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Munda Mound

Munda Mound, an ASI centrally protected ancient mound (N-RJ-53) in village Munda, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, about 16 km southwest of Hanumangarh town; yielded Rang Mahal-type painted pottery and Kushana copper coins.

Munda people

Munda people: an Adivasi (tribal) people of eastern India, chiefly Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, speaking Munda languages of the Austroasiatic family; about 11 million Munda speakers, associated with Birsa Munda and the 1908 protective tenancy law.

Munda rebellion

The Munda rebellion (मुंडा विद्रोह), called the ulgulan or "Great Tumult", was an 1899–1900 uprising of Munda adivasis in Chotanagpur, led by Birsa Munda against land alienation and British rule.

Mundaring Weir

Mundaring Weir is a concrete gravity dam on the Helena River near Perth, Western Australia, built 1898 to 1901 as the headworks of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.

Mundartrock

Mundartrock is rock and pop music sung in Swiss German dialect, a scene that arose around Bern in the early 1970s, pioneered by Rumpelstilz, Polo Hofer, and Span.

Mundell–Fleming model

The Mundell–Fleming model is an open-economy extension of the IS–LM model, developed by Robert Mundell and Marcus Fleming in the early 1960s to analyze policy under fixed and floating exchange rates.

Mundeshwari Temple

The Mundeshwari Temple (मुण्डेश्वरी मंदिर) is an ancient octagonal Hindu temple on Mundeshwari Hill in Bihar, India, dating to 108 AD, dedicated to Shiva and the goddess Mundeshwari.

Mundhir ibn Sa'id al-Balluti

Mundhir ibn Sa'id al-Balluti (منذر بن سعيد البلوطي) was an Andalusi jurist and poet who served as chief qadi of Cordoba from 950 until his death in 966.

Mundial

Mundial was a Peruvian illustrated weekly magazine published in Lima from 1920 to 1931, directed by Andrés Avelino Aramburú and key to modern Peruvian journalism.

Mundian To Bach Ke

Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys), a 1998 bhangra track by Panjabi MC with vocals by Labh Janjua, sampling the Knight Rider theme via Busta Rhymes; a 2003 re-release topped European charts and a Jay-Z remix reached the US Hot 100.

Mundigak

Mundigak is a Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlement mound northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, occupied from about 4000 BC to about 500 BC and excavated by Jean-Marie Casal.

Mundo

"Mundo" is a 2018 single by the Filipino rock band IV of Spades, sung by Unique Salonga and the band's biggest hit, topping Spotify's Philippines chart.

Mundo Livre

Mundo Livre S/A, also written Mundo Livre, is a rock band from Recife, Brazil, fronted by Fred 04 and a founding band of the 1990s manguebeat movement.

Mundo Nuevo

Mundo Nuevo was a monthly Spanish-language magazine of Latin American literature and culture founded in Paris in 1966 by Uruguayan critic Emir Rodríguez Monegal, a major forum for the Boom.

Mundomar

Mundomar is a marine and exotic animal park in Benidorm, Spain, opened 18 December 1996, known for dolphin, sea lion and parrot shows, over 80 species, Fundación Mundomar conservation work, and dolphin-assisted therapy.

Mundra Bhatinda Pipeline

The Mundra Bhatinda Pipeline is a 1,017 km crude oil pipeline carrying imported crude from Mundra port in Gujarat to the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery at Bathinda, Punjab.

Mundra LNG Terminal

The Mundra LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas import and regasification terminal at Mundra Port in Gujarat, India, with a capacity of 5 MTPA.

Mundra Port

Mundra Port is a deep-water, all-weather commercial port at Mundra in Kutch district, Gujarat, India, opened in 1998 and operated by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd.

Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani)

The Mundra Thermal Power Project is a 4,620 MW coal-fired power station at Mundra in Kutch, Gujarat, India, owned by Adani Power, India's first super-critical plant, begun in 2006.

Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

The Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project is a 4,000 MW coal-fired power station at Mundra in Gujarat, India, developed by Tata Power and fully commissioned in 2013.

Mundu

Mundu (മുണ്ട്): Kerala's unstitched white or cream waist-wrap worn by men and women, distinguished from the dhoti by not passing between the legs and from the lungi by its formality; kasavu gold border marks festival wear.

Mune: Guardian of the Moon

Mune: Guardian of the Moon (Mune, le gardien de la lune; ミューン 月の守護者の伝説) is a French 3D/2D animated fantasy by Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan about a faun chosen as Moon guardian who must recover the stolen Sun, released in France in 2015.

Muneesh Tewari

Muneesh Tewari is an American physician-scientist in hematology/oncology and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, known for pioneering circulating microRNAs as blood-based cancer biomarkers.

Muneji Munemura

Muneji Munemura (宗村宗二), Japanese wrestler born 1943 in Niigata; won Greco-Roman lightweight (≤70 kg) gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and placed 4th at the 1965 and 1966 World Championships.

Munenori Kawasaki (川崎宗則)

Munenori Kawasaki (川崎宗則), born 1981 in Kagoshima, Japanese infielder; Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star, 8-time NPB All-Star, two-time WBC champion, 2016 Cubs World Series winner, and beloved Blue Jays utility infielder.

Munetaka Murakami

Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆), Japanese first baseman born 2000 in Kumamoto; NPB home run record holder with the Yakult Swallows, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, and Chicago White Sox All-Star rookie.

Mung bean

Mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram, an annual South Asian grain legume domesticated 4,000–6,000 years ago, grown on over 7.3 million hectares, spread by climate-constrained routes across Asia, used as food, sprouts, and green manure.

Mung bean sprout

Mung bean sprout, the edible seedling of Vigna radiata (green gram), grown 3-10 days from soaked beans; distinct from alfalfa or soybean sprouts, with rising GABA and free amino acids during germination and known Salmonella and Listeria outbreak links.

Mungaru Male (soundtrack)

Mungaru Male (ಮುಂಗಾರುಮಳೆ) is the soundtrack of the 2006 Kannada romantic drama film, composed by Mano Murthy with seven songs that topped the Kannada charts in 2007.

Mungaru Male (ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ)

Mungaru Male (ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ), 2006 Kannada romantic musical by Yogaraj Bhat starring Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi, music by Mano Murthy; grossed ₹75 crore, a Kannada industry record.