The standard “NATO” phonetic alphabet (actually the International Radio-Telephony Spelling Alphabet) is: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.

Tango

initialisms. Abbreviations that use the first letter of each word in a phrase are sometimes referred to as initialisms. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word. An initialism is an abbreviation that uses the first letter of each word in the phrase (thus, some but not all initialisms are acronyms).

On the Move

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Just short for “location”? It means On the Move but I think it’s an internal joke from the devs, back when they made Modern Warfare 2 the characters in the campaign would yell “Oscar Mike!!” every five seconds to the point where the phrase became a joke.

The term “Oscar Mike” comes from military radio jargon used on the front lines. It translates to “On the Move”. It is Military Alphabet.

Usually, a mike means a minute. Instead of saying “I’ll be there in 10 minutes,” someone speaking into a military radio might say, “We’ll be there in one zero mikes.” The term mike-mike can also be used for the measurement millimeters, with a 40 mm grenade launcher referred to as the “40-mike-mike.”

Origin of bangalore From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to Benga-val-ooru (City of Guards) in Old Kannada or Benda-kaal-ooru (Town of Boiled Beans) from Kannada folklore.

Top 10 Posh Areas in Bangalore (Best Residential Places &…

1. Basavanagudi. Basavanagudi, located in Southern Bengaluru, is a residential cum commercial settlement.
2. Indira Nagar.
3. Jayanagar.
4. Koramangala.
5. Malleshwaram.
6. Rajaji Nagar.
7. Frazer Town.
8. Sadashivanagar.

Mysuru

Bengaval-uru

Kempe Gowda I

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Bangalore – Town of Boiled Beans Much to his delight, the woman served him some customary boiled beans. Contented by the offering and the hospitality he received, the Hoysala king named the place “Benda-kaal-uru,” which caught on over time, finally leading up to the name Bengaluru or Bangalore.

From Boiled Beans to Bangalore to Bengaluru… Tired and hungry, he came across a poor old woman who served him boiled beans. The grateful king named the place benda kaala-ooru (literally, ‘town of boiled beans’), which was eventually simplified to Bengalūru.

The violence in D J Halli and adjoining areas on August 11 night was unleashed by hundreds of people over an inflammatory social media post allegedly put out by P Naveen, a relative of Pulakeshinagar Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy.

It was on August 5 in 1905 (112 years ago) (this piece says it was August 3)that saw an Indian city get electricity! The chosen city was not Calcutta or Bombay or Madras but Bangalore.

Electronic City is an information technology hub in Bangalore, India, located in Anekal taluk….Electronic City.

The first demonstration of electric light in India was conducted in Kolkata (then Calcutta) mid-1879 during British colonization of the sub-continent. A few decades later, the success of the demo was extended to Mumbai(then Bombay) to set up a generating station to power a tramway in 1905.

The first demonstration of electric light in Calcutta (now Kolkata) was conducted on 24 July 1879 by P.W. Fleury & Co. On 7 January 1897, Kilburn & Co secured the Calcutta electric lighting license as agents of the Indian Electric Co, which was registered in London on 15 January 1897.