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Patola is a famous double-ikat woven silk fabric produced in Patan, Gujarat, known for its intricate geometric designs and vibrant colors.

• US President Truman formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in January 1949.
• It was set up to promote collective security during the Cold War.

• NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
• It is a Western organization which was set up in the year 1949 to promote collective security during the Cold War.
  

• The American leaders were suspicious of Stalin’s expansion plans. To deter the Soviet expansion, the US leaders formed the NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in 1949.
• In 1955, to rival NATO, Stalin and his Eastern European allies formed the Warsaw Pact.

• The Warsaw pact was introduced by Stalin to rival the NATO.
• It is an East European organization set up in 1955 to promote security during the Cold War.

Variolation, an early form of immunization, involved exposing healthy individuals to material from smallpox patients, often by inhaling powdered scabs, to induce a milder form of the disease.

Nelson's Column commemorates Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The Battle of the Somme, fought in 1916 during World War I, is infamous for the British Army suffering nearly 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is credited with introducing the practice of smallpox inoculation to Britain in 1717 after observing it in the Ottoman Empire.