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Lithograph by Maurício José do Carmo Sendim, 1840. The Battle of Diu was a naval battle fought on 3 February 1509 in the Arabian Sea, in the port of Diu, India, between the Portuguese Empire and a joint fleet of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt and the Zamorin of Calicut. [4] [5] [6]
Diu is a word in the Cantonese language. It appears frequently in the text of the classic novel Water Margin, and is written as 鳥 (meaning "bird", pronounced niǎo in Mandarin and niu5 in Cantonese when used in this usual sense). It is used as an emphatic adjective with a function similar to the English "fucking", "bloody" or "god damned".
Northern Vermont University ( NVU) was a public university in Johnson and Lyndon, Vermont. It was established in 2018 by the unification of the former Johnson State College and Lyndon State College. [2] The university offered over 50 Bachelor's degree programs and Master's degree programs. On July 1, 2023, its two locations became campuses of ...
Dua Lipa ( / ˈduːə ˈliːpə / ⓘ DOO-ə LEE-pə, Albanian: [ˈdua ˈlipa]; born 22 August 1995) [1] is an English and Albanian [a] singer and songwriter. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards.
Diu Island, an island and part of Diu district; Daman and Diu (Lok Sabha constituency) Daman and Diu, former union territory of India, now part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; Goa, Daman and Diu, former union territory of India, divided into Goa and Daman and Diu; Diu Head, a headland in the Arabian Sea; Diu (Cantonese), a ...
The siege of Diu occurred when an army of the Sultanate of Gujarat under Khadjar Safar, aided by forces of the Ottoman Empire, attempted to capture the city of Diu in 1538, then held by the Portuguese. The Portuguese successfully resisted the four months long siege. It is part of the Ottoman-Portuguese war.
Computer Engineering. Institutions. Daffodil International University. Syed Akhter Hossain (born 1969) is a computer scientist, educator, [1] [2] columnist [3] and technology consultant [4] from Bangladesh. Currently, he is a professor and dean of Computer Science and Engineering department at Daffodil International University (DIU). [5]
INC. Goa, Daman and Diu within India. Elections to the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly were held in December 1984, to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Goa, Daman and Diu, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and Pratapsingh Rane was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman ...