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  Munda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Munda Point was originally the site of a coconut plantation established by Australian Norman Wheately.
A convoy put in to Munda Point on 24 November 1942, and started construction under careful concealment from the air, but were discovered by American planes on 3 December, and the first airstrikes were delivered by B-17s on 9 December.
However, the Japanese were able to use Munda despite regular bombardment from both air and sea, and the Americans' New Georgia Campaign spent July of 1943 closing in on Munda overland, capturing it on 6 August.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Munda   (218 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Jharkand News : Munda admits of conviction during stir
Munda, speaking to newspersons here yesterday after his return from New Delhi, said he was booked for violating prohibitory orders during the bandh call in support of demand for the separate State and should have been mentioned in the FIR.
Munda did not furnish details of the case in his nomination papers in which he was convicted.
Munda was not a tribal at the time of his election in 2000, BJP State unit president Raghubar Das told newsmen last evening that the Supreme Court had passed an order in 1969, saying Patar was a sub-group of the Munda tribe and that they were not different from the Mundas.
www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/10/stories/2004081007810300.htm   (376 words)

  
 Battle of Munda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Munda took place on March 17, 45 BC in the plains of Munda, southern Spain.
The Pompeian army was camped in a gentle hill, an unfavourable position for Caesar to attack.
After the battle of Munda, Caesar proceeded to pacify other parts of Hispania, still loyal to the conservative cause, destroying cities suspected of harbouring Gnaeus and Sextus Pompeius.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Munda   (658 words)

  
 Munda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Hinduism, Munda is a monster that was killed by Devi.
The Munda languages are spoken in West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, India.
The Munda languages are thought to be the most ancient linguistic stratum of India, ante-dating even Dravidian.
www.theezine.net /m/munda.html   (108 words)

  
 Brisha Munda - the revolutionary hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Birsa Munda (1875-1900) or Birsa Bhagwan as he is known among his followers was a revolutionary who led his men to rise against the imperial government and its policies.
Modern India distinguishes the entire territory as one of its industrialized regions with berth of heavy engineering and mining, and inspite of all the riches, the region continues to be one of the poorest and economically underdeveloped regions.
Thus the fight of Birsa Munda is yet to be over, none the less his contributions are immense to his tribe and the nation.
www.netguruindia.com /features/articles/munda.html   (867 words)

  
 We are ready to talk to Naxals: Munda : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Munda also spoke about a variety of other issues, mostly related to the economic development of the state.
Munda also said that improving the power scenario would be high on the agenda.
Munda expressed confidence that he could provide a stable government in the state despite last month's elections throwing up a hung assembly, triggering political instability.
www.htcricket.com /news/181_1276469,0008.htm   (513 words)

  
 On The Brink of Extinction- The Munda tribes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to HRCBM research, the Mundas were brought to former East Bengal and today's Bangladesh, from Ranchi of Jarkandh and Bakura, Nagpur, Birbhum, Purulia, Saotal Pargona and Medinipur distrcts of the west Bengal of India.
The Mundas of Koyra thana in Khulna district marry with the Mundas of Shymnagar thana in Satkhira district.
Anil Munda is the king of Mundas at Koyera, Khulna of Bangladesh.
www.hrtribune.com /Munda/Munda_part-I.html   (2685 words)

  
 Munda's many problems - few posts, lots of contenders:- - News - Webindia123.com
These were Munda himself, five independents and the lone Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator who could not take oath for health reasons.
Now that Munda is chief minister, he will have to give some place to Marandi loyalists.
The issue was discussed at a meeting between senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh with Marandi, Munda and Mahto.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=72851&cat=India   (505 words)

  
 Agnes Lodge - solomons, diving, holidays, scuba, agnes lodge, munda, eco-tourism, solomon islands, uepi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Munda is probably the most accessible destination in the 'west' with Solomon Airlines operating a daily domestic service, only one-hour, direct from the capital Honiara.
Munda is situated close to the junction of the Roviana and Vona Vona lagoons, and is ideal for travelers who want something off the beaten track and are in search of adventure, whilst enjoying superb cuisine, comfortable accommodation and breathtaking scenery above and below the water.
Munda and surrounding areas, has also become known for having some of the finest diving in the world today.
www.agneslodge.com /divemunda.html   (501 words)

  
 Gardening in South Africa, Munda Wanga Nursery
Munda Wanga delivers the very best flowering bedding plants fresh from our nursery to your favourite retail outlets.
ABOUT US Munda Wanga is a growing concern that is wholly owned and run by the Street Family.
Munda Wanga carries an extensive range of plants including flowering annuals and perennials, groundcovers, herbs and indigenous plants and you will be able to access information on all of these products here.
www.mundawanga.co.za   (314 words)

