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The shortest gestation period known is 12 to 13 days, shared by three marsupials: the American or Virginian opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); the rare water opossum, or yapok (Chironectes minimus) of central and northern South America; and the eastern native cat (Dasyurus viverrinus) of Australia.

Gestation is the period of time between fertilization and birth in oviparous animals.

The elephant has the longest gestation period of about 23 months of any land animal.

India ranks 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It scored 0.624 and was placed in medium human development category.

The index was unveiled recently as part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 titled Human Development for Everyone published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Egypt is called as the gift of the Nile river. It is called so because the nile river served as means for transport, help in irrigation for farming, made soil fertile for growing crops. It made the Egyptian civilization possible.