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    Bengaluru: Foxconn factory turns rural town into real estate goldmine
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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class
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    How India allegedly deported 40 Rohingya refugees by forcing them into Andaman Sea
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    Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan
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    Rethinking the classics: Homer’s ‘The Iliad’ is a rap battle
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    What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times
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    Rush Hour: Dhaka slams India’s deportations, Delhi says IMF should ‘reconsider’ Pakistan loan & more
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    How Fanny Bullock Workman climbed the Himalayas in 1906 without any equipment and wearing a skirt
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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought
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Watch: This is how Bihar was carved out of West Bengal

Present day Bihar is the result of multiple divisions.

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Jun 21, 2017 · 12:01 am
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