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Bella Vista, New South Wales

Bella Vista is located 33 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of The Hills Shire. It is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Western Sydney and is in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bella Vista's Norwest Business Park is home to several Fortune 500 companies, a number of shopping centres, high-rise buildings, and industrial and recreational spaces.

History
In 1799 Joseph Foveaux was granted 980 acre which, in addition to other purchases, he sold to John Macarthur in 1801. John Macarthur enlarged this through additional purchases until it comprised around 2000 acre. John and Elizabeth Macarthur farmed sheep on this property in addition to their properties at Camden and Parramatta. For much of the time that the Marm The to Elizabeth to manage the various Macarthur properties and flocks. During this time reference is made by her to "my Seven Hills Farm".

Although claims are made by some that the Seven Hills Farm was used exclusively by the Macarthurs for the breeding of their merino flocks, this is clearly not the case as the documentary evidence of the Macarthur papers shows that their Merino rams were paddocked at Elizabeth Farm at Parramatta. The Seven Hills farm was isolated and stock there were always in danger from theft and aboriginal attack. Two of Macarthur's stockmen were killed on the farm by Indigenous Australians in 1805. In fact the sheep at the Macarthur's Seven Hills farm had their genesis in the 600 sheep which were purchased from Foveaux at the same time as the property. What can justifiably be claimed about the site is that it was one of the first major Australian sheep breeding farms and that the results later achieved at Camden with fine merino sheep only followed Elizabeth's efforts at Seven Hills. Part of this land was later acquired by the Pearce family and became known as Bella Vista.

All the buildings on the site today date from this period of its history with no extant buildings from the Macarthur period. In the 1890s, Edward Henry Pearce (1839–1912) of Bella Vista was declared the "largest and most successful orange grower in the colony." Bella Vista was sold by the Pearce family in 1950.

Until the mid-1990s, the area was primarily used for small-scale agriculture. Since then, significant changes have become apparent as it incorporates a residential area and a busy business district. However, the homestead and old farm buildings have been preserved and this portion of the former Pearce family property is now owned by The Hills Shire Council. The Friends of Bella Vista Farm Park has been formed and they are working actively to achieve the continued restoration of all buildings on this unique site.

Heritage listings
Bella Vista has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 * Elizabeth Macarthur Drive: Bella Vista (homestead)
 * Seven Hills Road: Pearce Family Cemetery

Demographics
According to the, there were 8,384 residents in Bella Vista. 48.4% of residents were born in Australia. The other most common countries of birth were, India 10.7%, China 8.7%, Sri Lanka 4.5%, the Philippines 2.1% and England 1.9%. 43.7% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.1%, Hindi 5.1%, Tamil 4.7%, Cantonese 4.3% and Punjabi 4.1%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 21.1%, Hinduism 15.6%, and Islam 5.4%.

Commercial area
The suburb has shopping complexes and a major hotel. It is rapidly becoming the main business centre within the Hills District. The biggest commercial area is the Norwest Business Park on Norwest Boulevard to the east. Norwest Business Park incorporates retail, commercial, industrial and hotel developments. The industrial areas in West Bella Vista are still heavily under development, with many new warehouses appearing recently.

Health services
Bella Vista has numerous established medical centres and dental surgeries, including Norwest Private Hospital on Norbrik Drive, and Hospital for Specialist Surgery located on Solent Circuit.

Shopping centres
Circa Retail is a shopping centre located near Old Windsor Road, featuring a Woolworths supermarket as the anchor tenant with 25 specialty stores.

Corporate hub
In 2006, Woolworths, a public Australian retail company, joined all of its sub-management offices into a $200 million complex in Norwest Business Park in Bella Vista, where their headquarters are now located. Homeart, another Australian retail chain, is also headquartered in Bella Vista.

Transport
A major factor in the recent growth of Bella Vista has been its prime location near the end of the Sydney M2 motorway. The motorway (opened in 1997) means that in very good traffic conditions it takes just over half an hour to get from Bella Vista to the CBD. This also puts Bella Vista close to two major north–south transport routes through Sydney, the Cumberland Highway and the Westlink M7.

Until the completion of the Sydney Metro Northwest buses were the only form of public transport available to Bella Vista residents. The suburb is serviced by private bus companies Busways and CDC NSW. Relatively frequent buses connect Bella Vista with the nearby hubs of Parramatta (bus numbers 660, 662, 663, 664 and 665), Castle Hill (bus numbers 730 and 662), Blacktown (bus number 730) and Seven Hills (bus numbers 714 and 715). There are also peak services available directly to St Marys (745), North Sydney (602X) and the CBD (bus numbers 607X, 613X, and 614X). Many routes use the North-West T-way.

Two railway stations now service the area. Bella Vista railway station is located on the corner of Lexington Drive and Old Windsor Road, whilst Norwest railway station is located in the suburb of Norwest near Hillsong Church across the road from the Norwest Market town shopping centre. The Sydney Metro Northwest is now the main public transport line linking residents of north-western Sydney with Epping, Chatswood, North Sydney and the Sydney CBD. It has also improved access to Castle Hill, Norwest Business Park and Rouse Hill.

Education
Bella Vista is close to many educational institutions including:
 * Bella Vista Public School
 * Baulkham Hills High School
 * Crestwood High School
 * Crestwood Public School
 * Gilroy Catholic College
 * Glenwood High School
 * Hillsong Church operates the Hillsong International Leadership College
 * Matthew Pearce Public School
 * Model Farms High School
 * St Michael's Primary School

Churches
Nearby churches include:
 * Hillsong Church, located in Norwest Business Park
 * Norwest Anglican Church
 * St Michael's Catholic Church in Baulkham Hills

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Talk:High Island (Bronx)

Are you sure about the radio towers? I'm reasonably sure that the two towers make up a single antenna array, which is shared by both stations. Not that one station uses one tower and the other station uses the other.

