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	Thumba Definition / Thumba Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thumba is a site for launching sounding rockets at 8°32′ N 76°52′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=8_32_N_76_52_E_), approximately 10 kilometers west of Trivandrum.
		Thumba is the hub of all space programmes helmed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
		Thumba is a drink made from fermented barley and served warm.
	www.elresearch.com /Thumba (73 words)

	Thumba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thumba is a small fishing village near Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, India.
		The main person behind the project was Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and scientists under him included the current President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.
		Now Thumba is home to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thumba (241 words)

	Forty years in Space
		Forty years later, Thumba is the hub of all space programmes helmed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
		In fact, Thumba's location at 8°32'34" N and 76°51'32" E is ideal for low-altitude, upper atmosphere and ionosphere studies.
		Even as the celebrations begin, Thumba is gearing up to launch a series of Rohini-200 rockets in the next five years, as part of the research programme in middle atmospheric dynamics.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/nov/20spec.htm (755 words)

	Encyclopedia: Thumba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is located at Thumba near Trivandrum, a city of the Kerala state in India.
		The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station [TERLS] is located on the magnetic equator and hence strategically poised for scientists to conduct atmospheric research.
		The Thumba Station at the VSSC Complex has been dedicated to the UN for research on atmospheric sciences.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thumba (591 words)

	Central Chronicle--Column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thumba near Thirvananthapuram, was chosen as an international facility for launching sound rockets in view of its location near the magnetic equator.
		In 1963, Thumba became operational with the launch of a foreign rocket to study the atmosphere near the magnetic equator.
		The Thumba complex was renamed the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in honour of Sarabhai, who died in 1971.
	www.centralchronicle.com /20050618/1806301.htm (1083 words)

	Biennial Oscillation in Temperature and Monsoon Activity
		The phase of the Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation (TBO) in temperature does not vary with height from surface to the level of tropopause and is found to be associated with the intensity of the monsoon rainfall.
		As explained by Yasunari (1989), weaker TBO signal over Thumba in zonal wind is due to the location of Thumba near a node or small amplitude area of the wave no 1 or 2 structure of TBO mode around the globe.
		Thumba, located in the southern most part of the Indian peninsula is under strong influence of the Asian summer monsoon circulation.
	www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca /people/sparc/SPARC2000_new/PosterSess1/SessionP1_6/Mohanakumar/sparc-1.htm (2242 words)

	StXaviersThumba.Com/Alumini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The name of the Association shall be "Thumba St. Xavier's College Alumni/ae Association, Trivandrum 695586".
		6.4 Patron: The Principal, St. Xavier's College, Thumba, shall be the patron of the Association.
		He shall be an ex-officio member of the Executive and the General Body, and shall co-ordinate the activities of the Association and the College.
	www.stxaviersthumba.com /alumni.htm (3125 words)

	The Life and Times of Mr. Selvarajah: Toronto Report
		Wait, in case you're confused: You might know Manju as "Anne" and Thumba as "Johan".
		Thumba posing with Nathia (is that her name?
		I was sitting across from Thumba and noticed him mackin' the ladies as usual.
	the1truecoolguy.blogspot.com /2004/11/toronto-report.html (1240 words)

	Husbands and sex workers
		Most men who were interviewed blamed their wives for refusing to have sex with them whenever they wanted it.
		Thumba went on to say that although women have a choice to decide when to have sex, they should also consider that their husbands have these sudden urges.
		Asked whether he knows that there is a chance that he might affect his wife with HIV/AIDS and place her in danger, he said he knew that there is a danger.
	www.walnet.org /csis/news/world_2003/aagm-030708.html (651 words)

	Career of Dr. A. P. J. Kalam II
		Curien of France was brought to Thumba by Dr. Sarabhai, who had in mind the possibility of technical collaboration in the space field with France.
		When Dr. Sarabhai visited Thumba next, he was shown the operation of this mechanism and was requested to activate it.
		As a tribute to Dr. Sarabhai the entire complex at Thumba consisting of TERLS, SSTC, the Rocket Propellant Plant, the Rocket Fabrication facility and the Propellant Fuel Complex were merged and named the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), and a famous metallurgist Dr. Brahm Prakash was appointed its first Director.
	www.newindiadigest.com /kalam2.htm (2284 words)

	The Hindu : When Thumba took off
		It was 39 years ago, on November 21, that a small rocket took off from Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, announcing the birth of the modern space age in India.
		The two men who launched the Indian Space Programme at Thumba in 1963 were Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.
		I explained: "Because the Thumba plant is growing in abundance there, the place is called Thumba.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/11/18/stories/2002111801050200.htm (980 words)

