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The Hindu was founded in Madras on 20 September 1878 as a weekly newspaper, by what was known then as the Triplicane Six, which consisted of four law students and two teachers, that is, T. T. Rangacharya, P. V. Rangacharya, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and N. Subba Rao Pantulu, led by G. Subramania Iyer (a school teacher from Tanjore district) and M ...
The Ghorband receives many tributaries from both left and right, all fed mainly by snowmelt in spring and summer. Its main tributary is the Turkman but the Salang River converges on the left bank, and its valley is an important access route to the pass and towards the northern half of the country.
The Panjshir River takes its source near the Anjuman Pass and flows southward through the Hindu Kush and joins the Kabul River at Surobi. [ 1 ] Florentia Sale crossed this river during her captivity under Wazir Akbar Khan in 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War .
Passes in southeastern Arunachal (Anjaw district) between India and Myanmar, from north to south are Dhipu Pass (Dipher Pass) east of Kibithu near India-Tibet-Myanmar tri-point border, Kumjawng Pass east of Krosam, Chankan Pass east of Vijaynagar, Lekhapani Pass south of Namdapha National Park & east of Miao, Hpungan Pass, and Pangsau Pass ...
The pass was serviced by the Khyber Pass Railway, currently closed. During the War in Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass was a major route for resupplying military armament and food to NATO forces in the Afghan theater of conflict since the US started the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Almost 80 percent of the NATO and US supplies that were brought ...
The Kokcha River traverses Badakhshan from southeast to northwest, and, with the Kunduz River, drains all the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush west of the Dorah Pass. Some of its sources are near Zebak, close to the great bend of the Oxus northwards, so that it cuts off all the mountainous area included within that bend from the rest of ...
The Dorah Pass is more than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) high. It is located along the Durand Line border and crosses the Hindu Kush mountain range. Situated at the foot of the pass is Lake Dufferin, also known locally as Hawz-i Dorah. The lake is roughly 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (4.4 km) long by over one-quarter mile (0.4 km) broad. [1]
The Bolan Pass is in the Toba Kakar range which lies south of the Hindu Kush mountain ranges. Bolan Pass is described as a pass over a lofty range that is full of ravines and gorges. [7] The mountain ranges of the Bolan pass are the southern geographic border between the Indian Plate and the Iranian plateau.