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DH Tau

DH Tau is a young M0.5 classical T Tauri star about 135 pc away in Taurus, host of the directly imaged planetary-mass companion DH Tau b (11 Jupiter masses, 330 au), with a candidate 1-Jupiter-mass satellite.

DH82

DH82 (CVCL_2018, ATCC CRL-10389/CRL-3590) is a canine macrophage-monocyte cell line established in 1988 from a 10-year-old male Golden Retriever with malignant histiocytosis (histiocytic sarcoma), used in infection and cancer research.

Dhaakad

Dhaakad (धाकड़), 2022 Hindi action thriller directed by Razneesh Ghai, starring Kangana Ranaut as Agent Agni hunting trafficker Rudraveer (Arjun Rampal); released 20 May 2022, rated A, streams on Zee5.

Dhaakad Beera

Dhaakad Beera is a Hindi Colors TV social drama about honor killings, premiering 24 July 2025. Produced by Yash and Mamta Patnaik's Inspire Films, it stars Rakshanda Khan and Divyam Shukla, later Gaurav Bajaj and Nikki Sharma after a 12-year leap.

Dhaal (ढाल)

Dhaal (ढाल), also Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law, is a 1997 Hindi action drama directed by Sameer Malkan, starring Vinod Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Amrish Puri, and Danny Denzongpa; released 28 November 1997, a box-office flop.

Dhaam Dhoom

Dhaam Dhoom (தாம் தூம்) is a 2008 Tamil action thriller by director-cinematographer Jeeva, who died during the Moscow shoot; completed by Manikandan and Aneez Jeeva, it stars Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, and Lakshmi Rai with music by Harris Jayaraj.

Dhaani (album)

Dhaani (دھانی) is the fourth album by Pakistani pop duo Strings, released in 2003 on Sony BMG. The Urdu title means light green, and the album opened the duo to Bollywood.

Dhabihah

Dhabihah (Arabic: ذبيحة), also spelled Zabiha, is the Islamic ritual slaughter that makes meat halal, done by cutting the neck vessels with a sharp blade.

Dhabkaaro

Dhabkaaro (ધબકારો, "heartbeat") is a 2026 Gujarati-language drama written and directed by Abhishek Shah, starring Deven Bhojani and Aarjav Trivedi, about a cruel man who seeks forgiveness after a heart transplant; released May 1, 2026, as Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment's first Gujarati film.

Dhadak

Dhadak (धड़क) is a 2018 Hindi romantic drama directed by Shashank Khaitan for Dharma Productions and Zee Studios, an adaptation of Marathi hit Sairat, starring debutants Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter as Parthavi and Madhukar, released 20 July 2018; critics faulted its diluted caste theme.

Dhadak 2 (धड़क 2)

Dhadak 2 (धड़क 2) is a 2025 Hindi crime drama romance directed by Shazia Iqbal, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri; a remake of Pariyerum Perumal, released 1 August 2025, later on Netflix.

Dhadi

Dhadi (Punjabi: ਢਾਡੀ) is a Punjabi ballad music genre and its performers, who accompany heroic and devotional narratives on the dhadd drum and sarangi, a tradition traced to Guru Hargobind.

Dhadi Var

Dhadi Var (ਢਾਡੀ ਵਾਰ) is a Punjabi heroic ballad sung by dhadis with dhad drum and sarangi, central to Sikh remembrance of warriors and martyrs.

Dhadkan (धड़कन)

Dhadkan (धड़कन) is a 2000 Hindi romantic drama directed by Dharmesh Darshan, starring Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, and Suniel Shetty; a Wuthering Heights-inspired love triangle with Nadeem-Shravan music that earned ₹26 crore worldwide.

Dhahanam

Dhahanam (దహనం) is a 2022 Telugu-language crime web series on MX Player, directed by Agasthya Manju, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, written by Kalyan Raghav. Seven episodes follow Naxalite Hari avenging his father Sri Ramulu's murder in rural Andhra Pradesh; distinct from the 2023 film Dahanam.

Dhahran (الظهران)

Dhahran (الظهران) is a city in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, part of the Dammam metro area, home to Aramco headquarters and KFUPM, site of the 1938 Dammam Well No. 7 oil discovery, population 143,936 (2022).

Dhahran Tumuli

The Dhahran Tumuli (Arabic مدافن الظهران الركامية) are about 900 ancient burial mounds at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, used from the mid third millennium BCE onward.

Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (धाई अक्षर प्रेम के)

Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (ढाई अक्षर प्रेम के) is a 2000 Hindi romantic drama directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, a remake of A Walk in the Clouds that flopped.

Dhairyasheel Patil

Dhairyasheel Patil, born in 1977, is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha from the Madha constituency in 2024 for the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).

Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane

Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, born in 1980, is an Indian Shiv Sena politician representing Hatkanangle, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving from 2019 to 2024.

Dhaja

Dhaja (धज) is a brahmin sage named second in the Theravada commentarial list of eight brahmins who examined the newborn Bodhisattva and predicted his future.

Dhaka (ঢাকা)

Dhaka (ঢাকা), capital and largest city of Bangladesh on the Buriganga River; Mughal provincial capital from 1610 as Jahangirnagar, capital of Bangladesh since 1971, now a megacity of about 11-18 million.

Dhaka Central University

Dhaka Central University (ঢাকা সেন্ট্রাল ইউনিভার্সিটি, DCU) is an autonomous public federal university in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established 8 February 2026 as the country's 57th public and 5th autonomous university, uniting seven government colleges formerly affiliated with Dhaka University.

Dhaka Division

Dhaka Division (ঢাকা বিভাগ) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh, named after the capital Dhaka, which serves as its seat and the country's economic center.

Dhaka International FolkFest

The Dhaka International FolkFest is an annual folk music festival at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in Dhaka, first held in 2015, pairing Bangladeshi folk artistes with international musicians.

Dhaka Metro Rail

Dhaka Metro Rail, also known as Dhaka Metro or Dhaka MRT, is the mass rapid transit system of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its first line opened in 2022.

Dhaka muslin (ঢাকাই মালমল)

Dhaka muslin (Dhakai malmal) was an exceptionally fine handwoven cotton cloth from Dhaka, Bengal, made from extinct phuti karpas cotton, famed in Mughal and European trade, lost under colonial rule, and now targeted by Bangladesh's revival project.

Dhaka Stock Exchange

The Dhaka Stock Exchange, formerly the East Pakistan Stock Exchange, is Bangladesh's main securities exchange, founded in 1954 and handling over 90 percent of daily trading.

Dhakir ibn Kamil al-Baghdadi

Dhakir ibn Kamil al-Baghdadi (ذاكر بن كامل البغدادي), Abu al-Qasim al-Khaffaf, was a Baghdadi hadith scholar and slipper maker (506 to 591 AH), remembered as a long-lived musnad.

Dhakshina (film)

Dhakshina (దక్షిణ), also spelled Dakshina, is a 2024 Telugu crime thriller directed by Osho Tulasiram, starring Sai Dhanshika as a Vizag police officer hunting a serial killer; released 4 October 2024, later on Lionsgate Play.