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Letter R

This section is home to entries beginning with the letter R, covering themes like revolutionary movements, remarkable discoveries in research, and the beauty of renaissance art. Whether you're interested in reading about global religions or the structure of governmental regimes, this part of the index has it all.

RAVANA

  RAVANA Rama has gone and Ravana has gone, who had a big family; the world is a dream and...

RAVI-SUTA (SUTA-BHAN)

  RAVI-SUTA (SUTA-BHAN) Why should they fear Ravi-Suta (the son of the sun) i.e. Dharmaraja whose mind is absorbed in...

RAVIDAS

RAVIDAS, poet and mystic, was born to Raghu and Ghurbinia, who lived near the city of Varanasi. Not much biographical...

REGIONAL FORMULA

REGIONAL FORMULA, one of the several schemes devised to solve the language problem in the Punjab without recasting the state...

REKH RAO, BHAI

  REKH RAO, BHAI, and Bhana Mallan were Sikh residents of Kabul. They looked after the local chieftain`s stores. Both...

RENUNCIATION

RENUNCIATION means the giving up of the style of living dominated by worldly ambition and craving and discarding the love...

RICHMOND. COLONEL

RICHMOND. COLONEL A.F., agent to the Governor General, North-West Frontier Agency (June 1843November 1844), who came to the Sutlej frontier...

RIKABGANJ AGITATION

RIKABGANJ AGITATION (1913-20) marked the Sikh protest against the demolition by the British of one of the walls of the...

RIPUDAMAN SINGH, MAHARAJA

RIPUDAMAN SINGH, MAHARAJA (1883-1942), ruler of the princely state of Nabha from 1912 to 1923, was born at Nabha on...

RISALA-I-NANAK SHAH

RISALA I NANAK SHAH, a Persian manuscript by Buddh Singh Arora of Lahore, who was employed in the court of...

RITHA SAHIB, GURDWARA

RITHA SAHIB, GURDWARA, 40 km northwest of Nanak Mata in Uttat Pradesh. It is also 40 km from Kichha railway...

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