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100 unusual facts about India


1956 Anjar earthquake

The 1956 Anjar earthquake occurred at 15:32 UTC on 21 July, which caused maximum damage in town of Anjar in Kutch, Gujarat, India.

Ahmed Shiyam

He is a graduate of the prestigious National Defence College of India, and completed his Infantry Officer Advance Course at Fort Benning, USA and is the first Maldivian graduate from the Command and Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan.

Aimol people

Aimol are a people in India, settled in different regions in different districts of Manipur and some in Assam and Nagaland.

Ajit Singh Kohar

He is the Minister of Transport, Legal & Legislative Affairs and Elections in the current Punjab Government.

Alfred Hallett

He became the manager of sales and design after the war for the New Egerton Woollen Mills (established in 1880) in Dhariwal, Punjab, which produced woollen worsted and hosiery of all kinds.

Amli

Amli, India, a town in the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Annamacharya

Annamacharya was born on Vaishakha Shuddha Pournami in the year Sarwadhari (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a village in current day Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Antu

Antu, India, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Arjun Ray

He holds a master's degree in Defence Studies from the University of Madras, and he has attended the Higher Command Course and the National Defence Course at the National Defence College, New Delhi.

Aurangabad district, Bihar

Blocks: Madanpur, Kutumbba, Daudnagar, Aurangabad, Barun, Obra, Deo, Nabinagar, Haspura, Goh and Rafiganj

Baker Nagar Sundrasi

Baker Nagar Sundrasi or simply Sundrasi is a village near cb ganj in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Bamra

Bamra, covering an area of 5149 km², was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj, and acceded to India on 1 January 1948.

Battle of Giria

The Battle of Giria were two battles that took place in Giria, an insignificant village in Bengal, although not well known, were very significant in the history of Bengal and like the Battle of Plassey, had far reaching consequences.

Bengala

Bengala is another name for the region of Bengal in modern India and Bangladesh.

Bhagwan Mahaveer Public School

Bhagwan Mahaveer Public School (or BMPS) (Now, Bhagwan Mahaveer Public Senior Secondary School Banga) is located in Banga, Punjab, India, on Happowal Road.

Bhanot Rajputs

3. Some people believe that the caste Bhanot originates from the people who were originally from the village 'Bhanot' in the Mandawar Mandal area in Alwar district in Rajasthan state of India.

Bihari hindi

Also people from places like Madhubani and Darbhanga talks with too much respect and never uses word Tum(तुम)(you) instead word aap(आप) is used to talk to everyone.

Birth Control International information Centre

This included Sanger's tour of Scandinavia and the Soviet Union in 1934, How-Martyn's tour of India in 1934, and Sanger and How-Martyn's World Tour for Birth Control in 1935-1936, during which they spoke to numerous groups and organized birth control organizations in India, Burma, Malay, China, the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, Canada, and the West Coast of the United States.

Brahmic scripts

Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts, but there are some claims of earlier epigraphy found on pottery in South India and Sri Lanka.

Buddhist architecture

This simple plan was adopted by early Buddhists, sometimes adapted with additional cells for monks at the periphery (especially in the early cave temples such as at Ajanta, India).

Callian

Callian referred during British time, is present day Kalyan.

Canadian Children's Museum

With a museum-issued passport and a good imagination, visitors can travel to Nigeria, Japan, India, Mexico, Indonesia and other international destinations.

Chanchal Bharti

Chanchal attended India's Got Talent season 4, during the program she was accompanied by her group Chanchal Bharti and Party.

Cherukallayi

Cherukallayi is a revenue village which forms a part of Mahé municipality of Puducherry, India.

Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bandra

The main altar of the original church was obtained from one of the ancient, ruined churches of Diu.

Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) is an Indian association that promotes business enterprises for Dalits.

Dâlma

Dalma Hills - a hill range located near the industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India.

Dangaria Kandha

Dangaria Kandha also known as 'Dongaria Kondh' is a tribe in the south-west part of Odisha, India.

Delhi–Lahore Bus

The bus stops for meals and refreshment at Wagah and at the towns of Pipli (A small town on outskirts of Kurukshetra), Sirhind and Kartarpur in India.

Customs and immigration checking are performed on arrival in the Pakistani town of Wagah and at the first stop in India at Kartarpur.

Diwan Bhai Abdul Hamid

Diwan Sir Abdul Hamid (also known as Khan Bahadur Abdul Hamid) born in Jalandhar was Chief Minister of Kapurthala Princely State in India under the British Raj.

