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The word “India” is, after all,an exonym– a placename given by outsiders. In this case, the name came from the British, who ruled the subcontinent from 1858 to 1947,a violent period of colonialismthat later came to be called “the British Raj.” ...
Eating beef is not acceptable in much of the subcontinent on religious grounds, so vultures have performed a vital role in disposing of dead cattle. But there are no longer enough birds to do this effectively and the consequences are significant: an estimated 65 million cattle die in India eac...
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But their results, based on computer models, are unlikely to settle a fiery debate about the geoid low's origins – at least not until more data is collected. In 2018, a shipload of scientists from India's National Centre for Polar and Ocean Researchset out to deploya string of ...
India, the study country, is the world’s largest democracy. However, it’s a crypto-ethnic one (Chima 2021), meaning certain ethnic peripheral minority groups are marginalized. It boasts a populatio...
s independence and the partition of India. The partition was the separation of India into two countries based on religion. Pakistan was the country designated for Muslims and India was the country designated for Hindus. Mahatma Gandhi was a strong opponent of the partition because many people had...
When did Persian came to India? Arrival and Growth The Ghaznavid conquests ofthe 11th centuryintroduced Persian to the Indian subcontinent. As Mahmud of Ghazni established a power base in India, the centre of Persian literary patronage shifted from Ghazna to the Punjab, especially at the empire...