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Badminton has its beginnings in 18th century India. The game was initially known as Poona as it was particularly popular in that British garrison town.

While most Indian school history books spell the 7th-century Chinese traveller's name as Hiuen Tsang, the more commonly used romanisations around the world are Xuanzang or Hsüan-tsang.

天竺, pronounced Tianzhu in Chinese and Tenjiku in Japanese were the early names for India in China and Japan respectively. They both mean heavenly centre (or spiritual centre in reference to India being the birthplace of Buddhism).

The capital of the state of Oregon is named Salem. All in all, there are at least 25 Salems in the US.

The very Indian-sounding name of Milan Kundera belongs to an acclaimed Czech author and perennial Nobel candidate.

W.C. Fields wrote the screenplay for the movie, "The Bank Dick" under the pseudonym, Mahatma Kane Jeeves ("My hat, my cane, Jeeves!").

The word stepney is still used to refer to a spare tyre only in our part of the world. Stepneys are named after a street of the same name in Llanelli, Wales where they were manufactured in the early 1900s.

In the West, Masala Chai is often referred to using the tautological Chai Tea or Chai Tea Latte or simply Chai Latte.

Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta in Andhra Pradesh is the longest place and railway station name in India sans hyphen or space.

Ib in Odisha (near Jharsuguda) and Od in Gujarat (between Anand and Godhra) have the shortest place and railway station names in India.