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... that despite losing almost one thousand men capturing Malacca in 1641, the Dutch East India Company did not invest much time or energy into it afterward?
... that Madhulika Ramteke's microfinance bank for Indian women grew to have over 5,000 "branches"?
... that Cusrow Baug in Mumbai had only a few tenants in the 1950s even at a low rent of 40 rupees per month?
... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X
... that The Story Teller by Amrita Sher-Gil, depicting a group of Indian village women performing ordinary tasks, fetched US$7.45 million at auction in 2023?
... that Grandpa Indian, created in the 1930s to replace Santa Claus in Brazil, was portrayed as adorned in colorful bird feathers, bringing gifts to Brazilian children?
... that the veto of an Indiana law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports was overridden by the state legislature?
... that after its merger with India, the last raja of Jubbal State joined the Indian Foreign Service?
... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting Hill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp?
... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?

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