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... that after its merger with India, the last raja of Jubbal State joined the Indian Foreign Service?
... that the 2020 case Henderson v. Box held that the state of Indiana must list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificate?
... that Barren Island, located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is the only active volcano in India?
... that the restoration of Neknampur Lake was recognised "as the best model of lake restoration in India"?
... that Abdul Ghani Azhari wrote Qadim Tarikh-e-Gujjar in Urdu, detailing the ancient history of Gujjars in India?
... that Butt Drugs in Corydon, Indiana, had Butt Liquors and free parking in the rear?
... that Robert Nimmo's command of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan remains the longest ever command of a United Nations operation?
... that police in Indianola, Mississippi, shot an unarmed 11-year-old African-American boy after responding to his 9-1-1 call for help at his home?
... that Indian harmonium player Appa Jalgaonkar stopped singing due to puberty?
... that a woman hitchhiked from Indiana to Washington, D.C., to protest the sale of the radio station where she worked?

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