Dor Rajputs

Dor Rajput (also known as Doda) are a Hindu Rajput clan of India.

Edmund Drummond

Edmund Drummond (17 January 1814 – 10 January 1895) was a British civil servant in India.

Elections in West Bengal

Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India.

Far East

The term was popularized during the period of the British Empire as a blanket term for lands to the east of British India.

Fort St. Anthony of Simbor

The Fort St. Anthony of Simbor, Forte de Santo António de Simbor in Portuguese, also referred as Fort of the Sea or Fort of Pani-Kota, is located on a small island in the bay of Simbor, about 25 km east of Diu in India.

Francisco de Melo da Gama de Araújo e Azevedo

The Field Marshal Francisco de Melo da Gama de Araújo e Azevedo (May 16, 1773 - January 17, 1859 in Quinta da Garrida, Parish of St. João da Ribeira Ponte de Lima, Portugal) was a field marshall of the Portuguese Army and Governor of Diu in Portuguese India between March 21, 1821 and January 1840

Gemunu Kulatunge

Major General Gemunu Kulatunge, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.

Girmityas

"Agreement" is the term that has been coined into "Girmit", referring to the "Agreement" of the British Government with the Indian labourers as to the length of stay in Fiji and when they would be allowed to go back to India.

Gokula

Gokula and his fellow farmers moved further, attacked and destroyed the Sadabad cantonment.

Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury

After one year, he was appointed as Chief of General Staff and then as Commandant of the National Defence College.

Hata

Hata, India, a town in Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Hill Top School Dalhousie

HillTop School Dalhousie is a co-educational residential school in Upper Bakrota hills in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India.

History of Tripura

This was their most glorious period and their power and fame was even acknowledged by the Mughals, who were their contemporaries in North India.

Ilm-e-Khshnoom

In 1875, an eighteen-year old Parsi named Behramshah Nowroji Shroff left Surat (Gujarat, India) for Peshawar (now in Pakistan) in search of employment.

India's Open-Economy Policy

By the 1990s, their imperatives increasingly highlighted a sense of rivalry, especially with China, and globalism, a desire to play a strong role in world affairs.

Indian White Paper on Plebiscite in Kashmir

The plebiscite was never conducted due to intransigence on the part of both India and Pakistan.

Indo-Burma barrier

The protests from people living in the Moreh, Chorokhunou, and Molchan areas forced the Home Ministry to refer the matter to the Manipur government.

International Energy Forum

It is unique in that participants not only include IEA and OPEC countries, but also key international actors such as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa.

Ishing thingbi lake

Ishing Thingbi lake is a fresh water lake situated at Konaitong in the Chandel district of Manipur, India.

Jai Prakash Narayan National Park

The Indian Central Public Works Department (CPWD) looks after it.

Jain meditation

Statue is carved from a single stone fifty-seven feet high in 981 A.D., is located in Karnataka, India

Janardan Singh Gehlot

Janardhan Singh Gelhot is an Indian sports administrator.

Jayantha de S. Jayaratne

Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne, VSV, ndc, IG, SLA was a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF HQ (J)).

Jewish communities of Portugal

According to the official website of the Jewish Community of Porto, it is ruled by the philosophy of Chabad Lubavitch and among its members one finds Jews from sources as diverse as Egypt, India, Russia, United States, Poland, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Mexico and Venezuela.

Journal of Earth System Science

The editor-in-chief is D. Shankar (National Institute of Oceanography).

Kafila

Kafila.org is a group blog where members post opinions on current affairs, mostly related to India.

Kakana

Kakana is a village and largest city of the northernmost island in the Nicobar Islands of the Republic of India.

Kalakundi

Kalakundi, India, a village in Dharwad district in the southwestern state of Karnataka, India

Kathia

Originally they resided in Bikaner, whence they migrated and founded the state of Kathiawar, which takes its name from the Kathia tribe, and is in modern day Gujerat State of India.

Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies

The cooperation of the KazISS expanded and included Asian partners in China (Shanghai Institute for International Studies), India (Jawaharlal Nehru University) as well as Russia (the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation).

Kshitish Mohan Lahiri

After Indian independence in 1947, Kshitish Mohan Lahiri's family migrated to newly formed state of West Bengal in India.

Lalotra

The Lalotra are a Rajput clan found mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

The Lalotras were also found in Sialkot District, and these Lalotras immigrated to India at the time of the Partition of India.

