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  2. Indigo revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Indigo revolt (or Nil bidroha; Bengali: নীল বিদ্রোহ) was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters, that arose in Bengal in 1859, and continued for over a year.

  3. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    The Second Round Table conference was the only time Gandhi left India between 1914 and his death in 1948. Gandhi declined the government's offer of accommodation in an expensive West End hotel, preferring to stay in the East End, to live among working-class people, as he did in India. [145]

  4. List of Indian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Indigo dye – Indigo, a blue pigment and a dye, was used in India, which was also the earliest major centre for its production and processing. [2] The Indigofera tinctoria variety of Indigo was domesticated in India. [2] Indigo, used as a dye, made its way to the Greeks and the Romans via various trade routes, and was valued as a luxury ...

  5. Charles Freer Andrews - Wikipedia

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    Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to ...

  6. India - Wikipedia

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    India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area ; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.

  7. History of science and technology on the Indian subcontinent

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    The Indigofera tinctoria variety of Indigo was domesticated in India. [94] Indigo, used as a dye, made its way to the Greeks and the Romans via various trade routes, and was valued as a luxury product. [94] The cashmere wool fiber, also known as pashm or pashmina, was used in the handmade shawls of Kashmir. [95]

  8. Incredible India - Wikipedia

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    The concept was designed to complement the Incredible India campaign. [7] In 2009, Minister of tourism, Kumari Selja unveiled plans to extend the Incredible India campaign to the domestic tourism sector as well. US$12 million out of a total budget of US$200 million was allocated in 2009 for the purpose of promoting domestic tourism.

  9. All India Senior School Certificate Examination - Wikipedia

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    India, Foreign: (Most of the countries Conducted by the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Education) Languages: English/Hindi: Annual number of test takers: 16,80,256(Registered)(2023) 16,60,511(Appeared)(2023) Prerequisites: Intended for Class 12 Students in CBSE-affiliated institutions: Used by: Colleges and universities; for ...