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  MSN Encarta - India
India (in Hindi, Bharat), officially Republic of India, federal democracy in southern Asia and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, comprising, with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the subcontinent of India.
The capital of India is New Delhi, and the country’s largest cities are Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Delhi, and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
India may be divided into four main regions: the Himalaya, the northern river-plains, the Deccan Plateau, and the Eastern and Western Ghats.
uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557562/India.html   (1095 words)

  
 India - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India is also the second most populous country in the world and the world's largest democracy.
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)

  
 Republic of India - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Republic of India
India's leadership of the developing world led to isolation, and when the Chinese attacked India in 1962 the non-aligned were reluctant in their support for India.
The image of India and Nehru was tarnished, and the result for India was a greater dependence on the USA and Britain, and a questioning of the policy of non-alignment.
India's population was estimated at 1.027 billion on 1 March 2001, making it the second country in the world after China to cross the 1 billion mark.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Republic+of+India   (8350 words)

  
 The Republic of India : 50 Years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India became an independent nation on 15 August 1947, when under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi it shook off the yoke of foreign domination of over 150 years.
India is proud to proclaim loud and wide that it is the biggest democracy of the world.
This splendid growth remains often unnoticed in India because it is drowned in the overgrowth of population.
www.unifr.ch /imr/imr/page_anglaispublic1.htm   (902 words)

  
 Republic Day of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947, the Constitution of India has been in effect since January 26, 1950.
To mark the importance of this occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the capital, New Delhi, from the Raisena Hill near the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's Palace), along the Rajpath, past India Gate and on to the historic Red Fort.
The President of India who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, takes the salute.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_Day_of_India   (172 words)

  
 india Republic day 26th jan, Sovereign Democratic Republic india.
The former is a historical even when India gained independence in 1947 and freed herself from the foreign yoke after a protracted campaign for freedom, whereas the latter bestowed historicity on the day when India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic with a constitution to guide her destiny.
Republic Day reminds us of the fulfillment of the pledge that was made on the midnight of Independence as a “tryst with destiny”.
Republic Day is celebrated all over the country at all the administrative units like the capital cities, district headquarters, sub divisions, talukas, and panchayats.
www.indiaprofile.com /fairs-festivals/republicday.htm   (788 words)

  
 SAF - Republic of India
India, the seventh largest country in the world, is bound by the Himalaya in the North and the Indian Ocean in the South.
India is a rapidly industrialising nation but retains a strong agricultural base with a net sown area of 142.6 million hectares.
India has a variety of tourist sites of civilisational and natural interest.
www.southasiafoundation.org /saf/india/india.asp   (314 words)

  
 The Republic of India - India 101   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India has a coastline which stretches for over seven thousand kilometres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#endnote_coast), and shares its borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan on the northwest, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan on the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar on the east.
India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of over one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area.
India is home to some of the most ancient civilisations (and a centre of important historic trade routes), including four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
www.india101.net   (174 words)

  
 Republic of India
India is a federal republic and a democracy.
India has many well-educated people skilled in English language and an exporter of software services and software workers.
Growth for India is estimated at 1.4 percent for 2005, compared to 0.58 percent for China and 0.05 percent for Japan.
www.fsmitha.com /world/india.htm   (160 words)

  
 Initial Assessment: Republic of India
The modern Republic of India was created in August 1947, when the British granted its former colony its independence, at the same time separately creating the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the northwestern and northeastern regions of the colony.
India also fought a border war with the People’s Republic of China in the Arunchal Pradesh, the border of which is still disputed.
The extent of the modern republic, with the exception of the Northeastern Region, is naturally bounded by these coasts and the mountains to the northeast and northwest.
som.csudh.edu /cis/lpress/devnat/nations/india/gdi983.htm   (4059 words)

  
 Republic of India - Silver Chips Online
India's most ancient civilization was discovered in the mid - 1800's by British engineers, who were busy constructing a railway line between Karachi and Punjab.
India was first invaded by the Aryans in 1500 BC, who had much influence on the country with their culture.
Buddhism was introduced in India by Siddhartha Gautama in the 5th century CE and quickly spread to much of central Asia.
silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=5274   (1322 words)

