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Thahan Phran The Thahan Phran (ทหารพราน; literally "Hunter Soldiers"; Rangers) is a paramilitary light infantry force which patrols the borders of Thailand and is part of the Royal Thai Army (RTA).
Thacholi Othenan Thacholi Meppayil Kunjhu Othenan or more popularly Thacholi Othenan (Malayalam തച്ചൊളി ഒഥെണന്) was a legendary hero from North Kerala a small state in south India, who lived in the 16th century. Highly stylised songs and stories of his valour and chivalry abound.
Thacholikali Thacholikali is a folk art performed during the 'Mandala Utsavam', forty-one day annual festival at the Lokanarkavu Bhagavathy Temple. Lokanarkavu temple is situated 5 km from Vatakara, a small town in Kerala state of south India.
Thai 2006 interim civilian government The Thai 2006 interim civilian government is the Thai provisional civilian government headed by Interim Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont. It was appointed on 1 October 2006 by the Council for National Security, the initial post-coup interim military government led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, which had overthrown the government of Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup on 19 September 2006.
Thai art Thai art was traditionally primarily Buddhist. Sculpture was almost exclusively of Buddha images, while painting was confined to illustration of books and decoration of buildings, primarily palaces and temples.
Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia () is a joint venture of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia (Thai: แอร์เอเชีย) and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic flights and international flights from Bangkok and other cities in Thailand.
Thai Airways Flight 261 Thai Airways Flight 261 was scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Surat Thani, Thailand. On December 11, 1998, the ill-fated flight was being operated with an Airbus A310-300, registration HS-TIA.
Thai Airways Flight 365 Thai Airways Flight 365 was a Thai Airways Boeing 737-2P5 with registration number HS-TBC. Flight 365 was on a scheduled flight from Hat Yai International Airport to Phuket International Airport (both in Thailand) on 31 August 1987.
Thai Airways International Thai Airways International () is the national air carrier of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is a founding member of the Star Alliance network. Like Singapore Airlines, Thai offers some of the longest non-stop commercial flights from New York and Los Angeles.
Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance is a 2002 documentary by independent producer Susanne Cornwall Carvin. The hour-long film, narrated by British actor Jason Statham, follows the lives of three boxers as they prepare to compete in muay thai, also known as Thai boxing.
Thai constitutional referendum, 2007 A referendum on the new constitution currently being drafted will be held in Thailand in 2007, likely in August.Should the draft be rejected, the military government has the freedom to choose any previous constitution to promulgate instead.
Thai eggplant The Thai eggplant (Thai: มะเขือ; ), also known as Kermit eggplant, is a variety of eggplant used primarily in Thai cuisine. The most common eggplants in Thai cooking are the round white or green ones about the size of a golf ball.
Thai Elephant Orchestra The Thai Elephant Orchestra is a musical ensemble consisting of as many as a dozen elephants near Lampang in Northern Thailand who play music (essentially as conducted improvisations) on enormous specially designed musical instruments. The orchestra was created and is conducted by elephant conservationist Richard Lair of the Thai Elephant Conservation Center and the American composer/performer Dave Soldier.
Thai fisherman pants Thai fisherman pants are lightweight unisex (usually cotton or rayon) pants (trousers) that are made very wide in the waist, one size fits all. The additional material is wrapped around the waist and tied to form a belt.
Thai fried rice Thai fried rice is a variety of Fried rice that is prepared in the style of central Thai cuisine. It is known as Khao Pad or Khao Phad in Thai (Thai: ข้าวผัด), from khao (rice) + pad (of or relating to being stir-fried).
Thai Forest Tradition The Thai Forest Tradition is a loosely organized "movement" within Thai Theravadin Buddhism, emphasizing meditation and strict adherence to the vinaya over intellectual pursuits. As the name suggests, it originated in Thailand, primarily among the Lao-speaking community in Northern Thailand.
Thai gem scam The Thai Gem Scam (also known as the Bangkok Gem Scam) is a confidence trick performed in Bangkok, Thailand. It has been alleged that this scam has been operating for the past 20 years, sometimes in the same premises.
