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262: Where? Significance? 261: Scientists who have won all three Padma awards – M.S. Swaminathan, Anil Kakodkar, Kasturirangan and Raja Ramanna.
262: Where? Significance? 261: Scientists who have won all three Padma awards – M.S. Swaminathan, Anil Kakodkar, Kasturirangan and Raja Ramanna.
261: A number of people have achieved what they’ve done. They are scientists who have achieved this feat. Explain. 260: The Non-Alligned Movement. (Symbol and member states as of 2007.)
260: It’s still there?! 259: Dhani Harrison – George Harrison’s son was named after the notes on the Indian classical music scale. Gramaphone Company of India was renamed Saregama some time back.
259: Connect. 258: The Pancha Bootha Sthalams – the five Siva temples dedicated to the five elements.
258: What does this picture represent? 257: Foreign winners of Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan’s highest civilian honour.
257: What links these people? 256: The Peacock Throne. (The photo was that of the Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience) at Agra Fort)
256: What used to be here, supposedly? 255: PC Mahalanobis and the ISI, Calcutta.
255: Identify the person and the institution honoured on this stamp. 254: Deputy Prime Ministers of India – missing individual – LK Advani.
254: What connects these men? Who’s missing? 253: The connection is Bhulbhulayah. (Maze) Visuals of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu and the Bara Imambara in Lucknow. The Bara Imambara is supposed to contain a labyrinth called Bhulbhulayah. Manichitrathazhu was remade in Hindi as Bhool Bhulaiyaa.
253: Identify and connect. 252: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park in Gujarat. The site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the only complete and unchanged Islamic pre-Mughal city.