  
 PHR2004 - The Republic of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India's Intelligence Bureau is reported to have developed an e-mail interception tool similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Carnivore system, which it claims to use in anti-terrorist investigations.
However, as is the case with most laws in India, there continues to be a gap between the law and its enforcement.
As India has increasingly become a base for outsourcing operations, in 2004 there have been discussions in government circles that amendments to the Information Technology Act would have to be introduced to ensure protection of data and preservation of privacy.
www.privacyinternational.org /article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-83769   (2753 words)

  
 The republic of india   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India is one of the twenty poorest countries in the world.
India’s president is Kocheril Raman NARAYANAN, he was elected in 1997 and next election is to be held sometime in July of this years (2002).
India used to have different caste, and even thou they are not legal anymore, you still can se the differences.
www.mimersbrunn.se /arbeten/4162.asp   (769 words)

  
 Republic India
India has grown significantly, in terms of both population and strategic importance, in the last twenty years attributed to economic reforms.
The official name India is derived from Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the river Indus and is the most internationally recognisable of the country.
Republic Day is one of the greatest national celebrations observed throughout the country on January 26 every year.
www.indiabook.com /india-information/republic-india.html   (1061 words)

  
 India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India adopted the familiar horizontal tricolor of orange, white, and green with a blue Ashoka Chakra at the center.
The official website of the High Commission of India in London states "The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; and the green for faith and fertility.
After 52 years, the citizens of India are free to fly the Indian flag over their homes, offices and factories on any day.
flagspot.net /flags/in.html   (1878 words)

  
 26th January 1950 - Republic of India
The Republic of India was proclaimed on 26th January 1950.
India is a Sovereign Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of Government based on universal adult franchise.
A special set of 4 stamps were issued on 26th January 1950, to commemorate the inauguration of the Republic of India.
www.geocities.com /indianphilately/chapter26.htm   (431 words)

  
 Republic of India - First Coinage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
India's independence in 1947 saw Pakistan break away from the rest of India.
Newly independent India continued to use the British India coins until after Republic status was attained, on January 26th 1950.
These are the mint marks of the Indian mints as used in Republic of India coins.
www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk /in001d.htm   (434 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan.
India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services.
India is capitalizing on its large numbers of well-educated people skilled in the English language to become a major exporter of software services and software workers.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html   (1356 words)

  
 Republic India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
New Delhi, India - Sonia Gandhi, the latest member of the Gandhi dynasty in line to become India's prime minister, worked swiftly today to build a new coalition government around her family's Congre...
BOMBAY - Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of slain prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was poised to become India's next leader after her party swept the country's ruling coalition from power in a stunni...
But yesterday morning India awoke to discover that the world's most enduring political dynasty had risen from a decade-long slumber to create a politica...
archive.wn.com /2004/05/15/1400/republicindia   (547 words)

  
 c. The Republic of India. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The Dominion of India was inaugurated in Delhi, with Pandit Tawaherlal Nehru as prime minister and Lord Mountbatten as governor-general.
The government of India admitted Kashmir into the Indian Union, thus precipitating a crisis with Pakistan, since Kashmir contained a majority of Muslims.
The Indian government assumed control over the administration of the state of Junagadh.
www.bartleby.com /67/3954.html   (164 words)

  
 India - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is bound by Pakistan to the northwest, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the southeast and the Arabian Sea to the southwest.
The rivers of India are generally divided into the Himalayan and peninsula rivers, and the principal rivers include the Ganges with its tributaries, the Jumna, Yamuna, Ghaghra, Gandak, Kosi, Chambi, Betwa, Son, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Narbada and Tapti.
CLIMATE: India has a tropical climate that is dominated by the Asiatic monsoons with four fairly distinct seasons which are common to all six or seven climatic regions.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/india.htm   (1688 words)

  
 The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of India
NEW DELHI, December 3: Russia and India are concerned about the vulnerability of democratic systems facing the threat of terrorism, states the Joint Declaration adopted at the end of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Russia and India called for adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Anti-Terrorist Convention and the Global Convention on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism.
Russia and India expressed concern over the continued violence in Iraq and stressed the necessity of an intra-Iraq dialogue to attain national agreement on a new constitution and ways to restore stability and security in the country.
www.india.mid.ru /nfr2004/nf50.html   (14916 words)

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