Thai language The Thai language (, transcription: phasa thai; ), is the national and official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family.
Thai legislative election, 1992 Legislative elections for the House of Representatives were held in Thailand on 22 March 1992, the first elections after the National Peace Keeping Council overthrew the elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a coup in 23 February 1991. 15 parties contesting 360 seats with 2,185 candidates in the election, in which 59.
Thai legislative election, April 2006 National legislative elections were held in Thailand. Elections for the lower house of the Thai National Assembly, the House of Representatives, were held on 2 April 2006 and elections for the upper house, the Senate, were held on 19 April 2006.
Thai legislative election, October 2006 After Thailand's April 2006 elections were declared invalid by the Constitutional Court, it was decided that new elections would be held on 15 October 2006. Due to delays in the nomination of a new election committee the election were likely to be moved to November, but then cancelled indefinitely after the military's overthrow of the Thai government.
Thai lemon basil Thai lemon basil (Ocimum ×citriodorum), also called hoary basil, or manglak (แมงลัก) in Thai, is a variety of basil. It has a lime flavor, and is one of several types of basil used in Thai cooking.
Thai lunar calendar The Thai lunar calendar or Patitin Chantarakati (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ) was replaced by the Patitin Suriyakati (ปฎิทินสุริยคติ) Thai solar calendar in AD 1888 2431 BE for most purposes, but the Chantarakati still determines most Buddhist feast or holy days, as well as a day for the famous Loy Krathong festival. These move with respect to the solar calendar, so Thai calendars continue to show Chantarakati dates, as well as Chinese calendar lunar dates.
Thai numerals Thai numerals (ตัวเลขไทย) are traditionally used in Thailand, although the Arabic numerals (also known as Western numerals) are more common. Apart from the different symbols used for the numerals, the Thai numeration system is exactly the same as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system used in the rest of the world.
Thai New Year The Thai New Year ( Songkran) is celebrated every year on April 13 to April 15. It is also celebrated in Laos (called Songkan in Lao), Myanmar (Burma where it is called Thingyan), and by ethnic Dai in Yunnan, China.
Thai Nielloware Thai Niello is an art of ornamenting metal objects much practised in the Middle ages. The lines of a design are cut in the metal, and filled up with a black lead alloy which gives effect to the intaglio picture.
Thai Poosam Kavady Thai Poosam Kavady is a Hindu religious festival dedicated to Lord Murugan that is celebrated by Tamil people. Kavady translates as Kavu + Adi and is a pole slung across the shoulder to evenly distribute the weight of whatever is being carried, usually in bundles on either ends of the pole.
Thai royal and noble titles The Thai royal and noble titles signify distance of the bearers from the King. The system is somewhat complicated and usually not well understood even by most Thai people. A particular title may not be confined to just the beginning or the end of the name, but may be split across the name as will be demonstrated. Another point of note about the titles is that the King has the power to bestow any title on anybody, regardless of the rule. However, such promotion is personal and the children of the person will not normally benefit from it (see, for example, Phra Worawong Ther Phra Ong Chao).
Thai Rung Union Car Thai Rung is the only Thai car assembly company, established in 1967, assembling Isuzu and Nissan vehicles. In addition to this activity the company sells its own brand car, under Thairung, based on the Isuzu and Nissan vehicles.
Thai solar calendar The Suriyakati or Thai solar calendar (Thai: สุริยคติ) is the official and prevalent calendar in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. The only difference between the western and the Thai calendar is the year counting.
Thai studies Thai Studies is an intellectual category used by research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, anthropology, religious studies, political science, Thai language, Thai literature, and musicology who are doing research in these areas in the country of Thailand.
Thai Sign Language Thai Sign Language (TSL) or Modern Standard Thai Sign Language (MSTSL), is the national sign language of Thailand's Deaf community and is used in most parts of the country by an estimated 56,000 deaf people.Reilly, Charles & Suvannus, Sathaporn (1999).
