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  2. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    The Indian numbering system is used in Indian English and the Indian subcontinent to express large numbers. Commonly used quantities include lakh (one hundred thousand) and crore (ten million) – written as 1,00,000 and 1,00,00,000 respectively in some locales . [ 1 ]

  3. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    The Indian numbering system uses the named numbers common between the long and short scales up to ten thousand. For larger values, it includes named numbers at each multiple of 100; including lakh (10 5) and crore (10 7). [1] English also has words, such as zillion, that are used informally to mean large but unspecified amounts.

  4. Dashrath Manjhi - Wikipedia

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    Dashrath Manjhi's story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television. The first of these was a supporting character based on Manjhi in the 1998 Kannada -language movie Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga . [ 13 ]

  5. Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.

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    Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.

  6. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Different cultures used different traditional numeral systems for naming large numbers.The extent of large numbers used varied in each culture. Two interesting points in using large numbers are the confusion on the term billion and milliard in many countries, and the use of zillion to denote a very large number where precision is not required.

  7. Indian name - Wikipedia

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    Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. In Indian culture, names hold profound significance and play a crucial role in an individual's life. The importance of names is deeply rooted in the country's diverse and ancient cultural heritage.

  8. List of Indian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Name Reign Years Reigned No. Name Reign Years Reigned No. Name Reign Years Reigned 1 Kanak Pal: 688–699 11 21 Vikram Pal 1116–1131 15 41 Vijay Pal 1426–1437 11 2 Shyam Pal 699–725 26 22 Vichitra Pal 1131–1140 9 42 Sahaj Pal 1437–1473 36 3 Pandu Pal 725–756 31 23 Hans Pal 1141–1152 11 43 Bahadur Shah 1473–1498 25 4 Abhijat Pal

  9. Brahmi numerals - Wikipedia

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    Brahmi numerals are a numeral system attested in the Indian subcontinent from the 3rd century BCE. It is the direct graphic ancestor of the modern Hindu–Arabic numeral system . However, the Brahmi numeral system was conceptually distinct from these later systems, as it was a non- positional decimal system, and did not include zero .