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 ...that Jamshedji Framji Madan was a pioneer of Indian cinema, whose film production company Madan Theatres Limited once controlled half of British India's box office? (22-04-2008)
... that Indian film director Nitin Bose, who directed the blockbuster Ganga Jamuna in 1961, had introduced playback singing in Indian cinema in 1935? (09-05-2008)
... that in 1999, the JKNC expelled Saifuddin Soz, India's current Minister of Water Resources, when he voted against the Government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee defying the party whip? (22-07-2008) (cleanup, wikify, nomination)
... that champion shooter Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games? (19-08-2008) (collaboration, cleanup)
... that from November to April every year Jammu is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state, and that during the summer Srinagar is the capital? (10-12-2008)
... that during the history of Pulicat between 1621 and 1665, over 38,000 Indian slaves were obtained by Dutch slave traders and shipped from the Coromandel Coast, mostly to the East Indies? (13-12-2008) (some cleanup)
... that Lesser Whistling Ducks are the most prominent species among the migratory birds that visit the lake in the Santragachhi area of Howrah, India, during winter? (08-01-2009)
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