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India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year. [58] October: Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles) from the border in the early hours of Monday 6 June, killing five and wounding at least two dozen civilians. [58 ...
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.
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
In 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral used the prevailing winds on the Atlantic for a volta do mar, and thereby became the first European to arrive in Brazil. European sailors found the stop useful on the way to India. Since the Suez Canal opened, the Cape Route has been used when passage through Suez is refused, or by Capesize ships.
The map shows the cities of Catigara (near longitude 180° and latitude 10°S) and Mallaqua (Malacca, near longitude 170° and latitude 20°S) on the western coast of the great peninsula that projects from the southeastern part of Asia, or INDIA MERIDIONALIS (Southern India) as Waldseemüller called it.
“Fly 1,500 miles home with me to vote,” Kayla Iutzwig says in a TikTok video showing her packing a suitcase and heading to the airport. The 21-year-old lives in Los Angeles but is registered ...
Latin India is used by Lucian (2nd century CE). [citation needed] India was known in Old English language and was used in King Alfred's translation of Paulus Orosius. In Middle English, the name was, under French influence, replaced by Ynde or Inde, which entered Early Modern English as "Indie". The name "India" then came back to English usage ...
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