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Mahabat Khan
Mahabat Khan (مہابت خاں), born Zamana Beg, was a Mughal general and governor who served three emperors and briefly held Emperor Jahangir captive on the Jhelum River in 1626.
Mahabat Khan's rebellion
Mahabat Khan's rebellion (महाबत खान का बगावत) was the 1626 seizure of Mughal emperor Jahangir by his own general Mahabat Khan on the Jhelum river, defeated by Nur Jahan.
Mahabharat (महाभारत) (1988 TV series)
Mahabharat (महाभारत), B.R. Chopra's 1988–1990 Doordarshan Hindi mythological serial, 94 episodes directed with Ravi Chopra, scripted by Rahi Masoom Raza, starring Nitish Bharadwaj as Krishna; reached about 200 million weekly viewers.
Mahabharat (महाभारत) (2013 film)
Mahabharat (महाभारत) is a 2013 Hindi animated film directed by Amaan Khan, released 27 December 2013 by PEN India, with star voices including Amitabh Bachchan as Bheeshma; budget Rs 50 crore, gross about Rs 1.5 crore.
Mahabharat (महाभारत) (2013 TV series)
Mahabharat (महाभारत), the 2013 Star Plus Hindi mythological series by Swastik Productions and Siddharth Kumar Tewary, distinct from the 1988 B.R. Chopra serial and the 2013 animated film; 267 episodes, ₹100 crore budget, starring Saurabh Raj Jain as Krishna.
Mahabharata
Mahabharata (महाभारत), also Jaya or Bharata, the major Sanskrit epic of the Kaurava-Pandava war attributed to Vyasa, over 100,000 shlokas in 18 parvas, preserved in Northern and Southern recensions and reconstructed in the BORI Critical Edition.
Mahabharatam (Kilippattu)
Mahabharatam Kilippattu is a Malayalam verse retelling of the Sanskrit Mahabharata in the parrot-song kilippattu style by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, first printed complete in 1862.
Mahabhashya
The Mahabhashya (महाभाष्य, "great commentary") is a Sanskrit grammatical commentary composed by Patanjali around 150 BC on Panini's Ashtadhyayi and Katyayana's varttikas, and it holds the highest authority in the Paninian grammatical tradition.
Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist temple at Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, built over the spot where the Buddha attained enlightenment; its complex became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.
Mahachat
Mahachat (มหาชาติ, "Great Birth") is the Thai literary and ritual tradition built around the Vessantara Jataka, the Buddha's final life story, recited by monks in the Thet Mahachat ritual.
Mahācunda
Mahācunda (महाचुन्द), also called Mahā-Cunda or "Cunda the Great," was an eminent early Buddhist elder and Sāriputta's younger brother, known for nursing him through his final illness.
Mahad casino
Mahad casino (كازينو مهد) is a venue mapped as a casino on Mahad streed in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, near Jirawanah and Mahad garden; OpenStreetMap node 5812295759, hours 6:00 PM–1:00 PM.
Mahad Karate
Mahad Karate (Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, born 1957-1962, Xarardheere) is a deputy emir of al-Shabaab commanding the Amniyat intelligence wing and finance functions; US SDGT since 2015, UN-listed 2021, $10 million reward.
Mahad Satyagraha
Mahad Satyagraha, Chavdar Tale satyagraha: 1927 nonviolent campaign led by B. R. Ambedkar at Mahad, Maharashtra, asserting the Depressed Classes' right to draw water from the Chavdar Tank, including the 20 March water claiming, the 25 December 1927 Manusmriti burning, and a decade of litigation.
Mahadaji Shinde (महादजी शिंदे)
Mahadaji Shinde (महादजी शिंदे), also Mahadji Scindia or Madhoji Scindia, Maratha sardar of Gwalior: recovered Maratha power after Panipat, governed Delhi and Haryana from about 1785, restored Shah Alam II, built de Boigne's European-trained brigades.
