Is your hometown famous for anything?

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    Is your hometown famous for anything?

    Food & drink, events, buildings, clothing, celebrity etc...?
     
    Efsane 66, Jan 29, 2009 IP
  2. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    Being recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086
     
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  3. mobileman71

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    I am from Karnal, Haryana, India. Karnal is famous for many things. It is a historical place and many incidents are connected to it. Founded by Karna in Mahabharata times.
    NDRI; Asia's biggest dairy research institute.
    Kalpana Chawla; Star of Karnal, Living in Stars.
    Best place to reside in Haryana.
    Connected to Pakistan as founder of pakistan was from Karnal.
    And many more........
     
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    CyberWorldJobs Peon

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    I m From Hyderabad(A.P),
    Hear Famous Item Is Biryani also called Hyderabadi Biryani,
    Is Also Famous For Nizams
     
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  5. musichangout.com

    musichangout.com Well-Known Member

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    Yeah it is very famous for biryani and i am from same place mate.
     
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    Canterbury Cathedral/Tales, etc
     
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  7. mdvasanth86

    mdvasanth86 Notable Member

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    Geographical -> World's second largest beach - Marina beach

    personalities -> A R REHMAN , Rajni kanth, Kamal Haasan, MGR, karunanithi, ANNA, Abdul kalaam.

    Food -> idly/vada/sambar/rasam. :D

    hmmm...
     
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    yes my hometown is famous for girls, here is most beautiful girls present
     
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    Thunder Bay, Ontario

    Paul Shaffer (Late Night with David Letterman)
    The worlds biggest curling stone
    a shitload of NHL players (including the Staal brothers)
    Persians (pastry) http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/231043190_a2deb906c1.jpg?v=0
    Vampiro (wrestler, b-movie actor, fill in guitarist for the Misfits)
    Jay Miron (9 time X-games medal winner and owner MacNeil bikes)
     
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  10. SolutionX

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    Not on the list, but mine's famous for cowboys. "Let's get the f**k outta Dodge!" :eek:
     
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    Well, i am from Jamshedpur and without doubt it is one among the famous places in India.

    XLRI, a top notch b-school, is located in Jamshedpur.
    NIT-Jamshedpur, a well known national level engg. institute is in Jamshedpur.
    Tata Steel (formerly TISCO) is here in Jamshedpur.
    Tata Motors (formerly TELCO) is again here in Jamshedpur.
    Priyanka Chopra and Tanushree Dutta are related to Jamshedpur.

    ..and the last but not the least, I am from Jamshedpur.
     
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    dmi Well-Known Member

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    No, nothing spectacular.
     
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    Our town was made famous by Animal rights protesters. Our tows port was used to ferry livestock overseas in quite an inhumane way, Our town was on the TV most nights for nearly a year. We had riot police and allsorts.
     
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    My Hometown in Penang Island, Malaysia..

    Famous for nothing! hehehe...

    The Fact is Penang Island famous with it's "Nasi Kandar" or "Beriyani", It's cooked by India Muslim people, we called them "Mamak" here. Most of them are origins from India..

    Penang also famous for it's historical place such as "Padang Kota Lama" "Gurney Bay" "Georgetown" and more!

    Herm..i'm hungry now..maybe its time to find Beryani...hehe
     
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    Due to the main product

    which is "cloth"
     
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    My hometown.....well theres a famous clip from a CCTV camera behind a nightclub and......no nevermind :p.

    We have a great soccer team, we have a history of ship building and mining, we have a few famous people that came from here and well, I like it so its famous to me anyway :).
     
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    No :( My country is not a popular country.
     
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    Actually, to be more clear, it isn't my current city, just the hometown where I grew up, and it is Dodge City Kansas, like in Gunsmoke. ;)
     
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    My Hometown Tenali is famous for Tasty and Sweet Water :)
     
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    Our county is famous for tulips. Massive tulip fields. Gorgeous!
     
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