City search: Balia

In Balia, Mangal Pandey is God

Some residents of Balia village even have certificates making their family the real Mangal Pandey family.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/in-balia-mangal-pandey-is-god/40194-3.html

150-yr-old 'family' of Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey was born in this village... People in Balia, Eastern UP claim “we are his descendants”.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/150yrold-family-of-mangal-pandey/39574-3.html

Woman marries a cobra in Orissa

A woman in a village in Orissa has married a cobra and insists she would not have anybody else as her husband.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/woman-marries-a-cobra-in-orissa/12229-3.html

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