Dum-dum bullets
Dum-dums are bullets which are designed to expand upon impact. They are so called because they were first produced by the British Indian Army at the Dum Dum arsenal in Calcutta.
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Akbar the Great
Akbar the Great literally means Great the Great making it a tautology. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Ali Akbar.
The canal bank Nehrus
The family name of the Nehru family is actually Kaul. A Kashmiri ancestor of Jawaharlal Nehru named Raj Kaul came to be called Raj Kaul Nehru as his jagir was situated along the banks of a canal (a Nahar). The Kaul was later dropped.
Ledikeni
Ledikeni, a Gulab Jamun-like Bengali sweet, was named after Lady Canning, the popular wife of Governor General Canning. It is apparently a slightly larger version of the Pantua.
Anaconda, the elephant killer
The name of the Anaconda, one of the most impressive snakes in the world, is said have its origins in Tamil where Anaikondran translates to something along the lines of elephant killer.
Action-Slave Fascination-Moon Grocer
According to journalist, writer, and professor, G.V. Desani, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's name literally translates to Action-Slave Fascination-Moon Grocer.
Galactic Mantra
The sci-fi show, Battlestar Galactica, used the Gayatri Mantra as its opening theme and incorporated it liberally throughout the show.
The Alien and the Extraterrestrial
Satyajit Ray contended that Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET, would not have been possible without his 1967 script of The Alien being available throughout America in mimeographed copies.
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