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Govindgiri Banjara was a social and religious reformer among the tribes of the Rajasthan and Gujarat areas of India. [4]He had run afoul of the local princely state rulers, notably Sunth, Banswara, Idar, and Dungarpur because of his critique of the Indian hierarchy and its exploitation of the adivasi, and the subsequent social disruptions by his followers that his doctrines caused.
A hillock or knoll is a small hill, [1] usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range. Hillocks are similar in their distribution and size to small mesas or buttes . This particular formation occurs often in Great Britain and China .
Starvation Lake is a small town in the fictitious Pine County, Michigan. The town is based on real-life Bellaire, Michigan. [6] The lake the book is named after is in nearby Kalkaska County, and mentions its location in Northern Michigan. Statler, Pennsylvania Stephen King: From a Buick 8: Steklovks Mikhail Bulgakov: The Fatal Eggs: Stepford ...
The structure of the fort situated on a small hillock in the middle of the town is multi-angular. From a strategic point of view, the fort was built from the late 16th century to the first half of the 17th century. Formerly the princely state of Alwar was under Bharatpur.
Life in the town became rigidly structured, with the aim being to preserve the privileges of the dominant middle classes. This pattern continued practically unaltered until the late 17th century. On a small hillock in the town, stands the Meeting House and the Tree of Gernika. By ancient tradition, Basques, and indeed other peoples in Medieval ...
Port Townsend, Washington. Population: 9,710 Founded: 1851 Nearest city: Seattle (41 miles; 112 miles by road) In the late 19th century, Port Townsend was a boomtown, as people expected the town ...
Tell Barri, northeastern Syria, from the west; this is 32 meters (105 feet) high, and its base covers 37 hectares (91 acres) Tel Be'er Sheva, Beersheva, Israel. In archaeology, a tell (from Arabic: تَلّ, tall, 'mound' or 'small hill') [1] is an artificial topographical feature, a mound [a] consisting of the accumulated and stratified debris of a succession of consecutive settlements at the ...
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most small-town fire departments. In cities and towns above 10,000 people, most firefighters get paid. But volunteers make up a combined 24% of the U.S. firefighter ...