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Waddell was chief photographer for the Houston Press before entering the United States Army and deploying to the India-Burma Theatre.As a sergeant in November 1943, he was attached to the Public Relations Staff of South East Asia Command 'with the express purpose of acting as personal press photographer for Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.' [3] He accompanied ...
A Calcutta auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, [1] horse race or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in backgammon , the Melbourne Cup , and college basketball pools during March Madness . [ 2 ]
Calcutta Club (Bengali: কলকাতা ক্লাব) is an elite gentlemen's club located on Lower Circular Road in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It was established in 1907 and the first president of the club was the Maharajah of Cooch Behar , Sir Nripendra Narayan .
The Amstel beer maker saw a 22% drop in operating profits as well as a 5.6% decline in overall year-over-year beer sale volumes for the first half of the year, which Heineken attributed to a price ...
In 1964, a disposable, one-gallon can of Koch's genuine draft beer called "Tap-A-Keg" was introduced. The Tap-A-Keg and accompanying Home Tapper unit were introduced by the Atlantic Brewing company of Chicago, Illinois. [16] In 1965, a Gold Medal for Quality from Monde Selection in Brussels was awarded to the brewery. [17]
Thacker, Spink & Company was an Indian publishing house, bookshop, [1] stationers and printers [2] headquartered in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. [3] It was founded in 1851 [ 4 ] and issued books of Indian interest for both the general public and the educational market as well as a range of journals, maps and postcards.
[27] [28] [29] Legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand rated the 1933 Beighton Cup final between Jhansi Heroes and Calcutta Customs the most memorable match of his career in his autobiography Goal, saying "If anybody asked me which was the best match that I played in, I will unhesitatingly say that it was the 1933 Beighton Cup final between ...