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- ... that the Indian politician Diwan Chaman Lall failed to get rid of the painting Nude of Indira?
- ... that Indian author and publisher Pramod Kapoor was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for his contribution to promoting India's heritage?
- ... that in 1927, Native American activist Chauncey Yellow Robe and the Lakota Sioux tribe "adopted" President Calvin Coolidge to thank him for supporting the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act?
- ... that Winter Renouf, a British member of the Indian Civil Service, thought that farmers in the Punjab should grow Canadian wheat varieties?
- ... that according to the book Price of the Modi Years, the popularity of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi does not depend on his performance?
- ... that Indian footballer Surajit Sengupta was called Sócrates because of his beard and varied interests?
- ... that Jewish Indian theory, the erroneous idea that some lost tribes of Israel became ancestors to Native Americans, influenced the Book of Mormon?
- ... that the Clock Tower of Haridwar in India provides a good location from which to watch the evening prayers at Har Ki Pauri?
- ... that the India national team were victorious in football at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games?
- ... that Wankaner's Ranjit Vilas Palace in Gujarat, India, features Venetian Gothic, Italianate, Mughal and Rajput styles?