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G. Udayagiri
G. Udayagiri is a town and a notified area committee in Kandhamal district in the state of Orissa, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], G. Udayagiri had a population of 10,206. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. G. Udayagi..
GUD
GUD is an Australian comedic music based trio including Paul McDermott, Cameron Bruce and Mick Moriarty. The Name GUD, is supposedly a pun of the way Americans say "GOD", after watching the Oscars and noticing it often sounds like "Thank you GUD". Since 2002 they have been performing in the Melbourn..
Guda
Guda was a 12th century nun and illuminator. She created a self-portrait in an initial letter in a Homeliary (now in the Frankfurt am Main, Staatsbibliothek). Along with her self-portrait, she wrote an inscription, "Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book." ..
Gudaibiya
Gudaibiya (Qudaibiya) is a place in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. An older part of the capital, Gudaibiya is a bustling highly cosmopolitan area and home to many new arrivals in the Kingdom, as well as government offices including parliament. It has large numbers of Indian, Filipino and Paki..
Gudaism
Gudaism is the monotheistic religion and philosophy chiefly centering around a great man, known to his followers as Jimsus Gust. Some estimates put the number of followers of Gudaism as none, eight, twenty-one, 1348, or in the most liberal of estimates, the entire population of the known universe. T..
Gudalur
Gudalur is a town and taluk in the Nilgiris District in south-India. Contents 1 Overview2 Tourist Attractions3 Trivia4 External link Overview It is a picturesque green valley on the way from Mysore to Ooty with a population of 32,605 (1991 census). It is a gateway to three ..
Gudalur Janmam Abolition Act
Gudalur Janmam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1969 This Act is specially created for the Gudalur Taluk of Nilgiris District in Tamil Nadu State. This is an Act passed by the Tamilnadu State Legislature as Act 24/1969. The object of this Act was to abolish Jamindari system an..
Gudang Garam
Gudang Garam is a brand of Indonesian kretek cigarette, and largest manufacturer of cigarettes in Indonesia, producing 70 billion cigarettes per year. The company was founded in 1958 by the Wonowidjojo family. Their most popular brand is Gudang Garam Merah, an unfiltered kretek, with 35mg of tar pe..
Gudang language
Gudang or Djagaraga is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Gudang people, and is the northenmost language of the Cape York Peninsula. Vocabulary Gudang shares about 13% of its words with Kala Lagaw Ya due to loaning between the languages. References ..
Gudauri
Gudauri is a ski resort located in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. The resort is situated on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range at an elevation of 2,000 meters above sea level and is approximately a two hour drive from Tbilisi. Gudauri offers high quality skiing (and heli-..
Gudauta
Gudauta is a town in Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia. It is situated on the Black Sea, 37 km northwest to Sokhumi, the capital of Abkhazia. Gudauta was a center of Abkhaz separatist resistance to Georgian government forces during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in 1992–1993. Gudauta was..
Gudbrandsdal
Gudbrandsdalen is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian fylke (county) of Oppland. The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer at Lake Mjøsa, extending 230 km toward Romsdal. The large river Gudbrandsdalslågen flows through the valley, starting from Lesjasko..
Gudbrandsdalslågen
The Gudbrandsdalslågen (or LågenThe word lågen means watercourse in the Norwegian language and appears as a suffix meaning river. Examples of this use include in Gudbrandsdalslågen, Numedalslågen, and Suldalslågen. Lågen is commonly used for each in their traditional district.) river flows t..
Guddi
Guddi is a 1971 film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It is Jaya Bachchan (née Bahaduri)'s career making film in which she plays a school girl obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. Utpal Dutt also has a stellar role in the movie. This was the only pairing Jay..
Guddu Barrage
Guddu Barrage is a barrage across river Indus, near Sukkur in Pakistan. President Iskander Mirza laid foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage on February 2, 1957. The barrage was completed in 1962. At the time of its construction it has maximum design discharge of 1.2 million cubic feet per second (3..
Gude
Gude may be: Gilbert Gude, a United States Congressman from Maryland.Hans Gude, a Norwegian romanticist painter.Marquard Gude, a German archaeologist and classical scholar. ..
Gudea
Gudea was a ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled ca. 2144 - 2124 BC. He probably did not come from the city, but had married Ninalla, daughter of the ruler Urbaba (2164 - 2144 BC) of Lagash, thus gaining entrance to the royal house of Lagash. He was succeeded by his s..
