aTigers (Latin:Panthera tigris, of Iranian origin: tighra) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus. They are predatory carnivores and the largest and most powerful of all living cat species. The Indian Subcontinent is home to more than 80% of ...
The region that makes up southern Asia is often referred to as “the Indian subcontinent.” Asubcontinentis a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent. Geographically, southern Asia fulfills both of these criteria as it is very large and separated geographically...
–Physical conditions of a building or a facility which reduce the accessibility to or usefulness of such a building or facility to individuals with physical disabilities. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including...
Bayonet. A knife, sword or spike intended to be fastened to the end of the barrel of a rifle or musket. The first bayonets were called plug bayonets because the handle was plugged into the barrel. Bayonets were very important when the firearm was single shot, much less important with ...
With the British takeover of the subcontinent from the East India Company after the revolt of 1857, a formal policing system was established under the Police Act 1861. This laid the foundations of modern policing in the subcontinent. Police powers were defined under a legal framework and the ...
with the development of new forms of plantation agriculture (such as tea plantations in Assam) and new industrial areas (such as Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta (now Kolkata)) in the 19th century, peasants from many poorer areas of the ...