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The name "india (the indian) Catalina" appeared in a letter sent for Pedro de Heredia to King Carlos V in 1533. Her indigenous name was never mentioned in the documents. According to the Colombian drama series "La reina de Indias y el conquistador" (The Queen and the Conqueror), her indigenous names are Katalydeyewua and Kaitegua.
In March 2023, it was announced that the Colombian government is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. [18] Authorities estimate that 170 hippos currently inhabit Colombia and there is a potential for the population to increase to 1,000 by the year 2035. [19]
The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Peru to the Republic of India is the official representative of the Republic of Peru to the Republic of India. The ambassador in New Delhi is generally accredited to neighbouring countries, such as Afghanistan (suspended since 2021 ), [ 1 ] Bangladesh , Iran , the Maldives , Nepal and Sri Lanka .
In the Pre-Columbian era, the total population of Colombia was estimated to be around 6 million people. [10] [11] However, after Spanish conquest, the population of Colombia was lowered to only 750 thousand people, in which native peoples made up 80% of the population at 600 thousand people. [12]
On March 24, 1537, the Spanish, under the command of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, took possession of the town. In 1781, during the Revolt of the Comuneros, the march of the insurgents towards Bogotá stopped near Chía in order to cross the Bogotá River, in what is now known as the Bridge of the Commoners (Spanish: Puente del Común). At that ...
El embajador de la India (Spanish: The ambassador of India) is a 1986 Colombian comedy film directed by Mario Ribero Ferreira and the screenplay by Mario González. It stars Hugo Gomez, Olga Lucía Alvira and José María Arzuaga. [ 1 ]
Cartagena (/ ˌ k ɑːr t ə ˈ h eɪ n ə / KAR-tə-HAY-nə), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: [kaɾtaˈxena ðe ˈindjas] ⓘ), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea.
While a few Indian cultural activities are organised, in general, the Indian community in Peru maintained a low profile. Due to the vast distance that separates the community from India, the interest in their country of origin is limited to major events, mainly derived from occasional browsing on the internet.