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Manchukuo Imperial Army
The Manchukuo Imperial Army (滿洲國軍) was the armed force of Manchukuo, the state Japan's Kwantung Army established in Northeast China in 1932, under deep Japanese control.
Manchukuo State Council
The Manchukuo State Council (国務院) was the executive branch of Manchukuo, the Japanese-led state in northeast China from 1932 to 1945, where real power rested with Japanese officials and the Kwantung Army.
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical region of northeast Asia, today's Northeast China, and the homeland of the Manchus, who ruled China as the Qing dynasty from 1644 to 1912.
Manchurian Emigration
Manchurian Emigration (満蒙開拓団) was a Japanese state program from 1932, national policy from 1936 to 1945, that settled 270,000 to 320,000 farmer colonists in Manchukuo under the Kwantung Army.
Manchurian Plain
Manchurian Plain (Dongbei Pingyuan, Northeast China Plain): China's largest plain, ~35 × 10^5 km² between 40°–48° N and 118°–135° E, divided into Songliao and Sanjiang plains, with fertile black soils and maize, soybean, and rice farming.
Manco Capac
Manco Capac (Manqu Qhapaq) is the traditional founder of the Inca dynasty and of Cuzco, remembered as the first Inca sovereign in the Cuzco valley around 1200.
Manco Inca rebellion
The Manco Inca rebellion (Rebelión de Manco Inca) was the 1536 to 1572 war between Manco Inca Yupanqui and the Spanish conquistadors, opened with the siege of Cusco.
Manco Inca Yupanqui
Manco Inca Yupanqui (Manku Inka Yupanki), born around 1515, was an Inca ruler installed by Pizarro in 1533 who rebelled in 1536 and founded an independent state at Vilcabamba.
Manco Inca's retreat to Vilcabamba
Manco Inca's retreat to Vilcabamba was the 1537 withdrawal of the Inca ruler Manco Inca into a remote jungle region about 100 km northwest of Cuzco, after his failed siege of the city.
Mancopper
Mancopper (CAS 53988-93-5, dithane C90) is an obsolete broad-spectrum protective fungicide, a manganese-copper ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate) complex with multi-site spore-germination inhibition (FRAC M01), formerly used against downy mildew on vines and cereals; not EU-approved.
Mancos Shale
The Mancos Shale is a Late Cretaceous marine shale formation of the Western Interior of the United States, named in 1899 for Mancos Valley and the town of Mancos, Colorado.
Mancow Muller
Mancow Muller, also known as Matthew Erich Muller, is an American radio personality and shock jock who hosted Chicago mornings on WRCX, Q101, and WLS-AM from 1994.
Mancozeb
Mancozeb (CAS 8018-01-7), an EBDC dithiocarbamate contact fungicide, FRAC M03 multi-site, introduced 1961, used on potatoes, grapes, and other crops; banned in the EU since January 2022, with EPA restrictions proposed in the US.
Manda (Jammu)
Manda is an Indus civilization archaeological site on the Chenab River near Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir, India, commonly described as the northernmost known Harappan settlement.
Mandaadi
Mandaadi (மண்டாடி) is a 2026 Tamil sports action drama by Mathimaran Pugazhendhi starring Soori and Suhas (his Tamil debut) as rival former friends in coastal sailboat racing; released 10 September 2026, crossed 100 crore, streamed on Netflix.
Mandaar
Mandaar (মন্দার) is a 2021 Bengali-language web series on Hoichoi, Anirban Bhattacharya's directorial debut adapting Shakespeare's Macbeth in the fictional coastal village Geilpur, five 18+ episodes starring Debasish Mondal and Sohini Sarkar, premiered 19 November 2021.
Mandabi
Mandabi (Le Mandat, The Money Order) is Ousmane Sembène's 1968 Senegalese-French comedy-drama, the first feature-length film in Wolof, following unemployed Ibrahima Dieng's failed attempt to cash a 25,000-franc money order from Paris; Venice Special Jury Prize winner.
Mandaean Book of John
The Mandaean Book of John (Drasha d-Yahya) is one of Mandaeism's two central scriptures, second only to the Ginza Rabba, devoted chiefly to John the Baptist and written in Classical Mandaic.
Mandaeans
Mandaeans (Sabian-Mandaeans, Arabic Ṣubba) are a Gnostic ethno-religious minority of Iraq and Iran, about 60,000 worldwide, speaking Mandaic Aramaic, practicing river baptism, venerating John the Baptist, and centered on the Ginza Rabba scripture.
Mandaeism
Mandaeism, also called Mandeanism, is a Gnostic religion of southern Iraq and western Iran whose followers venerate John the Baptist and practice repeated baptism in flowing water.
Mandakini (2024 film)
Mandakini (2024 film) is a Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Vinod Leela. It stars Althaf Salim and Anarkali Marikar, and was released in theaters on May 24, 2024.
Mandakini (actress)
Mandakini, screen name of Yasmeen Joseph Thakur born in Meerut, is an Indian former actress (active 1985-1996) whose 1985 role in Raj Kapoor's Ram Teri Ganga Maili opposite Rajiv Kapoor made her a star; the Dawood Ibrahim photo controversy and her 2022 comeback with Maa O Maa distinguish her from other namesakes.
Mandakranta
Mandakranta (मन्दाक्रान्ता, "slowly advancing") is a classical Sanskrit meter of seventeen syllables per quarter, counted among the long ornate meters of kavya poetry and used by Kalidasa for his entire Meghaduta.
Mandal Commission
The Mandal Commission, formally the Second Backward Classes Commission, was set up on 1 January 1979 under Article 340, chaired by B.P. Mandal. Its 1980 report identified 3,743 OBC castes (52% of population) and recommended 27% reservation in central government jobs, implemented in 1990 and upheld in Indra Sawhney (1992).
Mandala (Breaking Bad)
Mandala (Breaking Bad): season 2, episode 11 of the AMC crime drama, aired May 17, 2009; written by George Mastras, directed by Adam Bernstein. Introduces Gus Fring and Los Pollos Hermanos; Walt chooses a $1.2 million meth deal over his daughter's birth.
Mandala (political model)
Mandala (political model): scholarly term, chiefly from O. W. Wolters, for premodern Southeast Asian polities as circles of power radiating from a king's center, defined by tributary ties and overlapping spheres rather than fixed borders.
Mandala (मण्डल)
Mandala (मण्डल, maṇḍala; Tibetan: kyil khor) is a Sanskrit word meaning "circle", naming the consecrated cosmic diagrams used in Hindu and Buddhist tantric ritual, meditation, and initiation.
Mandala (만다라) (1981 film)
Mandala (만다라, 1981) is Im Kwon-taek's drama about two Buddhist monks, Beob-wun and Ji-san, based on Kim Seong-dong's novel; it won the 1981 Grand Bell Best Director award, screened at Berlin 1982, and ranks second in Korean film history polls.
Mandala Airlines Flight 091
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 was a scheduled passenger flight from Medan to Jakarta that crashed on takeoff in Medan on 5 September 2005, killing about 149 people.
Mandala Murders
Mandala Murders is a 2025 Hindi-language Netflix mythological crime thriller series by YRF Entertainment, created by Gopi Puthran, co-directed with Manan Rawat, starring Vaani Kapoor as detective Rea Thomas investigating ritualistic cult killings in Charandaspur.