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Gambhir Singh's restoration of Manipur
Gambhir Singh's restoration of Manipur (গম্ভীৰ সিংহৰ মণিপুৰ পুনৰুদ্ধাৰ) was the 1825–1826 reconquest of Manipur from Burma by the exiled prince Gambhir Singh, leading the British-supported Manipur Levy.
Gambhira
Gambhira (গম্ভীরা; also spelled Gombhira) is a satirical folk theatre and annual festival of Malda district, West Bengal, where performers use song, dance, and improvised comic dialogue to voice villagers' grievances before Shiva.
Gambia Colony and Protectorate
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial entity on the River Gambia, existing from 1821 until independence as The Gambia on 18 February 1965.
Gambia national football team
The Gambia national football team, the Scorpions, is Gambia's men's team under the Gambia Football Federation. First AFCON qualification in 2021, quarterfinal run, 2023 group stage, and 27 goals in 2026 World Cup qualifying.
Gambian dalasi
The Gambian dalasi (GMD) is the currency of The Gambia, issued by the Central Bank of The Gambia since 1971, replacing the Gambian pound at 5 dalasis to the pound.
Gambian griot tradition
The Gambian griot tradition, known in Mandinka as jaliya, is the hereditary profession of oral historians, praise singers, and musicians among the Mandinka people of The Gambia.
Gambian pouched rat
Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also northern or Gambian giant pouched rat: Africa's largest rat, native West to Central Africa, Least Concern; trained by APOPO to detect land mines and tuberculosis; invasive on Grassy Key, Florida.
Gambie-Koulountou
Gambie-Koulountou (Ramsar Site 1578) is a 368,193-hectare wetland in Boké region, Guinea, on the Senegal border, covering the Koulountou River floodplain, the Gambia River's main tributary, designated 14 November 2005.
Gambie-Oundou-Liti
Gambie-Oundou-Liti, Ramsar site no. 1579 in Labé, Guinea, designated 14 November 2005; a 527,400 ha mountainous Fouta massif reserve, source of rivers, habitat of lions, chimpanzees, and wild dogs, threatened by the Sambagallo dam.
Gambiense trypanosomiasis
Gambiense trypanosomiasis (gambiense sleeping sickness, g-HAT, ICD-11 1F51.0) is the chronic form of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, tsetse-fly transmitted, human-reservoir, endemic in 24 west and central African countries, 92% of cases, treatable with fexinidazole, NECT, pentamidine.
Gambier Islands
Gambier Islands (Îles Gambier), French Polynesian archipelago southeast of the Tuamotus; chief town Rikitea on volcanic Mangareva; 30 km², about 1,400–1,600 people; annexed by France 1881; Mururoa and Fangataufa hosted French nuclear tests 1966–1996; black pearl farming.
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of New York's five La Cosa Nostra families, formed in 1931 from the Mangano family, named for boss Carlo Gambino, and led later by John Gotti; known for gambling, loansharking, labor racketeering, and construction extortion.
Gambir Station
Gambir Station (Stasiun Gambir, code GMR) is a railway station in Central Jakarta, Indonesia, opened in 1871 as Weltevreden Station and rebuilt elevated in 1992, serving as the capital's main long-distance train gateway.
Gambit
Gambit (chess): an opening sacrifice, usually of a pawn, for development and initiative; from Italian gambetto. Includes King's, Evans, Benko, and Queen's Gambits; engines refute most, yet they score well practically.
Gambit (2012 film)
Gambit (2012) is a comedy heist remake directed by Michael Hoffman, scripted by the Coen brothers, starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, and Alan Rickman in a fake-Monet con; critically panned at 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Gambit (Marvel Comics)
Gambit (Remy Etienne LeBeau), the Ragin' Cajun, is a Marvel Comics X-Men mutant created by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #266 (1990), who charges objects, especially playing cards, with explosive kinetic energy and is married to Rogue.
Gambit (unproduced film)
Gambit (unproduced film): 20th Century Fox X-Men spinoff developed 2014-2019 starring Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau, scripted by Josh Zetumer from Chris Claremont's story; three directors (Wyatt, Liman, Verbinski) came and went before Disney canceled it in May 2019.
Gamble House (Pasadena, California)
The Gamble House is a 1908 residence in Pasadena, California, designed by Greene and Greene for David Gamble of Procter & Gamble, a landmark of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park is a Florida state park in Ellenton, preserving the only surviving antebellum mansion in South Florida, home of Major Robert Gamble's sugar plantation.
Gambler's fallacy
The gambler's fallacy, also called the Monte Carlo fallacy, is the mistaken belief that an outcome absent from a random sequence becomes more likely on the next trial.
Gambler's ruin
Gambler's ruin is a classical probability problem in which a gambler makes repeated unit bets, and the question is whether the fortune reaches a target before zero.
Gambling
Gambling is staking money or something of value on an unpredictable outcome, hoping to win more; betting, casino games, and lotteries are all forms of it.
Gambling in Australia
Gambling in Australia is the country's legal betting, gaming, and lottery market, whose annual losses of about $32 billion are the largest per capita in the world.
Gambling in China
Gambling in China: banned on the mainland under Article 303 of the Criminal Law except the state Welfare and Sports lotteries, while casino gambling is legal only in Macau, the world's largest gaming hub under one country, two systems.
Gambling in India
Gambling in India: regulated by the Public Gambling Act 1867 and state laws (Entry 34, State List); casinos only in Goa, Daman and Diu, and Sikkim; the PROG Act 2025 bans all online money games nationwide from 1 May 2026.
Gambling in Macau
Gambling in Macau: casino gaming in the Macao SAR, the only Chinese city where casinos are legal. Six concessionaires under 10-year contracts (2023-2032) under Law 16/2001 as amended by Law 7/2022; 2023 receipts MOP188.52 billion.
Gambling in the United States
Gambling in the United States: state-regulated lotteries, casinos, tribal gaming, and sports betting; 38 states plus DC had legal sports betting by end of 2024; $66.5B commercial casino revenue in 2023.
Gambrel roof
The gambrel roof, also called a barn roof, is a two-sided roof with a steep lower slope and flatter upper slope, known from American barns and Dutch Colonial houses.
Gambrinus
Gambrinus is the legendary Flemish king credited with inventing beer and revered as brewers' mythical patron, name likely corrupted from Jan Primus, Duke of Brabant. The tale dates to the early 1500s, and his name labels Czech and Texan breweries.
Gambulu
Gambūlu, also Gambulu, was an Aramaean tribe of the southern Babylonian marshes on the lower Tigris, attested chiefly in Neo-Assyrian royal records of the 8th and 7th centuries BC.