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  2. Khaadi - Wikipedia

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    Khaadi (Urdu: کھادی; pronounced [kʰaːd̪iː]) is a Pakistani fashion and lifestyle brand, founded in December 1998. Its headquarters are located in Karachi . As of 2015, it operates 46 stores in 17 cities across Pakistan and 17 stores across the United Kingdom and the GCC.

  3. Shamoon Sultan - Wikipedia

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    Shamoon Sultan is the Founder and Chief executive officer of Khaadi, one of Pakistan 's most successful fashion retail companies. Since its establishment in 1998, Shamoon has overseen a rapidly expanding portfolio, including Khaadi and Chapter 2. He has received numerous industry accolades, including the Lux Style Awards for High Street Band ...

  4. Khadi - Wikipedia

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    Khadi ( pronounced [kʰaːdiː], Khādī ), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as swadeshi (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. [4] [5] The first piece of the hand-woven cloth ...

  5. Harivansh Rai Bachchan - Wikipedia

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    3 April 1966 – 2 April 1972. Constituency. Nominated. Signature. Harivansh Rai Bachchan ( né Srivastava; 27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003) was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan.

  6. 2008 Mumbai attacks - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 Mumbai attacks [14] (also referred to as 26/11 attacks) [15] [a] were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamist [16] organisation from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.

  7. History of Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    The first glimpse of political history is found in the kharosthi inscription of "Uvima Kavthisa" discovered near the K'a-la-rtse bridge on the Indus, showing that in around the 1st century, Ladakh was a part of the Kushan Empire. A few other short Brahmi and Kharosthi inscriptions have been found in Ladakh. [citation needed]

  8. Kharijites - Wikipedia

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    Kharijites. The Kharijites ( Arabic: الخوارج, romanized : al-Khawārij, singular Arabic: خارجي, romanized : khārijī) were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna (656–661). The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict with his challenger ...

  9. Khanate of Khiva - Wikipedia

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    The Khanate of Khiva (Chagatay: خیوه خانلیگی, romanized: Khivâ Khânligi, Persian: خانات خیوه, romanized: Khânât-e Khiveh, Uzbek: Xiva xonligi, Turkmen: Hywa hanlygy, Russian: Хивинское ханство, romanized: Khivinskoye khanstvo) was a Central Asian polity [8] that existed in the historical region of Khwarazm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of ...