Gudeg
Gudeg is a traditional food from Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia which is made from young Nangka (jack fruit) among other things, and tastes sweet. It is also called Green Jack Fruit Sweet Stew. More information: [IndoMerchant], [Jogja City] ..
Gudekvarteret
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Gudekvarteret (godquarters) is a big residental area in the small city of Frederikshavn in Denmark. It'..
Gudenå
A northward view of the River Guden close to Lake Sminge The River Guden (Danish:Gudenåen), on the Jutland peninsula, is Denmark's longest river. It flows 160 kilometres from Tinnet Krat in Vejle County, between Nørre Snede and Tørring-Uldum, to Grund Fjord in Randers, on a course which t..
Gudendag
The Gudendag was a Flemish medieval weapon. "Gudendag/Goedendag" is flemish for "Good Day". The Gudendag was based on a peasant's hammer, but proved effective against armoured knights, and was adapted in many ways, usually with spikes, for extra effectiveness. See also List of medieval weaponsMilit..
Gudensberg
Gudensberg is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany. Since municipal reform in 1974, the nearby villages of Deute, Dissen, Dorla, Gleichen, Maden and Obervorschütz have been parts of the municipality. Contents 1 Geography2 History2.1 Gudensberg2.2 Deute2.3 Dissen2.4&n..
Gudermannian function
Gudermannian function with its asymptotes y = ±π/2 marked in gray. The Gudermannian function, named after Christoph Gudermann (1798 - 1852), relates the circular and hyperbolic trigonometric functions without resorting to complex numbers. It is defined by [(x)\,] [=\i..
Gudermes
Gudermes (Russian: ) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Sunzha River 36 km east of Grozny. Population: 33,756 (2002 Census); 32,000 (1970). Gudermes was a rural settlement until 1941. Later, it became a railroad junction between Rostov-on-Don, Baku, Astrakhan, and Mozdok..
Gudermessky District, Chechen Republic
Gudermessky District (Russian: ), also known as Gudermes District (number five on the map) is a raion (district) of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Gudermes. According to the 2002 Russian Census, the 2002 population of the District (excluding Gudermes) compr..
Gudfred
King Godfrid (ruled 804 - 810), was a Danish or Viking king, the younger son of King Sigfred. It is believed that his elder brother Halphdan became Earl of some rich market towns south of the river Eider (i.e. in what is modern Germany). Refusing to pay tax to Godfrid, Halphdan swore his faith to Ch..
Gudgenby River
The Gudgenby River is a river in the Australian Capital Territory that flows predominantly through the forests of the Namadgi National Park. The river catchment contains ecologically significant alpine wetlands. The Gudgenby has been investigated as a site for a new dam to provide water to the ACT...
Gudgeon
For the small freshwater fish of the Cyprinid family, found in lakes and rivers throughout the UK and Europe (British record currently stands at 4.50 ounces), see gudgeon (fish). In general, a gudgeon is a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is fixed onto some surface. It allows for the p..
Gudgeon (fish)
The gudgeon is a small freshwater fish of the Cyprinid family, found in lakes and rivers throughout the UK and Europe. The British record currently stands at 4.50 ounces.The gudgeon can be found in stillwaters, canals and rivers. Feeding on the bottom on such things as the midge, caddis-fly and may-..
Gudgeon Pin (Internal Combustion Engine)
In internal combustion engines piston engines, the gudgeon pin is that which connects the piston to the connecting rod and provides a bearing for the connecting rod to pivot as it moves. In very early engine designs (including those driven by steam and also many very large stationary or marine engin..
Gudhagorji
' KAGudhagorji' is one of the ancient towns in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, India. The town is named after Saint Gudheshwar Maharaj, and a very religious and wise Thukurainji, named Gorji. Today, Gudhagorji is one of the important commercial towns in the Jhunjhunu district. Tourists may visi..
Gudhem Hundred
Gudhem Hundred, or Gudhems härad, was a hundred of Westrogothia in Sweden. ..
Gudhi Padwa
Most Indian regions celebrate New Year's Day according to their regional calendars. Celebrated on the first day of Chaitra, the first month of the year, this day usually falls at the beginning of spring. This festival is called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, and usually coincides with/is the same as Ug..
Gudibanda
Gudibanda is a panchayat town in Kolar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Gudibanda is located at [13.67° N 77.7° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gudibanda]. It has an average elevation of 826 metres (2709 feet). Demographics As of 2001 ..
Gudiños
Gudiños is a small town in the state of Querétaro, Mexico, located between the towns of Colón and Tolimán. The town has 400 inhabitants and a 7000 acre ranch and hacienda called the Small Property of Gudiños. ..
