Ib and Od Ib in Odisha (near Jharsuguda) and Od in Gujarat (between Anand and Godhra) have the shortest place and railway station names in India.
Ashok Kumar In India, 'John Doe' court orders against an unknown person are known as 'Ashok Kumar' orders.
Fasting unto Death History People Politics While hunger strikes are commonplace in India, has there been anybody who has carried out the threat to its ultimate end?
Lal Bihari "Mritak" and the Association of Dead People Other People What prompted this farmer from UP to form the Uttar Pradesh Mritak Sangh & led to him winning the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize for Peace?
Plastic Surgery History Science Be it cosmetic or reconstructive, the roots of plastic surgery can be traced all the way back to Vedic India
Massacre Ghat, Kanpur History Other How did the ordinary-sounding Satti Chaura Ghat get its present name?
India and the diamond trade History Other At one point in time, every diamond in the world originated in India.