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Julieta Serrano. The plot follows actress Pepa, who, after her lover Iván leaves without explanation, sets out to find the reason, and comes across an array of eccentric characters, including Iván's son from a previous relationship and her best friend Candela, who has been held captive by a Shiite terrorist cell.

The film brought Almodóvar to widespread international attention: it was nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won five Goya Awards including Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Maura. It debuted at the 45th Venice International Film Festival and was released on 11 November 1988 in the United States.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown received acclaim from critics and audiences alike, and is often considered one of Almodóvar's best films. A stage musical opened on Broadway in 2010, adapted by Jeffrey Lane with songs by David Yazbek.

Title
The Spanish title refers to an ataque de nervios (attack of the nerves), inexactly translated into English as "nervous breakdown" (crisis nerviosa). Ataques de nervios are culture-bound psychological phenomena during which the individual, most often female, displays dramatic outpouring of negative emotions, bodily gestures, occasional falling to the ground, and fainting, often in response to receiving disturbing news or witnessing or participating in an upsetting event. Historically, this condition has been associated with hysteria and more recently in the scientific literature with post-traumatic stress and panic attacks.

Plot
Television actress Pepa Marcos is depressed because her boyfriend Iván has left her. They are voice actors who dub foreign films, notably Johnny Guitar with Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden. Iván's sweet-talking voice is the same one he uses in his work. About to leave on a trip, he has asked Pepa to pack his things in a suitcase he will pick up later.

Pepa returns home to find her answering machine filled with frantic messages from her friend, Candela; she rips out the phone and throws it out the window onto the balcony. Candela arrives; before she can explain her situation, Carlos (Iván's son with Lucía, his previous lover) arrives with his snobbish fiancée Marisa. They are apartment-hunting, and have chosen Pepa's penthouse to tour. Carlos and Pepa figure out each other's relationship to Iván; Pepa wants to know where Iván is, but Carlos does not know. Candela tries to kill herself by jumping off the balcony.

A bored Marisa decides to drink gazpacho from the refrigerator, unaware that it has been spiked with sleeping pills. Candela explains that she had an affair with an Arab man who later visited her with some friends. Unbeknownst to her, they were a Shiite terrorist cell. When the terrorists left, Candela fled to Pepa's place; she fears that the police are after her. Pepa goes to see a lawyer recommended by Carlos.

The lawyer, Paulina, behaves strangely and refuses to help Pepa; she has plane tickets to Stockholm. Candela tells Carlos that the Shiites plan to hijack a flight to Stockholm that evening and divert it to Beirut, where they have a friend who was arrested. Carlos fixes the phone, calls the police, hangs up before (he believes) they can trace the call, and kisses Candela. Pepa returns; Lucía calls and says that she is coming over to confront her about Iván. Carlos says that Lucía has recently been released from a mental hospital. Pepa, tired of Iván, throws his suitcase out (barely missing him); he leaves Pepa a message.

Pepa returns to her apartment and hears Carlos playing Lola Beltrán's "Soy infeliz". She throws the record out the window, and it hits Paulina. Pepa hears Iván's message, rips out the phone and throws the answering machine out of the window. Lucía arrives with the telephone repairman and the police, who traced Carlos' call. Candela panics, but Carlos serves the spiked gazpacho. The policemen and repairman are knocked out, and Carlos and Candela fall asleep on the sofa; Lucía aims a policeman's gun at Pepa, who figures out that Iván is going to Stockholm with Paulina and their flight is the one the terrorists are planning to hijack. Lucía says that she faked being sane when she heard Iván's voice dubbed on a foreign film. She throws the gazpacho in Pepa's face, and rushes to the airport to kill Iván.

Pepa chases her in a cab with her neighbour, Ana. At the airport, Lucía sees Iván and Paulina at security and aims her gun at them. Pepa thwarts the murder attempt by rolling a luggage cart at Lucía, before fainting. As the police arrest Lucía, Iván rushes to Pepa's aid and apologises for the way he has been treating her, offering to talk things out with her. Pepa, however, declares it is now too late and leaves. She returns to her home, which is a mess. Pepa sits on her balcony, where Marisa has just awakened. The women chat, sharing a moment of tranquility, and Pepa finally reveals what she wanted to tell Iván: she is pregnant.

Box office
The film was the highest-grossing Spanish film of all-time in Spain with a gross of 1.1 billion pesetas, surpassing La vaquilla (1985), equivalent to US$8 million. It was also the most successful Spanish film in the United States at the time, with a gross of $7.2 million.

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar working in a distinctly feminist vein, with richly rewarding results." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

The film was ranked number 78 on Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" list in 2010.

Nils Gollersrud comments that "Almodóvar's signature formula of gaudy, ironic, genre-bending storytelling had achieved a symbiosis of sorts, presenting a more confident and satisfying version of his unique cinematic vision that his earlier, rougher films had not yet achieved".

