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Gharial
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also called the fish-eating crocodile, is a critically endangered fish-eating crocodilian of northern India and Nepal, with about 650 mature adults surviving in 14 river populations.
Gharraf–Nasiriyah Oil Pipeline
The Gharraf–Nasiriyah Oil Pipeline is a 92-kilometer, 28-inch crude pipeline in Dhi Qar, southern Iraq, the main export leg of the Gharraf Light Oil Transport System.
Gharshana (ఘర్షణ)
Gharshana (ఘర్షణ) is a 2004 Telugu action thriller directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, a remake of his Tamil Kaakha Kaakha, starring Venkatesh and Asin, with Harris Jayaraj's music and a happier ending than the original; distinct from the 1988 Telugu-dubbed Agni Natchathiram of the same title.
Ghasem Rezaei
Ghasem Rezaei (قاسم رضایی), born 1985 in Amol, Iran, is a Greco-Roman wrestler, 2012 Olympic 96 kg gold medalist who beat Rustam Totrov, 2016 Olympic bronze at 98 kg, and three-time World medalist.
Ghaseti Begum
Ghaseti Begum, born Mihrunnisa, was the eldest daughter of Bengal's Nawab Alivardi Khan and a wealthy, politically active figure who helped finance the 1757 British victory at Plassey.
Ghashiram Kotwal
Ghashiram Kotwal (घाशीराम कोतवाल), 1976 Marathi film by the Yukt Film Co-operative (K. Hariharan, Mani Kaul, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Kamal Swaroop), adapting Vijay Tendulkar's 1972 play as an Emergency allegory; lost after 1978, restored from a Berlin print in 2013.
Ghāsī Rāma
Ghāsī Rāma, known as Guru Ghasidas, was an 18th-century saint of Girodpuri in Chhattisgarh who founded the Satnam panth, teaching worship of a formless God and human equality.
Ghāsīdās
Ghāsīdās (घासीदास), also written Ghasidas or Guru Ghasidas, was a Chamar religious teacher of Chhattisgarh, India, who founded the Satnampanth around 1820 and died in 1850.
Ghassab Al-Mandeel
Ghassab Al-Mandeel (غصاب المنديل) is a Saudi technology founder and co-founder and CEO of Jahez, a Riyadh-based food-delivery group that listed on Nomu in 2022 at a $2.4 billion valuation.
Ghassan Abu-Sittah (غسان سليمان أبو ستة)
Ghassan Abu-Sittah (غسان أبو ستة), born 1969 in Kuwait, is a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon, AUB Conflict Medicine Program founder, 43-day Gaza war surgeon in 2023, and rector of the University of Glasgow.
Ghassan Duhine
Ghassan Duhine (غسان الدهيني) leads Gaza's Popular Forces, also called the Counterterrorism Service, in east Rafah. He succeeded Yasser Abu Shabab after the founder's December 2025 killing and directs anti-Hamas tunnel dismantling.
Ghassan K. Abou‐Alfa
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa is a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who specializes in primary liver cancer and led the CELESTIAL cabozantinib trial.
Ghassan Kanafani (غسان فايز كنفاني)
Ghassan Kanafani (غسان فايز كنفاني, 1936–1972), Palestinian novelist of the Nakba, author of Men in the Sun and Return to Haifa, PFLP spokesman and Al-Hadaf editor, assassinated by a car bomb in Beirut on 8 July 1972.
Ghassan Massoud (غسان مسعود)
Ghassan Massoud (غسان مسعود), born 1958, is a Syrian actor and former professor at Damascus's Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, best known as Saladin in Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Abu Bakr in the series Omar.
Ghassanid and Lakhmid court poetry
Ghassanid and Lakhmid court poetry is pre-Islamic Arabic praise verse composed for the Lakhmid court at al-Hira in Iraq and the Ghassanid court in Byzantine Syria.
Ghassanid foederati status
The Ghassanid foederati status (الغساسنة كحلفاء بيزنطة) was the Byzantine arrangement, begun under Anastasius in 502, making the Ghassanid Arabs the empire's principal eastern allies.
Ghassanid migration from Yemen
The Ghassanid migration from Yemen (هجرة غسّان من اليمن) was the northward movement of Azd clans from Marib to Syria, traditionally caused by the Marib dam's collapse.
Ghassanid–Lakhmid wars
The Ghassanid–Lakhmid wars were a series of battles and raids between two Arab client kingdoms of Late Antiquity: the Byzantine-allied Ghassanids and the Sasanian-allied Lakhmids of al-Hira.
Ghassanids (الغساسنة)
Ghassanids (الغساسنة): Arab Christian confederation of South Arabian origin, ruled by the Jafnid dynasty, serving Byzantium as foederati in Syria and Jordan against the Lakhmids, from the foedus of 502 to the Islamic conquests.
Ghatak (घातक) (1996 film)
Ghatak (घातक, Ghatak: Lethal) is a 1996 Hindi action drama directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Danny Denzongpa, and Amrish Puri; a Super Hit that ranked fourth in 1996 distributor share.
Ghatak (ঘাতক) (2006 film)
Ghatak (ঘাতক) is a 2006 Bengali political action film directed by Swapan Saha, starring Jeet and Koel Mallick, produced by Surinder Films, about a man avenging his brother's murder in Kolkata.
Ghatak: Lethal (घातक)
Ghatak: Lethal (घातक) is a 1996 Hindi action drama directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Danny Denzongpa, and Amrish Puri; a Super Hit about a Benares wrestler fighting gangster Katya in Mumbai.
Ghatampur power station
Ghatampur power station, also called the Ghatampur Thermal Power Project, is a 1,980 MW coal-fired power plant in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, owned by NUPPL, a joint venture of NLC India and UPRVUNL.
Ghatashraddha (ಘಟಶ್ರದ್ಧ)
Ghatashraddha (ಘಟಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ, The Ritual) is Girish Kasaravalli's 1977 Kannada black-and-white debut feature, adapted from a U.R. Ananthamurthy story about a child widow excommunicated through a living-person death ritual; it won the 1977 National Best Feature Film award and was restored for Venice 2024.
Ghatotkacha (घटोत्कच)
Ghatotkacha (घटोत्कच, Gatotkaca in Javanese) is the rakshasa son of Bhima and Hidimba in the Mahabharata, a Pandava night-fighter killed by Karna's Indra-given Shakti, famed in wayang theater and modern retellings.
Ghats in Varanasi
The ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps on the Ganges stretching 6.5 km from Assi to Adi Keshava, with 84 to 88 ghats used for bathing, prayer, and cremation.
Ghauri (missile)
The Ghauri (Hatf-5) is a Pakistani liquid-fueled, road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile first tested in April 1998, widely assessed to be based on North Korea's Nodong, with a 1,250 to 1,500 km range.
Ghawar Field
Ghawar Field, also known as Ghawar oil field (حقل الغوار), is the world's largest conventional oil field, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, discovered in 1948 and producing since 1951.
Ghayal (घायल) (1990 film)
Ghayal (घायल) is a 1990 Hindi action drama, Rajkumar Santoshi's directorial debut, produced by Dharmendra. Sunny Deol plays a boxer framed for his brother's murder; it won seven Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award and was a blockbuster.
Ghayal: Once Again
Ghayal: Once Again (2016 Hindi action drama, sequel to Ghayal 1990), directed by and starring Sunny Deol as vigilante Ajay Mehra; produced by Dharmendra, released 5 February 2016, mixed-negative reviews, $281,755 international box office.