Unjab, state of India, located in the northwestern part of the subcontinent. Punjab in its present form came into existence on November 1, 1966, when most of its predominantly Hindi-speaking areas were separated to form the new state of Haryana.
Odisha, state of India located in the eastern part of the country. Before India became independent in 1947, Odisha’s capital was at Cuttack. The present capitol was subsequently built at Bhubaneshwar, in the vicinity of the city’s historic temples. In
Varanasi, also called Benares, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is located on the left bank of the Ganges River and is one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism. By the 2nd millennium BCE it had become a religious, commercial, and in
of the copper and lead used to make the bronzes, which may have been Tadmekka in theSahara, and of the coloured glass beads, some of which may have come fromVeniceandIndia, the latter via trade routes throughEgypt, the Nile valley, and the Chad basin. It is believed that the bronzes ...
Singapore: History of Singapore Robert HoThomas R. Leinbach East India Company Thomas Stamford RafflesThomas Stamford Raffles, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Joseph, 1817; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. In January 1819Stamford Rafflesof the EnglishEast India Company, searching for ...
Tamil Nadu, state of India, located in the extreme south of the country. It represents the Tamil-speaking area of what was formerly the Madras Presidency of British India. The capital is Chennai, in the northeastern portion of the state. While it has an
Rajasthan, state of northwestern India. Before 1947 it comprised some two dozen princely states and chiefships. After 1947, when India achieved independence from British rule, the princely states and chiefships were integrated into India in stages, and R
Because OPEC has been beset by numerous conflicts throughout its history, some experts have concluded that it is not acartel—or at least not an effective one—and that it has little, if any, influence over the amount of oil produced or its price. Other experts believe that OPEC is an ...
Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India that constitutes a mountainous area in the extreme northeastern part of the country. Known as the North East Frontier Agency during the British colonial era, the area was part of Assam until it was made an Indian uni
History of Maldives Thearchipelagowas inhabited as early as the 5th centurybceby Buddhist peoples, probably fromSri Lankaand southernIndia. According to tradition,Islamwas adopted in 1153ce.Ibn Baṭṭūṭah, a notable North African traveler, resided there during the mid-1340s and described ...