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A fact from Mahendra Raj appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mahendra Raj's engineering work on the Hindustan Lever pavilion resembled a crumpled sheet of paper?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:52, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Indian structural engineer Mahendra Raj's 1961 work on the Hindustan Lever pavilion resembled a crumpled sheet of paper and foreshadowed deconstructivist architects by at least two decades? Source: https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-166171 https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/mahendra-raj-pragati-maidan-salarjung-museum-97-death-7906280/
- ALT0a: ... that Mahendra Raj's engineering work on the Hindustan Lever pavilion resembled a crumpled sheet of paper?
- ALT1: ... that structural engineer Mahendra Raj made it to India on one of the last trains to reach safely during the partition of India in 1947? Source: https://www.thehindu.com/society/a-structural-engineer-who-redefined-design/article30036488.ece
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KNAU

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 19:31, 8 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is ready for promotion, but I'm only approving ALT1. I'm not sure how many readers will know what deconstructivism means without clicking on the wikilink. SL93 (talk) 00:19, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: I've added a trimmed ALT0a? I thought the "crumpled sheet of paper" bit hooks to a neat bit of architecture. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:38, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That looks good. SL93 (talk) 21:43, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]