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    howdah or houdah (Hindi: हौदा, romanized: haudā, derived from the Arabic هودج hawdaj which means 'bed carried by a camel') also known as hathi howdah...
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    The howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in Africa and India from the beginning of the nineteenth century and...
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    The Golden Howdah,'ಚಿನ್ನದ ಅಂಬಾರಿ'(elephant seat or Chinnada Ambari in Kannada) is a howdah, the carrier mounted on the leading elephant during the Jamboo...
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    than one person is called a howdah which is fitted on elephants. Some of the largest examples of a saddle, elaborate howdah were used in warfare outfitted...
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    from 2012 to 2019, was the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara. He was named after Arjuna, the third of the Pandava...
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  • procession and carried the idol of goddess Chamundeshwari on the fabled Golden Howdah thirteen times between 1999 and 2011. Balarama was a bull born about 1958...
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    The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker is a novel written by Indira Goswami in Kamrupi dialect. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century...
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    lead elephant carries the Golden Howdah (Chinnada Ambari) with the Goddess Chamundeshwari in it. The Golden Howdah weighs 750 kilograms and is made of...
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    who, from 2020 has been the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara and is also stated to be the best kumki elephant, playing...
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    1668, and the elephant with a howdah on other coins minted from 1674 or 1675 onwards. The elephant, with or without a howdah, was the emblem of the Royal...
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    translated into English from her native Assamese which include The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, Pages Stained With Blood and The Man from Chinnamasta. She...
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    overcome the heavy pull of the revolving striker. Sometimes classified as a howdah pistol, the Lancaster pistol enjoyed popularity with British officers in...
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    (2002). Howdah to High Power. Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications. ISBN 1-880677-17-2. Barnes, p.173, ".450 Revolver" Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power...
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    Enfield Mk-3". Maze, Robert J: "Howdah to High Power", p. 37. Excalibur Publications, 2002. Maze, Robert J: "Howdah to High Power" (Excalibur Publications...
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    Battle of the Camel, after the fact that Aisha directed her forces from a howdah on the back of a large camel. Aisha's forces were defeated and an estimated...
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    potential real estate customers to view parcels of land from Lucy's howdah (carriage). The howdah offers unique views of Margate, Atlantic City's skyline, the...
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    on 23 December 1912, when a homemade bomb was thrown into the Viceroy's howdah as the ceremonial procession was moving through the Chandni Chowk suburb...
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    Khana and Daulat Khana. The museum houses a collection of palanquins, howdahs, royal cradles, miniatures, musical instruments, costumes, and furniture...
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    paternal nephew, Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr: When she was in her howdah and saw a man from among the Arabs passing by, she said, "I have not seen...
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    be members of the order. The elephant and castle design derives from the howdah, a carriage that is mounted in the back of an elephant. This type of carriage...
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    his camel by its halter, thinking that he was a woman because he was in a howdah. But lo, it was a man. He made the camel kneel down beside him and [found...
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    as well as thin plate armour) and would bear a large crenelated wooden howdah on its back. Persian war elephants were trained by their rider, called a...
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    Persia, accompanied by 800 sepoys, scribes and scholars, along with ten howdahs well decorated in gold and silver, to negotiate peace with Emperor Abbas...
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    Golden Howdah-carrier between 1999 and 2011. Drona, one of the lead Dasara Elephants of the Jamboo Savari of Mysore Dasara; he carried the Golden Howdah for...
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    conceived, the statue would have depicted the monarch in marble riding in a howdah atop a red stone elephant; a canopy was not then included in the design...
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    used by Numidia, the Ptolemies and the military of Carthage did not carry howdahs or turrets in combat, perhaps owing to the physical weakness of the species...
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  • Elephants of the Jamboo Savari of Mysore Dasara. He carried the Golden Howdah for a record 18 years consecutive years between 1981 and 1997, before being...
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    Marines passed on in favor of the M27 IAR". Sandboxx. Retrieved 2022-08-25. Howdah To High Power (2002) Maze, Robert J, Excalibur Publications, Tucson AZ (USA)...
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    Museum Restoration Service. ISBN 0-88855-008-1. Maze, Robert J. (2002). Howdah to High Power: A Century of Breechloading Service Pistols (1867-1967). Tucson...
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    explains that the TARDIS should automatically adopt a disguise, such as a howdah (a carrier on the back of an Indian elephant in the Indian Mutiny) or a...
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