United States

 * Academy Awards
 * Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
 * Golden Globe Awards
 * Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
 * National Board of Review
 * Won: Best Foreign Language Film
 * New York Film Critics
 * Won: Best Foreign Language Film
 * Runner-up: Best Actress (Carmen Maura)

United Kingdom

 * BAFTA Awards (UK)
 * Nominated: Best Film not in the English Language

Europe

 * David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
 * Won: Best Foreign Direction (Pedro Almodóvar)
 * European Film Awards
 * Won: Best Actress – Leading Role (Carmen Maura)
 * Won: Best Young Film (Pedro Almodóvar)
 * Nominated: Best Art Direction (Félix Murcia)
 * Goya Awards (Spain)
 * Won: Best Actress – Leading Role (Carmen Maura)
 * Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (María Barranco)
 * Won: Best Editing (José Salcedo)
 * Won: Best Film
 * Won: Best Screenplay – Original (Pedro Almodóvar)
 * Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Guillermo Montesinos)
 * Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Julieta Serrano)
 * Nominated: Best Cinematography (José Luis Alcaine)
 * Nominated: Best Costume Design (José María Cossío)
 * Nominated: Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
 * Nominated: Best Makeup and Hairstyles (Jesús Moncusi and Gregorio Ros)
 * Nominated: Best Original Score (Bernardo Bonezzi)
 * Nominated: Best Production Design (Félix Murcia)
 * Nominated: Best Production Supervision (Esther García)
 * Nominated: Best Sound (Gilles Ortion)
 * Nominated: Best Special Effects (Reyes Abades)
 * Venice Film Festival (Italy)
 * Won: Golden Osella – Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)

Stage adaptation
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown has been adapted into a musical by Jeffrey Lane (book) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics). The production opened on Broadway in previews on 5 October 2010, and officially on 4 November 2010, at the Belasco Theatre. The cast included Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Danny Burstein, Mary Beth Peil, Justin Guarini, de'Adre Aziza, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, with direction by Bartlett Sher.

The production was a limited engagement that was scheduled to end 23 January 2011, but due to low grosses and ticket sales, closed early on 2 January 2011. At the time of closing, the show had played 30 previews and 69 regular performances.

A West End production of the show opened at London's Playhouse Theatre on 12 January 2015 for a 20-week run, starring Tamsin Greig, Jérôme Pradon, Haydn Gwynne and Anna Skellern.

Television adaptation
In January 2022, it was reported that Apple TV+ will be adapting the film into a television series with Gina Rodriguez set to star and executive produce.


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Harit Pradesh

Harit Pradesh is a proposed new state of India comprising the western parts of the state of Uttar Pradesh. The etymology derives from harit, meaning 'green', and pradesh, meaning 'state'. Other proposed names include Braj Pradesh (which would include only parts of this region) and Paschim Pradesh. It consists of an area of 79,832 km2, which is 33.14% of UP and a population of 7.42 crores, which is roughly 35-36% of UP.

The region has some demographic, economic and cultural patterns that are distinct from other parts of Uttar Pradesh, and more closely resemble those of Haryana, Punjab and North Rajasthan areas. For instance, dialects of Hindi spoken here (Khadiboli and Braj Bhasha) are distinct from Bhojpuri spoken in Purvanchal and Awadhi in Central UP. Similarly, some of the festivals like Chhath puja are also significantly more popular in Purvanchal compared to Western Uttar Pradesh.

Proposed capital
Meerut has been constantly proposed as the capital of this state by many leaders, including Dr. B.R Ambedkar, former Chief Minister Mayawati, and Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan. However, possibility of making a Tricity type of capital near Agra is also there. When the reorganisation happens, some other city may also emerge as the capital of state. Due to industrialisation and presence of infrastructure there are plenty of good candidates for a state capital in this region.

History
In his 1955 critique of the proposed States Reorganisation Act, Thoughts on Linguistic States, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had advocated the division of Uttar Pradesh into three states – Western, Central, and Eastern, with capitals at Agra, Kanpur and Prayagraj, respectively – in order to prevent excessively large states from dominating politics at the national level.

Later, socialists like Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Kripalani favoured a re-drawing of the administrative map of India. However, Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister at the time, supported the States Reorganisation Commission's (SRC) recommendation of re-forming states on a linguistic basis. K.M. Panikkar, in his dissenting note to the SRC report, however, opposed linguistic states and preferred the formation of a state of western Uttar Pradesh.

In 1972, fourteen MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly supported an unsuccessful resolution to divide the state into three units (Braj Pradesh, Awadh Pradesh and Purvi Pradesh). A similar resolution, however, was successfully passed from the state assembly in 2011 under then Chief Minister Mayawati.

Regional disparities
Western UP alone accounts for more than 50% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Uttar Pradesh. By comparison, Bundelkhand contributes just 5.2%, Central UP 17.52% and Eastern UP 28%. Out of top 10 districts that contribute the most to state GSDP, 7 are from Western UP. In terms of Per Capita Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP) as well, 7 out of top 10 districts in the state are from Western UP. These include (in descending order): In FY 21–22, the total GDDP of Western UP region on market prices was 9.44 lakh crores while that of entire UP was 19.17 lakh crores. Constant GDDP of Western UP during the same period was 5.89 lakh crores, and for entire UP it was 11.81 lakh crores. Based on these figures, the per capita GDDP of Western UP turns out 79,425.47 INR, much higher than that of all UP at around 59,065 INR.

Western UP is also ahead of the rest of UP in terms of infrastructure, industrialisation, urbanisation, and overall quality of life. Some of its cities (i.e. Noida and Greater Noida) are on par with largest metro cities of the country. Even among smaller cities the quality of life is better compared to the rest of UP, as most of them are Tier-2 cities. Nine out of 15 tier-2 cities in the state are in Western UP.

Additionally, Western UP also accounts for almost 54% of all court cases reaching Allahabad High Court, which is on average around 500 km away from the cities of this proposed state and requires travelling all day for a simple hearing. Residents of western Uttar Pradesh have been demanding a high court bench in Meerut from a long time, but so far it hasn't been heard.

These huge economic disparities give people in Western UP a sense of having to pay up for the economic backwardness of other regions in their state. Additionally, the prospect of being clubbed with economically backward state of Bihar in general conversation with terms like "UP-Bihar", despite having a far more developed and advanced economy than Bihar, also doesn't go down well with the people in this region. These feelings, when combined with cultural differences and other incidents, such as having to struggle for a high court bench for decades, and allegations of lower allocations in state budget, further increase the discontent among politically aware people of the state, thus fuelling the demand for statehood of this region.

