In this novel, there are 3 superpowers which are fighting a perpetual war and contesting for territories.
Which novel is this from?
Tag: Animal
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In his 1631 treatise Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae orientalis, Dutch physician and explorer Jacobus Bontius wrote, of a tribe he’d encountered in the jungles of what is now Indonesia, that “the Malays informed him that the X could talk, but preferred not to, lest they be compelled to labor.”*
Bontius’ mention of X was the Western world’s first introduction to the name of this tribe, a word that passed from Dutch to Portuguese to English and is still used today in slightly modified form – ironically, even speakers of modern Malay and Indonesian use the European corruption of the name, even though its etymology lies in Old Malay.
Who are the X?
*Considering Bontius was there as part of a Dutch East India Company expedition, this was probably a very good idea.
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Arjan Singh Nalva, was the fourth son of Hari Singh Nalva, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army. After his father’s death, Arjan Singh continued the legacy and fought against the Britishers in the second Anglo-Sikh War.
The actions of Arjan were immortalized in a Punjabi folklore song & was entered into mainstream media through an Indian movie released in 2023.
Identify the song.