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Indus Valley & Vedic Period

Dholavira: The Harappan Water City

Engineering Resilience in a Desert Landscape

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World

2015
Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the Islamic State killed 130 people and injured 413 others.
1992
The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that, although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.
1985
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz (pictured) erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
1982
South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo suffered fatal brain injuries during a match with American Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, leading to significant rule changes in the sport.
1974
Six members of the DeFeo family were murdered in their home (house pictured) in Amityville, New York, events that later inspired the book The Amityville Horror and a subsequent media franchise.
1966
Arab–Israeli conflict: In response to a Fatah landmine incident, the Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu.

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