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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁 1892, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 the privilege of asking questions about the #budget and matters of public interest.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮.

𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶’𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 26, 1565.

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 (𝗛𝗗𝗜 \𝗴𝗲𝗾 0.700) 𝗯𝘆 2030.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 10³⁰ 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻.

𝗕𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 was a 5th CE Buddhist monk,a prince from the Pallava dynasty of 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗺.

He is credited as the 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗺 to 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮,which reached 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗭𝗲𝗻.

In 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻, he is 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 as 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶.

𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 (𝗜𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝘁), 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀.