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If I’m to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling

If I’m to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. God must be in my heart and on my lips. And if anything happens, you are not to shed a single tear.

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Women have hunger two-fold

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

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M.S. Subbulakshmi, when singing, comes closer to God

Subbulakshmi, when singing, comes closer to God and the same happens to those who listen to her.

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Galactic Mantra

The sci-fi show, Battlestar Galactica, used the Gayatri Mantra as its opening theme and incorporated it liberally throughout the show.

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Smiling Buddha

India's first nuclear test was conducted in 1974 in Pokharan, Rajasthan. It was codenamed Smiling Buddha.

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Chennai's Dhole

The Tamil word for the dhole (aka Asiatic wild dog aka Indian wild dog) is Chennai (red dog).

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Dams are sometimes referred to as the temples of modern India. This epithet stems from a speech delivered by Nehru during the opening ceremony of the Bhakra Dam where he said, "This dam has been built with the unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of mankind and therefore is worthy of worship. May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a Mosque, it inspires our admiration and reverence".

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Telangana and the gentlemen's agreement

Telangana's claim for statehood hinged on what it believed were violations of the Gentlemen's Agreement of Andhra Pradesh, an agreement signed between the leaders of Andhra and Telangana in 1956.

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Rabindranath Thakur Banerjee

Rabindranath Tagore's family name was actually Banerjee. Being Brahmins, the Tagore family's ancestors were referred to as 'Thakurmashai' or 'Holy Sir'. During the British rule, this name stuck and they began to be recognised as Thakur and eventually the family name got anglicised to Tagore.