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  2. Clint Eastwood - Wikipedia

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    Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930, at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, to Ruth (née Margret Runner; 1909–2006) and Clinton Eastwood (1906–1970). During her son's fame, Ruth was known by the surname of her second husband, John Belden Wood (1913–2004), whom she married after the death of Clinton Sr. Eastwood was nicknamed "Samson" by hospital nurses because he weighed 11 ...

  3. Amarkant - Wikipedia

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    Amarkant (1925 – 17 February 2014) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. His novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007, [1] and Vyas Samman in year 2009. [2] He was awarded Jnanpith Award for the year 2009. [3] [4] Amarkant is considered one of the prominent writers of the story writing tradition of Premchand ...

  4. Sodium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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    Physical properties. Pure sodium hydroxide is a colorless crystalline solid that melts at 318 °C (604 °F) without decomposition and boils at 1,388 °C (2,530 °F). It is highly soluble in water, with a lower solubility in polar solvents such as ethanol and methanol. [14] Sodium hydroxide is insoluble in ether and other non-polar solvents.

  5. Intelligence quotient - Wikipedia

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    An intelligence quotient ( IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. [1] The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotient, his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests at University of Breslau he advocated in ...

  6. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Uttar Ādhunik is the post-modernist period of Hindi literature, marked by a questioning of early trends that copied the West as well as the excessive ornamentation of the Chāyāvādī movement, and by a return to simple language and natural themes. Internet. Hindi literature, music, and film have all been

  7. Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism is the world's third-largest religion, with approximately 1.20 billion+ followers, or 15%+ of the global population, known as Hindus. [16] [web 2] [web 3] It is the most widely professed faith in India, [17] Nepal, Mauritius, and in Bali, Indonesia. [18]

  8. Daṇḍin - Wikipedia

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    The Kāvyādarśa is the earliest surviving systematic treatment of poetics in Sanskrit.Kāvyādarśa was strongly influenced by Bhaṭṭi's Bhaṭṭikāvya. In Kāvyādarśa, Daṇḍin argues that a poem's beauty derives from its use of rhetorical devices – of which he distinguished thirty-six.

  9. Category:Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    This category is located at Category:Hindi-language literature. Note: This category should be empty. See the instructions for more information. Administrators: If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, and all incoming links have been cleaned up, click here to delete.