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Charka (other)
Charka may refer to: * Charka, Jangipur, town in India * An obsolete unit of liquid measure in Russia * Satya Narayana Charka Satya Narayana Charka is a Kathak dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Among his awards is the first prize in the All-India Dance Competition. In 1981, he became the director of the East-West School of Dance in Monroe, New York. He teaches around ..., Indian Kathak dancer See also * * Charkha (other) * Charkas, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charka, Jangipur
Charka is a census town in the Raghunathganj I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Charka is located at . Area overview Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obsolete Russian Units Of Measurement
Historical Russian units of measurement were standardized and used in the Russian Empire and after the Russian Revolution, but were abandoned after 21 July 1925, when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system. The Tatar system is very similar to the Russian one, but some names are different. The Polish system is also very close to the Russian. The system existed since Kievan Rus', but under Peter the Great, the Russian units were redefined relative to the English system.Шостьин Н. А. Очерки истории русской метрологии XI – начала XX века. М.: 1975. Until Peter the Great the system also used Cyrillic numerals, and only in the 18th century did Peter the Great replace it with the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. Length The basic unit was the Russian ell, called the ''arshin'', which came into use in the 16th century. It was standardized by Peter the Great in the 18th century to measure exactly twenty-eight English inches (). Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satya Narayana Charka
Satya Narayana Charka is a Kathak dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Among his awards is the first prize in the All-India Dance Competition. In 1981, he became the director of the East-West School of Dance in Monroe, New York. He teaches around New York, and performs dance and dance dramas such as Shakuntala and Ramayana internationally. Productions by Satya Narayan Chakra * ''Ramayana The ''Ramayana'' (; ), also known as ''Valmiki Ramayana'', as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics ...'' (1997) * Krishna Leela * ''Shakuntala'' * Who is who? * Gangavataran Kathak teachings and contributions Charka taught at the American Education Foundation and the American International School from 1969 to 1972, the Ballet and Indian Dance Institute, Tokyo, in 1974, “Chinese University”, Kowloon, Hong Kong from 1973 to 1975, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charkha (other)
Charkha may refer to: * Charkha (spinning wheel), a type of Indian spinning wheel referenced in the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi ** "The Cult of the Charkha", a 1925 essay by Rabindranath Tagore * Charkha (Dhari, Gujarat), a village and former princely state in Gujarat, western India * Charkha Audiobooks, an imprint of the publisher Karadi Tales See also * Charka (other) * Chakra (other) * Chakram (other) Chakram is a throwing weapon from the Indian subcontinent. Chakram may also refer to: * ''Chakram'' (2003 film), 2003 Indian film * ''Chakram'' (2005 film), 2005 Indian film * Travancore chakram, an obsolete coin of India See also * * Chakra (d ... * Chakri (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
