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Kamal Chowdhury At Dhaka Lit Fest 2017
Kamal may refer to: * Kamal (name), a male given name and surname with multiple origins * Kamal (navigation), a navigational instrument for measuring latitude * Kamal, Jhapa, a rural municipality in Nepal * Alfa Romeo Kamal, an SUV by Alfa Romeo * Operation Kamala, name given to corrupt political practices by BJP in India See also * Kamala (other) * Kamahl, Australian Malaysian singer {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal (name)
Kamal is a male given name used in several languages. *Kamal or Kamaal ( ar, كمال ''kamāl'') or Turkish '' Kemal''. The Arabic name which is also a noun means "perfection, superiority, distinction" and "completion, conclusion, accomplishment". The name bears the notion of "completeness of a thing without any deficiency" and "perfection of morals and ethics (adjective: اِكْتِمال ''iktimāl'')". Also the name may be used as an abbreviation of '' Kamal ad-Din''. *In Persian, it means "beauty, perfection, excellence, completion, utmost level". *In Sanskrit, it is usually spelled ''Kamala'' for females and ''Kamal'' for males, meaning "lotus" or "pale red". *In Turkish, it is the misspelling of ''Kamâl'' which means "siege, blockade, encirclement" (from the Uzbek ''qamal'') and "castle, rampart" (from the Kazakh ''qamal''). People with the given name Kamal *Kamal (director), commonly known name of Malayalam film (India) director Kamaluddin Mohammed *Kamal Adham, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal (navigation)
A kamal, often called simply ''khashaba'' (wood in Arabic), is a celestial navigation device that determines latitude. The invention of the kamal allowed for the earliest known latitude sailing, and was thus the earliest step towards the use of quantitative methods in navigation. It originated with Arab navigators of the late 9th century, and was employed in the Indian Ocean from the 10th century. It was adopted by Indian navigators soon after, and then adopted by Chinese navigators some time before the 16th century. Description Since the Polaris is currently close to the celestial pole, its elevation is equal to the latitude of the observer. The kamal consists of a rectangular wooden card about , to which a string with several equally spaced knots is attached through a hole in the middle of the card. The kamal is used by placing one end of the string in the teeth while the other end is held away from the body roughly parallel to the ground. The card is then moved along the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal, Jhapa
Kamal ( ne, कमल गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (gaunpalika) out of seven rural municipality located in Jhapa District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 15 municipalities in Jhapa in which 8 are urban and 7 are rural. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Kamal has an area of and the total population of the municipality is 44365 as of Census of Nepal 2011. Topgachchi and Lakhanpur which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality). The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Topgachchi Topgachchi is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Romeo Kamal
The Alfa Romeo Kamal is a crossover SUV (sports utility vehicle) concept car designed by the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. The Kamal was presented at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show. The vehicle used the Fiat Premium platform, which it shared with the 159, Spider and Brera, and was initially set for launch in 2007. The brand was also intended to have returned to the United States in 2007. During the development stages, Alfa Romeo used the project name CXover. Kamal means ' lotus' in Sanskrit. The term means 'perfection' or the 'synthesis of opposites' in Arabic. Alfa Romeo eventually launched a new production crossover SUV, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, in late 2016, with sales commencing the following year. Exterior design of the see-through model was developed by Alessandro Dambrosio and Tori Odagiri of Centro Stile Alfa Romeo under the supervision of Wolfgang Egger. The model itself was constructed by Stola The stola () (pl. ''stolae'') was the traditional garment of Roman w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Kamala
Operation Kamala, Operation Lotus or sometimes Operation Black Lotus is a term coined in 2008, when India's former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in the State of Karnataka, used all possible tricks (persuade, bribe, punishment, divide) to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law, so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number. Operation Lotus refers to "poaching" or "bribing" of MLAs and MPs of other parties by the BJP, often to from government in states where they do not have the majority. This practice has been seen subsequently in many states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, Karnataka, Maharashtra. Timeline MLAs involved in BJP's Operation Kamala According to Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP has so far bought 277 MLAs by spending about crore to form governments in many states. Arunachal Pradesh In 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, BJP won 11 out of 60 seats, while INC won 42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala (other)
Kamala refers to: People * Kamala (name), given name and surname, includes list of people and characters with the name ** Kamala Harris, the 49th and current Vice President of the United States * Kamala (wrestler) (1950–2020), American professional wrestler * Kamala II or Uncle Elmer (1939–1992), American professional wrestler Places * Kamala Point, a headland, Hawaii, United States * Kamala River, a river in Nepal and India * Kamala Beach, a beach in Phuket Province, Thailand * Kamala, a sub-district of Kathu District, Thailand Plants * ''Nelumbo nucifera'' or kamala, a lotus * ''Mallotus philippensis'' or kamala, a plant in the spurge family Other uses * Kamala (band), a Finnish thrash metal musical band * ''Kamala'' (film), a 2019 Malayalam film * Kamala or Kamalatmika, a Hindu goddess * Kamala or Lakshmi, a Hindu goddess * Amala and Kamala, Indian feral children who were purportedly raised by wolves See also * Kamela (other) * Komala (other) * Kama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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