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Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated onto the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th to 6th centuries A.D.) saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkic in the 12th were followed by those of European traders, beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Indian armed forces in the British army played a vital role in both World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU brought independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons testing in 1998 caused Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. The dispute between the countries over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but discussions and confidence-building measures have led to decreased tensions since 2002. Despite impressive gains in economic investment and output, India faces pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife.

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India, Republic of India

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[Kashmir and Northern Areas] Eastern Section (satellite image map) Original	The Portuguese Colonial Dominions in India and the Malay Archipelago, 1498-1580	India - Major Crop Areas	Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Lakshadweep - Union Territories of the Republic Of India)
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Bhanji Patel 1st June 2009	India is the heaven of the world.
bhavani 30th April 2009	Thanks to give more information of my nation.
heather 16th November 2005	I need some interesting facts about Ancient India for my history paper and I can't seem to find any. Can anyone help?
Nithin Verma 7th October 2005	Why does this page carry a wrong Information on Indian Economy, as it is not at the last. I think the webpages in this wesite has to be updated in all aspects, as there is no updated info on India.
England Desi 8th September 2005	India, a country full of life and colour, the rose of the world from the great himalayas to the hill stations in the south. India is the place to be.Now a country with a booming economy. This is what you hear and see in the uk. But in india it is a diffrent story with povery on every street people dieing from Malnutrition their bodys skinny and wasted.One in five children in india die due to lack of food who do you blame? THE GOVERMENT they spend up to 9% of the countries income on weapons to fight pakistan. I mean how much money do you need to drop a few nukes. Come on singh pull your finger out your arse and help your own people.
Rani Sukh 19th August 2005	India is a third world nation because all the smart arses move to Australia and become TAXI DRIVERS!!!
Brajesh 7th August 2005	There is no discipline about the Environment In the people of India.
Monika Ghosh 6th July 2005	The number of female illiterates is oustanding compared to the number of male illiterates. Why is this?
shweta 19th June 2005	what are the main industrial area in India and want information on them
zahid 8th June 2005	can any one get a liver transplant in India if yes then where in India
2nd June 2005	India's main religion is Hinduism. Islam is the second largest religion in India.
ather moin 7th May 2005	KASHMIR is the part of INDIA. You must show in this map
Edria Murray Staff Editor 23rd April 2005	In response to Munna: In India there are 1,515 thousand hectares of biosphere reserves, a 4.8% of India protected area equal to 4.8% of India's total area. Sixty marine areas belonging to India are also under protection. India has 458 known breeding bird species and 390 known mammal species. Of these 193 animal species including mammals are threatened. India has met 100% of the endangered species protection requirements of the CITES ( Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) convention. You can find this information and further details in the environment category.
sunny 14th April 2005	i agree
sunny 14th April 2005	i agree!
Prakash 13th January 2005	It was probably done by automated program, but the article 'Cleveland Indians' doesn't belong on this page.
*Gayathri~** 29th November 2004	Indians are very ambitious people. They should strive to ba the same way forever!!~~
larsen 18th November 2004	why is it only that indians have difficulty in getting visa to other countries.when india has good connection with the world.?