Thai Student Association The Thai Student Association (TSA) or Thai Society (ThaiSoc) is an organisation of Thai student groups in many countries. They join together to assist newly arrived students and visiting scholars, to establish and support activities that will benefit Thai students, and to introduce Thai social, cultural, and traditional information to people in those countries.
Thai tea Thai tea (also known as Thai iced tea) or "cha-yen" () when ordered in Thailand, is a drink made from strongly-brewed powdered red teaOther ingredients in the powder vary, but may include added star anise], tamarind or red and yellow [[food coloring, and sometimes other spices as well. This tea is sweetened with sugar and condensed milk and served chilled.
Thai Wikipedia The Thai Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia in the Thai language started in December 2003. As of March 2006, it has more than 15,000 articles, 6 Wikipedia Portals, more than 14,000 registered users, and 17 administrators including 10 bureaucrats.
Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge The Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge (Thai Saphan Mittaphap Thai-Lao) is a bridge over the Mekong, connecting Nong Khai province and the city of Nong Khai in Thailand with Vientiane in Laos. Spanning a length of 1170 m, the bridge has two 3.
Thaicom 4 Thaicom 4, also known as IPSTAR, is a broadband satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Shin Satellite and was the heaviest commercial satellite launched as of August 2005. It was launched on August 11 2005 from the European Space Agency's spaceport in French Guiana onboard the Ariane rocket.
ThaiDay ThaiDay was an English-language newspaper printed in Bangkok in 2005 and 2006. Started by politician Sondhi Limthongkul's Manager Media Group, it consisted of eight broadsheet pages that were inserted in the Thailand edition of the International Herald Tribune.
Thaification Thaification is the process by which groups at the fringe of the Thai state become (or are made) more similar to the Central Thai heartland. To an extent this is a natural result of these groups being part of a modern state in which Central Thais occupy a dominant geographical, economic and cultural position, but it has also been actively encouraged by the Thai government.
Thailand The Kingdom of Thailand lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to its south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to its west. The country's official name was Siam (; IPA: , ) until 24 June 1939.
Thailand Development Research Institute The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is a non-profit non-government Thai policy think tank focused social and economic development issues. The Institute has 6 major research programs: Human Resources and Social Development, International Economic Relations, Macroeconomic Policy, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Technology Development, and Sectoral Economics.
Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (TGIST) or in Thai "สถาบันบัณฑิตวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยีไทย" established in 1998 by National Science and Technology Development Agency to develop man force in science and technology and bridge the industry with academics.
Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) is a scientific research institute of Thailand's Ministry of Science and Technology. Its head quarter is located in Techno Thani, Pathum Thani province.
Thailand national rugby union team The Thailand national rugby union team represents Thailand in international rugby union. Thailand have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, but have been playing in qualifying tournaments since the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.
Thailand National Electronics and Computer Technology Center Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) is a statutory government organization under the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology. Its main responsibilities are to undertake, support, and promote the development of electronic, computing, telecommunication, and information technologies through research and development activities.
Thailand National Film Association Awards The Thailand National Film Association Awards is a Thai film industry ceremony held annually by the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand. They are also known as the Supannahong Awards, after the trophy statuette, which is a figurine modelled after the mythical golden swan that adorns the bow of the Royal Barge Suphannahongse.
Thailand Route 401 Route 401 starts from west coast at intersection with Route 4 near Amphoe Takua Pa, Phang Nga Province. It goes eastward passing through Surat Thani Province to east coast, then southward to Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Thailand's Royal Barge Procession Thailand’s Royal Barge Procession () is a ceremony of both religious and royal significance which has been taking place for nearly 700 years. The exquisitely crafted Royal Barges are a blend of craftsmanship and traditional Thai art.
ThaiMex Initially a solo artist, Paul “ThaiMex” Phruksukarn started performing the way most hip-hop acts in San Diego did; by grabbing the microphone and reciting verses or freestyles for free at random hip hop venues such as the Underground Improv in San Diego, California.