	Economy - India Bilateral Treaties and Agreements - Volume VI
		The scientific objectives of the meteorological rocket investigations are to study the properties and processes which characterize the physical state of the stratosphere and mesosphere.
		The sounding rocket programme will be continued further and it will include experiments for the study of ion composition, the influence of the corpuscular solar radiation and low energy particles of the atmosphere, the distribution of atomic oxygen and water vapour and some other questions.
		The shipment of the equipment to Thumba will be carried out in the second half of 1970 so that at the end of this year or at the beginning of the next year, it would be possible to start the regular operations.
	meaindia.nic.in /treatiesagreement/1970/chap420.htm (923 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala News : Fresh case of algae bloom at Thumba
		A fresh case of algae bloom was spotted by the oceanographers of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) who are on board the scientific research vessel, Sagar Sampada, of the Department of Ocean Development.
		The oceanographers have located the algae bloom at 25 nautical miles southwest of Thumba.
		The algae bloom is estimated to be of 2 to 3 nautical mile length and 1 to 2 nautical mile wide, scientists said.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/03/stories/2004100305460500.htm (536 words)

	Himalayan Mercantile - Housewares and Tools
		This is a fine old wooden thumba thermos from Tibet.
		If a person has the opportunity to visit the Himalayas, one thing they will quickly notice is how the thermos with hot beverages is never lacking, be it tea or as with this item thumba, the thermal container is an indispensable item.
		And its not just in homes, but also when out working in the fields or pastures, or walking to pilgrimage sights or just out on a picnic.
	www.himalayan-mercantile.com /houseware/hmh12.html (220 words)

	Atmospheric Environment 38 1145 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The growth rate of CH at Thumba is found to be much higher than its average growth rate of about 7 ppbv yr
		The observed growth rate of SF at Thumba is similar to that found at other tropical stations.
		at Thumba could be attributed to the increase in regional sources, and the greater seasonal amplitude is shown to be caused by the change in dynamical structure from Northern Hemisphere summer to winter.
	www.prl.ernet.in /~library/lalS38_51_04.html (151 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : India's race to space — from SLV-3 to Chandrayaan
		ROM the outside, the building that was once St Mary Magdalene's church at Thumba looks very much like the other churches that dot Kerala's landscape.
		Thumba, a coastal village few kilometres north of Thiruvananthapuram, was chosen the country's first rocket launching station.
		For one, most scientists at Thumba had limited experience in rocketry, and that too of building sounding rockets.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/07/27/stories/2005072700061000.htm (855 words)

	SPACE.com -- India's Space Program Turns 40
		The Rohini 200 rocket blasted off Friday from Thumba, previously a sleepy fishing village in India's southern Kerala state.
		Vikram Sarabhai, India's largest space research center, is located in Thumba, on the outskirts of Trivandrum, Kerala state's capital.
		A local Catholic church was turned into an office for the scientists, the bishop's house became a workshop, and a cattle shed was transformed into a laboratory.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/india_forty_031123.html (432 words)

	seemyindia
		Not very far from Trivandrum on the sea-coast is the fishermen's village Thumba where the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station ot India's space science was installed in 1963.
		Again it is in Thumba that the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre was built up in 1971.
		But the entry to the aforesaid centre is closed for the common people.
	www.seemyindia.com /kerala/kerala-trivandrum-thumba.htm (136 words)

	Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) - Indian Space Facilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Liquid Propolusion Systems Center (LPSC) is reponsible for R&D in liquid propulsion, earth storable and cryogenic engines, stages and associated components for launching spacecraft.
		India's practical space activity began with the establishment of Thumba.
		India’s space program started on a modest scale in November 1963 with the launching of a small American Nike-Apache rocket from the newly built launching pad at Thumba.
	www.fas.org /spp/guide/india/facility/vssc.htm (427 words)

	Design Difference Typefaces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Its open and wide proportions makes it readable at small point sizes and the spartan looks allows it to be used in a variety of applications.
		Thumba was used as the text typeface for the DC Books CD-ROM.
		An open and easy on the eye typeface, Keli was licensed by TEX Users Group, India for their language software.
	www.design-difference.com /type7.htm (275 words)

	AllRefer.com - India - Space - Other Leading Institutions \| Indian Information Resource
		The majority of the FY 1994 expenditures were slated for rocket development (50 percent) and communications and remote sensing satellite operations (26.8 percent).
		From Thumba Indian scientists launched United States-made rockets carrying French satellites to study the upper atmospheric winds over the magnetic equator.
		Although early Indian satellites were launched by the Soviet Union, the United States, and the European Space Agency, in 1980 India began using domestically produced launch vehicles for its Rohini and Stretched Rohini experimental satellites.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/india/india127.html (1175 words)