Political parties and leaders
Among the most prominent advocates for the creation of the new state in recent days have been BSP Supremo Mayawati and Late Chaudhary Ajit Singh, the son of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh and leader of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

After coming to power, Mayawati wrote letters to the prime minister three times in 2007, March 2008, and December 2009 regarding partitioning of Uttar Pradesh. In November 2011, Mayawati's cabinet also passed a resolution in State assembly to partition the state into four different states—Harit Pradesh, Awadh Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Purvanchal—for better administration and governance. However, since creating states is the domain of Central Government and the proposal wasn't actively taken by the UPA Government of that time, it couldn't be implemented.

Similarly, RLD also pushed for the statehood of Harit Pradesh in 2011. Pushpendra Singh, former General Secretary of Youth wing of RLD, even launched a political party called Harit Pradesh Party to demand the creation of a separate state of Western Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, Chaudhary Ajit Singh of RLD said: "'Western UP contributes to a large chunk – nearly 72% – of the state's total income. In turn, what western UP gets is not enough. Just 18% of the state's budget is spent on developing west UP. This anomaly, understandably, makes the people of this area dissatisfied'."He also alleged that in most years, funds allocated to west Uttar Pradesh were never spent.

Other Jat leaders, such as Om Prakash Chautala in Haryana, the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal, have also made efforts to involve themselves in the politics of creating a separate state.

Of the other main political forces in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has opposed the proposal, while the Indian National Congress and BJP have adopted a non-committal stance. Individual leaders of both Congress as well as BJP, however, have time and again spoken in favour of the statehood for Harit Pradesh. For instance:

 * After the Congress working committee passed a resolution to recommend the creation of Telangana on 31 July 2013, Jairam Ramesh suggested that Uttar Pradesh's reorganisation was necessary as it is difficult to run such a big state effectively. He said:

"'From an administrative point of view, a state of over 200 million people, 75 districts, over 800 blocks ... It's just not governable. It is my personal view...Its politics is a separate issue.'"

In April 2024, while campaigning for Lok Sabha elections Mayawati again raised the issue of statehood for Western Uttar Pradesh, promising to take "concrete steps" for the same if her government came to power.
 * Similarly, BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan also said while attending a university event in Meerut that Harit Pradesh should be a separate state with Meerut as its capital. He clarified though that this is his personal opinion and not the official party line.

Communities
The creation of three new states in 2000 (Jharkhand from the division of Bihar, Uttarakhand from the division of Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh from the division of Madhya Pradesh) gave new impetus to the demand for Harit Pradesh among communities. The support further increased after formation of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh in 2013. The Jats of this region, who are a dominant political and agricultural community spread across Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, have found themselves in a "politically disadvantageous position" in western Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, they are largely in support of statehood for Harit Pradesh.

Also, since the Muslim population in western Uttar Pradesh (24%, according to 2011 census) is higher than in Uttar Pradesh as a whole (17%), the proposal has found support from Muslim organisations as well.

Soil conditions
Western Uttar Pradesh's soil and relief has marked differences from that of the eastern part of the state. The soil tends to be lighter-textured loam with some occurrences of sandy soil. Some loess soil is continuously deposited by winds blowing eastwards from Rajasthan's Thar Desert.

Precipitation
Harit Pradesh receives rain through the monsoon and western disturbances. The monsoon carries moisture northwards from the Indian Ocean, occurs in late summer and is important to the Kharif or autumn harvest. Western disturbances carry moisture eastwards from the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. They primarily occur during the winter season and are important for the main staple of the region, wheat, which is classified as a rabi crop.

People of Harit Pradesh
Harit Pradesh known as (Western Uttar Pradesh) languages (भाषा).

 * LANGUAGES -  Khadiboli  57%, Braj bhasha ’30%, Hindi 8%, (Urdu, Gujari, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Haryanvi) 5%'.

Community group population in Harit Pradesh known as (Western Uttar Pradesh)
 * 1. JATS ’30%' - सनातन धर्म Sanatana Dharma Jat 23% mostly speak Khadiboli and Braj bhasha, مسلم جٹ Muslim Jat 3% mostly speak Hindi and Urdu, ਸਿੱਖ ਜੱਟ Sikh Jat 2% mostly speak Punjabi, Bishnoi Jat 2% बिश्नोई जाट (Hindi) ਬਿਸ਼ਨੋਈ ਜੱਟ (Punjabi) mostly speak Punjabi and Rajasthani.
 * 2. Brahmins ’9%' - हिंदू पंडित Hindu Pandit 6% Hindi and Braj bhabhi, مسلم پنڈت Muslim Pandit 3% Hindi and Urdu, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੰਡਿਤ Panjabi Pandit 1% Punjabi.
 * 3. Rajputs ’13%' - हिंदू राजपूत Hindu Rajput 6% Braj bhasha and Hindi, مُسلم رجپوت Muslim Rajput 7% Urdu and Khadiboli.
 * 4. Gujjars ’14%' - हिंदू गुज्जर Hindu Gujjar 8% Hindi and Gujari, مُسلم گوجر Muslim Gujjar 6% Urdu and Gujari.
 * 5. Yadav ’8%' - हिंदू यादव Hindu Yadav 5% Hindi and Khadiboli, हिंदू अहीर Hindu Ahir 3% Hindi and Braj bhasha.
 * 6. Tyagi ’6%' - हिंदू त्यागी Hindu Tyagi 3% Hindi, مسلم کی Muslim Tyagi 3% Khadiboli and Urdu.
 * 7. SC/ST ’16%' - हिंदू दलित Hindu Dalits 13% Hindi, Khadiboli and Braj bhasha, बुद्ध धर्म दलित Buddha Dharma Dalits 1% Hindi and Pali, हिंदू वाल्मीकि Hindu Valmik 2% Braj bhasha and Khadiboli.
 * 8. OTHER ’4%' - जैन Jains and बनिया Baniyas 1% Hindi, other Hindu 1% Hindi, other Muslim 2% Urdu and Hindi.

