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5 days ago · Recent News. Coast of Cinque Island, Andamam Islands, Bay of Bengal. Bay of Bengal, large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean, occupying an area of about 839,000 square miles (2,173,000 square km). It lies roughly between latitudes 5° and 22° N and longitudes 80° and 90° E. It is bordered by Sri Lanka and India ...
1 day ago · Malabar District. Malabar District, also known as Malayalam District, [1] [2] was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792–1800), [3] Madras Presidency (1800–1937), [4] Madras Province (1937–1950) and finally, Madras State (1950–1956) in India. It was the most populous and the third-largest ...
2 days ago · Muhi al-Din Muhammad ( c. 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as Aurangzeb ( Persian pronunciation: [ʔaw.ɾaŋɡ.ˈzeːb] lit. 'Ornament of the Throne'), was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. His regnal name is Alamgir I ( Persian pronunciation: [ʔɑː.ˈlam.ˈɡiːɾ] lit. 'Conqueror of the World ...
- 31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707
- Mumtaz Mahal
2 days ago · India. The Vijayanagara Empire ( / vɪˌdʒəjəˈnɑːɡərə /; also called the Karnata Kingdom [3]) was a medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, members of a pastoralist Gadariya community that claimed Kuruba lineage.
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5 days ago · However, on August 22, 1639, the British East India Company purchased a piece of land near Coromandel Coast from the king of the Vijayanagara dynasty, Peda Venkata Raya. Why is Madras called British? Madras was named after the fishing village called Madraspatnam where the British East India Company built a fort and factory in 1639.
5 days ago · Mahanadi River, river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state. The Mahanadi (“Great River”) follows a total course of 560 miles (900 km) and has an estimated drainage area of 51,000 square miles (132,100 square km). Mahanadi River. It is one of the most-active silt-depositing streams in the Indian subcontinent.
5 days ago · The eastern coast is a nesting ground for sea turtles. Visakhapatnam, city and port, northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies on a small embayment of the Bay of Bengal, about 380 miles (610 km) northeast of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. Visakhapatnam is a major commercial and administrative centre with road, rail, and air ...