Thain Wendell MacDowell Thain Wendell MacDowell, VC, DSO (September 16, 1890, Lachute, Quebec -March 27, 1960, Nassau, Bahamas), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thais in Hong Kong Thais in Hong Kong form a sizable minority; there are an estimated 13,000 Thai people in Hong Kong, largely women.Hewison 2003: 1 Most are migrant workers employed as foreign domestic helpers; other common professions for Thais in Hong Kong include cleaners, waiters/waitresses, hairdressers, and bank officers.
Thais of Athens Thais of Athens is a historical novel by Ivan Efremov written in 1972. It tells the story of the famous hetaera Thais, who was one of Alexander The Great's contemporaries and companions on his conquest of the oikoumene or the known world.
Thais St Julien Thais St Julien is a native of New Orleans, and is argurably the South's foremost singer of Early Music. The soprano studied under Charles Paddock, Virginia MacWatters and Norma Newton, and is Co-Director (with Milton G Scheuermann, Jr) of the New Orleans Musica da Camera, which specialises in music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and has toured throughout the Gulf South.
Thaitanium Thaitanium () is a Thai-American hip hop music group. Among the first of Thai rap artists, the group formed in 2000 by Prinya "Way" Intachai, Khanngoen "Kan" Nuanual, Nay Myo "Day" Thant.
Thakali The Thakali ethnolinguistic group originated from the Thak Khola region of the Mustang district in the Dhaulagiri zone of Nepal. Thak-sat-se is the traditional area of the Thakali community, which lies in the salt trading zone on the south of Tukuche mountain, the valley of the Kali Gandaki river in western Nepal.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (17 April, 1912 - 10 April, 1999) was a novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature. He focused on the oppressed classes as the subject of his works, which are known for their attention to historic detail.
Thakita Thadimi Thakita Thadimi (Telugu : థకితా థదిమి, Urdu: تھکِتا تھدِمِ, Hindi: थकिता थदिमि) is one of the songs from the Telugu movie Sagara Sangamam, composed by Ilaiyaraaja and written by Veturi Sundara Ramamurthy. It was sung by S.
Thaksin Express The Thaksin Express (Thai: รถด่วนพิเศษทักษิณ) is a special express train run by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) between Bangkok and Sungai Golok, a border town in Narathiwat province and the end of the southern rail line. Thaksin is a Thai word for south (from Sanskrit word dakshin), so the name of this train can be translated as "the Southern Express".
Thaksin Get Out The term "Thaksin Get Out" (Thai: ทักษิณออกไป) was one of the slogans used by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) while demanding the permanent resignation of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from politics. PAD organizers claimed that 12,000,000 people attended its protest rallies cum television shows.
Thaksin University Thaksin University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ),located in Songkhla, is one of Thailand's many public universities. Thaksin University began as a teachers' training school in 1968 and became a regional campus of Srinakharinwirot University in 1974.
Thaksinomics Thaksinomics is a term used to refer to the economic policies of Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001-2006. There has been considerable controversy over the role Thaksinomics has played in Thailand's recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Thakur Deshraj Thakur Deshraj (Hindi: ठाकुर देशराज) (1903-1970) was a social worker, nationalist and a historian of Rajasthan in India. He was born in village Jhagina of district Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India.
Thakurmar Jhuli Thakurmar Jhuli ("Tales my Grandmother Told Me") is a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder was the person who first collected some folk-stories of Bengal and published it under the name of Thakurmar Jhuli.
Thalamic stimulator A thalamic stimulator is a relatively new medical device that can suppress tremors, such as those caused by Parkinson's Disease or essential tremor. It was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 1997-08-04.
Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia (TCD) is a theoretical framework in which neuroscientists try to explain the positive and negative symptoms induced by neurological disorders like Parkinson's Disease, neurogenic pain, Tinnitus, Epilepsy as well as neuropsychiatric disorders like Depression.
Thalamocortical loop The thalamocortical loop is the functional loop between the thalamus and the cerebral cortex. The loop consists of projections from thalamus to cortex (feedforward and driving inputs) and from cortex back to thalamus.