Lok Rajputs

The Lok Rajputs are Hindu caste found in the state of Rajasthan in India.

Madhavan K. Palat

National Defence University, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.

Marie Seton

According to her friend, Pamela Cullen, Seton "had a fascination for India and as a young woman she had been introduced to India’s fight for independence by one of India’s greatest political figures, Krishna Menon, who was then a struggling lawyer in London. She also had family associations with India through her father, who had served as an officer in the Indian Army and been seriously wounded during one of the many uprisings of the period".

Mendaka Samarasinghe

He has undergone training at College of Military Engineering, India; School of Military Engineering, Malaysia; Defence Services Command and Staff College, India; Engineer School, Fort Leonardwood, USA; College of Combat, India; Royal Military College of Science, UK; Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA; and the National Defence College, India.

Milinda Peiris

Major General Milinda Peiris, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, is a Sri Lankan Army officer who commanded the 5th Regiment of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps with distinction.

Mumbai College

this can refer to any of a number of academic institutions in Mumbai, India, including

Nalin Seneviratne

General Ganegoda Appuhamelage Don Granville Nalin Seneviratne, VSV, ndc, SLE (August 25, 1931 - August 12, 2009) was a Sri Lankan Army officer.

Nazargunj

Nazargunj (tr.: a place worth seeing) is an Indian princely state, originating in Purnea, in the state of Bihar.

Nepalese handicrafts

Prior to the establishment of British regime over India and entering a peace treaty with Tibet in 1904 AD, Nepal was interpreted as the main route to Tibet for external trade with other countries.

North Eastern Hill University

North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament.

P. B. Premachandra

Premachandra graduated of the Air Command and Staff College, Air University in 1996 and in 2004 he attended National Defence College, New Delhi.

Paharpur

Paharpur, India, a census town Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar

PCOE

Parshvanath College of Engineering, an engineering college located in Thane (west) in Maharashtra state of India, and affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

Postage stamps and postal history of the postal convention states of India

Chamba issued a total of 120 stamps and 86 official stamps from 1885 till 15 April 1948 when it became part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

S. B. Patel

He was born in the Kheda district of Gujarat in India and had worked with Gandhi when he initiated satyagraha in Kaira District, in 1918, to secure suspension of revenue assessment on failure of crops, then went to Rangoon and London.

Sacred complex

The aspects of great and little tradition as put up by Redfield were applied to an Indian context.

Sadanand Shetye

Sadanand Shetye is an Indian Kabaddi player belonging to the state of Maharashtra.

Samudragupta

He ruled for about ten years in the north-central India with son as an apprentice Pataliputra, near modern day Patna in Bihar state of India.

Sangat

Sangat, India, a city in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab

Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a common name for localities in West Bengal, India.

SETC

State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) a state-owned Transport Corporation that runs long distance express services the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Shahkot

Shahkot, India, a town and Nagar Panchayat of Jalandhar district, Punjab

Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi (11 December 1926 – 27 December 1987) was born in Delhi, India.

Suhaib Ilyasi

Suhaib Ilyasi (born 8 September 1966) is a producer, director and the host of India’s first reality TV show, India's Most Wanted.

Surjit Singh Rakhra

He is Minister for Rural Development & Panchayat in the present Punjab Government.

Surya Group

It focuses on supplying textiles and accessories, manufactured in China, India and the United Arab Emirates, to markets in Russia.

Taliban guest house

According to the Indian press American ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad accused Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of knowing which guest houses in Pakistan Osama bin Laden, and other senior members of the Taliban and al Qaeda were being hosted.

Tamu, Burma

Tamu is something of a transport hub for cross-border traffic to India, being just across the border from Moreh.

Tarsa

Tarsa, India, village in Mouda tahasil of Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India

Tibetan diaspora

However, in 1961, following growing tensions between China and India, India sealed its northern border with Bhutan, prompting Bhutan to arrange an emergency meeting with the Government of India (GOI) and the CTA to deal with the Tibetans stuck in the country.

According to Nawang Thogmed, a CTA official, the most oft-cited problems for newly migrating Tibetans in India are the language barrier, their dislike for Indian food, and the warm climate, which makes Tibetan clothing uncomfortable.

Tirunavukkarasar

He was the only one of the four kuravars to visit the shrine at Tirukokarnam on the western coast of India.

University of Agricultural Sciences

University of Agricultural Sciences could refer to one of two state agriculture universities in India started on the land grant university pattern.

