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Since 3000 B.C, relations between India and the seven emirates which now make up the United Arab Emirates were traditionally close. In ancient times, the Sumerians engaged in a vibrant trade network with three significant centers—Meluhha (most scholars identified as the Indus Valley Civilization, present-day Indian subcontinent), Magan (Oman and parts of the UAE), and Dilmun (Bahrain and ...
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Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. [7] India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. [8] [9] The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim ...
The I2U2 Group is a grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.The group's first joint statement, released on July 14, 2022, states that the countries aim to cooperate on "joint investments and new initiatives in water, energy, transportation, space, health, and food security."
[15] [16] The First Indian War of Independence in 1857, also known as the mutiny of 1857, was a major uprising against British rule in India. The rebellion was fueled by a range of grievances, including economic exploitation, social and religious discrimination , and political oppression.
Expansion of trade brought India into contact with Islam. Arab traders settled in Indian ports. In the seventh century, they converted to Islam, giving rise to small Muslim communities. These communities grew due to Indian conversions and because Hindu kings of south India (such as the Cholas) hired Muslim mercenaries. [165]
Raiding India as part of Umayyad Hindu policy. [1] 740 Muslim Chittor: Mauray of Chittor: Hindus repulse an Arab siege [1] 743 Muslim al-Bailaman, al-Jurz: Junayd Annexed by Muslims. [1] 750 Muslim Vallabhi: Junayd of Sindh, Nagabhata I: Pratihara capital sacked in Muslim raid. [1] [3] [4] 754-775 Muslim ar-Rukhraj, Kabul, Kandahar, Kashmir ...
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [20] is a country in South Asia.It is the most populous country in the world and the seventh-largest by area.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 Myanmar to the ...