The unique setup of Western UP arises largely from the castes engaged in agriculture like the Jats, Yadavs, Gurjars, and Rajputs. The region in 1980s and 1990s was witness to the "sugarcane mafia" led by the above-mentioned communities. Yadavs have a very small presence in this region. (25%)Jat and (5%)Brahmins, including Tyagis, make up to 30% of the population of the western region of Uttar Pradesh.

According to the 2011 census of India, the total population of Western Uttar Pradesh is 71,740,055 people. It is composed of a varied set of communities and tribes, including: the Jats, Gurjars and yadav. These castes comprise nearly 60 per cent of the population in Meerut, Mathura, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, and Bijnor districts. Jats cultivate their 80% land of Western Part of Uttar Pradesh. Gujjar and Yadav, also cultivate their own land.

The unique setup of Western UP arises largely from the castes engaged in agriculture like Jats, Yadavs, Gurjars, and Rajputs. The region in 2000s and now's time were witness to the "sugarcane mafia" gang by the above-mentioned communities. Yadavs have a small presence in this region.

Administrative divisions
Western Uttar Pradesh includes 26 districts in six divisions:

 * 1) Saharanpur division: Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli districts
 * 2) Moradabad division: Moradabad, Bijnor, Rampur, Amroha, Sambhal districts
 * 3) Bareilly division: Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur districts
 * 4) Meerut division: Meerut (Proposed Capital), Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Baghpat districts
 * 5) Aligarh division: Aligarh, Hathras, Kasganj, Etah districts
 * 6) Agra division: Agra, Mathura, Firozabad, Mainpuri districts

Special economic zones

 * Noida
 * Greater Noida
 * Meerut
 * Bulandshahr
 * Moradabad

Transport networks
Major state and national highways and other public transport systems in the proposed area include:
 * DND Flyway
 * Noida Greater Noida Expressway
 * Delhi Meerut Expressway
 * Delhi Meerut RRTS
 * Ganga Expressway
 * Yamuna Expressway

The major highways running through the intrastate region include:
 * NH-58
 * NH-24
 * NH-2
 * NH 87
 * NH 73
 * NH 74
 * NH 3
 * NH 93

Most populous cities
The region's Jat are descended from immigrant groups from centuries ago, and a large subregion of western Uttar Pradesh, Jatland, takes its name from that Jats tribe.

Sikh Jats came from West Punjab, who migrated from Pakistan after partition, also settled in this area in large numbers.

In pop Culture
In 2022, a social comedy film titled Dasvi showed protagonist Abhishek Bachchan as the Chief Minister of Harit Pradesh. The film was premiered on Netflix and JioCinema.

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Joe Spina

Joe Spina (born September 21, 1946) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, representing a Brampton-area riding for the Progressive Conservative Party.

Background
Spina was educated at the University of Windsor, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975. He was the owner and president of Amplexus Communications from 1981 to 1995 and served as president of the Brampton Board of Trade in 1989-90. He was also a founding chair of the Brampton and Vaughan Santa Claus Parades.

Politics
Spina was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1995, defeating incumbent Liberal Carman McClelland by just over 5,000 votes in the riding of Brampton North. This riding is located in "905 belt", a suburban region which provided the Ontario Tories with their strongest support base in this period.

On two occasions during his first term in office, Spina attracted controversy for making inflammatory comments while heckling opposition members speaking in the legislature. On November 6, 1996, while Marilyn Churley was speaking about the government's handling of a proposed new school breakfast program, Spina yelled "Why don't you go home and take care of your own kids?", and on November 18, 1996 he yelled at Gilles Bisson to "Speak English!" while Bisson was making a speech in French to mark the tenth anniversary of Ontario's French Language Services Act.

He increased his margin of victory in the 1999 provincial election in the redistributed riding of Brampton Centre, defeating Liberal candidate Gurjit Grewal by over 10,000 votes. In 2000, he supported Stockwell Day's bid to lead the Canadian Alliance on the second ballot of the new federal party's leadership vote. Spina served as a backbench supporter in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. He served as parliamentary assistant to six cabinet ministers. In 2001, he introduced a private member's bill attempting to increase public awareness of congenital heart defects. He supported Tony Clement, then Jim Flaherty for the party's leadership in 2002.

In the 2003 provincial election, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Linda Jeffrey by 1,005 votes.

In the Canadian federal election of 2004, Spina ran for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Vaughan against high-profile Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua. He was defeated, losing to Bevilacqua by almost 20,000 votes.

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Hodgson Pratt

Hodgson Pratt (10 January 1824 – 26 February 1907) was an English pacifist who is credited with founding the International Arbitration and Peace Association in 1880.

Early life
Born at Bath, Somerset on 10 January 1824, he was the eldest of five sons of Samuel Peace Pratt by his wife Susanna Martha Hodgson (d. 1875). After education at Haileybury College (1844–6), he matriculated at London University in 1844. In 1847 he joined the East India Company's service at Calcutta. He became under-secretary to the government of Bengal, and inspector of public instruction there. While in India Pratt in 1851 helped to found the Vernacular Literature Society which published Bengali translations of English literature, and acted as secretary till 1856. He also started a school of industrial art. In 1857 Pratt was at home on leave and at contributed to The Economist on Indian matters. He finally left India in 1861.

