerrillas during the American Civil War.  The University of Missouri are often called "Mizzou". It is part of the University of Missouri System.
Winston Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. He is best known for his leadership during World War II, when he rallied the British people to resist Nazi Germany. He was also a prolific writer, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
The Evansville Triplets were a Minor League Baseball team from Evansville, Indiana, that played from 1970 to 1984. They played baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball (MLB), against other baseball teams in the American Association. Their home stadium was called Bosse Field. The Triplets were partnered with three MLB teams: the Minnesota Twins (1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1973), and Detroit Tigers (1974–1984).  Evansville won the American Association championship in 1972 as the Triple-A partner of the Milwaukee Brewers. They won two more championships with the Detroit Tigers (1975 and 1979). The 1975 team also won the Junior World Series, a competition against the champions of the International League, the Tidewater Tides. In 1984, the Triplets were sold to Larry Schmittou and other owners of the Nashville Sounds, a Double-A team of the Southern League, for a reported sum of US$780,000. They moved the team to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 1985 season. Schmittou planned to move the Double-A Southern League team to Evansville. However, the league did not like the idea, and the City of Evansville did not want to upgrade Bosse Field.
The St. Ambrose University is a private and Catholic university in Davenport, Iowa. It was founded in 1882 as a school of commerce for young men.  Academics. St. Ambrose University has 60 to 70 undergraduate majors. They include the following pre-professionals: Medical, Dental, Law, Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Physician's Assistant, Optometry, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine, eleven master's and three doctoral programs. These are offered through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Health and Human Services. The main other programs include one of the only Master of Occupational Therapy programs leading to a registered occupational therapist degree in the state of Iowa. Also, pass rates on the National Physical Therapy Examination are consistently high and the two-year average rate is 97%. St. Ambrose has eleven master's degree programs and three doctoral programs: physical therapy, occupational therapy and business administration. There are Study Abroad Programs for Fall and spring semesters, winter and May interim, and summer programs offered in more than 40 countries. Sports and athletic programs at the St. Ambrose. Athletic and sports groups at the St. Ambrose are classified as the Fighting Bees. St. Ambrose is involved with almost thirty intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's include: lacrosse, basketball, baseball, wrestling or volleyball. The women's sports include softball, dance, diving, swimming, tennis and bowling.
The American Association was a Minor League Baseball league based mostly in the Midwestern United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 It played at the Triple-A (AA) level, the second-most difficult level before Major League Baseball (MLB). The American Association started in 1902. Because of few people coming to games, resulting in low income, the league disbanded after the 1962 season. It started playing again in 1969 after more MLB teams were created. However, it stopped playing again after the 1997 season.
Alutor or Alyutor is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken in Northeastern Russia. It is an endangered language, with only 25 native speakers according to the 2010 census. This language is taught in the Vyvenka villiage school, located in the Olyutorsky District, Koryak Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The dialects of this language are: Alyutor proper, Karaginsky, and Palanksy. This language is unwritten, and mainly spoken by elders.
Tekirdağ in Republic of Türkiye.Its population is 1,167,059.Its surface area is 6,313 km².Its border neighbors are Istanbul, Edirne, Kırklareli and Çanakkale.  Transport. The distances from Tekirdağ city center (Süleymanpaşa) to other district centers are as follows. Süleymanpaşa: 1 km, Çorlu: 37 km, Ergene: 45 km, Çerkezköy: 62 km, Kapaklı: 68 km, Saray: 82 km, Muratlı: 25 km, Hayrabolu: 52 km, Malkara: 60 km, Marmaraereğlisi: 38 km, Şarköy: 84 km.
ION Exchange (India) Ltd. is a company from India. The company specializes in providing solutions for water and environment management. Founded in 1964 as a subsidiary of UK-based Permutit, it became completely Indian-owned in 1985 and has since expanded its footprint across different countries across the globe. History. ION Exchange (India) Ltd. was established in 1964 as a subsidiary of Permutit, which was based in the United Kingdom. In 1965, the company started to make ion-exchange resins in India. In 1978, it introduced the Reverse Osmosis technology for the first time in India. Operations. Across the globe, there are manufacturing facilities and assembly points where Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. operates. These can make ion exchange resins, industrial chemicals, and membranes; they can also fabricate and assemble water and waste water systems. Research and development. The business of the creating of sustainable water and environmental products and technologies is the focus of the research and development centers in India run by the company. Products. Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. has a variety of products and solutions for different industries, such as: This product line is called the INDION, which contains ion exchange resins, membranes, specialty chemicals, as well as water quality monitoring instrumentation. Market segments. A diverse range of clients globally are served by ION Exchange India Ltd. including various private industries, government bodies, households and neighborhoods. Water and environmental matters prevalent in sectors such as the automotive sector, pharmaceuticals sector, food processing and manufacturing sector, power generation sector, among others, are the various issues that this company addresses through its solutions. They recently bagged a 700Cr+ project from IOCL Corporate social responsibility (CSR). ION Exchange (India) Ltd. emphasizes office social responsibility via the Ion Foundation that exists to empower marginalized populations by means of training, health, and hygiene interventions. Moreover, it backs sustainable projects that lead to social improvement and resilient societies’ development. In addition, they have been known to donate water treatment systems as well as services which help people living in areas affected by natural disasters.