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  2. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    Under Article 340 of the Indian Constitution, the government must promote the welfare of the OBCs. The president may by order appoint a commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC) within the territory of India and the difficulties under which they labour and to make recom

  3. Wolverine - Wikipedia

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    The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in its Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").

  4. Nader - Wikipedia

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    Nader, an Arabic word used in Hadith evaluation, which can be translated to mean "rare" or "unique" (also Näder): German surname, meaning embroiderer or tailor [ 1 ] A slang term for tornadoes

  5. Mudaliar - Wikipedia

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    Senguntha Kaikola Mudaliar is a caste commonly found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the neighboring country Sri Lanka.In Andhra Pradesh, they are called as Kaikala or Karikala Bhaktulu, who consider the Chola emperor Karikala Chola as their hero. [14]

  6. Bill Hader - Wikipedia

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    William Thomas Hader Jr. [1] (born June 7, 1978) [2] is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He gained widespread attention for his eight-year stint as a cast member on the long-running NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award.

  7. Gotra - Wikipedia

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    The specific meaning "family, lineage kin" (as it were "herd within an enclosure") is relatively more recent, first recorded around the mid-1st millennium BCE (e.g., Chandogya Upanishad). These "lineages" as they developed among the Brahmins of that time meant patrilineal descent.

  8. Haram - Wikipedia

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    Haram (/ h ə ˈ r ɑː m, h æ ˈ-, h ɑː ˈ-,-ˈ r æ m /; [1] [2] Arabic: حَرَام ḥarām [ħɑˈrɑːm]) is an Arabic term meaning 'forbidden'. [3]: 471 This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowledge; or, in direct contrast, to an evil and thus "sinful action ...

  9. Nadar - Wikipedia

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    Nadar was recognized for breaking the conventions of photographic portrait, choosing to capture the subjects as active participants. [16] As of 1 April 1895, Nadar turned over the Paris Nadar Studio to his son Paul. He moved to Marseille, where he established another photography studio in 1897. On 3 January 1909 he returned to Paris. [17]