Mahadev & Sons
Mahadev & Sons is a Hindi family drama serial premiering 5 January 2026 on Colors TV at 9:30 pm, streaming on JioHotstar, created by Saurabh Tewari, starring Shakti Anand, Sneha Wagh, Manasi Salvi, and Aasim Khan, set in Hardoi.
Mahadev Betting App Case
Mahadev Betting App case: Indian ED and CBI probes into Mahadev Online Book, a Dubai-run illegal betting syndicate of Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, with estimated proceeds of ₹36,000–43,400 crore, money laundering charges, and fugitive proceedings.
Mahadev Desai
Mahadev Desai (મહાદેવ દેસાઈ, 1892–1942) was an Indian independence activist, journalist, and writer who served as Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary from 1917 until his death.
Mahadev Govind Ranade (महादेव गोविंद रानडे)
Mahadev Govind Ranade (महादेव गोविंद रानडे, 1842–1901), Justice Ranade, Indian judge, economist, and social reformer of Pune; Prarthana Samaj leader, Sarvajanik Sabha head, Indian National Congress founder, mentor of Gokhale, founder of Indian Political Economy.
Mahadeva (Mauryan official)
Mahadeva (महादेव) is a name for which no Maurya-period inscription or literary source attests any individual; it is borne instead by a disputed early Buddhist figure.
Mahadevi (महादेवी)
Mahadevi (महादेवी), also known as Adi Parashakti, is the Great Goddess of Hinduism, the singular divine being underlying all female deities, exalted above even Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma in the Devi Mahatmya.
Mahadevi Varma (महादेवी वर्मा)
Mahadevi Varma (महादेवी वर्मा), 1907–1987, leading Hindi Chhayavad poet, its fourth pillar with Nirala, Pant, Prasad; author of Yama (Jnanpith 1982), Neehar, Deepshikha; Padma Vibhushan 1988.
Mahādhammarakkhita Thera
Mahādhammarakkhita Thera (महाधम्मरक्खित) is a Buddhist elder whom Pali chronicles say preached the Mahānāradakassapa Jātaka in Mahāraṭṭha, western India, after the Third Buddhist Council, winning 84,000 converts; his historicity is questioned.
Mahagama Sekara
Mahagama Sekara (මහගම සේකර; 1929–1976) was a Sri Lankan Sinhala-language poet, lyricist, painter, and filmmaker who broke the traditional quatrain form; his 1977 collection Prabuddha is widely seen as his finest work.
Mahagandhaka
Mahagandhaka (महागन्धक), also Mahagandhaka Vati or Mahagandhaka Agada, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation of purified sulphur, mercury, clove, neem, and nutmeg, dosed 375-750 mg for diarrhea, dysentery, and grahani.
Mahagandhaka vati
Mahagandhaka vati (Mahāgandhaka vaṭī), AFI000463, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill of purified mercury, sulphur, neem leaf, clove, and nutmeg, dosed 375–750 mg for diarrhea, dysentery, and grahani; distinct from Gandhaka vati of Bhaishajyaratnavali.
Mahajanapadas
Mahajanapadas (महाजनपद), the sixteen great states of sixth-century BCE northern India listed in the Anguttara Nikaya and Bhagavati Sutra; mostly monarchies with some gana-sangha republics, ending in Magadha's rise and the Mauryan Empire.
Mahajanga
Mahajanga (Majunga), port city in Boeny region, northwest Madagascar, on Bombetoka Bay at the Betsiboka mouth; former Sakalava Boina royal capital, 2018 population 246,022, small first-generation port with chronic water and electricity deficits.
Mahajatra
Mahajatra, also known as Mahayatra, is an unfinished Odia-language epic poem by Radhanath Ray, dated 1896. A reinvention of the Mahabharata, it ranks among the major kavyas of modern Odia poetry.
Mahāka
Mahāka (महक) is an early Buddhist monk known from the Pali Canon for two psychic feats, a weather feat and a fire feat, shown to the layman Citta at Macchikāsaṇḍa.