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Braham Chopp (Source: lessmiths (Chopp Brahma, Brazil))
What connects a Brazilian alcoholic beverage to the Hindu Trinity?
Pangboche Hand (Source: Wikipedia)
Have you heard the story about the Hollywood actor who smuggled a finger through Indian Customs?
Radhanath Sikdar (pre 1870) (Source: Wikipedia (Radhanath Sikdar))
In 2004, the Department of Posts released a stamp featuring Radhanath Sikdar. Who was he and why are his two feet still being talked about?
Zhou Enlai, 1946 (Source: Wikipedia)
How was a Kashmir Princess involved in the Cold War?
Kubera. Northern India. 10th century. Sandstone. (Source: Wikipedia (Kubera))
Kubera, Gandharva, Shakuntala, Garuda and .. South Korea. What gives?
Lanchester Car Sculpture (Source: Wikipedia (Lanchester))
Birmingham Small Arms has a unique connection with India and tenuously also connects the Murugappa group to the Tatas.
Potti Sreeramulu (Source: Wikipedia (A portrait of Indian revolutionary Potti Sreeramulu))
While hunger strikes are commonplace in India, has there been anybody who has carried out the threat to its ultimate end?
Star Trek cast publicity shot (Source: WIkipedia (Star Trek: The Motion Picture))
Which Indian performed as a Deltan navigator in Star Trek?
The Number 1729 (Source: Wikipedia (1729))
Which Indian immortalised the number 1729?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee meeting Nawaz Sharif (Source: Outlook (Vajpayee, Sharif; Prashant Panjiar))
Did you know that Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif were jointly honoured in 1998 for their efforts in promoting peace?

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