V. N. Purushothaman

V.N Purushothaman (9 April 1909, in Mahé, Kerala – 29 April 1990, at Pallur, Mahé, Kerala) was an Indian Congress leader.

World Vision Australia

Money raised in the 40 Hour Famine in 2002 has helped people in countries such as India, Cambodia and Afghanistan.

Yugal Bihar Saket Dham Mandir

The Yugal Bihar Saket Dham Mandir is a 200-year-old temple in Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh, India near the Sarayu River.


11th Indian Infantry Brigade

It was relocated from India to Egypt in the middle of August 1939 and trained at Fayed in Ismailia Governorate on the Great Bitter Lake.

1966 Davis Cup

India then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round which was the 1966 Davis Cup finals.

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering or A.M.S College of Engineering is an engineering college affiliated to Anna University, India located in Muthapudupet, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Ad Santel

Santel lost his World Light Heavyweight Championship to Gobar Goho of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India on 30 August 1921 in San Francisco.

Advenella kashmirensis

Advenella kashmirensis is a chemolithotrophic mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, bacterium from the genus of Advenella which was isolated from the soil of a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir in India.

Alfred Comyn Lyall

Lyall's ideas regarding the development and organisation of society in India were developed principally during the time he spent working in the Central Provinces, Berar and Rajputana between 1865 and 1878.

Babu Banarasi Das University

Babu Banarasi Das University is a state private university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Barbodhan

The largest population of Barbodhians outside India is in Bolton, Greater Manchester, where the community settled in the 1950s and 1960s.

Buddhist influences on Christianity

There were some contacts between Gnostics and Indians, e.g. Syrian gnostic theologian Bar Daisan describes in the 3rd century his exchanges with missions of holy men from India (Greek: Σαρμαναίοι, Sramanas), passing through Syria on their way to Elagabalus or another Severan dynasty Roman Emperor.

Click Asia Summit

The speaker lineup comprised various experts in the field of online and social marketing from across the globe, including Dr. Shashi Tharoor (Indian Parliament), Bingham Willis, Lucy McCabe (Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore), Nick Decrock (Yento!, Belgium), Aditya Anupkumar (Saatchi & Saatchi, India), Namrita Sehgal (Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India), Ramon Vullings (new shoes today, Netherlands), and Ankit Fadia (eSecure Solutions, India).

Femina Miss India Chandigarh 2013

The winner of Femina Miss India Chandigarh vies in Miss India.

Firdaus Kanga

This, along with the story of a young disabled man's sexual awakening as family life crumbles around him makes Sixth Happiness an interesting exploration of modern, urban India.

Frederick Hamilton

Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India

Gaya–Mughalsarai section

When it was built, it was the longest bridge in India and was believed to be the second longest bridge in the world, short of the Tay bridge near Dundee.

George F. Fitzpatrick

George Fitzpatrick married Phyllis Sinanan, sister of Mitra and Ashford Sinanan, uniting the Fitzpatrick family with another prominent political family of Trinidad (see Ashford Sinanan, Ambassador, Leader of the Opposition, Democratic Labour Party (DLP), West Indies Federation, Founder of the West Indian National Party (WINP) and High Commissioner to India.

Goga

Gogaji', a folk deity of Rajasthan state in India also known as "Goga"

Government Polytechnic Amravati

The institute is approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi & Government of Maharashtra has awarded an academic autonomy to the institute since 1995.

India–Panama relations

Also, cooperation over IT & E-Governance, cyber security and training, and Indian space agency ISRO's proposed TTC station in Panama were discussed.

Indian cricket team in England in 2011

In winning the series by more than two clear matches, England took India's place at the top of the ICC Test Championship, while India dropped to third place.

Indian Depository Receipt

The benefit of the underlying shares (like bonus, dividends etc.) would accrue to the depository receipt holders in India.

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

The Institute has a network of laboratories and observatories located in various places in India, including Kodaikanal (the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory), Kavalur (the Vainu Bappu Observatory), Gauribidanur, Hanle (the Indian Astronomical Observatory) and Hosakote.

Jervis B. Webb Company

The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.

Kaliyattam

In 1998, Suresh Gopi received the National Film Award for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for Best Director for their work on the film.

Kamalapuram

Kamalapura (sometimes written Kamalapuram), a town in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India

Kaz Rahman

From February to September 2011, his work was exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of the group show Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art from India.