Thalamotomy First introduced in the 1950s, thalamotomy is an invasive procedure, primarily effective for tremors such as those associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD), where a selected portion of the thalamus is surgically destroyed (ablated). Neurosurgeons use specialized equipment to precisely locate an area of the thalamus, usually choosing to work on only one side (the side opposite that of the worst tremors).
Thalamusik Thalamusik is a video game music piece featured on the loading screen of the Commodore 64 version of the 1986 horizontal scrolling shoot'em up Sanxion, inspired by Zoolook by Jean-Michel JarreThalamusik became very popular, so the magazine [[Zzap!64] included a full synthesised version on the cover cassetteof issue 26, published on June, [[1987 in video gaming|1987].
Thalassinidea Thalassinidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans that live in burrows in muddy bottoms of the world's oceans. They are poorly known to most people, and as such have few vernacular names - "mud lobster" and "ghost shrimp" counting among them.
Thalassocracy The term thalassocracy (from the Greek Θαλασσο-κρατία) refers to a state with primarily maritime realms—an empire at sea, such as the Phoenician network of merchant cities. Traditional thalassocracies seldom dominate interiors, even in their home territories (for example: Tyre, Sidon, or Carthage).
Thalassodromeus Thalassodromeus ("sea runner") was a large pterosaur found in Northeastern Brazil. It is particularly notable for its immense head crest, which accounts for seventy five percent of the surface of its 1.
ThalĂ­a ThalĂ­a (born Ariadna ThalĂ­a Sodi Miranda, August 26 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a successful Mexican-American actress, singer, record producer, composer and businesswoman. Her voice is considered a mezzo-soprano.
Thale Ban National Park Thale Ban National Park () is a foresty area south of the Banthat Mountains in Southern Thailand, at the south of Satun Province directly at the boundary to Malaysia. The park was established on October 27 1980.
Thales Air Defence Thales Air Defence Limited, formerly Shorts Missile Systems, is a defence contractor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland producing short-range or close air defence missiles. The company has a turnover of approximately ÂŁ70m and pre-tax profits of ÂŁ7m.
Thales Spectra The Thales SPECTRA (Système de Protection et d'Évitement des Conduites de Tir du Rafale, Self-Protection Equipment Countering Threats to Rafale Aircraft) is an integrated defensive aids suite developed by Thales Group for the Dassault Rafale series of fighter aircraft.
Thales Training & Simulation Thales Training & Simulation is an international company with over fifty years experience in simulation and training. It is one of only a few companies worldwide that build Full Flight Simulators for the airline and military training.
Thales Underwater Systems Thales Underwater Systems (TUS), formerly known as Thomson Marconi Sonar, is a defence manufacturer specialising in Sonar for Submarines and Surface Ships, as well as Airborne sonar systems, and communications masts and systems for Submarines.
ThalesRaytheonSystems ThalesRaytheonSystems (ThalesRaytheon or TRS) is a joint venture between Raytheon of the United States and Thales Group of France. ThalesRaytheon was formed in June, 2001, for the purpose of combining the radar and communiations systems efforts of the two firms.
Thalhimer's Thalhimer's was a department store in the Southern United States. Based in Richmond, Virginia, the venerable chain at its peak operated dozens of stores in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and one store in Memphis, Tennessee.
Thalia Munro Thalia Janina Munro (born March 8, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her position is utility/driver.
Thaliapriset Thaliapriset (Svenska Dagbladets Thaliapris) or The Thalia Award is regarded to be one of Sweden's finest theatre awards (together with The Eugene O'Neill Award and The Gunn WĂĄllgren Award) and is each year given to an actor, director and/or a theatre personality of the stage.
Thalidomide Thalidomide is a sedative, hypnotic, and anti-inflammatory medication. It was sold from 1957 to 1961 in almost fifty countries under at least forty names, including Distaval, Talimol, Nibrol, Sedimide, Quietoplex, Contergan, Neurosedyn, and Softenon.
Thalience Thalience is a concept invented by science fiction author Karl Schroeder in his novel Ventus (2000). The idea of thalience has been adopted by some members of the artificial intelligence community to describe the self-organizing properties of fine-grained distributed networks.
