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A news item involving R. Champakalakshmi was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 5 February 2024.

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A fact from R. Champakalakshmi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Indian historian R. Champakalakshmi was a script consultant for Bharat Ek Khoj, a television series based on Jawaharlal Nehru's The Discovery of India?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/R. Champakalakshmi.

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Date of Death: January 28th or 29th?[edit]

This obituary states "With the passing of Professor Radha Champakalakshmi on January 28, 2024, we have lost a historian of JNU who..." This news article states that she died on Monday, which is January 29th. Which date was it? --PFHLai (talk) 13:16, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: I believe it was the night of January 28th, and into the morning of January 29th. Ktin (talk) 15:50, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought so, too. And there's no way to tell if it was before and after midnight. --PFHLai (talk) 05:11, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 21:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Indian historian R. Champakalakshmi was a script consultant for Bharat Ek Khoj, a television series based on Jawaharlal Nehru's The Discovery of India? Source: http://archive.org/details/HindSwaraj-BEK-00
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sodankylä Old Church

5x expanded by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 17:21, 3 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/R. Champakalakshmi; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

... New enough, long enough, QPQ provided. Copyvio around 24% due to titles so okay. Article reads well and I AGF on all her studies mentioned. Well referenced. Hook is clear in the article and in the following citation to a reference containing the hook fact. I read The Discovery of India many years ago and have it in front of me, though never knew about the TV series. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 16:55, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]