Gudipati Venkatachalam
Gudipati Venkatachalam Gudipati Venkatachalam aka Chalam (1894 – 1979), a Telugu writer and philosopher, was one of the most influential personalities in the modern Telugu literature. Contents 1 Life2 Works3 Philosophy4 Quotes5 See also Life Works Novels ..
Gudit
Gudit (or Yodit, meaning Judith; also known as Esato) is a semi-legendary non-Christian queen (flourished c.960) who laid waste to Axum and its countryside, destroyed churches and monuments, and attempted to exterminate the members of the ruling Axumite dynasty. Her deeds are recorded in both the or..
Gudivada
Gudivada is a small town and a mandal head quarter with more than 100,000 inhabitants, lying as junction of Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram-Nuzvid in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh of India. Contents 1 History2 Regional Settings3 Travel Modes4 Educational institu..
Gudiyatham
Gudiyatham (also called Gudiyattam or Gudiyettram) is a town located 31 km from the city of Vellore, in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, India. The city has a population of more than 1 lakh. Contents 1 Location2 Tourist Attractions3 Commerce4 People5 Research Institue6..
Gudi padawa
Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month, and is celebrated as New Years day by Maharashtrians. Gudi Padwa is also known as Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. This festival marks the beginning of the spring season. People celebrate this festival with great spirit and joy..
Gudi Padwa
Contents 1 The celebration of springtime and harvest2 The festivities3 The ‘gudi’4 Sources The celebration of springtime and harvest The New Year day of Maharashtrians, Gudi Padwa is also known as Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. It is celebrated on the firs..
Gudja
Gudja is a village in Malta with a population of 3,050. The village is located on a small hill south of the city of Valletta overlooking Malta International Airport. On Gudja's coat of arms, there's written "PLURIBUS PARENS", which means "Mother of many children". These children are Safi, Kirkop, ..
Gudjon Thordarson
Gudjon Thordarson is a currently-unemployed Icelandic football manager. He has previously been manager of ÍA Akranes, Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, Keflavik ÍF, Notts County, Iceland, Stoke City, Barnsley and Start in Norway. Thordarson left Notts County in May 2006..
Gudme
Gudme is a town in central Denmark, located in Gudme municipality on the island of Funen. External link [Gudme municipality] ..
Gudme municipality
Gudme municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 120 km², and has a total population of 6,407 (2005). Its mayor is Lars Erik Hornemann, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality's main cit..
Gudmundrå Court District
Gudmundrå Court District, or Gudmundrå tingslag, was a district of Ångermanland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas. ..
Gudmundur Finnbogason
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Gudmundur Fjelsted
Gudmundur Fjelsted (died 1961) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922. Fjelsted was a farmer in Gimli, Manitoba. In the 1920 provincial election, he was elected to the legislature as a Farmer candidate, defeating Liberal incumbent T..
Gudmund Harlem
Gudmund Harlem (1917-1988) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1955-1961 and Minister of Defense 1961-1963 and 1963-1965. He was the father of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. ..
Gudmund Hernes
Gudmund Hernes (1941-) is a Norwegian politician. He was the state secretary to the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning 1980-1981, Minister of Education and Research and Ministry of Church and Cultural Affairs (church affairs) 1990, Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs 1991-1995 and Min..
Gudmund Restad
Gudmund Restad (born 1937) is a politician for the Norwegian Centre Party. He was Minister of Finance 1997-2000. ..
Gudok
thumb Gudok is an ancient Russian string musical instrument, which was played with a bow. A Gudok usually had 3 strings: 2 of them were tuned in unison, whereas the 3rd was tuned one fifth higher. All 3 strings were placed in the same plane, so a bow could make them all sound simultaneously (..
Gudolf Blakstad
Gudolf Blakstad (born May 19, 1893 in Gjerpen, near Skien - died November 22, 1985 in Oslo), was a Norwegian architect. Blakstad was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, worked with Arnstein Arneberg and Herman Munthe-Kaas. He was noted for his work in the transition between neo-class..
Gudow-Sterley
Gudow-Sterley is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 16 km south of Ratzeburg, and 35 km south of Lübeck. Its seat is in Gudow. The Amt Gudow-Sterley consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 bet..
Gudo Wafu Nishijima
Gudo Wafu Nishijima (西嶋愚道和夫, Nishijima Gudo Wafu) (born November 1919 in Yokohama) is a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher. As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima became a student of the noted Zen teacher Kodo Sawaki. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Nishijima ..
