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In October 2017, Myntra partnered with the Ministry of Textiles to promote the handloom industry. [31] [32] In April 2017, the company acquired InLogg, a city-based technology platform for the e-commerce sector. [33] In April 2018, Myntra acquired Bengaluru-based start-up Witworks, a maker of wearable devices, to strengthen its technology team ...
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
In Ireland, the term city has somewhat differing meanings in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.. Historically, city status in the United Kingdom, and before that in the Kingdom of Ireland, was a ceremonial designation.
Political map of the island of Ireland today showing Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland. Negotiations between the British and Irish negotiating teams produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty, concluded on 6 December 1921. The Irish team was led by Michael Collins, who had organised the IRA intelligence during the War of ...
The Abbasid Caliphate built the city of Baghdad along the Tigris in the 8th century as its capital, and the city became the leading metropolis of the Arab and Muslim world for five centuries 28 February 1991: Kuwait liberated. [note 6] 3 October 1932: Kingdom of Iraq Israel: 14 May 1948: Democratic state of Israel.
The city of Belfast is 75% Protestant, however, the whole island of Ireland is 75% Catholic. [68] 1901 – Population of Belfast is estimated to be 349,180. [34] 1906 – Belfast City Hall and Victoria Park open. [69] [70] 1907 - The city saw a bitter strike by dock workers organised by radical trade unionist Jim Larkin. The dispute saw 10,000 ...
Map of the city of Kilkenny (1708). Old city map, c.1780. The history of Kilkenny (from Irish Cill Chainnigh 'Cell or church of Cainnech/Canice') began with an early sixth-century ecclesiastical foundation, this relates to a church built in honour of St. Canice, now St. Canice's Cathedral and was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century.
Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ər / BANG-gər; [3] from Irish Beannchar [ˈbʲaːn̪ˠəxəɾˠ]) [1] is a city in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough.It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linked by the A2 road and the Belfast–Bangor railway line.