	DESI - ARTICLE (ISRO Commemorates 40th Anniversary of First Sounding Rocket Launch)
		It was on November 21,1963, that a Nike-Apache rocket roared into the skies over Thumba that heralded the beginning of the Indian space programme.
		More important is that India has taken significant strides in other areas of space technology as well bringing several benefits to the nation.
		The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, which grew around the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, commemorated the 40 th anniversary of the first sounding rocket launch on November 21, 2003.
	www.studentorg.umd.edu /desi/article44.htm (525 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: ISRO's fascinating story
		Monday's achievement is yet another vindication of the ability and commitment of ISRO scientists who have built the organisation from its humble birth in a Kerala church to a global technological power.
		The 1.5 sq km of Thumba was acquired in 100 days flat.
		The bishop’s office was converted into an office and the church became the workshop in which a handful of enthusiastic young scientists assembled their first rocket.
	www.rediff.com /news/sep/30space.htm (1348 words)

	Career of Dr. A. P. J. Kalam III
		The atmosphere in the eighties at the DRDL was very similar to that at Thumba during the sixties and seventies.
		The denial of civilian technologies by the advanced countries could not stop the could not stop the programme to build missiles in India as we were determined to build technological strength indigenously.
		All the lessons learnt at Thumba stood him in good stead in the execution of the most complex and challenging project ever undertaken in the country.
	www.newindiadigest.com /kalam3.htm (3167 words)

	40th year of India's space odyssey
		On November 21, 1963, a sleepy fishing village, Thumba in Kerala surprised the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States.
		The scientists here have pieced together 40 years of history, tracing the Indian space programme's growth from 'humble beginnings to great heights'.
		ISRO undertook the Rohini programme after the successful conclusion of the India-Russian collaborative project under which M-100 rockets were launched from Thumba over 15 years.
	gisdevelopment.net /news/print.asp?id=GIS:N_jlfrdeko&... (697 words)

	My-Kerala.com: News
		The Minister met Bishop Soosa Pakiam earlier in the day but differences continued between the neighbouring villages of Puthenthope and Thumba regarding the measures to be taken by the government.
		The dead was identified as Varghese (45) of Thumba.
		The residents of Puthenthope alleged that a group of youths belonging to Thumba had teased a woman belonging to their locality on Christmas.
	www.my-kerala.com /n/a/arc11-2001.shtml (21098 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Kalam to unveil Sarabhai’s statue at Thumba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thiruvananthapuram: Eminent technocrat and Presidential candidate A P J Abdul Kalam arrived here on July 8 for the first time after being nominated to the top post, to attend a function to unveil the statue of renowned space Scientist Vikram Sarabhai, at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), at Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram.
		Kerala Culture Minister G Karthikeyan, Education Minister Nalakath Soopy, BJP state secretary M S Kumar and top officials of VSSC were among those who received him at the airport.
		Kalam had spent his early years in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at its Thumba centre and will be unveiling the statue of Sarabhai later in the day.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/07/08/08kalam.html (174 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Strike hits Kinfra park at Thumba
		The strike launched on Saturday has brought the operations at 25 units in the park to a halt.
		The promoters, under the banner of Kinfra Industries Association, Thumba, told newspersons here that the units were facing closure due to the strike sponsored by trade unions outside the park.
		The Government should immediately intervene in the matter and ensure smooth functioning of the units, they said.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/04/06/stories/2004040601031700.htm (470 words)

	List of publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The structure of the equatorial mesosphere at Thumba.
		The Indo-Soviet collaborative experiment at Thumba to study diurnal variations in the ozone vertical distribution over the tropics.
		Variability in the vertical distribution of ozone measured over Thumba during the 1990 DYANA campaign.
	www.prl.ernet.in /~varun/group/pub.html (1589 words)

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		Thumba is a (medicinal?) flower native to Kerala.
		"thumpa malar thOtOTiin oru annavum": And the rice [was such that] the thumba lost to the rice.
		Like thumba (Leuca Indica), it seems as if this word has no translation into English.
	www.jaimalayalam.com /malakavitha1.htm (973 words)

	It's the 40th year of India's space odyssey! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thiruvananthapuram: November 21, 1963 will go down in history as the day that India launched 'Nike Apache', the first rocket from the country's soil, from the sleepy fishing hamlet at Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram.
		Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), started under the leadership of Vikram A Sarabhai and now known as Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), is all set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch.
		A Rohini 200 two-stage rocket with meteorological payload will be launched at 15.30 hrs (IST) on Nov 21 to commemorate the milestone in India's tryst with space.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/11/19/19space.html (317 words)

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