Gudrid Township, Minnesota
Gudrid Township is a township in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 235 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 75.4 km² (29.1 mi²). 73.5 km² (28.4 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²..
Gudrun
Gudrun was also a 2005 European windstorm. Volsung Cycle Volsunga saga Poetic Edda Norna-Gests þáttr Artifacts Andvarinaut Gram Dwarves Andvari Hreidmar Otr Regin Dragon Fafnir People Volsung Sigmund Signy Sinfjötli Helgi Hundingsbane Sigurd Brynhi..
Gudrun Bjarnadottir
Guðrún María Bjarnadóttir, of Iceland, was crowned Miss International in 1963, when her title was known as "The International Beauty of 1963" in Long Beach, California. Coming from Keflavík, she was 20 years old when she won the pageant. Earlier in the same year she won Miss International, she..
Gudrun Boysen
Professor Gudrun Margrethe Boysen (b. April 5, 1939 in Lille Utterslev, Denmark) is a Danish physician (MD and DM.Sc.) and leading researcher into the cause and effects of strokes. She conducts research at the Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen. She is the author of many arti..
Gudrun Corvinus
Gudrun Corvinus was a German archaeologist of the Nepal Research Centre in Kathmandu. Her father had a PhD in agriculture and her mother was a professor of economics. She completed her studies in geology, paleontology and prehistory at the University of Tübingen. She was a member of the Afar e..
Gudrun Ensslin
Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15 1940 – October 18 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang.) After becoming romantically involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in ..
Gudrun Landgrebe
Gudrun Landgrebe (born June 20, 1950 in Göttingen, Germany) is a German actress. Gudrun Landgrebe grew up in Bochum and attended theatre school in Cologne from 1968 until 1971. In 1971 she made her debut at Stadttheater Bielefeld. Since 1981 she has frequently appeared in German movies. Gudrun L..
Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948, Täby, Uppland) is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003, when she was forced to resign over charges of tax fraud. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to..
Gudrun Ure
Gudrun Ure (born 12 March 1926 in Campsie, Strathclyde) is a Scottish actress who portrayed Supergran. She also appeared in the pilot to a series called Life After Life by Yes, Minister creator Jonathan Lynn which unfortunately no further episodes were made. She has also appeared in T-Bag and the P..
Gudrød the Hunter
Gudröd the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðröðr veiðikonung, Modern Icelandic: Guðröður veiðikonung, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge) is a mythological character that was the son of Halfdan the Mild of the House of Yngling and of Liv Dagsdotter of Vestmar, according to Heimskringla. Gudröd married Al..
Gudtaym
Gudtaym (Filipinization of the phrase "good time") is a Friday night variety show on ABS-CBN. It airs every Friday night. Contents 1 Cast/Gudtaymers2 Portions2.0.1 Kapamilya: Meal or No Meal2.0.2 Mano A Mano Pacquiao vs. Larios Round Girl Search2.0.3 Gaya Mo 'To?2.0.4&nbs..
Gudula
Saint Gudula is named after several places where she is venerated or which are relevant to her biography: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved). In Brabant she is usually callede Goule (Latin G..
Gudumba Shankar
Gudumba Shankar is a 2004 Telugu movie directed by Veera Shankar. Pawan Kalyan not only acted in this film, but also wrote the screenplay. ..
Gudur
Gudur is located in Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, India. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Climate4 Economy5 Markets and shopping areas6 Transport6.1 States: Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Guja..
Guduvancheri
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Gudvangatunnel
The Gudvangatunnel (or Gudvanga tunnel) connects the village of Gudvangen (Aurland municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county) at the head of the Nærøyfjord with the village of Undredalen in the Undredalen valley and is part European route E16. At 11,428 m in length, it is Norway's second longest..
Gud Ugh
Gud Ugh was a musical comedy show performed in 2003 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and on tour. It won The Age Critic's Choice Award for Best Show Of The Festival. ..
Guédé
In Haitian Vodun, the Guédé (also spelled Gede or Ghede) are the family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertility. They are closely associated with the loa Baron (whose aspects are Baron Samedi, Baron La Croix and Baron Cimetière). Depending on the tradition followed, Baron is: o..
Gu Dasao
Gu Dasao (顧大嫂; 顾大嫂; Gù Dàsăo) was one of the rare female characters amongst the 108 Liangshan heroes in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. She was nicknamed the 'Tigress' and was married to a somewhat gentler of a man, Sun Xin. Together they ran a tavern in Dengzhou prefecture..
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