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4 days ago · Etymology. The region was originally called Sapta Sindhu Rivers, the Vedic land of the seven rivers originally: Saraswati, Indus, Sutlej, Jehlum, Chenab, Ravi, and Beas. The Sanskrit name for the region, as mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata for example, was Panchanada which means "Land of the Five Rivers", and was translated to Persian as Punjab after the Muslim conquests.
3 days ago · The History of Punjab refers to the past history of Punjab region which is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in the northwest of South Asia, comprising eastern Punjab province in Pakistan and western Punjab state in India. [1] It is believed that the earliest evidence of human habitation in Punjab traces to the Soan valley of the ...
1 day ago · Arab military volunteers in 1947 Hamas' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, on parade. Palestinian political violence refers to actions carried out by Palestinians with the intent to achieve political objectives that can involve the use of force, some of which are considered acts of terror, and often carried out in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
4 days ago · Tables of historical exchange rates to the United States dollar. Listed below is a table of historical exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, at present the most widely traded currency in the world. [1] An exchange rate represents the value of one currency in another. An exchange rate between two currencies fluctuates over time.
2 days ago · James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth ...
2 days ago · The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن), abbr. PML (N) or PML-N) is a centre-right, conservative liberal [8] [16] political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate. The party was founded in 1993, when a number of prominent conservative politicians in the country joined ...
2 days ago · The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949. [1] [2] As of December 2020, it has received diplomatic recognition from 165 (or 85%) of the 193 total UN member states, and also maintains bilateral ties with ...