Co-operator and advocate of arbitration
Settling in England, Pratt became involved in the co-operative movement, in association with Vansittart Neale, Thomas Hughes, and George Jacob Holyoake. He met Henry Solly in 1864, and became a member of the council of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union founded by Solly in June 1862. For it he travelled up and down the country, and was its president from 1885 to 1902. With Solly he also started trade classes for workmen in St Martin's Lane in 1874. That year he also chaired a conference on the ideas of Emma Paterson, in July.

Pratt was a champion of international arbitration. On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 he pleaded for the peaceful settlement of the dispute. Two years later he joined in an appeal for the release of Élisée Reclus who had taken part in the Paris Commune. In 1880 he joined William Phillips and others in founding the International Arbitration and Peace Association, becoming first chairman of the executive committee. Four years later (1 July 1884) he founded, and initially edited, the association's Journal (later Concord). On behalf of the association he travelled in Europe, and he took part in international peace congresses at Paris and elsewhere from 1889 onwards.

Last years
Friends nominated Pratt for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906, when it went to Theodore Roosevelt. He had become a convinced socialist suffered from poor eyesight, and spent the last years of his life at Le Pecq. Seine et Oise, France, where he died on 26 February 1907. He is buried on the main north-south path of the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. Jeremy Beadle has since been buried immediately in front of his memorial.

The Annual Hodgson Pratt Memorial Lecture and travelling scholarship for working men, as well as prizes, were established in 1911.

Works
For the International Arbitration and Peace Association, Pratt translated Élie Ducommun's The Programme of the Peace Movement (1896) and he summarised in English as The Organisation of International Arbitration (1897) a work of Édouard Descamps.

Family
Pratt married:

 * 1) in 1849 Sarah Caroline Wetherall, daughter of an Irish squire; and
 * 2) in 1892 Monica, daughter of the Rev. James Mangan. She survived him with one daughter.

Memorials
Hodgson's name is listed on the south side of the Reformers Memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.

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Benton MacKaye

Benton MacKaye (March 6, 1879 – December 11, 1975) was an American forester, planner and conservationist. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut; his father was actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye. After studying forestry at Harvard University, Benton taught there for several years. He held positions in the U.S. Forest Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Department of Labor; he was also a member of the Technical Alliance where he participated in the Energy Survey of North America.

MacKaye helped pioneer the idea of land preservation for recreation and conservation purposes and was a strong advocate of balancing human needs and those of nature; he coined the term "geotechnics" to describe this philosophy. In addition to writing the first argument against urban sprawl, MacKaye also authored two books, The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning and Expedition Nine: A Return to a Region. Thirteen of his essays were published in the collection From Geography to Geotechnics. A co-founder of The Wilderness Society, he is best known as the originator of the Appalachian Trail, an idea he presented in his 1921 article titled An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning. The Benton MacKaye Trail, some portions of which coincide with the Appalachian Trail, is named after him.

Early life
Emile Benton MacKaye was born in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 6, 1879, to actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye and his wife Mary. He was the sixth of seven children (and last son) born to the couple. His siblings were Arthur Loring MacKaye (1863–1939), Harold (Hal) Steele (1866–1928), William Payson (1868–1889), James (Jamie) Medbery (1872–1935), Percy (1875–1956), and Hazel (1880–1944). Benton's name was derived from his paternal grandmother, Emily Benton Steele. The family often suffered from financial troubles because of the patriarch's numerous failed business ventures; although the Stamford home where Benton was born and where the family had lived since 1875 was a comfortable one, in late 1879 the family began a restless series of moves due to lack of funds. They lived in farms and houses in Brattleboro, Vermont; Norton, Massachusetts; Mount Vernon, New York; and Ridgefield, Connecticut, before moving to New York City in 1885.

In order to escape the bustle of city life, the family took to visiting Shirley Center, Massachusetts, a quiet village 30 miles from Boston that Benton would continue to visit throughout his life. In 1888, his brother William purchased an estate in Shirley that the family would come to call "The Cottage". Eight-year-old Benton was enamored with the beauty and freedom of the country, proclaiming he enjoyed it far more than urban existence. Shortly after William died of a sudden respiratory disease in 1889, the family moved to Washington, D.C. An indifferent student, MacKaye once described school as "a place that boys like to run away from". Drawn to the study of the natural world, he often pursued knowledge on his own; he spent much time in the Smithsonian, making sketches of the abundant collections and volunteering to help scientists in their labs. He befriended assistant curator James Benedict and attended lectures given by Civil War hero John Wesley Powell and arctic explorer Robert Peary.

His early immersion in nature helped him cope with tragedy that eventually struck the MacKaye family; his frequently absent father died in 1894, when Benton was fourteen. While attending high school in Cambridge, he began charting the landscape around Shirley Center, documenting vegetation, landforms, rivers, and roads in numbered notebooks. Lewis Mumford, a close friend of MacKaye and his future biographer, wrote that "This direct, first-hand education through the senses and feelings, with its deliberate observation of nature in every guise—including the human animal—has nourished MacKaye all his life."

Harvard and forestry
After dropping out of school in order to prepare for college entrance exams on his own, in 1896 MacKaye followed his brothers—James, an engineer and philosopher, and Percy, a dramatist and poet—to Harvard University, where he studied geology. It took him two years to overcome deficiencies in subjects such as German, algebra and physics. When he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1905, MacKaye was still unsure what career he should embark upon. During this time, he read Thomas Henry Huxley's 1877 work Physiography: An Introduction to the Study of Nature—a gift from his brother James and a work that would prove influential in MacKaye's future regional planning. In 1903 he enrolled in Harvard's newly established forestry school; he was the school's first student to graduate in 1905. For the next five years, he alternated between teaching at Harvard's forestry school near Petersham, Massachusetts, and working as a forest assistant with the United States Forest Service.

