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The southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh had an electrifying night this week after officials reportedly recorded 36,749 lightning strikes in just 13 hours.

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Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.

Holi also celebrates the arrival of Spring.

Holi ends the winter.

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Aksai Chin is one of the two large disputed border areas between India and China.

India claims Aksai Chin as the easternmost part of the union territory of Ladakh.

China claims that Aksai Chin is part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Tibet.

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Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian constitution.

On 29 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee.

This Drafting Committee was headed by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Born: April 14, 1891, Nagar, India

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedka Died: on December 6, 1956, in New Delhi, India

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• The research and analysis Wing
• The research and analysis Wing (abbreviated R&AW; Hindi: Anusandhān Aur Viśleṣaṇ Viṅg) is the overseas intelligence enterprise of India. The organisation's primary characteristic is amassing overseas intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, and advancing India's overseas strategic interests.

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Shah Burj Gate was constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1041 A.H under the supervision of architect Abdul Karim Mamur Khan.

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Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi was an Indian actress and film producer, who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. 

Born: August 13, 1963, Meenampatti, India

Died: February 24, 2018

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India celebrates Republic Day annually on 26 January, and this year the country will celebrate its 72nd Republic Day to mark the day India became a sovereign republic.

While India gained independence from the British in 1947, but it wasn't until 26 January 1950 that the Indian Constitution came into effect and India became a sovereign state, declaring it a republic.

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The Tulbul project is a "navigation lock-cum-control structure" at the mouth of the Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir.

Wular Lake is the largest freshwater lake in India, and is situated on the Jhelum.