A colorless, blue, yellow, brown, or pink mineral consisting largely of aluminum silicate and valued as a gem. Topaz is often found in pegmatites and is the mineral used to represent a hardness of 8 on the Mohs scale. 2. Any of various yellow gemstones, especially a yellow variety of sapphire or corundum.
Quora User, lives in Hyderabad, India. According to Indians, generally, your native place is where your paternal side has come from. So your native place would be Hyderabad. But now, if you've lived in hyd for long, you can say I'm from hyd, but i was born in vellore and my dads from hyd and my moms from vellore.. That's how most people say it now.
This index is based on each casualty's Official Home of Record. The official home of record may or may not be that person's birthplace or home town. It may be the place the person entered military service, typically a nearby large city. If you don't find the name where you expect, please also look under nearby cities or see the index pages by last name. We can not change the home of record that was recorded officially 40 years ago, but we can correct spelling errors in town, city, or state names if you tell us. More about Home of Record.