  
 Munda postpones Cabinet expansion:- - News - Webindia123.com
After forming a government in the state and winning the floor test, Munda is stuck with the cabinet expansion.
The state government consists of Munda and all the independent MLAs supporting the government, no onbe from the BJP or the JD (U) has been inducted into the government.
All of them are ministers in the Munda government, but now they want lucrative portfolios.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=74659&cat=India   (249 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As a family, Munda is more divergent than Indo-Aryan or Dravidian, and, lacking the ancient writings and dialect continua of the latter, we are totally dependent on cognates to reconstruct its history.
Due to the many uncertainties of phonological reconstruction in Munda, it is not practicable to use proto-forms as a means of arranging or indexing the dictionary.
In 1981 she was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to undertake studies of the phonetics and phonology of four Munda languages (in fact she was able to extend this to eight), and, because much of the work was done monolingually, acquired some speaking knowledge of several of the languages.
www.ling.hawaii.edu /faculty/stampe/AA/Munda/Kharia/PROPOSALS/NSF   (7325 words)

  
 Munda
Munda, laid down 29 March 1944 under Maritime Commission contract as MC hull 1141 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Vancouver, Wash., was originally designated ACV‑104; redesignated CVE‑104, 15 July 1943; named Tonowek Bay, 23 September 1943; renamed Munda, 6 November 1943; launched 27 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
After a west coast shakedown, Munda, assigned to Carrier Transport Squadron, Pacific Fleet, got underway independently 16 August 1944 on her maiden voyage.
Munda was struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1958 and sold, 17 June 1960, to the General Ore Co., New York.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m15/munda.htm   (473 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The BJP high command expect both the chief minister and his predecessor to work in unison to carry forward the central leadership’s “feel-good campaign” and enable the party to repeat its 1999 tally in the state.
But a close interaction with Munda’s supporters clearly shows they are peeved with Marandi and the cadre loyal to him for not “highlighting the Munda government’s achievements” in their campaigns.
Soon after he took over the state’s mantle, Munda successfully put out the flames of the domicile inferno in which Jharkhand was burning,” said a senior party leader.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040220/asp/jamshedpur/story_2916118.asp   (418 words)

  
 BJP's Jharkhand headache eases, Munda bows out of race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Munda is learnt to have been assured of a Cabinet rank by Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee during their meeting on Thursday.
He replied in the negative when asked whether the party treated Marandi's projecting himself as the prospective chief minister of Jharkhand or giving a series of interviews as an act of indiscipline since the party was yet to declare him as Jharkhand CM.
Only four MLAs are learnt to have supported Munda while 23 were in favour of Marandi and five remained indecisive when the party sought their opinion recently.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20001112/ina12043.html   (525 words)

  
 mundas people asian social studies
__ "By race the Mundas are Dravidians, and their language was likewise long considered as a member of the Dravidian family." Learn more about the language and the people.
Among them, some have their own religion, culture, custom, and language for which they are identified as a section of people with some facets of tribe.
Mundas is such a community." Learn what the future might hold for these people.
www.archaeolink.com /mundas_people_asian_social_studi.htm   (305 words)

  
 India Travel Times; India News; Arjun Munda Sworn in New Jharkhand CM; Just 48 Hours for Saddam and Sons: Bush; You ...
Munda Sworn in New Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda was on Tuesday sworn in as the second chief minister of Jharkhand.
Munda was directed by the Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the House in seven days.
The Governor had asked Munda after his unanimous election as the new leader of the NDA legislature party, to prove his majority on the floor of the House when he had called on him to formally stake claim to form the Government on Monday night.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/mar03/mar1803.html   (2350 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Earlier, in the ballroom Munda had to contend with an irate group of newsmen who complained that he had kept them waiting.
Munda claimed to be victim of a communication gap, switches to Bengali for effect, and has the situation under control.
Munda takes a look at the number, looks speculatively at this correspondent, smiles and then receives the call.
feeds.mumbainews.net /?rid=8053a3a80c76a792&cat=701ee96610c884a6&f=1   (425 words)

  
 Finally, Munda wears the crown- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
RANCHI: After the initial euphoria of Arjun Munda being sworn in as the Jharkhand chief minister on Saturday, it was time for the NDA to face the task of keeping its flock together.
Munda was sworn in at a simple ceremony at the Morhabadi grounds in the presence of BJP chief L K Advani and JD (U) chief George Fernandes.
With only 11 ministers that he can have in the Cabinet besides himself, Munda now has the job of keeping the disparate elements in his alliance together, as well as retaining his votebank.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1049732.cms   (225 words)

  
 Munda Takes Oath as CM for 2nd Term
Munda, who had been chief minister for close to four years, met the governor past midnight and was handed the appointment letter.
Munda had moved the Supreme Court complaining he had been wrongfully denied an invitation to form a government in spite of the support of 41 members in the house.
In an interview with Indo-Asian News Service, Munda said he is ready to initiate a dialogue with Maoist guerrillas in the state as he begins a second term.
www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=60350&d=13&m=3&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World   (601 words)

