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An icycle, a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water forms due to cool in winter and dies in summer due to hot.

In Indian History, Dandi March or Salt Sathyagraha or The Salt March, also known as the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater. 

It is also called as 'White Flowing River'.

Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, the founder and chair of the LV Prasad Eye Institute (Hyderabad), has been selected to the 2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He will be honoured at the induction ceremony in Los Angeles on May 6, 2017 at the annual meeting of the ASCRS.

Currently, Rao is the President of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmologica International (AOI), a group of 80 eminent academicians in ophthalmology in the world and is a past Chair of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

The Largest Mint in India is Kolkata Mint.

Government of India operates 4 Mints in the country for the production of Coins. They are at

• Hyderabad, Telangana

• Mumbai, Maharashtra

• Kolkata, West Bengal

• Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 

Bandipur Sanctuary is noted for the spotted deer, and the Ghana Sanctuary is for birds.

India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai Port Trust, according to the official report.

 The 8-km ropeway will begin from Sewri in Mumbai’s east coast and end at Raigad district’s Elephanta Island, globally renowned for Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Durand Cup is associated with the game of Football.

The Durand Football Tournament or Durand Cup is a football competition in India which was first held in 1888. This competition was named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand from Simla.