MacKaye made some important contributions during the early years of national forestry. While working as a forest examiner in the 1910s, he performed groundbreaking research on the impacts of forest cover on surface runoff in New Hampshire's White Mountains. This was during a time in which an intense debate regarding the connection between deforestation and irregular streamflow was occurring, and MacKaye's scientific evidence that forest cover controlled streamflow helped in the creation of the White Mountain National Forest.

In 1913, while living in Washington D.C., Mackaye helped form a social activist group called the Hell Raisers. Composed of government workers, congressional staffers, and journalists, the informal group aimed to raise public awareness about social and political issues. He married the suffragist Jessie Belle Hardy Stubbs in 1915.

Hiking trails
MacKaye's article An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning, which proposed the construction of the Appalachian Trail, was published in the October 1921 issue of Journal of the American Institute of Architects. The article was partly inspired by the Green Mountain Club which had helped usher in Vermont's Long Trail. The article triggered sixteen years of effort, organized through hundreds of local trail associations and community groups, to blaze and build a 2,192-mile trail along the crests of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail is considered the realization of MacKaye's original 1921 vision of a trail extending the length of the Appalachian Mountain chain, connecting several existing trails and sprinkled with permanent camps to "stimulate every line of outdoor non-industrial endeavor," including recreation, recuperation, agriculture and study. MacKaye hoped to spark a "back to the land" movement to relieve the ills of urban industrial life.

Legacy
In his 2002 book Long Trails of the Southeast, writer and avid hiker Johnny Molloy wrote that the Benton MacKaye Trail "is what I imagine the Appalachian Trail was like many decades ago—a lesser tamed path, steep in places, rough in spots, and still evolving".

On June 17, 2011 he was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame at the Appalachian Trail Museum as a charter member.

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Heather Ochman
A hoax at worst, vanity at best. Delete. Indrian 02:55, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * She's 15? I'm sure that she has a wonderful future ahead of her, but until then, delete hfool 03:06, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I personally don't suspect a hoax, but I don't think this is anyone notable enough to deserve their own encyclopedia article. Delete.  -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:08, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I've put a message on the talk page of the anon that made this. Based on the initial edit summary, "Heather Ochman - member," I think this is a slightly misguided attempt to make a user page. - RedWordSmith 03:11, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Good work.  -- Antaeus Feldspar 07:23, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * "She is...best known for her good character". Sorry, but if your peak of notability is a personality trait, then I don't think you're notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Delete. [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 03:24, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pretty clear vanity. Whatever happened with Preliminary Deletion that was supposed to handle this stuff quickly? -R. fiend 07:20, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Hey, good for her!  Not notable at this point in her life.  Geogre 14:35, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Vanity. Even a 15 year old American girl should be able to realize that she has not yet merited her own entry in an encyclopedia - (Not even as an "ambassador for the YMCA" - ROTFL.)  rturus 15:41, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete if for no other reason than to gently warn her that, whatever her future accomplishments, she will almost certainly not fly through the rest of her life in flying colors. Wyss 20:57, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, I'm sure she'd be a good contributor aside from this, though. Everyking 23:04, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity and please do not bite the newcomers. We were all young once. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 19:21, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I hate voting Delete on articles like this, but they're simply vanity and don't belong here. *sigh* --Improv 21:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm guessing it was intended to be a pleasant compliment to an acquaintance. Or, as suggested, a mistaken attempt to create a user page. (Who wants to fly through the rest of their lives? Live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, sure. Drive it into a corner and reduce it to it's lowest terms, I think not. Fly through it? No way!) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:49, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Although this is an impressive piece of vanity and modesty JerDW
 * Feh. Delete. —tregoweth 21:05, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)


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I think this is pretty self explanatory. Take a look at the article. Not encyclopedic and not even an article at all. --Randy 02:56, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Update, has been nominated for a speedy. --Randy 02:56, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The topic is definitely encyclopedic. I will create a new stub. Martg76 03:15, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Article was speedy deleted at 03:47, 7 Dec 2004  by Fuzheado as "nonsense".  Content was "a very nice airline".  Article has since been receated as a stub by Martg76.  Based on the new content, a VfD header has not been added to the article.  Rossami (talk) 15:10, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Scheduled airline?
What does this mean? Is this bad English or does the fact that English is not my first language show?HichamVanborm 01:24, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Pictured A321
This aircraft is now with Qatar Airways, see here 84.173.230.227 (talk) 15:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

searched out what kind of dance/music type on each airplane is connected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.146.6.34 (talk) 15:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I don't really understand the relevance of a separate destinations list for Niki (after all, a rather minor airline worldwide) in Wikipedia, especially in the English section. I propose that that article be merged into Niki (airline). Lumendelumine (talk) 13:02, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello. I don't agree that you should merge the destinations because a lot of airlines have separate destination pages. I it was in the article, it would take a lot of space. Thanks --MKY661 (talk) 11:35, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

We should rather ask ourselves whether a destinations page for an airline (except maybe for the most important ones) is relevant to Wikipedia at all. In the case of smaller airlines, the general profile of their destinations could be described in prose in a much more succinct and informative manner (for example, "business destinations in Central Europe", "tourist destinations in the Mediterranean", "major cities in Eastern Europe and on the Balkans", "major cities and tourist destinations in South-East Asia" etc.). Lumendelumine (talk) 00:22, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hmm... Shouldn't this be on Wikisource? —Tkinias 02:57, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, definitely... this is NOT an encyclopedia article.