  
 Munda race and the origins of Kerala People: People and Culture: by Dr. Zacharias Thundy surveys Kerala's ...
However, the Australoids also have similar features; the Australoid group is the major racial element in the Munda or Kolarian population of North and Central India and in the Dravidian population of South India.
The Munda people belong to the Australoid race and speak a family of languages called the Munda family: Korku, Santali, Mundari, Kharia, Saora, Parengi, Gutob, Bonda, and Didey.
There is still a formerly Munda ethnic group southeast of Gorakhpur who are called "Cheras"; today these Cheras speak Indo-European languages as a result of large-scale assimilation with the Aryan immigrants.
www.shelterbelt.com /KJ/khmundarace.html   (1107 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : Munda stresses rural area development
Munda and other Ministers kept recounting the achievements of erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre and its contribution to Jharkhand's development.
Munda said he would not allow the United Progressive Alliance Government to sell off tribal lands surrounding the ailing Heavy Engineering Corporation in the name of reviving it.
Munda made an instant announcement that jobs to one family member each of the two killed would be given.
www.hinduonnet.com /2004/11/16/stories/2004111608471000.htm   (445 words)

  
 Southeast Asian languages -> The Munda Subfamily on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The languages of the Munda subfamily are spoken in parts of N and central India and comprise more than 20 tongues, the most important of which is Santali.
The Munda languages use affixes extensively and are agglutinative.
There are two genders for nouns in most of the Munda tongues, animate and inanimate.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/stheaslang_themundasubfamily.asp   (361 words)

  
 Munda sworn in   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Munda, however, said Majumdar would continue till a replacement was found.
The six-member NDA ministry led by Munda was sworn in earlier yesterday.
Governor Syed Sibtey Razi administered the oaths of office and secrecy to Munda and five independent MLAs in the presence of a large gathering at the Morahbadi ground.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2005/march/105516.htm   (455 words)

  
 Money Plans - Munda sits on Jharkhand throne with five independents : National News MoneyPlans.net-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand today at Ranchi's Morabadi grounds.
Munda took oath as the Chief Minister of the state as the 10- day-long political drama ended with Shibu Soren stepping down from the Chief Minister's post after failing to prove his majority in the state assembly as directed by the Supreme Court.
Arjun Munda, who had been the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for close to four years, met the Governor close to midnight and was given the appointment letter.
www.moneyplans.net /frontend2-verify-526.html   (524 words)

  
 Munda Bibliography
However, a synchronic study of Parengi, a South Munda language, suggests a simpler and more satisfying solution in which glottalization is a vocalic feature, or even a prosodic feature of two syllables.
Part 1 (27-68) surveys the phonemic systems of the Munda languages (except Gta', which was not known then); Nahali; and the main Mon-Khmer languages (Mon, Khmer, Bahnar, Stieng, Chrau, Sre^); Palaung and Lawa; Khasi; Nicobarese; and the Malakka languages Semang and Sakai.
U"ber den Ursprung der voneinander abweichenden Strukturen der Munda- und Khmer-Nikobar-Sprachen [ =On the origin of the divergent structures of the Munda and Khmer-Nikobar languages].
www.ling.hawaii.edu /faculty/stampe/AA/Munda/BIBLIO/biblio.authors   (11335 words)

  
 Missions Against Munda
P-39s strafing Munda on New Georgia Island discover trucks, steam rollers and other construction equipment, and evidence of two airfields under construction.
B-17s will bomb Munda 21 times in December and continue to hit it in Jan 43, as the Japanese continue to work at building the strips despite the constant air strikes.
B-17s of the 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy) attack the airstrip at Munda, New Georgia Island.
www.pacificwrecks.com /airfields/solomons/munda/missions-munda.html   (270 words)

  
 Munda --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Some scholars divide the languages into two subfamilies: the North Munda (spoken in the Chota Nagpur Plateau of Bihar, Bengal, and Orissa) including Korku, Santhali, Mundari, Bhumij, and Ho; and the South Munda (spoken in central Orissa and along the border...
A sun god is often related to a moon goddess as one member of a divine pair (in the place of heaven and earth as “world parents”).
A sun-moon god exists among the Munda in India (Singbonga); a sun-moon (earth) pair, partially seen as bisexual, exists in eastern Indonesia; and Nyambe (the sun) among the Lozi in Zambia is represented as united with the moon goddess as the...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054271?tocId=9054271&query=munda   (497 words)

  
 Projects: Munda Biddi Mountain Bike Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Munda Biddi (meaning path through the forest in the Nyoongar Aboriginal language) Trail has been designed for all mountain bike enthusiasts and recreational cyclists who are seeking a safe and enjoyable bush cycling experience.
Construction is continuing on the first stage of the Munda Biddi Trail between Mundaring and Collie.
The Department of Conservation and Land Management is designing and planning the trail in consultation with the Munda Biddi Trail Foundation, the Department of Sport and Recreation, the Western Australian Mountain Bike Association and other representatives of the cycling community.
www.naturebase.net /projects/mundabiddi.html   (960 words)

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