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  2. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    Foreign investment and outsourcing of jobs to India's labor markets further enhanced India's economic growth. A large middle class has arisen across India, which has increased the demand, and thus the production of a wide array of consumer goods. Unemployment is steadily declining, and poverty has fallen to approximately 22%.

  3. Maulana Azad - Wikipedia

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    Sayyid Mawlānā Azad 1st Minister of Education In office 15 August 1947 – 2 February 1958 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Preceded by Office Established Succeeded by K.L. Shrimali Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha In office 21 February 1952 – 22 February 1958 Constituency Rampur, Uttar Pradesh In office 14 March 1957 – 22 February 1958 Constituency Gurgaon, Punjab (present-day Haryana ...

  4. History of science and technology on the Indian subcontinent

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    Presenting Indian S&T Heritage in Science Museums, Propagation : a Journal of science communication Vol 1, NO.2, July, 2010, pages 124–132, National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata, India, by S.M Khened,. History of Science in South Asia (hssa-journal.org). HSSA is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal for the history of science in ...

  5. Science and technology in India - Wikipedia

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    The idea of science academies in India has evolved along with the Indian independence movement. The three major science academies Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, India were all founded in the pre-independence era (pre-1947) between 1930 and 1935. Indian Academy of Sciences

  6. Timeline of Indian history - Wikipedia

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    India's first three universities, the University of Mumbai, the University of Madras and the University of Calcutta, are established. 1858: 1 November: British Raj (to 1947) Marks the Beginning Of Direct British Rule Over India For 89 Years(1858–1947). 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) 1859: 18 April: Death of Tatya Tope: 1861: ...

  7. List of Indian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Stepwell – While the early history of stepwells is poorly understood, water structures in Western India were their likely predecessor. [9] The three features of stepwells in the subcontinent are evident from one particular site, abandoned by 2500 BCE, which combines a bathing pool, steps leading down to water, and figures of some religious ...

  8. Standstill agreement (India) - Wikipedia

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    The draft of the standstill agreement was formulated soon after 3 June 1947 by the Political department of the British Indian government.The agreement provided that all the administrative arrangements of 'common concern' then existing between the British Crown and any particular signatory state would continue unaltered between the signatory dominion (India or Pakistan) and the state until new ...

  9. India–Pakistan relations - Wikipedia

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    India and Pakistan have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political events, most notably the partition of British India in August 1947. Two years after World War II, the United Kingdom formally dissolved British India, dividing it into two new sovereign nations: the Union of India and ...