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Providence (/ p r ɒ v ɪ d (ə) n s / ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, [7] founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Stephen Hopkins House is the oldest extant house in Providence. The Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly 400-year history integral to that of the United States, including significance in the American Revolutionary War by providing leadership and fighting strength, quartering troops, and supplying goods to residents by circumventing the blockade of Newport.
Sindh again became independent under Kalhora dynasty. The British conquered Sindh in 1843 AD after Battle of Hyderabad from the Talpur dynasty. Sindh became separate province in 1936, and after independence became part of Pakistan. Sindh is home to two UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites: the Makli Necropolis and Mohenjo-daro. [4]
February: Providence author H. P. Lovecraft publishes his most famous story The Call of Cthulhu in Weird Tales magazine; Vedanta Society of Providence founded. [82] The Providence Steam Rollers are named NFL champions, after finishing the season with the best record. [83] 1930 - 25 September: Current Washington Bridge south span opens
Chach Nama (Sindhi: چچ نامو; Urdu: چچ نامہ; "Story of the Chach"), also known as the Fateh nama Sindh (Sindhi: فتح نامه سنڌ; "Story of the Conquest of Sindh"), and as Tareekh al-Hind wa a's-Sind (Arabic: تاريخ الهند والسند; "History of Hind and Sind"), is one of the historical sources for the history of Sindh.
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The Providence Journal; Rhode Island History; Rhode Island Naval History; History of Rhode Island (1853; full text online) State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century by Edward Field (ed.). History of the state, published in 1902. (Full text available online.) 1663 charter Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
Location of Downtown Providence within Providence Downtown is the central economic, political, and cultural district of the city of Providence, Rhode Island , United States. It is bounded on the east by Canal Street and the Providence River , to the north by Smith Street, to the west by Interstate 95 , and to the south by Henderson Street.