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- ... that Jonathan Strong, an early enslaved West Indian in Britain, was abused by his master so badly that he could barely walk or see?
- ... that 24-year-old Mahasweta Chakraborty of Operation Ganga helped around 800 students return to India during the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
- ... that Samuel Green printed the Eliot Indian Bible, the first Bible printed in British America, in 1663?
- ... that after becoming "convinced of the evils of slavery", James Townsend left Kentucky for Indiana?
- ... that Indian footballer Narender Thapa played for both of Calcutta's football clubs Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting at different times in his career?
- ... that William N. Salin was twice decorated with the Sagamore of the Wabash?
- ... that the height of the Ganesh idol at Khairatabad in India increased by one foot (0.3 m) every year between 1954 and 2014?
- ... that Pranati Nayak was the second Indian female artistic gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games?
- ... that Indian Carnatic music vocalist R. K. Padmanabha teaches group singing predominantly to women?
- ... that Indian gynaecologist and reproductive medicine pioneer Baidyanath Chakrabarty, who performed over 4,000 IVF procedures, was a cricket fan who thought Virat Kohli and Ashwin were "such good boys"?