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Dhirubhai Ambani International School
Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), founded 2003 by Nita Ambani in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, is India's top-ranked co-ed non-profit international day school offering ICSE, IGCSE, and IB Diploma programmes, with a 2026 IB average of 40.8 points.
Dhirubhai Thaker
Dhirubhai Thaker, who wrote as Savyasachi, was a Gujarati writer and critic best known as chief editor of the Gujarati Vishwakosh, a 25-volume encyclopedia in Gujarati.
DHIS2
DHIS2 (District Health Information Software 2) is an open source, web-based health data platform developed by the HISP group at the University of Oslo. It is the world's most widely used health management information system software.
Dhisana Corona
Dhisana Corona, a 100-km-diameter corona on Venus at 14.5N, 111.7E in the Niobe Planitia quadrangle (V-23); IAU-named 1994 for a Vedic goddess of plenty.
Dhivya Duraisamy
Dhivya Duraisamy (திவ்யா துரைசாமி) is a Tamil film actress and former newsreader from Perambalur, known for Vaazhai (2024), Blue Star (2024), and as a Cook with Comali contestant on Vijay TV.
Dhivyadharshini (திவ்யதர்ஷினி)
Dhivyadharshini (திவ்யதர்ஷினி), aka DD or DD Neelakandan, is a Tamil television anchor and actress from Chennai, host of Koffee with DD, Jodi No. 1, and En Kitta Modhadhe, and actress in Pa Paandi and Joshua: Imai Pol Kaka (2024).
DHL
DHL, short for Dalsey, Hillblom & Lynn, is a German logistics company founded in San Francisco in 1969, a Deutsche Post subsidiary since 2002 serving more than 220 countries.
DHL Aviation
DHL Aviation is the air transport arm of DHL Express, a group of owned and partner cargo airlines flying more than 295 freighters through hubs on three continents.
Dhobi Ghat (धोबी घाट) (film)
Dhobi Ghat (धोबी घाट), also Mumbai Diaries, is Kiran Rao's 2011 directorial debut drama, produced by Aamir Khan Productions, about four people whose lives intersect in Mumbai; released 21 January 2011 after premiering at TIFF 2010.
Dhofar (ظفار)
Dhofar (ظفار) is Oman's southernmost governorate, centered on Salalah, covering about 99,300 km² with 10 wilayats. Its summer Khareef monsoon creates a semi-arid cloud forest and draws over half a million tourists yearly.
Dhofar Rebellion
The Dhofar Rebellion (ثورة ظفار) was an armed insurgency in Oman's southern Dhofar province, fought by Marxist insurgents against the sultanate and its foreign backers, and suppressed in January 1976.
Dhokal Mound
Dhokal Mound (Ekkal-Dhokal): twin ancient settlement mounds at Dhokal village, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, on the dried Ghaggar river bed, yielding Rang Mahal culture pottery and protected by the ASI since 1951.
Dhokha: Round D Corner
Dhokha: Round D Corner is a 2022 Hindi hostage thriller directed by Kookie Gulati, starring R. Madhavan, Khushali Kumar, and Aparshakti Khurana; released 23 September 2022, a box-office flop later streaming on Netflix.
Dhokra
Dhokra (also spelled Dokra) is a traditional craft of eastern and central India in which brass and bell-metal objects are cast by the lost-wax technique, leaving a coiled, latticed surface.
Dhol
Dhol (ढोल): a large double-headed barrel drum of the Indian subcontinent, from Sanskrit ḍhola, played with sticks and hand; central to Punjabi bhangra, Garhwal's dhol-damau ritual ensemble, and diaspora music.
Dhol (film)
Dhol (ढोल) is a 2007 Hindi comedy directed by Priyadarshan, a remake of the Malayalam film In Harihar Nagar, starring Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, and Tanushree Dutta; released 21 September 2007, it earned about ₹23 crore worldwide on a ₹14 crore budget.
Dhola
Dhola is a traditional Maldivian race board game with four pieces per player, five cowry shells as dice, and a cruciform 3x8 board; rules incompletely documented, known from Culin 1898 and Murray 1951. Distinct from the North Indian folk genre ḍholā.
Dhola Maru
Dhola Maru (ढोला मारू रा दूहा) is a Rajasthani love ballad about the prince Dhola and his bride Maru, composed in western Rajasthan in the 11th century.
Dhola–Sadiya Bridge
The Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, officially Bhupen Hazarika Setu, is a 9.15 km beam bridge over the Lohit River linking Dhola in Assam with Sadiya, inaugurated in May 2017.
Dholavira
Dholavira, also known as Dholaveera, is a Harappan city on Khadir island in the Great Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2021.
Dholavira reservoirs
The Dholavira reservoirs are a series of about sixteen rock-cut and masonry water tanks built by the Harappan civilization at Dholavira, Gujarat, between about 3000 and 1500 BCE.
Dhole
Dhole (Cuon alpinus), Asiatic wild dog: endangered social canid of South and Southeast Asia, 949–2,215 adults, hypercarnivorous pack hunter, threatened by prey depletion, persecution, and dog-borne disease.
Dhondia Wagh
Dhondia Wagh (धोंडिया वाघ) was a Maratha cavalry leader who, after Tipu Sultan's fall, led an anti-British rising in southern India until killed in 1800.
Dhondo Keshav Karve (धोंडो केशव कर्वे)
Dhondo Keshav Karve (धोंडो केशव कर्वे), Maharshi Karve, Anna (1858–1962), Indian social reformer and educator for women's welfare. Founded the Anath Balikashram at Hingne (1896) and India's first women's university (1916, now SNDT); married a widow in 1893; Bharat Ratna 1958.
Dhoni (film)
Dhoni (தோனி) is Prakash Raj's 2012 Tamil-Telugu bilingual sports drama, a remake of the Marathi Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho, about a father who wants his son to study MBA while the boy dreams of cricket like M.S. Dhoni.
Dhool (தூள்)
Dhool (தூள்) is a 2003 Tamil masala film directed by Dharani, starring Vikram, Jyothika, and Reema Sen, produced by A.M. Rathnam with Vidyasagar's music; a villager petitions a corrupt minister over factory pollution, and the film became 2003's Pongal hit.
Dhoolpet Police Station
Dhoolpet Police Station (தூள்பேட் போலீஸ் ஸ்டேஷன்) is a 2025 Tamil Aha crime-thriller web series about ACPs investigating decapitation murders in Chennai's Dhoolpet; distinct from a Telugu Hyderabad comedy of the same name.
Dhoom
Dhoom (धूम) is a 2004 Yash Raj Films Hindi action thriller directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, and Uday Chopra; it launched the Dhoom franchise with Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dhoom 3 (2013).
Dhoom (music)
Dhoom (धूम) is the soundtrack album of the 2004 Hindi film Dhoom, composed by Pritam, whose hit title song "Dhoom Machale" became a rage in 2004.
Dhoom (धूम) (franchise)
Dhoom (धूम) is Yash Raj Films' three-film Hindi action franchise (2004, 2006, 2013) pairing cops Jai Dixit and Ali against star thieves played by John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, and Aamir Khan; it grossed about $122 million worldwide.