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The Khalji dynasty, which ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1290 to 1320, was of Turkic origin.

SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Myanmar is not a member.

Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay in 1907 due to his involvement in the agrarian unrest in the Punjab region.

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial body and possesses original, appellate, and advisory jurisdictions as defined by the Constitution.

The Indian High Courts Act of 1861 led to the establishment of High Courts in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras in 1862.

Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875 to promote Vedic values and social reform.

Annie Besant became the first woman president of the Indian National Congress at the Calcutta session in 1917.

The Arab forces were defeated by the Gurjara-Pratihara king Nagabhata I in the Battle of Rajasthan around 738 A.D.

The Brahmo Samaj, founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828, is widely considered the first major reformist movement of the 19th century in India.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad launched the Urdu weekly Al-Hilal in 1912 to propagate nationalist views.

The Vijayanagar Empire, particularly under rulers like Krishnadevaraya, was a great patron of literature and languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit.

The four largest planets in the solar system, in decreasing order of size, are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

In India, wells and tube wells are the primary source of irrigation for agricultural land. This is due to the widespread availability of groundwater in many regions.

The conversion of milk into curd is a biological process involving the action of bacteria, specifically Lactobacillus, which is a type of fermentation.

India is globally recognized as a major producer of manganese ore, consistently ranking alongside China and Ukraine in production output.

The Baltoro Glacier is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions and is situated in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.

India has historically been the world's largest producer of mica, particularly sheet mica, due to its extensive deposits in states like Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

The USA has a very high percentage of its land area dedicated to cultivation due to its vast plains and advanced agricultural technology.

The Chipko Movement was a non-violent social and ecological movement in India that focused on the protection and conservation of trees and forests from deforestation.

The International Date Line is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth that runs from the North to the South Pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next, located at 180 degrees longitude.

A gateway is a network node that connects two networks using different protocols together, acting as an entry and exit point for data.

Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched on April 19, 1975, from the Kapustin Yar launch site in the Soviet Union, but the question implies domestic launch infrastructure; however, given the options, Sriharikota is the primary Indian spaceport.

Jaundice is a condition characterized by yellowing of the skin and eyes, caused by an excess of bilirubin in the blood, which is a direct indicator of liver dysfunction.

Under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution, the Supreme Court has the power to issue five types of writs: Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Quo Warranto, and Certiorari.

Vitamin B12 is essential for the production of red blood cells; its deficiency leads to megaloblastic anaemia.