Please see http://wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic-Orthodox_joint_declaration_of_1965. -- PFHLai 10:51, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)

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Thanks for the barnstar. I've been to Mysore twice, (i have relatives there). How about working to make Mysore a FA? I'll assist you if you're willing. Nichalp 19:05, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * No problems, meanwhile I'll try and push in some more FA's :) in the space of a month. Nichalp 19:21, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Kalimpong
Thanks for copyediting the Kalimpong page. I've listed it as a Featured Article Candidate. You may want to vote... :) == 20:14, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
thanks for the barnstar :) Where in Mysore do you live? I was in Mysore for three years. How about helping out a bit with kannada wikipedia whenever possible? I've been editing en wikipedia very less these days.. which is evident by the fact that I checked the talk page today ;) --H P Nadig 01:40, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Lingam
hi Pradeep, I saw your comments on Lingam. There was an elaborate article on this at www.sulekha.com titled "Linga and Cigarette butt" or something of that sort. It was very very informative and presented Indian perspective. Thought of bringing it to your attention. Ramashray 04:49, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, saw your note on my talk page. Options like protecting the page are used only under extr-ordinary circumstances. It is best to discuss the issue with the users in the talk page and if they don't reply there, they can be contacted in their talk pages. Even then, if they continue to act indifferently, you can request for comment. Also, noone is supposed to revert the same article more than 3 times a day. -- Sundar (talk · contributions) 05:43, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Ramshray, It is indeed a very nice article. (When the Cigar becomes a Phallus). Unfortunately, I am going to stop trying to edit the page. The next sections I was going to add were related to Shaivism and explanations of different views. But people seem to be cemented to their views on the subject and not ready to listen or read. Thus, I will only be adding to the mess --IMpbt 16:10, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Back
Hi. Thanks for your wishes. My reports are now clear and so won't have to take those horrible medicines. Regards, == 06:08, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

India geo
Lets try and make teh geography of India a FA by Sunday. I'll take the lead; I'll add text and new right now if you don't mind. I'll keep you posted. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 18:01, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * You can copyedit the sections I've completed till now. If possible please fill in the red links. Would like some information of the extreme temperatures if possible. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 09:26, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Geography page
I've added most of the content on the page. One section is still incomplete. Feel free to add stuff to the page and give it a copyedit. = Nichalp ( Talk )= 15:25, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar
Hi,

thanks very much for awarding me a barnstar! Sorry, I had been inactive on Wiki for almost two months now, and only noticed it today.

--ashwatha 01:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Geography is now done
Geography of India is completed; you may want to copyedit the page. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 12:49, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't quite catch what you were saying on the rivers of India writeup. Previously it was just a list wasn't it? = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 15:30, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * I have no probs if it can be classifed in a better way as long as it isn't a list of rivers. Just make sure that the watershed paragraph remains. = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 19:17, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Edit conflict
That explains the duplicate text. I'm done with editing the page for now; please go ahead. = Nichalp ( Talk )= 19:56, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Edit conflict
That explains the duplicate text. I'm done with editing the page for now; please go ahead. U can use the template too. = Nichalp ( Talk )= 19:56, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Geography of India
As co-author you may want to vote for the article in FAC. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 08:18, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Straw poll
There is a straw proposal here on my recent rule change: See. Please have a look. = Nichalp ( Talk )= 15:26, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Flag of India
The Flag of India is this week's collaboration. Lets all try and make it up to FA status. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  12:55, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

infobox
Yeah, I was editing. I know the colours for mysore are yucky! See Gangtok. Please don't edit the infoboxes as of now, I'll clean up the mess and keep you informed. Feedback on Gangtok needed. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  July 3, 2005 12:19 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to have a colour coded infobox. One colour for states, one for UTs, one for state capital cities, for other cities and finally for districts. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  July 3, 2005 12:40 (UTC)
 * Ok, you suggest the colours. see also Surrey. Background images would strain the server. I like the colours BTW. You could also look at infobox for colours already taken. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  July 9, 2005 04:49 (UTC)

Mysore division
Here's a nice map I made. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  July 6, 2005 10:31 (UTC)

Looks pretty good. Can you highlight the city ?. I think the division includes other districts (this shows only the mysore district if I recollect correctly.

Colours
Thanks for your message. I didn't spot the message since it was tucked way in an older post. Green is used in the districts: WikiProject Indian districts. Saffron would be too bright to use. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * I personally think the colours look good, and goes well with the grey. However if you want to change it just put up the suggested colours on the template's talk and let me know. PS. Please sign your comments so I don't have to check the page history :). =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:15, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Royal titles
Hi. Sorry for the late response. Personally I would like to leave out the longish and non-unique titles like HRH etc However if someone living or dead is well-known with a particular title, we should use that eg the Nawab of Pataudi, Nawab of Arcot etc. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 03:38, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure. Go ahead and start a poll. I'llbe online onMonday. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 15:31, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Inactive
Just noticed you moved yoursel to inactive. Will you be gone for long? =Nichalp  «Talk»=  14:17, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I am back part time as of now, hopefully will contribute more.

Janapith Awarded in 1974
Hey it can be noted that D. R. Bendre was awarded with the Janapith in 1974 and not 1964. April 7, 1974 was the date on which the same was declared. "Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre" a book by G.S.Amur and published by sahitya academy has the info. can Could you please confirm this --Aravind Parvatikar 06:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that the 1974 date is correct.

Happy New Year
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ping
Pradeep, can you send across your contact details by mail to me? (send it from my Wikipedia user page). There's gonna be a Kannada Wikipedia meet soon, and I would like you to participate and help out in the arrangements. :-) mail me asap. --H P Nadig * \Talk \Contributions 21:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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Hi
Hi Pradeep, Still missing? We miss your contributions here. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  09:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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