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 India - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
India's bicameral parliament consists of the upper house known as the Council of States, or Rajya Sabha and the lower house known as the House of the People, or Lok Sabha.
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari, and the Krishna.
India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, having striven to preserve its established traditions throughout history; its dynamic nature is manifest in its willingness to respect and tolerate foreign ways and practices.
open-encyclopedia.com /India   (2671 words)

  
 India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
India’s rainfall, which depends upon the monsoon, is variable; it is heavy in Assam and West Bengal and along the southern coasts, moderate in the inland peninsular regions, and scanty in the arid northwest, especially in Rajasthan and Punjab.
The holy cities of India attract pilgrims from throughout the East: Varanasi (formerly Benares), Allahabad, Puri, and Nashik are religious centers for the Hindus; Amritsar is the holy city of the Sikhs; and Satrunjaya Hill near Palitana is sacred to the Jains.
In NW India, beyond the reach of the medieval dynasties, the Rajputs had grown strong and were able to resist the rising forces of Islam.
www.bartleby.com /65/in/India.html   (5946 words)

  
 1999 in India -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
June 7 - India says it has forced guerrilla (An intruder (as troops) with hostile intent) infiltrators in Kashmir back towards the ceasefire line with Pakistan, and killed 221 Pakistani soldiers in the offensive.
October 29 - A "super-cyclone" slams into northeast India packing winds of 240 km/h and flattening houses across a wide area along the (An arm of the Indian Ocean east of India) Bay of Bengal.
November 30 - India says the death toll in cyclone-hit (additional info and facts about Orissa State) Orissa State is at least 9,885.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1999_in_india.htm   (1449 words)

  
 India Pakistan War 1965 - XYZ Lahore
Read about the second war between India and Pakistan, which took place in April 1965 in the Rann of Kutch.
India and Pakistan went to war over Kashmir in 1965.
Pakistan was suggesting that should India continue with its plans it should expect total war as in 1965.
www.connectexchange.com /india-pakistan-war-1965.html   (448 words)

  
 India -> Bibliography on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
India and the Clinton-Bush administrations: why friction to friendship in the aftermath of India's nuclear testing is not likely to lead to a strategic partnership.
India's evolving economic model: a perspective on economic and financial reforms.
INDIA, Benares: Little girl in a school of a poor borrough.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/India_Bibliography.asp   (542 words)

  
 India
1961 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu
1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), dies at 82
1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
www.brainyhistory.com /topics/i/india.html   (5408 words)

  
 Adherents.com
There were 30,000 members in 22 churches, and a larger membership in the Middle East, India, Europe, and Australia.
The Malankara Church was brought to the U.S. in the late 1960s by immigrants from southern India.
A diocese was created in the 1970s, and in 1980 the first church building, St. George's Orthodox Church, Staten Island, NY, was purchased and dedicated...
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_622.html   (2642 words)

  
 South Asia News Views Discussion Info Network - Pakistan Had Planned A Nuclear Attack On India In 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pakistan Had Planned A Nuclear Attack On India In 1999
A new book has revealed that Pakistan's military had prepared a nuclear tipped missile to fight back a possible Indian attack during the Kargil war in 1999.
According to the book, former US president Bill Clinton had conveyed this news to the then Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif who was taken aback by the revelation.
southasia.net /article397.html   (418 words)

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