Thalit massacre The Thalit massacre took place in Thalit village (Médéa, near Ksar el Boukhari; see map), some 70 km from Algiers, on April 3-4 1997. 52 out of the 53 inhabitants were killed, having their throats slit by armed guerrillas who burned their houses afterwards.
Thallein Ensemble The Thallein Ensemble was a student new music group set up in the early 1990s with graduates from the Birmingham Conservatoire known as the NEW Birmingham Group, not to be confused with the BCMG. Principal founders were Alistair Zaldua (composer/ conductor), Mark Gasser (Pianist), John Webb (composer) and John Meadows (clarinet).
Thallophyte The thallophytes are a polyphyletic group of non-mobile organisms traditionally described as "relatively simple plants" or "lower plants" with undifferentiated bodies (thalli). They were a defunct division of Kingdom Plantae, the Thallophyta (or Thallobionta) that included fungus and algae, and lichens occasionally bacteria and the Myxomycophyta.
Thallus (historian) Thallus was a chronologer/historian who flourished in the period from the middle of the 1st century to the late 2nd century. He is occasionally mentioned as a chronographer and historian in the works of early Christian writers.
Thalmus Rasulala Thalmus Rasulala (born Jack Crowder November 15,1939 - October 9,1991) was an American actor who was an original castmember of ABC's soap opera One Life To Live from its inception in 1968 until he left the show in 1970. He appeared in many Blaxploitation films and made guest appearances in TV shows like Sanford and Son and What's Happening!!.
Thalweg Thalweg (IPA: ; a German word compounded from Thal — nowadays spelled Tal — meaning valley, and Weg, meaning way) is a term adopted into English usage for geography and geomorphology. It signifies the line of greatest slope along the bottom of a valley, i.
Thalweg Doctrine The Thalweg Doctrine, a part of International Law aims to resolve water boundary disputes. According to this doctrine, the boundary between two states divided by a flowing body of water should be drawn along the thalweg, which is the deepest portion of the channel.
Thalwil Thalwil is a village in the Horgen district, near ZĂĽrich, Switzerland. It has a population of about 16 000 (2003) and is located on the Zimmerberg ridge between the western shore of Lake Zurich and the Sihl river.
Thalys Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains.
Tham Hua Gralok Tham Hua Gralok (English language: literally Skull Cave) is a cave near the settlement of Ao Luk near Phangnga Bay in southern Thailand. The cave contains prehistoric paintings in black and red pigment of humans and strange animals.
Thaman Gurung Thaman Gurung (October 2 1924-November 10 1944) was a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thamar Henneken Thamar Nanette Henneken (born August 2, 1979 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Wilma van Hofwegen and Manon van Rooijen.
Thambaravarini The Thambaravarini is a tributary of the Kaveri River, located in southern India. Its name, which translates to "The River of Lotus," is derived from the Tamil word thambarai, lotus, and the Sanskrit word varini, river.
Thambi Naidoo Thambi Naidoo was an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi. From 1906 to 1913, he helped Gandhi in the South African Indian communities as they struggled against pre Apartheid racial repression by the local white and the colonial British authorities in Durban.
Thame Thame (pronounced "Tame" with a silent "h") is a market town in Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thame between Aylesbury and Oxford. Situated just short of the county border, Thame lies close to the Buckinghamshire villages of Haddenham and Long Crendon.
Thameemul Ansari Hazrat Thameemul Ansari (Rah) is a saint whose dargah (a type of shrine) is located in Kovalam (Tamil Nadu, India) which is 59 km off the city of Chennai. Hazrat Thameemul Ansari (Rah) was born in the Prophet's holy city of Medina and is said to be a Sahaba, disciple of the Prophet Muhammad.
Thamer Yousif Thamer Yousif was a Iraqi Assyrian football player. A long time Al Zawra member, Thamir led the Iraq Super League in goals in three different occasions (1975, 1976, 1982) and was 2nd in the league in two different occasions.

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