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    A 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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  • 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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    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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    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 also a best kumki elephant with 180+ elephant capture...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    NZ: self-published, 1987), p. 12. Wilson (1943) p.228 Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power (Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications, 2002), p. 32. Barnes...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Devgarh, 1822, showing the attack by Pratap, mounted on Chetak, on the leader of the Mughal forces, Man Singh of Amber, who is in a howdah on an elephant...
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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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    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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    (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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    An elephant carrying tourists sitting on a howdah...
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    elephants, which are depicted in some coins with a tower (thorakion) or howdah housing men armed with bows and javelins. This force grew as the Greco-Bactrian...
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    cavalry. The Indian war elephants were heavily armoured and had castle-like howdahs on their back carrying a trio of archers and javelin men. Porus's soldiers...
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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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    Afghan centre from the rear. Hemu, monitoring the battlefield from his howdah atop Hawai, immediately hurried to counter this charge. Even after seeing...
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    Brazil, Garruchas were produced by Castelo, Rossi, and Lerap. Derringer Howdah pistol Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology (1951)...
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    had numerous war elephants that carried houses or huge howdahs on their backs. These howdahs were full of soldiers who shot arrows at long range and...
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    During the rule of Wadiyars of Mysore, the Maharaja was seated in the golden howdah atop the elephant during Vijayadashami (tenth day of Dasara) procession...
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