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The Great Hedge of India. It was planted by the British East India Company in the first half of 19th century. It acted as a customs barrier, and thorny trees and bushes were used to make it impenetrable. All of this to collect the Salt Tax at gaps in the hedge. It extended from Multan in North India to Burhanpur, and at one stage till Sonapur ...
States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...
The Great Hedge of India was planted by the British East India Company in the first half of 19th century. It acted as a customs barrier, and thorny trees and bushes were used to make it impenetrable. It acted as a customs barrier, and thorny trees and bushes were used to make it impenetrable.
India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty. March: US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W. Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme. 2007: February
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [20] is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country in the world by area and the most populous country.Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; [k] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and ...
The country’s overall debt load reached a new peak of $17.9 trillion, thanks to across-the-board growth in mortgage, auto, credit card, education, and other consumer debt, according to Federal ...
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The 12-year-old suspect was most recently pinched in the Bronx on Nov. 9 and charged with gun possession — adding to a string of arrests that include assault and reckless endangerment busts.