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• the extinct marine reptile Kaganaias is the only ancient aquatic scaled reptile to be found in Asia?
• the naval victory of Travancore State over Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Colachel in 1741 is considered the first example of an Asian power defeating a European navy?
• the dum dum bullet invented by Neville Bertie-Clay was used by the British Army against African and Asian opponents but was considered "too cruel" for use against Europeans?
• some liverwort species in the class Haplomitriopsida rafted from Gondwana to Asia via the Indian subcontinent?
• noted Bengali writer Rajnarayan Basu was a tutor of Asia's first Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore?
• the Bare-faced Bulbul, the only songbird in Asia to lack feathers on the face, is the first Asian bulbul to be described in over 100 years?
• the Church of the East, originally the Christian church of Sassanid Persia, eventually established churches throughout Asia, including in Mesopotamia, India, Central Asia, and China?
• the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in Zigong, Sichuan Province, China, established in 1987, was the first specialized dinosaur museum to open to the public in Asia?
• the plant genus Tricarpelema contains seven Asian species from moist tropical forests and one African species found on dry inselbergs?
• the 1994 Nepalese legislative election saw the first democratically elected communist government in Asia come to power?
• the Malayan Tapir is the only species of tapir native to Asia?
• the Core Pacific City mall in Taipei, Taiwan, is the largest mall in Asia at 204,190 square meters of total floor space?
• it has often been claimed that the 1948 Southeast Asian Youth Conference, held in Calcutta, marked the starting point for various armed communist insurgencies in different Asian countries?
• almost the entirety of the Australian stout whiting catch is exported to various Asian countries?
• France–Asia relations span more than two millennia, and have involved numerous alliances between France and Asian countries?
• Lion Beer was Asia's first brand of beer?
• San Sebastian Church, the only all-steel church in Asia, is threatened by rust caused by the salty sea breeze from nearby Manila Bay?
• Russian painter Alexandre Jacovleff (pictured) participated in trans-Saharan and trans-Asian (from Syria to China) expeditions organized by the French car manufacturer Citroën?
• Pushkar Fair—the largest camel fair in Asia—commenced on Kartik Ekadashi (29 Oct) and will end today on Kartik Poornima?
• bats on Madagascar colonized the island from Asia at least three times?
• Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is the oldest permanent wax museum in Asia?
• Hortus Malabaricus, the earliest printed treatise on the flora in Asia, contains the first instances of Malayalam types being used for printing?
• Zentatsu Richard Baker was an influential American Zen priest who played a leading role in founding Tassajara, the first Buddhist training monastery outside of Asia?
• Rev. Thomas Dyche is credited with writing the first book in English published in Asia?
• Queen Anula of Sri Lanka is believed to have been the first female monarch in Asia?
• BoA's Best of Soul made her the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan?

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