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The Poet-King's Wisdom: Krishna Deva Raya

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The Poet-King's Wisdom: Krishna Deva Raya

A tale of the Vijayanagara Emperor who was a warrior, a poet, and a scholar

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2020
After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.
2012
A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.
2010
In Nag Hammadi, Egypt, Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after attending Christmas Liturgy, killing eight of them, as well as one Muslim bystander.
1993
The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
1989
Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.
1989
In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.

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