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Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
Kalanidhi Veeraswamy, born 1969, is an Indian DMK politician and former plastic surgeon who has represented Chennai North in the Lok Sabha since 2019.
Kalaniʻōpuʻu
Kalaniʻōpuʻu (Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiwaʻa; ca. 1729–1782) was the ruling chief who unified the island of Hawaiʻi in 1754, met Captain Cook at Kealakekua Bay in 1779, and whose 1782 death sparked the succession war his nephew Kamehameha won.
Kalanikūpule
Kalanikūpule (died 1795) was a Hawaiian high chief, son of Kahekili, who succeeded his father in 1794 as ruler of Maui and Oʻahu and fought Kamehameha I.
Kalanimoku
Kalanimoku, also spelled Kalaimoku and known to Europeans as William Pitt, was a high chief who served as prime minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, dying in 1827.
Kalanit Grill-Spector
Kalanit Grill-Spector is a cognitive neuroscientist, the Hindle Professor at Stanford University, known for research on how face recognition and visual cortex develop from childhood to adulthood.
Kalanithi Maran
Kalanithi Maran (கலாநிதி மாறன்; born 1964) is an Indian media proprietor who founded Sun TV Network in 1993 and chairs the Sun Group, with stakes in Sunrisers Hyderabad and, until 2015, SpiceJet.
Kalank (कलंक)
Kalank (कलंक) is a 2019 Hindi period romantic drama directed by Abhishek Varman, set in 1945 Husnabad near Lahore before Partition, starring Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Madhuri Dixit, and Sanjay Dutt; a costly flop despite a record opening.
Kalantar
Kalantar (کلانتر) was the title of the chief local official, in effect the mayor, of a town in Iran from the late 15th century onward.
Kalapi
Kalapi (કલાપી) was the pen name of Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil, Thakore Saheb of Lathi in Saurashtra, and a Gujarati poet who lived from 1874 to 1900 and died by poisoning at 26.
Kalapurnodayamu
Kalapurnodayamu (కళాపూర్ణోదయము) is a 16th-century Telugu narrative poem in eight cantos by Pingali Surana, a masterpiece of layered storytelling that some scholars call the first Indian novel.
Kalapuya
Kalapuya: Indigenous people of Oregon's Willamette Valley, speakers of three Kalapuyan languages, signatories of the 1855 Willamette Valley Treaty, removed to Grand Ronde, now part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
Kalar Private Technical Institute
Kalar Private Technical Institute (KPTI; پەیمانگەی تەکنیکی تایبەت لە کەلار), private accredited technical institute in Kalar, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, founded 2015 by Ministerial Decree No. 4/25232; departments include Nursing, Pharmacy, IT, English, and New Media.
Kaḷāra Khattiya
Kaḷāra Khattiya (कळारखत्तियो भिक्खु) was an early Buddhist monk, remembered only as Sāriputta's interlocutor in SN 12.32, where his report of a disrobed monk prompts Sāriputta's clarification.
Kāḷāramatṭhuka
Kāḷāramatṭhuka (काळारमट्ठुक) was a naked ascetic of Vesāli in the Buddha's time, famed among the Vajjians; the Pāṭika Sutta records his seven vows and the Buddha's prediction of his downfall.
Kalaripayattu (കളരിപയറ്റ്)
Kalaripayattu (Kalarippayattu, കളരിപയറ്റ്) is Kerala's indigenous martial art combining body-control exercises, wooden and metal weapons, bare-hand combat, and marma-based healing, taught in four stages under a gurukkal.
Kalasan inscription
The Kalasan inscription (Prasasti Kalasan) is a Sanskrit stone inscription dated 778 CE, recording the founding of a temple to the Buddhist goddess Tara in Central Java.
Kalash Criminel
Kalash Criminel (born Amira Kiziamina, 1995, Kinshasa) is a French-Congolese rapper from Sevran who performs in a balaclava, mixes Lingala with French, and addresses racism and Françafrique.
Kalash people
The Kalash are a small pre-Islamic polytheistic ethnic and religious minority of about 4,000 people in the Bumburet, Rumbur, and Birir valleys of Chitral, Pakistan, speaking the Dardic Kalasha language and known for four seasonal festivals, purity rules, and conversion pressures.
Kalasha (कलश)
Kalasha (कलश), or Purna Kalasha, is a metal or clay water pot filled with grain, leaves, and a coconut, consecrated in Hindu worship as a temporary seat for a deity.
Kalashnikov Concern (Концерн «Калашников»)
Kalashnikov Concern (Концерн «Калашников»), formerly Izhmash, is a Russian joint-stock company in Izhevsk that makes AK-series rifles, guided munitions, and drones, holding about 95% of Russia's firearms market.
Kalashnikov rifle
The Kalashnikov rifle, first adopted by the Soviet Army in 1949 as the AK-47, is a family of gas-operated assault rifles designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Kalasipalya (film)
Kalasipalya (ಕಲಾಸಿಪಾಳ್ಯ) is a 2004 Kannada action drama directed by Om Prakash Rao, produced by Ramu, starring Darshan and Rakshita; a 35-week hit later re-released statewide.
Kalašma
Kalašma, also written Kalasma, was a land of northern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, northwest of the Hittite core area, attested in the annals of Muršili II.
Kalat, Balochistan
Kalat (Qalat), Balochistan: historic hill town and former capital of the Khanate of Kalat, Pakistan. Known for the Miri citadel, Ahmad Yar Khan's 1948 accession, highland climate, and Kalat District of 412,058 people.
Kalathur Kannamma
Kalathur Kannamma (களத்தூர் கண்ணம்மா), also known as Kallathur Kannamma, is a 1960 AVM Productions Tamil drama directed by A. Bhimsingh, starring Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, and child actor Kamal Haasan in his debut, released 12 August 1960.
Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement
Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement is a historic isolation settlement on a peninsula on Molokai, Hawaii, where about 8,000 people with Hansen's disease were exiled from 1866 to 1969.
Kalavani (களவாணி)
Kalavani (களவாணி), also Kalavaani, is a 2010 Tamil romantic comedy directed by A. Sarkunam, starring Vimal and Oviya as lovers from feuding Thanjavur villages; a low-budget hit that spawned Kalavani 2 (2019).
Kalavasos-Tenta
Kalavasos-Tenta: Aceramic Neolithic settlement on a hill in Cyprus's Vasilikos valley, near Choirokitia; excavated by Dikaios (1947) and Todd (1976-1984); circular mudbrick houses, redated to the mid-9th millennium cal BC.
Kalba
Kalba is a multi-period archaeological site on the Gulf of Oman coast in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, occupied from about 2500 to 600 BC.
Kalba Bird of Prey Centre
Kalba Bird of Prey Centre (مركز كلباء للطيور الجارحة), EPAA-run raptor centre in Kalba, Sharjah, UAE; opened January 2014, first of its kind in the UAE and Middle East; 46 species at opening, free-flying shows, Egyptian vulture breeding.