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India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
The most severe meteorological droughts were in the years 1876, 1899, 1918, 1965, and 2000, while the five worst hydrological droughts occurred in the years 1876, 1899, 1918, 1965, and 2000. The drought of 1899 can be classified as meteorological as well as hydrological and was the most severe documented drought India has ever experienced to date.
The Bihar drought of 1966–1967 was a drought in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The official death toll from starvation in the Bihar drought was about 70,000, roughly half of which occurred in the state of Bihar.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... India Deccan famine of 1630–1632 ... Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September ...
List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games Total City Country Region Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 3 London United Kingdom: Europe 3 (1908, 1948, 2012) Los Angeles United States: North America 3 (1932, 1984, 2028) Paris France: Europe 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 2 Albertville: 2 (1992, 2030 [29]) Athens Greece: 2 (1896, 2004 ...
The Chalisa was preceded by a famine in the previous year, 1782–1783, in South India, including Madras City and surrounding areas (under British East India Company rule) and in the extended Kingdom of Mysore (under the rule of Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan).
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
The Machchhu dam failure or Morbi disaster is a dam-related flood disaster which occurred on 11 August 1979. The Machchu-2 dam, situated on the Machchhu River, failed, sending a wall of water through the town of Morbi (now in the Morbi district) of Gujarat, India. [2]