Kitty Kirkpatrick

In 1805, the year of her father's death, she and her elder brother Mir Ghulam Ali, Sahib Allum, were sent to live with their grandfather Colonel James Kirkpatrick, in London and Keston, Kent, leaving their mother in India.

Kosal

Dakshina Kosala Kingdom, a colony of Kosala kings identified to be the Chhattisgarh state and western Orissa region of India

Kurli

Kurli, Maharashtra, a village in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra state, India

Mailapur

Dioceses of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, a Roman Catholic dioceses of Mylapore, Madras, India

Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital

Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), also known as Nadiad Kidney Hospital, is a not-for-profit Trust Hospital in Nadidad, Gujarat, established in 1978, and is the first speciality Urology Hospital in India.

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

O. roseus

Odontamblyopus roseus, an eel goby species found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters along the west coast of India

Parumala

Parumala is renowned for the presence of the Tomb of St. Gregorios (Parumala Thirumeni), the Greatest Saint of India belonging to the Indian Orthodox Church(Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church) and Syriac Orthodox Church, so it is a pilgrimage site.

Paul Jarvis

He bowled with good pace, and took four wickets in two Tests in a losing cause, as well as securing the man of the match award for taking 5 for 35 against India in Bangalore.

Peter van Huizen

Van Huizen was voted as the world's best Goalkeeper in 1956 and played football for clubs such as the Negri Sembilan Indians Association (NSIA) and Seremban Rangers.

Qalandar

Among the contemporary people who hold the title Qalandar are Shams Ali Qalandar of Punjab, Pakistan, Hazrath MASOOM SHAH BABA in WestBengal state of India Dist Bardhman Memari Sarif Takhtipur Hazrath Syed Shah Mohammed Khalandar Shah peeranvaliallah al Qadri al maroof Javagal Baba at Javagal Shareef(Hasan Dist.) in Karnataka state of India, Shahbaz Qalander, Nathar Vali of Trichy, Baba Fakruddin of Penukonda India.

Rhacophorus rhodopus

So the actual situation seems to be that the three taxa refer to two, not three species, with R. htunwini being a junior synonym of R. bipunctatus – possibly a restricted-range endemic of upland forest at the eastern end of the Himalayas, though it might occur south to Malaysia –, and R. namdaphaensis a junior synonym of R. rhodopus, a species that ranges widely from eastern India to the east and south and also occurs in lower-lying regions.

Sacred Heart Malankara Catholic Church, Mylapra

Sacred Heart Malankara Syrian Catholic Church or referred as S H Church is located in the village of Mylapra, near Pathanamthitta on the road side of the Main Eastern Highway in the Indian state of Kerala.

Sainik School, Amaravathinagar

Football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, gymnastics, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, mountaineering, parasailing, trekking (hiking), obstacles course, rifle shooting, boxing, NCC,karate,music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band, Choir

São Matias, Goa

São Mathias also known as Malar is a village on Divar island, Tiswadi, in the Indian state of Goa.

Society for Education Action and Research in Community Health

Society for Education Action and Research in Community health (SEARCH), is an non-governmental organization in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, which works in the field of rural health services and research.

Sourabh Vij

Born in New Delhi, Vij won his first medal at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, where his mark of 18.45 metres brought him the shot put gold medal (India's second athletics gold of the competition along with Hari Shankar Roy).

SRFI

Squash Racquets Federation of India, the apex body for the squash racquet sport in India

SS Rajputana

Onboard he met with Mahatma Gandhi who was sailing to the second Round Table Conference in London.

Telecommunications in Sri Lanka

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

The Mystery of the Blue Diamond

Tintin in India: The Mystery of the Blue Diamond, is a 1941 Belgian theatre piece in three acts written by Hergé and Jacques Van Melkebeke.

Theretra silhetensis

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Colocasia antiquorum and Ludwigia species in southern China, Colocasia esculenta in Japan, Ludwigia repens and Boerhavia species in India and numerous other hostplants from elsewhere, including Arum, Caladium, Pistia, Kochia, Ipomoea, Boerhavia, Ludwigia, Rosa and Trapa species.

Uttara Kuru Kingdom

At some point during the reign of Pururavas-Aila (the first king mentioned in the line of lunar dynasty of Indian kings) Uttara Kuru and the Kurus of India could have belonged to the same Kuru Empire.

William Henry Hoare Vincent

In 1887 he joined the Indian Civil Service, rising to vice-president of the legislative council of India and a member of the Council of India from 1923 to 1931.